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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 586 642 851
Rank change year-on-year +56 +209 -141
Permanent jobs citing Verification and Validation 252 289 316
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.29% 0.33% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 0.34% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 165 53 112
10th Percentile £40,750 £31,750 £34,990
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £37,888
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £92,500 £85,375
90th Percentile £75,000 - £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%

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 73,598 84,339 129,671
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.11% 95.60% 95.82%
Number of salaries quoted 53,968 50,108 73,057
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,324 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,000 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,250 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +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 18 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 18 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 +29 81 £54,995 -0.01% 57
South West -14 48 £55,000 -20.29% 37
East of England -8 47 £57,500 +4.55% 49
Midlands -59 32 £55,000 - 32
North of England +74 28 £50,500 - 22
West Midlands -36 25 £55,000 - 20
North West - 22 £55,000 - 20
London +74 13 £70,000 -22.22% 5
East Midlands -11 7 £42,500 - 12
Yorkshire +82 5 £45,000 - 1
North East - 1 - - 1
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 (0.40%) Confluence
Applications
1 19 (7.54%) Simulink
2 9 (3.57%) Stateflow
3 4 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.79%) TargetLink
5 1 (0.40%) CATIA
5 1 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.40%) OrCAD
5 1 (0.40%) Siemens NX
5 1 (0.40%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 4 (1.59%) dbt
1 4 (1.59%) Prefect
2 3 (1.19%) Azure
3 2 (0.79%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (0.79%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (0.79%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.40%) Asana
4 1 (0.40%) AWS
4 1 (0.40%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.98%) Bluetooth
1 5 (1.98%) LAN
1 5 (1.98%) Network Security
1 5 (1.98%) WAN
2 4 (1.59%) Firewall
2 4 (1.59%) Multicast
2 4 (1.59%) OSPF
2 4 (1.59%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.19%) 4G
4 2 (0.79%) RS-232
5 1 (0.40%) 3G
5 1 (0.40%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.40%) GPRS
5 1 (0.40%) Modbus
5 1 (0.40%) RS-485
5 1 (0.40%) SAN
5 1 (0.40%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.38%) Relational Database
1 6 (2.38%) SQL Server
1 6 (2.38%) Tableau
2 4 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (1.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 4 (1.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (0.79%) Big Data
3 2 (0.79%) Power BI
3 2 (0.79%) Qlik Sense
4 1 (0.40%) Metadata
4 1 (0.40%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 24 (9.52%) Rational DOORS
2 16 (6.35%) JIRA
3 11 (4.37%) Rational Rhapsody
4 6 (2.38%) Visual Studio
5 4 (1.59%) Git
5 4 (1.59%) GitLab
5 4 (1.59%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.79%) Apache Continuum
6 2 (0.79%) Appium
6 2 (0.79%) Selenium
7 1 (0.40%) ClearCase
7 1 (0.40%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.40%) LabVIEW
7 1 (0.40%) Subversion
General
1 64 (25.40%) Social Skills
2 40 (15.87%) Electronics
3 25 (9.92%) Automotive
4 23 (9.13%) Aerospace
5 19 (7.54%) Military
6 13 (5.16%) Analytical Skills
7 11 (4.37%) Manufacturing
8 7 (2.78%) Finance
8 7 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
8 7 (2.78%) Marketing
8 7 (2.78%) Retail
9 6 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (1.98%) Games
10 5 (1.98%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.19%) Legal
13 2 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.79%) Public Sector
14 1 (0.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 1 (0.40%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 72 (28.57%) Systems Engineer
2 49 (19.44%) Software Engineer
3 41 (16.27%) Senior
4 39 (15.48%) Lead
5 15 (5.95%) Electronics Engineer
5 15 (5.95%) Validation Engineer
6 14 (5.56%) Embedded Engineer
7 13 (5.16%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 12 (4.76%) Developer
8 12 (4.76%) Verification Engineer
9 11 (4.37%) Hardware Engineer
9 11 (4.37%) Senior Systems Engineer
10 10 (3.97%) Senior Software Engineer
11 9 (3.57%) Architect
11 9 (3.57%) Integration Engineer
11 9 (3.57%) RF Engineer
12 8 (3.17%) Consultant
12 8 (3.17%) Data Engineer
12 8 (3.17%) Design Engineer
12 8 (3.17%) Electronics Hardware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.38%) PyTorch
1 6 (2.38%) TensorFlow
2 5 (1.98%) WPF
3 4 (1.59%) Akka
4 3 (1.19%) Unreal Engine
5 2 (0.79%) HTML
5 2 (0.79%) Middleware
5 2 (0.79%) OpenCV
5 2 (0.79%) Playwright
5 2 (0.79%) Qt
5 2 (0.79%) scikit-learn
5 2 (0.79%) wxWidgets
6 1 (0.40%) .NET
6 1 (0.40%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.40%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.40%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (0.40%) CSS
6 1 (0.40%) Flash
6 1 (0.40%) HTML5
6 1 (0.40%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 23 (9.13%) Management Information System
2 20 (7.94%) Algorithms
3 10 (3.97%) Robotics
4 6 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (1.98%) Embedded Systems
5 5 (1.98%) Verilog
5 5 (1.98%) VHDL
6 4 (1.59%) Augmented Reality
6 4 (1.59%) Linux Command Line
6 4 (1.59%) Operational Technology
6 4 (1.59%) SCADA
6 4 (1.59%) Virtual Reality
7 3 (1.19%) Analogue Electronics
7 3 (1.19%) ASIC
8 2 (0.79%) AS400
8 2 (0.79%) FPGA
8 2 (0.79%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.79%) State Machine
9 1 (0.40%) ARM Cortex
9 1 (0.40%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 10 (3.97%) Linux
2 8 (3.17%) Windows
3 2 (0.79%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 252 (100.00%) Validation
2 106 (42.06%) Systems Engineering
3 61 (24.21%) Software Engineering
4 44 (17.46%) Agile
5 33 (13.10%) Cybersecurity
6 31 (12.30%) Problem-Solving
7 29 (11.51%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
8 26 (10.32%) Mentoring
8 26 (10.32%) Requirements Management
9 24 (9.52%) Decision-Making
9 24 (9.52%) Visualisation
10 23 (9.13%) Mathematics
11 20 (7.94%) Physics
12 19 (7.54%) Project Management
12 19 (7.54%) Software Testing
12 19 (7.54%) V-Model
13 18 (7.14%) People Management
13 18 (7.14%) Synthetic Environment
13 18 (7.14%) Technical Leadership
13 18 (7.14%) UML
Programming Languages
1 36 (14.29%) C
2 34 (13.49%) C#
2 34 (13.49%) Python
3 30 (11.90%) MATLAB
4 15 (5.95%) C++
5 12 (4.76%) JavaScript
5 12 (4.76%) SQL
6 7 (2.78%) Embedded C
7 5 (1.98%) Ada
7 5 (1.98%) XAML
8 4 (1.59%) PowerShell
8 4 (1.59%) R
8 4 (1.59%) T-SQL
9 3 (1.19%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.79%) Embedded C++
10 2 (0.79%) PHP
11 1 (0.40%) Assembly Language
11 1 (0.40%) Bash
11 1 (0.40%) Fortran
11 1 (0.40%) Java
Qualifications
1 113 (44.84%) Security Cleared
2 100 (39.68%) Degree
3 54 (21.43%) BPSS Clearance
4 42 (16.67%) SC Cleared
5 13 (5.16%) HND
6 12 (4.76%) HNC
7 11 (4.37%) PhD
8 10 (3.97%) DV Cleared
9 9 (3.57%) Master's Degree
10 5 (1.98%) Chartered Engineer
10 5 (1.98%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (0.79%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.79%) NVQ Level 4
13 1 (0.40%) CCNP
13 1 (0.40%) MCAD
13 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.40%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.40%) PMP
13 1 (0.40%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (7.54%) Def Stans
2 11 (4.37%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 6 (2.38%) IEC 62304
4 4 (1.59%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.79%) ECSS
5 2 (0.79%) ISO 14001
5 2 (0.79%) ISO 26262
5 2 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 2 (0.79%) JTAG
5 2 (0.79%) QA
6 1 (0.40%) Automotive SPICE
6 1 (0.40%) IEC 61131
System Software
1 16 (6.35%) Firmware
2 5 (1.98%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.40%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (2.38%) Functional Safety
2 4 (1.59%) Terraform
3 1 (0.40%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 10 (3.97%) Microsoft
2 8 (3.17%) EMC
3 6 (2.38%) OpenAI
3 6 (2.38%) Thales
4 5 (1.98%) Cisco
4 5 (1.98%) IBM
5 4 (1.59%) Alteryx
6 3 (1.19%) Atlassian
7 2 (0.79%) MathWorks
7 2 (0.79%) SAP
8 1 (0.40%) Autodesk
8 1 (0.40%) Blue Prism
8 1 (0.40%) CA
8 1 (0.40%) Google
8 1 (0.40%) NCR
8 1 (0.40%) TSYS
8 1 (0.40%) VMware