Verification and Validation Jobs in the UK excluding London

Verification and Validation
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 516 533 598
Rank change year-on-year +17 +65 -62
Permanent jobs citing Verification and Validation 268 202 279
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.35% 0.36% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 0.37% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 168 33 83
10th Percentile £40,750 £47,500 £34,990
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £35,575
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year - +14.58% -4.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £77,250 £72,000
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 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 advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 62,321 53,973 69,823
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 81.77% 95.48% 94.28%
Number of salaries quoted 42,680 28,676 41,266
10th Percentile £27,300 £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% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
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 2 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 2 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 +37 84 £54,995 -0.01% 64
South West +3 54 £55,000 -20.29% 44
East of England -12 50 £57,500 +4.55% 35
Midlands -57 32 £55,000 - 25
North of England +60 31 £50,000 - 22
West Midlands -53 25 £55,000 - 13
North West - 23 £55,000 - 16
Scotland -59 12 £60,000 - 8
Yorkshire +64 7 £45,000 - 4
East Midlands -18 7 £42,500 - 12
Northern Ireland - 4 - -
Isle of Man - 1 - -
North East - 1 - - 2
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 (0.37%) Confluence
Applications
1 20 (7.46%) Simulink
2 9 (3.36%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (3.36%) Stateflow
3 5 (1.87%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.75%) TargetLink
5 1 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.37%) OrCAD
5 1 (0.37%) Siemens NX
5 1 (0.37%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 9 (3.36%) BlazeMeter
2 3 (1.12%) AWS
2 3 (1.12%) Azure
2 3 (1.12%) Power Platform
3 2 (0.75%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (0.75%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (0.37%) Asana
4 1 (0.37%) GCP
4 1 (0.37%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.87%) Bluetooth
1 5 (1.87%) LAN
1 5 (1.87%) Network Security
1 5 (1.87%) WAN
2 4 (1.49%) Firewall
2 4 (1.49%) Multicast
2 4 (1.49%) OSPF
2 4 (1.49%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.12%) 4G
4 2 (0.75%) RS-232
5 1 (0.37%) 3G
5 1 (0.37%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.37%) GPRS
5 1 (0.37%) Modbus
5 1 (0.37%) RS-485
5 1 (0.37%) SAN
5 1 (0.37%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.24%) Tableau
2 3 (1.12%) Power BI
2 3 (1.12%) Relational Database
2 3 (1.12%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.75%) Big Data
3 2 (0.75%) Qlik Sense
4 1 (0.37%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.37%) Metadata
4 1 (0.37%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.37%) Power Query
4 1 (0.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 24 (8.96%) JIRA
1 24 (8.96%) Rational DOORS
2 11 (4.10%) Rational Rhapsody
3 9 (3.36%) Cucumber
3 9 (3.36%) Cypress.io
3 9 (3.36%) Gradle
3 9 (3.36%) Jenkins
3 9 (3.36%) JMeter
3 9 (3.36%) Maven
4 4 (1.49%) Git
4 4 (1.49%) GitLab
5 3 (1.12%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.75%) Apache Continuum
6 2 (0.75%) Appium
6 2 (0.75%) Selenium
7 1 (0.37%) ClearCase
7 1 (0.37%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.37%) LabVIEW
7 1 (0.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.37%) Subversion
General
1 67 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 43 (16.04%) Electronics
3 26 (9.70%) Aerospace
4 23 (8.58%) Automotive
5 21 (7.84%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (7.84%) Military
6 17 (6.34%) Finance
7 16 (5.97%) Marketing
8 14 (5.22%) Manufacturing
9 11 (4.10%) Retail
10 10 (3.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (3.36%) Law
12 6 (2.24%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (2.24%) Legal
13 5 (1.87%) Games
13 5 (1.87%) Pharmaceutical
13 5 (1.87%) Telecoms
14 3 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
15 2 (0.75%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 87 (32.46%) Systems Engineer
2 59 (22.01%) Software Engineer
3 45 (16.79%) Senior
4 40 (14.93%) Lead
5 20 (7.46%) Validation Engineer
6 16 (5.97%) Electronics Engineer
6 16 (5.97%) Embedded Engineer
7 15 (5.60%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 15 (5.60%) Senior Systems Engineer
8 14 (5.22%) Verification Engineer
9 13 (4.85%) Developer
10 12 (4.48%) Hardware Engineer
11 11 (4.10%) Integration Engineer
12 10 (3.73%) Senior Software Engineer
13 9 (3.36%) Architect
13 9 (3.36%) Design Engineer
13 9 (3.36%) Java Engineer
13 9 (3.36%) Java Software Engineer
13 9 (3.36%) QA Engineer
13 9 (3.36%) RF Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.73%) React
2 9 (3.36%) Ext JS
2 9 (3.36%) Spring
2 9 (3.36%) Spring Boot
3 6 (2.24%) PyTorch
3 6 (2.24%) TensorFlow
4 5 (1.87%) WPF
5 4 (1.49%) Akka
6 3 (1.12%) Unreal Engine
7 2 (0.75%) HTML
7 2 (0.75%) Middleware
7 2 (0.75%) OpenCV
7 2 (0.75%) Playwright
7 2 (0.75%) Qt
7 2 (0.75%) scikit-learn
7 2 (0.75%) wxWidgets
8 1 (0.37%) .NET
8 1 (0.37%) ASP.NET
8 1 (0.37%) CSS
8 1 (0.37%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 23 (8.58%) Management Information System
2 20 (7.46%) Algorithms
3 10 (3.73%) Robotics
4 9 (3.36%) Market Risk
5 6 (2.24%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (1.87%) Embedded Systems
6 5 (1.87%) Verilog
6 5 (1.87%) VHDL
7 4 (1.49%) Augmented Reality
7 4 (1.49%) FMCG
7 4 (1.49%) Linux Command Line
7 4 (1.49%) Operational Technology
7 4 (1.49%) SCADA
7 4 (1.49%) Virtual Reality
8 3 (1.12%) Analogue Electronics
8 3 (1.12%) ASIC
9 2 (0.75%) AS400
9 2 (0.75%) FPGA
9 2 (0.75%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.75%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 10 (3.73%) Linux
2 8 (2.99%) Windows
3 2 (0.75%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 268 (100.00%) Validation
2 112 (41.79%) Systems Engineering
3 73 (27.24%) Software Engineering
4 46 (17.16%) Agile
5 40 (14.93%) Problem-Solving
6 37 (13.81%) Cybersecurity
7 36 (13.43%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
8 33 (12.31%) Visualisation
9 25 (9.33%) Mathematics
9 25 (9.33%) Software Testing
10 23 (8.58%) Requirements Management
11 21 (7.84%) Physics
12 18 (6.72%) Project Management
12 18 (6.72%) Synthetic Environment
12 18 (6.72%) UML
13 17 (6.34%) Continuous Improvement
13 17 (6.34%) Decision-Making
13 17 (6.34%) Root Cause Analysis
13 17 (6.34%) Test Automation
14 16 (5.97%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 37 (13.81%) C
2 35 (13.06%) C#
3 32 (11.94%) MATLAB
4 28 (10.45%) Python
5 22 (8.21%) JavaScript
6 18 (6.72%) SQL
7 16 (5.97%) C++
8 10 (3.73%) Java
9 7 (2.61%) Embedded C
10 5 (1.87%) Ada
10 5 (1.87%) XAML
11 4 (1.49%) R
12 3 (1.12%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.75%) Embedded C++
13 2 (0.75%) PHP
14 1 (0.37%) Assembly Language
14 1 (0.37%) Fortran
14 1 (0.37%) Lua
14 1 (0.37%) PowerShell
14 1 (0.37%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 114 (42.54%) Security Cleared
2 108 (40.30%) Degree
3 52 (19.40%) BPSS Clearance
4 40 (14.93%) SC Cleared
5 14 (5.22%) HND
6 13 (4.85%) DV Cleared
6 13 (4.85%) HNC
7 11 (4.10%) PhD
8 9 (3.36%) Master's Degree
9 5 (1.87%) Chartered Engineer
9 5 (1.87%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.87%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.75%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.75%) NVQ Level 4
11 1 (0.37%) CBAP
11 1 (0.37%) CCNP
11 1 (0.37%) IIBA
11 1 (0.37%) MCAD
11 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.37%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (5.60%) QA
2 14 (5.22%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 13 (4.85%) Def Stans
4 6 (2.24%) IEC 62304
5 2 (0.75%) ECSS
5 2 (0.75%) ISO 14001
5 2 (0.75%) ISO 26262
5 2 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 2 (0.75%) JTAG
6 1 (0.37%) Automotive SPICE
6 1 (0.37%) IEC 61131
System Software
1 14 (5.22%) Firmware
2 5 (1.87%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.37%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (2.24%) Functional Safety
2 1 (0.37%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 9 (3.36%) EMC
1 9 (3.36%) TOWER Software
2 8 (2.99%) Microsoft
3 6 (2.24%) OpenAI
3 6 (2.24%) SAP
3 6 (2.24%) Thales
4 5 (1.87%) Cisco
4 5 (1.87%) Google
4 5 (1.87%) IBM
5 4 (1.49%) Alteryx
6 3 (1.12%) Atlassian
7 2 (0.75%) MathWorks
8 1 (0.37%) Autodesk
8 1 (0.37%) Blue Prism
8 1 (0.37%) CA
8 1 (0.37%) NCR
8 1 (0.37%) TSYS
8 1 (0.37%) VMware