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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 119 88
Rank change year-on-year +106 -31 -4
Permanent jobs citing Validation 399 118 166
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 11.80% 1.93% 3.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.54% 2.40% 3.35%
Number of salaries quoted 47 77 28
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,256 £48,650
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 £67,500
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% +4.17%

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 3,182 4,922 4,956
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 94.14% 80.45% 94.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1,491 3,692 2,144
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,809 £26,788
25th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £37,948
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £66,225 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £76,000 £76,250 £82,500
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 16 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 16 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 +40 282 £70,000 - 29
Hertfordshire +7 59 £57,500 - 65
Norfolk +48 28 - -
Cambridgeshire +46 26 £42,500 -22.73% 71
Essex +14 2 £62,500 +86.57% 38
Suffolk -17 2 - - 3
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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 (1.50%) Infor M3
2 1 (0.25%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 6 (1.50%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 316 (79.20%) 5G
1 316 (79.20%) Wireless
2 313 (78.45%) GSM
2 313 (78.45%) LTE
2 313 (78.45%) UMTS
2 313 (78.45%) Wi-Fi
3 312 (78.20%) Bluetooth
4 4 (1.00%) 2G
4 4 (1.00%) 3G
4 4 (1.00%) 4G
5 1 (0.25%) MQTT
5 1 (0.25%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (0.25%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.50%) Data Lake
1 6 (1.50%) Data Warehouse
1 6 (1.50%) Power BI
1 6 (1.50%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.25%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 1 (0.25%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 24 (6.02%) 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
1 321 (80.45%) Electronics
2 34 (8.52%) Social Skills
3 27 (6.77%) Manufacturing
4 18 (4.51%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (3.51%) Finance
6 12 (3.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (1.50%) Marketing
7 6 (1.50%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (0.75%) Banking
8 3 (0.75%) Law
8 3 (0.75%) Legal
9 2 (0.50%) Billing
9 2 (0.50%) Military
10 1 (0.25%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.25%) Local Government
10 1 (0.25%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.25%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 313 (78.45%) Electronics Engineer
1 313 (78.45%) Test Engineer
2 312 (78.20%) Electronics Test Engineer
3 18 (4.51%) Engineering Manager
3 18 (4.51%) Requirements Manager
4 10 (2.51%) Integration Engineer
4 10 (2.51%) Principal Engineer
4 10 (2.51%) Principal Systems Engineer
4 10 (2.51%) Support Technician
5 9 (2.26%) Analyst
5 9 (2.26%) Embedded Engineer
5 9 (2.26%) Systems Integration Engineer
5 9 (2.26%) Validation Engineer
6 8 (2.01%) Senior
6 8 (2.01%) System Verification Engineer
7 7 (1.75%) Lead
7 7 (1.75%) Project Leader
7 7 (1.75%) Software Project Leader
8 6 (1.50%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 5 (1.25%) Design 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 (78.45%) Driving Licence
2 5 (1.25%) IoT
3 3 (0.75%) Biopharmaceutical
3 3 (0.75%) Life Science
3 3 (0.75%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (0.50%) FPGA
4 2 (0.50%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.25%) Algorithms
5 1 (0.25%) Analogue Electronics
5 1 (0.25%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (0.25%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (0.25%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.25%) PMI
5 1 (0.25%) Verilog
5 1 (0.25%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.50%) Linux
2 1 (0.25%) Android
2 1 (0.25%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.25%) Embedded Linux
2 1 (0.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 354 (88.72%) Verification and Validation
2 326 (81.70%) Coaching
3 318 (79.70%) Mentoring
4 312 (78.20%) Customer Requirements
4 312 (78.20%) Test Strategy
5 32 (8.02%) Systems Engineering
6 20 (5.01%) ERP
6 20 (5.01%) Requirements Management
6 20 (5.01%) Stakeholder Management
7 18 (4.51%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
8 16 (4.01%) Software Engineering
9 15 (3.76%) Problem-Solving
10 12 (3.01%) Agile
11 9 (2.26%) Analytics
11 9 (2.26%) Computer Science
11 9 (2.26%) Data Analytics
11 9 (2.26%) Project Management
12 8 (2.01%) Business Intelligence
12 8 (2.01%) Requirements Gathering
12 8 (2.01%) UML
Programming Languages
1 16 (4.01%) C
2 15 (3.76%) C++
3 8 (2.01%) Ada
3 8 (2.01%) SQL
4 2 (0.50%) Python
5 1 (0.25%) Bash
5 1 (0.25%) C#
5 1 (0.25%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 342 (85.71%) Degree
2 312 (78.20%) HND
3 20 (5.01%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (1.00%) Master's Degree
5 3 (0.75%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (0.75%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.25%) HNC
6 1 (0.25%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.25%) NVQ Level 3
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle Certification
6 1 (0.25%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.26%) GxP
2 5 (1.25%) GDPR
2 5 (1.25%) QA
3 3 (0.75%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 3 (0.75%) GMP
3 3 (0.75%) Good Clinical Practice
4 2 (0.50%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.25%) ISO 13485
5 1 (0.25%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.25%) MIL-STD-1553
5 1 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (2.01%) Firmware
2 7 (1.75%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 10 (2.51%) IFS
2 8 (2.01%) SAP
3 6 (1.50%) Infor
4 5 (1.25%) EMC
5 2 (0.50%) IBM
5 2 (0.50%) Oracle
6 1 (0.25%) Microsoft