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 12 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 547 463 538
Rank change year-on-year -84 +75 +151
Contract jobs citing UVM 14 21 17
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.041% 0.081% 0.045%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.047% 0.090% 0.052%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £163 - -
25th Percentile £313 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £425 -
Median % change year-on-year +35.29% - -
75th Percentile £669 - -
90th Percentile £718 - -
UK median daily rate £245 £425 £450
% change year-on-year -42.35% -5.56% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 16 15
10th Percentile £69.50 - -
25th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 -
Median hourly rate £88.00 £80.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +14.29% -2.78%
75th Percentile - £95.00 -
90th Percentile £89.20 - -
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £80.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -6.25% +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 29,739 23,407 32,830
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.55% 89.77% 87.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,003 14,473 21,878
10th Percentile £308 £310 £300
25th Percentile £412 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £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 1,861 738 1,959
10th Percentile £15.09 £15.62 £13.39
25th Percentile £18.00 £21.05 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.77 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.37% - -
75th Percentile £60.61 £64.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £72.90
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £33.07
% change year-on-year -22.62% -1.71% +1.74%

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 12 February 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 12 February 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 12 February 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 -28 11 £382 - 15
South East - 2 - - 9
West Midlands - 1 £575 - 1
Midlands - 1 £575 - 4
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 10 (71.43%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 6 (42.86%) Ethernet
General
1 5 (35.71%) Electronics
1 5 (35.71%) Games
2 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Finance
3 2 (14.29%) Marketing
4 1 (7.14%) Law
Job Titles
1 8 (57.14%) FPGA Engineer
2 6 (42.86%) Principal Engineer
3 5 (35.71%) Firmware Engineer
4 3 (21.43%) Design Engineer
4 3 (21.43%) FPGA Design Engineer
4 3 (21.43%) Senior
5 2 (14.29%) Senior FPGA Engineer
6 1 (7.14%) Senior Verification Engineer
6 1 (7.14%) Verification Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) NumPy
1 1 (7.14%) SciPy
1 1 (7.14%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 13 (92.86%) FPGA
2 11 (78.57%) Verilog
3 8 (57.14%) VHDL
4 6 (42.86%) PCIe
5 5 (35.71%) Algorithms
6 2 (14.29%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (7.14%) Data Centre
7 1 (7.14%) MicroBlaze
7 1 (7.14%) RISC-V
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (7.14%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) FPGA Design
2 5 (35.71%) AI
2 5 (35.71%) Computer Science
2 5 (35.71%) Cryptography
2 5 (35.71%) Machine Learning
2 5 (35.71%) Physics
2 5 (35.71%) Signal Processing
3 3 (21.43%) Customer Requirements
4 2 (14.29%) Configuration Management
4 2 (14.29%) Requirements Management
5 1 (7.14%) Adaptive Web Design
5 1 (7.14%) Agile
5 1 (7.14%) Architectural Design
5 1 (7.14%) Code Coverage
5 1 (7.14%) Embedded Software Development
5 1 (7.14%) Regression Testing
5 1 (7.14%) Scrum
5 1 (7.14%) Software Engineering
5 1 (7.14%) Software Testing
5 1 (7.14%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 14 (100.00%) SystemVerilog
2 7 (50.00%) MATLAB
3 6 (42.86%) C
4 5 (35.71%) Tcl
5 2 (14.29%) Python
6 1 (7.14%) C++
Qualifications
1 10 (71.43%) Degree
2 7 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 7 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 5 (35.71%) HNC
3 5 (35.71%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (50.00%) DO-254
System Software
1 5 (35.71%) Firmware
Vendors
1 12 (85.71%) Intel
1 12 (85.71%) Microsemi
1 12 (85.71%) Xilinx
2 7 (50.00%) Actel
2 7 (50.00%) Altera
3 2 (14.29%) Mentor Graphics