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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 162 170
Rank change year-on-year +120 +8 +33
Permanent jobs citing Validation 2,767 1,555 1,875
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 5.72% 1.76% 2.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.08% 2.09% 2.25%
Number of salaries quoted 710 715 578
10th Percentile £42,000 £36,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,683 £42,500 £48,402
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,600 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.36% -12.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £62,367 £72,341 £77,715
90th Percentile £77,550 £85,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £58,033 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +5.51% -12.00% +9.65%

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 45,477 74,482 83,229
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 94.01% 84.24% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 22,533 54,432 49,691
10th Percentile £29,625 £29,000 £34,375
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £46,105
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 £98,695 £93,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

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 28 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 28 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 +109 853 £57,500 +15.00% 825
South East +93 584 £60,000 +14.29% 1,235
West Midlands +119 431 £65,000 +20.37% 464
East Midlands +86 422 £52,000 +22.35% 311
North of England +83 412 £47,683 -5.58% 890
East of England +101 400 £57,000 +3.64% 701
North West +68 358 £47,683 -4.63% 423
London +82 242 £73,750 -1.67% 810
South West +53 236 £52,600 +5.20% 610
Yorkshire +30 49 £47,500 -7.82% 347
North East +43 5 £70,000 +33.33% 122
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 (0.33%) Apache Spark
2 8 (0.29%) Confluence
3 4 (0.14%) SAS
4 3 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.11%) CMS
4 3 (0.11%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.11%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.072%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.072%) Kinematics
5 2 (0.072%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.072%) TPMS
6 1 (0.036%) MTS
6 1 (0.036%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.036%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 519 (18.76%) Simulink
2 77 (2.78%) Mathcad
3 39 (1.41%) Microsoft Excel
4 28 (1.01%) Microsoft Office
5 13 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 12 (0.43%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.072%) Autodesk Inventor
8 2 (0.072%) CATIA
8 2 (0.072%) SOLIDWORKS
9 1 (0.036%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.036%) EPLAN
9 1 (0.036%) ProjectWise
9 1 (0.036%) Revit
9 1 (0.036%) Siemens NX
9 1 (0.036%) SPSS
9 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
6 1 (0.036%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.036%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.036%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.036%) SAP MDM
6 1 (0.036%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.036%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.036%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 110 (3.98%) AWS
2 86 (3.11%) Azure
3 58 (2.10%) GCP
3 58 (2.10%) Power Platform
4 34 (1.23%) Snowflake
5 23 (0.83%) GitHub
6 13 (0.47%) Amazon S3
6 13 (0.47%) Azure DevOps
7 10 (0.36%) AWS CloudFormation
7 10 (0.36%) Dynamics 365
7 10 (0.36%) Serverless
8 9 (0.33%) Azure Data Factory
8 9 (0.33%) GitHub Actions
9 8 (0.29%) PowerApps
9 8 (0.29%) Pulumi
10 7 (0.25%) AWS Lambda
10 7 (0.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 7 (0.25%) Power Automate
11 6 (0.22%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 6 (0.22%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 747 (27.00%) 5G
2 739 (26.71%) Wi-Fi
3 736 (26.60%) Wireless
4 734 (26.53%) Bluetooth
5 732 (26.45%) LTE
6 731 (26.42%) GSM
6 731 (26.42%) UMTS
7 79 (2.86%) Broadband
8 16 (0.58%) Modbus
8 16 (0.58%) WAN
9 12 (0.43%) SD-WAN
10 8 (0.29%) Ethernet
11 7 (0.25%) Firewall
11 7 (0.25%) LAN
12 6 (0.22%) DNS
12 6 (0.22%) Profibus
13 5 (0.18%) 4G
13 5 (0.18%) Ethernet VPN
13 5 (0.18%) Network Security
14 4 (0.14%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (2.20%) Data Warehouse
2 52 (1.88%) Power BI
3 42 (1.52%) Data Lake
4 32 (1.16%) Metadata
4 32 (1.16%) SQL Server
5 23 (0.83%) Oracle ODI
5 23 (0.83%) Tableau
6 20 (0.72%) Big Data
7 17 (0.61%) NoSQL
8 15 (0.54%) MySQL
9 13 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
10 10 (0.36%) MongoDB
10 10 (0.36%) Relational Database
11 8 (0.29%) BigQuery
12 7 (0.25%) Looker
13 6 (0.22%) Delta Lake
13 6 (0.22%) RDBMS
13 6 (0.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 5 (0.18%) Hadoop
14 5 (0.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 265 (9.58%) Rational DOORS
2 83 (3.00%) JIRA
3 54 (1.95%) Git
4 29 (1.05%) Selenium
5 16 (0.58%) Jenkins
6 12 (0.43%) Postman
7 11 (0.40%) JMeter
8 9 (0.33%) SoapUI
9 8 (0.29%) Subversion
10 6 (0.22%) REST Assured
11 5 (0.18%) Cypress.io
11 5 (0.18%) GitLab
11 5 (0.18%) Gradle
11 5 (0.18%) Maven
11 5 (0.18%) Rational Rhapsody
12 4 (0.14%) CppUnit
12 4 (0.14%) Locust
12 4 (0.14%) Robot Framework
12 4 (0.14%) Visual Studio
13 3 (0.11%) TestRail
General
1 809 (29.24%) Electronics
2 295 (10.66%) Social Skills
3 236 (8.53%) Aerospace
4 213 (7.70%) Automotive
5 154 (5.57%) Finance
6 129 (4.66%) Analytical Skills
7 90 (3.25%) Games
8 86 (3.11%) Manufacturing
9 58 (2.10%) Pharmaceutical
10 46 (1.66%) Law
11 40 (1.45%) Banking
12 37 (1.34%) Marketing
13 34 (1.23%) Military
14 32 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 23 (0.83%) Public Sector
16 21 (0.76%) Organisational Skills
16 21 (0.76%) Retail
17 20 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
18 19 (0.69%) Telecoms
19 18 (0.65%) Legal
Job Titles
1 791 (28.59%) Electronics Engineer
2 790 (28.55%) Test Engineer
3 730 (26.38%) Electronics Test Engineer
4 534 (19.30%) Principal Engineer
5 528 (19.08%) Principal Systems Engineer
6 522 (18.87%) Systems Engineer
7 375 (13.55%) Senior
8 269 (9.72%) Engineering Manager
9 155 (5.60%) Validation Engineer
10 142 (5.13%) Requirements Engineer
11 141 (5.10%) Requirements Manager
12 140 (5.06%) Integration Engineer
13 138 (4.99%) Systems Integration Engineer
14 136 (4.92%) Software Engineer
15 129 (4.66%) System Verification Engineer
16 101 (3.65%) Development Engineer
17 99 (3.58%) Software Development Engineer
18 87 (3.14%) Lead
19 81 (2.93%) Principal Modelling Engineer
20 80 (2.89%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (0.87%) Oracle Fusion
2 21 (0.76%) Kafka
3 13 (0.47%) Qt
3 13 (0.47%) React
4 12 (0.43%) CSS
4 12 (0.43%) HTML
5 11 (0.40%) REST
6 10 (0.36%) JSON
6 10 (0.36%) YAML
7 9 (0.33%) Elastic Stack
7 9 (0.33%) Pandas
8 8 (0.29%) Loki
8 8 (0.29%) XML
9 7 (0.25%) GraphQL
9 7 (0.25%) RabbitMQ
9 7 (0.25%) SOAP
9 7 (0.25%) Spring
10 6 (0.22%) Lightning Web Components
10 6 (0.22%) Node.js
10 6 (0.22%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 735 (26.56%) Driving Licence
2 104 (3.76%) Product Ownership
3 97 (3.51%) Management Information System
4 79 (2.86%) Video\Live Streaming
5 36 (1.30%) SCADA
6 35 (1.26%) Legacy Systems
7 32 (1.16%) Data Structures
8 26 (0.94%) Self-Motivation
9 25 (0.90%) Algorithms
10 24 (0.87%) Operational Technology
11 21 (0.76%) Embedded Systems
12 14 (0.51%) IoT
13 12 (0.43%) Self-Driving Car
14 10 (0.36%) FPGA
15 9 (0.33%) Biopharmaceutical
16 8 (0.29%) Cloud Native
16 8 (0.29%) Hybrid Cloud
17 7 (0.25%) Manufacturing Execution System
18 6 (0.22%) Life Science
18 6 (0.22%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 34 (1.23%) Linux
2 18 (0.65%) 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
5 2 (0.072%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.072%) VMS
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 (61.73%) Verification and Validation
2 1,297 (46.87%) Systems Engineering
3 836 (30.21%) Mentoring
4 793 (28.66%) Coaching
5 760 (27.47%) Customer Requirements
6 748 (27.03%) Test Strategy
7 589 (21.29%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
8 494 (17.85%) Software Engineering
9 400 (14.46%) Agile
10 399 (14.42%) Mathematics
11 371 (13.41%) SysML
12 292 (10.55%) Software Testing
13 285 (10.30%) Stakeholder Management
14 279 (10.08%) Requirements Management
15 248 (8.96%) Problem-Solving
16 230 (8.31%) Digital Twin
17 209 (7.55%) Computer Science
18 195 (7.05%) Project Planning
19 152 (5.49%) Test Automation
20 136 (4.92%) Acceptance Criteria
Programming Languages
1 535 (19.34%) MATLAB
2 238 (8.60%) Python
3 162 (5.85%) SQL
4 63 (2.28%) C
5 52 (1.88%) C++
6 31 (1.12%) PL/SQL
7 24 (0.87%) C#
8 22 (0.80%) Ada
9 20 (0.72%) R
10 19 (0.69%) JavaScript
11 18 (0.65%) Java
12 16 (0.58%) TypeScript
13 15 (0.54%) PowerShell
14 14 (0.51%) Bash
15 13 (0.47%) Shell Script
15 13 (0.47%) T-SQL
16 11 (0.40%) Go
17 9 (0.33%) Ladder Logic
18 8 (0.29%) SPARQL
19 7 (0.25%) Korn
Qualifications
1 1,602 (57.90%) Degree
2 1,014 (36.65%) HND
3 998 (36.07%) BPSS Clearance
4 293 (10.59%) HNC
5 207 (7.48%) Chartered Engineer
6 128 (4.63%) ISTQB
7 109 (3.94%) Computer Science Degree
8 94 (3.40%) Master's Degree
9 59 (2.13%) Security Cleared
10 45 (1.63%) SC Cleared
11 25 (0.90%) Numerate Degree
12 22 (0.80%) PhD
13 11 (0.40%) Cisco Certification
14 10 (0.36%) DBS Check
15 9 (0.33%) 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 98 (3.54%) QA
2 84 (3.04%) Data Quality
3 78 (2.82%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 45 (1.63%) Accessibility
5 42 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 34 (1.23%) GxP
7 25 (0.90%) GMP
8 16 (0.58%) ARP4754
8 16 (0.58%) DO-254
8 16 (0.58%) IEC 61508
9 15 (0.54%) GDPR
10 14 (0.51%) PMO
11 11 (0.40%) Good Clinical Practice
12 9 (0.33%) 21 CFR Part 11
13 7 (0.25%) IFRS
13 7 (0.25%) IFRS 9
14 6 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
14 6 (0.22%) NIST
15 5 (0.18%) Automotive SPICE
15 5 (0.18%) HIPAA
System Software
1 30 (1.08%) Docker
2 18 (0.65%) Firmware
3 9 (0.33%) Embedded Firmware
4 8 (0.29%) Active Directory
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%) DFS Replication
6 1 (0.036%) HDFS
6 1 (0.036%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.036%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 38 (1.37%) Kubernetes
2 23 (0.83%) Terraform
3 17 (0.61%) Grafana
4 10 (0.36%) Ansible
5 9 (0.33%) Argo
6 8 (0.29%) Prometheus
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 93 (3.36%) ServiceNow
2 78 (2.82%) MathWorks
3 54 (1.95%) Microsoft
4 44 (1.59%) IBM
4 44 (1.59%) Oracle
5 27 (0.98%) Salesforce
5 27 (0.98%) SAP
6 13 (0.47%) Databricks
6 13 (0.47%) Google
7 11 (0.40%) Siemens
8 10 (0.36%) Cisco
8 10 (0.36%) Hitachi
8 10 (0.36%) IFS
9 9 (0.33%) Red Hat
9 9 (0.33%) Splunk
10 8 (0.29%) Informatica
11 7 (0.25%) CheckPoint
11 7 (0.25%) F5
11 7 (0.25%) Rockwell
11 7 (0.25%) Talend