Verification and Validation Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Verification and Validation
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bedfordshire requiring Verification and Validation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 11 43
Rank change year-on-year -28 +32 +3
Permanent jobs citing Verification and Validation 8 275 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Bedfordshire 1.39% 47.58% 0.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.94% 50.93% 1.13%
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 - - -
East of England median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +21.74% +4.55%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bedfordshire

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 Bedfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 413 540 353
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 71.95% 93.43% 71.89%
Number of salaries quoted 291 88 245
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £26,553
25th Percentile £31,625 £37,813 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £51,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +2.00% -15.61%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,875 £91,250
East of England median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% - -9.09%

Verification and Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Verification and Validation job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

Verification and Validation
Salary Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Verification and Validation

Verification and Validation
Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Verification and Validation within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 25 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bedford -4 8 £65,000 - 3
Verification and Validation
East of England

Verification and Validation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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%) QMS
5 1 (12.50%) Regulatory Compliance
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