Model Validation Jobs in England

Model Validation
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Model Validation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Model Validation over the 6 months leading up to 24 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 623 523 768
Rank change year-on-year -100 +245 +81
Permanent jobs citing Model Validation 59 323 158
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.12% 0.37% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.44% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 37 35 60
10th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £35,733
25th Percentile £56,250 £50,625 £47,354
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,576 £55,043
Median % change year-on-year -4.36% +28.22% -31.20%
75th Percentile £71,250 £93,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £73,886 £116,500 £103,911
UK median annual salary £67,500 £70,576 £55,043
% change year-on-year -4.36% +28.22% -31.20%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Model 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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 45,747 73,977 83,736
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 94.09% 84.66% 95.61%
Number of salaries quoted 22,606 54,131 49,664
10th Percentile £29,750 £29,000 £34,324
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £46,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £99,413 £93,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

Model Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Model Validation in England

Model Validation
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Model Validation in England.

Salary trend for Model Validation in England

Model Validation
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Model Validation in England over the 6 months to 24 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Model Validation in England

Model Validation
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Model Validation within the England region over the 6 months to 24 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
London +81 24 £62,500 -37.50% 128
Midlands +46 19 £67,500 - 47
West Midlands - 19 £67,500 - 26
South West +49 8 £71,991 +30.89% 46
South East +45 4 £52,500 +5.00% 95
North of England -58 4 £48,750 -22.36% 72
North West -70 4 £48,750 +11.43% 34
Model Validation
UK

Model Validation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 4 (6.78%) SAS
2 2 (3.39%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.69%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (1.69%) MTS
Applications
1 3 (5.08%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (5.08%) Simulink
2 1 (1.69%) AutoCAD
2 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.69%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.69%) ProjectWise
2 1 (1.69%) Revit
2 1 (1.69%) Stata
Cloud Services
1 5 (8.47%) AWS
1 5 (8.47%) GCP
2 4 (6.78%) Vertex AI
3 3 (5.08%) Amazon SageMaker
3 3 (5.08%) Azure
4 2 (3.39%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.69%) Amazon EMR
5 1 (1.69%) Amazon Kinesis
5 1 (1.69%) Amazon S3
5 1 (1.69%) Azure Machine Learning
5 1 (1.69%) dbt
5 1 (1.69%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.69%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.78%) Big Data
2 3 (5.08%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (3.39%) Hadoop
3 2 (3.39%) NoSQL
3 2 (3.39%) Tableau
4 1 (1.69%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (1.69%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (1.69%) Base SAS
4 1 (1.69%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.69%) Data Mining
4 1 (1.69%) DynamoDB
4 1 (1.69%) Power BI
4 1 (1.69%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 19 (32.20%) JIRA
2 18 (30.51%) Selenium
3 2 (3.39%) Git
4 1 (1.69%) MLflow
General
1 22 (37.29%) Finance
2 16 (27.12%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (16.95%) Legal
4 8 (13.56%) Front Office
5 7 (11.86%) Banking
5 7 (11.86%) Social Skills
6 5 (8.47%) Manufacturing
7 4 (6.78%) Electronics
8 3 (5.08%) Aerospace
8 3 (5.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (3.39%) Financial Institution
9 2 (3.39%) Marketing
9 2 (3.39%) Retail
10 1 (1.69%) Advertising
10 1 (1.69%) Aviation
10 1 (1.69%) Investment Banking
10 1 (1.69%) Military
10 1 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (30.51%) Automation Engineer
1 18 (30.51%) Lead
1 18 (30.51%) Validation Engineer
2 13 (22.03%) Analyst
2 13 (22.03%) Senior
3 11 (18.64%) Data Scientist
4 5 (8.47%) Senior Data Scientist
5 4 (6.78%) Qualitative Analyst
5 4 (6.78%) Quantitative Analyst
5 4 (6.78%) Risk Officer
5 4 (6.78%) Senior Analyst
6 3 (5.08%) Electronics Engineer
6 3 (5.08%) Risk Analyst
6 3 (5.08%) Risk Manager
6 3 (5.08%) Senior Electronics Engineer
6 3 (5.08%) Senior Risk Analyst
7 2 (3.39%) Business Analyst
7 2 (3.39%) Product Analyst
7 2 (3.39%) Python Engineer
7 2 (3.39%) QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.47%) Pandas
2 4 (6.78%) XGBoost
3 2 (3.39%) Playwright
4 1 (1.69%) NumPy
4 1 (1.69%) PyTorch
4 1 (1.69%) scikit-learn
4 1 (1.69%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 18 (30.51%) Operational Technology
1 18 (30.51%) SCADA
2 6 (10.17%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (8.47%) Algorithms
4 4 (6.78%) Credit Risk
4 4 (6.78%) Data Structures
4 4 (6.78%) Derivative
5 3 (5.08%) Embedded Systems
5 3 (5.08%) Market Risk
6 1 (1.69%) Fixed Income
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (88.14%) Validation
2 23 (38.98%) Computer Science
2 23 (38.98%) Mentoring
3 20 (33.90%) Test Automation
4 19 (32.20%) Statistics
5 18 (30.51%) Cybersecurity
5 18 (30.51%) Machine Learning
5 18 (30.51%) Penetration Testing
6 13 (22.03%) Data Science
6 13 (22.03%) Problem-Solving
7 12 (20.34%) Decision-Making
7 12 (20.34%) Quantitative Finance
7 12 (20.34%) Risk Management
8 11 (18.64%) Agile
8 11 (18.64%) Analytics
9 10 (16.95%) Mathematics
10 8 (13.56%) Stress Testing
11 7 (11.86%) Business Development
11 7 (11.86%) Business Intelligence
11 7 (11.86%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 35 (59.32%) Python
2 13 (22.03%) R
3 11 (18.64%) SQL
4 6 (10.17%) C
5 5 (8.47%) MATLAB
6 2 (3.39%) C++
6 2 (3.39%) VBA
7 1 (1.69%) Java
Qualifications
1 39 (66.10%) Degree
2 18 (30.51%) ISTQB
3 17 (28.81%) Master's Degree
4 7 (11.86%) PhD
5 3 (5.08%) SC Cleared
5 3 (5.08%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.69%) CBAP
6 1 (1.69%) CFA
6 1 (1.69%) Numerate Degree
6 1 (1.69%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (13.56%) IFRS
1 8 (13.56%) IFRS 9
2 4 (6.78%) Data Quality
3 3 (5.08%) Accessibility
4 2 (3.39%) QA
5 1 (1.69%) Basel III
Vendors
1 4 (6.78%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.69%) JD Edwards
2 1 (1.69%) QAD
2 1 (1.69%) SAP