Verification and Validation Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Verification and Validation
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Oxfordshire requiring Verification and Validation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 26 90
Rank change year-on-year -46 +64 -12
Permanent jobs citing Verification and Validation 16 47 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Oxfordshire 0.96% 6.69% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.37% 7.36% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 4
10th Percentile - - £47,375
25th Percentile £52,500 - £49,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,750 - £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.00%
75th Percentile £86,250 - £60,000
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £51,852
% change year-on-year +16.67% +15.71% -1.23%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,168 639 1,053
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 70.32% 90.90% 79.05%
Number of salaries quoted 924 365 657
10th Percentile £29,750 £26,700 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,438 £36,250 £38,620
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £86,250 £76,500 £77,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -4.55%

Verification and Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Verification and Validation relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire.

Verification and Validation job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Verification and Validation
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Verification and Validation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Verification and Validation

Verification and Validation
Salary Histogram in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Verification and Validation in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 31 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Verification and Validation in Oxfordshire

Verification and Validation
Job Locations in Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 31 August 2026. 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
Banbury - 8 - - 1
Oxford -35 3 £82,500 -
Wallingford - 2 - - 2
Verification and Validation
South East

Verification and Validation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (12.50%) AWS
1 2 (12.50%) AWS CodePipeline
1 2 (12.50%) GitHub
Development Applications
1 4 (25.00%) Git
2 3 (18.75%) Polyspace
2 3 (18.75%) VectorCAST
3 2 (12.50%) Jenkins
General
1 11 (68.75%) Automotive
2 10 (62.50%) Aerospace
3 8 (50.00%) Electronics
4 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
5 2 (12.50%) Finance
5 2 (12.50%) Legal
5 2 (12.50%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 13 (81.25%) Validation Engineer
1 13 (81.25%) Verification Engineer
2 10 (62.50%) Test Engineer
3 8 (50.00%) Lead
3 8 (50.00%) Lead Test Engineer
3 8 (50.00%) Test and Validation Engineer
4 5 (31.25%) Senior
4 5 (31.25%) Senior Validation Engineer
4 5 (31.25%) Senior Verification Engineer
5 3 (18.75%) Robotics Engineer
5 3 (18.75%) Senior Robotics Engineer
6 2 (12.50%) Embedded Engineer
6 2 (12.50%) QA Engineer
6 2 (12.50%) QA Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (18.75%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 7 (43.75%) Robotics
2 3 (18.75%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (12.50%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (100.00%) Validation
2 5 (31.25%) Software Testing
3 4 (25.00%) Test Automation
3 4 (25.00%) Test Strategy
4 3 (18.75%) AI
4 3 (18.75%) CI/CD
4 3 (18.75%) Computer Science
4 3 (18.75%) Dynamic Code Analysis
4 3 (18.75%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
4 3 (18.75%) Machine Learning
4 3 (18.75%) Release Management
4 3 (18.75%) Static Code Analysis
5 2 (12.50%) Benchmarking
5 2 (12.50%) Dependency Management
5 2 (12.50%) Deployment Automation
5 2 (12.50%) Logistics
5 2 (12.50%) Performance Metrics
5 2 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (6.25%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (31.25%) Python
2 3 (18.75%) Bash
3 2 (12.50%) C++
3 2 (12.50%) Go
Qualifications
1 3 (18.75%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (18.75%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (31.25%) QA
2 3 (18.75%) IEC 61508
2 3 (18.75%) ISO 26262
3 2 (12.50%) Def Stans
System Software
1 2 (12.50%) Docker
2 1 (6.25%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (6.25%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) Functional Safety