UVM Contract Job Trends in England

Universal Verification Methodology (UVM)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring UVM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 535 478 534
Rank change year-on-year -57 +56 +169
Contract jobs citing UVM 13 22 15
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.040% 0.082% 0.041%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.046% 0.092% 0.047%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile £61 - -
25th Percentile £62 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £319 £425 -
Median % change year-on-year -24.94% - -
75th Percentile £628 - -
90th Percentile £701 - -
UK median daily rate £65 £425 £450
% change year-on-year -84.71% -5.56% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 17 14
10th Percentile £66.00 - -
25th Percentile £71.25 £75.00 -
Median hourly rate £80.00 £80.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year - +14.29% -2.78%
75th Percentile £85.00 £95.00 -
90th Percentile £88.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £80.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -12.50% +14.29% -2.78%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

UVM falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 28,535 23,973 32,137
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.13% 89.35% 87.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,262 14,701 21,581
10th Percentile £305 £310 £300
25th Percentile £410 £413 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,781 779 1,693
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.00 £17.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £34.50 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.10% -9.21% +8.57%
75th Percentile £58.00 £63.75 £63.29
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £75.16
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -13.33% +17.19%

UVM
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing UVM relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

UVM job vacancy trend in England

UVM
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing UVM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing UVM

UVM
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing UVM in England over the 6 months to 22 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for UVM in England

UVM
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing UVM.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing UVM

UVM
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing UVM in England over the 6 months to 22 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for UVM in England

UVM
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing UVM within the England region over the 6 months to 22 January 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East of England -22 12 £63 - 12
Midlands - 1 £575 - 4
West Midlands - 1 £575 - 2
UVM
UK

UVM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 11 (84.62%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 7 (53.85%) Ethernet
General
1 6 (46.15%) Electronics
1 6 (46.15%) Games
2 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Law
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Firmware Engineer
1 6 (46.15%) FPGA Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) Principal Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) Design Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) FPGA Design Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Senior
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Verification Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Verification Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) NumPy
1 1 (7.69%) SciPy
1 1 (7.69%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 12 (92.31%) FPGA
2 10 (76.92%) Verilog
3 7 (53.85%) PCIe
4 6 (46.15%) Algorithms
4 6 (46.15%) VHDL
5 2 (15.38%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (7.69%) Data Centre
6 1 (7.69%) MicroBlaze
6 1 (7.69%) RISC-V
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (7.69%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) AI
1 6 (46.15%) Computer Science
1 6 (46.15%) Cryptography
1 6 (46.15%) FPGA Design
1 6 (46.15%) Machine Learning
1 6 (46.15%) Physics
2 5 (38.46%) Signal Processing
3 3 (23.08%) Customer Requirements
4 1 (7.69%) Adaptive Web Design
4 1 (7.69%) Agile
4 1 (7.69%) Architectural Design
4 1 (7.69%) CI/CD
4 1 (7.69%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (7.69%) Digital Signal Processing
4 1 (7.69%) Embedded Software Development
4 1 (7.69%) Scrum
4 1 (7.69%) Software Engineering
4 1 (7.69%) Software Testing
4 1 (7.69%) Test Automation
4 1 (7.69%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 13 (100.00%) SystemVerilog
2 8 (61.54%) MATLAB
3 6 (46.15%) C
3 6 (46.15%) Tcl
4 2 (15.38%) Python
5 1 (7.69%) C++
Qualifications
1 11 (84.62%) Degree
2 8 (61.54%) SC Cleared
2 8 (61.54%) Security Cleared
3 6 (46.15%) HNC
3 6 (46.15%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (46.15%) DO-254
System Software
1 6 (46.15%) Firmware
Vendors
1 11 (84.62%) Intel
1 11 (84.62%) Microsemi
1 11 (84.62%) Xilinx
2 6 (46.15%) Actel
2 6 (46.15%) Altera