Verification and Validation Job Trends in the North West

Verification and Validation
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Verification and Validation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 170 191 185
Rank change year-on-year +21 -6 +115
Permanent jobs citing Verification and Validation 22 20 6
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.35% 0.38% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.42% 0.42% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 10 9 4
10th Percentile £47,968 £46,768 -
25th Percentile £48,969 - £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,125 £47,683 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.51% -5.58% -5.44%
75th Percentile £55,344 £49,320 £59,656
90th Percentile £57,363 £61,967 £72,538
England median annual salary £60,000 £52,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.38% -5.45% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,188 4,733 3,519
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 83.25% 90.19% 89.70%
Number of salaries quoted 2,520 2,353 2,689
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,191 £31,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,067 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,548
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Verification and Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Verification and Validation job vacancy trend in the North West

Verification and Validation
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Verification and Validation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Verification and Validation

Verification and Validation
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Verification and Validation in the North West over the 6 months to 27 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Verification and Validation in the North West

Verification and Validation
Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 27 December 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
Cumbria +13 18 £54,125 -12.66%
Lancashire +10 4 £60,342 +26.55%
Verification and Validation
England

Verification and Validation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 (13.64%) Simulink
General
1 5 (22.73%) Aerospace
2 4 (18.18%) Avionics
3 3 (13.64%) Military
4 1 (4.55%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 10 (45.45%) Systems Engineer
2 7 (31.82%) Senior
3 5 (22.73%) Principal Engineer
4 4 (18.18%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 3 (13.64%) Control Systems Engineer
5 3 (13.64%) Research Engineer
6 2 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (9.09%) Infrastructure Support
6 2 (9.09%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 2 (9.09%) Support Engineer
7 1 (4.55%) Architect
7 1 (4.55%) Engineering Manager
7 1 (4.55%) Internal Communications Manager
7 1 (4.55%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) CAN bus
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.09%) Linux
1 2 (9.09%) Windows
1 2 (9.09%) Windows Server
1 2 (9.09%) Windows Server 2016
1 2 (9.09%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (100.00%) Validation
2 18 (81.82%) Systems Engineering
3 8 (36.36%) Mathematics
3 8 (36.36%) Mentoring
3 8 (36.36%) Physics
3 8 (36.36%) PRINCE2
3 8 (36.36%) Project Delivery
4 6 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (13.64%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (13.64%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
5 3 (13.64%) OO
5 3 (13.64%) OOD
5 3 (13.64%) Technical Leadership
6 2 (9.09%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (9.09%) Migration
6 2 (9.09%) Network Management
6 2 (9.09%) Network Virtualisation
6 2 (9.09%) Patch Management
6 2 (9.09%) Requirements Management
6 2 (9.09%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.64%) MATLAB
2 2 (9.09%) PowerShell
3 1 (4.55%) VB
Qualifications
1 20 (90.91%) BPSS Clearance
2 19 (86.36%) Degree
3 8 (36.36%) RIBA
4 4 (18.18%) Chartered Engineer
4 4 (18.18%) PMI Certification
4 4 (18.18%) PMP
5 3 (13.64%) HNC
5 3 (13.64%) HND
6 2 (9.09%) CCNA
6 2 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (9.09%) Network+ Certification
6 2 (9.09%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 2 (9.09%) Active Directory
1 2 (9.09%) Virtual Machines
1 2 (9.09%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (9.09%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (9.09%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 2 (9.09%) Cisco
1 2 (9.09%) Microsoft
1 2 (9.09%) VMware