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 4 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 80 200
Rank change year-on-year -16 +120 -10
Permanent jobs citing Validation 1,690 1,578 1,002
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.84% 3.62% 1.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.49% 4.04% 1.69%
Number of salaries quoted 1,017 471 488
10th Percentile £34,500 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year - -6.38% -8.20%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,300 £91,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -4.00%

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 67,804 39,039 59,330
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.79% 89.57% 81.31%
Number of salaries quoted 47,813 22,613 39,487
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £31,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -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 4 August 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 4 August 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 +84 473 £74,627 -3.71% 775
South East -36 380 £55,000 - 328
North of England +108 355 £52,500 +10.53% 211
North West +88 206 £55,000 +15.35% 122
Midlands -57 195 £44,000 -20.00% 181
South West -21 138 £51,000 -3.04% 168
East of England -83 116 £62,500 +9.65% 151
West Midlands +4 107 £44,360 -22.85% 113
East Midlands -61 87 £42,500 - 68
Yorkshire +9 75 £43,000 +1.18% 49
North East +8 74 £55,000 +57.14% 43
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 59 (3.49%) Apache Airflow
2 57 (3.37%) Apache Spark
3 55 (3.25%) Apache
4 30 (1.78%) Confluence
4 30 (1.78%) SharePoint
5 18 (1.07%) Jupyter
6 12 (0.71%) SAS
7 11 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
8 5 (0.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 5 (0.30%) CMS
9 4 (0.24%) Kinematics
10 3 (0.18%) Artix
10 3 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 3 (0.18%) WinCC
11 2 (0.12%) Cloud Foundry
11 2 (0.12%) IIS
12 1 (0.059%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.059%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.059%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.059%) WebSphere
Applications
1 109 (6.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 60 (3.55%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (1.83%) Microsoft Project
4 26 (1.54%) MS Visio
5 23 (1.36%) Simulink
6 15 (0.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 15 (0.89%) Spreadsheet
7 11 (0.65%) SOLIDWORKS
8 5 (0.30%) AutoCAD
9 4 (0.24%) Adobe XD
9 4 (0.24%) Mathcad
9 4 (0.24%) Sketch
10 3 (0.18%) Autodesk Inventor
10 3 (0.18%) LaTeX
10 3 (0.18%) Productboard
10 3 (0.18%) Stateflow
11 2 (0.12%) OrCAD
11 2 (0.12%) Solid Edge
12 1 (0.059%) EPLAN
12 1 (0.059%) Trello
Business Applications
1 42 (2.49%) SAP S/4HANA
2 38 (2.25%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (0.65%) SAP MDG
4 10 (0.59%) SAP ERP
5 9 (0.53%) Oracle EBS
6 8 (0.47%) Oracle Applications
7 5 (0.30%) iTrent
7 5 (0.30%) Loan IQ
7 5 (0.30%) NetSuite
7 5 (0.30%) SAP MDG-BP
8 4 (0.24%) Elite 3E
8 4 (0.24%) Oracle Financials
8 4 (0.24%) SAP MM
8 4 (0.24%) Workday HCM
9 3 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
10 2 (0.12%) SAP CO
10 2 (0.12%) SAP FI
10 2 (0.12%) SAP FI/CO
10 2 (0.12%) SAP WM
10 2 (0.12%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 238 (14.08%) Azure
2 227 (13.43%) AWS
3 156 (9.23%) Power Platform
4 83 (4.91%) GCP
5 68 (4.02%) SaaS
6 59 (3.49%) Azure DevOps
7 52 (3.08%) Microsoft 365
8 46 (2.72%) GitHub
9 44 (2.60%) Amazon S3
9 44 (2.60%) Serverless
10 33 (1.95%) Dynamics 365
11 26 (1.54%) Microsoft Copilot
12 25 (1.48%) Entra ID
13 24 (1.42%) GitHub Actions
14 22 (1.30%) Amazon EC2
14 22 (1.30%) Cloud Computing
15 21 (1.24%) Amazon EMR
16 20 (1.18%) Snowflake
17 19 (1.12%) Microsoft Purview
17 19 (1.12%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 67 (3.96%) Broadband
2 50 (2.96%) Firewall
3 45 (2.66%) DNS
4 26 (1.54%) Network Security
4 26 (1.54%) Wireless
5 25 (1.48%) TCP/IP
6 23 (1.36%) VPN
6 23 (1.36%) WAN
7 18 (1.07%) Ethernet
8 17 (1.01%) SD-WAN
9 16 (0.95%) Wi-Fi
10 15 (0.89%) MQTT
11 14 (0.83%) LAN
12 12 (0.71%) HTTP
12 12 (0.71%) Internet
13 11 (0.65%) NGN
13 11 (0.65%) RS-232
14 10 (0.59%) 5G
14 10 (0.59%) BGP
14 10 (0.59%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 146 (8.64%) Power BI
2 56 (3.31%) Data Warehouse
2 56 (3.31%) PostgreSQL
3 54 (3.20%) Tableau
4 49 (2.90%) SQL Server
5 43 (2.54%) Metadata
6 36 (2.13%) Data Lake
7 33 (1.95%) MongoDB
8 31 (1.83%) Relational Database
9 25 (1.48%) BigQuery
10 23 (1.36%) DynamoDB
11 22 (1.30%) Amazon Athena
11 22 (1.30%) Semantic Layer
12 21 (1.24%) MySQL
13 20 (1.18%) Azure SQL Database
13 20 (1.18%) Spark SQL
13 20 (1.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 19 (1.12%) Power Query
15 17 (1.01%) Oracle Database
16 16 (0.95%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 109 (6.45%) JIRA
2 100 (5.92%) Git
3 48 (2.84%) Jenkins
4 42 (2.49%) GitLab
5 31 (1.83%) Rational DOORS
6 22 (1.30%) Snyk
7 18 (1.07%) Selenium
8 16 (0.95%) LabVIEW
9 15 (0.89%) Postman
10 14 (0.83%) Cypress.io
11 13 (0.77%) IBM UrbanCode
12 12 (0.71%) Cucumber
13 11 (0.65%) JMeter
14 10 (0.59%) TeamCity
15 8 (0.47%) Rational Rhapsody
16 7 (0.41%) Burp Suite
16 7 (0.41%) REST Assured
17 6 (0.36%) GDB
17 6 (0.36%) Hudson
17 6 (0.36%) MLflow
General
1 551 (32.60%) Social Skills
2 469 (27.75%) Finance
3 435 (25.74%) Analytical Skills
4 151 (8.93%) Aerospace
5 144 (8.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 141 (8.34%) Manufacturing
7 135 (7.99%) Electronics
8 96 (5.68%) Banking
9 87 (5.15%) Law
10 68 (4.02%) Retail
11 67 (3.96%) Public Sector
12 60 (3.55%) Pharmaceutical
13 57 (3.37%) Organisational Skills
14 56 (3.31%) Marketing
15 50 (2.96%) Legal
16 46 (2.72%) Games
17 41 (2.43%) Automotive
18 32 (1.89%) Telecoms
19 29 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
19 29 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 312 (18.46%) Senior
2 248 (14.67%) Analyst
3 138 (8.17%) Lead
4 116 (6.86%) Systems Engineer
5 107 (6.33%) Test Engineer
6 103 (6.09%) Architect
7 95 (5.62%) Data Engineer
8 80 (4.73%) Business Analyst
9 79 (4.67%) Developer
10 66 (3.91%) Consultant
10 66 (3.91%) Validation Engineer
11 63 (3.73%) Data Analyst
12 59 (3.49%) Software Engineer
13 54 (3.20%) Principal Engineer
14 45 (2.66%) Support Engineer
15 43 (2.54%) Embedded Engineer
16 42 (2.49%) Data Scientist
17 38 (2.25%) IT Manager
18 37 (2.19%) Project Manager
19 36 (2.13%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (2.66%) RESTful
2 42 (2.49%) Kafka
3 37 (2.19%) PySpark
4 35 (2.07%) Node.js
5 32 (1.89%) REST
6 30 (1.78%) XML
7 29 (1.72%) JSON
8 25 (1.48%) .NET
9 24 (1.42%) Middleware
9 24 (1.42%) Pandas
10 21 (1.24%) CSS
10 21 (1.24%) LDAP
11 20 (1.18%) HTML
11 20 (1.18%) Playwright
12 19 (1.12%) Regular Expression
12 19 (1.12%) XMPP
13 16 (0.95%) FastAPI
13 16 (0.95%) React
14 14 (0.83%) Oracle Fusion
14 14 (0.83%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 124 (7.34%) Onboarding
2 122 (7.22%) Cloud Native
3 84 (4.97%) Management Information System
4 62 (3.67%) Data Centre
4 62 (3.67%) Product Ownership
5 58 (3.43%) Data Structures
6 49 (2.90%) Distributed Systems
6 49 (2.90%) Enterprise Software
7 47 (2.78%) Embedded Systems
8 46 (2.72%) Driving Licence
8 46 (2.72%) Low-Code
9 44 (2.60%) Algorithms
10 38 (2.25%) Analytical Mindset
11 33 (1.95%) Video\Live Streaming
12 32 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
12 32 (1.89%) Life Science
13 28 (1.66%) AI Agents
13 28 (1.66%) Robotics
13 28 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
14 24 (1.42%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 113 (6.69%) Linux
2 85 (5.03%) Windows
3 33 (1.95%) Windows Server
4 19 (1.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 19 (1.12%) Unix
5 6 (0.36%) Android
5 6 (0.36%) Embedded Linux
5 6 (0.36%) FreeRTOS
6 4 (0.24%) Kali Linux
6 4 (0.24%) Mac OS X
7 3 (0.18%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.12%) AIX
8 2 (0.12%) Robot Operating System
8 2 (0.12%) ThreadX
8 2 (0.12%) VMS
8 2 (0.12%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.059%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 442 (26.15%) Problem-Solving
2 400 (23.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 363 (21.48%) Agile
4 316 (18.70%) AI
5 286 (16.92%) CI/CD
6 224 (13.25%) Analytics
7 222 (13.14%) Migration
8 216 (12.78%) Test Automation
9 210 (12.43%) Stakeholder Management
10 200 (11.83%) Mentoring
11 190 (11.24%) Decision-Making
12 180 (10.65%) Software Engineering
13 175 (10.36%) DevOps
13 175 (10.36%) Verification and Validation
14 172 (10.18%) Business Intelligence
15 157 (9.29%) Data Analysis
15 157 (9.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 156 (9.23%) Data Modelling
16 156 (9.23%) ERP
17 154 (9.11%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 412 (24.38%) Python
2 356 (21.07%) SQL
3 80 (4.73%) C++
4 73 (4.32%) C
4 73 (4.32%) Java
5 55 (3.25%) Go
6 52 (3.08%) JavaScript
7 43 (2.54%) C#
8 36 (2.13%) MATLAB
9 30 (1.78%) PowerShell
10 27 (1.60%) Bash
11 20 (1.18%) Embedded C
11 20 (1.18%) Scala
11 20 (1.18%) T-SQL
12 18 (1.07%) Embedded C++
13 16 (0.95%) TypeScript
14 15 (0.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 8 (0.47%) ABAP
15 8 (0.47%) PL/SQL
15 8 (0.47%) VBA
Qualifications
1 342 (20.24%) Degree
2 228 (13.49%) Security Cleared
3 121 (7.16%) SC Cleared
4 114 (6.75%) BPSS Clearance
5 78 (4.62%) DV Cleared
6 75 (4.44%) Master's Degree
7 39 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
8 30 (1.78%) Chartered Engineer
9 29 (1.72%) CISSP
10 27 (1.60%) PMI Certification
11 25 (1.48%) HNC
12 23 (1.36%) AWS Certification
12 23 (1.36%) CISM
13 22 (1.30%) ACCA
13 22 (1.30%) CIMA
13 22 (1.30%) PhD
14 20 (1.18%) CISA
14 20 (1.18%) SANS
15 19 (1.12%) HND
16 18 (1.07%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 294 (17.40%) Data Quality
2 225 (13.31%) QA
3 55 (3.25%) GDPR
4 52 (3.08%) Accessibility
5 38 (2.25%) GRC
6 23 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 21 (1.24%) IEC 61508
8 18 (1.07%) PMO
9 17 (1.01%) NIST
9 17 (1.01%) SLA
10 16 (0.95%) GxP
11 15 (0.89%) IFRS
11 15 (0.89%) ISO 26262
12 14 (0.83%) GAAP
13 13 (0.77%) ISO 9001
14 12 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 15288
15 11 (0.65%) SOC 2
15 11 (0.65%) WCAG
16 10 (0.59%) COBIT
16 10 (0.59%) GMP
System Software
1 71 (4.20%) Docker
2 65 (3.85%) Firmware
3 42 (2.49%) Active Directory
4 28 (1.66%) Embedded Firmware
4 28 (1.66%) Virtual Machines
5 22 (1.30%) vSphere
6 13 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
7 6 (0.36%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.18%) KVM
9 2 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.059%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.059%) iptables
10 1 (0.059%) ProxySG
10 1 (0.059%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 74 (4.38%) Terraform
2 73 (4.32%) Kubernetes
3 37 (2.19%) Grafana
4 25 (1.48%) Functional Safety
5 21 (1.24%) Ansible
6 17 (1.01%) Prometheus
7 10 (0.59%) Cilium
8 9 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
9 8 (0.47%) SCCM
10 7 (0.41%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 7 (0.41%) Kibana
11 6 (0.36%) Puppet
12 5 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
13 4 (0.24%) FortiGate
13 4 (0.24%) Nessus
13 4 (0.24%) Nmap
13 4 (0.24%) WMI
14 3 (0.18%) Argo
14 3 (0.18%) HP Fortify
14 3 (0.18%) Rancher
Vendors
1 253 (14.97%) Microsoft
2 108 (6.39%) SAP
3 97 (5.74%) Oracle
4 55 (3.25%) Salesforce
5 46 (2.72%) Databricks
6 42 (2.49%) ServiceNow
7 35 (2.07%) Red Hat
8 33 (1.95%) Cisco
9 32 (1.89%) Google
9 32 (1.89%) VMware
10 29 (1.72%) CrowdStrike
11 24 (1.42%) Palo Alto
12 22 (1.30%) Tenable
13 15 (0.89%) EMC
13 15 (0.89%) McAfee
14 14 (0.83%) Adobe
14 14 (0.83%) IBM
15 13 (0.77%) Foundry
15 13 (0.77%) Splunk
15 13 (0.77%) Workday