Universal Verification Methodology (UVM)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for UVM skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited UVM over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 878 943 1190
Rank change year-on-year +65 +247 -
Permanent jobs citing UVM 18 27 42
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.018% 0.026% 0.027%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.021% 0.027% 0.029%
Number of salaries quoted 6 4 0
10th Percentile £66,875 £60,125 -
25th Percentile - £64,063 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 -
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% - -
75th Percentile £81,563 £79,688 -
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,375 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 -
% change year-on-year -3.45% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

UVM 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,305 100,095 147,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.64% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 59,591 58,745 83,129
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

UVM
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing UVM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for UVM in the UK

UVM
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing UVM.

Salary trend for UVM in the UK

UVM
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing UVM over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for UVM in the UK

UVM
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing UVM within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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
England +104 18 £70,000 -3.45% 43
UK excluding London +6 18 £70,000 -3.45% 44
South West +10 12 - - 10
East of England +15 4 £70,000 -5.08% 21
Work from Home +94 3 £70,000 +16.67% 20
South East +29 2 £80,000 - 12

UVM
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:

Applications
1 4 (22.22%) Simulink
General
1 14 (77.78%) Social Skills
2 12 (66.67%) Automotive
2 12 (66.67%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (22.22%) C++ Developer
1 4 (22.22%) Designer
1 4 (22.22%) Developer
1 4 (22.22%) FPGA Designer
1 4 (22.22%) Programmer
1 4 (22.22%) Software Engineer
1 4 (22.22%) Software Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (66.67%) IoT
2 6 (33.33%) Verilog
3 4 (22.22%) FPGA
3 4 (22.22%) VHDL
4 2 (11.11%) ASIC
4 2 (11.11%) ASIC Verification
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (66.67%) Data Science
1 12 (66.67%) Machine Learning
1 12 (66.67%) Mentoring
1 12 (66.67%) Technical Leadership
2 4 (22.22%) FPGA Design
2 4 (22.22%) Signal Processing
2 4 (22.22%) Software Engineering
3 2 (11.11%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 18 (100.00%) SystemVerilog
2 6 (33.33%) C
3 4 (22.22%) C++
4 2 (11.11%) Perl
4 2 (11.11%) Python
4 2 (11.11%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 5 (27.78%) Degree
2 3 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 2 (11.11%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 2 (11.11%) Firmware
Vendors
1 4 (22.22%) Intel
1 4 (22.22%) Microsemi
1 4 (22.22%) Xilinx