Validation
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Validation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Validation over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 158 181 197
Rank change year-on-year +23 +16 +19
Permanent jobs citing Validation 1,857 2,081 3,386
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.86% 2.10% 2.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.18% 2.20% 2.20%
Number of salaries quoted 777 647 1,059
10th Percentile £35,150 £36,250 £35,125
25th Percentile £42,500 £48,402 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £72,250 £78,750 £80,625
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% +21.05% -1.45%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Validation is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85,135 94,784 153,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.22% 95.58% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 59,872 55,911 82,488
10th Percentile £29,089 £34,000 £33,635
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Validation
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Validation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Validation in the UK

Validation
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Validation.

Salary trend for Validation in the UK

Validation
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Validation over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Validation in the UK

Validation
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +15 1,581 £55,000 -12.00% 962
UK excluding London +15 1,511 £52,500 -8.70% 785
Work from Home +6 489 £55,000 -8.33% 316
South East 0 357 £52,500 -4.55% 229
South West +36 296 £50,000 -28.00% 101
London -36 283 £75,000 +7.14% 211
North of England +61 261 £51,000 -7.27% 121
Midlands -32 260 £51,250 -6.82% 165
North West +46 164 £49,000 -6.67% 82
West Midlands -60 136 £54,500 -0.91% 119
Scotland -8 130 £51,528 -12.39% 42
East Midlands +58 124 £42,500 -29.17% 46
East of England -31 119 £55,000 -8.33% 144
Yorkshire +52 87 £51,528 -10.42% 33
Wales +33 51 £50,000 +16.10% 16
Northern Ireland +45 40 - - 3
North East -3 10 £52,500 -32.26% 7

Validation
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:

Application Platforms
1 32 (1.72%) SAS
2 21 (1.13%) Apache Spark
3 17 (0.92%) Apache
4 14 (0.75%) IIS
4 14 (0.75%) SharePoint
5 13 (0.70%) Documentum
6 10 (0.54%) Confluence
7 8 (0.43%) CMS
8 5 (0.27%) Jupyter
8 5 (0.27%) Kinematics
9 3 (0.16%) Smallworld
10 1 (0.054%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.054%) WordPress
Applications
1 116 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 82 (4.42%) Microsoft Office
3 59 (3.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 43 (2.32%) Simulink
5 25 (1.35%) MS Visio
6 23 (1.24%) Stateflow
7 14 (0.75%) OrCAD
8 12 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
8 12 (0.65%) Sketch
9 5 (0.27%) SOLIDWORKS
10 3 (0.16%) AutoCAD
11 2 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
11 2 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
11 2 (0.11%) EViews
11 2 (0.11%) Fusion 360
11 2 (0.11%) Photoshop
11 2 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
11 2 (0.11%) SPSS
11 2 (0.11%) TargetLink
11 2 (0.11%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 24 (1.29%) Salesforce CRM
2 16 (0.86%) TrackWise
3 14 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
4 10 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
5 9 (0.48%) SAP QM
6 8 (0.43%) NetSuite
7 5 (0.27%) SAP CRM
7 5 (0.27%) Teamcenter
8 4 (0.22%) SAP BPC
8 4 (0.22%) SAP CO
8 4 (0.22%) SAP FI
8 4 (0.22%) SAP FI/CO
8 4 (0.22%) SAP WM
9 3 (0.16%) Dynamics AX
9 3 (0.16%) Q-Pulse
9 3 (0.16%) SAP PM
10 2 (0.11%) NEC Housing
11 1 (0.054%) Aladdin
11 1 (0.054%) SAP MDG
11 1 (0.054%) SAP MDG-F
Cloud Services
1 161 (8.67%) Azure
2 126 (6.79%) AWS
3 71 (3.82%) Power Platform
4 43 (2.32%) Microsoft 365
5 31 (1.67%) Azure DevOps
6 27 (1.45%) SaaS
6 27 (1.45%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 25 (1.35%) GCP
8 23 (1.24%) GitHub
9 22 (1.18%) Cloud Computing
10 15 (0.81%) Microsoft Purview
11 14 (0.75%) Azure Sentinel
11 14 (0.75%) OCI
12 13 (0.70%) Figma
12 13 (0.70%) PowerApps
13 12 (0.65%) OneDrive
14 11 (0.59%) Azure Data Factory
14 11 (0.59%) Dynamics 365
14 11 (0.59%) Power Automate
14 11 (0.59%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 404 (21.76%) VSAT
2 58 (3.12%) Firewall
3 45 (2.42%) WAN
4 33 (1.78%) 5G
5 30 (1.62%) TCP/IP
6 26 (1.40%) Network Security
7 23 (1.24%) Ethernet
8 21 (1.13%) LAN
8 21 (1.13%) Wireless
9 19 (1.02%) Internet
10 18 (0.97%) DNS
10 18 (0.97%) Wireshark
11 17 (0.92%) VPN
12 16 (0.86%) DHCP
13 14 (0.75%) Bluetooth
13 14 (0.75%) RS-232
14 12 (0.65%) SD-WAN
15 7 (0.38%) 4G
15 7 (0.38%) J1939
16 6 (0.32%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (3.77%) SQL Server
2 61 (3.28%) Power BI
3 38 (2.05%) Data Warehouse
4 25 (1.35%) Tableau
5 24 (1.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 20 (1.08%) GIS
7 18 (0.97%) Relational Database
8 16 (0.86%) Metadata
8 16 (0.86%) Oracle Reports
9 14 (0.75%) Big Data
9 14 (0.75%) Data Lake
10 13 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 8 (0.43%) Amazon Redshift
11 8 (0.43%) Crystal Reports
11 8 (0.43%) Data Mining
11 8 (0.43%) Power Query
12 7 (0.38%) Amazon QuickSight
12 7 (0.38%) NoSQL
13 6 (0.32%) SAP HANA
14 4 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 142 (7.65%) JIRA
2 34 (1.83%) Git
3 33 (1.78%) Rational DOORS
4 30 (1.62%) Visual Studio
5 28 (1.51%) Jenkins
6 17 (0.92%) Selenium
7 15 (0.81%) Rational Rhapsody
8 14 (0.75%) Cucumber
9 12 (0.65%) Maven
10 11 (0.59%) Cypress.io
10 11 (0.59%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 10 (0.54%) GitLab
11 10 (0.54%) JMeter
11 10 (0.54%) Trac
12 9 (0.48%) Gradle
12 9 (0.48%) LabVIEW
13 7 (0.38%) Postman
14 4 (0.22%) Eclipse
14 4 (0.22%) Katalon Studio
15 3 (0.16%) ERwin
General
1 454 (24.45%) Social Skills
2 301 (16.21%) Finance
3 297 (15.99%) Analytical Skills
4 151 (8.13%) Manufacturing
5 147 (7.92%) Pharmaceutical
6 131 (7.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 124 (6.68%) Aerospace
8 122 (6.57%) Electronics
9 80 (4.31%) Law
10 78 (4.20%) Marketing
11 77 (4.15%) Automotive
12 76 (4.09%) Banking
13 70 (3.77%) Presentation Skills
14 65 (3.50%) Retail
15 53 (2.85%) Influencing Skills
16 47 (2.53%) Legal
16 47 (2.53%) Telecoms
17 44 (2.37%) Organisational Skills
18 31 (1.67%) Military
19 24 (1.29%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 479 (25.79%) Architect
2 404 (21.76%) Software Architect
3 223 (12.01%) Senior
4 211 (11.36%) Lead
5 166 (8.94%) Analyst
6 157 (8.45%) Systems Engineer
7 122 (6.57%) Software Engineer
8 53 (2.85%) DevOps Engineer
9 52 (2.80%) Technical Leader
10 47 (2.53%) Developer
10 47 (2.53%) IT Manager
11 40 (2.15%) Hardware Engineer
11 40 (2.15%) Senior Software Engineer
12 39 (2.10%) Senior Systems Engineer
13 38 (2.05%) Business Analyst
13 38 (2.05%) Consultant
13 38 (2.05%) QA Manager
14 32 (1.72%) Data Engineer
14 32 (1.72%) Senior Analyst
14 32 (1.72%) Validation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (2.26%) HTML
2 34 (1.83%) XML
3 32 (1.72%) CSS
4 31 (1.67%) .NET
5 26 (1.40%) React
6 21 (1.13%) JSON
7 19 (1.02%) Pandas
7 19 (1.02%) REST
8 15 (0.81%) PyTorch
9 14 (0.75%) EDI
9 14 (0.75%) TensorFlow
9 14 (0.75%) WebRTC
10 13 (0.70%) Spring
10 13 (0.70%) Spring Boot
11 12 (0.65%) .NET Core
11 12 (0.65%) Web Services
11 12 (0.65%) Yocto
12 11 (0.59%) AngularJS
12 11 (0.59%) Middleware
12 11 (0.59%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 155 (8.35%) Management Information System
2 84 (4.52%) Self-Motivation
3 72 (3.88%) Algorithms
4 47 (2.53%) Life Science
5 34 (1.83%) Product Ownership
6 29 (1.56%) Robotics
7 26 (1.40%) Credit Risk
8 24 (1.29%) FPGA
8 24 (1.29%) IoT
8 24 (1.29%) Taxonomies
9 22 (1.18%) Analogue Electronics
9 22 (1.18%) Cloud Native
9 22 (1.18%) Embedded Systems
10 21 (1.13%) Legacy Systems
11 20 (1.08%) Biopharmaceutical
11 20 (1.08%) Onboarding
12 18 (0.97%) GNSS
12 18 (0.97%) Security Operations Centre
13 16 (0.86%) NHS
13 16 (0.86%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 133 (7.16%) Linux
2 49 (2.64%) Windows
3 17 (0.92%) Android
3 17 (0.92%) Apple iOS
4 11 (0.59%) Windows Server
5 10 (0.54%) Embedded Linux
6 8 (0.43%) Debian
6 8 (0.43%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.16%) Unix
8 1 (0.054%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 486 (26.17%) Actionable Insight
2 469 (25.26%) Model Validation
3 466 (25.09%) Requirements Management
4 418 (22.51%) TOGAF
5 413 (22.24%) Network Architecture
6 406 (21.86%) Technical Architecture
7 405 (21.81%) Network Management
8 358 (19.28%) Agile
9 330 (17.77%) Problem-Solving
10 269 (14.49%) Verification and Validation
11 186 (10.02%) Project Management
12 176 (9.48%) Software Engineering
13 163 (8.78%) Systems Engineering
14 158 (8.51%) DevOps
15 145 (7.81%) Continuous Improvement
16 144 (7.75%) Computer Science
16 144 (7.75%) Decision-Making
17 142 (7.65%) Mentoring
18 141 (7.59%) Data Validation
19 132 (7.11%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 225 (12.12%) Python
2 196 (10.55%) SQL
3 101 (5.44%) C
4 87 (4.68%) C#
5 77 (4.15%) MATLAB
6 71 (3.82%) C++
7 52 (2.80%) JavaScript
8 46 (2.48%) PowerShell
9 45 (2.42%) Java
10 40 (2.15%) R
11 23 (1.24%) Bash
12 18 (0.97%) Perl
12 18 (0.97%) T-SQL
13 12 (0.65%) Ada
14 10 (0.54%) Embedded C
14 10 (0.54%) XAML
15 7 (0.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 7 (0.38%) TypeScript
16 6 (0.32%) Apex Code
16 6 (0.32%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 513 (27.63%) Degree
2 312 (16.80%) Security Cleared
3 126 (6.79%) SC Cleared
4 90 (4.85%) BPSS Clearance
5 67 (3.61%) DV Cleared
6 60 (3.23%) Master's Degree
7 40 (2.15%) Computer Science Degree
8 37 (1.99%) CISSP
9 31 (1.67%) DBS Check
10 29 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
11 21 (1.13%) HNC
12 20 (1.08%) CCSP
12 20 (1.08%) PhD
13 19 (1.02%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 19 (1.02%) HND
14 18 (0.97%) CISM
15 17 (0.92%) TOGAF Certification
16 16 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
16 16 (0.86%) SANS
17 14 (0.75%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 159 (8.56%) QA
2 67 (3.61%) GMP
3 54 (2.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 47 (2.53%) NIST
5 44 (2.37%) Data Quality
6 38 (2.05%) PMO
7 30 (1.62%) PCI DSS
8 28 (1.51%) GLP
9 23 (1.24%) Good Clinical Practice
10 22 (1.18%) GxP
11 20 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 15288
12 19 (1.02%) Def Stans
12 19 (1.02%) IFRS
12 19 (1.02%) IFRS 9
13 17 (0.92%) GDPR
14 15 (0.81%) CRD IV
15 14 (0.75%) Accessibility
16 13 (0.70%) Automotive SPICE
16 13 (0.70%) ISO 26262
17 11 (0.59%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 67 (3.61%) Docker
2 50 (2.69%) Firmware
3 32 (1.72%) Active Directory
3 32 (1.72%) Virtual Machines
4 20 (1.08%) VMware Infrastructure
5 16 (0.86%) Hyper-V
5 16 (0.86%) pfSense
6 14 (0.75%) Virtual Desktop
7 10 (0.54%) Embedded Firmware
7 10 (0.54%) NFS
8 4 (0.22%) VMware NSX
8 4 (0.22%) VMware Server
9 1 (0.054%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.054%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 65 (3.50%) Ansible
2 62 (3.34%) Terraform
3 57 (3.07%) Kubernetes
4 30 (1.62%) Functional Safety
5 17 (0.92%) Grafana
6 16 (0.86%) ZABBIX
7 15 (0.81%) Nmap
8 14 (0.75%) Microsoft Intune
9 10 (0.54%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 10 (0.54%) SCDPM
10 5 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.11%) Kibana
12 1 (0.054%) Consul
12 1 (0.054%) Jamf Pro
12 1 (0.054%) OpenNMS
12 1 (0.054%) Packer
12 1 (0.054%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.054%) Prometheus
12 1 (0.054%) Puppet
12 1 (0.054%) Salt
Vendors
1 192 (10.34%) Microsoft
2 54 (2.91%) Salesforce
3 51 (2.75%) SAP
4 41 (2.21%) VMware
5 35 (1.88%) Google
6 34 (1.83%) Oracle
7 30 (1.62%) Databricks
8 25 (1.35%) EMC
9 19 (1.02%) IBM
10 16 (0.86%) Fortinet
10 16 (0.86%) Juniper
10 16 (0.86%) Splunk
11 15 (0.81%) Cisco
12 14 (0.75%) Qualys
12 14 (0.75%) Rapid7
12 14 (0.75%) ServiceNow
12 14 (0.75%) Thycotic
12 14 (0.75%) Veeam
13 11 (0.59%) CheckPoint
13 11 (0.59%) Nintex