Validation Job Trends in Croydon

Validation
South London > Croydon

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Croydon requiring Validation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 24 -
Rank change year-on-year +4 - -
Permanent jobs citing Validation 3 11 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Croydon 4.05% 10.19% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.08% 10.28% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £55,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% - -
South London median annual salary £50,000 £49,250 £65,000
% change year-on-year +1.52% -24.23% +36.84%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Croydon

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 Croydon.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59 107 141
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Croydon 79.73% 99.07% 94.00%
Number of salaries quoted 17 23 84
10th Percentile £29,200 £32,850 £38,088
25th Percentile £34,250 £42,200 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.82% - -
75th Percentile £55,000 £68,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £67,150 £83,750 £78,750
South London median annual salary £46,000 £54,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -14.81% -1.82% -

Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in Croydon

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

Validation job vacancy trend in Croydon

Validation
Salary Trend in Croydon

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Croydon citing Validation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Croydon citing Validation

Validation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Croydon 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:

Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (66.67%) GitHub
1 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Azure SQL Database
1 2 (66.67%) GIS
1 2 (66.67%) Power BI
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Rational DOORS
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (33.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) DevOps Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) RAMS Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Safety Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Safety Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Change Management
2 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Migration
2 2 (66.67%) SDLC
2 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Test Scripting
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) FMECA
3 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Requirements Management
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (33.33%) Safety Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Verification and Validation
3 1 (33.33%) V-Model
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) PowerShell
1 2 (66.67%) Python
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
1 2 (66.67%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Chartered Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) QA
2 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft