Verification and Validation Jobs in the UK excluding London

Verification and Validation
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Verification and Validation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries 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 507 556 570
Rank change year-on-year +49 +14 -45
Permanent jobs citing Verification and Validation 285 174 324
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.36% 0.31% 0.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.44% 0.33% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 173 33 87
10th Percentile £40,150 £47,500 £34,990
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £35,575
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +15.79% -5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £57,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £77,250 £73,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Verification and Validation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 64,702 52,760 72,012
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 80.77% 95.48% 94.30%
Number of salaries quoted 43,767 28,367 41,386
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +8.81%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%

Verification and Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Verification and Validation in the UK excluding London

Verification and Validation
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Verification and Validation in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Verification and Validation in the UK excluding London

Verification and Validation
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Verification and Validation in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Verification and Validation in the UK excluding London

Verification and Validation
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +38 89 £54,995 -0.01% 56
South West +4 60 £55,000 -20.29% 40
East of England -15 51 £57,500 +4.55% 34
North of England +44 37 £50,000 - 21
Midlands -79 31 £55,000 - 25
North West +2 26 £55,000 - 14
West Midlands -55 24 £55,000 - 11
Scotland -58 12 £60,000 - 9
Yorkshire +73 10 £45,000 - 4
East Midlands -26 7 £42,500 - 14
Northern Ireland +23 4 - -
Isle of Man - 1 - -
North East - 1 - - 3
Verification and Validation
UK

Verification and Validation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 23 (8.07%) Simulink
2 9 (3.16%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (2.81%) Stateflow
4 5 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.70%) TargetLink
6 1 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.35%) OrCAD
6 1 (0.35%) Siemens NX
6 1 (0.35%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 9 (3.16%) BlazeMeter
2 3 (1.05%) AWS
2 3 (1.05%) Azure
2 3 (1.05%) Cloud Computing
2 3 (1.05%) Power Platform
3 2 (0.70%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (0.35%) Asana
4 1 (0.35%) GCP
4 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%) Ethernet
4 2 (0.70%) RS-232
5 1 (0.35%) 3G
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
3 2 (0.70%) Big Data
3 2 (0.70%) Qlik Sense
3 2 (0.70%) Relational Database
3 2 (0.70%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.35%) Metadata
4 1 (0.35%) MySQL
4 1 (0.35%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.35%) Power Query
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 5 (1.75%) Git
6 4 (1.40%) GitLab
7 2 (0.70%) Apache Continuum
7 2 (0.70%) Appium
7 2 (0.70%) Selenium
7 2 (0.70%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.35%) ClearCase
8 1 (0.35%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.35%) LabVIEW
8 1 (0.35%) Subversion
General
1 69 (24.21%) Social Skills
2 45 (15.79%) Electronics
3 35 (12.28%) Aerospace
4 24 (8.42%) Military
5 23 (8.07%) Automotive
6 21 (7.37%) Analytical Skills
7 17 (5.96%) Finance
8 16 (5.61%) Marketing
9 14 (4.91%) Manufacturing
10 11 (3.86%) Retail
11 10 (3.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 9 (3.16%) Law
13 6 (2.11%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (2.11%) Legal
14 5 (1.75%) Games
14 5 (1.75%) Pharmaceutical
14 5 (1.75%) Telecoms
15 3 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
16 2 (0.70%) Documentation Skills
16 2 (0.70%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 100 (35.09%) Systems Engineer
2 61 (21.40%) Software Engineer
3 50 (17.54%) Senior
4 39 (13.68%) Lead
5 25 (8.77%) Validation Engineer
6 19 (6.67%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 19 (6.67%) Verification Engineer
7 18 (6.32%) Embedded Engineer
8 17 (5.96%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 16 (5.61%) Electronics Engineer
10 13 (4.56%) Developer
10 13 (4.56%) Integration Engineer
11 12 (4.21%) Hardware Engineer
12 11 (3.86%) Systems Integration Engineer
13 10 (3.51%) Senior Software Engineer
13 10 (3.51%) Senior Validation Engineer
14 9 (3.16%) Electronics Hardware Engineer
14 9 (3.16%) Java Software Engineer
14 9 (3.16%) QA Software Engineer
14 9 (3.16%) RF 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 5 (1.75%) PyTorch
3 5 (1.75%) TensorFlow
3 5 (1.75%) WPF
4 4 (1.40%) Akka
4 4 (1.40%) Middleware
5 3 (1.05%) Qt
5 3 (1.05%) Unreal Engine
6 2 (0.70%) HTML
6 2 (0.70%) Playwright
6 2 (0.70%) wxWidgets
7 1 (0.35%) .NET
7 1 (0.35%) .NET Core
7 1 (0.35%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.35%) CSS
7 1 (0.35%) Flash
7 1 (0.35%) OpenCV
Miscellaneous
1 24 (8.42%) Management Information System
2 21 (7.37%) Algorithms
3 10 (3.51%) Robotics
4 9 (3.16%) Market Risk
5 8 (2.81%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (2.11%) Verilog
7 5 (1.75%) Embedded Systems
7 5 (1.75%) Linux Command Line
7 5 (1.75%) VHDL
8 4 (1.40%) Augmented Reality
8 4 (1.40%) FMCG
8 4 (1.40%) Operational Technology
8 4 (1.40%) SCADA
8 4 (1.40%) Virtual Reality
9 3 (1.05%) Acoustics
9 3 (1.05%) Analogue Electronics
9 3 (1.05%) ASIC
9 3 (1.05%) FPGA
10 2 (0.70%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.70%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 11 (3.86%) Linux
2 8 (2.81%) Windows
3 2 (0.70%) Android
4 1 (0.35%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 285 (100.00%) Validation
2 122 (42.81%) Systems Engineering
3 79 (27.72%) Software Engineering
4 48 (16.84%) Agile
5 42 (14.74%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
6 40 (14.04%) Problem-Solving
7 37 (12.98%) Cybersecurity
8 33 (11.58%) Mathematics
8 33 (11.58%) Visualisation
9 26 (9.12%) Physics
9 26 (9.12%) Software Testing
10 25 (8.77%) Requirements Management
11 19 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
12 18 (6.32%) Project Management
12 18 (6.32%) Root Cause Analysis
12 18 (6.32%) Synthetic Environment
12 18 (6.32%) Test Automation
12 18 (6.32%) UML
13 17 (5.96%) Decision-Making
13 17 (5.96%) SysML
Programming Languages
1 41 (14.39%) C
2 38 (13.33%) MATLAB
3 37 (12.98%) C#
4 33 (11.58%) Python
5 23 (8.07%) JavaScript
6 20 (7.02%) C++
7 17 (5.96%) SQL
8 10 (3.51%) Java
9 7 (2.46%) Embedded C
10 6 (2.11%) Ada
11 5 (1.75%) XAML
12 4 (1.40%) R
13 3 (1.05%) Bash
13 3 (1.05%) TypeScript
14 2 (0.70%) Embedded C++
14 2 (0.70%) PHP
15 1 (0.35%) Assembly Language
15 1 (0.35%) Fortran
15 1 (0.35%) Perl
15 1 (0.35%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 120 (42.11%) Security Cleared
2 117 (41.05%) Degree
3 52 (18.25%) BPSS Clearance
4 44 (15.44%) SC Cleared
5 18 (6.32%) HND
6 17 (5.96%) HNC
7 15 (5.26%) DV Cleared
8 11 (3.86%) Master's Degree
9 10 (3.51%) PhD
10 5 (1.75%) Chartered Engineer
10 5 (1.75%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.70%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.70%) Numerate Degree
11 2 (0.70%) NVQ Level 4
12 1 (0.35%) CBAP
12 1 (0.35%) CCNP
12 1 (0.35%) IIBA
12 1 (0.35%) MCAD
12 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 15288
1 15 (5.26%) QA
2 12 (4.21%) Def Stans
3 7 (2.46%) IEC 62304
4 2 (0.70%) ECSS
4 2 (0.70%) ISO 14001
4 2 (0.70%) ISO 26262
4 2 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 12207
4 2 (0.70%) JTAG
5 1 (0.35%) Automotive SPICE
5 1 (0.35%) IEC 61131
System Software
1 15 (5.26%) Firmware
2 5 (1.75%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.35%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (2.11%) Functional Safety
2 1 (0.35%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 10 (3.51%) EMC
2 9 (3.16%) TOWER Software
3 7 (2.46%) Microsoft
4 6 (2.11%) SAP
4 6 (2.11%) Thales
5 5 (1.75%) Cisco
5 5 (1.75%) Google
5 5 (1.75%) IBM
5 5 (1.75%) OpenAI
6 4 (1.40%) Alteryx
7 3 (1.05%) Atlassian
8 2 (0.70%) MathWorks
9 1 (0.35%) Autodesk
9 1 (0.35%) Blue Prism
9 1 (0.35%) CA
9 1 (0.35%) NCR
9 1 (0.35%) TSYS
9 1 (0.35%) VMware