Validation Job Trends in Coventry

Validation
West Midlands > Coventry

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Coventry requiring Validation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 23 44
Rank change year-on-year -8 +21 +48
Permanent jobs citing Validation 3 16 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Coventry 1.51% 7.92% 1.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.70% 8.12% 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1 12 3
10th Percentile - £41,525 £55,050
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,188 £55,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year - -11.76% +52.88%
75th Percentile £53,750 £53,750 £64,625
90th Percentile - £57,125 £64,850
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - +8.70%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Coventry

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 Coventry.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 176 197 287
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Coventry 88.44% 97.52% 98.29%
Number of salaries quoted 72 97 255
10th Percentile £24,750 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £46,250 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,250 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.90% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £75,000
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -

Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in Coventry

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

Validation job vacancy trend in Coventry

Validation
Salary Trend in Coventry

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Coventry citing Validation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Coventry citing Validation

Validation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Coventry 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 (33.33%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (33.33%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) GitHub
1 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Looker
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Git
1 1 (33.33%) Rational DOORS
General
1 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Automotive
1 1 (33.33%) Retail
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Data Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Development Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Principal Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Principal Systems Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Development Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Software Development Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Systems Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Software Development Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) JSON
1 1 (33.33%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Systems Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Commercial Awareness
2 1 (33.33%) Data Management
2 1 (33.33%) Data Mapping
2 1 (33.33%) Data Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
2 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) ETL
2 1 (33.33%) Logistics
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Requirements Management
2 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) MATLAB
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Docker