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 27 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 566 450 504
Rank change year-on-year -116 +54 +135
Contract jobs citing UVM 22 16 30
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.053% 0.067% 0.082%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.062% 0.074% 0.095%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile £571 - £551
25th Percentile £584 - £591
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 - £625
75th Percentile £709 - £638
90th Percentile £734 - -
UK median daily rate £575 - £625
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 15 18
10th Percentile £71.00 £68.75 £69.33
25th Percentile £72.00 £75.00 £70.00
Median hourly rate £75.00 £80.00 £75.25
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +6.31% +30.28%
75th Percentile £87.25 £87.13 £85.00
90th Percentile £89.40 £88.00 -
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £80.00 £75.25
% change year-on-year -6.25% +6.31% +30.28%

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 35,337 21,704 31,436
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.82% 91.29% 85.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,449 14,185 20,585
10th Percentile £325 £306 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £512 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -0.14% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,203 923 2,285
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.50 £18.13 £15.95
Median hourly rate £45.00 £28.00 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +60.71% -23.29% -2.67%
75th Percentile £68.00 £60.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £81.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £41.94 £27.45 £36.02
% change year-on-year +52.79% -23.80% -2.64%

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 27 May 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 27 May 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 27 May 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 15 £700 - 11
South West - 4 - - 5
South East - 2 - - 3
Midlands - 1 £575 -
West Midlands - 1 £575 -
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 15 (68.18%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 2 (9.09%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 7 (31.82%) Ethernet
General
1 6 (27.27%) Aerospace
2 2 (9.09%) Electronics
2 2 (9.09%) Finance
2 2 (9.09%) Games
2 2 (9.09%) Law
2 2 (9.09%) Marketing
2 2 (9.09%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (72.73%) FPGA Engineer
2 7 (31.82%) Senior
3 6 (27.27%) Design Engineer
3 6 (27.27%) FPGA Design Engineer
3 6 (27.27%) Senior FPGA Engineer
4 5 (22.73%) Firmware Engineer
5 3 (13.64%) Principal Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Senior Verification Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Verification Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) NumPy
1 1 (4.55%) SciPy
1 1 (4.55%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 21 (95.45%) FPGA
2 19 (86.36%) Verilog
2 19 (86.36%) VHDL
3 7 (31.82%) PCIe
4 5 (22.73%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (9.09%) Algorithms
6 1 (4.55%) Data Centre
6 1 (4.55%) MicroBlaze
6 1 (4.55%) RISC-V
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.55%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (4.55%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (68.18%) FPGA Design
2 7 (31.82%) Signal Processing
3 6 (27.27%) Customer Requirements
4 4 (18.18%) Software Engineering
5 3 (13.64%) Decision-Making
5 3 (13.64%) Electronic Design Automation
5 3 (13.64%) Image Processing
6 2 (9.09%) AI
6 2 (9.09%) Computer Science
6 2 (9.09%) Configuration Management
6 2 (9.09%) Cryptography
6 2 (9.09%) Machine Learning
6 2 (9.09%) Physics
6 2 (9.09%) Requirements Management
7 1 (4.55%) Agile
7 1 (4.55%) Code Coverage
7 1 (4.55%) Regression Testing
7 1 (4.55%) Scrum
7 1 (4.55%) Software Testing
7 1 (4.55%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 22 (100.00%) SystemVerilog
2 10 (45.45%) C
3 8 (36.36%) MATLAB
4 2 (9.09%) Python
4 2 (9.09%) Tcl
5 1 (4.55%) C++
Qualifications
1 11 (50.00%) Degree
2 10 (45.45%) SC Cleared
2 10 (45.45%) Security Cleared
3 2 (9.09%) HNC
3 2 (9.09%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (50.00%) DO-254
System Software
1 9 (40.91%) Firmware
2 3 (13.64%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 20 (90.91%) Microsemi
1 20 (90.91%) Xilinx
2 13 (59.09%) Intel
3 8 (36.36%) Altera
4 7 (31.82%) Actel
5 3 (13.64%) Lattice Semiconductor
5 3 (13.64%) Siemens
6 2 (9.09%) Mentor Graphics