Verification and Validation Jobs in the UK excluding London

Verification and Validation
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 496 482
Rank change year-on-year +454 -14 +124
Permanent jobs citing Verification and Validation 1,949 277 284
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.24% 0.39% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.67% 0.47% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 553 151 30
10th Percentile £47,683 £40,750 £47,500
25th Percentile £52,250 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,033 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.51% - +14.58%
75th Percentile £60,265 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £61,627 £67,500 £71,025
UK median annual salary £58,033 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.51% - -2.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 34,363 59,392 58,730
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.31% 84.39% 95.61%
Number of salaries quoted 17,906 41,140 30,148
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,247 £30,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £66,100 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%

Verification and Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Verification and Validation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Verification and Validation in the UK excluding London

Verification and Validation
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Verification and Validation in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Verification and Validation in the UK excluding London

Verification and Validation
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Verification and Validation in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Verification and Validation in the UK excluding London

Verification and Validation
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 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
Midlands +258 469 £52,000 -5.45% 25
South East +264 430 £60,000 +9.10% 72
Scotland +216 289 £58,033 -3.28% 8
East of England +152 285 £70,000 +21.74% 51
East Midlands +175 279 £52,000 +22.35% 4
North of England +240 252 £47,683 -5.58% 30
North West +164 211 £47,683 -13.30% 23
West Midlands +168 190 - - 19
South West +207 187 £52,600 -4.36% 45
Yorkshire +110 41 £37,500 -16.67% 3
Wales - 35 £60,000 - 2
Northern Ireland +32 2 - - 5
Verification and Validation
UK

Verification and Validation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 509 (26.12%) Simulink
2 82 (4.21%) Mathcad
3 2 (0.10%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.051%) Maple
Cloud Services
1 34 (1.74%) AWS
2 1 (0.051%) Azure
2 1 (0.051%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 557 (28.58%) Wi-Fi
2 556 (28.53%) LTE
2 556 (28.53%) Wireless
3 555 (28.48%) 5G
3 555 (28.48%) Bluetooth
3 555 (28.48%) GSM
3 555 (28.48%) UMTS
4 10 (0.51%) Modbus
5 3 (0.15%) Software-Defined Radio
6 1 (0.051%) MQTT
Development Applications
1 294 (15.08%) Rational DOORS
2 51 (2.62%) JIRA
3 21 (1.08%) Git
4 8 (0.41%) Subversion
5 4 (0.21%) CppUnit
6 3 (0.15%) LabVIEW
6 3 (0.15%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 572 (29.35%) Electronics
2 43 (2.21%) Military
3 29 (1.49%) Aerospace
4 14 (0.72%) Social Skills
5 12 (0.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (0.51%) Manufacturing
7 6 (0.31%) Telecoms
8 5 (0.26%) Finance
9 4 (0.21%) Aviation
10 3 (0.15%) Automotive
10 3 (0.15%) Public Sector
11 2 (0.10%) Marketing
12 1 (0.051%) Analytical Skills
12 1 (0.051%) Avionics
12 1 (0.051%) Back Office
12 1 (0.051%) Legal
12 1 (0.051%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.051%) Retail
Job Titles
1 603 (30.94%) Test Engineer
2 561 (28.78%) Electronics Engineer
3 555 (28.48%) Electronics Test Engineer
4 517 (26.53%) Principal Engineer
5 511 (26.22%) Principal Systems Engineer
6 489 (25.09%) Systems Engineer
7 272 (13.96%) Integration Engineer
8 271 (13.90%) Systems Integration Engineer
9 270 (13.85%) System Verification Engineer
9 270 (13.85%) Validation Engineer
10 237 (12.16%) Engineering Manager
11 183 (9.39%) Requirements Manager
12 145 (7.44%) Senior
13 81 (4.16%) Principal Modelling Engineer
14 74 (3.80%) Mathematical Modeller
15 47 (2.41%) Senior Test Engineer
16 46 (2.36%) Software Test Engineer
17 45 (2.31%) Senior Software Test Engineer
18 25 (1.28%) Requirements Engineer
19 16 (0.82%) Instrumentation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (0.67%) Qt
2 1 (0.051%) .NET
2 1 (0.051%) ASP.NET
2 1 (0.051%) ASP.NET MVC
2 1 (0.051%) ASP.NET Web API
2 1 (0.051%) Blazor
2 1 (0.051%) CSS
2 1 (0.051%) HTML
2 1 (0.051%) JSON
2 1 (0.051%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 555 (28.48%) Driving Licence
2 15 (0.77%) Algorithms
3 14 (0.72%) Embedded Systems
4 10 (0.51%) SCADA
5 8 (0.41%) FPGA
6 4 (0.21%) CPLD
7 3 (0.15%) Analogue Electronics
7 3 (0.15%) e-Learning
7 3 (0.15%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.10%) IoT
8 2 (0.10%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.051%) CAN bus
9 1 (0.051%) EPoS
9 1 (0.051%) Lidar
9 1 (0.051%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.051%) Raspberry Pi
9 1 (0.051%) Robotics
9 1 (0.051%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.051%) Verilog
9 1 (0.051%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 5 (0.26%) Linux
2 2 (0.10%) Android
3 1 (0.051%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,949 (100.00%) Validation
2 1,281 (65.73%) Systems Engineering
3 782 (40.12%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 698 (35.81%) Coaching
5 645 (33.09%) Mathematics
6 564 (28.94%) Mentoring
7 562 (28.84%) Customer Requirements
8 559 (28.68%) SysML
9 555 (28.48%) Test Strategy
10 441 (22.63%) Software Engineering
11 418 (21.45%) Digital Twin
12 297 (15.24%) Requirements Management
13 246 (12.62%) Stakeholder Management
14 190 (9.75%) Project Planning
15 144 (7.39%) Physics
16 98 (5.03%) Problem-Solving
17 85 (4.36%) Mathematical Modelling
18 82 (4.21%) Performance Analysis
19 76 (3.90%) Agile
20 66 (3.39%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 516 (26.48%) MATLAB
2 104 (5.34%) Python
3 39 (2.00%) C
4 31 (1.59%) C++
5 15 (0.77%) Ada
6 14 (0.72%) C#
7 4 (0.21%) Perl
7 4 (0.21%) R
8 2 (0.10%) SQL
9 1 (0.051%) Bash
9 1 (0.051%) Embedded C
9 1 (0.051%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1,446 (74.19%) Degree
2 974 (49.97%) HND
3 734 (37.66%) BPSS Clearance
4 427 (21.91%) HNC
5 268 (13.75%) Chartered Engineer
6 149 (7.64%) ISTQB
7 59 (3.03%) Master's Degree
8 25 (1.28%) Security Cleared
9 21 (1.08%) SC Cleared
10 4 (0.21%) PhD
11 2 (0.10%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (4.21%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 43 (2.21%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 16 (0.82%) ARP4754
3 16 (0.82%) DO-254
3 16 (0.82%) IEC 61508
4 2 (0.10%) QA
5 1 (0.051%) AUTOSAR
5 1 (0.051%) GAMP
5 1 (0.051%) ISO 13485
5 1 (0.051%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.051%) NIST
5 1 (0.051%) NIST 800
System Software
1 12 (0.62%) Firmware
2 8 (0.41%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 82 (4.21%) MathWorks
2 47 (2.41%) IBM
3 4 (0.21%) Agilent
4 3 (0.15%) Microsoft
4 3 (0.15%) Xilinx
5 2 (0.10%) Mentor Graphics
5 2 (0.10%) SAP
6 1 (0.051%) EMC
6 1 (0.051%) Lotus
6 1 (0.051%) Rockwell
6 1 (0.051%) Siemens
6 1 (0.051%) Xamarin