Verification and Validation Jobs in Wales

Verification and Validation
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Verification and Validation 35 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 3.65% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.36% - -
Number of salaries quoted 11 0 0
10th Percentile £55,000 - -
25th Percentile £57,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £68,000 - -
UK median annual salary £58,033 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.51% - -4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wales

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 in Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 802 1,614 1,617
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 83.63% 79.66% 96.19%
Number of salaries quoted 450 1,061 819
10th Percentile £23,504 £26,750 £26,391
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - -5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £61,650
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £73,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%

Verification and Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Verification and Validation in Wales

Verification and Validation
Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for Verification and Validation in Wales

Verification and Validation
Job Locations in Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 2 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
North Wales - 18 - -
South Wales - 17 £60,000 -
Verification and Validation
UK

Verification and Validation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 10 (28.57%) Mathcad
1 10 (28.57%) Simulink
Development Applications
1 11 (31.43%) Rational DOORS
Job Titles
1 15 (42.86%) Senior
2 10 (28.57%) Mathematical Modeller
3 9 (25.71%) Engineering Manager
3 9 (25.71%) Principal Engineer
3 9 (25.71%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 9 (25.71%) Requirements Manager
4 7 (20.00%) Integration Engineer
4 7 (20.00%) Senior Software Test Engineer
4 7 (20.00%) Senior Test Engineer
4 7 (20.00%) Software Test Engineer
4 7 (20.00%) System Verification Engineer
4 7 (20.00%) Systems Integration Engineer
4 7 (20.00%) Test Engineer
4 7 (20.00%) Validation Engineer
5 2 (5.71%) Requirements Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.71%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (100.00%) Validation
2 28 (80.00%) Systems Engineering
3 17 (48.57%) Mathematics
4 11 (31.43%) Requirements Management
5 10 (28.57%) Mathematical Modelling
5 10 (28.57%) Performance Analysis
5 10 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (25.71%) Agile
6 9 (25.71%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
6 9 (25.71%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (20.00%) Coaching
7 7 (20.00%) Computer Science
7 7 (20.00%) Configuration Management
7 7 (20.00%) Physics
7 7 (20.00%) Software Testing
7 7 (20.00%) Test Automation
7 7 (20.00%) UML
7 7 (20.00%) Waterfall
8 6 (17.14%) Code Quality
9 2 (5.71%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 10 (28.57%) MATLAB
1 10 (28.57%) Python
2 1 (2.86%) Ada
Qualifications
1 28 (80.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 16 (45.71%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 7 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 12207
Vendors
1 10 (28.57%) MathWorks