Verification and Validation jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-30, Verification and Validation appears in 474 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Systems Engineer has the most postings mentioning Verification and Validation, with demand share up 16.9% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-30
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Frequently asked questions about Verification and Validation
+Is Verification and Validation in demand in 2026?
Yes. Verification and Validation appears in 474 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Systems Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning Verification and Validation (52.3% of all postings mentioning Verification and Validation).
+What jobs require Verification and Validation?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning Verification and Validation are Spacecraft Systems Engineer (20.0% of that role’s postings mention Verification and Validation), Fluid Systems Engineer (13.0% of that role’s postings mention Verification and Validation), Cyber Systems Engineer (12.4% of that role’s postings mention Verification and Validation).
+What skills are commonly paired with Verification and Validation?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-30), Verification and Validation most often appears alongside systems engineering, System integration, Python, trade studies, requirements management.
+Where is Verification and Validation most in demand?
As of 2026-09-30, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring Verification and Validation are Cedar Rapids, Tucson, Boston, El Segundo, Sunnyvale, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
+How can I keep up with new Verification and Validation content and jobs?
Skillenai indexes news, blog posts, and research papers mentioning Verification and Validation alongside the jobs index. You can subscribe to a daily email digest of new Verification and Validation content from your Skillenai account.
+Which skills come before and after Verification and Validation?
The skill-flow chart shows skills documented in adjacent positions across observed employer changes. An outgoing skill is documented in the following position but not the preceding one. These are ideas to explore, not proven prerequisites, acquisition dates, or levels of mastery. Each ribbon counts employer moves with that skill pair; one move can contribute several pairs.
Weekly indexed postings requiring Verification and Validation — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Career paths around Verification and Validation
Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.
Historical career profiles · all locations
Skills before Verification and Validation
Skills after Verification and Validation
How to read this chart · view counts
Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.
The following position documents a skill that the preceding position does not. Skills must be linked to both positions, with clear dates and no overlap. One move can connect several skill pairs. These patterns suggest skills to explore; they do not establish prerequisites, when a skill was learned, or a higher skill level.
Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.
| Connection | Moves |
|---|---|
| Before: design | 2 |
| Before: MatLab | 2 |
| Before: impact testing | 1 |
| Before: Microsemi ProASIC3 A3P1000-FG484I | 1 |
| Before: Tech Support | 1 |
| Before: testing | 1 |
| Before: scaled prototypes | 1 |
| Before: independent testing | 1 |
| After: data feeds | 1 |
| After: oracle | 1 |
| After: customer requirements | 1 |
| After: data integration | 1 |
| After: SYBASE | 1 |
| After: technical specifications | 1 |
| After: data loads | 1 |
| After: data warehouse | 1 |
Roles most likely to require Verification and Validation
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Spacecraft Systems Engineer | 5 | 20.0% |
| Fluid Systems Engineer | 3 | 13.0% |
| Cyber Systems Engineer | 11 | 12.4% |
| Space Systems Engineer | 4 | 9.5% |
| RF Test Engineer | 3 | 7.9% |
| Systems Engineer | 248 | 6.6% |
| Software Systems Engineer | 5 | 6.3% |
| Cloud Systems Engineer | 2 | 6.2% |
| Radar Systems Engineer | 3 | 6.1% |
| System Test Engineer | 3 | 5.9% |
Roles with the most Verification and Validation postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Systems Engineer | 248 | 52.3% |
| Software Engineer | 25 | 5.3% |
| Cyber Systems Engineer | 11 | 2.3% |
| Test Engineer | 7 | 1.5% |
| Technical Program Manager | 6 | 1.3% |
| Business Analyst | 5 | 1.1% |
| Software Systems Engineer | 5 | 1.1% |
| Spacecraft Systems Engineer | 5 | 1.1% |
| Technical Product Manager | 5 | 1.1% |
| Quality Assurance Engineer | 4 | 0.8% |
Top companies posting jobs requiring Verification and Validation
Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.
| Company | Postings · 90 days |
|---|---|
| Northrop Grumman | 90 |
| Globalpr | 27 |
| GlobaliD | 19 |
| GEHA | 12 |
| CACI | 10 |
| Boeing | 10 |
| RTX | 9 |
| Wabtec Corporation | 9 |
| ALTEN | 7 |
| Medtronic | 7 |
Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.
Top metros hiring for Verification and Validation
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Cedar Rapids | 20 | 4.2% |
| Tucson | 10 | 2.1% |
| Boston | 9 | 1.9% |
| El Segundo | 8 | 1.7% |
| Sunnyvale | 8 | 1.7% |
| Costa Mesa | 6 | 1.3% |
| Mountain View | 6 | 1.3% |
| Colorado Springs | 5 | 1.1% |
| Denver | 5 | 1.1% |
Skills commonly paired with Verification and Validation
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning Verification and Validation by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s Verification and Validation postings by all Verification and Validation postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills). Adjusted posting share: 0.2% to 0.2%. Demand share change is the relative percentage change between these adjusted shares. Each employer-and-ATS group has at least 10 postings in each 90-day window; its earlier posting count supplies the same weight in both windows. The panel includes 2,595 identified employers and covers 68% of earlier and 72% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-06-02 to 2026-08-31 and 2026-06-30 to 2026-09-28 (UTC; end dates excluded). The windows overlap by 62 days. Dates reflect indexing, not the employer’s posting date. This measures posting mix, not total hiring or market-wide demand. Matching excludes entrants and exits; changes in crawl completeness within an employer or ATS can still affect the result.
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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