Validation Jobs in England

Validation
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 8 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 168 176 197
Rank change year-on-year +8 +21 +30
Permanent jobs citing Validation 1,567 1,753 2,969
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.67% 2.11% 2.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.01% 2.21% 2.15%
Number of salaries quoted 718 577 1,014
10th Percentile £35,717 £38,455 £35,125
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +10.62% +2.73%
75th Percentile £72,433 £77,715 £80,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £93,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,086 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.41% +12.88% +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 77,844 79,154 138,151
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 82.92% 95.46% 95.95%
Number of salaries quoted 55,725 48,396 74,307
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,324 £33,259
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,875 £44,186
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%

Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Validation in England

Validation
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Validation in England

Validation
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Validation in England over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Validation in England

Validation
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the England region over the 6 months to 8 June 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 +12 375 £52,500 -6.67% 232
South West +34 298 £52,500 -24.40% 117
London -56 283 £75,000 +7.14% 185
North of England +18 245 £50,000 -9.16% 123
Midlands -50 235 £50,000 -6.98% 128
North West +30 156 £50,000 -9.16% 82
West Midlands -74 131 £55,000 - 85
East of England -34 126 £55,000 -8.33% 153
East Midlands +26 104 £42,500 -10.53% 41
Yorkshire +28 80 £47,500 -13.70% 29
North East -12 9 £49,100 -36.65% 12
Validation
UK

Validation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 16 (1.02%) SharePoint
2 14 (0.89%) SAS
3 13 (0.83%) Documentum
4 9 (0.57%) Confluence
5 8 (0.51%) CMS
5 8 (0.51%) IIS
6 7 (0.45%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.32%) Apache
7 5 (0.32%) Jupyter
7 5 (0.32%) Kinematics
8 3 (0.19%) Smallworld
9 1 (0.064%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.064%) WordPress
Applications
1 89 (5.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 65 (4.15%) Microsoft Office
3 48 (3.06%) Simulink
4 40 (2.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 24 (1.53%) MS Visio
6 22 (1.40%) Stateflow
7 14 (0.89%) OrCAD
8 12 (0.77%) Microsoft Project
9 5 (0.32%) SOLIDWORKS
10 3 (0.19%) AutoCAD
11 2 (0.13%) Adobe After Effects
11 2 (0.13%) Adobe Premiere
11 2 (0.13%) Fusion 360
11 2 (0.13%) Photoshop
11 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
11 2 (0.13%) TargetLink
12 1 (0.064%) Acrobat
12 1 (0.064%) Adobe XD
12 1 (0.064%) CATIA
12 1 (0.064%) Trello
Business Applications
1 16 (1.02%) TrackWise
2 14 (0.89%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (0.83%) Salesforce CRM
4 10 (0.64%) SAP S/4HANA
5 8 (0.51%) NetSuite
6 5 (0.32%) SAP CRM
6 5 (0.32%) SAP QM
7 4 (0.26%) SAP BPC
7 4 (0.26%) SAP CO
7 4 (0.26%) SAP FI
7 4 (0.26%) SAP FI/CO
7 4 (0.26%) SAP WM
8 3 (0.19%) NEC Housing
8 3 (0.19%) Q-Pulse
8 3 (0.19%) SAP PM
9 2 (0.13%) Teamcenter
10 1 (0.064%) Dynamics AX
10 1 (0.064%) Lorenzo
10 1 (0.064%) SAP HCM
10 1 (0.064%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 156 (9.96%) Azure
2 119 (7.59%) AWS
3 78 (4.98%) Power Platform
4 42 (2.68%) Microsoft 365
5 25 (1.60%) Azure DevOps
5 25 (1.60%) SaaS
6 24 (1.53%) GitHub
7 21 (1.34%) GCP
8 19 (1.21%) Cloud Computing
9 15 (0.96%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 13 (0.83%) PowerApps
11 12 (0.77%) Microsoft Purview
11 12 (0.77%) OneDrive
12 11 (0.70%) Azure Sentinel
12 11 (0.70%) OCI
12 11 (0.70%) Power Automate
12 11 (0.70%) ShareGate
13 10 (0.64%) Azure Data Factory
14 9 (0.57%) Dynamics 365
15 7 (0.45%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 214 (13.66%) VSAT
2 53 (3.38%) Firewall
3 35 (2.23%) WAN
4 32 (2.04%) 5G
5 27 (1.72%) TCP/IP
6 23 (1.47%) Ethernet
6 23 (1.47%) Network Security
7 21 (1.34%) Wireless
8 20 (1.28%) Internet
9 18 (1.15%) DNS
9 18 (1.15%) LAN
10 17 (1.08%) VPN
11 16 (1.02%) DHCP
12 15 (0.96%) Wireshark
13 14 (0.89%) RS-232
14 11 (0.70%) Bluetooth
14 11 (0.70%) SD-WAN
15 7 (0.45%) 4G
15 7 (0.45%) Broadband
15 7 (0.45%) J1939
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (4.34%) Power BI
2 59 (3.77%) SQL Server
3 36 (2.30%) Data Warehouse
4 28 (1.79%) Tableau
5 24 (1.53%) GIS
6 20 (1.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 14 (0.89%) Big Data
8 13 (0.83%) Data Lake
8 13 (0.83%) Oracle Reports
9 12 (0.77%) Relational Database
10 11 (0.70%) Metadata
11 9 (0.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 8 (0.51%) Amazon Redshift
12 8 (0.51%) Crystal Reports
12 8 (0.51%) Power Query
13 7 (0.45%) Amazon QuickSight
13 7 (0.45%) Data Mining
13 7 (0.45%) NoSQL
13 7 (0.45%) Qlik Sense
14 6 (0.38%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 126 (8.04%) JIRA
2 33 (2.11%) Rational DOORS
3 30 (1.91%) Git
4 21 (1.34%) Visual Studio
5 18 (1.15%) Jenkins
6 15 (0.96%) Rational Rhapsody
7 14 (0.89%) Selenium
8 10 (0.64%) GitLab
8 10 (0.64%) Trac
9 9 (0.57%) LabVIEW
10 7 (0.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 6 (0.38%) Postman
12 5 (0.32%) Subversion
13 4 (0.26%) Cucumber
13 4 (0.26%) Eclipse
13 4 (0.26%) Katalon Studio
14 3 (0.19%) Appium
14 3 (0.19%) ER Studio
14 3 (0.19%) ERwin
14 3 (0.19%) Maven
General
1 396 (25.27%) Social Skills
2 268 (17.10%) Analytical Skills
3 247 (15.76%) Finance
4 142 (9.06%) Pharmaceutical
5 136 (8.68%) Aerospace
5 136 (8.68%) Manufacturing
6 125 (7.98%) Electronics
7 96 (6.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 78 (4.98%) Automotive
9 53 (3.38%) Banking
10 52 (3.32%) Law
10 52 (3.32%) Presentation Skills
10 52 (3.32%) Telecoms
11 49 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
11 49 (3.13%) Marketing
12 42 (2.68%) Legal
12 42 (2.68%) Organisational Skills
13 37 (2.36%) Military
13 37 (2.36%) Retail
14 24 (1.53%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 278 (17.74%) Architect
2 214 (13.66%) Software Architect
3 199 (12.70%) Senior
4 193 (12.32%) Lead
5 173 (11.04%) Systems Engineer
6 136 (8.68%) Analyst
7 105 (6.70%) Software Engineer
8 57 (3.64%) DevOps Engineer
9 52 (3.32%) Technical Leader
10 48 (3.06%) IT Manager
11 44 (2.81%) Developer
12 41 (2.62%) Hardware Engineer
12 41 (2.62%) Validation Engineer
13 39 (2.49%) Senior Systems Engineer
14 38 (2.43%) QA Manager
14 38 (2.43%) Senior Software Engineer
15 35 (2.23%) Business Analyst
16 33 (2.11%) Embedded Engineer
17 32 (2.04%) Consultant
18 30 (1.91%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (2.43%) HTML
2 32 (2.04%) XML
3 31 (1.98%) CSS
4 24 (1.53%) .NET
5 22 (1.40%) JSON
6 17 (1.08%) Pandas
7 16 (1.02%) React
8 15 (0.96%) EDI
9 12 (0.77%) .NET Core
9 12 (0.77%) REST
10 11 (0.70%) WPF
10 11 (0.70%) Yocto
11 10 (0.64%) AngularJS
11 10 (0.64%) Lightning Web Components
11 10 (0.64%) Middleware
11 10 (0.64%) NumPy
11 10 (0.64%) Qt
12 9 (0.57%) Web Services
13 8 (0.51%) .NET Framework
13 8 (0.51%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 123 (7.85%) Management Information System
2 67 (4.28%) Self-Motivation
3 65 (4.15%) Algorithms
4 44 (2.81%) Life Science
5 33 (2.11%) Product Ownership
6 29 (1.85%) Robotics
7 24 (1.53%) FPGA
8 23 (1.47%) IoT
9 22 (1.40%) Analogue Electronics
9 22 (1.40%) Embedded Systems
10 21 (1.34%) Onboarding
11 20 (1.28%) PDA
12 18 (1.15%) Biopharmaceutical
12 18 (1.15%) Cloud Native
13 17 (1.08%) GNSS
14 16 (1.02%) NHS
15 15 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
15 15 (0.96%) LIMS
15 15 (0.96%) Security Operations Centre
16 11 (0.70%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 136 (8.68%) Linux
2 39 (2.49%) Windows
3 14 (0.89%) Android
4 12 (0.77%) Apple iOS
5 11 (0.70%) Windows Server
6 9 (0.57%) Embedded Linux
7 8 (0.51%) Debian
7 8 (0.51%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.19%) Unix
9 1 (0.064%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 301 (19.21%) Agile
2 295 (18.83%) Actionable Insight
3 284 (18.12%) Problem-Solving
4 278 (17.74%) Requirements Management
5 276 (17.61%) Verification and Validation
6 274 (17.49%) Model Validation
7 234 (14.93%) TOGAF
8 223 (14.23%) Network Architecture
9 222 (14.17%) Technical Architecture
10 215 (13.72%) Network Management
11 185 (11.81%) Project Management
12 181 (11.55%) Systems Engineering
13 160 (10.21%) Software Engineering
14 144 (9.19%) Computer Science
15 142 (9.06%) DevOps
16 137 (8.74%) Collaborative Working
17 135 (8.62%) Continuous Improvement
18 134 (8.55%) Mentoring
19 127 (8.10%) Decision-Making
20 115 (7.34%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 199 (12.70%) Python
2 168 (10.72%) SQL
3 96 (6.13%) C
4 83 (5.30%) MATLAB
5 77 (4.91%) C#
6 68 (4.34%) C++
7 42 (2.68%) JavaScript
8 33 (2.11%) PowerShell
9 32 (2.04%) Java
10 29 (1.85%) R
11 23 (1.47%) Bash
12 18 (1.15%) Perl
13 13 (0.83%) T-SQL
14 12 (0.77%) Ada
15 10 (0.64%) Embedded C
15 10 (0.64%) TypeScript
15 10 (0.64%) XAML
16 7 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 6 (0.38%) Apex Code
17 6 (0.38%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 498 (31.78%) Degree
2 305 (19.46%) Security Cleared
3 118 (7.53%) SC Cleared
4 89 (5.68%) BPSS Clearance
5 76 (4.85%) DV Cleared
6 56 (3.57%) Master's Degree
7 36 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
8 34 (2.17%) CISSP
9 33 (2.11%) DBS Check
10 25 (1.60%) Cisco Certification
11 24 (1.53%) HNC
12 22 (1.40%) HND
13 18 (1.15%) CISM
13 18 (1.15%) PhD
14 16 (1.02%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 16 (1.02%) CCSP
14 16 (1.02%) TOGAF Certification
15 14 (0.89%) CISA
15 14 (0.89%) PCI QSA
16 13 (0.83%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (8.81%) QA
2 66 (4.21%) GMP
3 54 (3.45%) Data Quality
4 52 (3.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 44 (2.81%) NIST
6 40 (2.55%) PMO
7 28 (1.79%) GLP
8 26 (1.66%) PCI DSS
9 24 (1.53%) GxP
10 23 (1.47%) Good Clinical Practice
11 19 (1.21%) Def Stans
12 18 (1.15%) GDPR
12 18 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 15288
13 15 (0.96%) Automotive SPICE
13 15 (0.96%) ISO 26262
14 13 (0.83%) Accessibility
15 11 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
15 11 (0.70%) ISO 9001
16 10 (0.64%) NIST 800
17 8 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 72 (4.59%) Docker
2 49 (3.13%) Firmware
3 31 (1.98%) Active Directory
4 30 (1.91%) Virtual Machines
5 16 (1.02%) Hyper-V
5 16 (1.02%) pfSense
6 15 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
7 11 (0.70%) Embedded Firmware
7 11 (0.70%) Virtual Desktop
8 10 (0.64%) NFS
9 4 (0.26%) VMware Server
10 1 (0.064%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.064%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 69 (4.40%) Ansible
2 64 (4.08%) Terraform
3 61 (3.89%) Kubernetes
4 30 (1.91%) Functional Safety
5 17 (1.08%) Grafana
6 16 (1.02%) ZABBIX
7 12 (0.77%) Nmap
8 11 (0.70%) Microsoft Intune
9 10 (0.64%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 10 (0.64%) SCDPM
10 5 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.13%) Kibana
12 1 (0.064%) Consul
12 1 (0.064%) Jamf Pro
12 1 (0.064%) OpenNMS
12 1 (0.064%) Packer
12 1 (0.064%) Podman
12 1 (0.064%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.064%) Prometheus
12 1 (0.064%) Salt
Vendors
1 159 (10.15%) Microsoft
2 43 (2.74%) Salesforce
3 42 (2.68%) SAP
4 34 (2.17%) VMware
5 29 (1.85%) Oracle
6 28 (1.79%) Google
7 26 (1.66%) EMC
8 19 (1.21%) Databricks
8 19 (1.21%) IBM
9 16 (1.02%) Fortinet
9 16 (1.02%) Juniper
10 14 (0.89%) Veeam
11 13 (0.83%) Cisco
12 12 (0.77%) Splunk
13 11 (0.70%) Nintex
13 11 (0.70%) Qualys
13 11 (0.70%) Rapid7
13 11 (0.70%) Thycotic
14 10 (0.64%) Alteryx
14 10 (0.64%) McAfee