Verification and Validation
UK > Wales
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales requiring Verification and Validation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Verification and Validation over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 3 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 64 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | -12 |
| Contract jobs citing Verification and Validation | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales | - | - | 0.16% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | - | 0.18% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £563 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £588 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK median daily rate | £600 | £515 | £556 |
| % change year-on-year | +16.50% | -7.42% | +1.14% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Wales
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 Wales.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 250 | 310 | 552 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales | 87.72% | 78.68% | 86.52% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 175 | 211 | 424 |
| 10th Percentile | £185 | £166 | £181 |
| 25th Percentile | £285 | £358 | £325 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £413 | £500 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -17.50% | +5.26% | -1.04% |
| 75th Percentile | £500 | £575 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | £625 | £675 | £650 |
| UK median daily rate | £520 | £525 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.95% | -4.55% | +4.17% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 27 | 31 | 28 |
| 10th Percentile | £15.60 | £11.75 | £14.78 |
| 25th Percentile | £20.12 | £14.78 | £16.98 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.01 | £22.50 | £18.82 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -6.62% | +19.59% | -16.38% |
| 75th Percentile | £35.25 | £51.75 | £26.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £45.00 | £86.00 | £49.13 |
| UK median hourly rate | £29.00 | £35.58 | £36.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -18.48% | -1.18% | +44.00% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Wales
Job postings citing Verification and Validation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Verification and Validation in Wales.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Verification and Validation in Wales.