Verification and Validation Contracts in the Midlands

Verification and Validation
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for Verification and Validation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Verification and Validation over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 123 147 191
Rank change year-on-year +24 +44 -42
Contract jobs citing Verification and Validation 14 8 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.52% 0.24% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.63% 0.28% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 9
10th Percentile £513 - £493
25th Percentile £531 - £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £625
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% -
75th Percentile £638 - £638
90th Percentile £668 - -
England median daily rate £525 £550 £510
% change year-on-year -4.55% +7.84% +36.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £56.25 £55.00 -
Median hourly rate £57.50 £60.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - -
75th Percentile £58.75 £65.00 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.55 £55.00
% change year-on-year +3.92% +13.73% +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Verification and 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 the Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,205 2,903 4,433
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 82.06% 88.08% 87.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,486 2,037 3,263
10th Percentile £235 £250 £246
25th Percentile £356 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +14.46%
75th Percentile £600 £594 £575
90th Percentile £700 £688 £663
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 169 103 148
10th Percentile £11.06 £12.10 £10.63
25th Percentile £13.91 £14.76 £13.75
Median hourly rate £18.00 £22.26 £17.53
Median % change year-on-year -19.14% +26.98% +15.14%
75th Percentile £33.25 £37.66 £22.75
90th Percentile £55.00 £57.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate £36.50 £36.54 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.11% +46.16% +8.70%

Verification and Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Verification and Validation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Verification and Validation in the Midlands

Verification and Validation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Verification and Validation in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Verification and Validation in the Midlands

Verification and Validation
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Verification and Validation in the Midlands over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Verification and Validation in the Midlands

Verification and Validation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Verification and Validation in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Verification and Validation in the Midlands

Verification and Validation
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 20 May 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
West Midlands +28 11 £588 +6.82% 19
East Midlands +16 3 £575 - 12
Verification and Validation
England

Verification and Validation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Applications
1 6 (42.86%) Simulink
2 5 (35.71%) Stateflow
2 5 (35.71%) TargetLink
Development Applications
1 5 (35.71%) Bitbucket
1 5 (35.71%) Git
1 5 (35.71%) Subversion
2 2 (14.29%) Rational DOORS
General
1 5 (35.71%) Automotive
1 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Aerospace
2 3 (21.43%) Electronics
3 2 (14.29%) Public Sector
4 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (50.00%) Systems Engineer
2 5 (35.71%) Control Systems Engineer
2 5 (35.71%) Principal Engineer
2 5 (35.71%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 3 (21.43%) Validation Engineer
3 3 (21.43%) Verification Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) Forensic Manager
4 2 (14.29%) Senior
4 2 (14.29%) Technical Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Lead
5 1 (7.14%) Lead Systems Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Programme Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Programme Test Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Programme Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Test Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Software Verification Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Test Automation Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Test Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Test Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (42.86%) Algorithms
1 6 (42.86%) Management Information System
2 3 (21.43%) Digital Media
3 2 (14.29%) Driving Licence
4 1 (7.14%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) Validation
2 9 (64.29%) Software Engineering
3 8 (57.14%) Quality Management
3 8 (57.14%) Software Testing
4 7 (50.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
5 6 (42.86%) Agile
5 6 (42.86%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
5 6 (42.86%) Project Management
6 5 (35.71%) Black-Box Testing
6 5 (35.71%) Functional Testing
6 5 (35.71%) Integration Testing
6 5 (35.71%) Line Management
6 5 (35.71%) QMS
6 5 (35.71%) Software Audit
6 5 (35.71%) Systems Engineering
6 5 (35.71%) UML
6 5 (35.71%) White-Box Testing
7 3 (21.43%) Creative Thinking
7 3 (21.43%) Internal Audit
7 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 6 (42.86%) MATLAB
2 5 (35.71%) C
3 1 (7.14%) C++
3 1 (7.14%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (64.29%) Degree
2 6 (42.86%) Security Cleared
3 5 (35.71%) Master's Degree
4 3 (21.43%) Chartered Engineer
4 3 (21.43%) DV Cleared
4 3 (21.43%) SC Cleared
5 1 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (42.86%) ISO 26262
2 5 (35.71%) AUTOSAR
2 5 (35.71%) MISRA
2 5 (35.71%) MISRA C
3 3 (21.43%) ISO/IEC 17025
3 3 (21.43%) ISO17020
3 3 (21.43%) QA
4 1 (7.14%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 15288
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 1 (7.14%) IBM
1 1 (7.14%) Oracle
1 1 (7.14%) SAP