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

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 163 164 200
Rank change year-on-year +1 +36 -64
Permanent jobs citing Validation 785 931 735
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.54% 1.80% 1.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.84% 2.02% 1.80%
Number of salaries quoted 438 357 458
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £71,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £96,750 £92,875
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.00%

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 42,710 46,138 40,929
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 83.67% 88.98% 93.58%
Number of salaries quoted 25,368 23,728 31,594
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,750 £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 £75,900 £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% - -2.04%

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 15 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 15 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 +19 242 £77,500 +19.23% 221
South East +16 195 £49,000 -18.33% 285
North of England -27 121 £53,750 +17.49% 151
Midlands +25 81 £42,500 -15.00% 117
North West -20 75 £52,500 +10.10% 87
South West +25 71 £50,000 -9.09% 124
East of England -8 63 £60,000 +9.09% 153
West Midlands +14 51 £41,108 -17.79% 80
Yorkshire -19 35 £60,000 +54.84% 49
East Midlands +9 30 £42,500 -15.00% 34
North East -9 11 £31,000 -31.87% 16
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 20 (2.55%) Confluence
2 17 (2.17%) Apache Airflow
3 14 (1.78%) Apache Spark
4 11 (1.40%) CMS
5 10 (1.27%) SugarCRM
6 9 (1.15%) Apache
6 9 (1.15%) SharePoint
7 5 (0.64%) Appian
7 5 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (0.51%) Headless CMS
9 3 (0.38%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.38%) SAS
10 2 (0.25%) WordPress
11 1 (0.13%) Apache Superset
11 1 (0.13%) FileNet
11 1 (0.13%) Kinematics
11 1 (0.13%) Luigi
Applications
1 51 (6.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 48 (6.11%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (1.91%) MS Visio
3 15 (1.91%) Simulink
4 7 (0.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.38%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 3 (0.38%) Oracle Smart View
6 2 (0.25%) Adobe After Effects
6 2 (0.25%) Adobe Captivate
6 2 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.25%) Adobe Premiere
6 2 (0.25%) Elementor
6 2 (0.25%) Fusion 360
6 2 (0.25%) Mathcad
6 2 (0.25%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.25%) Weka
7 1 (0.13%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.13%) CATIA
7 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.13%) Navisworks
Business Applications
1 24 (3.06%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.64%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 4 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.51%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (0.51%) SAP BPC
4 3 (0.38%) Oracle Assets
4 3 (0.38%) Oracle Cash Management
4 3 (0.38%) Oracle General Ledger
4 3 (0.38%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.38%) Oracle Receivables
4 3 (0.38%) SAP CX
4 3 (0.38%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.25%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.25%) Endur
5 2 (0.25%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 2 (0.25%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.25%) Primavera
5 2 (0.25%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.13%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 107 (13.63%) Azure
2 65 (8.28%) Power Platform
3 62 (7.90%) AWS
4 37 (4.71%) SaaS
5 24 (3.06%) Azure DevOps
6 21 (2.68%) GCP
7 15 (1.91%) GitHub
8 14 (1.78%) Dynamics 365
8 14 (1.78%) Snowflake
9 13 (1.66%) Power Automate
10 12 (1.53%) Amazon S3
10 12 (1.53%) dbt
10 12 (1.53%) Serverless
11 10 (1.27%) AWS Lambda
11 10 (1.27%) Azure Data Factory
11 10 (1.27%) Microsoft 365
12 8 (1.02%) AWS Step Functions
12 8 (1.02%) Datadog
13 7 (0.89%) Entra ID
14 6 (0.76%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 16 (2.04%) LAN
2 12 (1.53%) Firewall
3 11 (1.40%) DNS
4 9 (1.15%) TCP/IP
5 8 (1.02%) HTTP
6 7 (0.89%) CHAP
6 7 (0.89%) Modbus
7 6 (0.76%) MQTT
7 6 (0.76%) WAN
8 5 (0.64%) DHCP
8 5 (0.64%) Ethernet VPN
8 5 (0.64%) Network Security
8 5 (0.64%) SMTP
9 4 (0.51%) 5G
9 4 (0.51%) BGP
9 4 (0.51%) Ethernet
9 4 (0.51%) NX-OS
9 4 (0.51%) OSPF
9 4 (0.51%) SD-WAN
9 4 (0.51%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (7.77%) Power BI
2 30 (3.82%) Tableau
3 25 (3.18%) Data Warehouse
4 21 (2.68%) SQL Server
5 20 (2.55%) Metadata
6 19 (2.42%) BigQuery
7 18 (2.29%) Relational Database
8 11 (1.40%) Data Lake
8 11 (1.40%) Oracle Reports
9 10 (1.27%) Big Data
10 8 (1.02%) Amazon Redshift
10 8 (1.02%) NoSQL
11 7 (0.89%) Looker
11 7 (0.89%) PostgreSQL
12 6 (0.76%) GIS
13 5 (0.64%) Data Vault
13 5 (0.64%) Pinecone
13 5 (0.64%) SAP HANA
14 4 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
14 4 (0.51%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 66 (8.41%) JIRA
2 40 (5.10%) Git
3 33 (4.20%) Rational DOORS
4 20 (2.55%) Jenkins
4 20 (2.55%) Postman
5 14 (1.78%) Selenium
6 13 (1.66%) GitLab
7 10 (1.27%) SoapUI
7 10 (1.27%) TestRail
8 9 (1.15%) Cucumber
8 9 (1.15%) JMeter
8 9 (1.15%) MLflow
9 7 (0.89%) LoadRunner
10 5 (0.64%) Charles Proxy
10 5 (0.64%) Fiddler
10 5 (0.64%) TestNG
10 5 (0.64%) Zephyr
11 4 (0.51%) Browser DevTools
11 4 (0.51%) Locust
11 4 (0.51%) SonarQube
General
1 289 (36.82%) Social Skills
2 210 (26.75%) Finance
3 169 (21.53%) Analytical Skills
4 56 (7.13%) Law
5 46 (5.86%) Documentation Skills
5 46 (5.86%) Electronics
5 46 (5.86%) Manufacturing
5 46 (5.86%) Marketing
6 44 (5.61%) Banking
7 36 (4.59%) Presentation Skills
8 33 (4.20%) Organisational Skills
9 31 (3.95%) Financial Institution
10 29 (3.69%) Retail
11 28 (3.57%) Telecoms
12 26 (3.31%) Aerospace
12 26 (3.31%) Public Sector
13 24 (3.06%) Influencing Skills
14 22 (2.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 22 (2.80%) Pharmaceutical
15 18 (2.29%) Billing
Job Titles
1 123 (15.67%) Analyst
2 118 (15.03%) Senior
3 88 (11.21%) Lead
4 65 (8.28%) Systems Engineer
5 43 (5.48%) Data Analyst
6 39 (4.97%) Architect
7 35 (4.46%) Business Analyst
8 31 (3.95%) Test Engineer
9 28 (3.57%) Applications Engineer
9 28 (3.57%) Developer
10 27 (3.44%) Applications Support
10 27 (3.44%) Data Engineer
10 27 (3.44%) Principal Engineer
11 26 (3.31%) Support Engineer
12 23 (2.93%) Team Leader
13 22 (2.80%) Applications Support Engineer
13 22 (2.80%) Validation Engineer
14 21 (2.68%) Data Quality Analyst
14 21 (2.68%) Quality Analyst
15 20 (2.55%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (4.59%) REST
2 24 (3.06%) Middleware
3 20 (2.55%) JSON
3 20 (2.55%) Pandas
4 19 (2.42%) scikit-learn
4 19 (2.42%) XML
5 16 (2.04%) TensorFlow
6 15 (1.91%) PyTorch
7 12 (1.53%) pytest
8 11 (1.40%) NumPy
8 11 (1.40%) React
9 10 (1.27%) FastAPI
9 10 (1.27%) HTML
9 10 (1.27%) Web Services
10 9 (1.15%) CSS
11 8 (1.02%) Flask
11 8 (1.02%) Hugging Face
11 8 (1.02%) SOAP
12 7 (0.89%) Playwright
12 7 (0.89%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 73 (9.30%) Management Information System
2 38 (4.84%) Life Science
3 33 (4.20%) Onboarding
4 28 (3.57%) Operational Technology
5 26 (3.31%) Product Ownership
6 25 (3.18%) Self-Motivation
7 20 (2.55%) Algorithms
8 15 (1.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 14 (1.78%) SCADA
10 13 (1.66%) Analytical Mindset
10 13 (1.66%) Data Structures
11 12 (1.53%) Legacy Systems
12 11 (1.40%) Low-Code
12 11 (1.40%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 10 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
14 9 (1.15%) Credit Risk
14 9 (1.15%) Data Centre
15 8 (1.02%) e-Learning
15 8 (1.02%) LIMS
15 8 (1.02%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 37 (4.71%) Windows
2 36 (4.59%) Linux
3 14 (1.78%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.76%) Android
5 5 (0.64%) Windows 10
5 5 (0.64%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.38%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.38%) Unix
6 3 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.25%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.13%) AIX
8 1 (0.13%) FreeRTOS
8 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.13%) Robot Operating System
8 1 (0.13%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 194 (24.71%) Agile
2 175 (22.29%) Problem-Solving
3 115 (14.65%) Data Validation
4 114 (14.52%) Verification and Validation
5 107 (13.63%) Migration
6 103 (13.12%) Analytics
7 102 (12.99%) Continuous Improvement
8 84 (10.70%) Decision-Making
9 81 (10.32%) Test Automation
10 78 (9.94%) Data Analysis
10 78 (9.94%) Mentoring
11 76 (9.68%) ETL
11 76 (9.68%) Systems Engineering
12 75 (9.55%) Business Intelligence
13 74 (9.43%) Software Engineering
14 73 (9.30%) Roadmaps
15 72 (9.17%) DevOps
16 71 (9.04%) CI/CD
17 69 (8.79%) Data Management
18 67 (8.54%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 169 (21.53%) SQL
2 151 (19.24%) Python
3 26 (3.31%) C
3 26 (3.31%) Java
4 24 (3.06%) C++
4 24 (3.06%) MATLAB
5 20 (2.55%) JavaScript
6 17 (2.17%) PowerShell
7 12 (1.53%) TypeScript
8 11 (1.40%) Bash
9 10 (1.27%) T-SQL
10 8 (1.02%) R
11 7 (0.89%) C#
12 4 (0.51%) Bicep
12 4 (0.51%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.38%) Embedded C
13 3 (0.38%) GLSL
13 3 (0.38%) Ladder Logic
13 3 (0.38%) Tcl
13 3 (0.38%) VB
Qualifications
1 246 (31.34%) Degree
2 84 (10.70%) Security Cleared
3 83 (10.57%) BPSS Clearance
4 42 (5.35%) SC Cleared
5 40 (5.10%) Master's Degree
6 36 (4.59%) Computer Science Degree
7 23 (2.93%) Cisco Certification
8 20 (2.55%) HNC
9 16 (2.04%) DV Cleared
10 15 (1.91%) Microsoft Certification
11 14 (1.78%) ISTQB
12 13 (1.66%) CCNP
13 12 (1.53%) CCNA
14 11 (1.40%) ACCA
14 11 (1.40%) CCIE
14 11 (1.40%) Numerate Degree
15 9 (1.15%) CISA
15 9 (1.15%) CISSP
16 8 (1.02%) PMI Certification
16 8 (1.02%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 108 (13.76%) Data Quality
2 103 (13.12%) QA
3 36 (4.59%) GxP
4 31 (3.95%) SLA
5 25 (3.18%) GDPR
5 25 (3.18%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 21 (2.68%) Accessibility
7 12 (1.53%) NIST
8 11 (1.40%) ISO 20022
8 11 (1.40%) SEPA
9 10 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 12207
10 9 (1.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 8 (1.02%) 21 CFR Part 11
11 8 (1.02%) COBIT
12 7 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 7 (0.89%) TARGET2
13 5 (0.64%) ARP4761
13 5 (0.64%) GRC
13 5 (0.64%) WCAG
14 4 (0.51%) Good Clinical Practice
System Software
1 37 (4.71%) Docker
2 29 (3.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (2.29%) Firmware
4 12 (1.53%) Active Directory
5 5 (0.64%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (0.64%) vSphere
6 4 (0.51%) vCloud
6 4 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.38%) Embedded Firmware
8 2 (0.25%) Ceph
8 2 (0.25%) Lustre
8 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 2 (0.25%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 2 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.13%) Dovecot
9 1 (0.13%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.13%) iptables
9 1 (0.13%) pfSense
9 1 (0.13%) Postfix
9 1 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 28 (3.57%) Kubernetes
2 15 (1.91%) Ansible
3 14 (1.78%) Terraform
4 11 (1.40%) Grafana
5 7 (0.89%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (0.51%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 4 (0.51%) Docker Swarm
7 4 (0.51%) Kubeflow
7 4 (0.51%) Rundeck
8 3 (0.38%) Argo
8 3 (0.38%) Rancher
8 3 (0.38%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.38%) yum
9 2 (0.25%) Functional Safety
9 2 (0.25%) Nessus
9 2 (0.25%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.25%) SCCM
10 1 (0.13%) Control-M
10 1 (0.13%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 88 (11.21%) Microsoft
2 53 (6.75%) SAP
3 35 (4.46%) VMware
4 27 (3.44%) Cisco
5 25 (3.18%) Oracle
6 18 (2.29%) Salesforce
7 15 (1.91%) Foundry
8 13 (1.66%) IBM
9 12 (1.53%) CheckPoint
9 12 (1.53%) F5
10 9 (1.15%) Software AG
11 8 (1.02%) Databricks
11 8 (1.02%) Intapp
12 6 (0.76%) Adobe
12 6 (0.76%) Arista
12 6 (0.76%) OpenAI
12 6 (0.76%) Workday
13 5 (0.64%) Automation Anywhere
13 5 (0.64%) Siemens
13 5 (0.64%) Splunk