Verification and Validation Contracts in the South East

Verification and Validation
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 161 185 248
Rank change year-on-year +24 +63 -36
Contract jobs citing Verification and Validation 43 34 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.76% 0.60% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.91% 0.68% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 18 7
10th Percentile £425 £490 £413
25th Percentile £469 £500 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -15.00% +60.00%
75th Percentile £563 £604 £673
90th Percentile £569 £618 £720
England median daily rate £501 £550 £520
% change year-on-year -9.00% +5.77% +22.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 5 6
10th Percentile £62.00 £55.77 £45.00
25th Percentile £65.47 - £54.69
Median hourly rate £76.86 £62.55 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year +22.88% -13.72% +61.11%
75th Percentile - - £83.94
90th Percentile - £70.47 £84.38
England median hourly rate £65.00 £63.23 £54.84
% change year-on-year +2.80% +15.30% +10.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,709 5,035 6,914
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 82.69% 89.04% 89.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,713 3,459 4,700
10th Percentile £255 £250 £244
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £501 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.80% +0.20% +8.11%
75th Percentile £625 £619 £600
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £548
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.46% +9.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 465 221 275
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.25 £12.27
25th Percentile £18.32 £24.50 £15.25
Median hourly rate £47.50 £52.50 £21.97
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +138.96% -12.12%
75th Percentile £63.75 £66.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.94 £75.00 £63.55
England median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year +4.17% +41.18% +13.33%

Verification and Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Verification and Validation in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Verification and Validation in the South East

Verification and Validation
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Verification and Validation in the South East over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Verification and Validation in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Verification and Validation in the South East

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Verification and Validation in the South East over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Verification and Validation in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 9 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
Hampshire +9 23 £63 -88.58% 15
Surrey +18 14 £525 +5.00% 3
Thames Valley -2 6 £475 -20.83% 29
Berkshire -1 4 £500 -11.69% 16
Oxfordshire 0 2 £450 - 11
Verification and Validation
England

Verification and Validation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (23.26%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (2.33%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Communications & Networking
1 13 (30.23%) SNMP
1 13 (30.23%) Software-Defined Radio
Development Applications
1 13 (30.23%) Eclipse
1 13 (30.23%) Git
2 12 (27.91%) GoogleTest
2 12 (27.91%) Robot Framework
3 10 (23.26%) Bitbucket
3 10 (23.26%) JIRA
4 9 (20.93%) Rational DOORS
General
1 7 (16.28%) Finance
1 7 (16.28%) Marketing
1 7 (16.28%) Presentation Skills
2 5 (11.63%) Documentation Skills
3 4 (9.30%) Aerospace
4 2 (4.65%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (4.65%) Aviation
5 1 (2.33%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 17 (39.53%) Systems Engineer
2 15 (34.88%) Principal Engineer
2 15 (34.88%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 11 (25.58%) Software Engineer
4 7 (16.28%) C++ Software Engineer
4 7 (16.28%) Java Engineer
4 7 (16.28%) Java Software Engineer
4 7 (16.28%) Senior
4 7 (16.28%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 5 (11.63%) DOORS Engineer
5 5 (11.63%) Integration Engineer
5 5 (11.63%) Senior Integration Engineer
5 5 (11.63%) Software Integration Engineer
5 5 (11.63%) Systems Integration Engineer
6 4 (9.30%) Embedded Engineer
6 4 (9.30%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 2 (4.65%) DSP Engineer
7 2 (4.65%) Software Test Engineer
7 2 (4.65%) Software Verification Engineer
7 2 (4.65%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (23.26%) CSS
1 10 (23.26%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.65%) Algorithms
1 2 (4.65%) VHDL
2 1 (2.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.33%) Operational Technology
2 1 (2.33%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 15 (34.88%) Windows
2 13 (30.23%) Linux
3 7 (16.28%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (100.00%) Validation
2 18 (41.86%) Systems Engineering
2 18 (41.86%) UML
3 15 (34.88%) Software Engineering
4 13 (30.23%) Prototyping
5 11 (25.58%) SysML
6 10 (23.26%) Agile
6 10 (23.26%) Scrum
7 9 (20.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 8 (18.60%) Requirements Management
9 7 (16.28%) Collaborative Working
9 7 (16.28%) Customer Engagement
9 7 (16.28%) Customer Requirements
9 7 (16.28%) ITIL
9 7 (16.28%) Process Improvement
9 7 (16.28%) Requirements Analysis
9 7 (16.28%) Risk Management
9 7 (16.28%) Stakeholder Management
9 7 (16.28%) Technical Leadership
9 7 (16.28%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 14 (32.56%) C++
2 10 (23.26%) JavaScript
3 8 (18.60%) Java
4 4 (9.30%) C
4 4 (9.30%) Embedded C
5 2 (4.65%) Embedded C++
6 1 (2.33%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 8 (18.60%) Degree
2 7 (16.28%) ITIL Certification
2 7 (16.28%) Master's Degree
3 4 (9.30%) SC Cleared
3 4 (9.30%) Security Cleared
4 2 (4.65%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.33%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (16.28%) PCI DSS
2 2 (4.65%) QA
System Software
1 12 (27.91%) Firmware
2 1 (2.33%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 12 (27.91%) Google
2 10 (23.26%) Atlassian
3 1 (2.33%) IBM
3 1 (2.33%) Sparx