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 10 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 621 681
Rank change year-on-year +506 +60 +122
Permanent jobs citing Verification and Validation 1,543 287 227
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.56% 0.27% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.84% 0.33% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 452 170 63
10th Percentile £47,683 £39,949 £29,200
25th Percentile £52,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,033 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.51% - -
75th Percentile £60,265 £65,000 £78,625
90th Percentile £63,150 £77,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,033 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.51% - +15.79%

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 54,248 86,367 83,001
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 90.14% 82.72% 95.50%
Number of salaries quoted 28,405 59,175 53,433
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £38,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,249
Median % change year-on-year - -8.71% +0.42%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -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 10 July 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 10 July 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 +435 1,522 £58,033 +5.51% 211
England +458 1,332 £52,600 -4.36% 218
South East +239 417 £60,000 +14.29% 44
East of England +140 329 £70,000 +24.44% 46
Midlands +265 322 £52,000 +22.35% 30
East Midlands +175 233 £52,000 +22.35% 7
Scotland +205 183 £58,033 -3.28% 13
North of England +142 148 £47,683 -9.18% 31
North West +116 135 £47,683 -20.53% 23
South West +138 98 £52,600 -4.36% 54
West Midlands +134 89 - - 22
Work from Home +25 36 £57,000 +3.64% 103
Wales - 22 £60,000 - 5
London +90 13 - - 22
Yorkshire +47 13 - - 8
Northern Ireland +41 3 - - 1

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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (0.26%) CMS
Applications
1 470 (30.46%) Simulink
2 113 (7.32%) Mathcad
3 3 (0.19%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Communications & Networking
1 735 (47.63%) 5G
2 732 (47.44%) Wi-Fi
3 731 (47.38%) LTE
3 731 (47.38%) Wireless
4 730 (47.31%) Bluetooth
4 730 (47.31%) GSM
4 730 (47.31%) UMTS
5 7 (0.45%) Modbus
6 5 (0.32%) 4G
6 5 (0.32%) Unified Communications
6 5 (0.32%) WAN
7 4 (0.26%) 3GPP
8 3 (0.19%) Software-Defined Radio
9 1 (0.065%) MQTT
Development Applications
1 57 (3.69%) Rational DOORS
2 22 (1.43%) Git
3 20 (1.30%) JIRA
4 8 (0.52%) Subversion
5 4 (0.26%) CppUnit
5 4 (0.26%) LabVIEW
6 3 (0.19%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 748 (48.48%) Electronics
2 34 (2.20%) Aerospace
3 20 (1.30%) Social Skills
4 15 (0.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 15 (0.97%) Manufacturing
4 15 (0.97%) Military
5 10 (0.65%) Telecoms
6 9 (0.58%) Finance
7 8 (0.52%) Public Sector
8 5 (0.32%) Aviation
9 4 (0.26%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (0.26%) Retail
10 3 (0.19%) Automotive
10 3 (0.19%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.13%) Law
11 2 (0.13%) Marketing
12 1 (0.065%) Avionics
12 1 (0.065%) Legal
12 1 (0.065%) Mandarin Language
12 1 (0.065%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 783 (50.75%) Test Engineer
2 735 (47.63%) Electronics Engineer
3 730 (47.31%) Electronics Test Engineer
4 425 (27.54%) Systems Engineer
5 177 (11.47%) Principal Engineer
6 170 (11.02%) Principal Systems Engineer
7 169 (10.95%) Senior
8 94 (6.09%) Mathematical Modeller
9 53 (3.43%) Senior Test Engineer
10 51 (3.31%) Senior Software Test Engineer
10 51 (3.31%) Software Test Engineer
11 38 (2.46%) Integration Engineer
11 38 (2.46%) Systems Integration Engineer
12 37 (2.40%) System Verification Engineer
12 37 (2.40%) Validation Engineer
13 36 (2.33%) Principal Modelling Engineer
14 26 (1.69%) Requirements Engineer
15 18 (1.17%) Lead
16 16 (1.04%) Instrumentation Engineer
16 16 (1.04%) Senior Electrical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (0.84%) Qt
2 1 (0.065%) JSON
2 1 (0.065%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 730 (47.31%) Driving Licence
2 21 (1.36%) Algorithms
3 14 (0.91%) Embedded Systems
4 9 (0.58%) FPGA
5 7 (0.45%) IoT
5 7 (0.45%) Management Information System
5 7 (0.45%) SCADA
6 6 (0.39%) Operational Technology
7 5 (0.32%) NHS
7 5 (0.32%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (0.26%) CPLD
9 3 (0.19%) Analogue Electronics
9 3 (0.19%) e-Learning
10 2 (0.13%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.13%) Life Science
10 2 (0.13%) Onboarding
11 1 (0.065%) Raspberry Pi
11 1 (0.065%) Verilog
11 1 (0.065%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 9 (0.58%) Linux
2 5 (0.32%) Windows
2 5 (0.32%) Windows Server
2 5 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
2 5 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (0.065%) Android
3 1 (0.065%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,543 (100.00%) Validation
2 752 (48.74%) Coaching
3 750 (48.61%) Mentoring
4 737 (47.76%) Customer Requirements
5 730 (47.31%) Test Strategy
6 679 (44.01%) Systems Engineering
7 493 (31.95%) Mathematics
8 466 (30.20%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
9 446 (28.90%) SysML
10 374 (24.24%) Software Engineering
11 350 (22.68%) Digital Twin
12 131 (8.49%) Problem-Solving
13 116 (7.52%) Mathematical Modelling
14 113 (7.32%) Performance Analysis
15 94 (6.09%) Project Planning
16 88 (5.70%) Agile
17 71 (4.60%) Test Automation
18 67 (4.34%) Software Testing
19 58 (3.76%) Computer Science
19 58 (3.76%) Requirements Management
Programming Languages
1 477 (30.91%) MATLAB
2 134 (8.68%) Python
3 38 (2.46%) C
4 32 (2.07%) C++
5 22 (1.43%) Ada
6 13 (0.84%) C#
7 5 (0.32%) PowerShell
8 4 (0.26%) Perl
8 4 (0.26%) R
9 2 (0.13%) SQL
10 1 (0.065%) Embedded C
10 1 (0.065%) Java
10 1 (0.065%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1,259 (81.59%) Degree
2 1,082 (70.12%) HND
3 353 (22.88%) HNC
4 330 (21.39%) BPSS Clearance
5 74 (4.80%) Chartered Engineer
6 37 (2.40%) ISTQB
7 30 (1.94%) Security Cleared
8 23 (1.49%) SC Cleared
9 15 (0.97%) Computer Science Degree
10 14 (0.91%) Numerate Degree
11 10 (0.65%) Master's Degree
12 6 (0.39%) DV Cleared
13 5 (0.32%) CCNA
13 5 (0.32%) Cisco Certification
13 5 (0.32%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (0.32%) Network+ Certification
13 5 (0.32%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 3 (0.19%) PhD
15 2 (0.13%) CCA
16 1 (0.065%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 111 (7.19%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 35 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 16 (1.04%) ARP4754
3 16 (1.04%) DO-254
3 16 (1.04%) IEC 61508
4 6 (0.39%) QA
5 4 (0.26%) Accessibility
5 4 (0.26%) NCSC
6 3 (0.19%) GAMP
7 2 (0.13%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 2 (0.13%) GxP
8 1 (0.065%) AUTOSAR
8 1 (0.065%) ISO 13485
8 1 (0.065%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.065%) NIST
8 1 (0.065%) NIST 800
System Software
1 18 (1.17%) Firmware
2 9 (0.58%) Embedded Firmware
3 5 (0.32%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
3 5 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.32%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (0.32%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 113 (7.32%) MathWorks
2 16 (1.04%) IBM
3 10 (0.65%) Microsoft
4 5 (0.32%) Cisco
4 5 (0.32%) VMware
5 4 (0.26%) Agilent
5 4 (0.26%) EMC
6 3 (0.19%) Mentor Graphics
6 3 (0.19%) Sparx
6 3 (0.19%) Xilinx
7 2 (0.13%) SAP
8 1 (0.065%) Rockwell
8 1 (0.065%) Siemens