Verification and Validation Jobs in the West Midlands

Verification and Validation
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 225 194
Rank change year-on-year +170 -31 +10
Permanent jobs citing Verification and Validation 190 25 78
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 4.25% 0.35% 1.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.67% 0.42% 1.21%
Number of salaries quoted 0 15 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £55,000 -
England median annual salary £52,600 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.36% -8.33% +4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,072 6,020 6,438
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 91.16% 83.15% 96.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1,682 4,530 3,268
10th Percentile £29,250 £26,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £35,700 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Verification and Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Verification and Validation in the West Midlands

Verification and Validation
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Verification and Validation in the West Midlands

Verification and Validation
Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 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
Warwickshire +55 126 - - 8
Coventry +22 32 - - 14
Birmingham - 32 - - 3
Verification and Validation
England

Verification and Validation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 1 (0.53%) Simulink
General
1 1 (0.53%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 189 (99.47%) Principal Engineer
1 189 (99.47%) Principal Systems Engineer
2 100 (52.63%) Integration Engineer
3 99 (52.11%) System Verification Engineer
3 99 (52.11%) Systems Integration Engineer
3 99 (52.11%) Validation Engineer
4 54 (28.42%) Principal Modelling Engineer
5 36 (18.95%) Systems Engineer
6 1 (0.53%) Software Integration Engineer
6 1 (0.53%) Software Test Engineer
6 1 (0.53%) Test and Integration Engineer
6 1 (0.53%) Test Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 190 (100.00%) Validation
2 189 (99.47%) Systems Engineering
3 90 (47.37%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 90 (47.37%) Project Planning
3 90 (47.37%) SysML
4 1 (0.53%) Software Testing
4 1 (0.53%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.53%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 189 (99.47%) BPSS Clearance
2 99 (52.11%) Chartered Engineer
2 99 (52.11%) Degree
2 99 (52.11%) ISTQB