Verification and Validation Contracts in the UK excluding London

Verification and Validation
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 263 315 400
Rank change year-on-year +52 +85 -26
Contract jobs citing Verification and Validation 128 142 109
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.62% 0.59% 0.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.73% 0.66% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 26 43
10th Percentile £309 £413 £413
25th Percentile £425 £467 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +37.50%
75th Percentile £563 £563 £613
90th Percentile £605 £607 £638
UK median daily rate £515 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.36% - +9.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 89 27
10th Percentile £52.50 £54.67 £44.00
25th Percentile £55.06 £57.25 £45.10
Median hourly rate £67.50 £62.55 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.91% +13.73% +15.79%
75th Percentile £76.86 £65.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £77.00 £78.58
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year - +18.18% +12.82%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,514 21,548 27,506
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.76% 89.51% 88.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,486 14,951 19,202
10th Percentile £248 £255 £231
25th Percentile £378 £400 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,030 1,307 1,367
10th Percentile £12.30 £11.00 £12.00
25th Percentile £15.18 £16.00 £14.00
Median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.13% +80.00% -8.51%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £45.48
90th Percentile £72.50 £72.98 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.30 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.17% +49.20% -

Verification and Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Verification and Validation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Verification and Validation in the UK excluding London

Verification and Validation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Verification and Validation in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Verification and Validation in the UK excluding London

Verification and Validation
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Verification and Validation in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Verification and Validation in the UK excluding London

Verification and Validation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Verification and Validation in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Verification and Validation in the UK excluding London

Verification and Validation
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Verification and Validation in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Verification and Validation in the UK excluding London

Verification and Validation
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
South East +31 46 £525 +0.48% 62
East of England +8 37 £488 +650.00% 34
Midlands +41 19 £315 - 40
South West -23 18 £700 +64.71% 36
West Midlands +41 11 £588 - 28
East Midlands +23 8 £313 - 12
North of England +33 7 £500 +25.00% 14
North West +23 6 £500 +25.00% 11
Scotland +35 2 £375 - 10
Yorkshire - 1 - - 1
Verification and Validation
UK

Verification and Validation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 13 (10.16%) Confluence
Applications
1 20 (15.63%) Simulink
2 18 (14.06%) Stateflow
3 5 (3.91%) TargetLink
Communications & Networking
1 16 (12.50%) SNMP
1 16 (12.50%) Software-Defined Radio
2 6 (4.69%) Ethernet
2 6 (4.69%) TCP/IP
3 2 (1.56%) Internet
3 2 (1.56%) RTP
Development Applications
1 27 (21.09%) Rational DOORS
2 23 (17.97%) Git
3 22 (17.19%) Eclipse
4 18 (14.06%) Bitbucket
4 18 (14.06%) JIRA
5 15 (11.72%) GoogleTest
5 15 (11.72%) Robot Framework
6 6 (4.69%) Visual Studio
7 5 (3.91%) Subversion
8 4 (3.13%) CppUnit
8 4 (3.13%) PVCS
9 2 (1.56%) IntelliJ
10 1 (0.78%) Jenkins
10 1 (0.78%) Rational Team Concert
General
1 19 (14.84%) Aerospace
2 18 (14.06%) Automotive
3 14 (10.94%) Presentation Skills
4 13 (10.16%) Legal
4 13 (10.16%) Military
5 12 (9.38%) Social Skills
6 8 (6.25%) Finance
6 8 (6.25%) Marketing
7 6 (4.69%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (3.13%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (3.13%) Aviation
8 4 (3.13%) Electronics
9 3 (2.34%) Public Sector
10 2 (1.56%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.78%) Avionics
11 1 (0.78%) Law
11 1 (0.78%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 44 (34.38%) Software Engineer
2 33 (25.78%) Systems Engineer
3 20 (15.63%) Principal Engineer
3 20 (15.63%) Principal Systems Engineer
4 15 (11.72%) Embedded Engineer
4 15 (11.72%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 12 (9.38%) C Software Engineer
5 12 (9.38%) Senior
6 11 (8.59%) C++ Software Engineer
7 10 (7.81%) Embedded C Engineer
7 10 (7.81%) Embedded C Software Engineer
7 10 (7.81%) Senior Systems Engineer
8 8 (6.25%) Validation Engineer
8 8 (6.25%) Verification Engineer
9 7 (5.47%) Java Engineer
9 7 (5.47%) Java Software Engineer
9 7 (5.47%) Lead
10 6 (4.69%) Integration Engineer
10 6 (4.69%) Software Integration Engineer
10 6 (4.69%) Systems Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (10.16%) CSS
1 13 (10.16%) HTML
2 6 (4.69%) Node.js
2 6 (4.69%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 21 (16.41%) Algorithms
2 6 (4.69%) Management Information System
3 4 (3.13%) Digital Media
4 3 (2.34%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (1.56%) Driving Licence
5 2 (1.56%) VHDL
6 1 (0.78%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.78%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.78%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 23 (17.97%) Windows
2 22 (17.19%) Linux
3 8 (6.25%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (100.00%) Validation
2 63 (49.22%) Software Engineering
3 33 (25.78%) Agile
4 28 (21.88%) Systems Engineering
5 27 (21.09%) UML
6 24 (18.75%) Test Automation
7 21 (16.41%) Problem-Solving
8 19 (14.84%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
9 18 (14.06%) Scrum
10 17 (13.28%) Computer Science
11 16 (12.50%) Prototyping
12 14 (10.94%) Software Testing
12 14 (10.94%) SysML
13 13 (10.16%) Customer Requirements
13 13 (10.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 13 (10.16%) Requirements Analysis
14 12 (9.38%) Customer Engagement
14 12 (9.38%) Risk Management
15 11 (8.59%) Test Scripting
16 10 (7.81%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 36 (28.13%) C++
2 26 (20.31%) C
3 21 (16.41%) MATLAB
4 19 (14.84%) JavaScript
5 14 (10.94%) Embedded C
5 14 (10.94%) Java
6 10 (7.81%) Embedded C++
7 6 (4.69%) C#
8 5 (3.91%) SQL
9 2 (1.56%) Python
10 1 (0.78%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 24 (18.75%) Degree
2 23 (17.97%) Security Cleared
3 19 (14.84%) SC Cleared
4 13 (10.16%) Master's Degree
5 8 (6.25%) ITIL Certification
6 6 (4.69%) DV Cleared
7 4 (3.13%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (3.13%) Chartered Engineer
8 2 (1.56%) HNC
8 2 (1.56%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.25%) PCI DSS
2 7 (5.47%) QA
3 6 (4.69%) ISO 26262
4 5 (3.91%) AUTOSAR
4 5 (3.91%) MISRA
4 5 (3.91%) MISRA C
5 4 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 17025
5 4 (3.13%) ISO17020
6 1 (0.78%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 1 (0.78%) PMO
System Software
1 19 (14.84%) Firmware
2 4 (3.13%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (3.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.56%) vSphere
4 1 (0.78%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (0.78%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 15 (11.72%) Google
2 13 (10.16%) Atlassian
3 7 (5.47%) Microsoft
4 6 (4.69%) VMware
5 1 (0.78%) CA Agile Central
5 1 (0.78%) EMC
5 1 (0.78%) IBM
5 1 (0.78%) Oracle
5 1 (0.78%) SAP
5 1 (0.78%) Wind River