Validation Jobs in the East of England

Validation
England > East of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for Validation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Validation over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 114 88 78
Rank change year-on-year -26 -10 -25
Permanent jobs citing Validation 117 187 257
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 1.93% 3.40% 4.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.38% 3.58% 4.25%
Number of salaries quoted 76 35 26
10th Percentile £37,820 £46,300 £31,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +33.33% -21.74%
75th Percentile £66,250 £69,375 £53,750
90th Percentile £75,625 £82,500 £54,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +12.15%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East of England

Validation is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,923 5,224 6,047
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 81.20% 94.98% 94.85%
Number of salaries quoted 3,684 2,250 2,703
10th Percentile £25,809 £27,750 £27,800
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £85,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Validation in the East of England

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Salary Trend in the East of England

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

Salary trend for Validation in the East of England

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Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Validation in the East of England over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Validation in the East of England

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Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the East of England region over the 6 months to 29 April 2024. 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
Hertfordshire +39 87 £57,500 +4.55% 32
Cambridgeshire -14 18 £55,000 -8.33% 51
Essex -9 6 £33,500 - 15
Bedfordshire +10 3 - - 14
Suffolk -17 2 £45,000 -41.94% 5
Norfolk -33 1 - - 6
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England

Validation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.71%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.85%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (5.13%) Simulink
2 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.85%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 3 (2.56%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 2 (1.71%) Power Platform
2 1 (0.85%) Azure
2 1 (0.85%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (8.55%) Wireless
2 5 (4.27%) Bluetooth
2 5 (4.27%) Internet
2 5 (4.27%) Network Security
3 4 (3.42%) 5G
4 1 (0.85%) LoRaWAN
4 1 (0.85%) Modbus
4 1 (0.85%) MQTT
4 1 (0.85%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.42%) GIS
2 2 (1.71%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (6.84%) Rational Rhapsody
2 5 (4.27%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (2.56%) Eclipse
3 3 (2.56%) Visual Studio
4 2 (1.71%) Appium
4 2 (1.71%) Git
4 2 (1.71%) Selenium
5 1 (0.85%) ClearCase
5 1 (0.85%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.85%) JIRA
5 1 (0.85%) LabVIEW
5 1 (0.85%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.85%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 36 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 28 (23.93%) Electronics
3 13 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (8.55%) Aerospace
5 9 (7.69%) Automotive
5 9 (7.69%) Pharmaceutical
6 8 (6.84%) Manufacturing
7 7 (5.98%) Military
8 5 (4.27%) Finance
9 4 (3.42%) Telecoms
10 3 (2.56%) Marketing
10 3 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.85%) Billing
12 1 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 29 (24.79%) Lead
2 27 (23.08%) Software Engineer
3 15 (12.82%) Validation Engineer
4 12 (10.26%) Hardware Engineer
4 12 (10.26%) Senior
5 9 (7.69%) Team Leader
6 8 (6.84%) Embedded Engineer
6 8 (6.84%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 8 (6.84%) Test Engineer
7 7 (5.98%) Senior Software Engineer
7 7 (5.98%) Systems Engineer
8 6 (5.13%) Author
8 6 (5.13%) Design Engineer
8 6 (5.13%) Hardware Design Engineer
8 6 (5.13%) Project Leader
8 6 (5.13%) Senior Validation Engineer
8 6 (5.13%) Software Validation Engineer
8 6 (5.13%) Technical Author
8 6 (5.13%) Technical Engineer
8 6 (5.13%) Test and Validation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.71%) Playwright
2 1 (0.85%) CSS
2 1 (0.85%) Flask
2 1 (0.85%) HTML
2 1 (0.85%) HTML5
2 1 (0.85%) LLVM
2 1 (0.85%) React
2 1 (0.85%) Twitter Bootstrap
2 1 (0.85%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 13 (11.11%) Algorithms
2 11 (9.40%) Robotics
3 6 (5.13%) IoT
4 5 (4.27%) Analogue Electronics
4 5 (4.27%) Cyber Threat
4 5 (4.27%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 4 (3.42%) Augmented Reality
5 4 (3.42%) PDA
5 4 (3.42%) Virtual Reality
6 3 (2.56%) 3D Printing
6 3 (2.56%) ASIC
6 3 (2.56%) Life Science
6 3 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (2.56%) Verilog
6 3 (2.56%) VHDL
7 1 (0.85%) Device Driver
7 1 (0.85%) FPGA
7 1 (0.85%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (0.85%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.56%) Linux
2 1 (0.85%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (38.46%) Verification and Validation
2 41 (35.04%) Software Engineering
2 41 (35.04%) Systems Engineering
3 25 (21.37%) Agile
4 23 (19.66%) Problem-Solving
5 21 (17.95%) Synthetic Environment
6 18 (15.38%) Visualisation
7 15 (12.82%) Project Management
7 15 (12.82%) Software Testing
8 12 (10.26%) Physics
9 11 (9.40%) Mathematics
9 11 (9.40%) Signal Processing
9 11 (9.40%) Test Automation
10 10 (8.55%) Digital Signal Processing
10 10 (8.55%) Integration Testing
11 9 (7.69%) Prototyping
12 8 (6.84%) Information Security
12 8 (6.84%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
12 8 (6.84%) Schematic Capture
12 8 (6.84%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 26 (22.22%) C
2 24 (20.51%) C#
3 16 (13.68%) Python
4 8 (6.84%) MATLAB
5 7 (5.98%) Ada
5 7 (5.98%) C++
6 5 (4.27%) SQL
7 3 (2.56%) Java
8 2 (1.71%) Embedded C
8 2 (1.71%) Embedded C++
8 2 (1.71%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.71%) PHP
8 2 (1.71%) T-SQL
8 2 (1.71%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.85%) Bash
9 1 (0.85%) R
9 1 (0.85%) VB
Qualifications
1 50 (42.74%) Security Cleared
2 48 (41.03%) BPSS Clearance
3 45 (38.46%) Degree
4 5 (4.27%) HNC
4 5 (4.27%) SC Cleared
5 4 (3.42%) Master's Degree
5 4 (3.42%) PhD
6 2 (1.71%) ECDL
6 2 (1.71%) MCP
6 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.85%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.85%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.27%) GRC
1 5 (4.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (4.27%) NIST
1 5 (4.27%) NIST 800
2 3 (2.56%) GAMP
3 2 (1.71%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.85%) GxP
4 1 (0.85%) MISRA
4 1 (0.85%) MISRA C
4 1 (0.85%) QA
System Software
1 4 (3.42%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (4.27%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 6 (5.13%) Microsoft
2 4 (3.42%) EMC
3 3 (2.56%) IBM
3 3 (2.56%) Oracle
4 1 (0.85%) MathWorks
4 1 (0.85%) NCR
4 1 (0.85%) Renesas