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 3 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 82 200
Rank change year-on-year -32 +118 -11
Permanent jobs citing Validation 1,426 1,522 1,285
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.66% 3.64% 1.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.25% 3.99% 1.69%
Number of salaries quoted 890 432 699
10th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,000
25th Percentile £43,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,752 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.09% +3.19% -12.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.51% +3.64% -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 63,352 38,114 76,056
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.77% 91.23% 82.25%
Number of salaries quoted 44,748 21,402 54,898
10th Percentile £30,775 £28,898 £29,605
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,927 £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 £72,761
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.09%

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 3 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 3 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 +79 406 £77,500 +3.33% 441
South East -39 317 £55,000 - 266
North of England +87 289 £55,000 +15.35% 163
North West +73 183 £55,000 +15.35% 87
Midlands -70 166 £42,500 -22.73% 125
South West -40 112 £53,000 -3.64% 115
East of England -71 110 £60,000 +5.26% 91
West Midlands -5 96 £44,000 -29.60% 64
East Midlands -72 68 £30,000 -36.84% 61
Yorkshire +3 61 £44,000 +5.39% 49
North East -11 45 £55,000 +22.22% 27
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 51 (3.58%) Apache Airflow
2 48 (3.37%) Apache Spark
3 46 (3.23%) Apache
4 22 (1.54%) Confluence
5 20 (1.40%) SharePoint
6 14 (0.98%) Microsoft Exchange
7 12 (0.84%) Jupyter
8 10 (0.70%) SAS
9 5 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 5 (0.35%) Appian
10 4 (0.28%) CMS
10 4 (0.28%) Kinematics
11 3 (0.21%) Artix
12 2 (0.14%) IIS
13 1 (0.070%) ArcGIS
13 1 (0.070%) Oracle Workflow
13 1 (0.070%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 84 (5.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (3.02%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (1.75%) Microsoft Project
4 19 (1.33%) MS Visio
5 17 (1.19%) Simulink
6 15 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 8 (0.56%) SOLIDWORKS
7 8 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
8 5 (0.35%) AutoCAD
9 4 (0.28%) Adobe XD
9 4 (0.28%) Sketch
10 3 (0.21%) Autodesk Inventor
10 3 (0.21%) Productboard
10 3 (0.21%) Solid Edge
10 3 (0.21%) Stateflow
11 2 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 1 (0.070%) Chatbot
12 1 (0.070%) PTC Creo
12 1 (0.070%) Siemens NX
12 1 (0.070%) Trello
Business Applications
1 39 (2.73%) Dynamics CRM
2 36 (2.52%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (0.77%) SAP MDG
4 10 (0.70%) SAP ERP
5 9 (0.63%) Oracle EBS
6 5 (0.35%) iTrent
6 5 (0.35%) Loan IQ
6 5 (0.35%) Oracle Applications
6 5 (0.35%) Oracle Financials
6 5 (0.35%) SAP MDG-BP
7 3 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.14%) FastStats
8 2 (0.14%) NetSuite
8 2 (0.14%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.14%) SAP Business One
8 2 (0.14%) SAP EWM
8 2 (0.14%) SAP MM
8 2 (0.14%) SAP WM
9 1 (0.070%) SAP BRIM
Cloud Services
1 186 (13.04%) Azure
2 164 (11.50%) AWS
3 140 (9.82%) Power Platform
4 73 (5.12%) GCP
5 68 (4.77%) SaaS
6 59 (4.14%) Azure DevOps
7 40 (2.81%) Microsoft 365
7 40 (2.81%) Serverless
8 37 (2.59%) Amazon S3
9 35 (2.45%) GitHub
10 27 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
11 25 (1.75%) Azure Data Factory
12 22 (1.54%) Snowflake
13 19 (1.33%) Entra ID
13 19 (1.33%) GitHub Actions
14 18 (1.26%) Power Automate
15 16 (1.12%) Amazon EC2
15 16 (1.12%) Amazon EMR
15 16 (1.12%) dbt
16 14 (0.98%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 67 (4.70%) Broadband
2 42 (2.95%) Firewall
3 33 (2.31%) DNS
4 19 (1.33%) WAN
5 17 (1.19%) CHAP
5 17 (1.19%) TCP/IP
5 17 (1.19%) Wireless
6 16 (1.12%) Network Security
7 15 (1.05%) SD-WAN
8 14 (0.98%) VPN
9 12 (0.84%) Ethernet
9 12 (0.84%) Wi-Fi
10 11 (0.77%) 5G
10 11 (0.77%) HTTP
10 11 (0.77%) MQTT
11 10 (0.70%) LAN
12 9 (0.63%) NAS
13 7 (0.49%) WebEx
14 6 (0.42%) BGP
14 6 (0.42%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 137 (9.61%) Power BI
2 56 (3.93%) PostgreSQL
2 56 (3.93%) Tableau
3 53 (3.72%) SQL Server
4 50 (3.51%) Data Warehouse
5 34 (2.38%) Metadata
6 33 (2.31%) MongoDB
7 30 (2.10%) Relational Database
8 26 (1.82%) BigQuery
9 25 (1.75%) Data Lake
10 23 (1.61%) Azure SQL Database
11 20 (1.40%) Semantic Layer
12 19 (1.33%) Spark SQL
13 18 (1.26%) Amazon Athena
13 18 (1.26%) DynamoDB
14 17 (1.19%) MySQL
14 17 (1.19%) Oracle Database
15 16 (1.12%) Parquet
16 14 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 14 (0.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 80 (5.61%) JIRA
2 73 (5.12%) Git
3 46 (3.23%) Jenkins
4 37 (2.59%) GitLab
5 27 (1.89%) Rational DOORS
6 22 (1.54%) Snyk
7 16 (1.12%) LabVIEW
8 15 (1.05%) Selenium
9 13 (0.91%) IBM UrbanCode
9 13 (0.91%) Postman
10 11 (0.77%) Cucumber
11 10 (0.70%) Cypress.io
11 10 (0.70%) TeamCity
12 9 (0.63%) Eclipse
12 9 (0.63%) JMeter
12 9 (0.63%) MLflow
13 7 (0.49%) Rational Rhapsody
14 5 (0.35%) Burp Suite
14 5 (0.35%) REST Assured
14 5 (0.35%) SonarQube
General
1 440 (30.86%) Social Skills
2 379 (26.58%) Finance
3 333 (23.35%) Analytical Skills
4 106 (7.43%) Aerospace
5 105 (7.36%) Electronics
6 97 (6.80%) Manufacturing
7 94 (6.59%) Banking
8 88 (6.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 57 (4.00%) Retail
10 50 (3.51%) Law
11 49 (3.44%) Public Sector
12 43 (3.02%) Pharmaceutical
13 42 (2.95%) Games
13 42 (2.95%) Legal
13 42 (2.95%) Marketing
13 42 (2.95%) Organisational Skills
14 34 (2.38%) Automotive
15 32 (2.24%) Financial Institution
16 23 (1.61%) Advertising
16 23 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 248 (17.39%) Senior
2 227 (15.92%) Analyst
3 121 (8.49%) Systems Engineer
4 111 (7.78%) Lead
5 97 (6.80%) Test Engineer
6 90 (6.31%) Architect
7 81 (5.68%) Validation Engineer
8 78 (5.47%) Data Engineer
9 73 (5.12%) Business Analyst
10 68 (4.77%) Data Analyst
11 65 (4.56%) Developer
12 41 (2.88%) Embedded Engineer
12 41 (2.88%) Principal Engineer
13 40 (2.81%) IT Manager
13 40 (2.81%) Support Engineer
14 39 (2.73%) Consultant
15 35 (2.45%) Project Manager
15 35 (2.45%) Security Architect
15 35 (2.45%) Senior Systems Engineer
16 33 (2.31%) Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (3.02%) RESTful
2 33 (2.31%) PySpark
3 31 (2.17%) Node.js
3 31 (2.17%) REST
4 30 (2.10%) JSON
4 30 (2.10%) Kafka
5 28 (1.96%) XML
6 27 (1.89%) Pandas
7 23 (1.61%) .NET
8 22 (1.54%) Middleware
9 21 (1.47%) pytest
10 19 (1.33%) Playwright
11 18 (1.26%) Regular Expression
11 18 (1.26%) XMPP
12 16 (1.12%) CSS
12 16 (1.12%) Swagger
13 15 (1.05%) HTML
14 14 (0.98%) FastAPI
14 14 (0.98%) LDAP
14 14 (0.98%) React
Miscellaneous
1 91 (6.38%) Cloud Native
2 80 (5.61%) Onboarding
3 65 (4.56%) Data Structures
4 63 (4.42%) Management Information System
5 48 (3.37%) Low-Code
6 44 (3.09%) Product Ownership
7 41 (2.88%) Algorithms
7 41 (2.88%) Driving Licence
8 40 (2.81%) Embedded Systems
9 37 (2.59%) Data Centre
9 37 (2.59%) Distributed Systems
10 36 (2.52%) Enterprise Software
11 35 (2.45%) Self-Motivation
12 33 (2.31%) Analytical Mindset
13 31 (2.17%) Video\Live Streaming
14 29 (2.03%) Legacy Systems
15 28 (1.96%) Life Science
16 23 (1.61%) Robotics
17 19 (1.33%) PKI
18 18 (1.26%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 96 (6.73%) Linux
2 71 (4.98%) Windows
3 28 (1.96%) Windows Server
4 23 (1.61%) Unix
5 18 (1.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.42%) Android
7 4 (0.28%) FreeRTOS
7 4 (0.28%) Kali Linux
7 4 (0.28%) Mac OS X
7 4 (0.28%) Robot Operating System
8 3 (0.21%) AIX
8 3 (0.21%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.21%) Embedded Linux
9 2 (0.14%) ThreadX
10 1 (0.070%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.070%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 318 (22.30%) Problem-Solving
2 293 (20.55%) Agile
3 279 (19.57%) Continuous Improvement
4 252 (17.67%) AI
5 242 (16.97%) CI/CD
6 204 (14.31%) Test Automation
7 194 (13.60%) Analytics
8 172 (12.06%) Verification and Validation
9 171 (11.99%) Migration
10 163 (11.43%) Business Intelligence
11 162 (11.36%) Data Validation
12 152 (10.66%) DevOps
13 150 (10.52%) Data Modelling
13 150 (10.52%) Stakeholder Management
14 145 (10.17%) Decision-Making
15 142 (9.96%) Software Engineering
16 133 (9.33%) Mentoring
17 132 (9.26%) Data Governance
18 125 (8.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 123 (8.63%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 353 (24.75%) Python
2 318 (22.30%) SQL
3 67 (4.70%) C++
4 65 (4.56%) C
5 56 (3.93%) Java
6 50 (3.51%) Go
7 39 (2.73%) C#
8 33 (2.31%) JavaScript
9 31 (2.17%) MATLAB
10 26 (1.82%) Bash
11 24 (1.68%) T-SQL
12 23 (1.61%) PowerShell
13 18 (1.26%) Embedded C
13 18 (1.26%) Embedded C++
14 16 (1.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 14 (0.98%) Scala
16 13 (0.91%) TypeScript
17 9 (0.63%) VBA
18 8 (0.56%) ABAP
19 7 (0.49%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 269 (18.86%) Degree
2 158 (11.08%) Security Cleared
3 98 (6.87%) BPSS Clearance
4 74 (5.19%) Master's Degree
5 73 (5.12%) SC Cleared
6 46 (3.23%) DV Cleared
7 36 (2.52%) Computer Science Degree
8 32 (2.24%) Chartered Engineer
9 27 (1.89%) CISA
9 27 (1.89%) CISSP
9 27 (1.89%) SANS
10 25 (1.75%) HNC
11 24 (1.68%) CISM
12 18 (1.26%) HND
13 17 (1.19%) ACCA
13 17 (1.19%) CGEIT
13 17 (1.19%) CIMA
13 17 (1.19%) FFIEC
14 14 (0.98%) PhD
14 14 (0.98%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 253 (17.74%) Data Quality
2 165 (11.57%) QA
3 53 (3.72%) GDPR
4 38 (2.66%) Accessibility
5 36 (2.52%) GRC
6 25 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 21 (1.47%) NIST
8 19 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 18 (1.26%) IEC 61508
9 18 (1.26%) IFRS
10 17 (1.19%) COBIT
11 16 (1.12%) PMO
12 14 (0.98%) ISO 9001
13 13 (0.91%) GAAP
13 13 (0.91%) ISO 26262
14 12 (0.84%) SLA
15 11 (0.77%) SOC 2
16 10 (0.70%) GxP
17 9 (0.63%) GMP
17 9 (0.63%) MISRA
System Software
1 63 (4.42%) Docker
2 45 (3.16%) Firmware
3 37 (2.59%) Active Directory
4 23 (1.61%) Virtual Machines
5 21 (1.47%) Embedded Firmware
6 19 (1.33%) vSphere
7 8 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
8 5 (0.35%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.14%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.070%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 66 (4.63%) Terraform
2 63 (4.42%) Kubernetes
3 29 (2.03%) Grafana
4 23 (1.61%) Functional Safety
5 16 (1.12%) Prometheus
6 15 (1.05%) Ansible
7 10 (0.70%) Cilium
8 7 (0.49%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 7 (0.49%) Kibana
9 6 (0.42%) Puppet
9 6 (0.42%) SCCM
10 3 (0.21%) Argo
10 3 (0.21%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.21%) HP Fortify
10 3 (0.21%) Rancher
10 3 (0.21%) yum
11 2 (0.14%) BMC PATROL
11 2 (0.14%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 2 (0.14%) Nessus
11 2 (0.14%) Nmap
Vendors
1 186 (13.04%) Microsoft
2 89 (6.24%) SAP
3 83 (5.82%) Oracle
4 45 (3.16%) Salesforce
5 39 (2.73%) Databricks
6 33 (2.31%) ServiceNow
7 32 (2.24%) Red Hat
8 29 (2.03%) CrowdStrike
9 26 (1.82%) VMware
10 22 (1.54%) Cisco
10 22 (1.54%) Palo Alto
10 22 (1.54%) Tenable
11 20 (1.40%) Google
12 19 (1.33%) Adobe
13 14 (0.98%) Citrix
13 14 (0.98%) McAfee
14 13 (0.91%) Foundry
15 10 (0.70%) IBM
16 9 (0.63%) EMC
16 9 (0.63%) OpenAI