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 24 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 629 505 487
Rank change year-on-year -124 -18 +100
Contract jobs citing UVM 13 13 29
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.028% 0.047% 0.089%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.033% 0.051% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 6
10th Percentile - £102 £431
25th Percentile £463 £164 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £268 £588
Median % change year-on-year +77.57% -54.47% -
75th Percentile £488 £371 £638
90th Percentile - £434 -
UK median daily rate £475 £65 £588
% change year-on-year +630.77% -88.94% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 8 12
10th Percentile £71.00 £72.48 £61.93
25th Percentile £72.00 £78.44 £63.50
Median hourly rate £77.50 £82.50 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.06% +3.13% +14.29%
75th Percentile £85.00 £88.00 £96.25
90th Percentile £85.50 £89.35 £100.00
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £82.50 £80.00
% change year-on-year -9.09% +3.13% +14.29%

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 39,443 25,283 28,060
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.68% 90.86% 86.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,053 16,051 17,283
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £645
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,841 1,529 1,252
10th Percentile £13.99 £14.38 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.72 £17.87 £20.09
Median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.00% -41.51% -2.39%
75th Percentile £67.84 £47.12 £66.61
90th Percentile £79.00 £67.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% -

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing UVM in England over the 6 months to 24 September 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 24 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East of England -29 9 - - 27
South West -37 2 - - 17
London -86 2 £475 - 8
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 (61.54%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 5 (38.46%) Ethernet
General
1 5 (38.46%) Aerospace
2 1 (7.69%) Electronics
2 1 (7.69%) Games
2 1 (7.69%) Law
2 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (61.54%) FPGA Engineer
2 6 (46.15%) Design Engineer
3 4 (30.77%) FPGA Design Engineer
4 3 (23.08%) Firmware Engineer
5 2 (15.38%) Senior
5 2 (15.38%) Senior FPGA Engineer
5 2 (15.38%) Verification Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (84.62%) FPGA
1 11 (84.62%) Verilog
2 10 (76.92%) VHDL
3 5 (38.46%) PCIe
4 3 (23.08%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (7.69%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) FPGA Design
2 3 (23.08%) Customer Requirements
2 3 (23.08%) Decision-Making
2 3 (23.08%) Electronic Design Automation
2 3 (23.08%) Image Processing
2 3 (23.08%) Software Engineering
3 2 (15.38%) Signal Processing
4 1 (7.69%) AI
4 1 (7.69%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (7.69%) Computer Science
4 1 (7.69%) Cryptography
4 1 (7.69%) Machine Learning
4 1 (7.69%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 11 (84.62%) SystemVerilog
2 5 (38.46%) C
3 3 (23.08%) MATLAB
4 1 (7.69%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 6 (46.15%) Degree
1 6 (46.15%) SC Cleared
1 6 (46.15%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) HNC
2 1 (7.69%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (46.15%) DO-254
System Software
1 6 (46.15%) Firmware
2 3 (23.08%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 11 (84.62%) Microsemi
1 11 (84.62%) Xilinx
2 6 (46.15%) Intel
3 4 (30.77%) Actel
4 3 (23.08%) Altera
4 3 (23.08%) Lattice Semiconductor
4 3 (23.08%) Siemens
5 2 (15.38%) Synopsys