Verification and Validation Contract Job Trends in Portsmouth

Verification and Validation
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Portsmouth requiring Verification and Validation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 29 23
Rank change year-on-year -6 -6 +20
Contract jobs citing Verification and Validation 8 3 16
As % of all contract jobs in Portsmouth 2.34% 1.53% 7.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.24% 2.04% 8.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £663 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 - -
75th Percentile £688 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £731 £550 -
% change year-on-year +32.95% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 9
10th Percentile £57.25 £53.25 £58.93
25th Percentile £60.92 £54.38 £75.00
Median hourly rate £68.17 £57.50 £76.86
Median % change year-on-year +18.55% -25.19% +39.75%
75th Percentile £73.25 £58.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £68.17 £56.25 £76.86
% change year-on-year +21.18% -26.81% +30.83%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 247 147 193
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth 72.22% 75.00% 91.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 94 85
10th Percentile £363 £368 £400
25th Percentile £461 £452 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £575
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -6.52% +15.00%
75th Percentile £625 £556 £688
90th Percentile £685 £626 £850
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £538 £580
% change year-on-year +2.33% -7.33% +10.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 26 79
10th Percentile £15.72 £25.15 £51.06
25th Percentile £48.64 £32.94 £53.40
Median hourly rate £56.25 £50.00 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -12.82% +4.27%
75th Percentile £64.63 £55.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £59.38 £76.86
Hampshire median hourly rate £47.50 £33.89 £57.35
% change year-on-year +40.18% -40.92% +9.24%

Verification and Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Verification and Validation job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

Verification and Validation
Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Verification and Validation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Verification and Validation

Verification and Validation
Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Verification and Validation.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Verification and Validation

Verification and Validation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth 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:

Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Simulink
General
1 2 (25.00%) Military
2 1 (12.50%) Aerospace
2 1 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (87.50%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Test Automation Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Test Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Validation
2 7 (87.50%) Systems Engineering
3 6 (75.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 1 (12.50%) Acceptance Criteria
4 1 (12.50%) Agile
4 1 (12.50%) Architectural Design
4 1 (12.50%) CI/CD
4 1 (12.50%) Code Quality
4 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
4 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
4 1 (12.50%) Project Management
4 1 (12.50%) Regression Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Requirements Management
4 1 (12.50%) Software Engineering
4 1 (12.50%) Software Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (12.50%) Test Automation
4 1 (12.50%) Use Case
4 1 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) C
1 1 (12.50%) C++
1 1 (12.50%) MATLAB
1 1 (12.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) DV Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) QA
1 1 (12.50%) Software Quality Assurance