Verification and Validation Contract Job Trends in Wiltshire

Verification and Validation
South West > Wiltshire

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

6 months to
6 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 - 83
Rank change year-on-year - - +15
Contract jobs citing Verification and Validation 2 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in Wiltshire 0.27% - 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% - 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £530 - £689
25th Percentile £538 - £711
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - £747
Median % change year-on-year - - +86.75%
75th Percentile £613 - -
90th Percentile £620 - -
South West median daily rate £550 £625 £700
% change year-on-year -12.00% -10.71% +64.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £68.00
Median hourly rate - - £71.00
75th Percentile - - £74.00
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £65.25 £62.99
% change year-on-year -0.38% +3.59% +2.42%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 607 370 797
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire 80.93% 89.37% 84.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 407 259 571
10th Percentile £375 £333 £315
25th Percentile £461 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £688 £638 £675
90th Percentile £738 £701 £725
South West median daily rate £520 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -0.95% -0.94% -3.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 2 21
10th Percentile £12.50 - £12.00
25th Percentile £12.60 - £14.36
Median hourly rate £20.00 £60.00 £14.54
Median % change year-on-year -66.67% +312.65% -77.80%
75th Percentile £24.50 - £30.25
90th Percentile £25.15 - £74.00
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £48.72
% change year-on-year -11.54% +33.42% -20.78%

Verification and Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Verification and Validation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire.

Verification and Validation job vacancy trend in Wiltshire

Verification and Validation
Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing Verification and Validation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing Verification and Validation

Verification and Validation
Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing Verification and Validation.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing Verification and Validation

Verification and Validation
Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 6 March 2026. 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
Corsham - 1 £600 -
Verification and Validation
South West

Verification and Validation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 1 (50.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) ArchiMate
2 1 (50.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Management
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) SysML
2 1 (50.00%) UML
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared