Verification and Validation Jobs in the South East

Verification and Validation
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 313 337
Rank change year-on-year +263 +24 +108
Permanent jobs citing Verification and Validation 389 77 64
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 4.60% 0.46% 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.06% 0.54% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 93 57 11
10th Percentile £40,748 £35,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £45,000 £49,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £54,995 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.10% -0.01% +4.76%
75th Percentile - £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £68,000 £78,750 -
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
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,692 14,160 14,183
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 90.89% 84.81% 94.49%
Number of salaries quoted 4,116 9,947 8,233
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £85,000
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 South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Verification and Validation in the South East

Verification and Validation
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Verification and Validation in the South East

Verification and Validation
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Verification and Validation in the South East over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Verification and Validation in the South East

Verification and Validation
Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 2 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
Isle of Wight - 139 £60,000 - 1
Thames Valley +147 138 £60,000 +9.09% 22
Buckinghamshire +110 101 £60,000 - 7
Hampshire +133 66 - - 23
Oxfordshire +70 36 - - 3
Kent +54 24 £43,250 +16.89% 1
West Sussex +39 10 - - 3
Surrey +67 9 £40,748 -18.50% 6
East Sussex - 3 - -
Berkshire +17 1 £65,000 +18.19% 12
Verification and Validation
England

Verification and Validation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 79 (20.31%) Simulink
2 72 (18.51%) Mathcad
Cloud Services
1 34 (8.74%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 126 (32.39%) 5G
1 126 (32.39%) Bluetooth
1 126 (32.39%) GSM
1 126 (32.39%) LTE
1 126 (32.39%) UMTS
1 126 (32.39%) Wi-Fi
1 126 (32.39%) Wireless
2 3 (0.77%) Software-Defined Radio
Development Applications
1 83 (21.34%) Rational DOORS
2 20 (5.14%) Git
3 7 (1.80%) Subversion
4 4 (1.03%) JIRA
5 1 (0.26%) LabVIEW
General
1 137 (35.22%) Electronics
2 39 (10.03%) Military
3 23 (5.91%) Aerospace
4 4 (1.03%) Aviation
4 4 (1.03%) Manufacturing
4 4 (1.03%) Social Skills
5 3 (0.77%) Finance
6 2 (0.51%) Automotive
7 1 (0.26%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (0.26%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 164 (42.16%) Test Engineer
2 130 (33.42%) Electronics Engineer
3 126 (32.39%) Electronics Test Engineer
4 107 (27.51%) Senior
5 72 (18.51%) Principal Engineer
6 69 (17.74%) Principal Systems Engineer
7 64 (16.45%) Mathematical Modeller
8 44 (11.31%) Engineering Manager
8 44 (11.31%) Requirements Manager
9 38 (9.77%) Senior Software Test Engineer
9 38 (9.77%) Senior Test Engineer
9 38 (9.77%) Software Test Engineer
10 30 (7.71%) Integration Engineer
10 30 (7.71%) System Verification Engineer
10 30 (7.71%) Systems Integration Engineer
10 30 (7.71%) Validation Engineer
11 10 (2.57%) Systems Engineer
12 9 (2.31%) Software Engineer
13 5 (1.29%) Requirements Engineer
14 4 (1.03%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.34%) Qt
2 1 (0.26%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 126 (32.39%) Driving Licence
2 13 (3.34%) Algorithms
2 13 (3.34%) Embedded Systems
3 7 (1.80%) FPGA
4 4 (1.03%) CPLD
5 3 (0.77%) e-Learning
6 1 (0.26%) Lidar
6 1 (0.26%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 389 (100.00%) Validation
2 195 (50.13%) Systems Engineering
3 156 (40.10%) Coaching
4 130 (33.42%) Customer Requirements
5 126 (32.39%) Mentoring
5 126 (32.39%) Test Strategy
6 110 (28.28%) Mathematics
7 92 (23.65%) Requirements Management
8 85 (21.85%) Problem-Solving
9 75 (19.28%) Mathematical Modelling
10 72 (18.51%) Performance Analysis
11 54 (13.88%) Software Testing
12 53 (13.62%) Stakeholder Management
12 53 (13.62%) Test Automation
13 44 (11.31%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
14 41 (10.54%) Agile
15 39 (10.03%) Configuration Management
15 39 (10.03%) UML
16 37 (9.51%) Physics
17 36 (9.25%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 93 (23.91%) Python
2 82 (21.08%) MATLAB
3 27 (6.94%) C
4 22 (5.66%) C++
5 10 (2.57%) C#
6 8 (2.06%) Ada
7 1 (0.26%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 241 (61.95%) Degree
2 205 (52.70%) BPSS Clearance
3 126 (32.39%) HND
4 9 (2.31%) HNC
5 3 (0.77%) SC Cleared
5 3 (0.77%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (18.51%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 36 (9.25%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 1 (0.26%) AUTOSAR
3 1 (0.26%) GAMP
3 1 (0.26%) NIST
3 1 (0.26%) NIST 800
System Software
1 3 (0.77%) Firmware
Vendors
1 72 (18.51%) MathWorks
2 4 (1.03%) Agilent
3 3 (0.77%) Xilinx
4 1 (0.26%) Rockwell
4 1 (0.26%) Siemens