UVM Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Universal Verification Methodology (UVM)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland 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 107 112 133
Rank change year-on-year +5 +21 -
Contract jobs citing UVM 4 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.24% 0.061% 0.044%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.066% 0.049%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £65 - £450
75th Percentile - - £475
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £425 - £450
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
Median hourly rate £75.00 £70.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% - -
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £80.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -6.25% +14.29% -2.78%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,368 1,515 2,029
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 82.21% 93.12% 88.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 741 928 1,229
10th Percentile £250 £263 £255
25th Percentile £373 £369 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £453 £480
Median % change year-on-year -0.55% -5.73% +1.05%
75th Percentile £570 £538 £588
90th Percentile £675 £610 £676
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 39 92
10th Percentile £12.60 £16.75 £12.58
25th Percentile £13.25 £20.02 £16.00
Median hourly rate £20.00 £23.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +17.95% +18.18%
75th Percentile £50.00 £24.66 £49.13
90th Percentile £67.80 £40.43 £61.43
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year +7.69% - -9.72%

UVM
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

UVM job vacancy trend in Scotland

UVM
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing UVM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing UVM

UVM
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing UVM

UVM
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing UVM within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 28 March 2026. 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
Edinburgh -2 4 £65 - 5
UVM
UK

UVM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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