Verification and Validation Jobs in the North of England

Verification and Validation
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 124 365 425
Rank change year-on-year +241 +60 +18
Permanent jobs citing Verification and Validation 242 28 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 2.21% 0.16% 0.052%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.34% 0.19% 0.053%
Number of salaries quoted 135 20 0
10th Percentile - £42,500 -
25th Percentile - £43,438 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £50,500 -
Median % change year-on-year -5.58% - -
75th Percentile - £65,000 -
90th Percentile £61,967 - -
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
North of England

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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 10,358 14,485 16,866
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 94.54% 83.83% 96.89%
Number of salaries quoted 5,755 11,127 8,023
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,500 £37,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +9.62%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £82,500
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 North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Verification and Validation in the North of England

Verification and Validation
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Verification and Validation in the North of England

Verification and Validation
Salary Histogram in the North of England

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

Salary histogram for Verification and Validation in the North of England

Verification and Validation
Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England 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
North West +166 202 £47,683 -13.30% 23
Yorkshire +111 40 £37,500 -16.67% 4
Verification and Validation
England

Verification and Validation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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:

Applications
1 111 (45.87%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.41%) Azure
1 1 (0.41%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.65%) 5G
1 4 (1.65%) Bluetooth
1 4 (1.65%) GSM
1 4 (1.65%) LTE
1 4 (1.65%) UMTS
1 4 (1.65%) Wi-Fi
1 4 (1.65%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 31 (12.81%) Rational DOORS
General
1 5 (2.07%) Electronics
2 4 (1.65%) Aerospace
2 4 (1.65%) Telecoms
3 3 (1.24%) Military
4 2 (0.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (0.41%) Back Office
5 1 (0.41%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (0.41%) Public Sector
5 1 (0.41%) Retail
5 1 (0.41%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 113 (46.69%) Systems Engineer
2 82 (33.88%) Engineering Manager
3 28 (11.57%) Requirements Manager
4 26 (10.74%) Principal Engineer
5 23 (9.50%) Principal Systems Engineer
6 18 (7.44%) Integration Engineer
6 18 (7.44%) System Verification Engineer
6 18 (7.44%) Systems Integration Engineer
6 18 (7.44%) Validation Engineer
7 17 (7.02%) Senior
8 16 (6.61%) Instrumentation Engineer
8 16 (6.61%) Senior Electrical Engineer
9 5 (2.07%) Requirements Engineer
10 4 (1.65%) Electronics Engineer
10 4 (1.65%) Electronics Test Engineer
10 4 (1.65%) Test Engineer
11 3 (1.24%) Operations Engineer
11 3 (1.24%) Operations Support Engineer
11 3 (1.24%) Support Engineer
12 1 (0.41%) Software Assurance Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.41%) .NET
1 1 (0.41%) ASP.NET
1 1 (0.41%) ASP.NET MVC
1 1 (0.41%) ASP.NET Web API
1 1 (0.41%) Blazor
1 1 (0.41%) CSS
1 1 (0.41%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (1.65%) Driving Licence
2 3 (1.24%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (0.41%) EPoS
3 1 (0.41%) Onboarding
3 1 (0.41%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.65%) Linux
2 1 (0.41%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 242 (100.00%) Validation
2 233 (96.28%) Systems Engineering
3 145 (59.92%) Mathematics
4 138 (57.02%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
5 112 (46.28%) Software Engineering
6 111 (45.87%) Digital Twin
6 111 (45.87%) SysML
7 82 (33.88%) Stakeholder Management
8 55 (22.73%) Project Planning
9 38 (15.70%) Coaching
10 34 (14.05%) Physics
11 32 (13.22%) Requirements Management
12 7 (2.89%) Customer Requirements
13 6 (2.48%) Agile
13 6 (2.48%) Mentoring
14 4 (1.65%) Requirements Gathering
14 4 (1.65%) Test Strategy
15 3 (1.24%) Product Requirements
16 1 (0.41%) Roadmaps
16 1 (0.41%) Software Assurance
Programming Languages
1 115 (47.52%) MATLAB
2 4 (1.65%) Perl
2 4 (1.65%) R
3 1 (0.41%) C#
3 1 (0.41%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.41%) SQL
Qualifications
1 213 (88.02%) Degree
2 115 (47.52%) HND
3 111 (45.87%) HNC
4 102 (42.15%) BPSS Clearance
5 72 (29.75%) Chartered Engineer
6 59 (24.38%) Master's Degree
7 5 (2.07%) Security Cleared
8 4 (1.65%) SC Cleared
9 3 (1.24%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.61%) ARP4754
1 16 (6.61%) DO-254
1 16 (6.61%) IEC 61508
Vendors
1 1 (0.41%) Microsoft
1 1 (0.41%) Xamarin