UVM Contracts in England

Universal Verification Methodology (UVM)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring UVM skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited UVM over the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 486 496 601
Rank change year-on-year +10 +105 +167
Contract jobs citing UVM 16 32 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.058% 0.097% 0.011%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.064% 0.11% 0.013%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 0
10th Percentile £102 £473 -
25th Percentile £164 £525 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £268 £625 -
Median % change year-on-year -57.20% - -
75th Percentile £371 £638 -
90th Percentile £434 - -
UK median daily rate £268 £625 -
% change year-on-year -57.20% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 17 1
10th Percentile £68.75 £62.80 -
25th Percentile £73.13 £67.75 -
Median hourly rate £82.50 £80.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% +14.29% +40.00%
75th Percentile £88.00 £85.00 -
90th Percentile - £100.00 -
UK median hourly rate £82.50 £80.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +3.13% +14.29% +40.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 25,069 28,437 39,323
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.77% 85.81% 89.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,944 18,525 27,489
10th Percentile £300 £313 £323
25th Percentile £404 £425 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £627 £650 £663
90th Percentile £738 £756 £760
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,444 1,596 1,364
10th Percentile £14.20 £14.14 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.87 £18.15 £18.92
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.75 £40.55
Median % change year-on-year -41.17% +5.44% +50.28%
75th Percentile £50.56 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.94 £40.59
% change year-on-year -38.57% +0.86% +53.17%

UVM
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing UVM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for UVM in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing UVM in England.

Daily rate trend for UVM in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing UVM in England over the 6 months to 18 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for UVM in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing UVM in England.

Hourly rate trend for UVM in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing UVM in England over the 6 months to 18 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for UVM in England

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Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 18 August 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
East of England -2 11 £60 -90.40% 22
London +6 4 £475 - 3
South West - 1 - - 3
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UVM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 10 (62.50%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 8 (50.00%) Ethernet
General
1 11 (68.75%) Electronics
2 8 (50.00%) Games
3 6 (37.50%) Social Skills
4 3 (18.75%) Finance
4 3 (18.75%) Manufacturing
4 3 (18.75%) Marketing
4 3 (18.75%) Public Sector
4 3 (18.75%) Telecoms
5 2 (12.50%) Military
Job Titles
1 10 (62.50%) FPGA Engineer
2 6 (37.50%) Firmware Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) Principal Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Design Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) FPGA Design Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Lead
5 1 (6.25%) Verification Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 16 (100.00%) Verilog
2 15 (93.75%) FPGA
3 8 (50.00%) Algorithms
3 8 (50.00%) PCIe
4 6 (37.50%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (56.25%) Artificial Intelligence
2 8 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 8 (50.00%) Cryptography
2 8 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 8 (50.00%) Physics
3 6 (37.50%) Customer Requirements
3 6 (37.50%) FPGA Design
4 4 (25.00%) Test Planning
5 3 (18.75%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (18.75%) Digital Marketing
5 3 (18.75%) Programme Management
6 2 (12.50%) Application Security
6 2 (12.50%) Signal Processing
7 1 (6.25%) Code Coverage
7 1 (6.25%) Design for Test
7 1 (6.25%) Performance Analysis
7 1 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (6.25%) Project Management
7 1 (6.25%) Software Testing
7 1 (6.25%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 16 (100.00%) SystemVerilog
2 9 (56.25%) Tcl
3 8 (50.00%) MATLAB
4 4 (25.00%) C
5 1 (6.25%) Assembly Language
5 1 (6.25%) C++
5 1 (6.25%) Perl
5 1 (6.25%) Python
5 1 (6.25%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 14 (87.50%) Degree
2 11 (68.75%) Security Cleared
3 9 (56.25%) SC Cleared
4 8 (50.00%) HNC
4 8 (50.00%) HND
5 4 (25.00%) Master's Degree
5 4 (25.00%) PhD
6 2 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (50.00%) DO-254
System Software
1 12 (75.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 10 (62.50%) Intel
1 10 (62.50%) Microsemi
1 10 (62.50%) Xilinx
2 8 (50.00%) Actel
2 8 (50.00%) Altera
3 3 (18.75%) SAP