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 25 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 158 162 196
Rank change year-on-year +4 +34 -61
Permanent jobs citing Validation 817 919 754
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.56% 1.83% 1.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.89% 2.03% 1.85%
Number of salaries quoted 447 342 458
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £36,875
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £48,598
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -0.83%
75th Percentile £80,000 £71,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £92,875
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -4.00%

All Process and 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 43,182 45,318 40,775
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 82.38% 90.00% 91.96%
Number of salaries quoted 25,805 22,886 31,508
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,900 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 25 December 2025.

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 25 December 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 +27 253 £76,250 +17.31% 359
South East +21 200 £45,750 -20.43% 517
North of England -24 125 £53,750 +16.85% 359
Midlands +17 84 £42,500 -15.00% 268
North West -18 78 £52,500 +10.10% 188
South West +26 72 £50,000 -7.06% 242
East of England +6 70 £60,000 +9.09% 259
West Midlands +13 51 £40,000 -21.95% 143
Yorkshire -4 37 £60,000 +60.00% 147
East Midlands +3 33 £42,500 -10.53% 108
North East +3 10 £31,000 -31.87% 24
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 20 (2.45%) Confluence
2 18 (2.20%) Apache Airflow
3 13 (1.59%) Apache Spark
4 10 (1.22%) CMS
4 10 (1.22%) SugarCRM
5 9 (1.10%) SharePoint
6 8 (0.98%) Apache
7 6 (0.73%) Appian
8 5 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (0.49%) Headless CMS
10 3 (0.37%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.37%) SAS
11 2 (0.24%) Kinematics
11 2 (0.24%) WordPress
12 1 (0.12%) Anypoint
12 1 (0.12%) Apache Superset
12 1 (0.12%) FileNet
12 1 (0.12%) Luigi
Applications
1 57 (6.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 56 (6.85%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (1.84%) MS Visio
4 14 (1.71%) Simulink
5 7 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.49%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 4 (0.49%) Fusion 360
7 2 (0.24%) Adobe After Effects
7 2 (0.24%) Adobe Captivate
7 2 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
7 2 (0.24%) Adobe Premiere
7 2 (0.24%) Elementor
7 2 (0.24%) Mathcad
7 2 (0.24%) Oracle Smart View
7 2 (0.24%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.24%) Weka
8 1 (0.12%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.12%) CATIA
8 1 (0.12%) Doxygen
8 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 21 (2.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.49%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (0.49%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 4 (0.49%) SAP BPC
3 3 (0.37%) Oracle Assets
3 3 (0.37%) Oracle Cash Management
3 3 (0.37%) Oracle General Ledger
3 3 (0.37%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (0.37%) Oracle Receivables
3 3 (0.37%) SAP CX
3 3 (0.37%) Workday HCM
4 2 (0.24%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.24%) Endur
4 2 (0.24%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 2 (0.24%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.24%) Primavera
4 2 (0.24%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.12%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 113 (13.83%) Azure
2 67 (8.20%) Power Platform
3 61 (7.47%) AWS
4 40 (4.90%) SaaS
5 26 (3.18%) Azure DevOps
6 22 (2.69%) GCP
7 16 (1.96%) GitHub
7 16 (1.96%) Snowflake
8 14 (1.71%) Power Automate
9 13 (1.59%) Amazon S3
9 13 (1.59%) dbt
9 13 (1.59%) Dynamics 365
10 12 (1.47%) Azure Data Factory
10 12 (1.47%) Microsoft 365
10 12 (1.47%) Serverless
11 9 (1.10%) AWS Lambda
11 9 (1.10%) Entra ID
12 8 (0.98%) Datadog
13 7 (0.86%) AWS Step Functions
13 7 (0.86%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.84%) LAN
2 12 (1.47%) Firewall
3 11 (1.35%) DNS
4 10 (1.22%) CHAP
5 8 (0.98%) HTTP
5 8 (0.98%) TCP/IP
6 7 (0.86%) MQTT
6 7 (0.86%) WAN
7 6 (0.73%) 5G
7 6 (0.73%) Modbus
8 5 (0.61%) Ethernet VPN
8 5 (0.61%) SD-WAN
8 5 (0.61%) SMTP
9 4 (0.49%) BGP
9 4 (0.49%) Cisco IOS
9 4 (0.49%) DHCP
9 4 (0.49%) Network Security
9 4 (0.49%) OSPF
9 4 (0.49%) VoIP
9 4 (0.49%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (7.83%) Power BI
2 31 (3.79%) Tableau
3 26 (3.18%) Data Warehouse
4 23 (2.82%) SQL Server
5 21 (2.57%) BigQuery
6 20 (2.45%) Metadata
7 19 (2.33%) Relational Database
8 12 (1.47%) Oracle Reports
9 11 (1.35%) Data Lake
10 10 (1.22%) Big Data
10 10 (1.22%) Spotfire
11 8 (0.98%) Amazon Redshift
12 7 (0.86%) Looker
12 7 (0.86%) NoSQL
12 7 (0.86%) PostgreSQL
13 6 (0.73%) GIS
13 6 (0.73%) Pinecone
14 5 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
14 5 (0.61%) Data Vault
14 5 (0.61%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 63 (7.71%) JIRA
2 38 (4.65%) Git
3 35 (4.28%) Rational DOORS
4 20 (2.45%) Postman
5 17 (2.08%) Jenkins
6 14 (1.71%) Selenium
7 11 (1.35%) GitLab
8 10 (1.22%) SoapUI
8 10 (1.22%) TestRail
9 9 (1.10%) Cucumber
9 9 (1.10%) JMeter
9 9 (1.10%) MLflow
10 7 (0.86%) LoadRunner
11 5 (0.61%) Charles Proxy
11 5 (0.61%) Fiddler
11 5 (0.61%) LabVIEW
11 5 (0.61%) TestNG
11 5 (0.61%) Zephyr
12 4 (0.49%) Browser DevTools
12 4 (0.49%) Locust
General
1 298 (36.47%) Social Skills
2 214 (26.19%) Finance
3 176 (21.54%) Analytical Skills
4 54 (6.61%) Law
5 50 (6.12%) Banking
6 49 (6.00%) Electronics
7 46 (5.63%) Documentation Skills
8 44 (5.39%) Marketing
9 43 (5.26%) Manufacturing
10 38 (4.65%) Presentation Skills
11 35 (4.28%) Organisational Skills
12 34 (4.16%) Financial Institution
13 30 (3.67%) Retail
14 27 (3.30%) Public Sector
14 27 (3.30%) Telecoms
15 26 (3.18%) Aerospace
15 26 (3.18%) Pharmaceutical
16 25 (3.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 21 (2.57%) Influencing Skills
18 17 (2.08%) Billing
Job Titles
1 130 (15.91%) Analyst
2 121 (14.81%) Senior
3 87 (10.65%) Lead
4 71 (8.69%) Systems Engineer
5 44 (5.39%) Data Analyst
6 43 (5.26%) Architect
7 37 (4.53%) Test Engineer
8 36 (4.41%) Business Analyst
9 30 (3.67%) Data Engineer
9 30 (3.67%) Developer
10 29 (3.55%) Principal Engineer
11 28 (3.43%) Applications Engineer
11 28 (3.43%) Junior
12 27 (3.30%) Applications Support
13 26 (3.18%) Validation Engineer
14 25 (3.06%) Support Engineer
15 23 (2.82%) Integration Engineer
15 23 (2.82%) Team Leader
16 22 (2.69%) Applications Support Engineer
16 22 (2.69%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (4.65%) REST
2 26 (3.18%) Middleware
3 21 (2.57%) JSON
3 21 (2.57%) Pandas
4 20 (2.45%) XML
5 19 (2.33%) scikit-learn
6 16 (1.96%) TensorFlow
7 15 (1.84%) pytest
7 15 (1.84%) PyTorch
8 12 (1.47%) NumPy
8 12 (1.47%) React
9 11 (1.35%) CSS
9 11 (1.35%) FastAPI
9 11 (1.35%) HTML
10 10 (1.22%) Web Services
11 9 (1.10%) Flask
12 8 (0.98%) Hugging Face
12 8 (0.98%) RESTful
13 7 (0.86%) JWT
13 7 (0.86%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 84 (10.28%) Management Information System
2 39 (4.77%) Life Science
3 35 (4.28%) Onboarding
4 29 (3.55%) Operational Technology
5 26 (3.18%) Product Ownership
6 25 (3.06%) Self-Motivation
7 19 (2.33%) Algorithms
8 15 (1.84%) Data Structures
8 15 (1.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 13 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
9 13 (1.59%) SCADA
10 12 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
10 12 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
10 12 (1.47%) Low-Code
11 11 (1.35%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 10 (1.22%) Credit Risk
13 9 (1.10%) Data Centre
14 8 (0.98%) e-Learning
14 8 (0.98%) IoT
14 8 (0.98%) LIMS
Operating Systems
1 39 (4.77%) Windows
2 34 (4.16%) Linux
3 13 (1.59%) Windows Server
4 8 (0.98%) Android
5 5 (0.61%) Unix
5 5 (0.61%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.49%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.37%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.24%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.12%) AIX
9 1 (0.12%) FreeRTOS
9 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.12%) Robot Operating System
9 1 (0.12%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 193 (23.62%) Agile
2 182 (22.28%) Problem-Solving
3 120 (14.69%) Data Validation
3 120 (14.69%) Verification and Validation
4 110 (13.46%) Analytics
5 107 (13.10%) Migration
6 100 (12.24%) Continuous Improvement
7 85 (10.40%) Decision-Making
7 85 (10.40%) Test Automation
8 81 (9.91%) ETL
9 80 (9.79%) Mentoring
10 79 (9.67%) Data Analysis
10 79 (9.67%) Systems Engineering
11 77 (9.42%) Business Intelligence
12 76 (9.30%) Software Engineering
13 74 (9.06%) Data Management
14 73 (8.94%) DevOps
14 73 (8.94%) Roadmaps
15 72 (8.81%) CI/CD
16 66 (8.08%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 182 (22.28%) SQL
2 158 (19.34%) Python
3 27 (3.30%) C
3 27 (3.30%) Java
4 25 (3.06%) MATLAB
5 24 (2.94%) C++
6 21 (2.57%) JavaScript
7 19 (2.33%) PowerShell
8 13 (1.59%) TypeScript
9 12 (1.47%) Bash
10 10 (1.22%) R
11 9 (1.10%) T-SQL
12 7 (0.86%) C#
13 5 (0.61%) Bicep
13 5 (0.61%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.37%) Embedded C
14 3 (0.37%) GLSL
14 3 (0.37%) Go
14 3 (0.37%) Tcl
14 3 (0.37%) VB
Qualifications
1 259 (31.70%) Degree
2 92 (11.26%) Security Cleared
3 88 (10.77%) BPSS Clearance
4 45 (5.51%) SC Cleared
5 42 (5.14%) Master's Degree
6 38 (4.65%) Computer Science Degree
7 22 (2.69%) Cisco Certification
8 20 (2.45%) HNC
9 16 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
10 15 (1.84%) DV Cleared
10 15 (1.84%) ISTQB
11 13 (1.59%) CCNP
12 12 (1.47%) CISA
12 12 (1.47%) CISSP
13 11 (1.35%) ACCA
13 11 (1.35%) CCIE
13 11 (1.35%) CCNA
13 11 (1.35%) CGEIT
13 11 (1.35%) CISM
13 11 (1.35%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 111 (13.59%) Data Quality
2 102 (12.48%) QA
3 34 (4.16%) GxP
4 33 (4.04%) SLA
5 30 (3.67%) GDPR
6 27 (3.30%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 23 (2.82%) Accessibility
8 15 (1.84%) NIST
9 11 (1.35%) COBIT
9 11 (1.35%) ISO 20022
9 11 (1.35%) SEPA
10 10 (1.22%) Good Clinical Practice
10 10 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 12207
11 9 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 9 (1.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 8 (0.98%) 21 CFR Part 11
13 7 (0.86%) GRC
13 7 (0.86%) TARGET2
14 6 (0.73%) WCAG
15 5 (0.61%) ARP4761
System Software
1 36 (4.41%) Docker
2 28 (3.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (2.33%) Firmware
4 11 (1.35%) Active Directory
5 4 (0.49%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (0.49%) vSphere
6 3 (0.37%) Embedded Firmware
6 3 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.24%) Ceph
7 2 (0.24%) Lustre
7 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 2 (0.24%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 2 (0.24%) vCloud
7 2 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.12%) Dovecot
8 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.12%) iptables
8 1 (0.12%) pfSense
8 1 (0.12%) Postfix
8 1 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 28 (3.43%) Kubernetes
2 15 (1.84%) Terraform
3 14 (1.71%) Ansible
4 11 (1.35%) Grafana
5 8 (0.98%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (0.86%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.73%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 4 (0.49%) SCCM
9 3 (0.37%) Argo
9 3 (0.37%) Kubeflow
9 3 (0.37%) Rancher
9 3 (0.37%) yum
10 2 (0.24%) Docker Swarm
10 2 (0.24%) Functional Safety
10 2 (0.24%) Nessus
10 2 (0.24%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.24%) Rundeck
10 2 (0.24%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.12%) Control-M
11 1 (0.12%) Kibana
Vendors
1 100 (12.24%) Microsoft
2 51 (6.24%) SAP
3 32 (3.92%) VMware
4 27 (3.30%) Cisco
4 27 (3.30%) Oracle
5 16 (1.96%) Salesforce
6 15 (1.84%) Foundry
7 12 (1.47%) CheckPoint
7 12 (1.47%) F5
7 12 (1.47%) IBM
8 11 (1.35%) Software AG
9 9 (1.10%) Databricks
10 8 (0.98%) Intapp
11 7 (0.86%) Adobe
11 7 (0.86%) OpenAI
12 6 (0.73%) Arista
12 6 (0.73%) Automation Anywhere
12 6 (0.73%) Splunk
12 6 (0.73%) UiPath
12 6 (0.73%) Workday