Verification and Validation Jobs in Kent

Verification and Validation
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Kent requiring Verification and Validation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Verification and Validation over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 89 101
Rank change year-on-year +47 +12 +17
Permanent jobs citing Verification and Validation 24 14 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 3.41% 0.94% 0.087%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.84% 1.15% 0.091%
Number of salaries quoted 8 13 1
10th Percentile £34,000 £33,100 -
25th Percentile £35,125 £35,500 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,250 £37,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.89% +23.33% -36.84%
75th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £31,500
90th Percentile £61,125 - -
South East median annual salary £60,000 £54,995 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.10% -0.01% +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Kent

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 Kent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 625 1,219 1,095
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 88.78% 82.25% 95.80%
Number of salaries quoted 305 893 540
10th Percentile £25,250 £25,050 £27,425
25th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £47,250
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -10.05% +5.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £72,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Verification and Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Verification and Validation in Kent

Verification and Validation
Salary Trend in Kent

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

Salary trend for Verification and Validation in Kent

Verification and Validation
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing Verification and Validation in Kent over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Verification and Validation in Kent

Verification and Validation
Job Locations in Kent

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 Kent region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Rochester -16 23 £49,500 +33.78% 1
Verification and Validation
South East

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

Applications
1 3 (12.50%) Simulink
Development Applications
1 9 (37.50%) Rational DOORS
2 3 (12.50%) Git
2 3 (12.50%) Subversion
3 1 (4.17%) LabVIEW
General
1 7 (29.17%) Electronics
2 5 (20.83%) Aerospace
2 5 (20.83%) Military
3 1 (4.17%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 10 (41.67%) Principal Engineer
2 9 (37.50%) Software Engineer
3 8 (33.33%) Engineering Manager
3 8 (33.33%) Requirements Manager
4 7 (29.17%) Principal Systems Engineer
5 6 (25.00%) Integration Engineer
5 6 (25.00%) System Verification Engineer
5 6 (25.00%) Systems Integration Engineer
5 6 (25.00%) Validation Engineer
6 4 (16.67%) Senior
6 4 (16.67%) Senior Software Engineer
7 3 (12.50%) Principal Software Engineer
8 2 (8.33%) Embedded Engineer
8 2 (8.33%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 2 (8.33%) Graduate
8 2 (8.33%) Graduate Embedded Software Engineer
8 2 (8.33%) Graduate Software Engineer
9 1 (4.17%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 1 (4.17%) Systems Engineer
9 1 (4.17%) Test Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (100.00%) Validation
2 16 (66.67%) Systems Engineering
3 13 (54.17%) Physics
4 10 (41.67%) Mathematics
5 9 (37.50%) Requirements Management
5 9 (37.50%) Software Engineering
6 8 (33.33%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
6 8 (33.33%) Software Architecture
6 8 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (25.00%) Coaching
8 4 (16.67%) Requirements Analysis
9 3 (12.50%) Configuration Management
9 3 (12.50%) Power Management
9 3 (12.50%) UML
10 1 (4.17%) Agile
10 1 (4.17%) Cybersecurity
10 1 (4.17%) Requirements Gathering
10 1 (4.17%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 8 (33.33%) C
2 7 (29.17%) Python
3 6 (25.00%) C#
3 6 (25.00%) MATLAB
4 4 (16.67%) C++
5 2 (8.33%) Ada
Qualifications
1 14 (58.33%) BPSS Clearance
1 14 (58.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.17%) NIST
1 1 (4.17%) NIST 800