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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 81 196
Rank change year-on-year -24 +115 -5
Permanent jobs citing Validation 1,543 1,575 1,113
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.73% 3.64% 1.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.35% 4.05% 1.71%
Number of salaries quoted 962 466 578
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 - - -14.06%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £71,979
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -12.70%

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 65,772 38,931 65,266
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.80% 89.97% 81.95%
Number of salaries quoted 46,496 22,437 45,318
10th Percentile £31,037 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £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 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £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 24 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 24 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 +75 436 £75,000 -4.76% 452
South East -39 341 £56,000 +1.82% 251
North of England +103 325 £55,000 +15.79% 172
North West +81 196 £55,000 +15.35% 98
Midlands -59 187 £42,500 -22.73% 130
South West -33 115 £50,000 -4.94% 120
East of England -78 107 £62,500 +9.65% 99
West Midlands -3 103 £44,000 -29.60% 72
East Midlands -74 82 £41,750 -1.76% 57
Yorkshire +5 67 £44,000 +3.53% 41
North East +4 62 £55,000 +41.94% 34
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 57 (3.69%) Apache Airflow
2 54 (3.50%) Apache Spark
3 51 (3.31%) Apache
4 28 (1.81%) SharePoint
5 24 (1.56%) Confluence
6 17 (1.10%) Jupyter
7 14 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
8 12 (0.78%) SAS
9 5 (0.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 5 (0.32%) CMS
10 4 (0.26%) Kinematics
11 3 (0.19%) Artix
12 2 (0.13%) IIS
12 2 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 1 (0.065%) Appian
13 1 (0.065%) ArcGIS
13 1 (0.065%) Cloud Foundry
13 1 (0.065%) Oracle Workflow
13 1 (0.065%) Palantir Foundry
13 1 (0.065%) WebSphere
Applications
1 88 (5.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 47 (3.05%) Microsoft Office
3 26 (1.69%) Microsoft Project
4 22 (1.43%) MS Visio
5 20 (1.30%) Simulink
6 13 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 10 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
8 8 (0.52%) SOLIDWORKS
9 5 (0.32%) AutoCAD
10 4 (0.26%) Adobe XD
10 4 (0.26%) Sketch
11 3 (0.19%) Autodesk Inventor
11 3 (0.19%) LaTeX
11 3 (0.19%) Productboard
11 3 (0.19%) Stateflow
12 2 (0.13%) Mathcad
12 2 (0.13%) Solid Edge
13 1 (0.065%) Chatbot
13 1 (0.065%) Siemens NX
13 1 (0.065%) Trello
Business Applications
1 39 (2.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 38 (2.46%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (0.71%) SAP MDG
4 10 (0.65%) SAP ERP
5 9 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
6 7 (0.45%) Oracle Applications
7 5 (0.32%) iTrent
7 5 (0.32%) Loan IQ
7 5 (0.32%) SAP MDG-BP
8 4 (0.26%) Oracle Financials
8 4 (0.26%) SAP MM
9 3 (0.19%) NetSuite
9 3 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
10 2 (0.13%) FastStats
10 2 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
10 2 (0.13%) SAP Business One
10 2 (0.13%) SAP EWM
10 2 (0.13%) SAP WM
10 2 (0.13%) Teamcenter
10 2 (0.13%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 206 (13.35%) Azure
2 191 (12.38%) AWS
3 153 (9.92%) Power Platform
4 75 (4.86%) GCP
5 69 (4.47%) SaaS
6 57 (3.69%) Azure DevOps
7 48 (3.11%) Microsoft 365
8 43 (2.79%) Serverless
9 41 (2.66%) Amazon S3
10 37 (2.40%) GitHub
11 29 (1.88%) Dynamics 365
12 23 (1.49%) Entra ID
13 21 (1.36%) Amazon EC2
13 21 (1.36%) Azure Data Factory
13 21 (1.36%) Cloud Computing
13 21 (1.36%) Snowflake
14 20 (1.30%) GitHub Actions
15 19 (1.23%) Amazon EMR
15 19 (1.23%) Microsoft Copilot
16 18 (1.17%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 67 (4.34%) Broadband
2 46 (2.98%) Firewall
3 39 (2.53%) DNS
4 23 (1.49%) TCP/IP
5 20 (1.30%) Network Security
5 20 (1.30%) Wireless
6 19 (1.23%) 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 (0.71%) HTTP
11 11 (0.71%) LAN
12 9 (0.58%) NAS
12 9 (0.58%) NGN
12 9 (0.58%) RS-232
12 9 (0.58%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 144 (9.33%) Power BI
2 60 (3.89%) PostgreSQL
3 56 (3.63%) Tableau
4 52 (3.37%) Data Warehouse
5 51 (3.31%) SQL Server
6 38 (2.46%) Metadata
7 33 (2.14%) Data Lake
7 33 (2.14%) MongoDB
8 29 (1.88%) Relational Database
9 25 (1.62%) BigQuery
10 23 (1.49%) MySQL
10 23 (1.49%) Semantic Layer
11 22 (1.43%) Azure SQL Database
11 22 (1.43%) DynamoDB
12 21 (1.36%) Amazon Athena
13 20 (1.30%) Spark SQL
14 17 (1.10%) Oracle Database
14 17 (1.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 16 (1.04%) Parquet
16 15 (0.97%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 93 (6.03%) JIRA
2 85 (5.51%) Git
3 47 (3.05%) Jenkins
4 42 (2.72%) GitLab
5 30 (1.94%) Rational DOORS
6 22 (1.43%) Snyk
7 16 (1.04%) Selenium
8 15 (0.97%) LabVIEW
9 13 (0.84%) IBM UrbanCode
9 13 (0.84%) Postman
10 12 (0.78%) Cypress.io
11 11 (0.71%) Cucumber
11 11 (0.71%) JMeter
12 10 (0.65%) TeamCity
13 7 (0.45%) Burp Suite
13 7 (0.45%) MLflow
13 7 (0.45%) Rational Rhapsody
14 6 (0.39%) GDB
14 6 (0.39%) REST Assured
15 5 (0.32%) Hudson
General
1 485 (31.43%) Social Skills
2 415 (26.90%) Finance
3 375 (24.30%) Analytical Skills
4 121 (7.84%) Aerospace
4 121 (7.84%) Manufacturing
5 117 (7.58%) Electronics
6 111 (7.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 89 (5.77%) Banking
8 66 (4.28%) Retail
9 63 (4.08%) Law
10 61 (3.95%) Public Sector
11 53 (3.43%) Pharmaceutical
12 49 (3.18%) Organisational Skills
13 46 (2.98%) Legal
13 46 (2.98%) Marketing
14 45 (2.92%) Games
15 37 (2.40%) Automotive
16 25 (1.62%) Advertising
16 25 (1.62%) Billing
16 25 (1.62%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 281 (18.21%) Senior
2 240 (15.55%) Analyst
3 120 (7.78%) Lead
4 115 (7.45%) Systems Engineer
5 100 (6.48%) Test Engineer
6 94 (6.09%) Architect
7 87 (5.64%) Data Engineer
8 76 (4.93%) Business Analyst
9 72 (4.67%) Developer
9 72 (4.67%) Validation Engineer
10 69 (4.47%) Data Analyst
11 58 (3.76%) Consultant
12 45 (2.92%) Principal Engineer
13 43 (2.79%) Support Engineer
14 42 (2.72%) Embedded Engineer
14 42 (2.72%) Software Engineer
15 39 (2.53%) IT Manager
16 36 (2.33%) Data Scientist
16 36 (2.33%) Project Manager
17 35 (2.27%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (2.92%) RESTful
2 36 (2.33%) Kafka
2 36 (2.33%) PySpark
3 34 (2.20%) Node.js
4 32 (2.07%) XML
5 28 (1.81%) JSON
6 25 (1.62%) Pandas
7 24 (1.56%) REST
8 20 (1.30%) .NET
8 20 (1.30%) CSS
8 20 (1.30%) Middleware
9 19 (1.23%) HTML
9 19 (1.23%) Regular Expression
9 19 (1.23%) XMPP
10 17 (1.10%) LDAP
10 17 (1.10%) Playwright
11 16 (1.04%) FastAPI
12 14 (0.91%) React
13 13 (0.84%) Oracle Fusion
13 13 (0.84%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 105 (6.80%) Cloud Native
1 105 (6.80%) Onboarding
2 70 (4.54%) Management Information System
3 62 (4.02%) Data Structures
4 53 (3.43%) Product Ownership
5 48 (3.11%) Data Centre
6 46 (2.98%) Distributed Systems
7 45 (2.92%) Driving Licence
7 45 (2.92%) Embedded Systems
7 45 (2.92%) Enterprise Software
8 44 (2.85%) Low-Code
9 43 (2.79%) Algorithms
10 37 (2.40%) Analytical Mindset
11 32 (2.07%) Video\Live Streaming
12 31 (2.01%) Life Science
13 27 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
14 25 (1.62%) Legacy Systems
15 24 (1.56%) Robotics
16 23 (1.49%) IoT
17 21 (1.36%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 109 (7.06%) Linux
2 82 (5.31%) Windows
3 32 (2.07%) Windows Server
4 19 (1.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 19 (1.23%) Unix
5 6 (0.39%) Android
5 6 (0.39%) FreeRTOS
6 5 (0.32%) Embedded Linux
7 4 (0.26%) Kali Linux
7 4 (0.26%) Mac OS X
8 3 (0.19%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.19%) Robot Operating System
9 2 (0.13%) AIX
9 2 (0.13%) ThreadX
9 2 (0.13%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.065%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.065%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 380 (24.63%) Problem-Solving
2 339 (21.97%) Continuous Improvement
3 320 (20.74%) Agile
4 281 (18.21%) AI
5 262 (16.98%) CI/CD
6 205 (13.29%) Test Automation
7 203 (13.16%) Analytics
8 201 (13.03%) Migration
9 174 (11.28%) Stakeholder Management
10 168 (10.89%) Mentoring
11 165 (10.69%) Business Intelligence
11 165 (10.69%) Verification and Validation
12 164 (10.63%) Decision-Making
13 159 (10.30%) DevOps
14 156 (10.11%) Data Validation
15 153 (9.92%) Data Modelling
16 151 (9.79%) Software Engineering
17 142 (9.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 138 (8.94%) Data Migration
19 136 (8.81%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 386 (25.02%) Python
2 340 (22.03%) SQL
3 76 (4.93%) C++
4 68 (4.41%) C
5 63 (4.08%) Java
6 53 (3.43%) Go
7 42 (2.72%) JavaScript
8 39 (2.53%) C#
9 33 (2.14%) MATLAB
10 29 (1.88%) PowerShell
11 27 (1.75%) Bash
12 23 (1.49%) T-SQL
13 18 (1.17%) Embedded C
13 18 (1.17%) Embedded C++
14 17 (1.10%) Scala
15 15 (0.97%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 14 (0.91%) TypeScript
17 8 (0.52%) ABAP
17 8 (0.52%) VBA
18 7 (0.45%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 299 (19.38%) Degree
2 188 (12.18%) Security Cleared
3 101 (6.55%) BPSS Clearance
4 97 (6.29%) SC Cleared
5 75 (4.86%) Master's Degree
6 57 (3.69%) DV Cleared
7 37 (2.40%) Computer Science Degree
8 29 (1.88%) Chartered Engineer
9 26 (1.69%) HNC
10 24 (1.56%) CISSP
11 22 (1.43%) CISA
11 22 (1.43%) SANS
12 21 (1.36%) CISM
12 21 (1.36%) PhD
13 20 (1.30%) AWS Certification
14 18 (1.17%) ACCA
14 18 (1.17%) CIMA
14 18 (1.17%) PMI Certification
15 16 (1.04%) HND
16 14 (0.91%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 279 (18.08%) Data Quality
2 191 (12.38%) QA
3 53 (3.43%) GDPR
4 44 (2.85%) Accessibility
5 36 (2.33%) GRC
6 24 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 19 (1.23%) IEC 61508
8 18 (1.17%) NIST
9 17 (1.10%) PMO
10 15 (0.97%) IFRS
11 14 (0.91%) ISO 9001
12 13 (0.84%) GAAP
12 13 (0.84%) GxP
12 13 (0.84%) ISO 26262
12 13 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 15288
13 12 (0.78%) COBIT
13 12 (0.78%) SLA
14 11 (0.71%) SOC 2
15 9 (0.58%) GMP
15 9 (0.58%) MISRA
System Software
1 66 (4.28%) Docker
2 54 (3.50%) Firmware
3 42 (2.72%) Active Directory
4 27 (1.75%) Virtual Machines
5 25 (1.62%) Embedded Firmware
6 21 (1.36%) vSphere
7 10 (0.65%) VMware Infrastructure
8 5 (0.32%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.13%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.065%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.065%) KVM
Systems Management
1 70 (4.54%) Terraform
2 65 (4.21%) Kubernetes
3 34 (2.20%) Grafana
4 24 (1.56%) Functional Safety
5 19 (1.23%) Ansible
6 15 (0.97%) Prometheus
7 10 (0.65%) Cilium
8 7 (0.45%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 7 (0.45%) Kibana
8 7 (0.45%) SCCM
9 6 (0.39%) Puppet
10 5 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
11 4 (0.26%) Nessus
11 4 (0.26%) Nmap
12 3 (0.19%) Argo
12 3 (0.19%) FortiGate
12 3 (0.19%) Rancher
12 3 (0.19%) WMI
12 3 (0.19%) yum
Vendors
1 222 (14.39%) Microsoft
2 95 (6.16%) SAP
3 90 (5.83%) Oracle
4 50 (3.24%) Salesforce
5 45 (2.92%) Databricks
6 34 (2.20%) Red Hat
6 34 (2.20%) ServiceNow
7 29 (1.88%) CrowdStrike
7 29 (1.88%) VMware
8 27 (1.75%) Cisco
9 22 (1.43%) Google
9 22 (1.43%) Palo Alto
9 22 (1.43%) Tenable
10 15 (0.97%) IBM
10 15 (0.97%) McAfee
11 14 (0.91%) Adobe
12 13 (0.84%) Citrix
13 11 (0.71%) Foundry
13 11 (0.71%) Informatica
13 11 (0.71%) Splunk