Validation Job Trends in England

Validation
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Validation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 79 199
Rank change year-on-year -28 +120 -2
Permanent jobs citing Validation 1,538 1,569 1,129
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.73% 3.63% 1.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.34% 4.03% 1.70%
Number of salaries quoted 961 461 590
10th Percentile £35,000 £39,000 £36,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -13.73%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £72,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -12.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 65,658 38,950 66,284
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.80% 90.00% 82.04%
Number of salaries quoted 46,449 22,420 46,231
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,669 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £74,280
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,043 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.01% +0.08% -8.71%

Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Validation relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Validation job vacancy trend in England

Validation
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Validation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Validation

Validation
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Validation in England over the 6 months to 23 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Validation in England

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 Validation within the England region over the 6 months to 23 July 2026. 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 +79 438 £75,000 -6.25% 468
South East -41 336 £56,000 +1.82% 225
North of England +103 324 £55,000 +15.79% 151
North West +80 196 £55,000 +15.35% 89
Midlands -53 186 £42,500 -22.73% 115
South West -36 114 £50,000 -4.94% 103
East of England -77 108 £62,500 +9.17% 91
West Midlands +1 102 £44,000 -29.60% 63
East Midlands -72 82 £41,750 -1.76% 52
Yorkshire +9 67 £44,000 +3.53% 38
North East -4 61 £55,000 +41.94% 25
Validation
UK

Validation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 56 (3.64%) Apache Airflow
2 54 (3.51%) Apache Spark
3 51 (3.32%) Apache
4 29 (1.89%) SharePoint
5 24 (1.56%) Confluence
6 17 (1.11%) Jupyter
7 14 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
8 12 (0.78%) SAS
9 5 (0.33%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 5 (0.33%) CMS
10 4 (0.26%) Kinematics
11 3 (0.20%) Artix
12 2 (0.13%) Appian
12 2 (0.13%) IIS
12 2 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 1 (0.065%) ArcGIS
13 1 (0.065%) Oracle Workflow
13 1 (0.065%) Palantir Foundry
13 1 (0.065%) WebSphere
Applications
1 89 (5.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 47 (3.06%) Microsoft Office
3 26 (1.69%) Microsoft Project
4 22 (1.43%) MS Visio
5 19 (1.24%) Simulink
6 15 (0.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 11 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
8 8 (0.52%) SOLIDWORKS
9 5 (0.33%) AutoCAD
10 4 (0.26%) Adobe XD
10 4 (0.26%) Sketch
11 3 (0.20%) Autodesk Inventor
11 3 (0.20%) LaTeX
11 3 (0.20%) Productboard
11 3 (0.20%) Stateflow
12 2 (0.13%) Solid Edge
13 1 (0.065%) CATIA
13 1 (0.065%) Siemens NX
13 1 (0.065%) Trello
13 1 (0.065%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 39 (2.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 38 (2.47%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (0.72%) SAP MDG
4 10 (0.65%) SAP ERP
5 9 (0.59%) Oracle EBS
6 7 (0.46%) Oracle Applications
7 5 (0.33%) iTrent
7 5 (0.33%) Loan IQ
7 5 (0.33%) SAP MDG-BP
8 4 (0.26%) Oracle Financials
8 4 (0.26%) SAP MM
9 3 (0.20%) NetSuite
9 3 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
10 2 (0.13%) FastStats
10 2 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
10 2 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
10 2 (0.13%) SAP Business One
10 2 (0.13%) SAP EWM
10 2 (0.13%) SAP WM
10 2 (0.13%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 204 (13.26%) Azure
2 188 (12.22%) AWS
3 155 (10.08%) Power Platform
4 74 (4.81%) GCP
5 69 (4.49%) SaaS
6 56 (3.64%) Azure DevOps
7 47 (3.06%) Microsoft 365
8 44 (2.86%) Serverless
9 42 (2.73%) Amazon S3
10 34 (2.21%) GitHub
11 29 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
12 22 (1.43%) Azure Data Factory
12 22 (1.43%) Entra ID
12 22 (1.43%) Snowflake
13 21 (1.37%) Amazon EC2
13 21 (1.37%) Cloud Computing
14 20 (1.30%) GitHub Actions
15 19 (1.24%) Amazon EMR
15 19 (1.24%) Microsoft Copilot
16 18 (1.17%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 67 (4.36%) Broadband
2 46 (2.99%) Firewall
3 39 (2.54%) DNS
4 22 (1.43%) TCP/IP
5 20 (1.30%) Wireless
6 19 (1.24%) Network Security
6 19 (1.24%) VPN
7 18 (1.17%) WAN
8 16 (1.04%) Ethernet
9 14 (0.91%) MQTT
9 14 (0.91%) Wi-Fi
10 12 (0.78%) CHAP
10 12 (0.78%) Internet
10 12 (0.78%) SD-WAN
11 11 (0.72%) HTTP
11 11 (0.72%) LAN
12 9 (0.59%) NGN
12 9 (0.59%) RS-232
12 9 (0.59%) Wireshark
13 8 (0.52%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 146 (9.49%) Power BI
2 60 (3.90%) PostgreSQL
3 58 (3.77%) Tableau
4 53 (3.45%) Data Warehouse
5 52 (3.38%) SQL Server
6 38 (2.47%) Metadata
7 33 (2.15%) MongoDB
8 32 (2.08%) Data Lake
9 29 (1.89%) Relational Database
10 25 (1.63%) BigQuery
11 23 (1.50%) Semantic Layer
12 22 (1.43%) Azure SQL Database
12 22 (1.43%) DynamoDB
12 22 (1.43%) MySQL
13 21 (1.37%) Amazon Athena
14 20 (1.30%) Spark SQL
15 17 (1.11%) Oracle Database
15 17 (1.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 16 (1.04%) Parquet
17 15 (0.98%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 92 (5.98%) JIRA
2 82 (5.33%) Git
3 46 (2.99%) Jenkins
4 42 (2.73%) GitLab
5 28 (1.82%) Rational DOORS
6 22 (1.43%) Snyk
7 15 (0.98%) Selenium
8 14 (0.91%) LabVIEW
9 13 (0.85%) IBM UrbanCode
10 12 (0.78%) Postman
11 10 (0.65%) Cucumber
11 10 (0.65%) Cypress.io
11 10 (0.65%) JMeter
11 10 (0.65%) TeamCity
12 7 (0.46%) Burp Suite
12 7 (0.46%) MLflow
12 7 (0.46%) Rational Rhapsody
13 6 (0.39%) GDB
14 5 (0.33%) Hudson
14 5 (0.33%) LoadRunner
General
1 483 (31.40%) Social Skills
2 411 (26.72%) Finance
3 377 (24.51%) Analytical Skills
4 120 (7.80%) Manufacturing
5 117 (7.61%) Aerospace
6 116 (7.54%) Electronics
7 105 (6.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 86 (5.59%) Banking
9 67 (4.36%) Retail
10 59 (3.84%) Law
11 57 (3.71%) Public Sector
12 53 (3.45%) Pharmaceutical
13 50 (3.25%) Marketing
14 49 (3.19%) Organisational Skills
15 46 (2.99%) Legal
16 45 (2.93%) Games
17 35 (2.28%) Automotive
18 28 (1.82%) Financial Institution
19 26 (1.69%) Advertising
20 25 (1.63%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 277 (18.01%) Senior
2 238 (15.47%) Analyst
3 116 (7.54%) Lead
4 114 (7.41%) Systems Engineer
5 99 (6.44%) Test Engineer
6 93 (6.05%) Architect
7 87 (5.66%) Data Engineer
8 76 (4.94%) Business Analyst
9 72 (4.68%) Developer
10 71 (4.62%) Validation Engineer
11 69 (4.49%) Data Analyst
12 57 (3.71%) Consultant
13 44 (2.86%) Principal Engineer
13 44 (2.86%) Support Engineer
14 42 (2.73%) Embedded Engineer
15 41 (2.67%) Software Engineer
16 39 (2.54%) IT Manager
17 36 (2.34%) Data Scientist
17 36 (2.34%) Project Manager
18 35 (2.28%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (2.93%) RESTful
2 36 (2.34%) PySpark
3 35 (2.28%) Kafka
4 33 (2.15%) Node.js
5 31 (2.02%) XML
6 28 (1.82%) JSON
7 26 (1.69%) Pandas
8 25 (1.63%) REST
9 20 (1.30%) .NET
9 20 (1.30%) Middleware
10 19 (1.24%) Regular Expression
10 19 (1.24%) XMPP
11 18 (1.17%) CSS
12 17 (1.11%) FastAPI
12 17 (1.11%) HTML
13 16 (1.04%) LDAP
14 15 (0.98%) Playwright
15 14 (0.91%) pytest
15 14 (0.91%) Swagger
16 13 (0.85%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 103 (6.70%) Cloud Native
1 103 (6.70%) Onboarding
2 70 (4.55%) Management Information System
3 62 (4.03%) Data Structures
4 52 (3.38%) Product Ownership
5 48 (3.12%) Data Centre
6 46 (2.99%) Distributed Systems
6 46 (2.99%) Low-Code
7 45 (2.93%) Driving Licence
7 45 (2.93%) Embedded Systems
8 43 (2.80%) Algorithms
8 43 (2.80%) Enterprise Software
9 38 (2.47%) Analytical Mindset
10 32 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
11 31 (2.02%) Life Science
11 31 (2.02%) Video\Live Streaming
12 26 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
13 23 (1.50%) IoT
13 23 (1.50%) Robotics
14 21 (1.37%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 107 (6.96%) Linux
2 82 (5.33%) Windows
3 32 (2.08%) Windows Server
4 19 (1.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 18 (1.17%) Unix
6 6 (0.39%) Android
6 6 (0.39%) FreeRTOS
7 5 (0.33%) Embedded Linux
8 4 (0.26%) Kali Linux
8 4 (0.26%) Mac OS X
9 3 (0.20%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.20%) Robot Operating System
10 2 (0.13%) AIX
10 2 (0.13%) ThreadX
10 2 (0.13%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.065%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.065%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 374 (24.32%) Problem-Solving
2 330 (21.46%) Continuous Improvement
3 318 (20.68%) Agile
4 281 (18.27%) AI
5 259 (16.84%) CI/CD
6 206 (13.39%) Analytics
7 201 (13.07%) Test Automation
8 198 (12.87%) Migration
9 172 (11.18%) Stakeholder Management
10 167 (10.86%) Business Intelligence
11 165 (10.73%) Mentoring
12 163 (10.60%) Decision-Making
13 161 (10.47%) Verification and Validation
14 159 (10.34%) Data Validation
15 157 (10.21%) DevOps
16 155 (10.08%) Data Modelling
17 148 (9.62%) Software Engineering
18 138 (8.97%) Data Governance
19 137 (8.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
20 136 (8.84%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 383 (24.90%) Python
2 340 (22.11%) SQL
3 72 (4.68%) C++
4 67 (4.36%) C
5 60 (3.90%) Java
6 51 (3.32%) Go
7 40 (2.60%) JavaScript
8 39 (2.54%) C#
9 32 (2.08%) MATLAB
10 29 (1.89%) PowerShell
11 26 (1.69%) Bash
12 23 (1.50%) T-SQL
13 18 (1.17%) Embedded C
13 18 (1.17%) Embedded C++
14 17 (1.11%) Scala
15 15 (0.98%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 13 (0.85%) TypeScript
17 8 (0.52%) ABAP
17 8 (0.52%) VBA
18 7 (0.46%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 297 (19.31%) Degree
2 182 (11.83%) Security Cleared
3 99 (6.44%) BPSS Clearance
4 92 (5.98%) SC Cleared
5 74 (4.81%) Master's Degree
6 54 (3.51%) DV Cleared
7 36 (2.34%) Computer Science Degree
8 29 (1.89%) Chartered Engineer
9 26 (1.69%) HNC
10 23 (1.50%) CISSP
11 22 (1.43%) CISA
11 22 (1.43%) SANS
12 20 (1.30%) CISM
13 19 (1.24%) AWS Certification
13 19 (1.24%) PhD
14 18 (1.17%) PMI Certification
15 17 (1.11%) ACCA
15 17 (1.11%) CIMA
16 16 (1.04%) HND
17 14 (0.91%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 280 (18.21%) Data Quality
2 187 (12.16%) QA
3 54 (3.51%) GDPR
4 42 (2.73%) Accessibility
5 36 (2.34%) GRC
6 24 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 19 (1.24%) IEC 61508
8 18 (1.17%) NIST
9 17 (1.11%) PMO
10 15 (0.98%) IFRS
11 14 (0.91%) ISO 9001
12 13 (0.85%) GAAP
12 13 (0.85%) GxP
12 13 (0.85%) ISO 26262
12 13 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 15288
12 13 (0.85%) SLA
13 12 (0.78%) COBIT
14 11 (0.72%) SOC 2
15 9 (0.59%) GMP
15 9 (0.59%) MISRA
System Software
1 64 (4.16%) Docker
2 54 (3.51%) Firmware
3 41 (2.67%) Active Directory
4 27 (1.76%) Virtual Machines
5 25 (1.63%) Embedded Firmware
6 21 (1.37%) vSphere
7 9 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
8 4 (0.26%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.13%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.065%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 69 (4.49%) Terraform
2 62 (4.03%) Kubernetes
3 34 (2.21%) Grafana
4 24 (1.56%) Functional Safety
5 19 (1.24%) Ansible
6 15 (0.98%) Prometheus
7 10 (0.65%) Cilium
8 7 (0.46%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 7 (0.46%) Kibana
8 7 (0.46%) SCCM
9 6 (0.39%) Puppet
10 4 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
10 4 (0.26%) Nessus
10 4 (0.26%) Nmap
10 4 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.20%) Argo
11 3 (0.20%) FortiGate
11 3 (0.20%) Rancher
11 3 (0.20%) WMI
11 3 (0.20%) yum
Vendors
1 222 (14.43%) Microsoft
2 95 (6.18%) SAP
3 91 (5.92%) Oracle
4 51 (3.32%) Salesforce
5 44 (2.86%) Databricks
6 34 (2.21%) Red Hat
6 34 (2.21%) ServiceNow
7 29 (1.89%) CrowdStrike
8 28 (1.82%) VMware
9 27 (1.76%) Cisco
10 22 (1.43%) Google
10 22 (1.43%) Palo Alto
10 22 (1.43%) Tenable
11 16 (1.04%) Adobe
12 15 (0.98%) McAfee
13 14 (0.91%) IBM
14 13 (0.85%) Citrix
14 13 (0.85%) Foundry
15 11 (0.72%) Informatica
15 11 (0.72%) Splunk