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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 161 171 206
Rank change year-on-year +10 +35 +39
Permanent jobs citing Validation 1,582 1,964 2,613
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.86% 2.13% 1.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.16% 2.23% 2.06%
Number of salaries quoted 719 560 997
10th Percentile £35,728 £35,733 £35,125
25th Percentile £42,500 £48,663 £43,023
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +11.11%
75th Percentile £72,433 £78,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +11.63%

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 73,078 88,196 126,702
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.76% 95.63% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 53,838 52,122 73,896
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,250 £33,500
25th Percentile £39,750 £45,910 £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 £73,650 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £101,185 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +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 4 May 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 4 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
South East -9 349 £52,500 -4.55% 191
South West +53 299 £50,000 -28.57% 102
London -42 282 £75,000 +7.14% 188
Midlands -21 267 £52,500 -4.55% 162
North of England +55 263 £51,528 -1.85% 119
North West +61 166 £50,000 -4.76% 74
West Midlands -62 142 £54,000 -1.82% 106
East Midlands +48 125 £42,500 -10.53% 55
East of England -28 117 £55,000 -8.33% 128
Yorkshire +55 88 £51,528 -14.12% 36
North East -2 9 £53,750 -30.65% 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 25 (1.58%) SAS
2 18 (1.14%) Apache Spark
3 15 (0.95%) SharePoint
4 14 (0.88%) Apache
5 13 (0.82%) Documentum
5 13 (0.82%) IIS
6 8 (0.51%) CMS
6 8 (0.51%) Confluence
7 7 (0.44%) Anypoint
8 6 (0.38%) Jupyter
9 4 (0.25%) Kinematics
10 3 (0.19%) Smallworld
11 1 (0.063%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.063%) Microsoft Exchange
11 1 (0.063%) WordPress
Applications
1 104 (6.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 71 (4.49%) Microsoft Office
3 57 (3.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 43 (2.72%) Simulink
5 25 (1.58%) MS Visio
6 23 (1.45%) Stateflow
7 14 (0.88%) OrCAD
8 13 (0.82%) 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
11 2 (0.13%) Windchill
12 1 (0.063%) EViews
12 1 (0.063%) Siemens NX
12 1 (0.063%) Trello
Business Applications
1 17 (1.07%) Salesforce CRM
2 16 (1.01%) TrackWise
3 15 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
4 11 (0.70%) SAP QM
5 9 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
6 8 (0.51%) NetSuite
7 5 (0.32%) SAP CRM
8 4 (0.25%) SAP BPC
8 4 (0.25%) SAP CO
8 4 (0.25%) SAP FI
8 4 (0.25%) SAP FI/CO
8 4 (0.25%) SAP WM
9 3 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
9 3 (0.19%) Q-Pulse
9 3 (0.19%) SAP PM
10 2 (0.13%) Teamcenter
11 1 (0.063%) Oracle Financials
11 1 (0.063%) SAP HCM
11 1 (0.063%) thinkFolio
11 1 (0.063%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 151 (9.54%) Azure
2 113 (7.14%) AWS
3 66 (4.17%) Power Platform
4 42 (2.65%) Microsoft 365
5 31 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
6 24 (1.52%) SaaS
7 23 (1.45%) GitHub
8 21 (1.33%) Cloud Computing
9 19 (1.20%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 18 (1.14%) GCP
11 15 (0.95%) Microsoft Purview
12 14 (0.88%) Azure Sentinel
12 14 (0.88%) PowerApps
13 12 (0.76%) Dynamics 365
13 12 (0.76%) OCI
13 12 (0.76%) OneDrive
13 12 (0.76%) Power Automate
14 11 (0.70%) Azure Data Factory
14 11 (0.70%) ShareGate
15 7 (0.44%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 235 (14.85%) VSAT
2 60 (3.79%) Firewall
3 43 (2.72%) WAN
4 32 (2.02%) 5G
5 31 (1.96%) TCP/IP
6 26 (1.64%) Network Security
7 22 (1.39%) Ethernet
8 21 (1.33%) LAN
9 20 (1.26%) Wireless
10 18 (1.14%) DNS
10 18 (1.14%) Internet
10 18 (1.14%) Wireshark
11 17 (1.07%) VPN
12 15 (0.95%) DHCP
13 13 (0.82%) RS-232
14 11 (0.70%) Bluetooth
14 11 (0.70%) SD-WAN
15 7 (0.44%) 4G
15 7 (0.44%) J1939
16 6 (0.38%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (4.24%) SQL Server
2 56 (3.54%) Power BI
3 35 (2.21%) Data Warehouse
4 24 (1.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 22 (1.39%) Tableau
6 19 (1.20%) GIS
7 18 (1.14%) Relational Database
8 14 (0.88%) Data Lake
8 14 (0.88%) Oracle Reports
9 13 (0.82%) Big Data
10 12 (0.76%) Metadata
11 11 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 9 (0.57%) Amazon Redshift
12 9 (0.57%) Power Query
13 8 (0.51%) Crystal Reports
14 7 (0.44%) Amazon QuickSight
14 7 (0.44%) Data Mining
15 6 (0.38%) SAP HANA
16 5 (0.32%) NoSQL
17 4 (0.25%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 116 (7.33%) JIRA
2 33 (2.09%) Rational DOORS
3 26 (1.64%) Git
4 22 (1.39%) Visual Studio
5 19 (1.20%) Jenkins
5 19 (1.20%) Selenium
6 15 (0.95%) Rational Rhapsody
7 12 (0.76%) GitLab
8 11 (0.70%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 10 (0.63%) Trac
10 9 (0.57%) LabVIEW
11 6 (0.38%) Cucumber
11 6 (0.38%) Postman
12 4 (0.25%) Eclipse
12 4 (0.25%) Katalon Studio
13 3 (0.19%) Appium
13 3 (0.19%) ER Studio
13 3 (0.19%) ERwin
13 3 (0.19%) Maven
14 2 (0.13%) Apache Continuum
General
1 430 (27.18%) Social Skills
2 268 (16.94%) Analytical Skills
3 244 (15.42%) Finance
4 142 (8.98%) Manufacturing
5 141 (8.91%) Pharmaceutical
6 120 (7.59%) Aerospace
7 116 (7.33%) Electronics
8 101 (6.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 77 (4.87%) Automotive
10 66 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
11 64 (4.05%) Banking
12 52 (3.29%) Influencing Skills
13 50 (3.16%) Law
14 48 (3.03%) Retail
15 45 (2.84%) Marketing
16 44 (2.78%) Telecoms
17 43 (2.72%) Organisational Skills
18 42 (2.65%) Legal
19 29 (1.83%) Military
20 24 (1.52%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 317 (20.04%) Architect
2 235 (14.85%) Software Architect
3 205 (12.96%) Senior
4 195 (12.33%) Lead
5 147 (9.29%) Analyst
6 143 (9.04%) Systems Engineer
7 99 (6.26%) Software Engineer
8 53 (3.35%) Technical Leader
9 52 (3.29%) DevOps Engineer
10 46 (2.91%) IT Manager
11 40 (2.53%) Developer
12 39 (2.47%) Hardware Engineer
13 38 (2.40%) Business Analyst
13 38 (2.40%) QA Manager
13 38 (2.40%) Senior Software Engineer
14 35 (2.21%) Senior Systems Engineer
15 34 (2.15%) Consultant
16 32 (2.02%) Solutions Architect
17 30 (1.90%) Data Engineer
18 29 (1.83%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (2.21%) HTML
2 31 (1.96%) XML
3 28 (1.77%) CSS
4 26 (1.64%) .NET
5 21 (1.33%) JSON
6 18 (1.14%) REST
7 17 (1.07%) Pandas
7 17 (1.07%) React
8 14 (0.88%) EDI
9 13 (0.82%) .NET Core
9 13 (0.82%) WebRTC
9 13 (0.82%) Yocto
10 12 (0.76%) Qt
11 10 (0.63%) AngularJS
11 10 (0.63%) WPF
12 9 (0.57%) Lightning Web Components
12 9 (0.57%) NumPy
13 8 (0.51%) Akka.NET
13 8 (0.51%) jQuery
13 8 (0.51%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 132 (8.34%) Management Information System
2 85 (5.37%) Self-Motivation
3 64 (4.05%) Algorithms
4 44 (2.78%) Life Science
5 34 (2.15%) Product Ownership
6 29 (1.83%) Robotics
7 24 (1.52%) Taxonomies
8 23 (1.45%) Cloud Native
8 23 (1.45%) FPGA
8 23 (1.45%) IoT
9 22 (1.39%) Analogue Electronics
9 22 (1.39%) Biopharmaceutical
9 22 (1.39%) Embedded Systems
10 19 (1.20%) Credit Risk
11 17 (1.07%) NHS
11 17 (1.07%) Onboarding
12 16 (1.01%) PDA
12 16 (1.01%) Security Operations Centre
13 15 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
13 15 (0.95%) LIMS
Operating Systems
1 127 (8.03%) Linux
2 44 (2.78%) Windows
3 19 (1.20%) Apple iOS
4 17 (1.07%) Android
5 12 (0.76%) Windows Server
6 11 (0.70%) Embedded Linux
7 8 (0.51%) Debian
7 8 (0.51%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.19%) Unix
9 1 (0.063%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 354 (22.38%) Actionable Insight
2 314 (19.85%) Agile
3 307 (19.41%) Model Validation
4 301 (19.03%) Problem-Solving
5 299 (18.90%) Requirements Management
6 255 (16.12%) TOGAF
7 244 (15.42%) Network Architecture
8 243 (15.36%) Technical Architecture
9 242 (15.30%) Verification and Validation
10 235 (14.85%) Network Management
11 176 (11.13%) Project Management
12 156 (9.86%) Systems Engineering
13 148 (9.36%) Software Engineering
14 145 (9.17%) Decision-Making
15 144 (9.10%) DevOps
16 135 (8.53%) Computer Science
17 125 (7.90%) Collaborative Working
18 124 (7.84%) Data Validation
18 124 (7.84%) Mentoring
19 117 (7.40%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 199 (12.58%) Python
2 166 (10.49%) SQL
3 94 (5.94%) C
4 76 (4.80%) MATLAB
5 75 (4.74%) C#
6 64 (4.05%) C++
7 40 (2.53%) JavaScript
7 40 (2.53%) PowerShell
8 33 (2.09%) R
9 31 (1.96%) Java
10 20 (1.26%) Bash
11 18 (1.14%) T-SQL
12 15 (0.95%) Perl
13 12 (0.76%) Ada
14 10 (0.63%) Embedded C
15 9 (0.57%) XAML
16 8 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 7 (0.44%) TypeScript
18 6 (0.38%) Fortran
19 5 (0.32%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 485 (30.66%) Degree
2 303 (19.15%) Security Cleared
3 120 (7.59%) SC Cleared
4 91 (5.75%) BPSS Clearance
5 66 (4.17%) DV Cleared
6 57 (3.60%) Master's Degree
7 36 (2.28%) CISSP
8 35 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
9 29 (1.83%) DBS Check
10 28 (1.77%) Cisco Certification
11 19 (1.20%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 19 (1.20%) CCSP
11 19 (1.20%) HNC
11 19 (1.20%) PhD
11 19 (1.20%) TOGAF Certification
12 18 (1.14%) HND
13 17 (1.07%) CISM
14 16 (1.01%) SANS
15 14 (0.88%) CISA
15 14 (0.88%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 144 (9.10%) QA
2 66 (4.17%) GMP
3 54 (3.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 45 (2.84%) NIST
5 40 (2.53%) Data Quality
6 37 (2.34%) PMO
7 30 (1.90%) PCI DSS
8 28 (1.77%) GLP
9 23 (1.45%) Good Clinical Practice
10 22 (1.39%) GxP
11 19 (1.20%) Def Stans
12 17 (1.07%) ISO/IEC 15288
13 15 (0.95%) GDPR
14 14 (0.88%) IFRS
14 14 (0.88%) IFRS 9
15 13 (0.82%) Automotive SPICE
15 13 (0.82%) ISO 26262
16 11 (0.70%) Accessibility
16 11 (0.70%) CRD IV
16 11 (0.70%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 65 (4.11%) Docker
2 49 (3.10%) Firmware
3 33 (2.09%) Active Directory
4 31 (1.96%) Virtual Machines
5 20 (1.26%) VMware Infrastructure
6 16 (1.01%) Hyper-V
6 16 (1.01%) pfSense
7 14 (0.88%) Virtual Desktop
8 10 (0.63%) Embedded Firmware
8 10 (0.63%) NFS
9 4 (0.25%) VMware Server
10 1 (0.063%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.063%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 63 (3.98%) Ansible
2 58 (3.67%) Terraform
3 55 (3.48%) Kubernetes
4 30 (1.90%) Functional Safety
5 17 (1.07%) Grafana
6 16 (1.01%) ZABBIX
7 15 (0.95%) Nmap
8 14 (0.88%) Microsoft Intune
9 10 (0.63%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 10 (0.63%) SCDPM
10 5 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.13%) Kibana
12 1 (0.063%) IBM BigFix
12 1 (0.063%) Jamf Pro
12 1 (0.063%) OpenNMS
12 1 (0.063%) Packer
12 1 (0.063%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.063%) Prometheus
12 1 (0.063%) Puppet
12 1 (0.063%) Salt
Vendors
1 182 (11.50%) Microsoft
2 51 (3.22%) Salesforce
3 47 (2.97%) SAP
4 39 (2.47%) VMware
5 30 (1.90%) Oracle
6 25 (1.58%) Databricks
6 25 (1.58%) EMC
6 25 (1.58%) Google
7 19 (1.20%) IBM
8 16 (1.01%) Fortinet
8 16 (1.01%) Juniper
8 16 (1.01%) Splunk
9 14 (0.88%) CheckPoint
9 14 (0.88%) Qualys
9 14 (0.88%) Rapid7
9 14 (0.88%) Thycotic
10 13 (0.82%) Veeam
11 12 (0.76%) Cisco
12 11 (0.70%) Nintex
13 10 (0.63%) Alteryx