Validation Jobs in Cheshire

Validation
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cheshire 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 8 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 78 88
Rank change year-on-year +8 +10 +5
Permanent jobs citing Validation 9 25 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 1.26% 1.63% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.51% 2.05% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 3 13 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £55,000 £43,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,755 £60,000 £44,500
Median % change year-on-year -42.08% +34.83% -1.11%
75th Percentile £47,378 £71,915 £45,750
90th Percentile £54,951 - -
North West median annual salary £47,683 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.63% -4.76% +9.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 598 1,221 884
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 83.52% 79.39% 94.65%
Number of salaries quoted 242 923 467
10th Percentile £20,280 £25,000 £25,420
25th Percentile £23,504 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £74,782 £89,250
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Validation in Cheshire

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Salary Trend in Cheshire

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

Salary trend for Validation in Cheshire

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Salary Histogram in Cheshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Validation in Cheshire over the 6 months to 8 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Validation in Cheshire

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Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 8 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
Northwich - 4 £34,755 -
Crewe +4 3 £60,000 -
Warrington +22 2 - - 8
Validation
North West

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
1 1 (11.11%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) Power Platform
2 1 (11.11%) Azure
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) DNS
1 1 (11.11%) Ethernet
1 1 (11.11%) FlexRay
1 1 (11.11%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (44.44%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 4 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (44.44%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Manufacturing
4 1 (11.11%) Automotive
4 1 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (11.11%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
4 1 (11.11%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Analyst
2 4 (44.44%) Insight Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Business Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) ERP Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) ERP Business Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Azure Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365 Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Requirements Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Requirements Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Technical Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Test Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Wintel Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Wintel Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (11.11%) Infotainment
1 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
1 1 (11.11%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Android
1 1 (11.11%) Apple iOS
1 1 (11.11%) Mac OS
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
1 1 (11.11%) Windows 10
1 1 (11.11%) Windows Server
1 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 6 (66.67%) Process Improvement
1 6 (66.67%) Project Delivery
2 5 (55.56%) Decision-Making
3 4 (44.44%) Actionable Insight
3 4 (44.44%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (44.44%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (44.44%) Customer Experience
3 4 (44.44%) Customer Service
3 4 (44.44%) Dashboard Development
3 4 (44.44%) Data Governance
3 4 (44.44%) Data Privacy
3 4 (44.44%) Data Validation
3 4 (44.44%) Data Visualisation
3 4 (44.44%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 4 (44.44%) Project Management
3 4 (44.44%) Requirements Gathering
3 4 (44.44%) User Experience
3 4 (44.44%) UX Design
3 4 (44.44%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) PowerShell
1 1 (11.11%) VB
1 1 (11.11%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) DBS Check
2 3 (33.33%) Degree
3 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
3 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
4 1 (11.11%) Chartered Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (11.11%) MCP
4 1 (11.11%) MCSA
4 1 (11.11%) MCSE
4 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) Data Quality
1 4 (44.44%) QA
2 1 (11.11%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
1 1 (11.11%) BitLocker
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft App-V
1 1 (11.11%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (11.11%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Salesforce
2 1 (11.11%) McAfee
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Symantec
2 1 (11.11%) VMware