Validation Jobs in Birmingham

Validation
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Birmingham 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 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 122 123
Rank change year-on-year +78 +1 +41
Permanent jobs citing Validation 86 23 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 5.98% 0.83% 0.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.29% 1.01% 0.97%
Number of salaries quoted 8 20 18
10th Percentile £50,375 £32,355 £33,944
25th Percentile £53,750 £39,638 £34,452
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £47,450 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.72% -8.75% +4.00%
75th Percentile £66,875 £70,938 £78,750
90th Percentile £77,000 £85,000 £85,000
West Midlands median annual salary £65,000 £54,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +19.27% -0.91% +22.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,367 2,270 1,863
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 95.00% 82.07% 95.98%
Number of salaries quoted 761 1,838 1,372
10th Percentile £34,000 £32,000 £31,525
25th Percentile £42,939 £40,988 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year - -1.79% +1.82%
75th Percentile £68,750 £69,914 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £84,964 £82,500
West Midlands median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -5.66% +6.00%

Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Job postings citing Validation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Job vacancy trend for Validation in Birmingham

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Salary Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Validation in Birmingham.

Salary trend for Validation in Birmingham

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Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Validation in Birmingham over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Validation in Birmingham

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Applications
1 24 (27.91%) Simulink
2 4 (4.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (4.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (2.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.16%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (1.16%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 6 (6.98%) Azure
2 4 (4.65%) Power Platform
3 3 (3.49%) AWS
3 3 (3.49%) GCP
3 3 (3.49%) Snowflake
4 2 (2.33%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (2.33%) Lucidchart
4 2 (2.33%) Power Automate
4 2 (2.33%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.16%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (1.16%) Azure Stack
5 1 (1.16%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.65%) Power BI
1 4 (4.65%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.49%) Big Data
3 2 (2.33%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (2.33%) Hadoop
3 2 (2.33%) Looker
3 2 (2.33%) Metadata
3 2 (2.33%) MongoDB
3 2 (2.33%) NoSQL
3 2 (2.33%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (2.33%) Tableau
4 1 (1.16%) Oracle Database
4 1 (1.16%) Oracle Exadata
4 1 (1.16%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (2.33%) ER Studio
1 2 (2.33%) ERwin
1 2 (2.33%) PowerDesigner
General
1 23 (26.74%) Aerospace
1 23 (26.74%) Automotive
2 8 (9.30%) Finance
3 7 (8.14%) Social Skills
4 6 (6.98%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (6.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (4.65%) Banking
6 3 (3.49%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.33%) Advertising
7 2 (2.33%) Billing
7 2 (2.33%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.16%) Legal
8 1 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 53 (61.63%) Principal Engineer
1 53 (61.63%) Principal Systems Engineer
2 23 (26.74%) Systems Engineer
3 17 (19.77%) Integration Engineer
3 17 (19.77%) System Verification Engineer
3 17 (19.77%) Systems Integration Engineer
3 17 (19.77%) Validation Engineer
4 14 (16.28%) Requirements Engineer
5 11 (12.79%) Development Engineer
5 11 (12.79%) Software Development Engineer
5 11 (12.79%) Software Engineer
6 9 (10.47%) Principal Modelling Engineer
7 7 (8.14%) Principal Software Engineer
8 6 (6.98%) Senior
9 4 (4.65%) Contracts Manager
9 4 (4.65%) Senior Development Engineer
9 4 (4.65%) Senior Software Development Engineer
9 4 (4.65%) Senior Software Engineer
9 4 (4.65%) Senior Systems Engineer
10 2 (2.33%) Data Modeller
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.65%) EDI
2 1 (1.16%) Middleware
2 1 (1.16%) NumPy
2 1 (1.16%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.16%) Oracle GoldenGate
2 1 (1.16%) Pandas
2 1 (1.16%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.65%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.16%) Algorithms
2 1 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (1.16%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.16%) Linux
1 1 (1.16%) Unix
1 1 (1.16%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (81.40%) Systems Engineering
2 32 (37.21%) Verification and Validation
3 26 (30.23%) Agile
4 23 (26.74%) Software Testing
5 15 (17.44%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
5 15 (17.44%) Project Planning
5 15 (17.44%) SysML
6 14 (16.28%) Acceptance Criteria
7 12 (13.95%) Software Engineering
8 6 (6.98%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (5.81%) Proactive Monitoring
9 5 (5.81%) Supplier Management
10 4 (4.65%) Analytics
10 4 (4.65%) Business Intelligence
10 4 (4.65%) Contract Management
10 4 (4.65%) Cost Control
10 4 (4.65%) Data Governance
10 4 (4.65%) Data Pipeline
10 4 (4.65%) Problem-Solving
10 4 (4.65%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (27.91%) MATLAB
2 6 (6.98%) SQL
3 2 (2.33%) Python
4 1 (1.16%) C
4 1 (1.16%) PL/SQL
4 1 (1.16%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 69 (80.23%) BPSS Clearance
2 20 (23.26%) Degree
3 17 (19.77%) Chartered Engineer
3 17 (19.77%) ISTQB
4 4 (4.65%) DBS Check
4 4 (4.65%) MRICS
5 1 (1.16%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.81%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.33%) GMP
2 2 (2.33%) QA
3 1 (1.16%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 1 (1.16%) Functional Safety
1 1 (1.16%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 4 (4.65%) Databricks
1 4 (4.65%) NEC
1 4 (4.65%) SAP
1 4 (4.65%) YouTube
2 3 (3.49%) Oracle
3 2 (2.33%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.16%) BMC
4 1 (1.16%) Datix
4 1 (1.16%) Facebook
4 1 (1.16%) MathWorks
4 1 (1.16%) Remedy
4 1 (1.16%) ServiceNow