Validation Jobs in the South West

Validation
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 7 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 82 114 122
Rank change year-on-year +32 +8 +34
Permanent jobs citing Validation 303 171 249
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 2.93% 2.62% 2.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.66% 2.77% 3.04%
Number of salaries quoted 95 51 61
10th Percentile £36,875 £48,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £56,219 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £69,447 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.40% +54.33% -30.77%
75th Percentile £62,500 £78,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £68,800 £95,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £57,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +9.65% +3.64%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,281 6,181 8,189
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 80.19% 94.54% 95.18%
Number of salaries quoted 5,874 3,486 5,043
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,436 £54,222 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.14% +8.44% +8.70%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,627 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Validation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Validation in the South West

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Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Validation in the South West

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Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Validation in the South West over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Validation in the South West

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Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the South West region over the 6 months to 7 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
Bristol +39 106 £55,000 -21.43% 42
Wiltshire +5 54 £35,000 -48.15% 13
Gloucestershire -18 51 £47,500 -40.63% 13
Dorset +8 48 £40,000 -41.82% 10
Devon +17 36 £42,500 -11.46% 17
Somerset +1 5 £47,500 -2.56% 18
Cornwall -18 1 £46,890 - 1
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Applications
1 16 (5.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (3.96%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (2.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.65%) MS Visio
4 5 (1.65%) OrCAD
4 5 (1.65%) SOLIDWORKS
5 4 (1.32%) Simulink
5 4 (1.32%) Stateflow
6 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.98%) SAP QM
2 3 (0.99%) Q-Pulse
Cloud Services
1 54 (17.82%) AWS
2 43 (14.19%) Azure
3 6 (1.98%) Power Platform
4 5 (1.65%) OCI
5 3 (0.99%) SaaS
5 3 (0.99%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 32 (10.56%) VSAT
2 12 (3.96%) RS-232
2 12 (3.96%) WAN
3 11 (3.63%) 5G
3 11 (3.63%) Ethernet
3 11 (3.63%) SD-WAN
4 3 (0.99%) Broadband
4 3 (0.99%) Internet
5 1 (0.33%) LAN
5 1 (0.33%) Network Security
5 1 (0.33%) SAN
5 1 (0.33%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.98%) Power BI
1 6 (1.98%) Qlik Sense
1 6 (1.98%) Tableau
2 4 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.66%) Relational Database
3 2 (0.66%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.33%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.33%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 38 (12.54%) JIRA
2 16 (5.28%) Rational DOORS
3 14 (4.62%) Visual Studio
4 7 (2.31%) Rational Rhapsody
5 6 (1.98%) Git
6 5 (1.65%) LabVIEW
7 4 (1.32%) Cucumber
7 4 (1.32%) Selenium
7 4 (1.32%) Subversion
General
1 83 (27.39%) Social Skills
2 78 (25.74%) Aerospace
3 51 (16.83%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (10.89%) Finance
5 32 (10.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 31 (10.23%) Law
7 30 (9.90%) Manufacturing
8 28 (9.24%) Presentation Skills
9 27 (8.91%) Electronics
10 25 (8.25%) Banking
10 25 (8.25%) Organisational Skills
11 24 (7.92%) Influencing Skills
12 23 (7.59%) Investment Banking
13 19 (6.27%) Marketing
14 14 (4.62%) Pharmaceutical
15 12 (3.96%) Military
16 6 (1.98%) Games
16 6 (1.98%) Telecoms
17 5 (1.65%) Aviation
18 4 (1.32%) French Language
Job Titles
1 67 (22.11%) Architect
2 60 (19.80%) Systems Engineer
3 53 (17.49%) Lead
4 38 (12.54%) DevOps Engineer
5 33 (10.89%) Senior
6 32 (10.56%) Software Architect
7 22 (7.26%) Senior Software Engineer
7 22 (7.26%) Software Engineer
8 17 (5.61%) Solutions Architect
9 13 (4.29%) Technical Architect
10 11 (3.63%) Project Leader
10 11 (3.63%) Technical Leader
10 11 (3.63%) Technical Project Leader
11 10 (3.30%) Analyst
12 9 (2.97%) RF Engineer
13 8 (2.64%) Linux Engineer
13 8 (2.64%) Linux Systems Engineer
13 8 (2.64%) Software Project Leader
14 7 (2.31%) Data Manager
15 6 (1.98%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.30%) Qt
2 8 (2.64%) CSS
2 8 (2.64%) HTML
2 8 (2.64%) React
2 8 (2.64%) Yocto
3 4 (1.32%) Gherkin
3 4 (1.32%) PyTorch
3 4 (1.32%) TensorFlow
4 3 (0.99%) Middleware
5 2 (0.66%) Pandas
5 2 (0.66%) wxWidgets
5 2 (0.66%) XGBoost
6 1 (0.33%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 29 (9.57%) Self-Motivation
2 15 (4.95%) Algorithms
3 13 (4.29%) Cloud Native
3 13 (4.29%) Management Information System
4 12 (3.96%) GNSS
4 12 (3.96%) Robotics
5 11 (3.63%) Analogue Electronics
5 11 (3.63%) Analytical Mindset
6 8 (2.64%) Device Driver
6 8 (2.64%) FPGA
6 8 (2.64%) Product Ownership
7 6 (1.98%) Biopharmaceutical
7 6 (1.98%) Data Structures
7 6 (1.98%) NHS
8 4 (1.32%) Taxonomies
9 3 (0.99%) Driving Licence
10 2 (0.66%) AS400
10 2 (0.66%) Cyberattack
10 2 (0.66%) Embedded Systems
10 2 (0.66%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 77 (25.41%) Linux
2 8 (2.64%) Debian
2 8 (2.64%) Embedded Linux
2 8 (2.64%) Ubuntu
3 2 (0.66%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (32.01%) Agile
2 92 (30.36%) Actionable Insight
3 70 (23.10%) Problem-Solving
4 69 (22.77%) Collaborative Working
5 64 (21.12%) Requirements Management
6 63 (20.79%) DevOps
7 62 (20.46%) Model Validation
8 57 (18.81%) Verification and Validation
9 53 (17.49%) SDLC
10 52 (17.16%) TOGAF
11 45 (14.85%) Computer Science
11 45 (14.85%) Scrum
12 42 (13.86%) Coaching
12 42 (13.86%) Systems Engineering
13 41 (13.53%) Requirements Analysis
14 40 (13.20%) Kanban
15 38 (12.54%) CI/CD
15 38 (12.54%) Continuous Deployment
15 38 (12.54%) Continuous Integration
16 34 (11.22%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 34 (11.22%) Python
2 24 (7.92%) C++
3 19 (6.27%) Bash
4 13 (4.29%) C
5 12 (3.96%) Perl
5 12 (3.96%) SQL
6 8 (2.64%) JavaScript
7 7 (2.31%) MATLAB
8 5 (1.65%) Java
8 5 (1.65%) R
9 4 (1.32%) Julia
10 2 (0.66%) C#
10 2 (0.66%) Embedded C
10 2 (0.66%) Embedded C++
11 1 (0.33%) Scala
Qualifications
1 126 (41.58%) Security Cleared
2 106 (34.98%) Degree
3 42 (13.86%) DV Cleared
4 35 (11.55%) SC Cleared
5 33 (10.89%) BPSS Clearance
6 17 (5.61%) TOGAF Certification
7 9 (2.97%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (2.31%) Chartered Engineer
9 5 (1.65%) PhD
10 4 (1.32%) HNC
11 3 (0.99%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.66%) FFIEC
12 2 (0.66%) MBA
13 1 (0.33%) CCNP
13 1 (0.33%) Cisco Certification
13 1 (0.33%) HND
13 1 (0.33%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (10.23%) PMO
2 22 (7.26%) QA
3 9 (2.97%) GMP
4 8 (2.64%) Accessibility
5 7 (2.31%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 5 (1.65%) IEC 61508
7 5 (1.65%) ISO/IEC 12207
8 3 (0.99%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.99%) JTAG
8 3 (0.99%) NIST
9 1 (0.33%) ECSS
9 1 (0.33%) GAMP
9 1 (0.33%) GxP
System Software
1 38 (12.54%) Docker
2 14 (4.62%) Firmware
3 7 (2.31%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.33%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.33%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 39 (12.87%) Terraform
2 38 (12.54%) Ansible
2 38 (12.54%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.66%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 11 (3.63%) IBM
1 11 (3.63%) Microsoft
2 8 (2.64%) SAP
3 7 (2.31%) Oracle
4 4 (1.32%) OpenAI
5 3 (0.99%) Allen-Bradley
6 1 (0.33%) Cisco
6 1 (0.33%) Databricks
6 1 (0.33%) VMware