Verification and Validation Jobs in England

Verification and Validation
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Verification and Validation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Verification and Validation over the 6 months to 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 606 623 832
Rank change year-on-year +17 +209 -126
Permanent jobs citing Verification and Validation 241 325 311
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.28% 0.35% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 0.37% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 159 52 110
10th Percentile £40,750 £30,250 £34,990
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £41,594
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,250 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.20% +6.52% +15.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £92,500 £87,250
90th Percentile £75,000 - £93,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £56,288
% change year-on-year - -2.29% +12.58%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Verification and Validation is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 73,147 88,376 126,461
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.80% 95.62% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 53,950 52,212 73,732
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,324 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,000 £44,186
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £101,243 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

Verification and Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Verification and Validation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Verification and Validation in England

Verification and Validation
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Verification and Validation in England.

Salary trend for Verification and Validation in England

Verification and Validation
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Verification and Validation in England over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Verification and Validation in England

Verification and Validation
Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 2 May 2024. 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
South East +35 77 £54,995 -0.01% 59
East of England -6 45 £57,500 +4.55% 36
South West -20 43 £55,000 -18.52% 36
Midlands -53 32 £55,000 - 42
North of England +63 28 £50,500 - 16
West Midlands -27 25 £55,000 - 26
North West - 22 £55,000 - 13
London +86 13 £70,000 -22.22% 11
East Midlands -28 7 £42,500 - 16
Yorkshire +88 5 £45,000 - 1
North East - 1 - - 2
Verification and Validation
UK

Verification and Validation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.41%) Confluence
Applications
1 19 (7.88%) Simulink
2 9 (3.73%) Stateflow
3 4 (1.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.66%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.83%) TargetLink
5 1 (0.41%) CATIA
5 1 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.41%) OrCAD
5 1 (0.41%) Siemens NX
5 1 (0.41%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 4 (1.66%) dbt
1 4 (1.66%) Prefect
2 2 (0.83%) Azure
2 2 (0.83%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (0.83%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (0.83%) Power Platform
3 1 (0.41%) Asana
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.07%) Bluetooth
1 5 (2.07%) LAN
1 5 (2.07%) Network Security
1 5 (2.07%) WAN
2 4 (1.66%) Firewall
2 4 (1.66%) Multicast
2 4 (1.66%) OSPF
2 4 (1.66%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.24%) 4G
4 2 (0.83%) RS-232
5 1 (0.41%) 3G
5 1 (0.41%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.41%) GPRS
5 1 (0.41%) Modbus
5 1 (0.41%) RS-485
5 1 (0.41%) SAN
5 1 (0.41%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.49%) Relational Database
1 6 (2.49%) SQL Server
1 6 (2.49%) Tableau
2 4 (1.66%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (1.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 4 (1.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (0.83%) Big Data
3 2 (0.83%) Power BI
3 2 (0.83%) Qlik Sense
4 1 (0.41%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 24 (9.96%) Rational DOORS
2 16 (6.64%) JIRA
3 11 (4.56%) Rational Rhapsody
4 6 (2.49%) Visual Studio
5 4 (1.66%) Git
5 4 (1.66%) GitLab
5 4 (1.66%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.83%) Apache Continuum
6 2 (0.83%) Appium
6 2 (0.83%) Selenium
7 1 (0.41%) ClearCase
7 1 (0.41%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.41%) LabVIEW
7 1 (0.41%) Subversion
General
1 61 (25.31%) Social Skills
2 40 (16.60%) Electronics
3 25 (10.37%) Automotive
4 23 (9.54%) Aerospace
5 17 (7.05%) Military
6 11 (4.56%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (4.56%) Manufacturing
7 7 (2.90%) Marketing
7 7 (2.90%) Retail
8 6 (2.49%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (2.49%) Finance
8 6 (2.49%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (2.07%) Games
9 5 (2.07%) Telecoms
10 4 (1.66%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.24%) Legal
12 2 (0.83%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.41%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 65 (26.97%) Systems Engineer
2 49 (20.33%) Software Engineer
3 39 (16.18%) Lead
4 38 (15.77%) Senior
5 15 (6.22%) Electronics Engineer
6 14 (5.81%) Embedded Engineer
7 13 (5.39%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 13 (5.39%) Validation Engineer
8 11 (4.56%) Developer
8 11 (4.56%) Hardware Engineer
9 10 (4.15%) Senior Software Engineer
9 10 (4.15%) Verification Engineer
10 9 (3.73%) Architect
10 9 (3.73%) Senior Systems Engineer
11 8 (3.32%) Consultant
11 8 (3.32%) Data Engineer
11 8 (3.32%) Design Engineer
11 8 (3.32%) Electronics Hardware Engineer
12 7 (2.90%) Integration Engineer
12 7 (2.90%) Senior Electronics Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.49%) PyTorch
1 6 (2.49%) TensorFlow
2 5 (2.07%) WPF
3 4 (1.66%) Akka
4 3 (1.24%) Unreal Engine
5 2 (0.83%) OpenCV
5 2 (0.83%) Playwright
5 2 (0.83%) Qt
5 2 (0.83%) scikit-learn
5 2 (0.83%) wxWidgets
6 1 (0.41%) .NET
6 1 (0.41%) .NET Core
6 1 (0.41%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.41%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.41%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (0.41%) Flash
6 1 (0.41%) HTML
6 1 (0.41%) HTML5
6 1 (0.41%) React
6 1 (0.41%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 20 (8.30%) Algorithms
1 20 (8.30%) Management Information System
2 10 (4.15%) Robotics
3 6 (2.49%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (2.07%) Embedded Systems
5 4 (1.66%) Augmented Reality
5 4 (1.66%) Linux Command Line
5 4 (1.66%) Operational Technology
5 4 (1.66%) SCADA
5 4 (1.66%) Verilog
5 4 (1.66%) VHDL
5 4 (1.66%) Virtual Reality
6 3 (1.24%) Analogue Electronics
6 3 (1.24%) ASIC
7 2 (0.83%) AS400
7 2 (0.83%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (0.83%) State Machine
8 1 (0.41%) ARM Cortex
8 1 (0.41%) FPGA
8 1 (0.41%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.15%) Linux
2 8 (3.32%) Windows
3 2 (0.83%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 241 (100.00%) Validation
2 103 (42.74%) Systems Engineering
3 61 (25.31%) Software Engineering
4 41 (17.01%) Agile
5 33 (13.69%) Cybersecurity
6 28 (11.62%) Problem-Solving
7 27 (11.20%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
8 26 (10.79%) Requirements Management
9 25 (10.37%) Mentoring
10 24 (9.96%) Visualisation
11 23 (9.54%) Decision-Making
11 23 (9.54%) Mathematics
12 20 (8.30%) Physics
13 19 (7.88%) Project Management
13 19 (7.88%) Software Testing
13 19 (7.88%) V-Model
14 18 (7.47%) People Management
14 18 (7.47%) Synthetic Environment
14 18 (7.47%) Technical Leadership
14 18 (7.47%) UML
Programming Languages
1 36 (14.94%) C
2 34 (14.11%) C#
3 33 (13.69%) Python
4 30 (12.45%) MATLAB
5 14 (5.81%) C++
6 11 (4.56%) JavaScript
6 11 (4.56%) SQL
7 7 (2.90%) Embedded C
8 5 (2.07%) Ada
8 5 (2.07%) XAML
9 4 (1.66%) PowerShell
9 4 (1.66%) R
9 4 (1.66%) T-SQL
10 3 (1.24%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.83%) Embedded C++
11 2 (0.83%) PHP
12 1 (0.41%) Assembly Language
12 1 (0.41%) Bash
12 1 (0.41%) Fortran
12 1 (0.41%) Lua
Qualifications
1 108 (44.81%) Security Cleared
2 96 (39.83%) Degree
3 54 (22.41%) BPSS Clearance
4 41 (17.01%) SC Cleared
5 12 (4.98%) HND
6 11 (4.56%) HNC
6 11 (4.56%) PhD
7 9 (3.73%) Master's Degree
8 8 (3.32%) DV Cleared
9 5 (2.07%) Chartered Engineer
9 5 (2.07%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (1.24%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.83%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.83%) NVQ Level 4
12 1 (0.41%) CBAP
12 1 (0.41%) CCNP
12 1 (0.41%) IIBA
12 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.41%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.41%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (7.88%) Def Stans
2 11 (4.56%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 6 (2.49%) IEC 62304
4 4 (1.66%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.83%) ECSS
5 2 (0.83%) ISO 14001
5 2 (0.83%) ISO 26262
5 2 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 2 (0.83%) JTAG
5 2 (0.83%) QA
6 1 (0.41%) Automotive SPICE
6 1 (0.41%) IEC 61131
System Software
1 16 (6.64%) Firmware
2 5 (2.07%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.41%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (2.49%) Functional Safety
2 4 (1.66%) Terraform
3 1 (0.41%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 10 (4.15%) Microsoft
2 8 (3.32%) EMC
3 6 (2.49%) OpenAI
3 6 (2.49%) Thales
4 5 (2.07%) Cisco
4 5 (2.07%) IBM
5 4 (1.66%) Alteryx
6 3 (1.24%) Atlassian
7 2 (0.83%) MathWorks
7 2 (0.83%) SAP
8 1 (0.41%) Autodesk
8 1 (0.41%) CA
8 1 (0.41%) NCR
8 1 (0.41%) VMware