Validation Jobs in the East Midlands

Validation
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 96 127
Rank change year-on-year +89 +31 -19
Permanent jobs citing Validation 422 107 46
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 15.72% 2.22% 1.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.02% 2.83% 1.72%
Number of salaries quoted 18 26 5
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,875 £37,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.35% -10.53% -13.64%
75th Percentile £57,000 £53,000 £70,000
90th Percentile - - £85,750
England median annual salary £52,600 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.36% -12.00% +8.70%

All Process and 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 2,479 3,787 2,669
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 92.36% 78.47% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 928 2,625 1,216
10th Percentile £25,625 £25,750 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,000 £32,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £45,000 £52,375
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -14.08% +10.26%
75th Percentile £57,500 £56,200 £65,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £68,750 £76,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings citing Validation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Validation in the East Midlands

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Salary Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Validation in the East Midlands.

Salary trend for Validation in the East Midlands

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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 30 May 2025.

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 30 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
Northamptonshire +77 257 £37,500 - 47
Leicestershire +53 135 £52,000 - 54
Lincolnshire +28 20 - - 45
Nottinghamshire +31 10 £47,500 +18.75% 47
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Applications
1 68 (16.11%) Simulink
2 7 (1.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.66%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (1.66%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.24%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 5 (1.18%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 180 (42.65%) LTE
1 180 (42.65%) Wi-Fi
1 180 (42.65%) Wireless
2 179 (42.42%) 5G
2 179 (42.42%) Bluetooth
2 179 (42.42%) GSM
2 179 (42.42%) UMTS
3 10 (2.37%) Modbus
4 1 (0.24%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.18%) Data Lake
1 5 (1.18%) Data Warehouse
1 5 (1.18%) Power BI
1 5 (1.18%) RDBMS
1 5 (1.18%) Relational Database
1 5 (1.18%) SQL Server
1 5 (1.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 21 (4.98%) Rational DOORS
2 3 (0.71%) JIRA
3 1 (0.24%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (0.24%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.24%) FitNesse
3 1 (0.24%) Git
3 1 (0.24%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.24%) Newman
3 1 (0.24%) Subversion
General
1 183 (43.36%) Electronics
2 68 (16.11%) Aerospace
2 68 (16.11%) Automotive
3 18 (4.27%) Social Skills
4 8 (1.90%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (1.90%) Finance
5 7 (1.66%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (1.18%) Retail
7 3 (0.71%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (0.47%) Law
9 1 (0.24%) Games
9 1 (0.24%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.24%) Marketing
9 1 (0.24%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.24%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 179 (42.42%) Electronics Engineer
1 179 (42.42%) Electronics Test Engineer
1 179 (42.42%) Test Engineer
2 148 (35.07%) Principal Engineer
2 148 (35.07%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 69 (16.35%) Systems Engineer
4 45 (10.66%) Requirements Engineer
5 37 (8.77%) Integration Engineer
5 37 (8.77%) System Verification Engineer
5 37 (8.77%) Systems Integration Engineer
5 37 (8.77%) Validation Engineer
6 34 (8.06%) Software Engineer
7 33 (7.82%) Development Engineer
7 33 (7.82%) Software Development Engineer
8 27 (6.40%) Principal Modelling Engineer
9 21 (4.98%) Principal Software Engineer
10 19 (4.50%) Engineering Manager
11 18 (4.27%) Requirements Manager
12 17 (4.03%) Senior
13 12 (2.84%) Senior Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.24%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 179 (42.42%) Driving Licence
2 10 (2.37%) SCADA
3 2 (0.47%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.24%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (0.24%) IoT
4 1 (0.24%) Product Ownership
4 1 (0.24%) Raspberry Pi
4 1 (0.24%) Video\Live Streaming
4 1 (0.24%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.66%) Windows
2 1 (0.24%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 293 (69.43%) Verification and Validation
2 213 (50.47%) Systems Engineering
3 187 (44.31%) Mentoring
4 183 (43.36%) Coaching
5 180 (42.65%) Customer Requirements
6 179 (42.42%) Test Strategy
7 72 (17.06%) Agile
8 68 (16.11%) Software Testing
9 63 (14.93%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
10 45 (10.66%) Project Planning
10 45 (10.66%) SysML
11 42 (9.95%) Acceptance Criteria
12 37 (8.77%) Software Engineering
13 21 (4.98%) Requirements Management
14 18 (4.27%) Stakeholder Management
15 12 (2.84%) Computer Science
15 12 (2.84%) ERP
16 10 (2.37%) Decarbonisation
17 8 (1.90%) Problem-Solving
18 7 (1.66%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 70 (16.59%) MATLAB
2 6 (1.42%) SQL
3 5 (1.18%) T-SQL
4 3 (0.71%) Python
5 1 (0.24%) C
5 1 (0.24%) C#
5 1 (0.24%) C++
Qualifications
1 233 (55.21%) Degree
2 209 (49.53%) BPSS Clearance
3 179 (42.42%) HND
4 33 (7.82%) Chartered Engineer
4 33 (7.82%) ISTQB
5 10 (2.37%) SC Cleared
5 10 (2.37%) Security Cleared
6 2 (0.47%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (0.47%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.24%) QA
System Software
1 4 (0.95%) Firmware
2 1 (0.24%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 8 (1.90%) SAP
2 7 (1.66%) Microsoft
3 3 (0.71%) Minitab
4 1 (0.24%) Lauterbach
4 1 (0.24%) ServiceNow