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 2 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 84 58
Rank change year-on-year +28 -26 +41
Permanent jobs citing Verification and Validation 8 2 12
As % of all permanent jobs in Oxfordshire 1.19% 0.18% 1.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.36% 0.22% 1.79%
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 8
10th Percentile - £46,625 £47,500
25th Percentile - £47,188 £51,095
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £53,750 £61,584
Median % change year-on-year - -12.72% +17.30%
75th Percentile - £59,688 £70,875
90th Percentile - £59,875 £72,263
South East median annual salary £75,000 £52,500 £52,293
% change year-on-year +42.86% +0.40% -4.92%

All Process and 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 589 896 669
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 87.39% 82.58% 96.82%
Number of salaries quoted 359 468 525
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,750 £36,100
25th Percentile £33,375 £41,732 £41,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% - +7.84%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
South East median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% - -

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
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:

Communications & Networking
1 8 (100.00%) 5G
1 8 (100.00%) Bluetooth
1 8 (100.00%) GSM
1 8 (100.00%) LTE
1 8 (100.00%) UMTS
1 8 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 8 (100.00%) Wireless
General
1 8 (100.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 8 (100.00%) Electronics Engineer
1 8 (100.00%) Electronics Test Engineer
1 8 (100.00%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (100.00%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Coaching
1 8 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 8 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 8 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 8 (100.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) Degree
1 8 (100.00%) HND