Verification and Validation Contract Job Trends in West Lothian

Verification and Validation
Scotland > West Lothian

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West Lothian requiring Verification and Validation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Verification and Validation 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in West Lothian 2.70% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.94% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Scotland median daily rate - £550 £375
% change year-on-year - +46.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61.25 - -
Median hourly rate £62.50 - -
75th Percentile £63.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median hourly rate £61.25 £65.00 -
% change year-on-year -5.77% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Lothian

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 West Lothian.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 34 16 28
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Lothian 91.89% 66.67% 80.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 10 13
10th Percentile £306 £113 £75
25th Percentile £353 £137 £130
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £395 £188 £188
Median % change year-on-year +110.67% - -54.55%
75th Percentile £464 £350 £538
90th Percentile £484 £431 £578
Scotland median daily rate £470 £465 £450
% change year-on-year +1.08% +3.33% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 3
10th Percentile £26.38 £16.29 £13.15
25th Percentile £32.19 £16.34 £14.13
Median hourly rate £43.75 £17.63 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year +148.23% +6.82% -80.59%
75th Percentile £54.69 £18.84 £24.00
90th Percentile £60.13 £18.86 £28.05
Scotland median hourly rate £16.49 £19.99 £19.59
% change year-on-year -17.51% +2.02% +2.14%

Verification and Validation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Lothian 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analogue Design Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Design Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) RF Design Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) RF Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Analogue Design Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Design Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior RF Design Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior RF Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Analogue Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree