Verification and Validation Contract Job Trends in the North East

Verification and Validation
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North East requiring Verification and Validation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 42 -
Rank change year-on-year -7 - -
Contract jobs citing Verification and Validation 2 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 0.49% 0.68% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.55% 0.73% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £70 £575 -
Median % change year-on-year -87.83% - -
England median daily rate £525 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% -3.31%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North East

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 the North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 361 273 220
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 87.83% 92.54% 85.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 243 129 148
10th Percentile £171 £309 £225
25th Percentile £363 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -18.18%
75th Percentile £525 £594 £575
90th Percentile £575 £724 £712
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 24 15
10th Percentile £15.17 £14.03 £13.46
25th Percentile £17.88 £15.44 £15.48
Median hourly rate £48.00 £18.50 £20.77
Median % change year-on-year +159.46% -10.93% -41.90%
75th Percentile £53.75 £46.18 £46.18
90th Percentile £57.00 - £60.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +25.35%

Verification and Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Verification and Validation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Verification and Validation job vacancy trend in the North East

Verification and Validation
Daily Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Verification and Validation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Verification and Validation

Verification and Validation
Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Verification and Validation.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Verification and Validation

Verification and Validation
Contract Job Locations in the North East

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 North East region over the 6 months to 2 January 2026. 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
Tyne and Wear -11 2 £70 -87.83% 2
Verification and Validation
England

Verification and Validation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 2 (100.00%) Electronics
1 2 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Electronics Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Electronics Test Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Electronics Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Test Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Test Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Test Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared