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 3 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 53 96
Rank change year-on-year -4 +43 +13
Permanent jobs citing Verification and Validation 14 10 12
As % of all permanent jobs in Oxfordshire 1.27% 1.62% 0.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.86% 1.77% 0.94%
Number of salaries quoted 10 0 9
10th Percentile £51,250 - £48,500
25th Percentile £52,500 - £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 - £72,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +44.00%
75th Percentile - - £78,750
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,995
% change year-on-year +9.09% +0.01% -4.36%

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 752 565 1,280
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 68.12% 91.57% 81.48%
Number of salaries quoted 558 343 1,062
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,300 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,750 £73,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

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 3 April 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 3 April 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
Kidlington - 3 £85,000 -
Banbury - 2 - - 1
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 (14.29%) AWS
1 2 (14.29%) AWS CodePipeline
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) SpaceWire
Development Applications
1 4 (28.57%) Git
2 2 (14.29%) Jenkins
2 2 (14.29%) Polyspace
2 2 (14.29%) VectorCAST
General
1 4 (28.57%) Aerospace
2 3 (21.43%) Automotive
3 2 (14.29%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 10 (71.43%) Validation Engineer
1 10 (71.43%) Verification Engineer
2 8 (57.14%) Software Validation Engineer
2 8 (57.14%) Software Verification Engineer
3 4 (28.57%) Test Engineer
4 3 (21.43%) Embedded Engineer
5 2 (14.29%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 2 (14.29%) Lead
5 2 (14.29%) Lead Test Engineer
5 2 (14.29%) Principal Embedded Software Engineer
5 2 (14.29%) Principal Engineer
5 2 (14.29%) Principal Software Engineer
5 2 (14.29%) QA Engineer
5 2 (14.29%) QA Test Engineer
5 2 (14.29%) Software Engineer
5 2 (14.29%) Test and Validation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (14.29%) pytest
1 2 (14.29%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Embedded Systems
2 2 (14.29%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Linux
1 2 (14.29%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) Validation
2 4 (28.57%) CI/CD
3 3 (21.43%) Test Automation
4 2 (14.29%) AI
4 2 (14.29%) Computer Science
4 2 (14.29%) Dependency Management
4 2 (14.29%) Deployment Automation
4 2 (14.29%) Dynamic Code Analysis
4 2 (14.29%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
4 2 (14.29%) Machine Learning
4 2 (14.29%) SDLC
4 2 (14.29%) Software Engineering
4 2 (14.29%) Static Code Analysis
4 2 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (14.29%) Test Scripting
4 2 (14.29%) UML
4 2 (14.29%) Virtual Environments
5 1 (7.14%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 4 (28.57%) Python
2 2 (14.29%) Bash
2 2 (14.29%) C
2 2 (14.29%) C++
2 2 (14.29%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) Def Stans
1 2 (14.29%) ECSS
1 2 (14.29%) IEC 61508
1 2 (14.29%) ISO 26262
1 2 (14.29%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) Functional Safety