Verification and Validation Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Verification and Validation
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear requiring Verification and Validation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 60 -
Rank change year-on-year -61 - -
Permanent jobs citing Verification and Validation 1 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Tyne and Wear 0.037% 0.16% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.052% 0.19% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £38,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 - -
75th Percentile £46,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North East median annual salary £42,500 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,918 539 881
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 71.70% 83.96% 83.27%
Number of salaries quoted 1,453 367 559
10th Percentile £32,500 £24,570 £25,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £28,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% - -14.29%
75th Percentile £75,000 £61,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £71,750 £75,000
North East median annual salary £55,000 £44,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +25.00% -7.37% -5.00%

Verification and Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

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

Verification and Validation job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

Verification and Validation
Salary Trend in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Verification and Validation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Verification and Validation

Verification and Validation
Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 12 September 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
Newcastle upon Tyne - 1 £42,500 - 7
Verification and Validation
North East

Verification and Validation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Electrical Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) FMEA
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) EMC