UVM Contracts in England

Universal Verification Methodology (UVM)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for UVM skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited UVM over the 6 months to 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 511 634 774
Rank change year-on-year +123 +140 -132
Contract jobs citing UVM 32 4 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.087% 0.008% 0.010%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.10% 0.009% 0.011%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 5
10th Percentile £473 - £435
25th Percentile £525 - £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.50%
75th Percentile £638 - £550
90th Percentile - - £618
UK median daily rate £625 - £500
% change year-on-year - - +10.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 1 0
10th Percentile £66.55 - -
25th Percentile £70.00 - -
Median hourly rate £70.50 £57.76 -
Median % change year-on-year +22.06% - -
75th Percentile £85.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £70.50 £57.76 -
% change year-on-year +22.06% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

UVM is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,587 42,714 64,087
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.77% 89.96% 90.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,623 29,972 45,670
10th Percentile £300 £325 £335
25th Percentile £413 £445 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £543
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.38% +8.50%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £767 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,317 1,513 1,726
10th Percentile £12.85 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.50 £15.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year - +50.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.54 £25.68
% change year-on-year -0.11% +42.29% +9.46%

UVM
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing UVM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for UVM in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing UVM in England.

Daily rate trend for UVM in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing UVM in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for UVM in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing UVM in England.

Hourly rate trend for UVM in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing UVM in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for UVM in England

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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 31 May 2024. 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 +28 23 £625 - 9
London - 8 £475 - 1
North West - 1 - -
North of England - 1 - - 1
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UK

UVM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 17 (53.13%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.13%) Software-Defined Radio
Development Applications
1 4 (12.50%) Git
2 3 (9.38%) JIRA
2 3 (9.38%) Subversion
General
1 2 (6.25%) Electronics
2 1 (3.13%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (3.13%) Law
2 1 (3.13%) Public Sector
2 1 (3.13%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 20 (62.50%) FPGA Engineer
2 18 (56.25%) Design Engineer
3 16 (50.00%) FPGA Design Engineer
4 12 (37.50%) Verification Engineer
5 5 (15.63%) Lead
6 1 (3.13%) Digital Design Engineer
6 1 (3.13%) Digital IC Design Engineer
6 1 (3.13%) Digital IC Engineer
6 1 (3.13%) Firmware Engineer
6 1 (3.13%) IC Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.38%) JSON
1 3 (9.38%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (90.63%) FPGA
2 24 (75.00%) Verilog
3 18 (56.25%) VHDL
4 8 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (12.50%) ASIC
6 3 (9.38%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (3.13%) Augmented Reality
7 1 (3.13%) Smartphone
7 1 (3.13%) SystemC
7 1 (3.13%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.50%) Linux
2 3 (9.38%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (81.25%) FPGA Design
2 17 (53.13%) Signal Processing
3 8 (25.00%) Data Protection
4 4 (12.50%) Validation
5 3 (9.38%) OO
5 3 (9.38%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (9.38%) Project Management
5 3 (9.38%) Software Testing
6 2 (6.25%) Electronic Design Automation
7 1 (3.13%) CI/CD
7 1 (3.13%) IC Design
7 1 (3.13%) Mentoring
7 1 (3.13%) Software Engineering
7 1 (3.13%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 24 (75.00%) SystemVerilog
2 21 (65.63%) C
3 5 (15.63%) Tcl
4 4 (12.50%) Bash
4 4 (12.50%) C++
4 4 (12.50%) Python
4 4 (12.50%) Shell Script
5 3 (9.38%) Assembly Language
6 1 (3.13%) Perl
Qualifications
1 17 (53.13%) Degree
2 1 (3.13%) PhD
2 1 (3.13%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.13%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.13%) DO-254
1 1 (3.13%) IEC 61508
1 1 (3.13%) JTAG
System Software
1 2 (6.25%) Firmware
2 1 (3.13%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 21 (65.63%) Xilinx
2 18 (56.25%) Microsemi
3 17 (53.13%) Intel
4 11 (34.38%) Cadence
5 3 (9.38%) Synopsys
6 2 (6.25%) Siemens
7 1 (3.13%) Actel
7 1 (3.13%) Lattice Semiconductor