Validation Jobs in the West Midlands

Validation
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 119 58 73
Rank change year-on-year -61 +15 +98
Permanent jobs citing Validation 142 347 292
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.96% 5.19% 4.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.36% 5.36% 4.22%
Number of salaries quoted 83 39 121
10th Percentile £40,750 £31,250 £34,950
25th Percentile £48,000 £34,452 £35,575
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +22.22% +5.88%
75th Percentile £61,250 £72,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £82,500 £84,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +12.15%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,008 6,470 6,916
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 83.08% 96.86% 95.42%
Number of salaries quoted 4,523 3,277 4,747
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,561 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,700 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
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 West Midlands

Job postings citing Validation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Validation in the West Midlands

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Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Validation in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Validation in the West Midlands

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Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Validation in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Validation in the West Midlands

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Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 28 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
Warwickshire -20 51 £52,500 -17.97% 21
Birmingham +1 24 £47,450 -8.75% 26
Staffordshire -10 18 £54,000 -22.86% 15
Worcestershire -1 15 £55,000 +100.00% 12
Coventry +40 10 £49,000 -10.91% 15
Herefordshire - 4 £61,500 - 1
Halesowen - 3 - -
Wolverhampton - 2 £51,250 - 4
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England

Validation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 14 (9.86%) IIS
2 3 (2.11%) CMS
3 1 (0.70%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.70%) Confluence
3 1 (0.70%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (7.04%) Simulink
2 9 (6.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (2.11%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.70%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (6.34%) Salesforce CRM
2 4 (2.82%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 20 (14.08%) Azure
2 11 (7.75%) Salesforce Service Cloud
3 5 (3.52%) Power Platform
4 4 (2.82%) GitHub
5 3 (2.11%) AWS
5 3 (2.11%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.41%) Amazon S3
6 2 (1.41%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (1.41%) Intacct
6 2 (1.41%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 1 (0.70%) Asana
7 1 (0.70%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.70%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.70%) GCP
7 1 (0.70%) MailChimp
7 1 (0.70%) Mavenlink
7 1 (0.70%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.70%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.70%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (11.27%) Firewall
2 14 (9.86%) WAN
3 2 (1.41%) Ethernet
3 2 (1.41%) Network Security
4 1 (0.70%) DHCP
4 1 (0.70%) DNS
4 1 (0.70%) GSM
4 1 (0.70%) Internet
4 1 (0.70%) LAN
4 1 (0.70%) MQTT
4 1 (0.70%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.70%) VPN
4 1 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.70%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (11.27%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.52%) Power BI
3 2 (1.41%) Amazon Redshift
3 2 (1.41%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.41%) Metadata
3 2 (1.41%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.70%) Amazon Athena
4 1 (0.70%) Big Data
4 1 (0.70%) BigQuery
4 1 (0.70%) MS Access
4 1 (0.70%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.70%) OLAP
4 1 (0.70%) OLTP
4 1 (0.70%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 1 (0.70%) Power Query
4 1 (0.70%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.70%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (6.34%) JIRA
2 7 (4.93%) Selenium
3 2 (1.41%) GitLab
4 1 (0.70%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.70%) Git
General
1 33 (23.24%) Automotive
2 31 (21.83%) Finance
3 25 (17.61%) Social Skills
4 19 (13.38%) Electronics
5 13 (9.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (7.04%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (4.93%) Legal
8 6 (4.23%) Manufacturing
9 5 (3.52%) Aeronautics
9 5 (3.52%) Aviation
9 5 (3.52%) Billing
10 4 (2.82%) Marketing
11 3 (2.11%) Aerospace
12 2 (1.41%) Games
12 2 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (1.41%) Retail
Job Titles
1 28 (19.72%) Senior
2 26 (18.31%) Lead
3 22 (15.49%) Systems Engineer
4 18 (12.68%) Analyst
5 14 (9.86%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 10 (7.04%) Salesforce Analyst
7 9 (6.34%) Functional Analyst
7 9 (6.34%) Test Engineer
8 8 (5.63%) Technical Leader
9 7 (4.93%) QA Leader
9 7 (4.93%) Validation Engineer
10 6 (4.23%) Hardware Engineer
11 5 (3.52%) Active Directory Engineer
11 5 (3.52%) Embedded Engineer
11 5 (3.52%) Principal Engineer
11 5 (3.52%) Principal Hardware Engineer
11 5 (3.52%) Senior Embedded Engineer
11 5 (3.52%) Software Engineer
11 5 (3.52%) Test and Validation Engineer
12 4 (2.82%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (10.56%) REST
2 14 (9.86%) WebRTC
3 11 (7.75%) EDI
4 1 (0.70%) .NET
4 1 (0.70%) .NET Core
4 1 (0.70%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.70%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.70%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (0.70%) HTML
4 1 (0.70%) HTML5
4 1 (0.70%) HTML5 Canvas
4 1 (0.70%) Kafka
4 1 (0.70%) Lightning Web Components
4 1 (0.70%) POSIX
4 1 (0.70%) React
4 1 (0.70%) Sass
4 1 (0.70%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 21 (14.79%) Management Information System
2 14 (9.86%) Clustering
3 7 (4.93%) Product Ownership
4 6 (4.23%) Infotainment
5 3 (2.11%) Algorithms
5 3 (2.11%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.41%) Embedded Systems
6 2 (1.41%) IoT
6 2 (1.41%) Pricing Data
6 2 (1.41%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.41%) State Machine
6 2 (1.41%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.70%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.70%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.70%) Educational Technology
7 1 (0.70%) FPGA
7 1 (0.70%) Robotics
7 1 (0.70%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.52%) Linux
2 1 (0.70%) Android
2 1 (0.70%) FreeRTOS
2 1 (0.70%) Windows
2 1 (0.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (25.35%) Agile
2 35 (24.65%) Problem-Solving
3 25 (17.61%) Verification and Validation
4 23 (16.20%) Systems Engineering
5 20 (14.08%) Cybersecurity
6 17 (11.97%) Continuous Improvement
7 16 (11.27%) Project Management
8 15 (10.56%) Business Strategy
8 15 (10.56%) CRM
9 14 (9.86%) High Availability
9 14 (9.86%) Information Assurance
9 14 (9.86%) Load Balancing
9 14 (9.86%) Roadmaps
10 13 (9.15%) Ergonomics
10 13 (9.15%) Human Factors
10 13 (9.15%) Test Automation
11 12 (8.45%) Analytics
11 12 (8.45%) CI/CD
11 12 (8.45%) Computer Science
11 12 (8.45%) Data Validation
Programming Languages
1 28 (19.72%) SQL
2 12 (8.45%) MATLAB
3 9 (6.34%) C
4 7 (4.93%) Python
5 6 (4.23%) C++
6 2 (1.41%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.70%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.70%) C#
7 1 (0.70%) Embedded C
7 1 (0.70%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.70%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 48 (33.80%) Degree
2 27 (19.01%) SC Cleared
2 27 (19.01%) Security Cleared
3 13 (9.15%) DBS Check
4 7 (4.93%) CISM
4 7 (4.93%) CISSP
5 6 (4.23%) Master's Degree
6 5 (3.52%) CISA
6 5 (3.52%) PCI QSA
7 4 (2.82%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (2.11%) HND
9 1 (0.70%) CBAP
9 1 (0.70%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (9.15%) Def Stans
2 9 (6.34%) QA
3 6 (4.23%) Data Quality
3 6 (4.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (3.52%) NIST
4 5 (3.52%) PCI DSS
5 4 (2.82%) MISRA
5 4 (2.82%) MISRA C
6 2 (1.41%) Automotive SPICE
6 2 (1.41%) AUTOSAR
6 2 (1.41%) ISO 14001
6 2 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 2 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 1 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.70%) ISO 26262
7 1 (0.70%) NCSC
7 1 (0.70%) PMO
System Software
1 14 (9.86%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (4.23%) Firmware
3 4 (2.82%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.70%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.70%) Docker
4 1 (0.70%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (1.41%) Functional Safety
2 1 (0.70%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 19 (13.38%) Microsoft
2 15 (10.56%) CheckPoint
2 15 (10.56%) Salesforce
2 15 (10.56%) VMware
3 10 (7.04%) Databricks
4 4 (2.82%) QNX
4 4 (2.82%) Quadient
5 3 (2.11%) ANSYS
6 2 (1.41%) EMC
6 2 (1.41%) MathWorks
6 2 (1.41%) Oracle
6 2 (1.41%) Sage
7 1 (0.70%) Cadence
7 1 (0.70%) Dell
7 1 (0.70%) DocuSign
7 1 (0.70%) IBM
7 1 (0.70%) Infor
7 1 (0.70%) Informatica