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Verification Engineer Contracts
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Verification Engineer role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Verification Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Verification Engineer
Rank 526 533 569
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +36
Contract jobs requiring a Verification Engineer 15 37 32
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.031% 0.064% 0.051%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.034% 0.069% 0.056%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 14 0
Average daily rate £300 £313 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £313 -
% change year-on-year
-4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 12
Average hourly rate £43.75 - £35.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.75 - £32.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.75 - £36.35
UK excluding London average hourly rate £43.75 - £35.00
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 44347 53663 57608
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.17% 92.47% 92.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 25564 29628 31510
Average daily rate £400 £400 £420
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -4.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2099 2560 2964
Average hourly rate £18.50 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.19 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £40.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%

Verification Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Verification Engineer within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Verification Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Verification Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Verification Engineer within the UK.

Verification Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Verification Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Verification Engineer within the UK.

Verification Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Verification Engineer
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Verification Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Find
Job
Vacancies
England -7 5 - - 4
South East +21 4 - - 1
East of England +11 1 - - 1
Cambridge +8 1 - -
Cambridgeshire +5 1 - - 1
Hampshire -5 1 - -
Essex - - - -
Basingstoke - - - -
Brentwood - - - -
Bristol - - - -
South West - - - -

Verification Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Verification Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Verification Engineer in their job title.

1 11 (35.48%) ASIC
1 11 (35.48%) ASIC Verification
2 8 (25.81%) Verilog
2 8 (25.81%) Telecoms
2 8 (25.81%) 3G
3 7 (22.58%) Perl
3 7 (22.58%) Python
3 7 (22.58%) WCDMA
3 7 (22.58%) 2G
3 7 (22.58%) Wireless
3 7 (22.58%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
3 7 (22.58%) Radio Access Network
4 6 (19.35%) UNIX
4 6 (19.35%) Ericsson
5 5 (16.13%) TCP/IP
5 5 (16.13%) Java
5 5 (16.13%) XML
5 5 (16.13%) SQL
5 5 (16.13%) Computer Science
5 5 (16.13%) RNC
5 5 (16.13%) Multimedia
6 4 (12.90%) QA
6 4 (12.90%) C
6 4 (12.90%) CCNP
6 4 (12.90%) ISEB
6 4 (12.90%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (9.677%) DTV
7 3 (9.677%) DVB
7 3 (9.677%) CCNA
7 3 (9.677%) Cisco

Verification Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Verification Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Verification Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (16.13%) XML
Applications
1 1 (3.226%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 8 (25.81%) 3G
2 7 (22.58%) WCDMA
2 7 (22.58%) 2G
2 7 (22.58%) Wireless
2 7 (22.58%) Radio Access Network
3 5 (16.13%) TCP/IP
3 5 (16.13%) RNC
4 3 (9.677%) DVB
4 3 (9.677%) SNMP
4 3 (9.677%) GSM
5 2 (6.452%) 3GPP
5 2 (6.452%) FTP
5 2 (6.452%) GPRS
6 1 (3.226%) HTTP
6 1 (3.226%) UMTS
6 1 (3.226%) Wireshark
6 1 (3.226%) 4G
6 1 (3.226%) HSPA
6 1 (3.226%) LTE
6 1 (3.226%) NAS
Development Applications
1 2 (6.452%) Rational DOORS
1 2 (6.452%) StarTeam
General
1 8 (25.81%) Telecoms
2 5 (16.13%) Multimedia
3 1 (3.226%) German Language
3 1 (3.226%) Marketing
3 1 (3.226%) Finance
3 1 (3.226%) Aerospace
3 1 (3.226%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 11 (35.48%) ASIC
1 11 (35.48%) ASIC Verification
2 8 (25.81%) Verilog
3 7 (22.58%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
4 5 (16.13%) Computer Science
5 3 (9.677%) DTV
5 3 (9.677%) MPEG
5 3 (9.677%) IPTV
6 2 (6.452%) SystemC
7 1 (3.226%) Firmware
7 1 (3.226%) Device Driver
7 1 (3.226%) Handset
7 1 (3.226%) 3D Graphics
7 1 (3.226%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 6 (19.35%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (3.226%) Test Scripting
1 1 (3.226%) Performance Management
1 1 (3.226%) Fault Management
1 1 (3.226%) Requirements Management
1 1 (3.226%) CAD
1 1 (3.226%) Configuration Management
1 1 (3.226%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 7 (22.58%) Perl
1 7 (22.58%) Python
2 5 (16.13%) Java
2 5 (16.13%) SQL
3 4 (12.90%) C
4 1 (3.226%) Tcl
4 1 (3.226%) Pascal
4 1 (3.226%) C++
4 1 (3.226%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 4 (12.90%) CCNP
1 4 (12.90%) ISEB
1 4 (12.90%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (9.677%) CCNA
3 2 (6.452%) SC Cleared
3 2 (6.452%) Security Cleared
4 1 (3.226%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.90%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (6.452%) Netcool
Vendors
1 6 (19.35%) Ericsson
2 3 (9.677%) Cisco
3 1 (3.226%) NetHawk
3 1 (3.226%) Anite
FPGA Verification Engineer - Buckinghamshire (6 MONTHS CONTRACT)
Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
Due to the increased workload of new and existing programme we require the following: The workpackage, assigned and monitored by the Firmware Team Leader and the Project Firmware...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Rate: 40-45ph
Posted: 13 June 2013
Verification Engineer, North West, £35ph+
Lancashire, North West
You will be brought on board to help with additional verification work. There has been significant growth in system integration which places on-chip communication at the centre...
Real Staffing
Rate: £35 - £45 per hour
Posted: 11 June 2013
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