Verification and Validation Job Trends in Cambridge

Verification and Validation
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cambridge requiring Verification and Validation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 51 58
Rank change year-on-year -20 +7 -3
Permanent jobs citing Verification and Validation 1 2 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridge 0.095% 0.58% 0.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.62% 1.01%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46,250 - £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 - £70,000
75th Percentile £48,750 - £80,000
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £48,750 - £70,000

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cambridge

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 Cambridge.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 770 325 496
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 73.47% 94.20% 78.86%
Number of salaries quoted 580 222 377
10th Percentile £33,500 £26,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £30,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -16.67% +2.56%
75th Percentile £80,000 £62,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £77,250 £85,000
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £58,475 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +23.11% -13.64% -

Verification and Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Verification and Validation job vacancy trend in Cambridge

Verification and Validation
Salary Trend in Cambridge

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing Verification and Validation

Verification and Validation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge 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 1 (100.00%) Simulink
General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Automotive
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Applied Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematical Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Physics
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) PhD
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared