Validation Job Trends in the East Midlands

Validation
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Validation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 20 131
Rank change year-on-year -85 +111 -7
Permanent jobs citing Validation 74 219 68
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 1.41% 9.85% 1.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.98% 11.50% 1.75%
Number of salaries quoted 46 17 30
10th Percentile £28,125 - £37,375
25th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,500 £47,500 £43,750
Median % change year-on-year -27.37% +8.57% -21.06%
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,000 £53,000
90th Percentile £75,000 - £60,025
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,015 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.03% +0.03% -13.39%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,745 1,904 3,888
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 71.37% 85.65% 77.11%
Number of salaries quoted 2,432 1,038 2,553
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -5.56% -14.29%
75th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £56,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%

Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Validation job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

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Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Validation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Validation

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Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Validation in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 16 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Validation in the East Midlands

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Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 July 2026. 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
Leicestershire -21 27 £30,000 -42.31% 15
Derbyshire +21 17 £30,000 - 10
Nottinghamshire -17 15 £50,000 +5.26% 10
Northamptonshire -45 6 £55,000 +46.67% 5
Lincolnshire -23 5 £65,000 +96.71% 7
Validation
England

Validation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 2 (2.70%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 11 (14.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (4.05%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (4.05%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (8.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (2.70%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (1.35%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (1.35%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (1.35%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 13 (17.57%) Power Platform
2 10 (13.51%) Azure
3 7 (9.46%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (5.41%) AWS
4 4 (5.41%) GCP
5 3 (4.05%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (2.70%) AWS IoT
6 2 (2.70%) Oracle CX
7 1 (1.35%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 6 (8.11%) MQTT
1 6 (8.11%) Wi-Fi
1 6 (8.11%) Wireless
1 6 (8.11%) ZigBee
2 4 (5.41%) Bluetooth
2 4 (5.41%) Broadband
3 2 (2.70%) LoRaWAN
4 1 (1.35%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (17.57%) Power BI
2 6 (8.11%) Tableau
3 3 (4.05%) Power Query
4 2 (2.70%) DTS
4 2 (2.70%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 2 (2.70%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (2.70%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.35%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (8.11%) GDB
1 6 (8.11%) Git
1 6 (8.11%) GitLab
1 6 (8.11%) Jenkins
2 4 (5.41%) Robot Framework
3 3 (4.05%) JIRA
4 1 (1.35%) Selenium
4 1 (1.35%) Visual Studio
General
1 22 (29.73%) Finance
2 18 (24.32%) Analytical Skills
2 18 (24.32%) Social Skills
3 15 (20.27%) Banking
4 8 (10.81%) Pharmaceutical
5 6 (8.11%) Games
5 6 (8.11%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (5.41%) iGaming
6 4 (5.41%) Marketing
6 4 (5.41%) Retail
7 3 (4.05%) Manufacturing
7 3 (4.05%) Public Sector
8 2 (2.70%) Electronics
8 2 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (22.97%) Data Scientist
1 17 (22.97%) Developer
2 14 (18.92%) Analyst
2 14 (18.92%) Statistician
3 9 (12.16%) Junior
4 8 (10.81%) QA Specialist
4 8 (10.81%) Validation Specialist
5 7 (9.46%) Data Analyst
6 6 (8.11%) Embedded Engineer
6 6 (8.11%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 6 (8.11%) Senior
6 6 (8.11%) Software Engineer
7 5 (6.76%) Administrator
8 4 (5.41%) Business Analyst
8 4 (5.41%) Junior Analyst
8 4 (5.41%) Junior Data Analyst
8 4 (5.41%) Mathematician
8 4 (5.41%) Senior Analyst
9 3 (4.05%) Change and Release Manager
9 3 (4.05%) Data Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.11%) Yocto
2 4 (5.41%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (5.41%) pytest
2 4 (5.41%) Unity DI Container
3 2 (2.70%) Matplotlib
3 2 (2.70%) Pandas
3 2 (2.70%) PyTorch
3 2 (2.70%) scikit-learn
3 2 (2.70%) Seaborn
3 2 (2.70%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.11%) ARM Cortex
1 6 (8.11%) Device Driver
1 6 (8.11%) Embedded Systems
1 6 (8.11%) Enterprise Software
1 6 (8.11%) IoT
2 4 (5.41%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (4.05%) Driving Licence
4 2 (2.70%) CSOC
4 2 (2.70%) Cyber Defence
4 2 (2.70%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.70%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.70%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (2.70%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.35%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.35%) FMCG
5 1 (1.35%) iSeries
5 1 (1.35%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.35%) PKI
5 1 (1.35%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 6 (8.11%) Linux
2 2 (2.70%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (27.03%) Data Science
1 20 (27.03%) Statistics
2 18 (24.32%) Actionable Insight
3 17 (22.97%) AI
3 17 (22.97%) Business Intelligence
3 17 (22.97%) Machine Learning
4 16 (21.62%) Risk Management
5 15 (20.27%) Feature Engineering
6 14 (18.92%) Deep Learning
6 14 (18.92%) Feature Extraction
6 14 (18.92%) Problem-Solving
6 14 (18.92%) Roadmaps
7 12 (16.22%) Computer Science
7 12 (16.22%) CRM
8 11 (14.86%) Continuous Improvement
8 11 (14.86%) ERP
9 10 (13.51%) Decision-Making
9 10 (13.51%) DevOps
9 10 (13.51%) Test Automation
10 9 (12.16%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 26 (35.14%) Python
2 14 (18.92%) SQL
3 6 (8.11%) C
3 6 (8.11%) C++
4 4 (5.41%) Bash
5 3 (4.05%) VBA
6 2 (2.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (2.70%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (2.70%) PL/SQL
6 2 (2.70%) R
7 1 (1.35%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (17.57%) Degree
2 7 (9.46%) Master's Degree
3 6 (8.11%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (6.76%) Security Cleared
5 4 (5.41%) SC Cleared
6 2 (2.70%) CompTIA CySA+
6 2 (2.70%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.35%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (16.22%) Data Quality
1 12 (16.22%) QA
2 6 (8.11%) JTAG
3 4 (5.41%) GDPR
4 3 (4.05%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (2.70%) SLA
6 1 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 1 (1.35%) PSD2
System Software
1 3 (4.05%) Firmware
2 1 (1.35%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 8 (10.81%) Oracle
2 6 (8.11%) Microsoft
3 3 (4.05%) SAP
3 3 (4.05%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.70%) Databricks
4 2 (2.70%) Google