Validation Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Validation Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Validation Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 November 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 528 568 776
Rank change year-on-year +40 +208 -10
Permanent jobs requiring a Validation Engineer 119 18 42
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.22% 0.054% 0.062%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.056% 0.065%
Number of salaries quoted 11 6 15
10th Percentile - - £38,650
25th Percentile £40,000 £44,725 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,275 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year +19.34% +3.66% +38.57%
75th Percentile - £65,938 £60,000
90th Percentile - £74,375 -
UK median annual salary £57,500 £50,275 £55,000
% change year-on-year +14.37% -8.59% +37.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 51,234 32,237 64,565
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.29% 95.96% 95.40%
Number of salaries quoted 25,261 22,133 38,771
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £66,000 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +4.35%

Validation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Validation Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Validation Engineer in the UK excluding London

Validation Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Validation Engineer in the UK excluding London

Validation Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Validation Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 15 November 2024.

Salary histogram for Validation Engineer in the UK excluding London

Validation Engineer
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 Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 15 November 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
Midlands -33 28 - - 2
South East -6 27 £40,000 - 3
South West +32 18 £60,000 -17.24% 3
North of England - 18 £40,000 -
Scotland - 16 - - 1
East Midlands -18 14 - -
West Midlands -45 14 - - 2
Yorkshire - 12 £40,000 -
East of England -52 8 - - 5
North West - 6 £55,000 -
Wales - 4 - -
Validation Engineer
UK

Validation Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 15 November 2024, Validation Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Validation Engineer in the job title.

1 119 (100.00%) Validation
2 116 (97.48%) Verification and Validation
3 110 (92.44%) Systems Engineering
4 105 (88.24%) Degree
5 64 (53.78%) Chartered Engineer
6 44 (36.97%) Agile
6 44 (36.97%) IEC 61508
7 41 (34.45%) Mathematics
7 41 (34.45%) Physics
8 40 (33.61%) Coaching
9 20 (16.81%) ISTQB
10 18 (15.13%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (5.04%) Aerospace
12 4 (3.36%) DV Cleared
12 4 (3.36%) Security Cleared
13 2 (1.68%) Firmware
13 2 (1.68%) Python
14 1 (0.84%) Microsoft Excel
14 1 (0.84%) GAMP
14 1 (0.84%) GxP
14 1 (0.84%) EMC
14 1 (0.84%) JavaScript
14 1 (0.84%) Perl
14 1 (0.84%) MySQL
14 1 (0.84%) Microsoft Office
14 1 (0.84%) Pharmaceutical
14 1 (0.84%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.84%) Quality Management
14 1 (0.84%) GAP Analysis
14 1 (0.84%) Ruby

Validation Engineer Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 1 (0.84%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.84%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.84%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.84%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 6 (5.04%) Aerospace
2 1 (0.84%) Manufacturing
2 1 (0.84%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (0.84%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (100.00%) Validation
2 116 (97.48%) Verification and Validation
3 110 (92.44%) Systems Engineering
4 44 (36.97%) Agile
5 41 (34.45%) Mathematics
5 41 (34.45%) Physics
6 40 (33.61%) Coaching
7 1 (0.84%) Customer Requirements
7 1 (0.84%) GAP Analysis
7 1 (0.84%) Knowledge Transfer
7 1 (0.84%) PLM
7 1 (0.84%) Quality Management
7 1 (0.84%) Risk Assessment
7 1 (0.84%) SDLC
7 1 (0.84%) Self-Awareness
7 1 (0.84%) UVM
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.68%) Python
2 1 (0.84%) Bash
2 1 (0.84%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.84%) Perl
2 1 (0.84%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 105 (88.24%) Degree
2 64 (53.78%) Chartered Engineer
3 20 (16.81%) ISTQB
4 18 (15.13%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (3.36%) DV Cleared
5 4 (3.36%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (36.97%) IEC 61508
2 1 (0.84%) GAMP
2 1 (0.84%) GxP
2 1 (0.84%) ISO 13485
2 1 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 2 (1.68%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (0.84%) EMC