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 16 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 501 507 587
Rank change year-on-year +6 +80 +160
Contract jobs citing UVM 11 26 13
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.039% 0.081% 0.032%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.043% 0.094% 0.036%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 0
10th Percentile £102 £431 -
25th Percentile £164 £459 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £268 £588 -
Median % change year-on-year -54.47% - -
75th Percentile £371 £638 -
90th Percentile £434 - -
UK median daily rate £65 £588 -
% change year-on-year -88.94% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 11 8
10th Percentile £78.25 £63.50 -
25th Percentile £78.75 £65.63 -
Median hourly rate £82.50 £80.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% +14.29% +8.53%
75th Percentile £88.00 £97.50 -
90th Percentile £89.80 £100.00 -
UK median hourly rate £80.00 £80.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year - +14.29% +8.53%

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 25,655 27,725 36,179
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.95% 86.47% 88.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,262 16,906 24,993
10th Percentile £296 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.42% -2.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,620 1,099 1,474
10th Percentile £14.64 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.82% -5.56% +36.36%
75th Percentile £45.00 £66.80 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.55 £74.09 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -37.13% -10.11% +36.92%

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 16 October 2025.

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
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 16 October 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 -8 7 £60 -90.40% 6
London +19 3 £475 -
South West - 1 - - 7
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 6 (54.55%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 6 (54.55%) Ethernet
General
1 8 (72.73%) Electronics
2 6 (54.55%) Games
3 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
4 2 (18.18%) Finance
4 2 (18.18%) Manufacturing
4 2 (18.18%) Marketing
4 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
4 2 (18.18%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Firmware Engineer
1 5 (45.45%) FPGA Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Principal Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Lead
3 1 (9.09%) Verification Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (100.00%) Verilog
2 10 (90.91%) FPGA
3 6 (54.55%) Algorithms
3 6 (54.55%) PCIe
4 3 (27.27%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) AI
2 6 (54.55%) Computer Science
2 6 (54.55%) Cryptography
2 6 (54.55%) Machine Learning
2 6 (54.55%) Physics
3 3 (27.27%) Customer Requirements
3 3 (27.27%) FPGA Design
3 3 (27.27%) Test Planning
4 2 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (18.18%) Digital Marketing
4 2 (18.18%) Programme Management
5 1 (9.09%) Code Coverage
5 1 (9.09%) Design for Test
5 1 (9.09%) Performance Analysis
5 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (9.09%) Project Management
5 1 (9.09%) Software Testing
5 1 (9.09%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 11 (100.00%) SystemVerilog
2 7 (63.64%) Tcl
3 6 (54.55%) MATLAB
4 2 (18.18%) C
5 1 (9.09%) Assembly Language
5 1 (9.09%) C++
5 1 (9.09%) Perl
5 1 (9.09%) Python
5 1 (9.09%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 9 (81.82%) Degree
2 7 (63.64%) SC Cleared
2 7 (63.64%) Security Cleared
3 6 (54.55%) HNC
3 6 (54.55%) HND
4 3 (27.27%) Master's Degree
4 3 (27.27%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (54.55%) DO-254
System Software
1 9 (81.82%) Firmware
Vendors
1 6 (54.55%) Actel
1 6 (54.55%) Altera
1 6 (54.55%) Intel
1 6 (54.55%) Microsemi
1 6 (54.55%) Xilinx
2 2 (18.18%) SAP