Validation Jobs in the UK excluding London

Validation
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 137 147 198
Rank change year-on-year +10 +51 -13
Permanent jobs citing Validation 1,498 1,407 1,475
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.06% 2.39% 2.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.49% 2.50% 2.15%
Number of salaries quoted 585 344 552
10th Percentile £34,850 £34,452 £34,388
25th Percentile £40,800 £44,800 £38,891
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,043 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% +15.88% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,063 £60,500
90th Percentile £72,433 £84,250 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -12.00% +8.70% +7.48%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 60,251 56,179 68,558
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.03% 95.60% 94.21%
Number of salaries quoted 41,534 28,920 41,183
10th Percentile £27,300 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Validation in the UK excluding London

Validation
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Validation in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Validation in the UK excluding London

Validation
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Validation in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Validation in the UK excluding London

Validation
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 23 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
South East -1 358 £52,500 -4.55% 214
South West +35 302 £50,000 -28.00% 104
North of England +55 255 £50,500 -6.08% 123
Midlands -41 245 £50,000 -9.09% 149
North West +34 162 £50,000 -4.76% 78
West Midlands -62 137 £54,000 -1.82% 98
Scotland -7 128 £51,797 -11.93% 40
East of England -25 124 £55,000 -8.33% 123
East Midlands +53 108 £42,500 -27.66% 51
Yorkshire +43 83 £51,528 -6.39% 35
Wales +34 49 £47,500 +10.29% 16
Northern Ireland +53 40 - - 2
North East -4 10 £52,500 -32.26% 11
Validation
UK

Validation
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:

Application Platforms
1 14 (0.93%) IIS
2 13 (0.87%) Documentum
2 13 (0.87%) SharePoint
3 12 (0.80%) SAS
4 8 (0.53%) CMS
5 7 (0.47%) Confluence
6 6 (0.40%) Apache
6 6 (0.40%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.33%) Kinematics
8 1 (0.067%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.067%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.067%) WordPress
Applications
1 88 (5.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 62 (4.14%) Microsoft Office
3 43 (2.87%) Simulink
4 37 (2.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 23 (1.54%) Stateflow
6 18 (1.20%) MS Visio
7 14 (0.93%) OrCAD
8 12 (0.80%) Microsoft Project
8 12 (0.80%) Sketch
9 5 (0.33%) SOLIDWORKS
10 2 (0.13%) Fusion 360
10 2 (0.13%) TargetLink
11 1 (0.067%) Acrobat
11 1 (0.067%) Siemens NX
11 1 (0.067%) Spreadsheet
11 1 (0.067%) Trello
11 1 (0.067%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 16 (1.07%) TrackWise
2 14 (0.93%) Salesforce CRM
3 9 (0.60%) SAP QM
4 7 (0.47%) NetSuite
5 4 (0.27%) SAP WM
6 3 (0.20%) NEC Housing
6 3 (0.20%) Q-Pulse
7 2 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.067%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.067%) Lorenzo
8 1 (0.067%) SAP CRM
8 1 (0.067%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.067%) SAP MDG-BP
8 1 (0.067%) SAP MDG-F
8 1 (0.067%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 119 (7.94%) Azure
2 96 (6.41%) AWS
3 45 (3.00%) Power Platform
4 21 (1.40%) Microsoft 365
5 18 (1.20%) SaaS
6 17 (1.13%) GCP
7 16 (1.07%) Azure DevOps
7 16 (1.07%) GitHub
7 16 (1.07%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 13 (0.87%) Figma
8 13 (0.87%) OCI
9 11 (0.73%) OneDrive
9 11 (0.73%) Power Automate
9 11 (0.73%) PowerApps
9 11 (0.73%) ShareGate
10 9 (0.60%) BlazeMeter
10 9 (0.60%) Cloud Computing
11 7 (0.47%) Amazon SageMaker
11 7 (0.47%) Azure Data Factory
11 7 (0.47%) Mavenlink
Communications & Networking
1 344 (22.96%) VSAT
2 42 (2.80%) Firewall
3 36 (2.40%) WAN
4 32 (2.14%) 5G
5 22 (1.47%) Ethernet
6 21 (1.40%) TCP/IP
7 18 (1.20%) Internet
7 18 (1.20%) Network Security
7 18 (1.20%) Wireless
8 17 (1.13%) VPN
9 15 (1.00%) DHCP
9 15 (1.00%) DNS
10 14 (0.93%) Bluetooth
11 13 (0.87%) RS-232
12 12 (0.80%) LAN
13 11 (0.73%) SD-WAN
14 9 (0.60%) Wireshark
15 7 (0.47%) 4G
15 7 (0.47%) J1939
16 6 (0.40%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (3.27%) SQL Server
2 43 (2.87%) Power BI
3 23 (1.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 17 (1.13%) Data Warehouse
5 16 (1.07%) Tableau
6 14 (0.93%) Relational Database
7 9 (0.60%) GIS
7 9 (0.60%) Oracle Reports
7 9 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 8 (0.53%) Big Data
8 8 (0.53%) Crystal Reports
8 8 (0.53%) Power Query
9 7 (0.47%) Metadata
10 5 (0.33%) Data Lake
10 5 (0.33%) Qlik Sense
11 3 (0.20%) Amazon Redshift
12 2 (0.13%) Azure SQL Database
12 2 (0.13%) BigQuery
12 2 (0.13%) BusinessObjects
13 1 (0.067%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 130 (8.68%) JIRA
2 33 (2.20%) Rational DOORS
3 28 (1.87%) Visual Studio
4 25 (1.67%) Git
5 21 (1.40%) Jenkins
6 15 (1.00%) Rational Rhapsody
7 14 (0.93%) Cucumber
7 14 (0.93%) Selenium
8 11 (0.73%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 10 (0.67%) Trac
10 9 (0.60%) Cypress.io
10 9 (0.60%) Gradle
10 9 (0.60%) JMeter
10 9 (0.60%) LabVIEW
10 9 (0.60%) Maven
11 5 (0.33%) GitLab
12 4 (0.27%) Eclipse
12 4 (0.27%) Katalon Studio
12 4 (0.27%) Postman
13 3 (0.20%) Subversion
General
1 343 (22.90%) Social Skills
2 240 (16.02%) Analytical Skills
3 176 (11.75%) Finance
4 144 (9.61%) Manufacturing
5 126 (8.41%) Aerospace
6 125 (8.34%) Pharmaceutical
7 119 (7.94%) Electronics
8 118 (7.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 73 (4.87%) Automotive
10 69 (4.61%) Marketing
11 67 (4.47%) Law
12 58 (3.87%) Presentation Skills
13 49 (3.27%) Banking
14 46 (3.07%) Telecoms
15 44 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
16 39 (2.60%) Organisational Skills
16 39 (2.60%) Retail
17 31 (2.07%) Military
18 29 (1.94%) Legal
19 23 (1.54%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 398 (26.57%) Architect
2 344 (22.96%) Software Architect
3 179 (11.95%) Lead
4 165 (11.01%) Systems Engineer
5 161 (10.75%) Senior
6 108 (7.21%) Software Engineer
7 93 (6.21%) Analyst
8 53 (3.54%) DevOps Engineer
9 43 (2.87%) Technical Leader
10 41 (2.74%) Senior Systems Engineer
11 40 (2.67%) Hardware Engineer
12 38 (2.54%) IT Manager
12 38 (2.54%) QA Manager
13 36 (2.40%) Senior Software Engineer
14 33 (2.20%) Validation Engineer
15 31 (2.07%) Developer
16 30 (2.00%) Test Engineer
17 27 (1.80%) Embedded Engineer
18 25 (1.67%) Consultant
19 23 (1.54%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (1.80%) HTML
2 22 (1.47%) CSS
2 22 (1.47%) React
3 16 (1.07%) .NET
3 16 (1.07%) REST
4 15 (1.00%) XML
5 14 (0.93%) WebRTC
6 13 (0.87%) PyTorch
6 13 (0.87%) TensorFlow
7 12 (0.80%) EDI
8 11 (0.73%) Qt
8 11 (0.73%) WPF
9 10 (0.67%) Lightning Web Components
9 10 (0.67%) Spring
9 10 (0.67%) Spring Boot
9 10 (0.67%) Yocto
10 9 (0.60%) Ext JS
10 9 (0.60%) JSON
11 8 (0.53%) Flask
11 8 (0.53%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 109 (7.28%) Management Information System
2 64 (4.27%) Algorithms
3 52 (3.47%) Self-Motivation
4 42 (2.80%) Life Science
5 24 (1.60%) FPGA
5 24 (1.60%) Robotics
6 23 (1.54%) IoT
7 22 (1.47%) Analogue Electronics
7 22 (1.47%) Embedded Systems
8 20 (1.34%) Biopharmaceutical
8 20 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
8 20 (1.34%) Product Ownership
9 17 (1.13%) GNSS
10 15 (1.00%) Cloud Native
10 15 (1.00%) LIMS
11 14 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
11 14 (0.93%) Clustering
12 13 (0.87%) Credit Risk
13 11 (0.73%) Data Structures
14 10 (0.67%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 130 (8.68%) Linux
2 34 (2.27%) Windows
3 11 (0.73%) Windows Server
4 10 (0.67%) Embedded Linux
5 9 (0.60%) Android
6 8 (0.53%) Debian
6 8 (0.53%) Ubuntu
7 6 (0.40%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.067%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 411 (27.44%) Actionable Insight
2 404 (26.97%) Requirements Management
3 391 (26.10%) Model Validation
4 364 (24.30%) TOGAF
5 353 (23.56%) Network Architecture
6 345 (23.03%) Network Management
7 344 (22.96%) Technical Architecture
8 265 (17.69%) Agile
9 263 (17.56%) Verification and Validation
10 252 (16.82%) Problem-Solving
11 162 (10.81%) Systems Engineering
12 153 (10.21%) Software Engineering
13 140 (9.35%) DevOps
14 138 (9.21%) Project Management
15 124 (8.28%) Continuous Improvement
16 120 (8.01%) SDLC
17 112 (7.48%) Computer Science
17 112 (7.48%) Mentoring
18 108 (7.21%) Collaborative Working
19 88 (5.87%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 145 (9.68%) Python
2 139 (9.28%) SQL
3 93 (6.21%) C
4 70 (4.67%) MATLAB
5 67 (4.47%) C#
6 58 (3.87%) C++
7 39 (2.60%) JavaScript
8 31 (2.07%) PowerShell
9 26 (1.74%) Java
10 21 (1.40%) Bash
11 19 (1.27%) R
12 17 (1.13%) Perl
13 11 (0.73%) Ada
14 10 (0.67%) Embedded C
14 10 (0.67%) XAML
15 9 (0.60%) T-SQL
16 7 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 6 (0.40%) Apex Code
17 6 (0.40%) Fortran
18 5 (0.33%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 450 (30.04%) Degree
2 296 (19.76%) Security Cleared
3 116 (7.74%) SC Cleared
4 87 (5.81%) BPSS Clearance
5 65 (4.34%) DV Cleared
6 51 (3.40%) Master's Degree
7 30 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
7 30 (2.00%) DBS Check
8 22 (1.47%) HNC
9 20 (1.34%) HND
10 19 (1.27%) CISSP
11 18 (1.20%) PhD
12 17 (1.13%) TOGAF Certification
13 15 (1.00%) Cisco Certification
14 13 (0.87%) CISM
15 12 (0.80%) ITIL Certification
16 11 (0.73%) CISA
16 11 (0.73%) PCI QSA
17 10 (0.67%) Chartered Engineer
18 7 (0.47%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 137 (9.15%) QA
2 66 (4.41%) GMP
3 32 (2.14%) PMO
4 31 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 28 (1.87%) GLP
6 27 (1.80%) Data Quality
7 25 (1.67%) NIST
8 22 (1.47%) GxP
9 20 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 15288
10 19 (1.27%) Good Clinical Practice
11 17 (1.13%) PCI DSS
12 13 (0.87%) Automotive SPICE
12 13 (0.87%) Def Stans
12 13 (0.87%) ISO 26262
13 11 (0.73%) Accessibility
14 10 (0.67%) IFRS
14 10 (0.67%) IFRS 9
15 9 (0.60%) MISRA
16 8 (0.53%) CRD IV
16 8 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 65 (4.34%) Docker
2 50 (3.34%) Firmware
3 30 (2.00%) Virtual Machines
4 26 (1.74%) Active Directory
5 18 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
6 16 (1.07%) Hyper-V
6 16 (1.07%) pfSense
7 10 (0.67%) Embedded Firmware
7 10 (0.67%) NFS
8 6 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (0.27%) VMware NSX
9 4 (0.27%) VMware Server
10 1 (0.067%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 63 (4.21%) Ansible
2 55 (3.67%) Kubernetes
3 54 (3.60%) Terraform
4 30 (2.00%) Functional Safety
5 16 (1.07%) Grafana
5 16 (1.07%) ZABBIX
6 10 (0.67%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
6 10 (0.67%) SCDPM
7 6 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (0.40%) Nmap
Vendors
1 122 (8.14%) Microsoft
2 39 (2.60%) Salesforce
3 36 (2.40%) VMware
4 32 (2.14%) SAP
5 25 (1.67%) EMC
6 23 (1.54%) Google
7 20 (1.34%) Databricks
7 20 (1.34%) Oracle
8 16 (1.07%) Fortinet
8 16 (1.07%) Juniper
9 15 (1.00%) IBM
10 14 (0.93%) Veeam
11 12 (0.80%) ServiceNow
12 11 (0.73%) CheckPoint
12 11 (0.73%) Nintex
13 10 (0.67%) McAfee
14 9 (0.60%) Cisco
14 9 (0.60%) TOWER Software
15 6 (0.40%) Atlassian
15 6 (0.40%) Minitab