Verification and Validation Jobs in the South West

Verification and Validation
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 46 245 242
Rank change year-on-year +199 -3 +10
Permanent jobs citing Verification and Validation 181 42 37
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 5.19% 0.46% 0.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.61% 0.54% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 78 27 7
10th Percentile - £33,250 £48,750
25th Percentile - £42,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,600 £55,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.36% -18.52% +27.96%
75th Percentile - £56,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £53,000 £64,250 £81,250
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 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 South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,226 7,759 6,520
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 92.57% 84.14% 94.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1,918 5,562 3,654
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,833 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £39,213
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,600 £50,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.16% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £64,100 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £81,250
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Verification and Validation in the South West

Verification and Validation
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Verification and Validation in the South West

Verification and Validation
Job Locations in the South 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 South West 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
Dorset - 68 £54,000 - 1
Bristol +94 66 £52,600 -4.36% 26
Gloucestershire +90 28 £52,600 - 21
Somerset - 16 - - 5
Wiltshire +45 3 - - 2
Verification and Validation
England

Verification and Validation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 72 (39.78%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.66%) 5G
1 3 (1.66%) Bluetooth
1 3 (1.66%) GSM
1 3 (1.66%) LTE
1 3 (1.66%) UMTS
1 3 (1.66%) Wi-Fi
1 3 (1.66%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 81 (44.75%) Rational DOORS
2 47 (25.97%) JIRA
3 3 (1.66%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 3 (1.66%) Electronics
2 1 (0.55%) Aerospace
2 1 (0.55%) Military
2 1 (0.55%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 76 (41.99%) Systems Engineer
2 68 (37.57%) Principal Engineer
2 68 (37.57%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 28 (15.47%) Engineering Manager
3 28 (15.47%) Requirements Manager
4 19 (10.50%) Integration Engineer
4 19 (10.50%) Systems Integration Engineer
5 18 (9.94%) System Verification Engineer
5 18 (9.94%) Validation Engineer
6 4 (2.21%) Verification Engineer
7 3 (1.66%) Electronics Engineer
7 3 (1.66%) Electronics Test Engineer
7 3 (1.66%) Requirements Engineer
7 3 (1.66%) Test Engineer
8 2 (1.10%) Hardware Engineer
8 2 (1.10%) Senior
8 2 (1.10%) Senior Hardware Engineer
9 1 (0.55%) Firmware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (1.66%) Driving Licence
2 2 (1.10%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.55%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 181 (100.00%) Validation
2 174 (96.13%) Systems Engineering
3 147 (81.22%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 90 (49.72%) Mathematics
5 78 (43.09%) Requirements Management
5 78 (43.09%) SysML
6 72 (39.78%) Digital Twin
6 72 (39.78%) Software Engineering
7 47 (25.97%) Risk Identification and Mitigation
8 28 (15.47%) Stakeholder Management
9 21 (11.60%) Coaching
10 18 (9.94%) Physics
11 6 (3.31%) Line Management
12 5 (2.76%) Project Management
13 4 (2.21%) Mentoring
14 3 (1.66%) CAD
14 3 (1.66%) Customer Requirements
14 3 (1.66%) Machine Learning
14 3 (1.66%) Scenario Testing
14 3 (1.66%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 72 (39.78%) MATLAB
2 1 (0.55%) Bash
2 1 (0.55%) C
2 1 (0.55%) Python
Qualifications
1 100 (55.25%) Degree
2 76 (41.99%) HND
3 72 (39.78%) HNC
4 47 (25.97%) Chartered Engineer
5 31 (17.13%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (2.76%) Security Cleared
7 2 (1.10%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.55%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.55%) Firmware
Vendors
1 47 (25.97%) IBM