Software Verification Engineer Jobs

Software Verification Engineer
UK

The median Software Verification Engineer salary in the UK is £57,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 687 889 984
Rank change year-on-year +202 +95 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Verification Engineer 5 7 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.010% 0.007% 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.011% 0.008% 0.005%
Number of salaries quoted 5 4 4
10th Percentile £49,800 - -
25th Percentile - - £73,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £75,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% -3.23% -
75th Percentile - £77,500 £81,250
90th Percentile - £82,000 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,000 £75,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year -24.00% -3.23% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 46,902 93,183 95,132
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.12% 94.62% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 27,275 66,883 59,840
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,777 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.95% -12.04% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Software Verification Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Software Verification Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Software Verification Engineer in the UK

Software Verification Engineer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Verification Engineer.

Salary trend for Software Verification Engineer in the UK

Software Verification Engineer
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Verification Engineer within the UK 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
UK excluding London +208 5 £57,000 -24.00% 1
England +173 5 £57,000 -24.00% 1
Work from Home +196 4 £57,000 -24.00% 1
East of England +55 4 £57,000 -24.00%
South West - 1 £50,000 -

Software Verification Engineer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Software Verification Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Software Verification Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) C
2 4 (80.00%) Rational DOORS
2 4 (80.00%) Code Coverage
2 4 (80.00%) Validation
2 4 (80.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (80.00%) Unit Testing
2 4 (80.00%) CppUnit
2 4 (80.00%) Test Automation
2 4 (80.00%) Embedded Software Development
2 4 (80.00%) Test Planning
2 4 (80.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 4 (80.00%) CI/CD
2 4 (80.00%) Verification and Validation
2 4 (80.00%) Collaborative Culture
3 2 (40.00%) C++
4 1 (20.00%) Assembly Language
4 1 (20.00%) Embedded Systems

Software Verification Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Development Applications
1 4 (80.00%) CppUnit
1 4 (80.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 4 (80.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) CI/CD
1 4 (80.00%) Code Coverage
1 4 (80.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 4 (80.00%) Embedded Software Development
1 4 (80.00%) Software Engineering
1 4 (80.00%) Test Automation
1 4 (80.00%) Test Planning
1 4 (80.00%) Unit Testing
1 4 (80.00%) Validation
1 4 (80.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) C
2 2 (40.00%) C++
3 1 (20.00%) Assembly Language