Data Validation
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Data Validation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Validation over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 754 880 984
Rank change year-on-year +126 +104 -242
Permanent jobs citing Data Validation 130 95 261
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.096% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.100% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 100 43 102
10th Percentile £37,025 £40,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £48,500 £46,125 £48,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,250 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.17% +20.00%
75th Percentile £75,313 £71,875 £76,875
90th Percentile £96,125 £89,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £37,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +62.16% -32.73% +39.24%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data 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 85,108 95,066 155,930
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.18% 95.58% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 59,794 56,135 83,138
10th Percentile £29,071 £34,000 £33,645
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% +10.53%

Data Validation
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Validation in the UK

Data Validation
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Data Validation in the UK

Data Validation
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Validation over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Validation in the UK

Data Validation
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Validation within the UK over the 6 months to 20 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 +101 108 £64,000 +11.30% 60
UK excluding London +22 80 £60,000 +62.16% 32
Work from Home +122 58 £60,500 +27.37% 27
London +115 44 £70,000 +21.74% 30
South East 0 26 £65,000 +38.30% 11
Scotland - 16 £42,500 -
North of England +46 15 £42,500 -20.93% 11
Midlands +4 14 £49,000 +83.18% 3
West Midlands +19 9 £49,000 +83.18% 2
South West - 8 £70,576 - 5
Yorkshire +84 6 £42,500 -37.04% 5
North West - 6 £37,250 - 6
East Midlands - 5 - - 1
North East +1 3 £55,000 +61.76%
Wales +9 1 £42,500 +30.77%

Data 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 6 (4.62%) Apache Spark
2 4 (3.08%) Apache
3 3 (2.31%) Smallworld
Applications
1 23 (17.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (6.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (5.38%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (2.31%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.77%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 5 (3.85%) Teamcenter
2 3 (2.31%) SAP CRM
2 3 (2.31%) SAP PM
3 2 (1.54%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 25 (19.23%) Azure
2 16 (12.31%) AWS
3 14 (10.77%) Power Platform
4 12 (9.23%) GCP
5 9 (6.92%) BlazeMeter
6 7 (5.38%) GitHub
7 6 (4.62%) Azure Data Factory
7 6 (4.62%) dbt
8 4 (3.08%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (3.08%) Prefect
9 3 (2.31%) Serverless
10 2 (1.54%) Amazon SageMaker
10 2 (1.54%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.77%) AtomSphere
11 1 (0.77%) Azure Stack
11 1 (0.77%) Boomi
11 1 (0.77%) GitHub Actions
11 1 (0.77%) Microsoft Purview
11 1 (0.77%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (17.69%) SQL Server
2 15 (11.54%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (10.77%) Power BI
4 12 (9.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 8 (6.15%) Crystal Reports
5 8 (6.15%) Tableau
6 7 (5.38%) Metadata
7 6 (4.62%) Big Data
7 6 (4.62%) Data Lake
8 5 (3.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (3.08%) Relational Database
10 3 (2.31%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (2.31%) Geospatial Data
10 3 (2.31%) GIS
10 3 (2.31%) Qlik Sense
10 3 (2.31%) Spatial Data
11 2 (1.54%) NoSQL
11 2 (1.54%) QGIS
12 1 (0.77%) KDB
12 1 (0.77%) Looker
Development Applications
1 11 (8.46%) Jenkins
1 11 (8.46%) JIRA
2 10 (7.69%) JMeter
3 9 (6.92%) Cucumber
3 9 (6.92%) Cypress.io
3 9 (6.92%) Gradle
3 9 (6.92%) Maven
4 5 (3.85%) Selenium
5 4 (3.08%) Git
6 3 (2.31%) Visual Studio
7 2 (1.54%) GitLab
8 1 (0.77%) Postman
8 1 (0.77%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.77%) Subversion
General
1 44 (33.85%) Social Skills
2 42 (32.31%) Finance
3 32 (24.62%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (10.77%) Marketing
5 13 (10.00%) Law
6 10 (7.69%) Banking
7 9 (6.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (3.08%) Retail
9 3 (2.31%) Aviation
9 3 (2.31%) General Ledger
9 3 (2.31%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.54%) Games
10 2 (1.54%) German Language
10 2 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.54%) Japanese Language
10 2 (1.54%) Publishing
10 2 (1.54%) Spanish Language
11 1 (0.77%) French Language
11 1 (0.77%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.77%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 21 (16.15%) Senior
2 20 (15.38%) Analyst
2 20 (15.38%) Lead
3 14 (10.77%) Data Engineer
4 10 (7.69%) DBA
5 9 (6.92%) Developer
5 9 (6.92%) Java Engineer
5 9 (6.92%) Java Software Engineer
5 9 (6.92%) QA Engineer
5 9 (6.92%) QA Software Engineer
5 9 (6.92%) Software Engineer
5 9 (6.92%) Test Analyst
6 8 (6.15%) IT Manager
7 7 (5.38%) Data Scientist
7 7 (5.38%) Senior Data Scientist
8 6 (4.62%) Architect
8 6 (4.62%) Data Manager
9 5 (3.85%) Data Analyst
9 5 (3.85%) Data Architect
9 5 (3.85%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (9.23%) Pandas
2 10 (7.69%) React
3 9 (6.92%) Ext JS
3 9 (6.92%) Spring
3 9 (6.92%) Spring Boot
4 7 (5.38%) XGBoost
5 6 (4.62%) HTML
5 6 (4.62%) Web Services
5 6 (4.62%) XML
6 5 (3.85%) Itk
6 5 (3.85%) PySpark
7 3 (2.31%) Lightning Web Components
7 3 (2.31%) NumPy
8 2 (1.54%) Lambda Expressions
8 2 (1.54%) pytest
8 2 (1.54%) REST
9 1 (0.77%) AngularJS
9 1 (0.77%) Laravel
9 1 (0.77%) Tkinter
9 1 (0.77%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 20 (15.38%) Management Information System
2 11 (8.46%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (6.92%) Market Risk
4 8 (6.15%) Data Structures
5 6 (4.62%) Product Ownership
6 5 (3.85%) Driving Licence
6 5 (3.85%) Legacy Applications
6 5 (3.85%) Taxonomies
7 4 (3.08%) Onboarding
8 3 (2.31%) iPhone
9 2 (1.54%) Algorithms
9 2 (1.54%) AS400
10 1 (0.77%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.77%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.77%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.77%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.77%) FMCG
10 1 (0.77%) LIMS
10 1 (0.77%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.31%) Apple iOS
2 2 (1.54%) Unix
3 1 (0.77%) Linux
3 1 (0.77%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (100.00%) Validation
2 42 (32.31%) Problem-Solving
3 36 (27.69%) Decision-Making
4 35 (26.92%) Agile
5 24 (18.46%) Data Pipeline
5 24 (18.46%) Data Science
6 23 (17.69%) Data Modelling
7 21 (16.15%) Analytics
7 21 (16.15%) Continuous Improvement
7 21 (16.15%) Test Automation
7 21 (16.15%) Visualisation
8 20 (15.38%) Migration
9 19 (14.62%) Data Analysis
9 19 (14.62%) ETL
9 19 (14.62%) Regression Testing
10 18 (13.85%) Software Testing
11 16 (12.31%) Business Intelligence
11 16 (12.31%) Mentoring
12 15 (11.54%) Data Management
12 15 (11.54%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 73 (56.15%) SQL
2 33 (25.38%) Python
3 15 (11.54%) Java
4 12 (9.23%) JavaScript
5 6 (4.62%) C
6 5 (3.85%) C++
6 5 (3.85%) PowerShell
6 5 (3.85%) Shell Script
7 3 (2.31%) Apex Code
7 3 (2.31%) MATLAB
7 3 (2.31%) R
7 3 (2.31%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.77%) C#
8 1 (0.77%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.77%) Julia
8 1 (0.77%) PHP
8 1 (0.77%) Scala
8 1 (0.77%) VB
Qualifications
1 21 (16.15%) Degree
2 8 (6.15%) ISEB
3 7 (5.38%) Numerate Degree
4 5 (3.85%) MCAD
4 5 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (3.08%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.54%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.77%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.77%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.77%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (23.08%) QA
2 19 (14.62%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.54%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.77%) GDPR
4 1 (0.77%) Good Clinical Practice
System Software
1 2 (1.54%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.77%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (3.08%) Terraform
2 1 (0.77%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 16 (12.31%) Microsoft
2 14 (10.77%) Databricks
3 10 (7.69%) Google
4 9 (6.92%) TOWER Software
5 4 (3.08%) Salesforce
5 4 (3.08%) SAP
6 2 (1.54%) Oracle
6 2 (1.54%) RedGate
7 1 (0.77%) Infor
7 1 (0.77%) Informatica
7 1 (0.77%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.77%) SnapLogic