Verification and Validation Contracts

Verification and Validation
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 456 529 714
Rank change year-on-year +73 +185 -73
Contract jobs citing Verification and Validation 129 169 134
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.30% 0.30% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.34% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 42 63
10th Percentile £425 £416 £420
25th Percentile £456 £500 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.00% - +22.22%
75th Percentile £563 £605 £625
90th Percentile £628 £637 £670
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £520 £550
% change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% +41.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 99 27
10th Percentile - £51.37 £44.00
25th Percentile £52.50 £57.25 £45.10
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £54.84
Median % change year-on-year - +18.53% +9.68%
75th Percentile £76.86 £71.25 £68.75
90th Percentile £88.75 £88.00 £78.58
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £63.23 £50.00
% change year-on-year +2.80% +26.46% +1.01%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,178 49,770 79,013
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.13% 89.61% 90.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,737 34,458 55,587
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £438 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,579 1,678 1,852
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.96 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.75 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%
75th Percentile £61.28 £65.00 £50.15
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £34.90 £21.00
% change year-on-year +9.23% +66.18% -

Verification and Validation
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Verification and Validation in the UK

Verification and Validation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Verification and Validation in the UK

Verification and Validation
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Verification and Validation over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Verification and Validation in the UK

Verification and Validation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Verification and Validation in the UK

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Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Verification and Validation over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Verification and Validation in the UK

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Top 13 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 12 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
England +68 126 £501 -9.00% 195
UK excluding London +23 121 £500 -3.85% 177
South East +23 43 £525 +0.96% 56
Work from Home +95 41 £525 -4.55% 59
East of England +11 41 £488 - 34
South West -18 21 £700 +64.71% 39
London +70 7 £625 +8.70% 12
West Midlands +21 7 - - 11
Midlands +16 7 - - 25
North of England +15 7 £463 -15.91% 21
North West +12 6 £463 -15.91% 14
Scotland +50 2 £375 - 9
Yorkshire - 1 - - 4

Verification and Validation
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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (7.75%) Confluence
2 2 (1.55%) Apache
Applications
1 26 (20.16%) Simulink
2 24 (18.60%) Stateflow
3 5 (3.88%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.78%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Communications & Networking
1 13 (10.08%) SNMP
1 13 (10.08%) Software-Defined Radio
2 11 (8.53%) Ethernet
2 11 (8.53%) TCP/IP
3 2 (1.55%) Internet
3 2 (1.55%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.55%) MongoDB
1 2 (1.55%) MySQL
1 2 (1.55%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 24 (18.60%) Eclipse
2 22 (17.05%) Rational DOORS
3 21 (16.28%) Git
4 18 (13.95%) JIRA
5 15 (11.63%) Bitbucket
6 12 (9.30%) GoogleTest
6 12 (9.30%) Robot Framework
7 11 (8.53%) Visual Studio
8 5 (3.88%) Subversion
9 3 (2.33%) IntelliJ
10 2 (1.55%) CppUnit
10 2 (1.55%) PVCS
11 1 (0.78%) Jenkins
11 1 (0.78%) Rational Team Concert
General
1 24 (18.60%) Automotive
2 19 (14.73%) Legal
2 19 (14.73%) Military
2 19 (14.73%) Presentation Skills
3 16 (12.40%) Aerospace
4 14 (10.85%) Social Skills
5 7 (5.43%) Finance
5 7 (5.43%) Marketing
6 5 (3.88%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (3.10%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (3.10%) Aviation
8 2 (1.55%) Banking
8 2 (1.55%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.78%) Advertising
9 1 (0.78%) Avionics
9 1 (0.78%) Law
9 1 (0.78%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.78%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 50 (38.76%) Software Engineer
2 36 (27.91%) Systems Engineer
3 22 (17.05%) Principal Engineer
3 22 (17.05%) Principal Systems Engineer
4 16 (12.40%) C++ Software Engineer
5 10 (7.75%) C# Software Engineer
5 10 (7.75%) Embedded Engineer
5 10 (7.75%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 9 (6.98%) Senior
6 9 (6.98%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 8 (6.20%) Architect
7 8 (6.20%) C Software Engineer
7 8 (6.20%) Data Architect
7 8 (6.20%) Lead
8 7 (5.43%) Java Engineer
8 7 (5.43%) Java Software Engineer
9 6 (4.65%) Embedded C Engineer
9 6 (4.65%) Embedded C Software Engineer
10 5 (3.88%) Integration Engineer
10 5 (3.88%) Systems Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (10.08%) Node.js
2 12 (9.30%) CSS
2 12 (9.30%) HTML
3 11 (8.53%) Web Services
4 2 (1.55%) AngularJS
4 2 (1.55%) jQuery
4 2 (1.55%) React
4 2 (1.55%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (20.93%) Algorithms
2 7 (5.43%) Management Information System
3 3 (2.33%) Embedded Systems
4 2 (1.55%) Mobile App
4 2 (1.55%) VHDL
5 1 (0.78%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.78%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 26 (20.16%) Windows
2 24 (18.60%) Linux
3 7 (5.43%) Unix
4 2 (1.55%) Android
4 2 (1.55%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (100.00%) Validation
2 64 (49.61%) Software Engineering
3 37 (28.68%) Agile
4 27 (20.93%) Systems Engineering
5 25 (19.38%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
5 25 (19.38%) Test Automation
6 24 (18.60%) UML
7 19 (14.73%) Computer Science
8 18 (13.95%) Scrum
9 14 (10.85%) Problem-Solving
10 13 (10.08%) Prototyping
10 13 (10.08%) Synthetic Environment
10 13 (10.08%) SysML
10 13 (10.08%) Unit Testing
10 13 (10.08%) Visualisation
11 12 (9.30%) Customer Requirements
12 11 (8.53%) CI/CD
12 11 (8.53%) Continuous Delivery
12 11 (8.53%) Customer Engagement
12 11 (8.53%) Digital Twin
Programming Languages
1 32 (24.81%) C++
2 27 (20.93%) MATLAB
3 23 (17.83%) JavaScript
4 21 (16.28%) Java
5 20 (15.50%) C
6 13 (10.08%) C#
7 10 (7.75%) Embedded C
7 10 (7.75%) SQL
8 6 (4.65%) Embedded C++
9 3 (2.33%) Python
10 1 (0.78%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 20 (15.50%) Degree
2 18 (13.95%) SC Cleared
2 18 (13.95%) Security Cleared
3 12 (9.30%) Master's Degree
4 7 (5.43%) ITIL Certification
5 4 (3.10%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (2.33%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.55%) HNC
7 2 (1.55%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.43%) PCI DSS
2 6 (4.65%) ISO 26262
3 5 (3.88%) AUTOSAR
3 5 (3.88%) MISRA
3 5 (3.88%) MISRA C
4 3 (2.33%) QA
5 1 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 1 (0.78%) PMO
System Software
1 16 (12.40%) Firmware
2 2 (1.55%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (1.55%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.55%) vSphere
3 1 (0.78%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (0.78%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 12 (9.30%) Google
2 11 (8.53%) Microsoft
3 10 (7.75%) Atlassian
4 4 (3.10%) IBM
4 4 (3.10%) VMware
5 1 (0.78%) CA Agile Central
5 1 (0.78%) EMC
5 1 (0.78%) Oracle
5 1 (0.78%) SAP
5 1 (0.78%) Sparx
5 1 (0.78%) Wind River