UVM Contracts

Universal Verification Methodology (UVM)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 25 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 515 557 683
Rank change year-on-year +42 +126 +174
Contract jobs citing UVM 15 35 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.050% 0.080% 0.011%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.055% 0.094% 0.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £625 -
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - £625 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 19 2
10th Percentile £68.75 £66.55 £58.98
25th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £60.82
Median hourly rate £82.50 £80.00 £63.88
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% +25.23% +27.76%
75th Percentile £88.00 £85.00 £66.94
90th Percentile - £87.50 £68.78
UK excluding London median hourly rate £80.00 £80.00 £63.88
% change year-on-year - +25.23% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 27,473 37,081 49,734
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 91.06% 85.12% 89.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,374 23,644 34,319
10th Percentile £300 £300 £325
25th Percentile £406 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,294 2,582 1,699
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.65 £11.45
25th Percentile £17.44 £16.06 £15.83
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.93% +7.14% +34.62%
75th Percentile £54.56 £61.30 £64.50
90th Percentile £70.92 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.83 £38.12 £32.50
% change year-on-year -34.86% +17.29% +54.76%

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Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for UVM in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for UVM in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for UVM in the UK

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Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing UVM over the 6 months to 25 June 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for UVM in the UK

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Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing UVM within the UK over the 6 months to 25 June 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
England +53 15 £475 -24.00% 210
UK excluding London +33 11 - - 214
East of England +11 11 - - 56
London +40 4 £475 - 19
Work from Home +28 1 - - 40

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (66.67%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 6 (40.00%) Ethernet
General
1 9 (60.00%) Electronics
2 6 (40.00%) Games
3 5 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 3 (20.00%) Finance
4 3 (20.00%) Manufacturing
4 3 (20.00%) Marketing
4 3 (20.00%) Public Sector
4 3 (20.00%) Telecoms
5 2 (13.33%) Military
Job Titles
1 12 (80.00%) FPGA Engineer
2 4 (26.67%) Design Engineer
2 4 (26.67%) Firmware Engineer
2 4 (26.67%) FPGA Design Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Principal Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 15 (100.00%) Verilog
2 14 (93.33%) FPGA
3 8 (53.33%) VHDL
4 6 (40.00%) Algorithms
4 6 (40.00%) PCIe
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) FPGA Design
2 6 (40.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 6 (40.00%) Computer Science
2 6 (40.00%) Cryptography
2 6 (40.00%) Machine Learning
2 6 (40.00%) Physics
3 5 (33.33%) Customer Requirements
4 4 (26.67%) Signal Processing
4 4 (26.67%) Test Planning
5 3 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (20.00%) Digital Marketing
5 3 (20.00%) Programme Management
6 2 (13.33%) Application Security
7 1 (6.67%) Code Coverage
Programming Languages
1 15 (100.00%) SystemVerilog
2 6 (40.00%) MATLAB
2 6 (40.00%) Tcl
3 5 (33.33%) C
Qualifications
1 14 (93.33%) Degree
2 9 (60.00%) Security Cleared
3 7 (46.67%) SC Cleared
4 6 (40.00%) HNC
4 6 (40.00%) HND
5 4 (26.67%) Master's Degree
5 4 (26.67%) PhD
6 2 (13.33%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (40.00%) DO-254
System Software
1 10 (66.67%) Firmware
Vendors
1 10 (66.67%) Intel
1 10 (66.67%) Microsemi
1 10 (66.67%) Xilinx
2 6 (40.00%) Actel
2 6 (40.00%) Altera
3 3 (20.00%) SAP