The first table below looks at the demand for the Validation Engineer role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Validation Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Validation Engineer
Rank 858 886 866
Rank change year-on-year
+28 -20
Permanent jobs requiring a Validation Engineer 4 13 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.004% 0.011% 0.012%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.004% 0.011% 0.013%
Number of salaries quoted 2 10 14
Average salary £35,000 £34,875 £31,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+0.35% +9.84%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,875 £31,750
% change year-on-year
+0.35% +9.84%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
102035 114410 117207
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.41% 94.80% 94.20%
Number of salaries quoted 84835 98106 99148
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%

Validation Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Validation Engineer within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Validation Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Validation Engineer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Validation Engineer within the UK.

Validation Engineer Salary Trend

Validation Engineer
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Validation Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England +17 3 £35,000 +4.47%
East of England -1 1 - -
Felixstowe -2 1 - -
Suffolk -17 1 - -
Scotland - 1 £35,000 -
West Midlands - 1 £35,000 -
London - 1 - -
Edinburgh - 1 £35,000 -
Coventry - 1 £35,000 -

Validation Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Validation Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Validation Engineer in their job title.

1 15 (100.00%) Validation
2 7 (46.67%) Automotive
3 6 (40.00%) Time Management
3 6 (40.00%) MATLAB
3 6 (40.00%) Simulink
4 4 (26.67%) Oracle
4 4 (26.67%) SAP
4 4 (26.67%) Degree
5 3 (20.00%) Software Testing
5 3 (20.00%) Document Management
5 3 (20.00%) Windows
5 3 (20.00%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (20.00%) ERP
5 3 (20.00%) Pharmaceutical
5 3 (20.00%) GAMP
5 3 (20.00%) Change Management
6 2 (13.33%) Electronics
6 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
6 2 (13.33%) ISEB
6 2 (13.33%) Linux
6 2 (13.33%) Legal
6 2 (13.33%) Software Engineering
6 2 (13.33%) QA
7 1 (6.667%) MS PowerPoint
7 1 (6.667%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (6.667%) Resource Management
7 1 (6.667%) Computer Science
7 1 (6.667%) Manufacturing
7 1 (6.667%) Automated Testing
7 1 (6.667%) Team Foundation Server

Validation Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Validation Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Validation Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (6.667%) soapUI
1 1 (6.667%) SOAP
Applications
1 6 (40.00%) Simulink
2 1 (6.667%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (6.667%) MS Excel
2 1 (6.667%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.667%) GPRS
1 1 (6.667%) GSM
1 1 (6.667%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (20.00%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (6.667%) SQL Server
2 1 (6.667%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 1 (6.667%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (6.667%) Visual Studio
1 1 (6.667%) LabVIEW
1 1 (6.667%) Serena SBM
General
1 7 (46.67%) Automotive
2 3 (20.00%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (13.33%) Electronics
3 2 (13.33%) Legal
4 1 (6.667%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.667%) Computer Science
1 1 (6.667%) CAN bus
Operating Systems
1 3 (20.00%) Windows
2 2 (13.33%) Linux
3 1 (6.667%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (100.00%) Validation
2 6 (40.00%) Time Management
3 3 (20.00%) Software Testing
3 3 (20.00%) Document Management
3 3 (20.00%) ERP
3 3 (20.00%) Change Management
4 2 (13.33%) Software Engineering
5 1 (6.667%) Resource Management
5 1 (6.667%) Automated Testing
5 1 (6.667%) Test Automation
5 1 (6.667%) Embedded Software Development
Programming Languages
1 6 (40.00%) MATLAB
2 1 (6.667%) Python
2 1 (6.667%) C
2 1 (6.667%) C#
2 1 (6.667%) C++
2 1 (6.667%) Perl
2 1 (6.667%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) Degree
2 2 (13.33%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (20.00%) GAMP
2 2 (13.33%) QA
3 1 (6.667%) ISO 9000
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) Oracle
1 4 (26.67%) SAP
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (6.667%) IBM
Bristol, South West
I am currently seeking an experienced Validation Engineer for a key client based inBristol. The company is a market leading technology organisation specialising in producing high end silicon...
Computer Futures
Salary: £4000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Leicester, Leicestershire
Unique engineering company has headcount for a number of ambitious Test and Validation Engineer’s at all levels, positions to be based from their East Midlands office... You...
Executive Resource Group
Salary: Unspecified
Posted: 24 May 2013