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

6 months to
11 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 162 171 202
Rank change year-on-year +9 +31 -71
Permanent jobs citing Validation 773 943 755
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.57% 1.69% 1.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.86% 1.95% 1.79%
Number of salaries quoted 433 362 462
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £36,875
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -9.09% +0.83%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,375 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -

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 41,486 48,456 42,166
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 84.29% 87.03% 93.60%
Number of salaries quoted 25,004 25,273 32,594
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,313 £80,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -0.83%

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 11 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 11 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 +32 244 £80,000 +23.08% 197
South East +17 191 £52,500 -12.50% 383
North of England -25 117 £52,750 +15.30% 226
Midlands +37 81 £42,500 -15.00% 175
South West +34 72 £50,000 -16.67% 149
North West -8 70 £52,500 +13.60% 119
East of England -15 58 £59,500 +8.18% 189
West Midlands +27 51 £42,500 -15.00% 107
Yorkshire -9 35 £60,000 +50.00% 86
East Midlands +24 30 £42,500 -10.53% 61
North East +1 12 £33,000 -30.89% 22
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 21 (2.72%) Apache Airflow
2 20 (2.59%) Confluence
3 17 (2.20%) Apache Spark
4 10 (1.29%) Apache
4 10 (1.29%) CMS
4 10 (1.29%) SugarCRM
5 8 (1.03%) SharePoint
6 5 (0.65%) SAS
7 4 (0.52%) Appian
7 4 (0.52%) Headless CMS
7 4 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.39%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.26%) WordPress
10 1 (0.13%) Apache Superset
10 1 (0.13%) FileNet
10 1 (0.13%) Kinematics
10 1 (0.13%) Luigi
Applications
1 48 (6.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 44 (5.69%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (2.07%) MS Visio
4 15 (1.94%) Simulink
5 7 (0.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.39%) Adobe Illustrator
6 3 (0.39%) Mathcad
6 3 (0.39%) Oracle Smart View
6 3 (0.39%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.26%) Adobe After Effects
7 2 (0.26%) Adobe Captivate
7 2 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.26%) Adobe Premiere
7 2 (0.26%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.26%) Elementor
7 2 (0.26%) Revit
7 2 (0.26%) Weka
8 1 (0.13%) CANalyzer
8 1 (0.13%) Fusion 360
8 1 (0.13%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 24 (3.10%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.65%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 4 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.52%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (0.52%) SAP BPC
4 3 (0.39%) Oracle Assets
4 3 (0.39%) Oracle Cash Management
4 3 (0.39%) Oracle General Ledger
4 3 (0.39%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.39%) Oracle Receivables
4 3 (0.39%) SAP CX
4 3 (0.39%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.26%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.26%) Endur
5 2 (0.26%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 2 (0.26%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.26%) Primavera
5 2 (0.26%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 109 (14.10%) Azure
2 71 (9.18%) Power Platform
3 65 (8.41%) AWS
4 38 (4.92%) SaaS
5 24 (3.10%) GCP
6 23 (2.98%) Azure DevOps
7 16 (2.07%) GitHub
8 15 (1.94%) Dynamics 365
8 15 (1.94%) Snowflake
9 13 (1.68%) Amazon S3
10 12 (1.55%) dbt
10 12 (1.55%) Power Automate
10 12 (1.55%) Serverless
11 10 (1.29%) AWS Lambda
12 9 (1.16%) Azure Data Factory
12 9 (1.16%) Datadog
12 9 (1.16%) Microsoft 365
13 8 (1.03%) AWS Step Functions
14 7 (0.91%) Amazon SageMaker
15 6 (0.78%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.20%) LAN
2 12 (1.55%) Firewall
3 10 (1.29%) DNS
4 9 (1.16%) Modbus
4 9 (1.16%) TCP/IP
5 8 (1.03%) Ethernet
5 8 (1.03%) HTTP
6 6 (0.78%) CHAP
6 6 (0.78%) Ethernet VPN
6 6 (0.78%) WAN
7 5 (0.65%) BGP
7 5 (0.65%) DHCP
7 5 (0.65%) MQTT
7 5 (0.65%) Network Security
7 5 (0.65%) NX-OS
7 5 (0.65%) OSPF
7 5 (0.65%) Profibus
7 5 (0.65%) SMTP
8 4 (0.52%) 3GPP
8 4 (0.52%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (8.54%) Power BI
2 34 (4.40%) Tableau
3 29 (3.75%) Data Warehouse
4 24 (3.10%) SQL Server
5 21 (2.72%) BigQuery
5 21 (2.72%) Metadata
6 18 (2.33%) Relational Database
7 13 (1.68%) Big Data
8 11 (1.42%) Data Lake
8 11 (1.42%) NoSQL
9 9 (1.16%) Oracle Reports
9 9 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
10 8 (1.03%) Amazon Redshift
11 7 (0.91%) Looker
12 6 (0.78%) BusinessObjects
12 6 (0.78%) GIS
12 6 (0.78%) MySQL
13 5 (0.65%) Amazon Athena
13 5 (0.65%) Amazon Aurora
13 5 (0.65%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 67 (8.67%) JIRA
2 41 (5.30%) Git
3 33 (4.27%) Rational DOORS
4 20 (2.59%) Jenkins
4 20 (2.59%) Postman
5 14 (1.81%) Selenium
6 12 (1.55%) GitLab
7 10 (1.29%) SoapUI
7 10 (1.29%) TestRail
8 9 (1.16%) Cucumber
8 9 (1.16%) JMeter
8 9 (1.16%) MLflow
9 7 (0.91%) LoadRunner
10 5 (0.65%) Charles Proxy
10 5 (0.65%) Fiddler
10 5 (0.65%) TestNG
10 5 (0.65%) Zephyr
11 4 (0.52%) Browser DevTools
11 4 (0.52%) Locust
11 4 (0.52%) SonarQube
General
1 297 (38.42%) Social Skills
2 214 (27.68%) Finance
3 162 (20.96%) Analytical Skills
4 55 (7.12%) Law
5 48 (6.21%) Documentation Skills
5 48 (6.21%) Manufacturing
6 47 (6.08%) Marketing
7 43 (5.56%) Banking
7 43 (5.56%) Electronics
8 36 (4.66%) Presentation Skills
9 31 (4.01%) Organisational Skills
10 30 (3.88%) Financial Institution
10 30 (3.88%) Retail
11 28 (3.62%) Telecoms
12 26 (3.36%) Aerospace
13 25 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 25 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
14 24 (3.10%) Public Sector
15 19 (2.46%) Billing
15 19 (2.46%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 115 (14.88%) Analyst
2 110 (14.23%) Senior
3 90 (11.64%) Lead
4 61 (7.89%) Systems Engineer
5 42 (5.43%) Data Analyst
6 38 (4.92%) Architect
7 33 (4.27%) Business Analyst
8 32 (4.14%) Data Engineer
9 30 (3.88%) Test Engineer
10 28 (3.62%) Applications Engineer
11 27 (3.49%) Applications Support
11 27 (3.49%) Support Engineer
12 26 (3.36%) Principal Engineer
13 25 (3.23%) Developer
14 23 (2.98%) Team Leader
15 22 (2.85%) Applications Support Engineer
15 22 (2.85%) Data Quality Analyst
15 22 (2.85%) Quality Analyst
16 21 (2.72%) Administrator
17 19 (2.46%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (4.14%) REST
2 25 (3.23%) Middleware
3 19 (2.46%) JSON
3 19 (2.46%) scikit-learn
3 19 (2.46%) XML
4 18 (2.33%) Pandas
5 17 (2.20%) TensorFlow
6 16 (2.07%) PyTorch
7 10 (1.29%) pytest
8 9 (1.16%) HTML
8 9 (1.16%) Kafka
8 9 (1.16%) NumPy
8 9 (1.16%) React
8 9 (1.16%) Web Services
9 8 (1.03%) FastAPI
9 8 (1.03%) Hugging Face
9 8 (1.03%) PySpark
10 7 (0.91%) Flask
10 7 (0.91%) Playwright
10 7 (0.91%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 69 (8.93%) Management Information System
2 37 (4.79%) Life Science
3 36 (4.66%) Onboarding
4 28 (3.62%) Self-Motivation
5 27 (3.49%) Operational Technology
5 27 (3.49%) Product Ownership
6 23 (2.98%) Algorithms
7 16 (2.07%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 16 (2.07%) SCADA
8 14 (1.81%) Data Structures
9 12 (1.55%) Analytical Mindset
10 11 (1.42%) Credit Risk
10 11 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
10 11 (1.42%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 10 (1.29%) Data Centre
11 10 (1.29%) Low-Code
12 8 (1.03%) e-Learning
12 8 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
12 8 (1.03%) IoT
12 8 (1.03%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 35 (4.53%) Linux
1 35 (4.53%) Windows
2 14 (1.81%) Windows Server
3 6 (0.78%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (0.65%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.52%) Android
5 4 (0.52%) Unix
5 4 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.39%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.26%) FreeRTOS
7 2 (0.26%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.13%) AIX
8 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.13%) Robot Operating System
8 1 (0.13%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 193 (24.97%) Agile
2 178 (23.03%) Problem-Solving
3 117 (15.14%) Data Validation
4 112 (14.49%) Verification and Validation
5 110 (14.23%) Migration
6 104 (13.45%) Analytics
7 97 (12.55%) Continuous Improvement
8 83 (10.74%) Decision-Making
9 80 (10.35%) ETL
10 79 (10.22%) Mentoring
11 78 (10.09%) Software Engineering
12 77 (9.96%) Data Analysis
12 77 (9.96%) Test Automation
13 75 (9.70%) Business Intelligence
14 72 (9.31%) Roadmaps
14 72 (9.31%) Systems Engineering
15 70 (9.06%) Data Management
15 70 (9.06%) DevOps
16 69 (8.93%) CI/CD
17 68 (8.80%) AI
Programming Languages
1 170 (21.99%) SQL
2 155 (20.05%) Python
3 28 (3.62%) Java
4 27 (3.49%) C
5 25 (3.23%) C++
6 23 (2.98%) MATLAB
7 18 (2.33%) JavaScript
8 16 (2.07%) PowerShell
9 12 (1.55%) R
10 10 (1.29%) Bash
10 10 (1.29%) T-SQL
10 10 (1.29%) TypeScript
11 6 (0.78%) C#
12 5 (0.65%) Ladder Logic
13 4 (0.52%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.39%) Bicep
14 3 (0.39%) GLSL
14 3 (0.39%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.39%) Scala
14 3 (0.39%) VB
Qualifications
1 248 (32.08%) Degree
2 80 (10.35%) Security Cleared
3 78 (10.09%) BPSS Clearance
4 49 (6.34%) Master's Degree
5 43 (5.56%) SC Cleared
6 35 (4.53%) Computer Science Degree
7 25 (3.23%) Cisco Certification
8 20 (2.59%) HNC
9 16 (2.07%) DV Cleared
10 15 (1.94%) Microsoft Certification
11 14 (1.81%) CCNP
12 13 (1.68%) CCNA
12 13 (1.68%) ISTQB
13 12 (1.55%) CCIE
13 12 (1.55%) Numerate Degree
14 11 (1.42%) ACCA
15 9 (1.16%) Network+ Certification
16 8 (1.03%) CCSA
16 8 (1.03%) CCSE
16 8 (1.03%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 112 (14.49%) Data Quality
2 104 (13.45%) QA
3 38 (4.92%) GxP
4 32 (4.14%) SLA
5 24 (3.10%) GDPR
6 22 (2.85%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 21 (2.72%) Accessibility
8 11 (1.42%) ISO 20022
8 11 (1.42%) NIST
8 11 (1.42%) SEPA
9 9 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 9 (1.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 8 (1.03%) 21 CFR Part 11
11 7 (0.91%) COBIT
11 7 (0.91%) TARGET2
12 6 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 5 (0.65%) ARP4761
14 4 (0.52%) NCSC
14 4 (0.52%) PCI DSS
14 4 (0.52%) WCAG
System Software
1 35 (4.53%) Docker
2 30 (3.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (2.33%) Firmware
4 12 (1.55%) Active Directory
5 6 (0.78%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (0.78%) vSphere
6 5 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.52%) vCloud
8 3 (0.39%) Embedded Firmware
9 2 (0.26%) Apache Flume
9 2 (0.26%) Ceph
9 2 (0.26%) HDFS
9 2 (0.26%) Lustre
9 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (0.26%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 2 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.13%) Dovecot
10 1 (0.13%) Hyper-V
10 1 (0.13%) iptables
10 1 (0.13%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 26 (3.36%) Kubernetes
2 14 (1.81%) Ansible
3 13 (1.68%) Terraform
4 12 (1.55%) Grafana
5 7 (0.91%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.65%) Kubeflow
7 4 (0.52%) Docker Swarm
7 4 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (0.52%) Rundeck
7 4 (0.52%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.39%) Kibana
9 2 (0.26%) Argo
9 2 (0.26%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 2 (0.26%) Functional Safety
9 2 (0.26%) logstash
9 2 (0.26%) Nessus
9 2 (0.26%) Oozie
9 2 (0.26%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.26%) Rancher
9 2 (0.26%) yum
Vendors
1 86 (11.13%) Microsoft
2 53 (6.86%) SAP
3 36 (4.66%) VMware
4 28 (3.62%) Cisco
5 24 (3.10%) Oracle
6 19 (2.46%) Salesforce
7 15 (1.94%) Foundry
8 13 (1.68%) CheckPoint
8 13 (1.68%) F5
8 13 (1.68%) IBM
9 9 (1.16%) Databricks
9 9 (1.16%) Software AG
10 8 (1.03%) Intapp
11 7 (0.91%) Siemens
12 6 (0.78%) Arista
12 6 (0.78%) Informatica
12 6 (0.78%) Workday
13 5 (0.65%) Allen-Bradley
13 5 (0.65%) OpenAI
13 5 (0.65%) Rockwell