Verification and Validation Contracts in Merton

Verification and Validation
South London > Merton

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Merton requiring Verification and Validation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Verification and Validation over the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 - 11
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Verification and Validation 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merton 4.35% - 2.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.25% - 3.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £475 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
75th Percentile £525 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South London median daily rate £500 - £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £62.50
Median hourly rate - - £65.00
75th Percentile - - £67.50
90th Percentile - - -
South London median hourly rate - - £65.00

All Process and Methodology Skills
Merton

Verification and Validation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Merton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 16 15 33
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merton 69.57% 71.43% 84.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 14 19
10th Percentile £213 £284 £186
25th Percentile £253 £413 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £369 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -26.25% +17.65% -10.53%
75th Percentile £466 £622 £488
90th Percentile £526 £638 £603
South London median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 12
10th Percentile - - £48.78
25th Percentile - £40.82 £50.42
Median hourly rate £17.98 £43.84 £52.58
Median % change year-on-year -58.99% -16.62% +16.84%
75th Percentile - £46.86 £55.00
90th Percentile - - £55.71
South London median hourly rate £15.84 £43.84 £50.42
% change year-on-year -63.87% -13.05% +13.79%

Verification and Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in Merton

Job postings citing Verification and Validation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Merton.

Job vacancy trend for Verification and Validation in Merton

Verification and Validation
Contract Job Locations in Merton

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Verification and Validation within the Merton region over the 6 months to 3 July 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
New Malden - 1 £500 - 3
Verification and Validation
South London

Verification and Validation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merton by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Workload Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) EMC Certification
1 1 (100.00%) HNC
1 1 (100.00%) HND
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Def Stans
1 1 (100.00%) IEC 61508
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 15288
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) EMC