Validation Jobs in Dorset

Validation
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Dorset 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 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 50 69
Rank change year-on-year +39 +19 +16
Permanent jobs citing Validation 74 49 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 16.30% 4.12% 1.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.29% 4.81% 1.82%
Number of salaries quoted 6 23 9
10th Percentile £50,500 £37,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,000 £37,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £40,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +32.50% -40.74% +36.88%
75th Percentile £54,000 £62,500 £72,500
90th Percentile - - £80,000
South West median annual salary £52,600 £50,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +5.20% -28.57% +55.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Dorset

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 Dorset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 428 1,019 659
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 94.27% 85.63% 95.92%
Number of salaries quoted 168 571 341
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £39,270
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.63% - -
75th Percentile £60,313 £62,125 £61,250
90th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £72,500
South West median annual salary £52,600 £51,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +3.14% -2.86% +5.00%

Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Job vacancy trend for Validation in Dorset

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Salary Trend in Dorset

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

Salary trend for Validation in Dorset

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Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 9 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
Dorchester - 18 £53,000 -
Poole +12 14 - - 2
Bridport - 12 - -
Weymouth - 11 - -
Validation
South West

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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:

Development Applications
1 57 (77.03%) Rational DOORS
2 47 (63.51%) JIRA
General
1 3 (4.05%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 54 (72.97%) Principal Engineer
1 54 (72.97%) Principal Systems Engineer
2 9 (12.16%) Engineering Manager
2 9 (12.16%) Requirements Manager
3 6 (8.11%) Integration Engineer
3 6 (8.11%) System Verification Engineer
3 6 (8.11%) Systems Integration Engineer
3 6 (8.11%) Validation Engineer
4 3 (4.05%) Hardware Engineer
4 3 (4.05%) Senior
4 3 (4.05%) Senior Hardware Engineer
4 3 (4.05%) Systems Engineer
5 2 (2.70%) Electronics Engineer
6 1 (1.35%) Requirements Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.05%) Acoustics
2 2 (2.70%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (95.95%) Systems Engineering
2 68 (91.89%) Verification and Validation
3 57 (77.03%) Requirements Management
4 56 (75.68%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
5 47 (63.51%) Risk Identification and Mitigation
6 9 (12.16%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (8.11%) Coaching
7 6 (8.11%) Mathematics
7 6 (8.11%) Physics
8 5 (6.76%) Line Management
8 5 (6.76%) Project Management
9 3 (4.05%) CAD
9 3 (4.05%) Customer Requirements
9 3 (4.05%) SysML
9 3 (4.05%) Systems Thinking
10 2 (2.70%) Regulatory Compliance
11 1 (1.35%) Agile
11 1 (1.35%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.70%) C
1 2 (2.70%) C++
1 2 (2.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 47 (63.51%) Chartered Engineer
2 10 (13.51%) BPSS Clearance
3 9 (12.16%) Degree
4 6 (8.11%) SC Cleared
4 6 (8.11%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 47 (63.51%) IBM
2 2 (2.70%) EMC