Verification and Validation Contract Job Trends in Somerset

Verification and Validation
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Somerset 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 55 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Verification and Validation 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Somerset 0.44% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.57% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 - -
South West median daily rate £550 £625 £513
% change year-on-year -12.00% +21.95% +9.04%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 348 156 129
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 76.65% 91.23% 71.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 190 91 88
10th Percentile £324 £225 £209
25th Percentile £413 £346 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.48% +4.00% -
75th Percentile £654 £675 £600
90th Percentile £730 £732 £667
South West median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 26 9
10th Percentile £27.95 £16.47 £12.45
25th Percentile £52.50 - £12.50
Median hourly rate £57.50 £18.51 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year +210.64% +15.69% -69.17%
75th Percentile £76.50 £62.81 £47.50
90th Percentile £99.65 £63.75 £62.50
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £25.15 £65.00
% change year-on-year +128.63% -61.31% -

Verification and Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Verification and Validation job vacancy trend in Somerset

Verification and Validation
Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

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

Verification and Validation
Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

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

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

Verification and Validation
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

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 Somerset region over the 6 months to 10 August 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
Bath - 2 £800 - 1
Verification and Validation
South West

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

Business Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) ATM
General
1 2 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Traffic Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) LLM
1 2 (100.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Requirements Management
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) SysML
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) UML
1 2 (100.00%) Use Case
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Chartered Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 15288
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Sparx