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

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 76 187
Rank change year-on-year -14 +111 +7
Permanent jobs citing Validation 1,830 1,607 1,049
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.94% 3.67% 1.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.64% 4.11% 1.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1,087 494 488
10th Percentile £34,650 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £73,750 £71,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £91,050 £92,150
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -5.51%

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 69,384 39,107 59,001
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.66% 89.38% 81.32%
Number of salaries quoted 48,904 22,532 38,701
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £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 14 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 14 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 +75 503 £72,500 -6.45% 752
South East -29 413 £56,500 +5.12% 334
North of England +92 385 £55,000 +15.79% 195
North West +98 222 £55,000 +15.35% 114
Midlands -54 201 £43,587 -20.75% 183
South West -9 162 £53,000 +0.76% 182
East of England -65 136 £61,250 +7.46% 147
West Midlands +11 110 £44,360 -22.85% 117
East Midlands -66 90 £42,500 - 66
North East +5 83 £55,000 +57.14% 42
Yorkshire +7 80 £43,000 +1.18% 42
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 60 (3.28%) Apache Airflow
2 59 (3.22%) Apache Spark
3 57 (3.11%) Apache
4 31 (1.69%) Confluence
4 31 (1.69%) SharePoint
5 19 (1.04%) Jupyter
6 12 (0.66%) SAS
7 9 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
8 5 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 5 (0.27%) CMS
8 5 (0.27%) WinCC
9 4 (0.22%) Kinematics
10 3 (0.16%) Artix
10 3 (0.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.11%) Cloud Foundry
11 2 (0.11%) IIS
12 1 (0.055%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.055%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 1 (0.055%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.055%) WebSphere
Applications
1 118 (6.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 62 (3.39%) Microsoft Office
3 36 (1.97%) Microsoft Project
4 30 (1.64%) Simulink
5 27 (1.48%) MS Visio
6 16 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 16 (0.87%) Spreadsheet
7 14 (0.77%) SOLIDWORKS
8 8 (0.44%) AutoCAD
9 5 (0.27%) Mathcad
10 4 (0.22%) Adobe XD
10 4 (0.22%) Sketch
11 3 (0.16%) Autodesk Inventor
11 3 (0.16%) LaTeX
11 3 (0.16%) OrCAD
11 3 (0.16%) Productboard
11 3 (0.16%) Stateflow
12 2 (0.11%) EPLAN
12 2 (0.11%) Revit
12 2 (0.11%) Solid Edge
Business Applications
1 41 (2.24%) SAP S/4HANA
2 38 (2.08%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (0.60%) SAP MDG
4 10 (0.55%) SAP ERP
5 9 (0.49%) Oracle EBS
6 8 (0.44%) Oracle Applications
7 7 (0.38%) NetSuite
8 5 (0.27%) Elite 3E
8 5 (0.27%) iTrent
8 5 (0.27%) Loan IQ
8 5 (0.27%) SAP MDG-BP
8 5 (0.27%) Workday HCM
9 4 (0.22%) Oracle Financials
9 4 (0.22%) SAP MM
10 3 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
10 3 (0.16%) Teamcenter
11 2 (0.11%) SAP CO
11 2 (0.11%) SAP FI
11 2 (0.11%) SAP FI/CO
11 2 (0.11%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 250 (13.66%) Azure
2 238 (13.01%) AWS
3 153 (8.36%) Power Platform
4 87 (4.75%) GCP
5 66 (3.61%) SaaS
6 59 (3.22%) Microsoft 365
7 57 (3.11%) Azure DevOps
8 50 (2.73%) GitHub
9 49 (2.68%) Amazon S3
10 46 (2.51%) Serverless
11 33 (1.80%) Dynamics 365
12 29 (1.58%) Entra ID
12 29 (1.58%) Microsoft Copilot
13 26 (1.42%) GitHub Actions
14 23 (1.26%) Amazon EMR
15 22 (1.20%) Amazon EC2
16 20 (1.09%) Cloud Computing
16 20 (1.09%) Snowflake
17 19 (1.04%) Microsoft Purview
18 17 (0.93%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 66 (3.61%) Broadband
2 52 (2.84%) Firewall
3 51 (2.79%) DNS
4 30 (1.64%) Network Security
5 27 (1.48%) TCP/IP
5 27 (1.48%) Wireless
6 26 (1.42%) VPN
7 25 (1.37%) WAN
8 21 (1.15%) Ethernet
9 18 (0.98%) SD-WAN
10 17 (0.93%) MQTT
10 17 (0.93%) Wi-Fi
11 16 (0.87%) LAN
12 13 (0.71%) BGP
12 13 (0.71%) HTTP
12 13 (0.71%) Internet
13 11 (0.60%) NGN
13 11 (0.60%) OSPF
13 11 (0.60%) RS-232
13 11 (0.60%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 143 (7.81%) Power BI
2 57 (3.11%) Data Warehouse
3 53 (2.90%) PostgreSQL
3 53 (2.90%) Tableau
4 49 (2.68%) SQL Server
5 44 (2.40%) Metadata
6 41 (2.24%) Data Lake
7 33 (1.80%) MongoDB
8 30 (1.64%) Relational Database
9 27 (1.48%) Amazon Athena
10 25 (1.37%) BigQuery
11 24 (1.31%) DynamoDB
12 22 (1.20%) Semantic Layer
13 21 (1.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 20 (1.09%) Spark SQL
15 19 (1.04%) Azure SQL Database
15 19 (1.04%) MySQL
16 17 (0.93%) Big Data
16 17 (0.93%) Oracle Database
17 16 (0.87%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 116 (6.34%) JIRA
2 105 (5.74%) Git
3 48 (2.62%) Jenkins
4 42 (2.30%) GitLab
5 34 (1.86%) Rational DOORS
6 22 (1.20%) Snyk
7 20 (1.09%) Selenium
8 17 (0.93%) LabVIEW
9 16 (0.87%) Cypress.io
9 16 (0.87%) Postman
10 13 (0.71%) Cucumber
10 13 (0.71%) IBM UrbanCode
11 12 (0.66%) JMeter
12 10 (0.55%) TeamCity
13 8 (0.44%) Rational Rhapsody
14 7 (0.38%) Burp Suite
14 7 (0.38%) Gatling
14 7 (0.38%) Hudson
14 7 (0.38%) MLflow
14 7 (0.38%) REST Assured
General
1 598 (32.68%) Social Skills
2 500 (27.32%) Finance
3 464 (25.36%) Analytical Skills
4 174 (9.51%) Aerospace
5 166 (9.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 166 (9.07%) Manufacturing
6 155 (8.47%) Electronics
7 105 (5.74%) Banking
8 98 (5.36%) Law
9 76 (4.15%) Retail
10 72 (3.93%) Public Sector
11 67 (3.66%) Marketing
12 66 (3.61%) Pharmaceutical
13 62 (3.39%) Organisational Skills
14 50 (2.73%) Automotive
14 50 (2.73%) Legal
15 46 (2.51%) Games
16 39 (2.13%) Telecoms
17 33 (1.80%) Influencing Skills
18 30 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 337 (18.42%) Senior
2 256 (13.99%) Analyst
3 152 (8.31%) Systems Engineer
4 148 (8.09%) Lead
5 116 (6.34%) Test Engineer
6 105 (5.74%) Architect
7 97 (5.30%) Data Engineer
8 83 (4.54%) Business Analyst
9 81 (4.43%) Developer
10 69 (3.77%) Consultant
11 67 (3.66%) Software Engineer
12 66 (3.61%) Validation Engineer
13 63 (3.44%) Principal Engineer
14 62 (3.39%) Data Analyst
15 47 (2.57%) Data Scientist
16 46 (2.51%) Support Engineer
17 43 (2.35%) Embedded Engineer
18 41 (2.24%) IT Manager
19 40 (2.19%) Project Manager
20 38 (2.08%) Electronics Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (2.51%) RESTful
2 44 (2.40%) Kafka
3 38 (2.08%) PySpark
4 36 (1.97%) Node.js
5 34 (1.86%) REST
6 28 (1.53%) .NET
6 28 (1.53%) XML
7 27 (1.48%) JSON
8 26 (1.42%) LDAP
9 23 (1.26%) Middleware
9 23 (1.26%) Pandas
9 23 (1.26%) Playwright
10 22 (1.20%) CSS
11 21 (1.15%) HTML
12 20 (1.09%) ModSecurity
13 19 (1.04%) Regular Expression
13 19 (1.04%) XMPP
14 18 (0.98%) FastAPI
14 18 (0.98%) OAuth
14 18 (0.98%) React
Miscellaneous
1 136 (7.43%) Cloud Native
2 128 (6.99%) Onboarding
3 103 (5.63%) Management Information System
4 67 (3.66%) Data Centre
5 66 (3.61%) Product Ownership
6 54 (2.95%) Enterprise Software
7 53 (2.90%) Data Structures
8 51 (2.79%) Distributed Systems
9 50 (2.73%) Driving Licence
9 50 (2.73%) Embedded Systems
10 45 (2.46%) Algorithms
10 45 (2.46%) Low-Code
11 38 (2.08%) Analytical Mindset
12 37 (2.02%) Life Science
13 34 (1.86%) Legacy Systems
13 34 (1.86%) Video\Live Streaming
14 32 (1.75%) Robotics
15 31 (1.69%) AI Agents
16 28 (1.53%) Self-Motivation
17 26 (1.42%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 117 (6.39%) Linux
2 86 (4.70%) Windows
3 34 (1.86%) Windows Server
4 19 (1.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 19 (1.04%) Unix
5 8 (0.44%) Embedded Linux
6 7 (0.38%) Android
7 6 (0.33%) FreeRTOS
8 4 (0.22%) Kali Linux
8 4 (0.22%) Mac OS X
9 3 (0.16%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.11%) Robot Operating System
10 2 (0.11%) ThreadX
10 2 (0.11%) VMS
10 2 (0.11%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.055%) AIX
11 1 (0.055%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 480 (26.23%) Problem-Solving
2 425 (23.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 375 (20.49%) Agile
4 345 (18.85%) AI
5 293 (16.01%) CI/CD
6 243 (13.28%) Analytics
7 231 (12.62%) Test Automation
8 230 (12.57%) Stakeholder Management
9 229 (12.51%) Migration
10 225 (12.30%) Verification and Validation
11 212 (11.58%) Mentoring
12 205 (11.20%) Decision-Making
13 195 (10.66%) Software Engineering
14 176 (9.62%) DevOps
15 174 (9.51%) Business Intelligence
16 173 (9.45%) Machine Learning
17 171 (9.34%) Data Analysis
18 166 (9.07%) Roadmaps
18 166 (9.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 161 (8.80%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 429 (23.44%) Python
2 363 (19.84%) SQL
3 84 (4.59%) C++
4 79 (4.32%) Java
5 74 (4.04%) C
6 57 (3.11%) JavaScript
7 55 (3.01%) Go
8 45 (2.46%) C#
9 43 (2.35%) MATLAB
10 28 (1.53%) Bash
11 26 (1.42%) PowerShell
12 23 (1.26%) Embedded C
13 22 (1.20%) Scala
14 18 (0.98%) Embedded C++
14 18 (0.98%) TypeScript
15 15 (0.82%) T-SQL
16 12 (0.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 11 (0.60%) R
18 8 (0.44%) ABAP
18 8 (0.44%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 386 (21.09%) Degree
2 297 (16.23%) Security Cleared
3 176 (9.62%) SC Cleared
4 123 (6.72%) BPSS Clearance
5 97 (5.30%) DV Cleared
6 83 (4.54%) Master's Degree
7 40 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
8 37 (2.02%) CISSP
9 31 (1.69%) Chartered Engineer
10 29 (1.58%) CISM
10 29 (1.58%) PhD
11 28 (1.53%) PMI Certification
12 27 (1.48%) HNC
13 24 (1.31%) AWS Certification
14 23 (1.26%) ACCA
14 23 (1.26%) CIMA
15 22 (1.20%) Azure Certification
16 21 (1.15%) HND
17 19 (1.04%) SANS
18 17 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 304 (16.61%) Data Quality
2 246 (13.44%) QA
3 64 (3.50%) Accessibility
4 54 (2.95%) GDPR
5 38 (2.08%) GRC
6 25 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 23 (1.26%) IEC 61508
8 21 (1.15%) NIST
9 18 (0.98%) GxP
9 18 (0.98%) PMO
10 16 (0.87%) SLA
11 15 (0.82%) GAAP
11 15 (0.82%) IFRS
11 15 (0.82%) ISO 26262
12 12 (0.66%) ISO 9001
12 12 (0.66%) WCAG
13 11 (0.60%) GMP
13 11 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 15288
13 11 (0.60%) SOC 2
14 9 (0.49%) COBIT
System Software
1 76 (4.15%) Docker
2 68 (3.72%) Firmware
3 44 (2.40%) Active Directory
4 30 (1.64%) Embedded Firmware
5 28 (1.53%) Virtual Machines
6 21 (1.15%) vSphere
7 12 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
8 4 (0.22%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.16%) KVM
10 2 (0.11%) iptables
10 2 (0.11%) ProxySG
10 2 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.055%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.055%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 76 (4.15%) Kubernetes
2 71 (3.88%) Terraform
3 37 (2.02%) Grafana
4 26 (1.42%) Functional Safety
5 20 (1.09%) Ansible
6 15 (0.82%) Prometheus
7 14 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
8 10 (0.55%) Cilium
9 7 (0.38%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 7 (0.38%) Kibana
9 7 (0.38%) SCCM
10 6 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
10 6 (0.33%) Puppet
11 4 (0.22%) FortiGate
11 4 (0.22%) Kubeflow
11 4 (0.22%) Nessus
11 4 (0.22%) Nmap
11 4 (0.22%) WMI
12 3 (0.16%) HP Fortify
13 2 (0.11%) ITRS Geneos
Vendors
1 260 (14.21%) Microsoft
2 113 (6.17%) SAP
3 104 (5.68%) Oracle
4 54 (2.95%) Salesforce
5 50 (2.73%) Databricks
6 44 (2.40%) ServiceNow
7 39 (2.13%) Cisco
7 39 (2.13%) Google
8 36 (1.97%) Red Hat
9 31 (1.69%) VMware
10 29 (1.58%) CrowdStrike
11 25 (1.37%) Palo Alto
12 23 (1.26%) EMC
13 22 (1.20%) Tenable
14 15 (0.82%) Foundry
14 15 (0.82%) McAfee
15 14 (0.77%) Splunk
15 14 (0.77%) Workday
16 13 (0.71%) Adobe
16 13 (0.71%) IBM