Verification Engineer Contracts

Verification Engineer
UK

The median Verification Engineer daily rate in the UK is £625 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 22 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
22 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 561 665 830
Rank change year-on-year +104 +165 -134
Contract jobs requiring a Verification Engineer 17 17 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.040% 0.030% 0.023%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.043% 0.032% 0.024%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 12
10th Percentile - £428 £428
25th Percentile £525 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +31.58% -9.52% +31.25%
75th Percentile £638 £491 £575
90th Percentile - £496 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £625 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +31.58% -5.00% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 0
10th Percentile - £48.50 -
25th Percentile £86.25 £50.00 -
Median hourly rate £87.50 £62.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% - -
75th Percentile £89.38 £63.75 -
90th Percentile £89.75 £79.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £87.50 £62.50 -
% change year-on-year +40.00% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 39,379 53,564 83,565
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.82% 94.61% 95.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,662 37,382 58,742
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.82% +2.90% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,685 1,500 2,039
10th Percentile £12.81 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.39 £15.82
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.03 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

Verification Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Verification Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Verification Engineer in the UK

Verification Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Verification Engineer.

Daily rate trend for Verification Engineer in the UK

Verification Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Verification Engineer.

Hourly rate trend for Verification Engineer in the UK

Verification Engineer
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Verification Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 22 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
England +112 17 £625 +31.58% 45
UK excluding London +46 10 £625 +31.58% 43
East of England +13 8 £625 - 12
London - 7 - - 1
Work from Home +116 2 £550 +15.79% 22
Midlands +25 2 - - 6
East Midlands - 2 - - 3

Verification Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 22 May 2024, Verification Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Verification Engineer in the job title.

1 11 (64.71%) FPGA
1 11 (64.71%) UVM
2 10 (58.82%) Cadence
3 8 (47.06%) Validation
3 8 (47.06%) FPGA Design
4 7 (41.18%) Data Protection Act
4 7 (41.18%) Data Protection
5 6 (35.29%) C
5 6 (35.29%) C++
5 6 (35.29%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (29.41%) Verification and Validation
6 5 (29.41%) SystemVerilog
6 5 (29.41%) Verilog
6 5 (29.41%) Software Testing
7 4 (23.53%) JSON
7 4 (23.53%) YAML
7 4 (23.53%) Aerospace
7 4 (23.53%) ASIC
7 4 (23.53%) Unix
7 4 (23.53%) Linux
7 4 (23.53%) Python
7 4 (23.53%) Tcl
7 4 (23.53%) Bash
7 4 (23.53%) Security Cleared
8 3 (17.65%) VMware Infrastructure
8 3 (17.65%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (17.65%) Rational DOORS
8 3 (17.65%) Test Planning
8 3 (17.65%) Linux Command Line
8 3 (17.65%) Code Coverage

Verification Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Development Applications
1 3 (17.65%) CppUnit
1 3 (17.65%) Git
1 3 (17.65%) JIRA
1 3 (17.65%) PVCS
1 3 (17.65%) Rational DOORS
1 3 (17.65%) Subversion
General
1 4 (23.53%) Aerospace
2 2 (11.76%) Electronics
2 2 (11.76%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (23.53%) JSON
1 4 (23.53%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (64.71%) FPGA
2 7 (41.18%) Data Protection Act
3 5 (29.41%) Verilog
4 4 (23.53%) ASIC
5 3 (17.65%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 4 (23.53%) Linux
1 4 (23.53%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (64.71%) UVM
2 8 (47.06%) FPGA Design
2 8 (47.06%) Validation
3 7 (41.18%) Data Protection
4 6 (35.29%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (29.41%) Software Testing
5 5 (29.41%) Verification and Validation
6 3 (17.65%) Code Coverage
6 3 (17.65%) OO
6 3 (17.65%) Project Management
6 3 (17.65%) Requirements Analysis
6 3 (17.65%) Test Planning
6 3 (17.65%) Unit Testing
7 2 (11.76%) Computer Science
7 2 (11.76%) Creative Thinking
7 2 (11.76%) Software Engineering
7 2 (11.76%) Systems Engineering
8 1 (5.88%) Prototyping
8 1 (5.88%) Semantic Analysis
Programming Languages
1 6 (35.29%) C
1 6 (35.29%) C++
2 5 (29.41%) SystemVerilog
3 4 (23.53%) Bash
3 4 (23.53%) Python
3 4 (23.53%) Tcl
4 3 (17.65%) Assembly Language
4 3 (17.65%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) Security Cleared
2 2 (11.76%) Chartered Engineer
2 2 (11.76%) Degree
2 2 (11.76%) DV Cleared
2 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 3 (17.65%) Virtual Machines
1 3 (17.65%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 10 (58.82%) Cadence
2 3 (17.65%) Synopsys
2 3 (17.65%) VMware
2 3 (17.65%) Xilinx