UVM Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Universal Verification Methodology (UVM)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring UVM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 94 66 96
Rank change year-on-year -28 +30 +41
Contract jobs citing UVM 9 16 12
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.56% 1.41% 0.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 1.67% 0.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £60 - -
25th Percentile £61 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £62 - -
75th Percentile £62 - -
90th Percentile £63 - -
England median daily rate £63 £425 -
% change year-on-year -85.18% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 15 10
10th Percentile £81.00 - -
25th Percentile £82.50 £75.00 -
Median hourly rate £85.00 £95.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +35.71% +8.53%
75th Percentile £87.50 - -
90th Percentile £89.00 £98.00 -
England median hourly rate £85.00 £80.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +6.25% +14.29% -2.78%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East of England

UVM falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,349 956 1,489
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 84.42% 84.15% 88.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 553 409 791
10th Percentile £194 £240 £226
25th Percentile £363 £338 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £486 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.21% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £580 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £688 £700
England median daily rate £505 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 441 183 349
10th Percentile £14.25 - £14.16
25th Percentile £16.45 £15.62 £15.00
Median hourly rate £20.75 £30.00 £21.46
Median % change year-on-year -30.83% +39.79% -2.45%
75th Percentile £61.18 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.20 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.85%

UVM
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing UVM relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

UVM job vacancy trend in the East of England

UVM
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing UVM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing UVM

UVM
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing UVM.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing UVM

UVM
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing UVM within the East of England region over the 6 months to 21 December 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bedfordshire - 5 £62 -
Hertfordshire -32 4 - - 2
UVM
England

UVM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Applications
1 9 (100.00%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 5 (55.56%) Ethernet
General
1 5 (55.56%) Electronics
1 5 (55.56%) Games
2 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Law
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Firmware Engineer
2 4 (44.44%) FPGA Engineer
2 4 (44.44%) Principal Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Design Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) FPGA Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (100.00%) FPGA
2 8 (88.89%) Verilog
3 5 (55.56%) Algorithms
3 5 (55.56%) PCIe
4 4 (44.44%) VHDL
5 1 (11.11%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) AI
1 5 (55.56%) Computer Science
1 5 (55.56%) Cryptography
1 5 (55.56%) Machine Learning
1 5 (55.56%) Physics
2 4 (44.44%) FPGA Design
2 4 (44.44%) Signal Processing
3 2 (22.22%) Customer Requirements
4 1 (11.11%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) SystemVerilog
2 5 (55.56%) MATLAB
2 5 (55.56%) Tcl
3 4 (44.44%) C
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) Degree
2 5 (55.56%) HNC
2 5 (55.56%) HND
2 5 (55.56%) SC Cleared
2 5 (55.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (55.56%) DO-254
System Software
1 5 (55.56%) Firmware
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Intel
1 9 (100.00%) Microsemi
1 9 (100.00%) Xilinx
2 5 (55.56%) Actel
2 5 (55.56%) Altera