Validation Job Trends in Cowes

Validation
Isle of Wight > Cowes

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cowes 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 16 5 -
Rank change year-on-year -11 - -
Permanent jobs citing Validation 2 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Cowes 4.26% 20.00% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.55% 20.00% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 -
Isle of Wight median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cowes

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 Cowes.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 44 10 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cowes 93.62% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 39 4 1
10th Percentile £39,500 £54,650 -
25th Percentile £40,750 £54,875 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £58,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +67.14% -14.63%
75th Percentile - £60,500 £37,500
90th Percentile £56,256 £61,400 -
Isle of Wight median annual salary £45,000 £62,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -27.42% +77.14% -19.54%

Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in Cowes

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

Validation job vacancy trend in Cowes

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Salary Trend in Cowes

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cowes citing Validation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cowes citing Validation

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cowes 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:

Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Software Test Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Test Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Software Test Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Test Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 2 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) UML
1 2 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
1 2 (100.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Numerate Degree