Model Validation
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Model Validation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Model 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 454 774 891
Rank change year-on-year +320 +117 -55
Permanent jobs citing Model Validation 507 197 350
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.52% 0.19% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% 0.20% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 41 49 140
10th Percentile £47,500 - £54,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £35,733 £56,588
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,576 £65,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.58% -18.75% +6.67%
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,290 £90,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £103,911 £132,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £46,500 £69,500
% change year-on-year +18.28% -33.09% -7.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Model 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,305 100,095 147,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.64% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 59,591 58,745 83,129
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Model Validation
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Model Validation in the UK

Model Validation
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Model Validation in the UK

Model Validation
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Model Validation over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Model Validation in the UK

Model Validation
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Model Validation within the UK 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
UK excluding London +259 408 £55,000 +18.28% 37
England +301 330 £74,038 +4.28% 58
North of England +136 109 £70,576 +4.45% 7
Scotland -7 76 £70,576 +92.31% 4
North West +71 72 £32,500 -66.99% 5
South West +57 70 £55,000 -44.13% 7
London +152 68 £100,000 +17.65% 28
South East +62 46 £50,000 +29.87% 7
Yorkshire +119 37 £70,576 +92.31% 2
Northern Ireland +61 37 - - 2
Wales +40 35 - - 1
Work from Home +95 33 £62,500 +28.21% 15
Midlands +22 33 - - 5
East Midlands +11 33 - - 1
East of England +8 2 £52,500 +26.51% 4

Model 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 12 (2.37%) Anypoint
2 3 (0.59%) SAS
Applications
1 8 (1.58%) Simulink
2 6 (1.18%) Stateflow
3 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.20%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 22 (4.34%) AWS
2 10 (1.97%) GitHub
3 3 (0.59%) AWS CodeCommit
4 2 (0.39%) Amazon SageMaker
4 2 (0.39%) Azure
4 2 (0.39%) GCP
4 2 (0.39%) Serverless
4 2 (0.39%) Snowflake
5 1 (0.20%) Google Sheets
5 1 (0.20%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.20%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 392 (77.32%) VSAT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.58%) Data Mining
2 4 (0.79%) Tableau
3 3 (0.59%) Big Data
4 2 (0.39%) Amazon Redshift
4 2 (0.39%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.20%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.20%) Looker
5 1 (0.20%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (0.59%) Git
2 2 (0.39%) GitLab
2 2 (0.39%) Jenkins
General
1 59 (11.64%) Social Skills
2 33 (6.51%) Presentation Skills
3 24 (4.73%) Finance
4 19 (3.75%) Influencing Skills
5 16 (3.16%) Aerospace
6 14 (2.76%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (2.37%) Public Sector
8 9 (1.78%) Banking
9 5 (0.99%) Military
10 4 (0.79%) Games
11 3 (0.59%) Advertising
12 2 (0.39%) Automotive
12 2 (0.39%) Front Office
12 2 (0.39%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.39%) Wearables
13 1 (0.20%) Electronics
13 1 (0.20%) Legal
13 1 (0.20%) Marketing
13 1 (0.20%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 431 (85.01%) Architect
2 392 (77.32%) Software Architect
3 33 (6.51%) Senior
4 31 (6.11%) Solutions Architect
5 26 (5.13%) Developer
6 18 (3.55%) Data Scientist
7 15 (2.96%) Senior Developer
8 12 (2.37%) Oracle Developer
8 12 (2.37%) Salesforce Architect
8 12 (2.37%) Salesforce Solution Architect
8 12 (2.37%) Senior Oracle Developer
9 11 (2.17%) Analyst
10 10 (1.97%) Quantitative Developer
11 8 (1.58%) Data Architect
11 8 (1.58%) Senior Data Scientist
12 6 (1.18%) Consultant
12 6 (1.18%) Lead
13 5 (0.99%) Senior Analyst
13 5 (0.99%) Senior Consultant
14 4 (0.79%) Machine Learning Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.96%) Pandas
2 8 (1.58%) XGBoost
3 7 (1.38%) Kedro
3 7 (1.38%) NumPy
4 6 (1.18%) PyTorch
4 6 (1.18%) TensorFlow
5 2 (0.39%) Lambda Expressions
5 2 (0.39%) OpenCV
5 2 (0.39%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 16 (3.16%) Algorithms
2 9 (1.78%) Data Structures
3 8 (1.58%) Taxonomies
4 7 (1.38%) Hedge funds
5 5 (0.99%) Robotics
6 4 (0.79%) Credit Risk
6 4 (0.79%) Derivative
7 3 (0.59%) Fixed Income
8 2 (0.39%) Credit Derivative
8 2 (0.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (0.39%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.20%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.20%) Augmented Reality
9 1 (0.20%) Educational Technology
9 1 (0.20%) Linked Data
9 1 (0.20%) Market Risk
9 1 (0.20%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.20%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 471 (92.90%) Validation
2 426 (84.02%) Actionable Insight
3 411 (81.07%) Requirements Management
4 405 (79.88%) TOGAF
5 392 (77.32%) Network Architecture
5 392 (77.32%) Network Management
6 386 (76.13%) Technical Architecture
7 43 (8.48%) Artificial Intelligence
8 39 (7.69%) Agile
9 32 (6.31%) Data Science
9 32 (6.31%) DevOps
9 32 (6.31%) Machine Learning
10 28 (5.52%) Decision-Making
11 24 (4.73%) Stakeholder Management
12 22 (4.34%) Technical Leadership
13 21 (4.14%) Coaching
14 20 (3.94%) Business Analysis
14 20 (3.94%) Unit Testing
15 19 (3.75%) ArchiMate
15 19 (3.75%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 49 (9.66%) Python
2 14 (2.76%) SQL
3 11 (2.17%) MATLAB
4 9 (1.78%) R
5 7 (1.38%) C++
6 3 (0.59%) C#
6 3 (0.59%) Scala
7 2 (0.39%) C
7 2 (0.39%) Java
8 1 (0.20%) VB
8 1 (0.20%) VBA
Qualifications
1 45 (8.88%) Security Cleared
2 33 (6.51%) SC Cleared
3 29 (5.72%) Degree
4 19 (3.75%) TOGAF Certification
5 12 (2.37%) PhD
6 5 (0.99%) Master's Degree
7 4 (0.79%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.39%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.20%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (0.59%) QA
2 1 (0.20%) IFRS
2 1 (0.20%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 1 (0.20%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.20%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 14 (2.76%) Salesforce
2 12 (2.37%) MuleSoft
2 12 (2.37%) Oracle
3 6 (1.18%) OpenAI
4 4 (0.79%) Alteryx
4 4 (0.79%) Databricks
5 1 (0.20%) Google
5 1 (0.20%) Microsoft