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 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 470 752 890
Rank change year-on-year +282 +138 -39
Permanent jobs citing Model Validation 493 222 348
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.50% 0.22% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.58% 0.23% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 41 49 135
10th Percentile £47,500 - £48,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £35,733 £55,225
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,576 £65,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.58% -18.75% +10.34%
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,290 £88,750
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% -1.42%

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 84,809 96,894 150,102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.61% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 59,843 56,945 82,179
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,550
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 9 May 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 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
UK excluding London +220 397 £55,000 +18.28% 33
England +266 321 £70,576 -0.60% 54
North of England +131 107 £70,576 +4.45% 8
Scotland -15 74 £70,576 +92.31% 4
North West +68 71 £43,750 -55.56% 6
South West +31 68 £55,000 -44.13% 6
London +120 67 £100,000 +17.65% 26
South East +28 44 £50,000 +29.87% 5
Yorkshire +113 36 £70,576 +92.31% 2
Northern Ireland +55 36 - - 1
Wales +28 34 - - 1
East Midlands +6 32 - - 1
Midlands +4 32 - - 4
Work from Home +62 21 £55,000 +12.82% 12
East of England +15 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 3 (0.61%) SAS
Applications
1 8 (1.62%) Simulink
2 6 (1.22%) Stateflow
3 4 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.20%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 21 (4.26%) AWS
2 10 (2.03%) GitHub
3 3 (0.61%) AWS CodeCommit
4 2 (0.41%) Amazon SageMaker
4 2 (0.41%) Azure
4 2 (0.41%) GCP
4 2 (0.41%) Power Platform
4 2 (0.41%) Serverless
4 2 (0.41%) Snowflake
5 1 (0.20%) Google Sheets
5 1 (0.20%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 392 (79.51%) VSAT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.62%) Data Mining
2 4 (0.81%) Tableau
3 3 (0.61%) Big Data
4 2 (0.41%) Amazon Redshift
4 2 (0.41%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.41%) Power BI
5 1 (0.20%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.20%) Looker
Development Applications
1 3 (0.61%) Git
2 2 (0.41%) GitLab
2 2 (0.41%) Jenkins
General
1 47 (9.53%) Social Skills
2 32 (6.49%) Presentation Skills
3 24 (4.87%) Finance
4 18 (3.65%) Influencing Skills
5 16 (3.25%) Aerospace
6 12 (2.43%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (1.83%) Banking
8 6 (1.22%) Military
9 4 (0.81%) Games
10 2 (0.41%) Advertising
10 2 (0.41%) Automotive
10 2 (0.41%) Front Office
10 2 (0.41%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.41%) Wearables
11 1 (0.20%) Electronics
11 1 (0.20%) Legal
11 1 (0.20%) Marketing
11 1 (0.20%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 417 (84.58%) Architect
2 392 (79.51%) Software Architect
3 32 (6.49%) Senior
4 26 (5.27%) Developer
5 18 (3.65%) Data Scientist
5 18 (3.65%) Solutions Architect
6 15 (3.04%) Senior Developer
7 12 (2.43%) Oracle Developer
7 12 (2.43%) Senior Oracle Developer
8 10 (2.03%) Quantitative Developer
9 8 (1.62%) Analyst
9 8 (1.62%) Senior Data Scientist
10 7 (1.42%) Data Architect
11 6 (1.22%) Consultant
11 6 (1.22%) Lead
12 5 (1.01%) Senior Consultant
13 4 (0.81%) Machine Learning Developer
13 4 (0.81%) Senior Analyst
14 3 (0.61%) Python Developer
14 3 (0.61%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.25%) Pandas
2 8 (1.62%) NumPy
2 8 (1.62%) XGBoost
3 7 (1.42%) Kedro
4 6 (1.22%) PyTorch
4 6 (1.22%) TensorFlow
5 2 (0.41%) Lambda Expressions
5 2 (0.41%) OpenCV
5 2 (0.41%) scikit-learn
6 1 (0.20%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 16 (3.25%) Algorithms
2 9 (1.83%) Data Structures
3 7 (1.42%) Hedge funds
3 7 (1.42%) Taxonomies
4 5 (1.01%) Robotics
5 4 (0.81%) Credit Risk
6 3 (0.61%) Fixed Income
6 3 (0.61%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.41%) Derivative
7 2 (0.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (0.20%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.20%) Augmented Reality
8 1 (0.20%) Educational Technology
8 1 (0.20%) Linked Data
8 1 (0.20%) Market Risk
8 1 (0.20%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.20%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 459 (93.10%) Validation
2 410 (83.16%) Requirements Management
3 405 (82.15%) TOGAF
4 401 (81.34%) Actionable Insight
5 392 (79.51%) Network Architecture
5 392 (79.51%) Network Management
6 386 (78.30%) Technical Architecture
7 42 (8.52%) Artificial Intelligence
8 32 (6.49%) Data Science
8 32 (6.49%) Machine Learning
9 31 (6.29%) DevOps
10 28 (5.68%) Agile
11 21 (4.26%) Technical Leadership
12 20 (4.06%) Coaching
12 20 (4.06%) Unit Testing
13 19 (3.85%) ArchiMate
13 19 (3.85%) Collaborative Working
14 18 (3.65%) Business Development
14 18 (3.65%) Mathematics
15 17 (3.45%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 49 (9.94%) Python
2 14 (2.84%) SQL
3 11 (2.23%) MATLAB
4 8 (1.62%) R
5 5 (1.01%) C++
6 3 (0.61%) C#
6 3 (0.61%) Scala
7 2 (0.41%) C
7 2 (0.41%) Java
8 1 (0.20%) VB
8 1 (0.20%) VBA
Qualifications
1 43 (8.72%) Security Cleared
2 31 (6.29%) SC Cleared
3 29 (5.88%) Degree
4 18 (3.65%) TOGAF Certification
5 12 (2.43%) PhD
6 5 (1.01%) Master's Degree
7 4 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.20%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.20%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (0.61%) 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 12 (2.43%) Oracle
2 6 (1.22%) OpenAI
3 4 (0.81%) Alteryx
3 4 (0.81%) Databricks
4 2 (0.41%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.20%) Anaplan
5 1 (0.20%) Google
5 1 (0.20%) Microsoft