VectorCAST Contracts

Vector Software VectorCAST
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring VectorCAST skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited VectorCAST 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 518 - 713
Rank change year-on-year - - +141
Contract jobs citing VectorCAST 2 0 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.007% - 0.008%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.049% - 0.055%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - £37.72
25th Percentile - - £37.80
Median hourly rate - - £40.59
75th Percentile - - £50.00
90th Percentile - - £50.91
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £40.59
% change year-on-year - - -3.00%

All Development Application Skills
UK

VectorCAST falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 4,103 5,181 9,016
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 14.02% 11.89% 15.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,744 3,477 6,339
10th Percentile £340 £356 £385
25th Percentile £413 £425 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £600 £625 £663
90th Percentile £717 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.40% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 197 246
10th Percentile £26.92 £32.48 £45.00
25th Percentile £51.53 £46.25 £53.75
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +5.69% +21.78%
75th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £86.15 £81.60 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year -3.85% +5.69% +12.84%

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Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing VectorCAST as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for VectorCAST in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for VectorCAST in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for VectorCAST in the UK

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Top 4 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VectorCAST within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Work from Home - 1 £475 -
UK excluding London - 1 - -
South East - 1 - -
England - 1 - -

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (50.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 1 (50.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (50.00%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Functional Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Lead Software Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Verification Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) FMEA
1 1 (50.00%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (50.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C
2 1 (50.00%) C++
2 1 (50.00%) MATLAB
2 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) DO-178B
1 1 (50.00%) ISO 26262
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Synopsys