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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 80 132 127
Rank change year-on-year +52 -5 +50
Permanent jobs citing Validation 291 161 207
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 3.18% 2.30% 2.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.78% 2.43% 2.74%
Number of salaries quoted 82 41 59
10th Percentile £36,875 £42,500 £37,265
25th Percentile £37,500 £55,000 £42,081
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £69,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.54% +53.33% -14.29%
75th Percentile £62,500 £72,500 £69,375
90th Percentile £63,975 £90,000 £88,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +13.21%

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 7,698 6,620 7,544
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 84.16% 94.53% 95.08%
Number of salaries quoted 5,535 3,691 4,984
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,500 £30,892
25th Percentile £37,500 £39,250 £38,037
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% +5.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
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 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 27 April 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 27 April 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 +37 105 £53,750 -23.21% 50
Wiltshire +14 63 £35,000 -48.15% 10
Dorset +18 47 £40,000 -23.81% 7
Gloucestershire -8 41 £29,000 -63.75% 4
Devon +19 30 £42,500 -17.48% 13
Somerset -9 4 - - 19
Cornwall - 1 £46,890 - 3
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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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.34%) Anypoint
Applications
1 23 (7.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (4.12%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (3.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (2.06%) MS Visio
5 5 (1.72%) OrCAD
5 5 (1.72%) SOLIDWORKS
6 4 (1.37%) Simulink
6 4 (1.37%) Stateflow
7 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (4.12%) SAP QM
2 3 (1.03%) Q-Pulse
Cloud Services
1 51 (17.53%) AWS
2 32 (11.00%) Azure
3 5 (1.72%) OCI
4 3 (1.03%) SaaS
4 3 (1.03%) Smartsheet
5 2 (0.69%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 33 (11.34%) VSAT
2 12 (4.12%) RS-232
3 11 (3.78%) Ethernet
3 11 (3.78%) WAN
4 10 (3.44%) 5G
4 10 (3.44%) SD-WAN
5 3 (1.03%) Broadband
5 3 (1.03%) Internet
6 1 (0.34%) LAN
6 1 (0.34%) Network Security
6 1 (0.34%) SAN
6 1 (0.34%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.69%) Power BI
1 2 (0.69%) Qlik Sense
1 2 (0.69%) Relational Database
1 2 (0.69%) SQL Server
1 2 (0.69%) Tableau
2 1 (0.34%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 33 (11.34%) JIRA
2 16 (5.50%) Rational DOORS
3 11 (3.78%) Visual Studio
4 7 (2.41%) Rational Rhapsody
5 5 (1.72%) LabVIEW
5 5 (1.72%) Selenium
6 4 (1.37%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.69%) Git
8 1 (0.34%) SpecFlow
General
1 91 (31.27%) Social Skills
2 67 (23.02%) Aerospace
3 46 (15.81%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (12.71%) Manufacturing
5 35 (12.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 30 (10.31%) Finance
7 29 (9.97%) Organisational Skills
7 29 (9.97%) Presentation Skills
8 28 (9.62%) Law
9 26 (8.93%) Electronics
9 26 (8.93%) Influencing Skills
10 23 (7.90%) Banking
11 21 (7.22%) Investment Banking
12 16 (5.50%) Marketing
13 13 (4.47%) Pharmaceutical
14 8 (2.75%) Military
15 7 (2.41%) Telecoms
16 6 (2.06%) Games
17 5 (1.72%) Aviation
18 4 (1.37%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 78 (26.80%) Architect
2 47 (16.15%) Systems Engineer
3 44 (15.12%) Lead
4 33 (11.34%) Software Architect
5 32 (11.00%) DevOps Engineer
6 27 (9.28%) Senior
7 21 (7.22%) Senior Software Engineer
7 21 (7.22%) Software Engineer
8 20 (6.87%) Solutions Architect
9 17 (5.84%) Technical Architect
10 12 (4.12%) Technologist
11 10 (3.44%) Project Leader
11 10 (3.44%) Technical Leader
11 10 (3.44%) Technical Project Leader
12 8 (2.75%) Data Architect
12 8 (2.75%) Linux Engineer
12 8 (2.75%) Linux Systems Engineer
13 7 (2.41%) Data Manager
13 7 (2.41%) Software Project Leader
14 6 (2.06%) QA Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.12%) Qt
2 10 (3.44%) Yocto
3 6 (2.06%) CSS
3 6 (2.06%) HTML
3 6 (2.06%) React
4 5 (1.72%) Gherkin
5 4 (1.37%) PyTorch
5 4 (1.37%) TensorFlow
6 2 (0.69%) Pandas
6 2 (0.69%) wxWidgets
6 2 (0.69%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 28 (9.62%) Self-Motivation
2 17 (5.84%) Cloud Native
3 15 (5.15%) Algorithms
4 12 (4.12%) Biopharmaceutical
5 11 (3.78%) Analogue Electronics
5 11 (3.78%) Analytical Mindset
5 11 (3.78%) Robotics
6 10 (3.44%) Device Driver
7 9 (3.09%) GNSS
7 9 (3.09%) Management Information System
8 8 (2.75%) FPGA
8 8 (2.75%) Taxonomies
9 7 (2.41%) NHS
10 6 (2.06%) Product Ownership
11 3 (1.03%) Driving Licence
12 2 (0.69%) AS400
12 2 (0.69%) Cyberattack
12 2 (0.69%) Data Structures
12 2 (0.69%) Embedded Systems
12 2 (0.69%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 70 (24.05%) Linux
2 10 (3.44%) Embedded Linux
3 8 (2.75%) Debian
3 8 (2.75%) Ubuntu
4 2 (0.69%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (37.46%) Actionable Insight
2 87 (29.90%) Agile
3 69 (23.71%) Problem-Solving
4 68 (23.37%) Requirements Management
5 67 (23.02%) Model Validation
6 61 (20.96%) Collaborative Working
7 59 (20.27%) DevOps
8 52 (17.87%) TOGAF
9 45 (15.46%) Requirements Analysis
10 44 (15.12%) SDLC
11 42 (14.43%) Verification and Validation
12 41 (14.09%) Computer Science
13 40 (13.75%) Coaching
14 39 (13.40%) Scrum
15 34 (11.68%) Kanban
15 34 (11.68%) Technical Leadership
16 33 (11.34%) Network Architecture
16 33 (11.34%) Network Management
16 33 (11.34%) Systems Engineering
16 33 (11.34%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 24 (8.25%) Python
2 22 (7.56%) C++
3 16 (5.50%) Bash
4 14 (4.81%) C
5 9 (3.09%) Perl
6 7 (2.41%) MATLAB
6 7 (2.41%) SQL
7 6 (2.06%) JavaScript
8 4 (1.37%) Java
9 3 (1.03%) C#
10 2 (0.69%) Embedded C
10 2 (0.69%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 127 (43.64%) Security Cleared
2 105 (36.08%) Degree
3 39 (13.40%) DV Cleared
4 36 (12.37%) SC Cleared
5 33 (11.34%) BPSS Clearance
6 19 (6.53%) TOGAF Certification
7 9 (3.09%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (2.06%) Chartered Engineer
9 5 (1.72%) PhD
10 4 (1.37%) HNC
11 3 (1.03%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.69%) FFIEC
12 2 (0.69%) MBA
13 1 (0.34%) CCNP
13 1 (0.34%) Cisco Certification
13 1 (0.34%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (9.97%) QA
2 28 (9.62%) PMO
3 9 (3.09%) GMP
4 7 (2.41%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (2.06%) Accessibility
5 6 (2.06%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 5 (1.72%) IEC 61508
6 5 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 3 (1.03%) Data Quality
7 3 (1.03%) JTAG
8 2 (0.69%) NIST
9 1 (0.34%) ECSS
9 1 (0.34%) GAMP
9 1 (0.34%) GxP
System Software
1 33 (11.34%) Docker
2 15 (5.15%) Firmware
3 7 (2.41%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.34%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.34%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 33 (11.34%) Kubernetes
2 32 (11.00%) Ansible
2 32 (11.00%) Terraform
3 2 (0.69%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 15 (5.15%) SAP
2 11 (3.78%) IBM
2 11 (3.78%) Microsoft
3 7 (2.41%) Oracle
4 4 (1.37%) OpenAI
5 3 (1.03%) Allen-Bradley
6 1 (0.34%) Cisco
6 1 (0.34%) MuleSoft
6 1 (0.34%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.34%) VMware