Validation Jobs in Cambridge

Validation
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cambridge 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 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 74 80
Rank change year-on-year +43 +6 -39
Permanent jobs citing Validation 13 10 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 4.94% 1.00% 1.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.26% 1.21% 1.76%
Number of salaries quoted 8 9 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +13.21%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £61,125 £69,000 £82,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £42,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -22.73% -8.33% +42.86%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cambridge

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 Cambridge.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 247 828 908
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 93.92% 82.55% 95.68%
Number of salaries quoted 149 631 381
10th Percentile £27,750 £32,500 £31,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.83% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £92,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £50,500 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.18% +1.85% +2.86%

Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Job vacancy trend for Validation in Cambridge

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Salary Trend in Cambridge

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

Salary trend for Validation in Cambridge

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (30.77%) 2G
1 4 (30.77%) 3G
1 4 (30.77%) 4G
1 4 (30.77%) 5G
1 4 (30.77%) Wireless
2 1 (7.69%) MQTT
2 1 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
General
1 13 (100.00%) Manufacturing
2 5 (38.46%) Electronics
3 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
4 3 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (23.08%) Banking
4 3 (23.08%) Law
4 3 (23.08%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (15.38%) Finance
6 1 (7.69%) Legal
6 1 (7.69%) Marketing
6 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
6 1 (7.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Design Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) Hardware Design Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) Hardware Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) Analyst
3 3 (23.08%) Business Analyst
3 3 (23.08%) ERP Analyst
3 3 (23.08%) ERP Business Analyst
3 3 (23.08%) QA Specialist
3 3 (23.08%) Senior
3 3 (23.08%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 1 (7.69%) Cutover Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Electronics Design Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Electronics Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Embedded Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) ERP Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Firmware Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) IT Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Product Specialist
4 1 (7.69%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (38.46%) IoT
2 3 (23.08%) Biopharmaceutical
3 1 (7.69%) Analogue Electronics
3 1 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Android
1 1 (7.69%) Apple iOS
1 1 (7.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (30.77%) Design for Manufacturing
2 4 (30.77%) Design for Test
2 4 (30.77%) ERP
3 3 (23.08%) Analytics
3 3 (23.08%) Biochemistry
3 3 (23.08%) Biotechnology
3 3 (23.08%) Business Case
3 3 (23.08%) Chemistry
3 3 (23.08%) Data Analytics
3 3 (23.08%) Internal Audit
3 3 (23.08%) Neuroscience
3 3 (23.08%) Process Improvement
3 3 (23.08%) Regulatory Compliance
3 3 (23.08%) Tech Ops
3 3 (23.08%) Time Management
4 2 (15.38%) Verification and Validation
5 1 (7.69%) Clean Code
5 1 (7.69%) Customer Service
5 1 (7.69%) Non-Blocking Code
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) C
Qualifications
1 8 (61.54%) Degree
2 4 (30.77%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) GMP
1 3 (23.08%) GxP
1 3 (23.08%) QA
2 1 (7.69%) ISO 13485
2 1 (7.69%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (7.69%) Firmware
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) EMC
2 2 (15.38%) SAP
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.69%) Oracle