Validation Contracts in Hampshire

Validation
South East > Hampshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hampshire with a requirement for Validation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Validation over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 51 81 109
Rank change year-on-year +30 +28 -63
Contract jobs citing Validation 54 20 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 3.12% 1.57% 1.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.83% 1.76% 1.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 6 11
10th Percentile £400 £440 £164
25th Percentile £563 £467 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £598 £548 £450
Median % change year-on-year +9.13% +21.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £672 £628 £488
90th Percentile £681 £816 £550
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £465
% change year-on-year +5.00% +7.53% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 11 9
10th Percentile £61.20 - £64.85
25th Percentile £62.50 £51.25 £65.00
Median hourly rate £70.32 £55.00 £65.54
Median % change year-on-year +27.85% -16.08% +45.64%
75th Percentile £76.86 £58.75 £83.75
90th Percentile - - £84.15
South East median hourly rate £70.00 £45.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +55.56% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hampshire

Validation is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Hampshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,411 1,138 1,762
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 81.61% 89.40% 89.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 774 719 1,085
10th Percentile £388 £240 £310
25th Percentile £463 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +12.29% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £675 £615 £613
90th Percentile £738 £688 £688
South East median daily rate £510 £504 £500
% change year-on-year +1.29% +0.70% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 169 97 144
10th Percentile £13.05 £15.92 £13.29
25th Percentile £26.00 £20.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £57.35 £55.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.27% +124.49% -31.94%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.63 £48.86
90th Percentile £78.00 £75.00 £64.48
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £52.50 £21.99
% change year-on-year -9.52% +138.80% -20.05%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Job postings citing Validation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

Job vacancy trend for Validation in Hampshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Daily rate trend for Validation in Hampshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Validation in Hampshire over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Validation in Hampshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Validation in Hampshire

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Validation in Hampshire over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Validation in Hampshire

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Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. 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
Portsmouth +17 29 £625 -37.79% 7
Farnborough +14 22 £598 - 5
Eastleigh - 3 £400 -
Fleet - 2 £575 - 1
Validation
South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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 13 (24.07%) Confluence
2 4 (7.41%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 2 (3.70%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 14 (25.93%) SNMP
1 14 (25.93%) Software-Defined Radio
2 3 (5.56%) Kerberos
3 2 (3.70%) BGP
3 2 (3.70%) Firewall
3 2 (3.70%) Network Security
3 2 (3.70%) Remote Desktop
3 2 (3.70%) TCP/IP
3 2 (3.70%) VLAN
4 1 (1.85%) Internet
4 1 (1.85%) LAN
4 1 (1.85%) RS-232
4 1 (1.85%) WAN
4 1 (1.85%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.70%) Azure SQL Database
1 2 (3.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 24 (44.44%) Git
2 14 (25.93%) Eclipse
3 13 (24.07%) GoogleTest
3 13 (24.07%) JIRA
3 13 (24.07%) Robot Framework
4 11 (20.37%) Bitbucket
5 1 (1.85%) LabVIEW
General
1 5 (9.26%) Aerospace
2 4 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (7.41%) Public Sector
2 4 (7.41%) Social Skills
3 2 (3.70%) Military
4 1 (1.85%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 12 (22.22%) Principal Engineer
2 10 (18.52%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 9 (16.67%) Software Engineer
4 7 (12.96%) C++ Software Engineer
4 7 (12.96%) Java Engineer
4 7 (12.96%) Java Software Engineer
4 7 (12.96%) Test Engineer
5 5 (9.26%) Systems Engineer
6 4 (7.41%) Analyst
7 3 (5.56%) Consultant
7 3 (5.56%) Software Test Engineer
8 2 (3.70%) Auditor
8 2 (3.70%) C++ Developer
8 2 (3.70%) Developer
8 2 (3.70%) DevOps Specialist
8 2 (3.70%) Integration Engineer
8 2 (3.70%) Platform Engineer
8 2 (3.70%) Test Analyst
8 2 (3.70%) Test and Integration Engineer
8 2 (3.70%) VMware Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (20.37%) CSS
1 11 (20.37%) HTML
2 10 (18.52%) YAML
3 3 (5.56%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.41%) PKI
2 3 (5.56%) Management Information System
2 3 (5.56%) Replication
3 2 (3.70%) CMDB
3 2 (3.70%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (3.70%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 24 (44.44%) Linux
1 24 (44.44%) Windows
2 10 (18.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (3.70%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (44.44%) Verification and Validation
2 15 (27.78%) Software Engineering
3 14 (25.93%) Prototyping
4 13 (24.07%) Agile
5 12 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 11 (20.37%) Infrastructure as Code
6 11 (20.37%) Scrum
6 11 (20.37%) SysML
6 11 (20.37%) UML
7 10 (18.52%) Configuration Management
7 10 (18.52%) Infrastructure Automation
7 10 (18.52%) Systems Engineering
7 10 (18.52%) Virtual Infrastructure
8 6 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (11.11%) Software Testing
9 4 (7.41%) Commercial Awareness
9 4 (7.41%) End-to-End Testing
9 4 (7.41%) Integration Testing
9 4 (7.41%) System Integration Testing
9 4 (7.41%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 14 (25.93%) C++
2 13 (24.07%) PowerShell
3 11 (20.37%) JavaScript
4 8 (14.81%) Java
5 2 (3.70%) SQL
6 1 (1.85%) Bash
6 1 (1.85%) C
6 1 (1.85%) Python
Qualifications
1 28 (51.85%) Security Cleared
2 25 (46.30%) SC Cleared
3 5 (9.26%) Degree
4 3 (5.56%) OSCP
5 2 (3.70%) DV Cleared
5 2 (3.70%) ISTQB
6 1 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.70%) Def Stans
2 1 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.85%) NIST
System Software
1 14 (25.93%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (22.22%) Virtual Machines
3 11 (20.37%) Firmware
4 3 (5.56%) Active Directory
5 2 (3.70%) VMFS
5 2 (3.70%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 11 (20.37%) Ansible
1 11 (20.37%) Terraform
2 9 (16.67%) Progress Chef
2 9 (16.67%) Puppet
2 9 (16.67%) Salt
Vendors
1 15 (27.78%) VMware
2 13 (24.07%) Google
3 11 (20.37%) Atlassian
4 10 (18.52%) Red Hat
5 8 (14.81%) SaltStack
6 4 (7.41%) CA
6 4 (7.41%) Microsoft
7 2 (3.70%) Cisco