Verification and Validation Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Verification and Validation
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 294 293 398
Rank change year-on-year -1 +105 +178
Contract jobs citing Verification and Validation 8 56 76
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.081% 0.37% 0.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.089% 0.42% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 11 17
10th Percentile - - £408
25th Percentile - £488 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £543
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -3.31% +4.42%
75th Percentile - £563 £588
90th Percentile - - £624
UK median daily rate £600 £515 £550
% change year-on-year +16.50% -6.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 39 44
10th Percentile £56.88 - £51.25
25th Percentile £61.25 £52.50 £62.50
Median hourly rate £62.50 £60.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% +16.59%
75th Percentile £64.69 £90.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £65.00 - £69.63
UK median hourly rate £61.50 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -5.38% - +18.18%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,017 13,465 23,106
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.06% 87.90% 89.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,189 8,984 16,334
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 221 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.75 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.00 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.30% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.50 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £36.42
% change year-on-year -18.31% -2.53% +45.69%

Verification and Validation
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Verification and Validation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Verification and Validation trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Verification and Validation
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Verification and Validation.

Verification and Validation daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Verification and Validation
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Verification and Validation.

Verification and Validation hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Verification and Validation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 3 (37.50%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (12.50%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) Ethernet
1 3 (37.50%) SNMP
1 3 (37.50%) Software-Defined Radio
1 3 (37.50%) TCP/IP
2 1 (12.50%) HTTP
2 1 (12.50%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) InterSystems Cache
Development Applications
1 5 (62.50%) Eclipse
2 3 (37.50%) Bitbucket
2 3 (37.50%) Git
2 3 (37.50%) GoogleTest
2 3 (37.50%) JIRA
2 3 (37.50%) Robot Framework
2 3 (37.50%) Visual Studio
3 1 (12.50%) Jenkins
General
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Military
2 3 (37.50%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Software Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) C# Software Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Software Test Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Test Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) C++ Software Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Embedded Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (50.00%) Node.js
2 3 (37.50%) CSS
2 3 (37.50%) HTML
2 3 (37.50%) Web Services
3 1 (12.50%) ODBC
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Data Structures
1 1 (12.50%) FPGA
1 1 (12.50%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (12.50%) NHS
1 1 (12.50%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 6 (75.00%) Linux
2 3 (37.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Validation
2 7 (87.50%) Agile
3 6 (75.00%) Software Engineering
4 3 (37.50%) CI/CD
4 3 (37.50%) Continuous Delivery
4 3 (37.50%) Continuous Integration
4 3 (37.50%) Digital Twin
4 3 (37.50%) Prototyping
4 3 (37.50%) Scrum
4 3 (37.50%) Software Testing
4 3 (37.50%) Synthetic Environment
4 3 (37.50%) SysML
4 3 (37.50%) TDD
4 3 (37.50%) UML
4 3 (37.50%) Unit Testing
4 3 (37.50%) Visualisation
5 1 (12.50%) Data Transformation
5 1 (12.50%) Database Migration
5 1 (12.50%) DevOps
5 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 6 (75.00%) C++
1 6 (75.00%) JavaScript
2 4 (50.00%) C#
3 1 (12.50%) C
3 1 (12.50%) Embedded C
3 1 (12.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
1 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Atlassian
1 3 (37.50%) Google
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Intel
2 1 (12.50%) Siemens
323 Verification and Validation jobs Nationwide