Validation Jobs in England

Validation
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 162 176
Rank change year-on-year +120 +14 +27
Permanent jobs citing Validation 2,786 1,565 1,829
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 5.65% 1.74% 2.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.01% 2.08% 2.25%
Number of salaries quoted 722 720 579
10th Percentile £42,000 £35,975 £36,812
25th Percentile £47,683 £42,500 £47,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,600 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.36% -12.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £63,438 £72,433 £77,715
90th Percentile £79,875 £85,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £58,033 £55,000 £62,086
% change year-on-year +5.51% -11.41% +8.92%

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 46,342 75,409 81,364
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 93.97% 83.96% 95.53%
Number of salaries quoted 23,102 54,812 48,959
10th Percentile £29,250 £29,000 £34,452
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £46,000
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 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,528 £93,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £57,000 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +3.64% -9.69% +1.50%

Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Validation in England

Validation
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Validation in England

Validation
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Validation in England over the 6 months to 31 May 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 31 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 +114 856 £62,500 +25.00% 144
South East +88 584 £60,000 +14.29% 257
West Midlands +117 433 £65,000 +19.27% 103
East Midlands +93 423 £52,000 +22.35% 40
North of England +83 413 £47,683 -4.63% 178
East of England +103 402 £57,000 +3.64% 123
North West +72 359 £47,683 -4.63% 116
London +76 252 £71,250 -5.00% 591
South West +53 239 £52,600 +5.20% 151
Yorkshire +25 49 £47,500 -7.82% 46
North East +45 5 £70,000 +33.33% 17
Validation
UK

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 9 (0.32%) Apache Spark
1 9 (0.32%) Confluence
2 4 (0.14%) SAS
3 3 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (0.11%) CMS
3 3 (0.11%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.11%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.072%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (0.072%) Kinematics
4 2 (0.072%) OpenStack
4 2 (0.072%) TPMS
5 1 (0.036%) MTS
5 1 (0.036%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.036%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 523 (18.77%) Simulink
2 81 (2.91%) Mathcad
3 41 (1.47%) Microsoft Excel
4 28 (1.01%) Microsoft Office
5 13 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 13 (0.47%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.072%) Autodesk Inventor
7 2 (0.072%) CATIA
7 2 (0.072%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.036%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.036%) EPLAN
8 1 (0.036%) ProjectWise
8 1 (0.036%) Revit
8 1 (0.036%) Siemens NX
8 1 (0.036%) SPSS
8 1 (0.036%) Stata
Business Applications
1 23 (0.83%) Oracle EBS
2 8 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.22%) Infor M3
4 3 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.072%) Endur
5 2 (0.072%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.072%) Oracle Cash Management
5 2 (0.072%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.072%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (0.072%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.072%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.072%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (0.072%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.072%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.036%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.036%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.036%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.036%) Oracle SCM
6 1 (0.036%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.036%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 105 (3.77%) AWS
2 87 (3.12%) Azure
3 60 (2.15%) Power Platform
4 59 (2.12%) GCP
5 35 (1.26%) Snowflake
6 23 (0.83%) GitHub
7 15 (0.54%) Amazon S3
8 13 (0.47%) Azure DevOps
9 11 (0.39%) AWS CloudFormation
9 11 (0.39%) Serverless
10 10 (0.36%) Dynamics 365
11 9 (0.32%) Azure Data Factory
11 9 (0.32%) GitHub Actions
11 9 (0.32%) Pulumi
12 8 (0.29%) AWS Lambda
12 8 (0.29%) PowerApps
13 7 (0.25%) Amazon SageMaker
13 7 (0.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 7 (0.25%) Microsoft 365
13 7 (0.25%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 747 (26.81%) 5G
2 739 (26.53%) Wi-Fi
3 736 (26.42%) Wireless
4 734 (26.35%) Bluetooth
5 732 (26.27%) LTE
6 731 (26.24%) GSM
6 731 (26.24%) UMTS
7 79 (2.84%) Broadband
8 16 (0.57%) Modbus
8 16 (0.57%) WAN
9 12 (0.43%) SD-WAN
10 9 (0.32%) Ethernet
11 8 (0.29%) Firewall
12 7 (0.25%) LAN
13 6 (0.22%) DNS
13 6 (0.22%) Profibus
14 5 (0.18%) 4G
14 5 (0.18%) Ethernet VPN
14 5 (0.18%) Network Security
15 4 (0.14%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (2.19%) Data Warehouse
2 54 (1.94%) Power BI
3 41 (1.47%) Data Lake
4 32 (1.15%) Metadata
4 32 (1.15%) SQL Server
5 25 (0.90%) Tableau
6 24 (0.86%) Oracle ODI
7 20 (0.72%) Big Data
8 17 (0.61%) NoSQL
9 15 (0.54%) MySQL
10 14 (0.50%) PostgreSQL
11 10 (0.36%) MongoDB
11 10 (0.36%) Relational Database
12 8 (0.29%) BigQuery
13 7 (0.25%) Looker
14 6 (0.22%) Delta Lake
14 6 (0.22%) RDBMS
14 6 (0.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 5 (0.18%) Hadoop
15 5 (0.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 256 (9.19%) Rational DOORS
2 84 (3.02%) JIRA
3 57 (2.05%) Git
4 29 (1.04%) Selenium
5 18 (0.65%) Jenkins
6 12 (0.43%) Postman
7 11 (0.39%) JMeter
8 9 (0.32%) SoapUI
9 8 (0.29%) Subversion
10 7 (0.25%) Cypress.io
11 6 (0.22%) REST Assured
12 5 (0.18%) GitLab
12 5 (0.18%) Gradle
12 5 (0.18%) Maven
12 5 (0.18%) Rational Rhapsody
13 4 (0.14%) CppUnit
13 4 (0.14%) Locust
13 4 (0.14%) Robot Framework
13 4 (0.14%) Visual Studio
14 3 (0.11%) TestRail
General
1 811 (29.11%) Electronics
2 304 (10.91%) Social Skills
3 237 (8.51%) Aerospace
4 213 (7.65%) Automotive
5 165 (5.92%) Finance
6 132 (4.74%) Analytical Skills
7 90 (3.23%) Games
8 89 (3.19%) Manufacturing
9 58 (2.08%) Pharmaceutical
10 48 (1.72%) Law
11 40 (1.44%) Banking
12 39 (1.40%) Marketing
13 35 (1.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 25 (0.90%) Military
15 24 (0.86%) Public Sector
16 22 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
16 22 (0.79%) Retail
17 21 (0.75%) Presentation Skills
18 20 (0.72%) Legal
18 20 (0.72%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 791 (28.39%) Electronics Engineer
2 790 (28.36%) Test Engineer
3 730 (26.20%) Electronics Test Engineer
4 525 (18.84%) Principal Engineer
5 524 (18.81%) Systems Engineer
6 519 (18.63%) Principal Systems Engineer
7 383 (13.75%) Senior
8 269 (9.66%) Engineering Manager
9 155 (5.56%) Validation Engineer
10 142 (5.10%) Requirements Engineer
11 141 (5.06%) Requirements Manager
12 140 (5.03%) Integration Engineer
13 138 (4.95%) Software Engineer
13 138 (4.95%) Systems Integration Engineer
14 129 (4.63%) System Verification Engineer
15 102 (3.66%) Development Engineer
16 99 (3.55%) Software Development Engineer
17 88 (3.16%) Lead
18 82 (2.94%) Analyst
19 81 (2.91%) Principal Modelling Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (0.86%) Oracle Fusion
2 21 (0.75%) Kafka
3 14 (0.50%) CSS
3 14 (0.50%) HTML
4 13 (0.47%) Qt
4 13 (0.47%) React
5 12 (0.43%) REST
6 11 (0.39%) JSON
7 10 (0.36%) YAML
8 9 (0.32%) Elastic Stack
8 9 (0.32%) Loki
8 9 (0.32%) Pandas
8 9 (0.32%) XML
9 8 (0.29%) SOAP
9 8 (0.29%) Web Services
10 7 (0.25%) GraphQL
10 7 (0.25%) Jest
10 7 (0.25%) RabbitMQ
10 7 (0.25%) Spring
11 6 (0.22%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 736 (26.42%) Driving Licence
2 105 (3.77%) Product Ownership
3 99 (3.55%) Management Information System
4 79 (2.84%) Video\Live Streaming
5 36 (1.29%) SCADA
6 35 (1.26%) Legacy Systems
7 32 (1.15%) Data Structures
8 28 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
9 25 (0.90%) Algorithms
9 25 (0.90%) Operational Technology
10 21 (0.75%) Embedded Systems
11 15 (0.54%) IoT
12 12 (0.43%) Self-Driving Car
13 10 (0.36%) FPGA
14 9 (0.32%) Biopharmaceutical
14 9 (0.32%) Life Science
15 8 (0.29%) Cloud Native
15 8 (0.29%) Hybrid Cloud
16 7 (0.25%) Manufacturing Execution System
17 6 (0.22%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 35 (1.26%) Linux
2 19 (0.68%) Windows
3 4 (0.14%) Android
3 4 (0.14%) Ubuntu
3 4 (0.14%) Unix
3 4 (0.14%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.11%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.11%) VMS
5 2 (0.072%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.036%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.036%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.036%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.036%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.036%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,708 (61.31%) Verification and Validation
2 1,295 (46.48%) Systems Engineering
3 839 (30.11%) Mentoring
4 793 (28.46%) Coaching
5 761 (27.32%) Customer Requirements
6 748 (26.85%) Test Strategy
7 590 (21.18%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
8 498 (17.88%) Software Engineering
9 412 (14.79%) Agile
10 406 (14.57%) Mathematics
11 371 (13.32%) SysML
12 291 (10.45%) Software Testing
13 290 (10.41%) Stakeholder Management
14 271 (9.73%) Requirements Management
15 260 (9.33%) Problem-Solving
16 230 (8.26%) Digital Twin
17 211 (7.57%) Computer Science
18 194 (6.96%) Project Planning
19 155 (5.56%) Test Automation
20 137 (4.92%) Acceptance Criteria
Programming Languages
1 539 (19.35%) MATLAB
2 251 (9.01%) Python
3 168 (6.03%) SQL
4 63 (2.26%) C
5 53 (1.90%) C++
6 31 (1.11%) PL/SQL
7 24 (0.86%) C#
8 22 (0.79%) Ada
8 22 (0.79%) JavaScript
9 20 (0.72%) R
10 19 (0.68%) Java
11 18 (0.65%) TypeScript
12 16 (0.57%) PowerShell
13 15 (0.54%) Bash
14 14 (0.50%) T-SQL
15 13 (0.47%) Shell Script
16 12 (0.43%) Go
17 9 (0.32%) Ladder Logic
18 8 (0.29%) SPARQL
19 7 (0.25%) C-shell
Qualifications
1 1,604 (57.57%) Degree
2 1,015 (36.43%) HND
3 993 (35.64%) BPSS Clearance
4 293 (10.52%) HNC
5 207 (7.43%) Chartered Engineer
6 128 (4.59%) ISTQB
7 110 (3.95%) Computer Science Degree
8 97 (3.48%) Master's Degree
9 62 (2.23%) Security Cleared
10 48 (1.72%) SC Cleared
11 25 (0.90%) Numerate Degree
12 24 (0.86%) PhD
13 11 (0.39%) Cisco Certification
14 10 (0.36%) DBS Check
15 9 (0.32%) ITIL Certification
16 7 (0.25%) AWS Certification
16 7 (0.25%) CCNP
17 6 (0.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 6 (0.22%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
17 6 (0.22%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (3.63%) QA
2 85 (3.05%) Data Quality
3 83 (2.98%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 46 (1.65%) Accessibility
5 42 (1.51%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 35 (1.26%) GxP
7 26 (0.93%) GMP
8 16 (0.57%) ARP4754
8 16 (0.57%) DO-254
8 16 (0.57%) GDPR
8 16 (0.57%) IEC 61508
9 14 (0.50%) PMO
10 11 (0.39%) Good Clinical Practice
11 10 (0.36%) 21 CFR Part 11
12 7 (0.25%) IFRS
12 7 (0.25%) IFRS 9
12 7 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 6 (0.22%) NIST
14 5 (0.18%) Automotive SPICE
14 5 (0.18%) HIPAA
System Software
1 33 (1.18%) Docker
2 20 (0.72%) Firmware
3 10 (0.36%) Embedded Firmware
4 9 (0.32%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.072%) DFS Replication
5 2 (0.072%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.072%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.036%) Apache Flume
6 1 (0.036%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.036%) HDFS
6 1 (0.036%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.036%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 40 (1.44%) Kubernetes
2 26 (0.93%) Terraform
3 20 (0.72%) Grafana
4 12 (0.43%) Ansible
5 10 (0.36%) Prometheus
6 9 (0.32%) Argo
7 6 (0.22%) Functional Safety
7 6 (0.22%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.072%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.072%) Podman
8 2 (0.072%) Puppet
8 2 (0.072%) SCOM
9 1 (0.036%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.036%) Kibana
9 1 (0.036%) logstash
9 1 (0.036%) Nessus
9 1 (0.036%) Oozie
9 1 (0.036%) Oracle RMAN
9 1 (0.036%) SCCM
Vendors
1 94 (3.37%) ServiceNow
2 82 (2.94%) MathWorks
3 57 (2.05%) Microsoft
4 45 (1.62%) Oracle
5 44 (1.58%) IBM
6 28 (1.01%) SAP
7 27 (0.97%) Salesforce
8 13 (0.47%) Databricks
8 13 (0.47%) Google
9 11 (0.39%) Hitachi
9 11 (0.39%) Siemens
10 10 (0.36%) Cisco
10 10 (0.36%) IFS
10 10 (0.36%) Splunk
11 9 (0.32%) Red Hat
12 8 (0.29%) Informatica
13 7 (0.25%) CheckPoint
13 7 (0.25%) F5
13 7 (0.25%) Rockwell
13 7 (0.25%) Talend