Verification and Validation Contracts in the Thames Valley

Verification and Validation
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Verification and Validation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Verification and Validation over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 132 127 156
Rank change year-on-year -5 +29 -21
Contract jobs citing Verification and Validation 5 17 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.19% 0.59% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.64% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 9 4
10th Percentile - £512 -
25th Percentile £425 £543 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £513
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +17.07% +42.36%
75th Percentile £501 £605 £606
90th Percentile £605 £607 £618
South East median daily rate £525 £543 £600
% change year-on-year -3.31% -9.50% +63.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £75.50 -
South East median hourly rate £70.32 £62.55 £70.00
% change year-on-year +12.41% -10.64% +47.37%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Verification and Validation is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,329 2,650 3,133
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 87.00% 91.60% 89.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,310 1,849 2,109
10th Percentile £213 £322 £225
25th Percentile £370 £413 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £483
Median % change year-on-year - +3.63% +7.22%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £501 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -1.86% +2.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 169 62 88
10th Percentile £14.34 £18.60 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £24.86 £11.91
Median hourly rate £45.00 £51.25 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.20% +192.86% -16.86%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.21 £25.18
90th Percentile £85.65 £79.19 £66.63
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -5.00% +127.27% -20.00%

Verification and Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Verification and Validation in the Thames Valley

Verification and Validation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Verification and Validation in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Verification and Validation in the Thames Valley

Verification and Validation
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Verification and Validation in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Verification and Validation in the Thames Valley

Verification and Validation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Verification and Validation in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Verification and Validation in the Thames Valley

Verification and Validation
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 3 May 2024. 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
Berkshire -7 3 £501 -7.91% 7
Oxfordshire +2 2 £450 - 6
Verification and Validation
South East

Verification and Validation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Aviation
2 1 (20.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Software Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Software Verification Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Applications Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Applications Support
2 1 (20.00%) Applications Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) DevOps Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Lead Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (20.00%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Validation
2 2 (40.00%) Change Management
2 2 (40.00%) Impact Assessments
2 2 (40.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (40.00%) Problem Management
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) SysML
3 1 (20.00%) Systems Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) UML
3 1 (20.00%) V-Model
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) C
1 2 (40.00%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Firmware