Verification and Validation Jobs in the Midlands

Verification and Validation
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 31 293 228
Rank change year-on-year +262 -65 +30
Permanent jobs citing Verification and Validation 434 32 98
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 6.25% 0.27% 1.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.84% 0.33% 1.06%
Number of salaries quoted 11 20 0
10th Percentile - £40,750 -
25th Percentile £47,000 £49,563 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £55,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% - -
75th Percentile £57,000 £57,500 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £52,600 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.36% -8.33% +4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,342 9,627 9,229
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 91.30% 82.47% 96.63%
Number of salaries quoted 2,662 7,118 4,613
10th Percentile £27,750 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,002 £34,750 £38,357
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £61,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,950 £75,000 £78,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Verification and Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Verification and Validation in the Midlands

Verification and Validation
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Verification and Validation in the Midlands

Verification and Validation
Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands 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
East Midlands +172 244 £52,000 +22.35% 6
West Midlands +170 190 - - 21
Verification and Validation
England

Verification and Validation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 2 (0.46%) Simulink
2 1 (0.23%) Maple
Communications & Networking
1 105 (24.19%) LTE
1 105 (24.19%) Wi-Fi
1 105 (24.19%) Wireless
2 104 (23.96%) 5G
2 104 (23.96%) Bluetooth
2 104 (23.96%) GSM
2 104 (23.96%) UMTS
3 10 (2.30%) Modbus
Development Applications
1 21 (4.84%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (0.23%) Git
2 1 (0.23%) Subversion
General
1 106 (24.42%) Electronics
2 2 (0.46%) Manufacturing
3 1 (0.23%) Aerospace
3 1 (0.23%) Automotive
3 1 (0.23%) Finance
3 1 (0.23%) Marketing
3 1 (0.23%) Public Sector
3 1 (0.23%) Social Skills
3 1 (0.23%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 299 (68.89%) Principal Engineer
1 299 (68.89%) Principal Systems Engineer
2 162 (37.33%) Integration Engineer
3 161 (37.10%) System Verification Engineer
3 161 (37.10%) Systems Integration Engineer
3 161 (37.10%) Validation Engineer
4 105 (24.19%) Electronics Engineer
4 105 (24.19%) Test Engineer
5 104 (23.96%) Electronics Test Engineer
6 81 (18.66%) Principal Modelling Engineer
7 54 (12.44%) Systems Engineer
8 18 (4.15%) Engineering Manager
8 18 (4.15%) Requirements Manager
9 10 (2.30%) Automation Engineer
10 3 (0.69%) Requirements Engineer
11 1 (0.23%) Development Engineer
11 1 (0.23%) Embedded Engineer
11 1 (0.23%) Senior
11 1 (0.23%) Senior Embedded Engineer
11 1 (0.23%) Test and Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.23%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 104 (23.96%) Driving Licence
2 10 (2.30%) SCADA
3 1 (0.23%) CAN bus
3 1 (0.23%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (0.23%) IoT
3 1 (0.23%) Raspberry Pi
Processes & Methodologies
1 434 (100.00%) Validation
2 317 (73.04%) Systems Engineering
3 153 (35.25%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 135 (31.11%) Project Planning
4 135 (31.11%) SysML
5 116 (26.73%) Coaching
6 104 (23.96%) Customer Requirements
6 104 (23.96%) Mentoring
6 104 (23.96%) Test Strategy
7 21 (4.84%) Requirements Management
8 18 (4.15%) Stakeholder Management
9 12 (2.76%) Mathematics
9 12 (2.76%) Physics
10 10 (2.30%) Computer Science
10 10 (2.30%) Decarbonisation
11 3 (0.69%) Agile
11 3 (0.69%) Requirements Gathering
12 2 (0.46%) Software Testing
13 1 (0.23%) Digital Marketing
13 1 (0.23%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (0.46%) MATLAB
2 1 (0.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 305 (70.28%) BPSS Clearance
2 279 (64.29%) Degree
3 149 (34.33%) Chartered Engineer
3 149 (34.33%) ISTQB
4 104 (23.96%) HND
5 10 (2.30%) SC Cleared
5 10 (2.30%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.23%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.23%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.23%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (0.23%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (0.23%) Lotus
1 1 (0.23%) SAP