Validation Jobs in the South East

Validation
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 125 123 223
Rank change year-on-year -2 +100 -39
Permanent jobs citing Validation 350 380 296
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 2.08% 2.63% 1.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.46% 2.78% 1.58%
Number of salaries quoted 165 126 170
10th Percentile £34,750 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £39,490 £46,063 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £63,750 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,500 £78,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,216 13,675 18,679
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 84.52% 94.51% 94.39%
Number of salaries quoted 9,913 7,963 11,906
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £86,200 £82,500
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 East

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

Job vacancy trend for Validation in the South East

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Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Validation in the South East

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Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Validation in the South East over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Validation in the South East

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Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the South East region over the 6 months to 11 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
Thames Valley +30 178 £52,500 +5.00% 88
Berkshire +79 105 £52,500 -32.26% 32
Surrey -15 61 £46,750 -25.20% 17
Kent -28 54 £55,000 +22.77% 16
Oxfordshire +17 48 £54,500 +57.95% 41
Buckinghamshire -53 25 £40,000 -20.00% 15
West Sussex +14 24 £46,000 -16.36% 3
Hampshire -26 19 £62,500 +4.17% 38
Sussex - 8 £62,500 -
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (3.71%) Documentum
2 11 (3.14%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.43%) Kinematics
Applications
1 29 (8.29%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (6.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (6.29%) Simulink
3 18 (5.14%) Stateflow
4 17 (4.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 11 (3.14%) MS Visio
6 10 (2.86%) Microsoft Project
7 9 (2.57%) OrCAD
8 2 (0.57%) TargetLink
9 1 (0.29%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 13 (3.71%) TrackWise
2 7 (2.00%) Salesforce CRM
3 4 (1.14%) SAP WM
4 3 (0.86%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.29%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 19 (5.43%) Power Platform
2 16 (4.57%) Azure
3 13 (3.71%) SaaS
4 11 (3.14%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (3.14%) OneDrive
4 11 (3.14%) Power Automate
4 11 (3.14%) PowerApps
4 11 (3.14%) ShareGate
5 10 (2.86%) GitHub
6 8 (2.29%) AWS
6 8 (2.29%) GCP
7 6 (1.71%) Mavenlink
8 5 (1.43%) OCI
9 2 (0.57%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (0.57%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (0.57%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 2 (0.57%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 1 (0.29%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.29%) Azure Service Bus
10 1 (0.29%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 35 (10.00%) VSAT
2 17 (4.86%) 5G
3 16 (4.57%) Firewall
3 16 (4.57%) VPN
4 10 (2.86%) DHCP
4 10 (2.86%) DNS
5 9 (2.57%) Ethernet
6 7 (2.00%) 4G
6 7 (2.00%) J1939
6 7 (2.00%) Wireless
7 6 (1.71%) Bluetooth
7 6 (1.71%) IPv4
7 6 (1.71%) TCP/IP
8 5 (1.43%) Internet
8 5 (1.43%) RFID
9 3 (0.86%) Broadband
10 1 (0.29%) GPRS
10 1 (0.29%) GSM
10 1 (0.29%) ISDN
10 1 (0.29%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (7.14%) SQL Server
2 19 (5.43%) Power BI
3 13 (3.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 9 (2.57%) Relational Database
5 8 (2.29%) Crystal Reports
5 8 (2.29%) Tableau
6 7 (2.00%) Big Data
7 5 (1.43%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (1.43%) Oracle Reports
7 5 (1.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (1.14%) GIS
9 2 (0.57%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.29%) DTS
10 1 (0.29%) Metadata
10 1 (0.29%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 32 (9.14%) JIRA
2 13 (3.71%) Git
3 10 (2.86%) Jenkins
3 10 (2.86%) Trac
4 5 (1.43%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.86%) GitLab
5 3 (0.86%) Rational DOORS
5 3 (0.86%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.57%) Apache Continuum
7 1 (0.29%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.29%) LabVIEW
7 1 (0.29%) Subversion
General
1 108 (30.86%) Social Skills
2 69 (19.71%) Analytical Skills
3 50 (14.29%) Manufacturing
4 45 (12.86%) Pharmaceutical
5 36 (10.29%) Electronics
6 29 (8.29%) Telecoms
7 24 (6.86%) Automotive
8 20 (5.71%) Aerospace
8 20 (5.71%) Finance
9 14 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
10 13 (3.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 12 (3.43%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (2.57%) Legal
13 8 (2.29%) Military
14 7 (2.00%) Public Sector
15 5 (1.43%) Aviation
15 5 (1.43%) Marketing
15 5 (1.43%) Retail
16 4 (1.14%) Banking
16 4 (1.14%) Law
Job Titles
1 61 (17.43%) Systems Engineer
2 58 (16.57%) Senior
3 35 (10.00%) Architect
3 35 (10.00%) Software Architect
4 31 (8.86%) QA Manager
5 30 (8.57%) IT Manager
6 28 (8.00%) Lead
6 28 (8.00%) Software Engineer
7 23 (6.57%) Senior Systems Engineer
8 20 (5.71%) Systems Manager
9 19 (5.43%) Analyst
10 17 (4.86%) Consultant
11 14 (4.00%) Hardware Engineer
11 14 (4.00%) Senior Hardware Engineer
12 13 (3.71%) Data Integrity Manager
13 12 (3.43%) Electronics Engineer
13 12 (3.43%) Embedded Engineer
14 11 (3.14%) Associate Director
14 11 (3.14%) Embedded Software Engineer
15 10 (2.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.86%) CSS
1 10 (2.86%) HTML
1 10 (2.86%) XML
2 9 (2.57%) JSON
3 8 (2.29%) .NET
4 6 (1.71%) WPF
5 4 (1.14%) Middleware
6 3 (0.86%) Unreal Engine
7 2 (0.57%) OpenCV
7 2 (0.57%) PyTorch
7 2 (0.57%) scikit-learn
7 2 (0.57%) TensorFlow
7 2 (0.57%) Vue
8 1 (0.29%) .NET Core
8 1 (0.29%) AngularJS
8 1 (0.29%) ASP.NET Web API
8 1 (0.29%) Blazor
8 1 (0.29%) React
8 1 (0.29%) Svelte
8 1 (0.29%) Tkinter
Miscellaneous
1 42 (12.00%) Management Information System
2 24 (6.86%) Algorithms
3 18 (5.14%) Embedded Systems
4 16 (4.57%) Life Science
5 15 (4.29%) IoT
6 14 (4.00%) LIMS
7 13 (3.71%) FPGA
8 12 (3.43%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (2.29%) PCIe
10 5 (1.43%) Biopharmaceutical
10 5 (1.43%) GNSS
10 5 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (1.14%) Analogue Electronics
11 4 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (1.14%) PDA
12 3 (0.86%) Driving Licence
12 3 (0.86%) Legacy Applications
12 3 (0.86%) Mobile App
12 3 (0.86%) Renewable Energy
12 3 (0.86%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 20 (5.71%) Linux
2 14 (4.00%) Windows
3 10 (2.86%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (22.86%) Verification and Validation
2 74 (21.14%) Problem-Solving
3 54 (15.43%) Actionable Insight
4 49 (14.00%) Requirements Management
5 48 (13.71%) Mentoring
6 45 (12.86%) Project Management
7 43 (12.29%) Model Validation
7 43 (12.29%) QMS
8 41 (11.71%) Software Engineering
9 39 (11.14%) Decision-Making
10 38 (10.86%) Systems Engineering
11 35 (10.00%) Biotechnology
11 35 (10.00%) Change Control
11 35 (10.00%) Network Architecture
11 35 (10.00%) Network Management
11 35 (10.00%) Technical Architecture
11 35 (10.00%) TOGAF
12 33 (9.43%) Continuous Improvement
13 32 (9.14%) Business Intelligence
14 31 (8.86%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 41 (11.71%) Python
2 38 (10.86%) SQL
3 33 (9.43%) C
4 32 (9.14%) MATLAB
5 22 (6.29%) C#
6 18 (5.14%) C++
7 13 (3.71%) PowerShell
8 6 (1.71%) Fortran
8 6 (1.71%) T-SQL
9 5 (1.43%) Ada
9 5 (1.43%) JavaScript
9 5 (1.43%) Perl
9 5 (1.43%) Tcl
9 5 (1.43%) XAML
10 4 (1.14%) R
11 2 (0.57%) SystemVerilog
12 1 (0.29%) Assembly Language
12 1 (0.29%) Bash
12 1 (0.29%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 135 (38.57%) Degree
2 53 (15.14%) Security Cleared
3 32 (9.14%) Master's Degree
4 29 (8.29%) SC Cleared
5 11 (3.14%) ITIL Certification
6 10 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (2.86%) DBS Check
7 8 (2.29%) DV Cleared
7 8 (2.29%) HNC
7 8 (2.29%) HND
8 7 (2.00%) PhD
9 6 (1.71%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.14%) CESG Certified Professional
10 4 (1.14%) EMC Certification
10 4 (1.14%) PMI Certification
10 4 (1.14%) PMP
11 3 (0.86%) Numerate Degree
12 2 (0.57%) NVQ Level 4
13 1 (0.29%) MCAD
13 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (18.57%) QA
2 34 (9.71%) GMP
3 13 (3.71%) Good Clinical Practice
3 13 (3.71%) GxP
4 12 (3.43%) ISO 26262
5 11 (3.14%) Automotive SPICE
6 7 (2.00%) GDPR
7 4 (1.14%) GLP
7 4 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.86%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.57%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 15288
10 1 (0.29%) ECSS
10 1 (0.29%) IEC 61131
10 1 (0.29%) ISO 13485
10 1 (0.29%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.29%) JTAG
10 1 (0.29%) SLA
System Software
1 24 (6.86%) Firmware
2 23 (6.57%) Virtual Machines
3 21 (6.00%) Active Directory
4 16 (4.57%) Hyper-V
4 16 (4.57%) pfSense
5 10 (2.86%) Docker
5 10 (2.86%) NFS
6 4 (1.14%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 20 (5.71%) Functional Safety
2 16 (4.57%) Grafana
2 16 (4.57%) ZABBIX
3 10 (2.86%) Ansible
3 10 (2.86%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
3 10 (2.86%) SCDPM
Vendors
1 52 (14.86%) Microsoft
2 16 (4.57%) Fortinet
2 16 (4.57%) Juniper
2 16 (4.57%) Salesforce
2 16 (4.57%) VMware
3 14 (4.00%) EMC
4 11 (3.14%) Nintex
5 10 (2.86%) McAfee
5 10 (2.86%) Veeam
6 8 (2.29%) Google
6 8 (2.29%) SAP
7 6 (1.71%) Oracle
8 5 (1.43%) Alteryx
9 3 (0.86%) Atlassian
9 3 (0.86%) Facebook
9 3 (0.86%) Instagram
9 3 (0.86%) Synopsys
10 2 (0.57%) OpenAI
10 2 (0.57%) Thales
11 1 (0.29%) Vertica