Verification and Validation Jobs

Verification and Validation
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Verification and Validation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Verification and 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 635 690 906
Rank change year-on-year +55 +216 -173
Permanent jobs citing Verification and Validation 285 261 367
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.27% 0.28% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.29% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 180 62 127
10th Percentile £40,750 £29,761 £34,996
25th Percentile £47,188 £47,813 £38,413
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £79,383 £85,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £92,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £48,000
% change year-on-year - +14.58% -4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 87,829 90,354 161,874
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.68% 95.46% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 61,251 54,292 82,971
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Verification and Validation in the UK

Verification and Validation
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Verification and Validation over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Verification and Validation in the UK

Verification and Validation
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Verification and Validation within the UK 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London +24 268 £55,000 - 191
England +52 267 £55,000 -12.00% 211
Work from Home +64 111 £55,000 - 72
South East +42 84 £54,995 -0.01% 63
South West +5 54 £55,000 -20.29% 44
East of England -8 50 £57,500 +4.55% 36
Midlands -59 32 £55,000 - 25
North of England +60 31 £50,000 - 22
West Midlands -57 25 £55,000 - 13
North West - 23 £55,000 - 16
London +79 13 £70,000 -22.22% 9
Scotland -57 12 £60,000 - 8
Yorkshire +66 7 £45,000 - 4
East Midlands -21 7 £42,500 - 12
Northern Ireland - 4 - -
Isle of Man - 1 - -
North East - 1 - - 2

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 1 (0.35%) Confluence
Applications
1 20 (7.02%) Simulink
2 9 (3.16%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (3.16%) Stateflow
3 5 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.70%) TargetLink
5 1 (0.35%) CATIA
5 1 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.35%) OrCAD
5 1 (0.35%) Siemens NX
5 1 (0.35%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 9 (3.16%) BlazeMeter
2 4 (1.40%) dbt
2 4 (1.40%) Prefect
3 3 (1.05%) AWS
3 3 (1.05%) Azure
3 3 (1.05%) Power Platform
4 2 (0.70%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (0.70%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.35%) Asana
5 1 (0.35%) GCP
5 1 (0.35%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.75%) Bluetooth
1 5 (1.75%) LAN
1 5 (1.75%) Network Security
1 5 (1.75%) WAN
2 4 (1.40%) Firewall
2 4 (1.40%) Multicast
2 4 (1.40%) OSPF
2 4 (1.40%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.05%) 4G
4 2 (0.70%) RS-232
5 1 (0.35%) 3G
5 1 (0.35%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.35%) GPRS
5 1 (0.35%) Modbus
5 1 (0.35%) RS-485
5 1 (0.35%) SAN
5 1 (0.35%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.11%) Tableau
2 3 (1.05%) Power BI
2 3 (1.05%) Relational Database
2 3 (1.05%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.70%) Big Data
3 2 (0.70%) Qlik Sense
4 1 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.35%) Metadata
4 1 (0.35%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.35%) Power Query
4 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 25 (8.77%) JIRA
2 24 (8.42%) Rational DOORS
3 11 (3.86%) Rational Rhapsody
4 9 (3.16%) Cucumber
4 9 (3.16%) Cypress.io
4 9 (3.16%) Gradle
4 9 (3.16%) Jenkins
4 9 (3.16%) JMeter
4 9 (3.16%) Maven
5 4 (1.40%) Git
5 4 (1.40%) GitLab
6 3 (1.05%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.70%) Apache Continuum
7 2 (0.70%) Appium
7 2 (0.70%) Selenium
8 1 (0.35%) ClearCase
8 1 (0.35%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.35%) LabVIEW
8 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.35%) Subversion
General
1 73 (25.61%) Social Skills
2 43 (15.09%) Electronics
3 26 (9.12%) Aerospace
4 25 (8.77%) Automotive
5 22 (7.72%) Analytical Skills
6 21 (7.37%) Military
7 17 (5.96%) Finance
8 16 (5.61%) Marketing
9 15 (5.26%) Manufacturing
10 11 (3.86%) Retail
11 10 (3.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 9 (3.16%) Law
13 7 (2.46%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (2.46%) Legal
14 5 (1.75%) Games
14 5 (1.75%) Pharmaceutical
14 5 (1.75%) Telecoms
15 4 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
16 3 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
17 2 (0.70%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 89 (31.23%) Systems Engineer
2 59 (20.70%) Software Engineer
3 47 (16.49%) Senior
4 42 (14.74%) Lead
5 21 (7.37%) Validation Engineer
6 16 (5.61%) Electronics Engineer
6 16 (5.61%) Embedded Engineer
7 15 (5.26%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 15 (5.26%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 15 (5.26%) Verification Engineer
8 13 (4.56%) Developer
9 12 (4.21%) Hardware Engineer
10 11 (3.86%) Integration Engineer
11 10 (3.51%) Senior Software Engineer
12 9 (3.16%) Architect
12 9 (3.16%) Design Engineer
12 9 (3.16%) Java Software Engineer
12 9 (3.16%) QA Engineer
12 9 (3.16%) RF Engineer
12 9 (3.16%) Systems Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.51%) React
2 9 (3.16%) Ext JS
2 9 (3.16%) Spring
2 9 (3.16%) Spring Boot
3 6 (2.11%) PyTorch
3 6 (2.11%) TensorFlow
4 5 (1.75%) WPF
5 4 (1.40%) Akka
6 3 (1.05%) Unreal Engine
7 2 (0.70%) HTML
7 2 (0.70%) Middleware
7 2 (0.70%) OpenCV
7 2 (0.70%) Playwright
7 2 (0.70%) Qt
7 2 (0.70%) scikit-learn
7 2 (0.70%) wxWidgets
8 1 (0.35%) .NET
8 1 (0.35%) ASP.NET
8 1 (0.35%) CSS
8 1 (0.35%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 24 (8.42%) Management Information System
2 20 (7.02%) Algorithms
3 10 (3.51%) Robotics
4 9 (3.16%) Market Risk
5 6 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (1.75%) Embedded Systems
6 5 (1.75%) Verilog
6 5 (1.75%) VHDL
7 4 (1.40%) Augmented Reality
7 4 (1.40%) FMCG
7 4 (1.40%) Linux Command Line
7 4 (1.40%) Operational Technology
7 4 (1.40%) SCADA
7 4 (1.40%) Virtual Reality
8 3 (1.05%) Analogue Electronics
8 3 (1.05%) ASIC
9 2 (0.70%) AS400
9 2 (0.70%) FPGA
9 2 (0.70%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.70%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 10 (3.51%) Linux
2 8 (2.81%) Windows
3 2 (0.70%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 285 (100.00%) Validation
2 121 (42.46%) Systems Engineering
3 73 (25.61%) Software Engineering
4 54 (18.95%) Agile
5 41 (14.39%) Problem-Solving
6 37 (12.98%) Cybersecurity
7 36 (12.63%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
8 33 (11.58%) Visualisation
9 28 (9.82%) Software Testing
10 26 (9.12%) Requirements Management
11 25 (8.77%) Mathematics
11 25 (8.77%) Mentoring
12 24 (8.42%) Decision-Making
13 21 (7.37%) Physics
14 20 (7.02%) Continuous Improvement
15 19 (6.67%) Project Management
15 19 (6.67%) Test Automation
15 19 (6.67%) V-Model
16 18 (6.32%) People Management
16 18 (6.32%) UML
Programming Languages
1 37 (12.98%) C
2 35 (12.28%) C#
2 35 (12.28%) Python
3 32 (11.23%) MATLAB
4 22 (7.72%) JavaScript
5 18 (6.32%) SQL
6 16 (5.61%) C++
7 10 (3.51%) Java
8 7 (2.46%) Embedded C
9 5 (1.75%) Ada
9 5 (1.75%) XAML
10 4 (1.40%) R
11 3 (1.05%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.70%) Embedded C++
12 2 (0.70%) PHP
13 1 (0.35%) Assembly Language
13 1 (0.35%) Fortran
13 1 (0.35%) Lua
13 1 (0.35%) PowerShell
13 1 (0.35%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 120 (42.11%) Security Cleared
2 109 (38.25%) Degree
3 54 (18.95%) BPSS Clearance
4 46 (16.14%) SC Cleared
5 14 (4.91%) HND
6 13 (4.56%) DV Cleared
6 13 (4.56%) HNC
7 11 (3.86%) PhD
8 9 (3.16%) Master's Degree
9 5 (1.75%) Chartered Engineer
9 5 (1.75%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.70%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.70%) NVQ Level 4
11 1 (0.35%) CBAP
11 1 (0.35%) CCNP
11 1 (0.35%) IIBA
11 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.35%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.35%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.67%) Def Stans
2 15 (5.26%) QA
3 14 (4.91%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 6 (2.11%) IEC 62304
5 4 (1.40%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.70%) ECSS
6 2 (0.70%) ISO 14001
6 2 (0.70%) ISO 26262
6 2 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 2 (0.70%) JTAG
7 1 (0.35%) Automotive SPICE
7 1 (0.35%) IEC 61131
System Software
1 14 (4.91%) Firmware
2 5 (1.75%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.35%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (2.11%) Functional Safety
2 4 (1.40%) Terraform
3 1 (0.35%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 9 (3.16%) EMC
1 9 (3.16%) TOWER Software
2 8 (2.81%) Microsoft
3 6 (2.11%) OpenAI
3 6 (2.11%) SAP
3 6 (2.11%) Thales
4 5 (1.75%) Cisco
4 5 (1.75%) Google
4 5 (1.75%) IBM
5 4 (1.40%) Alteryx
6 3 (1.05%) Atlassian
7 2 (0.70%) MathWorks
8 1 (0.35%) Autodesk
8 1 (0.35%) Blue Prism
8 1 (0.35%) CA
8 1 (0.35%) NCR
8 1 (0.35%) TSYS
8 1 (0.35%) VMware