UVM Contracts in the UK excluding London

Universal Verification Methodology (UVM)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for UVM skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited UVM over the 6 months to 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 376 434 507
Rank change year-on-year +58 +73 -65
Contract jobs citing UVM 23 4 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.11% 0.018% 0.020%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.020% 0.022%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 4
10th Percentile £551 - £433
25th Percentile £591 - £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +6.38%
75th Percentile £638 - £550
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £625 - £500
% change year-on-year - - +10.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 1 0
10th Percentile £69.33 - -
25th Percentile £70.00 - -
Median hourly rate £75.25 £57.76 -
Median % change year-on-year +30.28% - -
75th Percentile £85.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £70.50 £57.76 -
% change year-on-year +22.06% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

UVM is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,325 20,337 27,186
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.38% 89.23% 89.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,289 13,953 19,001
10th Percentile £250 £260 £238
25th Percentile £375 £400 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +9.55%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £694 £663
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,130 1,241 1,347
10th Percentile £12.42 £10.63 £12.38
25th Percentile £15.39 £15.21 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.99%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £47.40
90th Percentile £72.50 £74.50 £62.35
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.54 £25.68
% change year-on-year -0.11% +42.29% +9.46%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing UVM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for UVM in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing UVM in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for UVM in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing UVM in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for UVM in the UK excluding London

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing UVM in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for UVM in the UK excluding London

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Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing UVM within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 May 2024. 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 23 £625 - 9
North of England - 1 - - 1
North West - 1 - -
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UK

UVM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 17 (73.91%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.35%) Software-Defined Radio
Development Applications
1 4 (17.39%) Git
2 3 (13.04%) JIRA
2 3 (13.04%) Subversion
General
1 2 (8.70%) Electronics
2 1 (4.35%) Law
2 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
2 1 (4.35%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 18 (78.26%) FPGA Engineer
2 17 (73.91%) Design Engineer
3 16 (69.57%) FPGA Design Engineer
4 4 (17.39%) Verification Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Digital Design Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Digital IC Design Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Digital IC Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Firmware Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) IC Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (13.04%) JSON
1 3 (13.04%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (100.00%) Verilog
2 21 (91.30%) FPGA
3 18 (78.26%) VHDL
4 4 (17.39%) ASIC
5 3 (13.04%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (4.35%) Augmented Reality
6 1 (4.35%) Smartphone
6 1 (4.35%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 4 (17.39%) Linux
2 3 (13.04%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (78.26%) FPGA Design
2 17 (73.91%) Signal Processing
3 4 (17.39%) Validation
4 3 (13.04%) OO
4 3 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (13.04%) Project Management
4 3 (13.04%) Software Testing
5 2 (8.70%) Electronic Design Automation
6 1 (4.35%) CI/CD
6 1 (4.35%) IC Design
6 1 (4.35%) Mentoring
6 1 (4.35%) Software Engineering
6 1 (4.35%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 23 (100.00%) SystemVerilog
2 20 (86.96%) C
3 4 (17.39%) Bash
3 4 (17.39%) Python
3 4 (17.39%) Tcl
4 3 (13.04%) Assembly Language
4 3 (13.04%) C++
4 3 (13.04%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 17 (73.91%) Degree
2 1 (4.35%) PhD
2 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared
2 1 (4.35%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.35%) DO-254
1 1 (4.35%) IEC 61508
1 1 (4.35%) JTAG
System Software
1 2 (8.70%) Firmware
2 1 (4.35%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 21 (91.30%) Xilinx
2 18 (78.26%) Microsemi
3 17 (73.91%) Intel
4 3 (13.04%) Cadence
4 3 (13.04%) Synopsys
5 2 (8.70%) Siemens
6 1 (4.35%) Actel
6 1 (4.35%) Lattice Semiconductor