Verification and Validation Jobs in Scotland

Verification and Validation
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 236 218
Rank change year-on-year +216 -18 +30
Permanent jobs citing Verification and Validation 289 48 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 10.09% 0.71% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.94% 0.77% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 205 3 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £55,801 £55,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,033 £60,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -3.28% - -
75th Percentile £60,265 £65,000 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £58,033 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.51% - -2.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,642 6,252 4,458
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.25% 92.81% 94.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1,350 2,422 2,244
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £32,321
25th Percentile £44,000 £40,500 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £57,654
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -8.94% +9.82%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £73,875
90th Percentile £83,074 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%

Verification and Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Verification and Validation in Scotland

Verification and Validation
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Verification and Validation in Scotland

Verification and Validation
Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 3 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
South Ayrshire - 87 £58,033 - 3
East Ayrshire - 68 £58,033 - 2
Ayrshire - 48 £58,033 - 6
Glasgow +190 26 £58,033 -3.28% 6
North Ayrshire - 25 £58,033 - 1
Fife 0 18 - -
Moray - 17 - -
Verification and Validation
UK

Verification and Validation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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
1 220 (76.12%) Simulink
2 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
Development Applications
1 43 (14.88%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (0.69%) LabVIEW
General
1 2 (0.69%) Electronics
1 2 (0.69%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 220 (76.12%) Systems Engineer
2 38 (13.15%) Engineering Manager
2 38 (13.15%) Requirements Manager
3 29 (10.03%) Principal Engineer
3 29 (10.03%) Principal Systems Engineer
4 24 (8.30%) Integration Engineer
4 24 (8.30%) System Verification Engineer
4 24 (8.30%) Systems Integration Engineer
4 24 (8.30%) Validation Engineer
5 5 (1.73%) Requirements Engineer
6 2 (0.69%) Development Engineer
6 2 (0.69%) Senior
6 2 (0.69%) Senior Development Engineer
6 2 (0.69%) Senior Test Engineer
6 2 (0.69%) Test Development Engineer
6 2 (0.69%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (0.69%) Analogue Electronics
Processes & Methodologies
1 289 (100.00%) Validation
2 287 (99.31%) Systems Engineering
3 258 (89.27%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 244 (84.43%) Mathematics
5 222 (76.82%) Software Engineering
6 220 (76.12%) Digital Twin
6 220 (76.12%) SysML
7 43 (14.88%) Requirements Management
8 38 (13.15%) Stakeholder Management
9 24 (8.30%) Coaching
9 24 (8.30%) Physics
10 5 (1.73%) Agile
10 5 (1.73%) Requirements Gathering
11 2 (0.69%) Functional Testing
11 2 (0.69%) Schematic Capture
Programming Languages
1 220 (76.12%) MATLAB
2 2 (0.69%) C#
Qualifications
1 249 (86.16%) Degree
2 220 (76.12%) HNC
2 220 (76.12%) HND
3 43 (14.88%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (0.69%) CCA
4 2 (0.69%) SC Cleared
4 2 (0.69%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (0.69%) Mentor Graphics
1 2 (0.69%) Microsoft