Validation Engineer Contracts

Validation Engineer
UK

The median Validation Engineer daily rate in the UK is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 573 685 827
Rank change year-on-year +112 +142 -135
Contract jobs requiring a Validation Engineer 17 14 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.040% 0.024% 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.043% 0.026% 0.020%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 10
10th Percentile £405 £291 £438
25th Percentile £431 £319 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £378 £550
Median % change year-on-year +32.45% -31.36% +37.50%
75th Percentile £556 £424 £575
90th Percentile £575 £446 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £460 £550
% change year-on-year +8.70% -16.36% +37.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 9 2
10th Percentile - £61.25 -
25th Percentile £71.75 £66.25 -
Median hourly rate £73.50 £70.00 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -6.67% +66.67%
75th Percentile £85.38 £72.50 -
90th Percentile £88.88 £76.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £73.50 £62.50 £75.00
% change year-on-year +17.60% -16.67% +66.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 39,895 54,705 83,445
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.63% 95.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,959 38,196 58,620
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,673 1,532 2,041
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.75
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.43 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.73% +112.16% +5.26%

Validation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Validation Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Validation Engineer in the UK

Validation Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Validation Engineer in the UK

Validation Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Validation Engineer over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Validation Engineer in the UK

Validation Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Validation Engineer in the UK

Validation Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Validation Engineer over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Validation Engineer in the UK

Validation Engineer
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Validation Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 11 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
England +115 17 £500 +32.45% 37
UK excluding London +62 16 £500 +8.70% 41
East of England +19 11 - - 11
Work from Home +125 9 £425 +44.07% 6
Midlands +31 4 £575 - 12
East Midlands - 4 £575 - 4
London - 1 - - 1
South East - 1 £425 - 8

Validation Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 11 May 2024, Validation Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Validation Engineer in the job title.

1 17 (100.00%) Validation
2 11 (64.71%) Systems Engineering
3 9 (52.94%) Aerospace
4 8 (47.06%) Security Cleared
5 7 (41.18%) Rational DOORS
5 7 (41.18%) Verification and Validation
6 6 (35.29%) Electronics
7 5 (29.41%) Software Testing
8 4 (23.53%) Software Engineering
8 4 (23.53%) Degree
8 4 (23.53%) Computer Science
8 4 (23.53%) Chartered Engineer
8 4 (23.53%) SC Cleared
8 4 (23.53%) DV Cleared
8 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
8 4 (23.53%) Creative Thinking
8 4 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (17.65%) VMware Infrastructure
9 3 (17.65%) CppUnit
9 3 (17.65%) Test Planning
9 3 (17.65%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (17.65%) Unit Testing
9 3 (17.65%) Requirements Analysis
9 3 (17.65%) VMware
9 3 (17.65%) C++
9 3 (17.65%) PVCS
9 3 (17.65%) C
9 3 (17.65%) Code Coverage
10 2 (11.76%) Project Management
10 2 (11.76%) EMC

Validation Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.88%) Internet
1 1 (5.88%) Modbus
1 1 (5.88%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 7 (41.18%) Rational DOORS
2 3 (17.65%) CppUnit
2 3 (17.65%) PVCS
General
1 9 (52.94%) Aerospace
2 6 (35.29%) Electronics
3 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Automotive
4 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (100.00%) Validation
2 11 (64.71%) Systems Engineering
3 7 (41.18%) Verification and Validation
4 5 (29.41%) Software Testing
5 4 (23.53%) Computer Science
5 4 (23.53%) Creative Thinking
5 4 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (23.53%) Software Engineering
6 3 (17.65%) Code Coverage
6 3 (17.65%) Requirements Analysis
6 3 (17.65%) Test Planning
6 3 (17.65%) Unit Testing
7 2 (11.76%) Project Management
8 1 (5.88%) Semantic Analysis
Programming Languages
1 3 (17.65%) C
1 3 (17.65%) C++
2 1 (5.88%) C#
Qualifications
1 8 (47.06%) Security Cleared
2 4 (23.53%) Chartered Engineer
2 4 (23.53%) Degree
2 4 (23.53%) DV Cleared
2 4 (23.53%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 3 (17.65%) Virtual Machines
1 3 (17.65%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (17.65%) VMware
2 2 (11.76%) EMC