Verification and Validation Job Trends in London

Verification and Validation
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Verification and Validation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 375 423 468
Rank change year-on-year +48 +45 +286
Permanent jobs citing Verification and Validation 6 9 5
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.049% 0.052% 0.026%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.053% 0.058% 0.027%
Number of salaries quoted 1 5 3
10th Percentile - £40,800 £47,000
25th Percentile £62,500 £41,250 £48,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £43,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +49.43% -13.00% -44.44%
75th Percentile £67,500 £45,750 £51,875
90th Percentile - £52,800 £53,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £52,600 £61,250
% change year-on-year +14.07% -14.12% +11.36%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,291 15,536 18,187
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 93.03% 90.09% 93.67%
Number of salaries quoted 7,230 9,199 14,791
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £42,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £55,440
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,901 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.47% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £120,000 £116,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Verification and Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Verification and Validation job vacancy trend in London

Verification and Validation
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Verification and Validation

Verification and Validation
Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 4 November 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
South London +34 1 - -
West London +9 1 £65,000 - 5
Verification and Validation
England

Verification and Validation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 (50.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) 4G
1 1 (16.67%) 5G
1 1 (16.67%) Unified Communications
1 1 (16.67%) WAN
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Rational DOORS
General
1 4 (66.67%) Finance
1 4 (66.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 4 (66.67%) Retail
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Advertising
3 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Systems Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) Senior
2 3 (50.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Principal Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) RAMS Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Safety Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Systems Safety Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) IoT
1 1 (16.67%) NHS
1 1 (16.67%) Operational Technology
1 1 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 6 (100.00%) Validation
2 5 (83.33%) Mentoring
3 4 (66.67%) Agile
3 4 (66.67%) Project Delivery
3 4 (66.67%) Requirements Management
4 3 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
4 3 (50.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 3 (50.00%) Project Management
4 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (16.67%) Active Listening
6 1 (16.67%) Analytics
6 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (16.67%) Data Science
6 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
6 1 (16.67%) Mathematics
6 1 (16.67%) Risk Assessment
6 1 (16.67%) Systems Thinking
6 1 (16.67%) V-Model
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (16.67%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (50.00%) Sparx