Verification and Validation Job Trends in Wiltshire

Verification and Validation
South West > Wiltshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Wiltshire requiring Verification and Validation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 57 91
Rank change year-on-year -17 +34 -16
Permanent jobs citing Verification and Validation 9 5 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Wiltshire 0.80% 1.07% 0.077%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.20% 1.31% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - -
South West median annual salary £70,000 £52,600 £60,000
% change year-on-year +33.08% -12.33% -11.11%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 752 382 944
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wiltshire 66.84% 81.80% 72.90%
Number of salaries quoted 463 197 632
10th Percentile £31,071 £28,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,875 £33,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,272 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +21.49% -13.77% +5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £57,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £67,500 £80,000
South West median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% -

Verification and Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Verification and Validation relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire.

Verification and Validation job vacancy trend in Wiltshire

Verification and Validation
Salary Trend in Wiltshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing Verification and Validation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing Verification and Validation

Verification and Validation
Job Locations in Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 12 September 2026. 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
Melksham - 5 £70,000 -
Swindon -11 2 - -
Warminster - 2 - -
Verification and Validation
South West

Verification and Validation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) JIRA
1 2 (22.22%) Rational DOORS
General
1 2 (22.22%) Electronics
1 2 (22.22%) Environmental Health
1 2 (22.22%) Military
1 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Systems Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) QA Automation Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) QA Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) QA Test Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Software QA Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Software Test Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Test Automation Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Test Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Test Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) JSP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Validation
2 2 (22.22%) Agile
2 2 (22.22%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (22.22%) DevOps
2 2 (22.22%) ITIL
2 2 (22.22%) Logistics
2 2 (22.22%) Matrix Organization
2 2 (22.22%) Performance Testing
2 2 (22.22%) QA Automation
2 2 (22.22%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 2 (22.22%) Scrum
2 2 (22.22%) Software Testing
2 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (22.22%) Systems Engineering
2 2 (22.22%) Systems Thinking
2 2 (22.22%) Test Automation
2 2 (22.22%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) Bash
1 2 (22.22%) Java
1 2 (22.22%) JavaScript
1 2 (22.22%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (77.78%) SC Cleared
1 7 (77.78%) Security Cleared
2 2 (22.22%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) IBM