Validation Contracts in Portsmouth

Validation
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Portsmouth requiring Validation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Validation over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 15 32
Rank change year-on-year -2 +17 +1
Contract jobs citing Validation 11 32 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Portsmouth 8.94% 10.70% 3.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.00% 12.03% 3.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 1
10th Percentile £352 £283 -
25th Percentile £383 £613 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £444 £625 £1,005
Median % change year-on-year -29.04% -37.79% +116.05%
75th Percentile £486 £800 -
90th Percentile £506 - -
Hampshire median daily rate £495 £625 £543
% change year-on-year -20.80% +15.10% +16.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 20 7
10th Percentile £54.51 £59.00 £51.25
25th Percentile £56.03 £62.00 £53.13
Median hourly rate £59.13 £70.16 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -15.73% +22.01% -12.24%
75th Percentile £62.50 £76.86 £62.17
90th Percentile £62.88 - £67.35
Hampshire median hourly rate £57.75 £70.16 £53.75
% change year-on-year -17.69% +30.53% -19.51%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 100 266 227
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth 81.30% 88.96% 92.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 112 138
10th Percentile £363 £400 £201
25th Percentile £438 £450 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £573 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.93% +14.50% +4.17%
75th Percentile £613 £675 £574
90th Percentile £660 £848 £672
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £581 £525
% change year-on-year -5.25% +10.57% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 100 22
10th Percentile £40.88 £51.06 £45.06
25th Percentile £53.13 £53.40 £51.44
Median hourly rate £58.88 £59.44 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% +3.37% +27.78%
75th Percentile £63.44 £65.00 £67.02
90th Percentile £66.88 £76.86 £70.00
Hampshire median hourly rate £57.63 £57.35 £53.00
% change year-on-year +0.48% +8.21% +113.80%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

Job postings citing Validation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth.

Job vacancy trend for Validation in Portsmouth

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Validation in Portsmouth.

Daily rate trend for Validation in Portsmouth

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Daily Rate Histogram in Portsmouth

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Validation in Portsmouth over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Validation in Portsmouth

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Validation in Portsmouth.

Hourly rate trend for Validation in Portsmouth

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Portsmouth 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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (81.82%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 8 (72.73%) SNMP
1 8 (72.73%) Software-Defined Radio
2 3 (27.27%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 11 (100.00%) JIRA
2 8 (72.73%) Git
2 8 (72.73%) GoogleTest
2 8 (72.73%) Robot Framework
3 6 (54.55%) Bitbucket
4 5 (45.45%) Eclipse
5 3 (27.27%) Jenkins
General
1 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Aerospace
2 1 (9.09%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Software Test Engineer
1 6 (54.55%) Test Engineer
2 4 (36.36%) Analyst
3 3 (27.27%) Business Analyst
3 3 (27.27%) Data Analyst
3 3 (27.27%) Data Business Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) C++ Software Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Embedded Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Software Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (72.73%) CSS
1 8 (72.73%) HTML
2 3 (27.27%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Product Ownership
2 2 (18.18%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 8 (72.73%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) Agile
2 8 (72.73%) Scrum
2 8 (72.73%) Software Engineering
2 8 (72.73%) Software Testing
2 8 (72.73%) SysML
2 8 (72.73%) UML
2 8 (72.73%) Verification and Validation
3 6 (54.55%) Prototyping
4 3 (27.27%) Acceptance Criteria
4 3 (27.27%) Agile Project Management
4 3 (27.27%) Business Process Modelling
4 3 (27.27%) Integration Testing
4 3 (27.27%) Lean Software Development
4 3 (27.27%) Project Management
4 3 (27.27%) Sprint Planning
4 3 (27.27%) Sprint Retrospective
4 3 (27.27%) Sprint Review
4 3 (27.27%) User Research
4 3 (27.27%) User Stories
4 3 (27.27%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 6 (54.55%) C++
1 6 (54.55%) JavaScript
2 3 (27.27%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (81.82%) Security Cleared
2 6 (54.55%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) QA
System Software
1 3 (27.27%) Firmware
Vendors
1 6 (54.55%) Atlassian
1 6 (54.55%) Google
2 2 (18.18%) Palantir
3 1 (9.09%) Twitter