Validation Engineer Jobs in England

Validation Engineer
UK > England

The median Validation Engineer salary in England is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 407 814 887
Rank change year-on-year +407 +73 +227
Permanent jobs requiring a Validation Engineer 265 29 43
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.57% 0.034% 0.047%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.63% 0.036% 0.051%
Number of salaries quoted 26 10 17
10th Percentile - £32,750 -
25th Percentile £61,500 £34,313 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £43,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +56.98% -21.82% +54.93%
75th Percentile £71,250 £73,750 £68,750
90th Percentile - £75,000 £74,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +50.00% -18.18% +54.93%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 41,862 80,543 84,589
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.30% 94.48% 91.52%
Number of salaries quoted 24,654 60,279 53,593
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,626
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,942 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,550 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.42% -12.42% -

Validation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Validation Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Validation Engineer in England

Validation Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Validation Engineer in England

Validation Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Validation Engineer in England over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Validation Engineer in England

Validation Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Validation Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 3 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
Midlands +212 179 £67,500 +17.39% 3
West Midlands +151 117 £67,500 +17.39% 3
East Midlands - 62 - -
South East +123 30 - - 6
South West - 25 £61,500 - 2
North of England - 18 - -
East of England +47 13 £42,500 -21.66% 2
Yorkshire - 12 - -
North West - 6 - -
Validation Engineer
UK

Validation Engineer Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, Validation Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Validation Engineer in the job title.

1 265 (100.00%) Validation
2 257 (96.98%) Degree
3 246 (92.83%) Systems Engineering
4 239 (90.19%) Verification and Validation
5 167 (63.02%) ISTQB
6 156 (58.87%) BPSS Clearance
7 149 (56.23%) Chartered Engineer
8 90 (33.96%) Mathematics
8 90 (33.96%) Physics
8 90 (33.96%) Coaching
9 25 (9.43%) Mentoring
10 18 (6.79%) Test Automation
10 18 (6.79%) Cybersecurity
10 18 (6.79%) Operational Technology
10 18 (6.79%) Model Validation
10 18 (6.79%) Computer Science
10 18 (6.79%) Selenium
10 18 (6.79%) JIRA
10 18 (6.79%) SCADA
10 18 (6.79%) Penetration Testing
11 3 (1.13%) Security Cleared
12 2 (0.75%) SC Cleared
13 1 (0.38%) Asset Management
13 1 (0.38%) MIL-STD-1553

Validation Engineer Skill Set
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:

Development Applications
1 18 (6.79%) JIRA
1 18 (6.79%) Selenium
Miscellaneous
1 18 (6.79%) Operational Technology
1 18 (6.79%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 265 (100.00%) Validation
2 246 (92.83%) Systems Engineering
3 239 (90.19%) Verification and Validation
4 90 (33.96%) Coaching
4 90 (33.96%) Mathematics
4 90 (33.96%) Physics
5 25 (9.43%) Mentoring
6 18 (6.79%) Computer Science
6 18 (6.79%) Cybersecurity
6 18 (6.79%) Model Validation
6 18 (6.79%) Penetration Testing
6 18 (6.79%) Test Automation
7 1 (0.38%) Asset Management
Qualifications
1 257 (96.98%) Degree
2 167 (63.02%) ISTQB
3 156 (58.87%) BPSS Clearance
4 149 (56.23%) Chartered Engineer
5 3 (1.13%) Security Cleared
6 2 (0.75%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.38%) MIL-STD-1553