Validation Jobs in the East of England

Validation
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of England 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 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 112 82
Rank change year-on-year +99 -30 -5
Permanent jobs citing Validation 402 121 167
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 12.27% 1.96% 3.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.03% 2.45% 3.43%
Number of salaries quoted 47 79 29
10th Percentile £40,000 £39,128 £49,100
25th Percentile £41,875 £46,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.64% -8.33% +26.32%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £76,250 £85,000
England median annual salary £52,600 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.36% -12.00% +7.30%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East of England

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 of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,086 4,937 4,875
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 94.23% 79.82% 94.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1,381 3,707 2,123
10th Percentile £27,945 £25,809 £26,750
25th Percentile £37,000 £32,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,967 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.93% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £66,200 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £81,000
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 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 22 May 2025.

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 22 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
Bedfordshire +39 282 £70,000 - 32
Hertfordshire +5 63 £57,250 -0.43% 64
Cambridgeshire +54 25 £40,000 -27.27% 86
Norfolk +44 25 - - 2
Suffolk -15 4 - - 6
Essex +16 3 £62,500 +86.57% 46
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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 1 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
Business Applications
1 6 (1.49%) Infor M3
2 1 (0.25%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 6 (1.49%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 315 (78.36%) 5G
1 315 (78.36%) Wireless
2 313 (77.86%) GSM
2 313 (77.86%) LTE
2 313 (77.86%) UMTS
2 313 (77.86%) Wi-Fi
3 312 (77.61%) Bluetooth
4 7 (1.74%) Broadband
5 3 (0.75%) 2G
5 3 (0.75%) 3G
5 3 (0.75%) 4G
6 1 (0.25%) MQTT
6 1 (0.25%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (0.25%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.49%) Data Lake
1 6 (1.49%) Data Warehouse
1 6 (1.49%) Power BI
1 6 (1.49%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.25%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 1 (0.25%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 24 (5.97%) Rational DOORS
2 4 (1.00%) CppUnit
3 2 (0.50%) Git
3 2 (0.50%) JIRA
3 2 (0.50%) Rational Rhapsody
4 1 (0.25%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.25%) Selenium
General
1 320 (79.60%) Electronics
2 42 (10.45%) Social Skills
3 26 (6.47%) Manufacturing
4 18 (4.48%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (3.48%) Finance
6 12 (2.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (1.74%) Games
8 6 (1.49%) Marketing
8 6 (1.49%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (0.75%) Banking
9 3 (0.75%) Billing
9 3 (0.75%) Law
10 2 (0.50%) Legal
10 2 (0.50%) Military
11 1 (0.25%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.25%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.25%) Local Government
11 1 (0.25%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.25%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 313 (77.86%) Electronics Engineer
1 313 (77.86%) Test Engineer
2 312 (77.61%) Electronics Test Engineer
3 25 (6.22%) Engineering Manager
4 18 (4.48%) Requirements Manager
5 15 (3.73%) Senior
6 10 (2.49%) Support Technician
7 9 (2.24%) Analyst
7 9 (2.24%) Embedded Engineer
8 7 (1.74%) Lead
8 7 (1.74%) Project Leader
8 7 (1.74%) Senior Manager
8 7 (1.74%) Senior Service Manager
8 7 (1.74%) ServiceNow Manager
8 7 (1.74%) Software Project Leader
9 6 (1.49%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 6 (1.49%) Integration Engineer
9 6 (1.49%) Principal Engineer
9 6 (1.49%) Principal Systems Engineer
10 5 (1.24%) Validation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.25%) JSON
1 1 (0.25%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (0.25%) REST
1 1 (0.25%) SOAP
1 1 (0.25%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 313 (77.86%) Driving Licence
2 7 (1.74%) Management Information System
2 7 (1.74%) Product Ownership
2 7 (1.74%) Video\Live Streaming
3 4 (1.00%) IoT
3 4 (1.00%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (0.75%) Biopharmaceutical
4 3 (0.75%) Life Science
5 2 (0.50%) FPGA
5 2 (0.50%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.25%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.25%) Analogue Electronics
6 1 (0.25%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (0.25%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (0.25%) Verilog
6 1 (0.25%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.50%) Linux
1 2 (0.50%) Windows
2 1 (0.25%) Android
2 1 (0.25%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.25%) Embedded Linux
2 1 (0.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 350 (87.06%) Verification and Validation
2 322 (80.10%) Coaching
3 319 (79.35%) Mentoring
4 312 (77.61%) Customer Requirements
4 312 (77.61%) Test Strategy
5 28 (6.97%) Systems Engineering
6 23 (5.72%) Software Engineering
7 21 (5.22%) Stakeholder Management
8 20 (4.98%) ERP
8 20 (4.98%) Requirements Management
9 18 (4.48%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
10 16 (3.98%) Computer Science
10 16 (3.98%) Problem-Solving
11 12 (2.99%) Agile
12 10 (2.49%) Roadmaps
13 9 (2.24%) Analytics
13 9 (2.24%) Data Analytics
13 9 (2.24%) Project Management
14 8 (1.99%) Business Intelligence
14 8 (1.99%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 16 (3.98%) C
2 15 (3.73%) C++
3 8 (1.99%) Ada
4 7 (1.74%) SQL
5 1 (0.25%) Bash
5 1 (0.25%) C#
5 1 (0.25%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.25%) Python
Qualifications
1 343 (85.32%) Degree
2 312 (77.61%) HND
3 20 (4.98%) BPSS Clearance
4 10 (2.49%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (1.00%) Security Cleared
6 3 (0.75%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.25%) HNC
7 1 (0.25%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.25%) NVQ Level 3
7 1 (0.25%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.25%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.24%) GxP
2 4 (1.00%) GDPR
2 4 (1.00%) QA
3 3 (0.75%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 3 (0.75%) GMP
3 3 (0.75%) Good Clinical Practice
4 1 (0.25%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.25%) ISO 13485
4 1 (0.25%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.25%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 8 (1.99%) Firmware
2 7 (1.74%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.25%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 10 (2.49%) IFS
2 8 (1.99%) SAP
3 7 (1.74%) ServiceNow
4 6 (1.49%) Infor
5 4 (1.00%) EMC
6 2 (0.50%) IBM
6 2 (0.50%) Oracle
7 1 (0.25%) Microsoft