Verification and Validation Jobs

Verification and Validation
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 608 608 901
Rank change year-on-year 0 +293 -174
Permanent jobs citing Verification and Validation 297 401 338
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.30% 0.38% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.40% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 162 59 118
10th Percentile £40,750 £36,835 £34,990
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,125 £41,406
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £56,288
Median % change year-on-year - -2.29% +7.21%
75th Percentile £65,000 £92,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £75,000 - £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £48,000
% change year-on-year - +14.58% -4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,305 100,095 147,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.64% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 59,591 58,745 83,129
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Verification and Validation
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Verification and Validation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Verification and Validation in the UK

Verification and Validation
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Verification and Validation.

Salary trend for Verification and Validation in the UK

Verification and Validation
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Verification and Validation over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Verification and Validation in the UK

Verification and Validation
Top 16 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 27 April 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
UK excluding London -35 280 £55,000 - 188
England +1 239 £55,000 -8.33% 192
Work from Home +49 104 £55,000 - 78
South East +21 76 £54,995 -0.01% 59
Scotland -26 53 £60,000 - 12
East of England -13 45 £57,500 +4.55% 33
South West -10 42 £55,000 -18.52% 41
Midlands -59 32 £55,000 - 37
North of England +68 28 £50,500 - 9
West Midlands -28 25 £55,000 - 25
North West +33 22 £55,000 - 8
London +94 13 £70,000 -22.22% 13
East Midlands -29 7 £42,500 - 12
Yorkshire +89 5 £45,000 -
Northern Ireland - 4 - - 1
North East -2 1 - - 1

Verification and Validation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (0.34%) Confluence
Applications
1 60 (20.20%) Simulink
2 44 (14.81%) Stateflow
3 8 (2.69%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.67%) TargetLink
6 1 (0.34%) CATIA
6 1 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.34%) OrCAD
6 1 (0.34%) Siemens NX
6 1 (0.34%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 9 (3.03%) BlazeMeter
2 4 (1.35%) dbt
2 4 (1.35%) Prefect
3 2 (0.67%) Azure
3 2 (0.67%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (0.67%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (0.67%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.34%) Asana
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.68%) Bluetooth
1 5 (1.68%) LAN
1 5 (1.68%) Network Security
1 5 (1.68%) WAN
2 4 (1.35%) Firewall
2 4 (1.35%) Multicast
2 4 (1.35%) OSPF
2 4 (1.35%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.01%) 4G
4 2 (0.67%) RS-232
5 1 (0.34%) 3G
5 1 (0.34%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.34%) GPRS
5 1 (0.34%) Modbus
5 1 (0.34%) RS-485
5 1 (0.34%) SAN
5 1 (0.34%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.02%) Relational Database
1 6 (2.02%) SQL Server
1 6 (2.02%) Tableau
2 4 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (1.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 4 (1.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (0.67%) Big Data
3 2 (0.67%) Power BI
3 2 (0.67%) Qlik Sense
4 1 (0.34%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 25 (8.42%) JIRA
2 24 (8.08%) Rational DOORS
3 11 (3.70%) Rational Rhapsody
4 9 (3.03%) Cucumber
4 9 (3.03%) Cypress.io
4 9 (3.03%) Gradle
4 9 (3.03%) Jenkins
4 9 (3.03%) JMeter
4 9 (3.03%) Maven
5 6 (2.02%) Visual Studio
6 4 (1.35%) Git
6 4 (1.35%) GitLab
6 4 (1.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.67%) Apache Continuum
7 2 (0.67%) Appium
7 2 (0.67%) Selenium
8 1 (0.34%) ClearCase
8 1 (0.34%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.34%) LabVIEW
8 1 (0.34%) Subversion
General
1 70 (23.57%) Social Skills
2 45 (15.15%) Electronics
3 25 (8.42%) Automotive
4 22 (7.41%) Aerospace
5 20 (6.73%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (5.72%) Military
7 16 (5.39%) Marketing
8 15 (5.05%) Finance
8 15 (5.05%) Manufacturing
9 11 (3.70%) Retail
10 10 (3.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (3.03%) Law
12 7 (2.36%) Legal
13 6 (2.02%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (2.02%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (1.68%) Games
14 5 (1.68%) Telecoms
15 4 (1.35%) Pharmaceutical
15 4 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
16 2 (0.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 97 (32.66%) Systems Engineer
2 71 (23.91%) Lead
3 57 (19.19%) Software Engineer
4 45 (15.15%) Senior
5 31 (10.44%) Control Systems Engineer
6 19 (6.40%) Principal Engineer
6 19 (6.40%) Principal Systems Engineer
7 18 (6.06%) Lead Systems Engineer
8 15 (5.05%) Electronics Engineer
8 15 (5.05%) Senior Systems Engineer
8 15 (5.05%) Team Leader
9 14 (4.71%) Validation Engineer
10 13 (4.38%) Embedded Engineer
11 12 (4.04%) Embedded Software Engineer
12 11 (3.70%) Developer
12 11 (3.70%) Hardware Engineer
12 11 (3.70%) Verification Engineer
13 10 (3.37%) Senior Software Engineer
14 9 (3.03%) Architect
14 9 (3.03%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.37%) React
2 9 (3.03%) Ext JS
2 9 (3.03%) Spring
2 9 (3.03%) Spring Boot
3 6 (2.02%) PyTorch
3 6 (2.02%) TensorFlow
4 5 (1.68%) WPF
5 4 (1.35%) Akka
6 3 (1.01%) Unreal Engine
7 2 (0.67%) OpenCV
7 2 (0.67%) Playwright
7 2 (0.67%) Qt
7 2 (0.67%) scikit-learn
7 2 (0.67%) wxWidgets
8 1 (0.34%) .NET
8 1 (0.34%) .NET Core
8 1 (0.34%) AngularJS
8 1 (0.34%) ASP.NET
8 1 (0.34%) Flash
8 1 (0.34%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 55 (18.52%) Algorithms
2 41 (13.80%) Renewable Energy
3 20 (6.73%) Management Information System
4 10 (3.37%) Robotics
5 9 (3.03%) Market Risk
6 6 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (1.68%) Embedded Systems
8 4 (1.35%) Augmented Reality
8 4 (1.35%) FMCG
8 4 (1.35%) Linux Command Line
8 4 (1.35%) Operational Technology
8 4 (1.35%) SCADA
8 4 (1.35%) Verilog
8 4 (1.35%) VHDL
8 4 (1.35%) Virtual Reality
9 3 (1.01%) Analogue Electronics
9 3 (1.01%) ASIC
10 2 (0.67%) AS400
10 2 (0.67%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.67%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 10 (3.37%) Linux
2 8 (2.69%) Windows
3 2 (0.67%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 297 (100.00%) Validation
2 106 (35.69%) Systems Engineering
3 69 (23.23%) Software Engineering
4 53 (17.85%) Prototyping
5 50 (16.84%) Agile
6 46 (15.49%) Commercialisation
7 43 (14.48%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
8 41 (13.80%) Decarbonisation
9 37 (12.46%) Problem-Solving
10 36 (12.12%) Change Management
10 36 (12.12%) Cybersecurity
11 35 (11.78%) Rapid Prototyping
12 33 (11.11%) Visualisation
13 28 (9.43%) Software Testing
14 27 (9.09%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
15 26 (8.75%) Requirements Management
16 25 (8.42%) Mentoring
16 25 (8.42%) Physics
17 23 (7.74%) Decision-Making
18 22 (7.41%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 71 (23.91%) MATLAB
2 35 (11.78%) C
3 33 (11.11%) C#
3 33 (11.11%) Python
4 20 (6.73%) JavaScript
4 20 (6.73%) SQL
5 13 (4.38%) C++
6 9 (3.03%) Java
7 7 (2.36%) Embedded C
8 5 (1.68%) XAML
9 4 (1.35%) Ada
9 4 (1.35%) PowerShell
9 4 (1.35%) R
9 4 (1.35%) T-SQL
10 3 (1.01%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.67%) Embedded C++
11 2 (0.67%) PHP
12 1 (0.34%) Assembly Language
12 1 (0.34%) Bash
12 1 (0.34%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 112 (37.71%) Security Cleared
2 105 (35.35%) Degree
3 54 (18.18%) BPSS Clearance
4 45 (15.15%) SC Cleared
5 15 (5.05%) Master's Degree
6 12 (4.04%) HND
7 11 (3.70%) HNC
7 11 (3.70%) PhD
8 8 (2.69%) DV Cleared
9 5 (1.68%) Chartered Engineer
9 5 (1.68%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (1.01%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.67%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.67%) NVQ Level 4
12 1 (0.34%) CBAP
12 1 (0.34%) CCNP
12 1 (0.34%) IIBA
12 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.34%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.34%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.40%) Def Stans
2 15 (5.05%) QA
3 14 (4.71%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 6 (2.02%) IEC 62304
5 4 (1.35%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.67%) ECSS
6 2 (0.67%) ISO 14001
6 2 (0.67%) ISO 26262
6 2 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 2 (0.67%) JTAG
7 1 (0.34%) Automotive SPICE
7 1 (0.34%) IEC 61131
System Software
1 16 (5.39%) Firmware
2 5 (1.68%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.34%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (2.02%) Functional Safety
2 4 (1.35%) Terraform
3 1 (0.34%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 10 (3.37%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.03%) TOWER Software
3 8 (2.69%) EMC
4 6 (2.02%) OpenAI
4 6 (2.02%) SAP
4 6 (2.02%) Thales
5 5 (1.68%) Cisco
5 5 (1.68%) IBM
6 4 (1.35%) Alteryx
6 4 (1.35%) Google
7 3 (1.01%) Atlassian
8 2 (0.67%) MathWorks
9 1 (0.34%) Autodesk
9 1 (0.34%) CA
9 1 (0.34%) NCR
9 1 (0.34%) VMware