UVM Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Universal Verification Methodology (UVM)
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hertfordshire requiring UVM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 30 57
Rank change year-on-year -29 +27 +18
Contract jobs citing UVM 5 16 13
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 0.75% 4.12% 1.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.86% 4.72% 2.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
East of England median daily rate £62 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 16 11
Median hourly rate £90.00 £87.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% +25.00% -2.78%
East of England median hourly rate £85.00 £87.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year -2.86% +25.00% +8.53%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 581 339 587
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 87.37% 87.37% 87.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 208 136 303
10th Percentile £194 £263 £290
25th Percentile £411 £353 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £485 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.19% -2.95% -9.09%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £650
90th Percentile £720 £675 £760
East of England median daily rate £478 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +0.63% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 238 84 152
10th Percentile £16.53 £16.45 £32.01
25th Percentile £18.50 £45.00 £49.00
Median hourly rate £43.00 £65.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.35% +0.77% -
75th Percentile £67.19 £75.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £86.75 £90.00
East of England median hourly rate £20.72 £32.89 £22.00
% change year-on-year -37.00% +49.50% -5.46%

UVM
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

UVM job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

UVM
Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing UVM

UVM
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing UVM within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 31 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
Stevenage -22 5 - - 3
UVM
East of England

UVM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 5 (100.00%) Simulink
General
1 1 (20.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) FPGA Engineer
2 3 (60.00%) Design Engineer
2 3 (60.00%) FPGA Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) FPGA
1 5 (100.00%) VHDL
2 3 (60.00%) Verilog
3 2 (40.00%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) FPGA Design
2 4 (80.00%) Signal Processing
3 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) C
1 5 (100.00%) SystemVerilog
2 1 (20.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Intel
1 5 (100.00%) Microsemi
1 5 (100.00%) Xilinx