Validation
East of England > Bedfordshire
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Bedfordshire requiring Validation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Validation over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 30 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 6 | 47 | 47 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +41 | 0 | +13 |
| Permanent jobs citing Validation | 282 | 5 | 32 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedfordshire | 49.30% | 1.07% | 5.25% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 51.74% | 1.44% | 5.32% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £65,000 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £67,500 | - | - |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £70,000 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £72,500 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £73,000 | - | - |
| East of England median annual salary | £57,000 | £55,000 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.64% | -8.33% | +26.32% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Bedfordshire
Validation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Bedfordshire.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 545 | 348 | 602 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedfordshire | 95.28% | 74.68% | 98.69% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 93 | 241 | 279 |
| 10th Percentile | £31,250 | £26,000 | £36,153 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,400 | £33,152 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,000 | £50,000 | £57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.00% | -13.04% | +15.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £66,000 | £67,500 | £67,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £73,500 | £93,750 | £83,750 |
| East of England median annual salary | £50,000 | £50,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -9.09% | +10.00% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire
Job postings citing Validation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.
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Salary Trend in Bedfordshire
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Validation in Bedfordshire.
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Job Locations in Bedfordshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 30 May 2025. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luton | +17 | 11 | £70,000 | - | 54 |
| Dunstable | - | 6 | - | - | |
| Bedford | +11 | 5 | £67,500 | - | 47 |
| Shefford | +3 | 4 | - | - | |
| Leighton Buzzard | - | 4 | - | - | |
| Validation East of England |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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: