Validation Jobs

Validation
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Validation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Validation over the 6 months leading up to 29 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 133 176 146
Rank change year-on-year +43 -30 +35
Permanent jobs citing Validation 1,516 1,217 3,668
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.99% 2.10% 2.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.37% 2.23% 2.76%
Number of salaries quoted 424 578 1,167
10th Percentile £38,734 £37,500 £34,825
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,715 £81,875
90th Percentile £93,375 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,600 £56,500 £48,500
% change year-on-year -6.90% +16.49% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Validation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 63,936 54,594 133,068
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.12% 94.33% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 30,658 39,260 75,916
10th Percentile £34,000 £32,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.35%
75th Percentile £77,688 £80,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,250 £97,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,423 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +3.66% - +5.00%

Validation
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Validation in the UK

Validation
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Validation in the UK

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Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Validation over the 6 months to 29 October 2024.

Salary histogram for Validation in the UK

Validation
Top 19 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the UK over the 6 months to 29 October 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 +34 1,341 £55,000 -12.00% 500
UK excluding London +7 1,100 £52,600 -6.90% 424
London +60 368 £70,000 -2.78% 107
Work from Home -47 356 £65,000 -3.70% 334
South East +28 343 £57,500 -11.54% 101
North of England +53 258 £47,683 -13.37% 68
North West +42 160 £47,683 -31.34% 44
South West -23 154 £60,000 +4.31% 70
East of England +4 122 £55,000 -23.61% 110
Midlands -77 98 £50,000 - 53
Scotland +20 97 £58,033 -15.25% 24
Yorkshire +31 77 £40,000 -42.40% 17
West Midlands -71 53 £50,000 - 38
East Midlands -41 45 £47,500 -15.56% 15
North East -25 21 £47,750 -31.79% 7
Wales +27 16 £44,315 -44.61% 9
Northern Ireland +2 12 £87,500 - 7
Channel Islands - 1 £55,000 -
Isle of Man - 1 - -

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 13 (0.86%) Confluence
1 13 (0.86%) SAS
2 11 (0.73%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (0.59%) SharePoint
4 8 (0.53%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 6 (0.40%) CMS
6 5 (0.33%) Kinematics
7 3 (0.20%) Apache
7 3 (0.20%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.13%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.13%) Documentum
8 2 (0.13%) Smallworld
Applications
1 99 (6.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 91 (6.00%) Simulink
3 84 (5.54%) Microsoft Office
4 15 (0.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 11 (0.73%) Stateflow
6 9 (0.59%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.26%) CANalyzer
8 3 (0.20%) Fusion 360
8 3 (0.20%) Siemens NX
8 3 (0.20%) SOLIDWORKS
9 2 (0.13%) Maple
9 2 (0.13%) Maya
9 2 (0.13%) MS Visio
9 2 (0.13%) NUKE
9 2 (0.13%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.13%) Windchill
10 1 (0.066%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.066%) Autodesk Inventor
10 1 (0.066%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 29 (1.91%) iTrent
2 4 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.20%) Endur
3 3 (0.20%) Findur
3 3 (0.20%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.13%) SAP CRM
4 2 (0.13%) SAP PM
4 2 (0.13%) TrackWise
4 2 (0.13%) Workfront
5 1 (0.066%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.066%) Infor LN
5 1 (0.066%) Lorenzo
5 1 (0.066%) Magento
5 1 (0.066%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.066%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.066%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.066%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.066%) SAP MDG-F
5 1 (0.066%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 86 (5.67%) Azure
2 77 (5.08%) Power Platform
3 73 (4.82%) AWS
4 31 (2.04%) Microsoft 365
5 29 (1.91%) SuccessFactors
6 28 (1.85%) Veeva
7 22 (1.45%) GitHub
8 17 (1.12%) GCP
9 15 (0.99%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 15 (0.99%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 14 (0.92%) Cloud Computing
11 12 (0.79%) SaaS
12 11 (0.73%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 9 (0.59%) Azure DevOps
14 7 (0.46%) Azure Data Factory
14 7 (0.46%) PowerApps
15 6 (0.40%) Contentsquare
15 6 (0.40%) Google Sheets
15 6 (0.40%) Power Automate
15 6 (0.40%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 124 (8.18%) Broadband
2 36 (2.37%) VSAT
3 34 (2.24%) Internet
4 28 (1.85%) 2G
4 28 (1.85%) 3G
4 28 (1.85%) 4G
5 26 (1.72%) 5G
5 26 (1.72%) DNS
6 21 (1.39%) DHCP
7 18 (1.19%) TCP/IP
8 16 (1.06%) Ethernet
9 15 (0.99%) RFID
10 13 (0.86%) Firewall
11 12 (0.79%) Radio Access Network
12 10 (0.66%) FlexRay
13 8 (0.53%) HTTP
13 8 (0.53%) Wireless
14 5 (0.33%) SD-WAN
14 5 (0.33%) WAN
15 4 (0.26%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (4.62%) Power BI
2 47 (3.10%) Data Warehouse
3 39 (2.57%) Tableau
4 29 (1.91%) SQL Server
5 23 (1.52%) Big Data
6 16 (1.06%) Qlik Sense
7 15 (0.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 12 (0.79%) BusinessObjects
8 12 (0.79%) Data Mining
9 11 (0.73%) GIS
9 11 (0.73%) Relational Database
10 10 (0.66%) MySQL
11 9 (0.59%) Data Lake
12 8 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
13 7 (0.46%) Metadata
14 5 (0.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 4 (0.26%) Amazon Aurora
15 4 (0.26%) Amazon RDS
15 4 (0.26%) NoSQL
16 3 (0.20%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 201 (13.26%) Rational DOORS
2 55 (3.63%) Git
3 45 (2.97%) JIRA
4 31 (2.04%) Subversion
5 17 (1.12%) Rational Rhapsody
6 13 (0.86%) Jenkins
7 11 (0.73%) Selenium
8 10 (0.66%) Postman
9 7 (0.46%) Cucumber
9 7 (0.46%) LabVIEW
10 6 (0.40%) CANoe
10 6 (0.40%) Visual Studio
11 5 (0.33%) GitLab
12 4 (0.26%) Cypress.io
12 4 (0.26%) JMeter
13 3 (0.20%) Gatling
13 3 (0.20%) Locust
13 3 (0.20%) Maven
13 3 (0.20%) REST Assured
13 3 (0.20%) SpecFlow
General
1 617 (40.70%) Social Skills
2 253 (16.69%) Analytical Skills
3 164 (10.82%) Manufacturing
4 157 (10.36%) Pharmaceutical
5 140 (9.23%) Finance
6 84 (5.54%) Military
7 78 (5.15%) Legal
8 77 (5.08%) Aerospace
9 69 (4.55%) Electronics
10 53 (3.50%) Retail
11 44 (2.90%) Law
12 40 (2.64%) Automotive
13 26 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 25 (1.65%) Organisational Skills
15 23 (1.52%) Telecoms
16 22 (1.45%) Banking
16 22 (1.45%) Marketing
17 21 (1.39%) Public Sector
18 13 (0.86%) Presentation Skills
19 10 (0.66%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 319 (21.04%) Systems Engineer
2 265 (17.48%) Senior
3 205 (13.52%) Lead
4 182 (12.01%) Requirements Engineer
5 131 (8.64%) Principal Engineer
6 128 (8.44%) Analyst
6 128 (8.44%) Team Leader
7 112 (7.39%) Principal Systems Engineer
8 97 (6.40%) Architect
9 83 (5.47%) QA Manager
10 69 (4.55%) Validation Engineer
11 65 (4.29%) Integration Engineer
12 62 (4.09%) Software Engineer
13 61 (4.02%) Systems Integration Engineer
14 59 (3.89%) System Verification Engineer
15 53 (3.50%) Software Architect
16 52 (3.43%) Embedded Engineer
17 50 (3.30%) Mechanical Engineer
17 50 (3.30%) Senior Mechanical Engineer
18 42 (2.77%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 123 (8.11%) Elastic Stack
2 55 (3.63%) Middleware
3 19 (1.25%) HTML
4 18 (1.19%) .NET
5 15 (0.99%) CSS
6 14 (0.92%) Hugging Face
7 12 (0.79%) XML
8 11 (0.73%) NumPy
8 11 (0.73%) REST
9 9 (0.59%) Pandas
10 7 (0.46%) React
10 7 (0.46%) Web Services
11 6 (0.40%) Playwright
11 6 (0.40%) PyTorch
12 5 (0.33%) ASP.NET
12 5 (0.33%) Visualforce
12 5 (0.33%) WPF
13 4 (0.26%) AngularJS
13 4 (0.26%) Oracle Fusion
13 4 (0.26%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 185 (12.20%) Management Information System
2 123 (8.11%) Private Cloud
3 66 (4.35%) Life Science
4 36 (2.37%) Algorithms
5 33 (2.18%) FPGA
6 31 (2.04%) Embedded Systems
6 31 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
7 29 (1.91%) Verilog
7 29 (1.91%) VHDL
8 27 (1.78%) Onboarding
9 26 (1.72%) ASIC
10 20 (1.32%) Data Structures
11 18 (1.19%) IoT
12 15 (0.99%) Linux Command Line
12 15 (0.99%) Product Ownership
12 15 (0.99%) Public Cloud
13 12 (0.79%) Driving Licence
14 10 (0.66%) Legacy Systems
14 10 (0.66%) Lidar
15 9 (0.59%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 188 (12.40%) Linux
2 37 (2.44%) Windows
3 28 (1.85%) Unix
4 15 (0.99%) VxWorks
5 7 (0.46%) Android
6 6 (0.40%) Windows Server
7 5 (0.33%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.26%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.13%) Windows 7
9 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.066%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 535 (35.29%) Verification and Validation
2 427 (28.17%) Agile
3 393 (25.92%) Systems Engineering
4 305 (20.12%) Problem-Solving
5 281 (18.54%) Mentoring
6 219 (14.45%) Computer Science
7 218 (14.38%) Continuous Improvement
8 197 (12.99%) CI/CD
9 185 (12.20%) Continuous Integration
10 168 (11.08%) Continuous Deployment
10 168 (11.08%) Roadmaps
11 167 (11.02%) OO
12 165 (10.88%) Change Management
13 156 (10.29%) Configuration Management
13 156 (10.29%) DevOps
14 155 (10.22%) Software Engineering
15 154 (10.16%) Coaching
16 151 (9.96%) Analytics
17 144 (9.50%) Requirements Engineering
18 136 (8.97%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 319 (21.04%) Python
2 168 (11.08%) SQL
3 151 (9.96%) Shell Script
4 133 (8.77%) Bash
5 105 (6.93%) MATLAB
6 91 (6.00%) C
7 72 (4.75%) C++
8 45 (2.97%) C#
9 40 (2.64%) JavaScript
10 38 (2.51%) Java
11 34 (2.24%) VBA
12 33 (2.18%) R
13 28 (1.85%) SystemVerilog
14 27 (1.78%) Tcl
15 26 (1.72%) Assembly Language
16 16 (1.06%) Julia
17 15 (0.99%) PowerShell
18 12 (0.79%) T-SQL
19 11 (0.73%) TypeScript
20 10 (0.66%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 581 (38.32%) Degree
2 185 (12.20%) HNC
3 169 (11.15%) Chartered Engineer
4 165 (10.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 161 (10.62%) Master's Degree
6 123 (8.11%) LPIC
6 123 (8.11%) RHCSA
7 104 (6.86%) Security Cleared
8 62 (4.09%) SC Cleared
9 51 (3.36%) HND
10 32 (2.11%) DV Cleared
11 19 (1.25%) Numerate Degree
12 15 (0.99%) PMP
13 14 (0.92%) PhD
14 13 (0.86%) CISSP
15 12 (0.79%) BPSS Clearance
16 11 (0.73%) AWS Certification
16 11 (0.73%) CISM
17 8 (0.53%) ISTQB
18 7 (0.46%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 186 (12.27%) QA
2 135 (8.91%) NIST
3 129 (8.51%) SOC 2
4 101 (6.66%) GMP
5 63 (4.16%) Data Quality
6 49 (3.23%) IEC 61508
7 36 (2.37%) Accessibility
8 28 (1.85%) Good Clinical Practice
9 25 (1.65%) ISO 26262
10 14 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 15288
11 13 (0.86%) GDPR
12 10 (0.66%) AUTOSAR
13 8 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
13 8 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 8 (0.53%) MISRA
13 8 (0.53%) MISRA C
13 8 (0.53%) PMO
14 7 (0.46%) COBIT
14 7 (0.46%) GxP
14 7 (0.46%) NIST 800
System Software
1 146 (9.63%) Docker
2 15 (0.99%) Active Directory
3 13 (0.86%) Firmware
4 9 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.20%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.13%) vSphere
8 1 (0.066%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 156 (10.29%) Ansible
2 124 (8.18%) Grafana
2 124 (8.18%) Prometheus
3 28 (1.85%) Terraform
4 18 (1.19%) Kubernetes
5 7 (0.46%) SCCM
6 6 (0.40%) Functional Safety
7 4 (0.26%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.20%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.13%) Puppet
9 2 (0.13%) Salt
10 1 (0.066%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.066%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 142 (9.37%) Microsoft
2 50 (3.30%) SAP
3 26 (1.72%) Xilinx
4 24 (1.58%) Salesforce
5 22 (1.45%) Oracle
6 20 (1.32%) Google
7 19 (1.25%) EMC
8 17 (1.12%) IBM
8 17 (1.12%) Remedy
9 14 (0.92%) Wind River
10 12 (0.79%) Nokia
11 10 (0.66%) Adobe
11 10 (0.66%) Databricks
12 9 (0.59%) VMware
13 8 (0.53%) MuleSoft
14 7 (0.46%) ServiceNow
15 6 (0.40%) Epicor
16 5 (0.33%) Cisco
16 5 (0.33%) HP
16 5 (0.33%) Infor