Verification and Validation Job Trends in Somerset

Verification and Validation
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Somerset requiring Verification and Validation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Verification and Validation 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Somerset 0.19% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - -
South West median annual salary £70,000 £52,600 £60,000
% change year-on-year +33.08% -12.33% -11.11%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 750 280 444
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 70.56% 79.55% 57.81%
Number of salaries quoted 463 152 306
10th Percentile £28,750 £26,050 £29,605
25th Percentile £33,500 £31,250 £35,119
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £43,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,563 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £70,625
South West median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% -

Verification and Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Verification and Validation job vacancy trend in Somerset

Verification and Validation
Salary Trend in Somerset

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Verification and Validation

Verification and Validation
Job Locations in Somerset

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 Somerset region over the 6 months to 26 August 2026. 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
Yeovil - 2 £70,000 - 3
Verification and Validation
South West

Verification and Validation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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:

Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared