Verification Engineer Contracts in England

Verification Engineer
UK > England

The median Verification Engineer daily rate in England is £65, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 477 527 637
Rank change year-on-year +50 +110 +139
Contract jobs requiring a Verification Engineer 8 15 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.033% 0.040% 0.032%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.035% 0.043% 0.034%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 3
10th Percentile - £573 £423
25th Percentile - £588 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £65 £625 £475
Median % change year-on-year -89.60% +31.58% -5.00%
75th Percentile - £638 £494
90th Percentile - - £498
UK median daily rate £65 £625 £475
% change year-on-year -89.60% +31.58% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 4
10th Percentile £45.50 - £48.25
25th Percentile £50.00 £86.25 £49.38
Median hourly rate £60.00 £87.50 £56.25
Median % change year-on-year -31.43% +55.56% -
75th Percentile £62.50 £89.06 £63.75
90th Percentile £64.00 £89.63 -
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £87.50 £56.25
% change year-on-year -31.43% +55.56% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Verification Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Verification Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Verification Engineer in England

Verification Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Verification Engineer in England

Verification Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Verification Engineer in England

Verification Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Verification Engineer in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Verification Engineer in England

Verification Engineer
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 Verification Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
South East - 5 - - 43
East of England +27 3 £65 -89.60% 54
Verification Engineer
UK

Verification Engineer Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Verification Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Verification Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (75.00%) Aerospace
2 4 (50.00%) C
3 3 (37.50%) MATLAB
3 3 (37.50%) Software Engineering
4 2 (25.00%) Test Strategy
4 2 (25.00%) Embedded Systems
4 2 (25.00%) Unit Testing
4 2 (25.00%) Test Management
4 2 (25.00%) Avionics
4 2 (25.00%) DevOps
4 2 (25.00%) ISO 26262
4 2 (25.00%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
4 2 (25.00%) Verification and Validation
4 2 (25.00%) Agile
4 2 (25.00%) ASIC
4 2 (25.00%) Software Testing
4 2 (25.00%) Degree
4 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
4 2 (25.00%) Validation
5 1 (12.50%) LabVIEW
5 1 (12.50%) Simulink
5 1 (12.50%) Python
5 1 (12.50%) Stress Testing
5 1 (12.50%) Test Automation
5 1 (12.50%) DO-178B
5 1 (12.50%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (12.50%) VectorCAST

Verification Engineer Skill Set
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 1 (12.50%) Simulink
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) LabVIEW
1 1 (12.50%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (12.50%) VectorCAST
General
1 6 (75.00%) Aerospace
2 2 (25.00%) Avionics
2 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) ASIC
1 2 (25.00%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Software Engineering
2 2 (25.00%) Agile
2 2 (25.00%) DevOps
2 2 (25.00%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
2 2 (25.00%) Software Testing
2 2 (25.00%) Test Management
2 2 (25.00%) Test Strategy
2 2 (25.00%) Unit Testing
2 2 (25.00%) Validation
2 2 (25.00%) Verification and Validation
3 1 (12.50%) Stress Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) C
2 3 (37.50%) MATLAB
3 1 (12.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) ISO 26262
2 1 (12.50%) DO-178B