UVM Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Universal Verification Methodology (UVM)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring UVM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 60 -
Rank change year-on-year -2 - -
Contract jobs citing UVM 4 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.61% 0.17% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.69% 0.18% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £65 - -
Scotland median daily rate £65 - £450
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
Median hourly rate £75.00 £70.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% - -
Scotland median hourly rate £75.00 £70.00 -
% change year-on-year +7.14% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 580 568 728
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 88.15% 94.82% 88.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 289 320 433
10th Percentile £228 £200 £219
25th Percentile £404 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £463 £480
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% -3.65% +1.05%
75th Percentile £540 £538 £575
90th Percentile £665 £638 £663
Scotland median daily rate £450 £453 £480
% change year-on-year -0.55% -5.73% +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 20 30
10th Percentile £17.23 £20.93 £14.91
25th Percentile £22.00 £21.92 £16.25
Median hourly rate £50.00 £24.09 £24.44
Median % change year-on-year +107.56% -1.41% +14.93%
75th Percentile £75.00 £24.30 £60.75
90th Percentile £81.24 £28.97 -
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £23.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year -13.04% +17.95% +18.18%

UVM
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

UVM job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

UVM
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing UVM.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing UVM

UVM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 4 (100.00%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Ethernet
General
1 3 (75.00%) Aerospace
2 2 (50.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Firmware Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) FPGA Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Senior
1 2 (50.00%) Senior Firmware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) FPGA
1 4 (100.00%) PCIe
1 4 (100.00%) VHDL
2 1 (25.00%) Verilog
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) FPGA Design
2 2 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) MATLAB
1 4 (100.00%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (50.00%) Degree
3 2 (50.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) DO-254
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Altera
1 4 (100.00%) Microsemi
1 4 (100.00%) Xilinx
2 1 (25.00%) Actel
2 1 (25.00%) Intel