Verification and Validation Job Trends in Bedford

Verification and Validation
Bedfordshire > Bedford

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bedford requiring Verification and Validation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 14 24
Rank change year-on-year -3 +10 -3
Permanent jobs citing Verification and Validation 8 4 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Bedford 3.86% 6.56% 1.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.91% 7.02% 1.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - -
75th Percentile £67,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Bedfordshire median annual salary £65,000 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bedford

Verification and Validation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Bedford.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 163 57 101
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedford 78.74% 93.44% 67.79%
Number of salaries quoted 120 26 81
10th Percentile - £38,000 £24,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £50,242 £27,692
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £53,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.53% +51.43% -41.67%
75th Percentile £51,250 £77,500 £50,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £95,000 £61,250
Bedfordshire median annual salary £45,000 £52,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.46% +4.00% -13.04%

Verification and Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedford

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Verification and Validation relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bedford.

Verification and Validation job vacancy trend in Bedford

Verification and Validation
Salary Trend in Bedford

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bedford citing Verification and Validation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bedford citing Verification and Validation

Verification and Validation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedford 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 3 (37.50%) Simulink
1 3 (37.50%) Stateflow
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Git
General
1 7 (87.50%) Swedish Language
2 5 (62.50%) Electronics
2 5 (62.50%) Manufacturing
3 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
4 3 (37.50%) Aerospace
4 3 (37.50%) Aviation
5 1 (12.50%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Junior
2 1 (12.50%) Embedded Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Hardware Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (87.50%) Robotics
2 4 (50.00%) Verilog
2 4 (50.00%) VHDL
3 1 (12.50%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 8 (100.00%) Validation
2 7 (87.50%) AI
3 4 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (50.00%) Programme Management
3 4 (50.00%) Project Management
3 4 (50.00%) Prototyping
3 4 (50.00%) Software Testing
3 4 (50.00%) Systems Engineering
3 4 (50.00%) Time Management
4 3 (37.50%) Collaborative Working
4 3 (37.50%) Customer Requirements
4 3 (37.50%) Optimization Problems
5 1 (12.50%) Acceptance Criteria
5 1 (12.50%) Change Control
5 1 (12.50%) Market Surveillance
5 1 (12.50%) Regulatory Compliance
5 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
5 1 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 7 (87.50%) C
2 4 (50.00%) Embedded C
2 4 (50.00%) Python
3 3 (37.50%) C#
3 3 (37.50%) C++
3 3 (37.50%) Delphi
3 3 (37.50%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 7 (87.50%) SC Cleared
1 7 (87.50%) Security Cleared
2 4 (50.00%) Degree
3 1 (12.50%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) DO-254
2 1 (12.50%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (12.50%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft