Verification Engineer Jobs

Verification Engineer
UK

The median Verification Engineer salary in the UK is £57,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 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
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 686 881 925
Rank change year-on-year +195 +44 +288
Permanent jobs requiring a Verification Engineer 14 23 69
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.027% 0.023% 0.066%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.029% 0.025% 0.073%
Number of salaries quoted 9 4 19
10th Percentile £53,000 - -
25th Percentile £55,000 - £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £75,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% +36.36% +37.50%
75th Percentile - £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £69,100 £82,000 £81,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,000 £75,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -24.00% +36.36% +37.50%

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 47,541 93,322 94,998
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.35% 94.63% 91.54%
Number of salaries quoted 27,467 66,921 59,760
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,550 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.42% -12.42% -
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 £53,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -5.66% +6.00%

Verification Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Verification Engineer in the UK

Verification Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Verification Engineer in the UK

Verification Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Verification Engineer over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Verification Engineer in the UK

Verification Engineer
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Verification Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 4 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 +191 14 £57,000 -24.00% 219
England +172 14 £57,000 -24.00% 210
South West +109 9 £55,000 - 36
Work from Home +164 4 £57,000 -24.00% 170
East of England +53 4 £57,000 -24.00% 63
South East +106 1 £115,000 - 46

Verification Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 4 May 2025, 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 Verification Engineer in the job title.

1 9 (64.29%) Test Automation
2 8 (57.14%) Degree
2 8 (57.14%) Validation
2 8 (57.14%) Verification and Validation
3 7 (50.00%) Rational DOORS
4 6 (42.86%) C
4 6 (42.86%) Python
5 5 (35.71%) Test Planning
6 4 (28.57%) 5G
6 4 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (28.57%) pytest
6 4 (28.57%) Embedded Software Development
6 4 (28.57%) GitHub
6 4 (28.57%) Kalman Filter
6 4 (28.57%) Collaborative Culture
6 4 (28.57%) Self-Driving Car
6 4 (28.57%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (28.57%) SD-WAN
6 4 (28.57%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (28.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (28.57%) CI/CD
6 4 (28.57%) Test Assurance
6 4 (28.57%) WAN
6 4 (28.57%) B2B
6 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (28.57%) HND
6 4 (28.57%) Unix
6 4 (28.57%) Windows
6 4 (28.57%) Code Coverage

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:

Applications
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (28.57%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 4 (28.57%) 5G
1 4 (28.57%) SD-WAN
1 4 (28.57%) WAN
Development Applications
1 7 (50.00%) Rational DOORS
2 4 (28.57%) CppUnit
2 4 (28.57%) Git
2 4 (28.57%) LabVIEW
3 3 (21.43%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 4 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (28.57%) Electronics
1 4 (28.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 4 (28.57%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (28.57%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Self-Driving Car
1 4 (28.57%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (7.14%) ASIC
2 1 (7.14%) ASIC Verification
2 1 (7.14%) Data Centre
2 1 (7.14%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (7.14%) NVMe
2 1 (7.14%) PCIe
Operating Systems
1 4 (28.57%) Unix
1 4 (28.57%) Windows
2 1 (7.14%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (64.29%) Test Automation
2 8 (57.14%) Validation
2 8 (57.14%) Verification and Validation
3 5 (35.71%) Test Planning
4 4 (28.57%) B2B
4 4 (28.57%) CI/CD
4 4 (28.57%) Code Coverage
4 4 (28.57%) Collaborative Culture
4 4 (28.57%) Embedded Software Development
4 4 (28.57%) Kalman Filter
4 4 (28.57%) Manual Testing
4 4 (28.57%) Physics
4 4 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (28.57%) Software Engineering
4 4 (28.57%) Test Assurance
4 4 (28.57%) Unit Testing
5 3 (21.43%) Machine Learning
5 3 (21.43%) Scenario Testing
5 3 (21.43%) SysML
6 2 (14.29%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 6 (42.86%) C
1 6 (42.86%) Python
2 4 (28.57%) MATLAB
3 2 (14.29%) C++
4 1 (7.14%) Assembly Language
4 1 (7.14%) Bash
4 1 (7.14%) Perl
4 1 (7.14%) SystemVerilog
4 1 (7.14%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 8 (57.14%) Degree
2 4 (28.57%) HND
3 3 (21.43%) Security Cleared
4 1 (7.14%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) QA
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (7.14%) Cadence
1 1 (7.14%) Siemens
1 1 (7.14%) Synopsys