Verification Engineer Contracts in the UK excluding London

Verification Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Verification Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 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
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 327 389 417
Rank change year-on-year +62 +28 +84
Contract jobs requiring a Verification Engineer 8 8 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.062% 0.039% 0.070%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.068% 0.042% 0.074%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 4
10th Percentile £162 - £428
25th Percentile £308 £525 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £625 £475
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +31.58% -13.64%
75th Percentile - £638 £491
90th Percentile - - £496
UK median daily rate £550 £588 £475
% change year-on-year -6.38% +23.68% -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 4
10th Percentile £53.00 - £53.38
25th Percentile £57.50 £86.25 £58.44
Median hourly rate £60.00 £87.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.43% +40.00% -
75th Percentile £65.00 £89.38 £70.31
90th Percentile £69.50 £89.75 £82.13
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £87.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year -28.57% +40.00% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 11,802 19,038 21,534
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.73% 92.39% 94.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,509 11,591 14,985
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £594 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 844 2,364 1,082
10th Percentile £13.76 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.75 £17.81
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -5.88% +112.50%
75th Percentile £62.24 £62.14 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £27.97 £37.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -24.78% -17.38% +87.50%

Verification Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Verification Engineer in the UK excluding London

Verification Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Verification Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Verification Engineer in the UK excluding London

Verification Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Verification Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Verification Engineer in the UK excluding London

Verification Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Verification Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Verification Engineer in the UK excluding London

Verification Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Verification Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Verification Engineer in the UK excluding London

Verification Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 29 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
East of England +27 4 £65 -89.60% 52
North of England - 2 £550 - 34
North West - 2 £550 - 15
South East - 2 - - 50
Verification Engineer
UK

Verification Engineer Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 29 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 UK excluding London region featuring Verification Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (37.50%) Aerospace
1 3 (37.50%) Validation
1 3 (37.50%) Verification and Validation
2 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Test Strategy
2 2 (25.00%) Embedded Systems
2 2 (25.00%) Test Management
2 2 (25.00%) Avionics
2 2 (25.00%) Cadence
2 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (25.00%) C
2 2 (25.00%) Code Coverage
2 2 (25.00%) ASIC
3 1 (12.50%) MATLAB
3 1 (12.50%) Security Management
3 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
3 1 (12.50%) Electronics
3 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
3 1 (12.50%) PDM
3 1 (12.50%) Teamcenter
3 1 (12.50%) Data Management
3 1 (12.50%) Cryptography
3 1 (12.50%) Test Automation
3 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) Stress Testing
3 1 (12.50%) LabVIEW
3 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (12.50%) Confluence

Verification Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) Confluence
1 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Teamcenter
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) LabVIEW
General
1 3 (37.50%) Aerospace
2 2 (25.00%) Avionics
2 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) ASIC
1 2 (25.00%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Validation
1 3 (37.50%) Verification and Validation
2 2 (25.00%) Code Coverage
2 2 (25.00%) Test Management
2 2 (25.00%) Test Strategy
3 1 (12.50%) Cryptography
3 1 (12.50%) Data Management
3 1 (12.50%) PDM
3 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (12.50%) Security Management
3 1 (12.50%) Stress Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) C
2 1 (12.50%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Cadence