Verification and Validation Jobs in the South West

Verification and Validation
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Verification and Validation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Verification and Validation over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 249 240 251
Rank change year-on-year -9 +11 +14
Permanent jobs citing Verification and Validation 42 37 63
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.46% 0.54% 0.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.54% 0.57% 0.83%
Number of salaries quoted 27 7 10
10th Percentile £33,250 £48,750 £34,188
25th Percentile £42,000 £52,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £67,500 £52,750
Median % change year-on-year -18.52% +27.96% +11.05%
75th Percentile £56,750 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £64,250 £81,250 £70,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +15.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Verification and Validation is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,732 6,516 7,580
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 84.15% 94.43% 95.11%
Number of salaries quoted 5,553 3,657 4,985
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,500 £30,932
25th Percentile £37,500 £39,200 £38,353
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% +5.00% +7.42%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

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
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Verification and Validation in the South West over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram 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 29 April 2024. 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
Bristol +12 29 £55,000 -19.41% 22
Gloucestershire -12 8 - - 1
Wiltshire - 5 £60,000 - 4
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 4 (9.52%) Simulink
1 4 (9.52%) Stateflow
2 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.76%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.38%) LAN
1 1 (2.38%) Network Security
1 1 (2.38%) RS-232
1 1 (2.38%) SAN
1 1 (2.38%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.76%) Power BI
1 2 (4.76%) Qlik Sense
1 2 (4.76%) Relational Database
1 2 (4.76%) SQL Server
1 2 (4.76%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (16.67%) Rational DOORS
2 6 (14.29%) Rational Rhapsody
3 2 (4.76%) Visual Studio
General
1 14 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (9.52%) Games
3 3 (7.14%) Military
4 2 (4.76%) Automotive
4 2 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (4.76%) Electronics
5 1 (2.38%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 23 (54.76%) Systems Engineer
2 8 (19.05%) Lead
3 6 (14.29%) Developer
3 6 (14.29%) RF Engineer
4 5 (11.90%) Design Engineer
5 4 (9.52%) Machine Learning Developer
6 3 (7.14%) Senior
7 2 (4.76%) Business Developer
7 2 (4.76%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 2 (4.76%) Consultant
7 2 (4.76%) Graduate
7 2 (4.76%) Graduate Design Engineer
7 2 (4.76%) Graduate Systems Engineer
7 2 (4.76%) Senior Software Engineer
7 2 (4.76%) Software Engineer
8 1 (2.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 1 (2.38%) Senior Consultant
8 1 (2.38%) Technical Design Authority
8 1 (2.38%) Technical Design Engineer
8 1 (2.38%) Technical Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.52%) PyTorch
1 4 (9.52%) TensorFlow
2 2 (4.76%) Qt
2 2 (4.76%) wxWidgets
Miscellaneous
1 8 (19.05%) Algorithms
2 4 (9.52%) Robotics
3 2 (4.76%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.76%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (100.00%) Validation
2 19 (45.24%) Systems Engineering
3 16 (38.10%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 11 (26.19%) Requirements Management
5 8 (19.05%) Mathematics
6 7 (16.67%) People Management
6 7 (16.67%) SysML
6 7 (16.67%) UML
6 7 (16.67%) Use Case
7 6 (14.29%) Agile
7 6 (14.29%) V-Model
8 5 (11.90%) Configuration Management
8 5 (11.90%) Digital Signal Processing
8 5 (11.90%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (11.90%) Signal Processing
8 5 (11.90%) Software Testing
8 5 (11.90%) Technical Leadership
9 4 (9.52%) Decision Science
9 4 (9.52%) Multi-Agent System
9 4 (9.52%) Support Vector Machines
Programming Languages
1 4 (9.52%) MATLAB
1 4 (9.52%) Python
2 2 (4.76%) C
2 2 (4.76%) C#
2 2 (4.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 24 (57.14%) BPSS Clearance
3 17 (40.48%) Degree
4 5 (11.90%) PhD
5 3 (7.14%) SC Cleared
6 2 (4.76%) DV Cleared
7 1 (2.38%) CCNP
7 1 (2.38%) Chartered Engineer
7 1 (2.38%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (2.38%) HNC
7 1 (2.38%) HND
7 1 (2.38%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.76%) QA
2 1 (2.38%) ECSS
System Software
1 7 (16.67%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (4.76%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 5 (11.90%) IBM
2 4 (9.52%) OpenAI
3 1 (2.38%) Cisco
3 1 (2.38%) VMware