Validation Jobs in the UK excluding London

Validation
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 134 147 200
Rank change year-on-year +13 +53 +1
Permanent jobs citing Validation 1,499 1,402 1,420
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.11% 2.33% 2.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.52% 2.44% 2.13%
Number of salaries quoted 590 316 548
10th Percentile £34,750 £34,188 £33,060
25th Percentile £40,800 £43,067 £39,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £56,250 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +18.42% -2.86%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £72,433 £85,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £59,313
% change year-on-year -12.00% +5.37% +7.84%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59,550 57,521 66,624
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.98% 95.64% 94.06%
Number of salaries quoted 41,216 29,548 40,995
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Validation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Validation in the UK excluding London

Validation
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Validation in the UK excluding London

Validation
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Validation in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Validation in the UK excluding London

Validation
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 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 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 -13 349 £52,500 -4.55% 181
South West +45 294 £50,000 -28.57% 99
Midlands -24 263 £52,500 -4.55% 142
North of England +64 257 £51,264 -4.63% 111
North West +55 163 £49,500 -7.91% 70
West Midlands -63 140 £54,500 -0.91% 100
Scotland -8 131 £51,797 -19.23% 45
East Midlands +51 123 £42,500 -20.93% 41
East of England -24 118 £55,000 -8.33% 112
Yorkshire +60 86 £51,528 -18.21% 32
Wales +29 51 £50,000 +16.10% 18
Northern Ireland +52 39 - - 4
North East -4 8 £53,750 -30.65% 10
Validation
UK

Validation
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:

Application Platforms
1 23 (1.53%) SAS
2 18 (1.20%) IIS
3 15 (1.00%) Apache
3 15 (1.00%) Apache Spark
4 14 (0.93%) SharePoint
5 13 (0.87%) Documentum
6 8 (0.53%) CMS
7 7 (0.47%) Confluence
8 5 (0.33%) Kinematics
9 1 (0.067%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.067%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.067%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.067%) WordPress
Applications
1 104 (6.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 74 (4.94%) Microsoft Office
3 54 (3.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 42 (2.80%) Simulink
5 23 (1.53%) Stateflow
6 19 (1.27%) MS Visio
7 14 (0.93%) OrCAD
8 13 (0.87%) Microsoft Project
9 12 (0.80%) Sketch
10 5 (0.33%) SOLIDWORKS
11 2 (0.13%) EViews
11 2 (0.13%) Fusion 360
11 2 (0.13%) SPSS
11 2 (0.13%) TargetLink
12 1 (0.067%) Acrobat
12 1 (0.067%) Siemens NX
12 1 (0.067%) Spreadsheet
12 1 (0.067%) Trello
12 1 (0.067%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 16 (1.07%) Salesforce CRM
1 16 (1.07%) TrackWise
2 10 (0.67%) SAP QM
3 7 (0.47%) NetSuite
4 4 (0.27%) SAP WM
5 3 (0.20%) Q-Pulse
6 2 (0.13%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.067%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.067%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.067%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.067%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.067%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 114 (7.61%) Azure
2 90 (6.00%) AWS
3 43 (2.87%) Power Platform
4 21 (1.40%) Microsoft 365
5 18 (1.20%) SaaS
5 18 (1.20%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 16 (1.07%) Azure DevOps
6 16 (1.07%) GitHub
7 14 (0.93%) GCP
8 13 (0.87%) Figma
8 13 (0.87%) OCI
9 12 (0.80%) Power Automate
9 12 (0.80%) PowerApps
10 11 (0.73%) OneDrive
10 11 (0.73%) ShareGate
11 9 (0.60%) BlazeMeter
11 9 (0.60%) Cloud Computing
12 8 (0.53%) Azure Data Factory
13 7 (0.47%) Amazon SageMaker
13 7 (0.47%) Mavenlink
Communications & Networking
1 334 (22.28%) VSAT
2 43 (2.87%) Firewall
3 40 (2.67%) WAN
4 32 (2.13%) 5G
5 22 (1.47%) Ethernet
6 21 (1.40%) TCP/IP
7 18 (1.20%) Internet
7 18 (1.20%) Network Security
7 18 (1.20%) Wireless
8 17 (1.13%) VPN
9 14 (0.93%) Bluetooth
9 14 (0.93%) DHCP
9 14 (0.93%) DNS
10 13 (0.87%) RS-232
11 12 (0.80%) LAN
12 11 (0.73%) SD-WAN
13 9 (0.60%) Wireshark
14 7 (0.47%) 4G
14 7 (0.47%) J1939
15 6 (0.40%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (3.47%) SQL Server
2 41 (2.74%) Power BI
3 24 (1.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 14 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
4 14 (0.93%) Relational Database
4 14 (0.93%) Tableau
5 9 (0.60%) GIS
5 9 (0.60%) Oracle Reports
6 8 (0.53%) Big Data
6 8 (0.53%) Crystal Reports
6 8 (0.53%) Power Query
7 7 (0.47%) Metadata
7 7 (0.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 6 (0.40%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.20%) Amazon Redshift
9 3 (0.20%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (0.20%) Qlik Sense
10 2 (0.13%) BigQuery
11 1 (0.067%) Electronic Patient Records
11 1 (0.067%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 127 (8.47%) JIRA
2 33 (2.20%) Rational DOORS
3 26 (1.73%) Visual Studio
4 23 (1.53%) Git
5 21 (1.40%) Jenkins
6 15 (1.00%) Rational Rhapsody
6 15 (1.00%) Selenium
7 14 (0.93%) Cucumber
8 11 (0.73%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 10 (0.67%) Trac
10 9 (0.60%) Cypress.io
10 9 (0.60%) Gradle
10 9 (0.60%) JMeter
10 9 (0.60%) LabVIEW
10 9 (0.60%) Maven
11 5 (0.33%) GitLab
12 4 (0.27%) Eclipse
12 4 (0.27%) Katalon Studio
12 4 (0.27%) Postman
13 2 (0.13%) Appium
General
1 368 (24.55%) Social Skills
2 247 (16.48%) Analytical Skills
3 183 (12.21%) Finance
4 146 (9.74%) Manufacturing
5 126 (8.41%) Pharmaceutical
6 121 (8.07%) Aerospace
6 121 (8.07%) Electronics
7 120 (8.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 73 (4.87%) Automotive
9 69 (4.60%) Marketing
10 68 (4.54%) Presentation Skills
11 67 (4.47%) Law
12 60 (4.00%) Banking
13 49 (3.27%) Retail
14 45 (3.00%) Influencing Skills
15 44 (2.94%) Telecoms
16 38 (2.54%) Organisational Skills
17 30 (2.00%) Legal
17 30 (2.00%) Military
18 23 (1.53%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 390 (26.02%) Architect
2 334 (22.28%) Software Architect
3 178 (11.87%) Lead
4 169 (11.27%) Senior
5 158 (10.54%) Systems Engineer
6 107 (7.14%) Software Engineer
7 102 (6.80%) Analyst
8 50 (3.34%) DevOps Engineer
9 44 (2.94%) Technical Leader
10 42 (2.80%) Senior Systems Engineer
11 40 (2.67%) Hardware Engineer
12 38 (2.54%) IT Manager
12 38 (2.54%) QA Manager
13 34 (2.27%) Senior Software Engineer
14 31 (2.07%) Validation Engineer
15 28 (1.87%) Developer
15 28 (1.87%) Test Engineer
16 27 (1.80%) Embedded Engineer
17 25 (1.67%) Consultant
18 24 (1.60%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (1.73%) HTML
2 22 (1.47%) React
3 21 (1.40%) CSS
4 20 (1.33%) REST
5 18 (1.20%) WebRTC
6 16 (1.07%) .NET
7 15 (1.00%) XML
8 13 (0.87%) PyTorch
8 13 (0.87%) TensorFlow
9 12 (0.80%) EDI
10 11 (0.73%) Qt
10 11 (0.73%) WPF
11 10 (0.67%) Lightning Web Components
11 10 (0.67%) Spring
11 10 (0.67%) Spring Boot
11 10 (0.67%) Yocto
12 9 (0.60%) Ext JS
12 9 (0.60%) JSON
12 9 (0.60%) Pandas
13 8 (0.53%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 121 (8.07%) Management Information System
2 68 (4.54%) Self-Motivation
3 64 (4.27%) Algorithms
4 42 (2.80%) Life Science
5 24 (1.60%) Credit Risk
5 24 (1.60%) FPGA
5 24 (1.60%) Robotics
5 24 (1.60%) Taxonomies
6 23 (1.53%) IoT
7 22 (1.47%) Analogue Electronics
7 22 (1.47%) Embedded Systems
8 21 (1.40%) Biopharmaceutical
8 21 (1.40%) Product Ownership
9 19 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
10 18 (1.20%) Clustering
11 16 (1.07%) Cloud Native
12 15 (1.00%) GNSS
12 15 (1.00%) LIMS
13 14 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
14 11 (0.73%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 125 (8.34%) Linux
2 34 (2.27%) Windows
3 11 (0.73%) Windows Server
4 10 (0.67%) Embedded Linux
5 9 (0.60%) Android
6 8 (0.53%) Debian
6 8 (0.53%) Ubuntu
7 6 (0.40%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.067%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 427 (28.49%) Actionable Insight
2 394 (26.28%) Requirements Management
3 383 (25.55%) Model Validation
4 354 (23.62%) TOGAF
5 343 (22.88%) Network Architecture
6 334 (22.28%) Network Management
6 334 (22.28%) Technical Architecture
7 273 (18.21%) Agile
8 272 (18.15%) Problem-Solving
9 249 (16.61%) Verification and Validation
10 152 (10.14%) Systems Engineering
11 150 (10.01%) Software Engineering
12 138 (9.21%) DevOps
13 136 (9.07%) Project Management
14 120 (8.01%) Continuous Improvement
15 115 (7.67%) SDLC
16 108 (7.20%) Mentoring
17 107 (7.14%) Computer Science
18 104 (6.94%) Collaborative Working
19 97 (6.47%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 153 (10.21%) Python
2 139 (9.27%) SQL
3 94 (6.27%) C
4 71 (4.74%) MATLAB
5 69 (4.60%) C#
6 57 (3.80%) C++
7 38 (2.54%) JavaScript
8 32 (2.13%) PowerShell
9 28 (1.87%) R
10 24 (1.60%) Java
11 19 (1.27%) Bash
12 15 (1.00%) Perl
13 12 (0.80%) Ada
14 10 (0.67%) Embedded C
14 10 (0.67%) XAML
15 9 (0.60%) T-SQL
16 7 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 6 (0.40%) Apex Code
17 6 (0.40%) Fortran
18 5 (0.33%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 455 (30.35%) Degree
2 298 (19.88%) Security Cleared
3 120 (8.01%) SC Cleared
4 87 (5.80%) BPSS Clearance
5 63 (4.20%) DV Cleared
6 51 (3.40%) Master's Degree
7 28 (1.87%) Computer Science Degree
7 28 (1.87%) DBS Check
8 21 (1.40%) HNC
9 19 (1.27%) CISSP
9 19 (1.27%) HND
10 18 (1.20%) PhD
10 18 (1.20%) TOGAF Certification
11 15 (1.00%) Cisco Certification
12 13 (0.87%) CISM
13 12 (0.80%) ITIL Certification
14 11 (0.73%) CISA
14 11 (0.73%) PCI QSA
15 10 (0.67%) Chartered Engineer
16 7 (0.47%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (9.21%) QA
2 66 (4.40%) GMP
3 32 (2.13%) PMO
4 31 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 28 (1.87%) GLP
6 25 (1.67%) NIST
7 24 (1.60%) Data Quality
8 22 (1.47%) GxP
9 20 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 15288
10 19 (1.27%) Good Clinical Practice
10 19 (1.27%) IFRS
10 19 (1.27%) IFRS 9
11 17 (1.13%) CRD IV
11 17 (1.13%) PCI DSS
12 13 (0.87%) Automotive SPICE
12 13 (0.87%) Def Stans
12 13 (0.87%) ISO 26262
13 9 (0.60%) Accessibility
13 9 (0.60%) MISRA
14 8 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 62 (4.14%) Docker
2 50 (3.34%) Firmware
3 30 (2.00%) Virtual Machines
4 26 (1.73%) Active Directory
5 22 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
6 16 (1.07%) Hyper-V
6 16 (1.07%) pfSense
7 10 (0.67%) Embedded Firmware
7 10 (0.67%) NFS
8 6 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
8 6 (0.40%) VMware NSX
9 4 (0.27%) VMware Server
10 1 (0.067%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 60 (4.00%) Ansible
2 52 (3.47%) Kubernetes
3 51 (3.40%) Terraform
4 30 (2.00%) Functional Safety
5 16 (1.07%) Grafana
5 16 (1.07%) ZABBIX
6 10 (0.67%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
6 10 (0.67%) SCDPM
7 6 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (0.40%) Nmap
Vendors
1 141 (9.41%) Microsoft
2 41 (2.74%) Salesforce
3 40 (2.67%) VMware
4 31 (2.07%) SAP
5 25 (1.67%) EMC
6 21 (1.40%) Databricks
6 21 (1.40%) Google
7 20 (1.33%) Oracle
8 16 (1.07%) Fortinet
8 16 (1.07%) Juniper
9 15 (1.00%) IBM
10 13 (0.87%) CheckPoint
10 13 (0.87%) Veeam
11 12 (0.80%) ServiceNow
12 11 (0.73%) Nintex
13 10 (0.67%) McAfee
14 9 (0.60%) TOWER Software
15 8 (0.53%) Cisco
16 6 (0.40%) Apple
16 6 (0.40%) Minitab