Verification and Validation Jobs

Verification and Validation
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 74 603 659
Rank change year-on-year +529 +56 +231
Permanent jobs citing Verification and Validation 1,815 297 347
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.48% 0.30% 0.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.73% 0.35% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 539 162 59
10th Percentile £47,683 £40,750 £36,835
25th Percentile £52,250 £47,500 £48,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,033 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.51% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £60,265 £65,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £61,967 £75,000 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,033 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.51% - +14.58%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,641 84,574 99,457
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.26% 86.00% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 26,531 59,798 58,397
10th Percentile £30,580 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%
75th Percentile £76,250 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Verification and Validation
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Verification and Validation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Verification and Validation in the UK

Verification and Validation
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Verification and Validation.

Salary trend for Verification and Validation in the UK

Verification and Validation
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Verification and Validation over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Verification and Validation in the UK

Verification and Validation
Top 16 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 30 April 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 +438 1,782 £58,033 +5.51% 204
England +515 1,485 £52,600 -4.36% 207
Midlands +247 434 £52,000 -5.45% 23
South East +273 389 £60,000 +9.10% 57
Scotland +207 276 £58,033 -3.28% 16
East Midlands +169 244 £52,000 +22.35% 4
North of England +245 242 £47,683 -5.58% 30
East of England +148 224 £70,000 +21.74% 38
North West +165 202 £47,683 -13.30% 24
West Midlands +167 190 - - 18
South West +207 181 £52,600 -4.36% 41
Yorkshire +105 40 £37,500 -16.67% 2
Work from Home +115 38 £57,000 +3.64% 132
Wales - 35 £60,000 -
London +103 12 - - 20
Northern Ireland +33 1 - - 5

Verification and Validation
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
1 484 (26.67%) Simulink
2 82 (4.52%) Mathcad
3 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.055%) Maple
Cloud Services
1 40 (2.20%) AWS
2 6 (0.33%) Amazon S3
2 6 (0.33%) AWS Lambda
2 6 (0.33%) GitHub
2 6 (0.33%) Serverless
3 1 (0.055%) Azure
3 1 (0.055%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 426 (23.47%) Bluetooth
2 424 (23.36%) 5G
3 422 (23.25%) Wi-Fi
4 421 (23.20%) LTE
4 421 (23.20%) Wireless
5 420 (23.14%) GSM
5 420 (23.14%) UMTS
6 10 (0.55%) Modbus
7 4 (0.22%) 4G
7 4 (0.22%) Unified Communications
7 4 (0.22%) WAN
8 3 (0.17%) Software-Defined Radio
9 1 (0.055%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (0.33%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 303 (16.69%) Rational DOORS
2 51 (2.81%) JIRA
3 27 (1.49%) Git
4 8 (0.44%) Subversion
5 4 (0.22%) CppUnit
6 3 (0.17%) LabVIEW
6 3 (0.17%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 437 (24.08%) Electronics
2 43 (2.37%) Military
3 29 (1.60%) Aerospace
4 20 (1.10%) Social Skills
5 12 (0.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (0.55%) Manufacturing
7 7 (0.39%) Legal
7 7 (0.39%) Public Sector
8 6 (0.33%) Games
8 6 (0.33%) Telecoms
9 5 (0.28%) Aviation
9 5 (0.28%) Finance
10 3 (0.17%) Automotive
11 2 (0.11%) Marketing
12 1 (0.055%) Analytical Skills
12 1 (0.055%) Avionics
12 1 (0.055%) Back Office
12 1 (0.055%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.055%) Retail
Job Titles
1 524 (28.87%) Principal Engineer
2 518 (28.54%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 468 (25.79%) Test Engineer
4 464 (25.56%) Systems Engineer
5 426 (23.47%) Electronics Engineer
6 420 (23.14%) Electronics Test Engineer
7 278 (15.32%) Integration Engineer
8 277 (15.26%) Systems Integration Engineer
9 276 (15.21%) System Verification Engineer
9 276 (15.21%) Validation Engineer
10 245 (13.50%) Engineering Manager
11 191 (10.52%) Requirements Manager
12 151 (8.32%) Senior
13 81 (4.46%) Principal Modelling Engineer
14 74 (4.08%) Mathematical Modeller
15 47 (2.59%) Senior Test Engineer
16 46 (2.53%) Software Test Engineer
17 45 (2.48%) Senior Software Test Engineer
18 26 (1.43%) Requirements Engineer
19 17 (0.94%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (0.72%) Qt
2 7 (0.39%) CSS
2 7 (0.39%) HTML
3 6 (0.33%) Django
3 6 (0.33%) WebSockets
4 1 (0.055%) .NET
4 1 (0.055%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.055%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (0.055%) ASP.NET Web API
4 1 (0.055%) Blazor
4 1 (0.055%) JSON
4 1 (0.055%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 420 (23.14%) Driving Licence
2 21 (1.16%) Algorithms
3 20 (1.10%) Embedded Systems
4 12 (0.66%) IoT
5 10 (0.55%) SCADA
6 8 (0.44%) FPGA
7 6 (0.33%) Client/Server
7 6 (0.33%) Mobile App
8 4 (0.22%) CPLD
8 4 (0.22%) NHS
8 4 (0.22%) Operational Technology
9 3 (0.17%) Analogue Electronics
9 3 (0.17%) e-Learning
9 3 (0.17%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.11%) Management Information System
11 1 (0.055%) EPoS
11 1 (0.055%) Lidar
11 1 (0.055%) Robotics
11 1 (0.055%) Verilog
11 1 (0.055%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 11 (0.61%) Linux
2 6 (0.33%) Ubuntu
3 2 (0.11%) Android
4 1 (0.055%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,815 (100.00%) Validation
2 1,275 (70.25%) Systems Engineering
3 765 (42.15%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 626 (34.49%) Mathematics
5 569 (31.35%) Coaching
6 534 (29.42%) SysML
7 433 (23.86%) Mentoring
8 427 (23.53%) Customer Requirements
9 422 (23.25%) Software Engineering
10 420 (23.14%) Test Strategy
11 393 (21.65%) Digital Twin
12 306 (16.86%) Requirements Management
13 254 (13.99%) Stakeholder Management
14 190 (10.47%) Project Planning
15 150 (8.26%) Physics
16 98 (5.40%) Problem-Solving
17 85 (4.68%) Mathematical Modelling
18 82 (4.52%) Performance Analysis
19 77 (4.24%) Agile
20 72 (3.97%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 491 (27.05%) MATLAB
2 110 (6.06%) Python
3 45 (2.48%) C
4 37 (2.04%) C++
5 15 (0.83%) Ada
6 14 (0.77%) C#
7 8 (0.44%) SQL
8 7 (0.39%) JavaScript
9 6 (0.33%) Ladder Logic
9 6 (0.33%) TypeScript
10 4 (0.22%) Perl
10 4 (0.22%) R
11 1 (0.055%) Bash
11 1 (0.055%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 1,303 (71.79%) Degree
2 814 (44.85%) HND
3 743 (40.94%) BPSS Clearance
4 402 (22.15%) HNC
5 268 (14.77%) Chartered Engineer
6 149 (8.21%) ISTQB
7 59 (3.25%) Master's Degree
8 25 (1.38%) Security Cleared
9 21 (1.16%) SC Cleared
10 6 (0.33%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (0.22%) PhD
12 2 (0.11%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (4.52%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 43 (2.37%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 16 (0.88%) ARP4754
3 16 (0.88%) DO-254
3 16 (0.88%) IEC 61508
4 2 (0.11%) QA
5 1 (0.055%) AUTOSAR
5 1 (0.055%) GAMP
5 1 (0.055%) ISO 13485
5 1 (0.055%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.055%) NIST
5 1 (0.055%) NIST 800
System Software
1 12 (0.66%) Firmware
2 8 (0.44%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 82 (4.52%) MathWorks
2 47 (2.59%) IBM
3 7 (0.39%) Siemens
4 4 (0.22%) Agilent
5 3 (0.17%) Microsoft
5 3 (0.17%) Xilinx
6 2 (0.11%) Mentor Graphics
6 2 (0.11%) SAP
7 1 (0.055%) EMC
7 1 (0.055%) Lotus
7 1 (0.055%) Rockwell
7 1 (0.055%) Xamarin