Validation Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Validation
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bedfordshire requiring Validation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 58 29
Rank change year-on-year +33 -29 +43
Permanent jobs citing Validation 5 8 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Bedfordshire 1.67% 1.85% 1.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.25% 1.97% 2.23%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £103,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £107,500
Median % change year-on-year - -34.88% +53.57%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £111,250
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -12.00% -3.85%

All Process & 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 222 407 179
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 74.25% 94.00% 82.11%
Number of salaries quoted 137 147 145
10th Percentile £27,250 £33,199 £25,700
25th Percentile £30,000 £43,750 £38,065
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% -4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £76,000 £89,500
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Validation relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

Validation job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

Validation
Salary Trend in Bedfordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Validation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Validation

Validation
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 13 January 2026. 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 +10 2 - - 9
Leighton Buzzard - 1 - -
Validation
East of England

Validation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (80.00%) Metadata
2 2 (40.00%) Relational Database
3 1 (20.00%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Git
General
1 3 (60.00%) Electronics
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
1 3 (60.00%) Manufacturing
1 3 (60.00%) Marketing
1 3 (60.00%) Public Sector
1 3 (60.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Retail
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Developer
2 3 (60.00%) Senior
2 3 (60.00%) Senior Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Architect
3 1 (20.00%) CRM Architect
3 1 (20.00%) CRM Solutions Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Dynamics 365 Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Dynamics CRM Architect
3 1 (20.00%) ERP Architect
3 1 (20.00%) IT Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (80.00%) JSON
2 3 (60.00%) Pandas
2 3 (60.00%) XML
3 1 (20.00%) FastAPI
3 1 (20.00%) JSON-LD
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Semantic Web
2 3 (60.00%) Reference Data
3 1 (20.00%) Linked Data
3 1 (20.00%) W3C
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Data Validation
1 4 (80.00%) RDF
2 3 (60.00%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (60.00%) Data Management
2 3 (60.00%) Data Transformation
2 3 (60.00%) Digital Marketing
2 3 (60.00%) Programme Management
2 3 (60.00%) Reference Data Management
3 2 (40.00%) Data Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Agile
4 1 (20.00%) CRM
4 1 (20.00%) Data Development
4 1 (20.00%) Domain Models
4 1 (20.00%) ERP
4 1 (20.00%) ETL
4 1 (20.00%) Logistics
4 1 (20.00%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Scenario Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) Python
1 4 (80.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) SHACL
2 1 (20.00%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) QA
2 2 (40.00%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) SAP
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft