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 9 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 535 484 558
Rank change year-on-year -51 +74 +186
Contract jobs citing UVM 9 23 13
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.029% 0.076% 0.034%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.033% 0.086% 0.038%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £60 - -
25th Percentile £61 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £62 £425 -
Median % change year-on-year -85.53% - -
75th Percentile £62 - -
90th Percentile £63 - -
UK median daily rate £64 £425 £450
% change year-on-year -84.94% -5.56% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 17 10
Median hourly rate £80.00 £95.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +35.71% -2.78%
UK median hourly rate £63.75 £95.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -32.89% +35.71% -2.78%

All Process and 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 27,655 26,658 34,191
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 89.31% 87.92% 88.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,614 16,424 23,309
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £406 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £648 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,796 941 1,445
10th Percentile £14.92 £15.25 £14.85
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.24 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +18.67%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.13 £33.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -23.86% -22.35% +21.43%

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
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
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 9 December 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East of England -20 8 £62 - 13
South West - 1 - - 1
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 8 (88.89%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 5 (55.56%) Ethernet
General
1 5 (55.56%) Electronics
1 5 (55.56%) Games
2 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Law
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Firmware Engineer
2 4 (44.44%) Principal Engineer
3 3 (33.33%) FPGA Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Design Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) FPGA Design Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Verification Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (100.00%) FPGA
1 9 (100.00%) Verilog
2 5 (55.56%) Algorithms
2 5 (55.56%) PCIe
3 3 (33.33%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) AI
2 5 (55.56%) Computer Science
2 5 (55.56%) Cryptography
2 5 (55.56%) Machine Learning
2 5 (55.56%) Physics
3 3 (33.33%) FPGA Design
3 3 (33.33%) Signal Processing
4 2 (22.22%) Customer Requirements
5 1 (11.11%) Design for Test
5 1 (11.11%) Performance Analysis
5 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (11.11%) Project Management
5 1 (11.11%) Software Testing
5 1 (11.11%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) SystemVerilog
2 6 (66.67%) Tcl
3 5 (55.56%) MATLAB
4 4 (44.44%) C
5 1 (11.11%) Assembly Language
5 1 (11.11%) C++
5 1 (11.11%) Perl
5 1 (11.11%) Python
5 1 (11.11%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 8 (88.89%) Degree
2 5 (55.56%) HNC
2 5 (55.56%) HND
2 5 (55.56%) SC Cleared
2 5 (55.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (55.56%) DO-254
System Software
1 5 (55.56%) Firmware
Vendors
1 8 (88.89%) Intel
1 8 (88.89%) Microsemi
1 8 (88.89%) Xilinx
2 5 (55.56%) Actel
2 5 (55.56%) Altera