Verification Engineer Contracts

Verification Engineer
UK

The median Verification Engineer daily rate in the UK 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 508 567 702
Rank change year-on-year +59 +135 +134
Contract jobs requiring a Verification Engineer 12 15 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.041% 0.034% 0.027%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.044% 0.037% 0.028%
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% -9.52%
75th Percentile - £638 £494
90th Percentile - - £498
UK excluding London median daily rate £65 £625 £475
% change year-on-year -89.60% +31.58% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 4
10th Percentile £46.25 - £48.25
25th Percentile £51.88 £86.25 £49.38
Median hourly rate £60.00 £87.50 £56.25
Median % change year-on-year -31.43% +55.56% -
75th Percentile £64.38 £89.06 £63.75
90th Percentile £71.25 £89.63 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.00 £87.50 £56.25
% change year-on-year -31.43% +55.56% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Verification Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Verification Engineer in the UK

Verification Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Verification Engineer in the UK

Verification Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Verification Engineer in the UK

Verification Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

Hourly rate histogram for Verification Engineer in the UK

Verification Engineer
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 Verification Engineer within the UK 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
UK excluding London +61 8 £65 -89.60% 202
England +50 8 £65 -89.60% 193
South East - 5 - - 43
Work from Home +44 4 - - 158
East of England +27 3 £65 -89.60% 54

Verification Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

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 featuring Verification Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (58.33%) C
2 6 (50.00%) Aerospace
3 3 (25.00%) ASIC
3 3 (25.00%) MATLAB
3 3 (25.00%) Software Engineering
3 3 (25.00%) Python
3 3 (25.00%) Embedded Systems
4 2 (16.67%) Test Strategy
4 2 (16.67%) ISO 26262
4 2 (16.67%) Software Testing
4 2 (16.67%) Degree
4 2 (16.67%) Unit Testing
4 2 (16.67%) Test Management
4 2 (16.67%) Avionics
4 2 (16.67%) Manufacturing
4 2 (16.67%) Validation
4 2 (16.67%) Agile
4 2 (16.67%) Verilog
4 2 (16.67%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
4 2 (16.67%) SystemVerilog
4 2 (16.67%) UVM
4 2 (16.67%) Verification and Validation
4 2 (16.67%) DevOps
5 1 (8.33%) Onboarding
5 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (8.33%) Cadence
5 1 (8.33%) Simulink
5 1 (8.33%) LabVIEW
5 1 (8.33%) Tcl
5 1 (8.33%) Shell Script

Verification Engineer Skill Set
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 1 (8.33%) Simulink
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) LabVIEW
1 1 (8.33%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (8.33%) VectorCAST
General
1 6 (50.00%) Aerospace
2 2 (16.67%) Avionics
2 2 (16.67%) Manufacturing
3 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) ASIC
1 3 (25.00%) Embedded Systems
2 2 (16.67%) Verilog
3 1 (8.33%) Onboarding
3 1 (8.33%) SystemC
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (25.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (16.67%) Agile
2 2 (16.67%) DevOps
2 2 (16.67%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
2 2 (16.67%) Software Testing
2 2 (16.67%) Test Management
2 2 (16.67%) Test Strategy
2 2 (16.67%) Unit Testing
2 2 (16.67%) UVM
2 2 (16.67%) Validation
2 2 (16.67%) Verification and Validation
3 1 (8.33%) Stress Testing
3 1 (8.33%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 7 (58.33%) C
2 3 (25.00%) MATLAB
2 3 (25.00%) Python
3 2 (16.67%) SystemVerilog
4 1 (8.33%) C++
4 1 (8.33%) Perl
4 1 (8.33%) Shell Script
4 1 (8.33%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) ISO 26262
2 1 (8.33%) DO-178B
Vendors
1 1 (8.33%) Cadence