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

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 83 197
Rank change year-on-year -30 +114 -10
Permanent jobs citing Validation 1,464 1,533 1,274
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.69% 3.60% 1.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.29% 3.96% 1.71%
Number of salaries quoted 912 442 694
10th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,075
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,063 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% +1.82% -12.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £72,438
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.51% +3.64% -12.00%

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 64,006 38,666 74,303
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.97% 90.92% 82.63%
Number of salaries quoted 45,252 21,897 53,464
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,822 £29,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,500 £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 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 8 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 8 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 +79 421 £76,250 -1.61% 363
South East -36 328 £55,000 - 227
North of England +87 297 £55,000 +15.35% 162
North West +69 187 £55,000 +15.35% 80
Midlands -64 174 £41,875 -23.86% 125
South West -36 112 £52,750 +0.29% 87
East of England -87 105 £61,250 +7.46% 81
West Midlands +7 102 £43,250 -30.80% 60
East Midlands -80 70 £30,000 -36.84% 65
Yorkshire +9 62 £44,000 +5.39% 56
North East -5 48 £55,000 +22.22% 26
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 51 (3.48%) Apache Airflow
2 48 (3.28%) Apache Spark
3 46 (3.14%) Apache
4 23 (1.57%) Confluence
4 23 (1.57%) SharePoint
5 14 (0.96%) Microsoft Exchange
6 12 (0.82%) Jupyter
7 10 (0.68%) SAS
8 5 (0.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.27%) Appian
9 4 (0.27%) CMS
9 4 (0.27%) Kinematics
10 3 (0.20%) Artix
11 2 (0.14%) IIS
12 1 (0.068%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.068%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.068%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.068%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 85 (5.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 45 (3.07%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (1.71%) Microsoft Project
4 19 (1.30%) MS Visio
5 18 (1.23%) Simulink
6 15 (1.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 9 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
8 8 (0.55%) SOLIDWORKS
9 5 (0.34%) AutoCAD
10 4 (0.27%) Adobe XD
10 4 (0.27%) Sketch
11 3 (0.20%) Autodesk Inventor
11 3 (0.20%) Productboard
11 3 (0.20%) Stateflow
12 2 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 2 (0.14%) Solid Edge
13 1 (0.068%) Chatbot
13 1 (0.068%) PTC Creo
13 1 (0.068%) Siemens NX
13 1 (0.068%) Trello
Business Applications
1 38 (2.60%) Dynamics CRM
1 38 (2.60%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (0.75%) SAP MDG
3 10 (0.68%) SAP ERP
4 9 (0.61%) Oracle EBS
5 6 (0.41%) Oracle Applications
6 5 (0.34%) iTrent
6 5 (0.34%) Loan IQ
6 5 (0.34%) Oracle Financials
6 5 (0.34%) SAP MDG-BP
7 4 (0.27%) SAP MM
8 3 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
9 2 (0.14%) FastStats
9 2 (0.14%) NetSuite
9 2 (0.14%) Oracle Payables
9 2 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
9 2 (0.14%) SAP Business One
9 2 (0.14%) SAP EWM
9 2 (0.14%) SAP WM
10 1 (0.068%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 188 (12.84%) Azure
2 169 (11.54%) AWS
3 147 (10.04%) Power Platform
4 74 (5.05%) GCP
5 68 (4.64%) SaaS
6 58 (3.96%) Azure DevOps
7 43 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
8 41 (2.80%) Serverless
9 38 (2.60%) Amazon S3
10 35 (2.39%) GitHub
11 26 (1.78%) Dynamics 365
12 24 (1.64%) Azure Data Factory
13 22 (1.50%) Snowflake
14 19 (1.30%) Entra ID
14 19 (1.30%) GitHub Actions
14 19 (1.30%) Power Automate
15 17 (1.16%) Amazon EC2
15 17 (1.16%) Microsoft Copilot
16 16 (1.09%) Amazon EMR
16 16 (1.09%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 67 (4.58%) Broadband
2 46 (3.14%) Firewall
3 34 (2.32%) DNS
4 22 (1.50%) WAN
5 18 (1.23%) Wireless
6 17 (1.16%) CHAP
6 17 (1.16%) Network Security
6 17 (1.16%) TCP/IP
7 16 (1.09%) SD-WAN
7 16 (1.09%) VPN
8 13 (0.89%) Wi-Fi
9 12 (0.82%) Ethernet
9 12 (0.82%) MQTT
10 11 (0.75%) HTTP
11 10 (0.68%) 5G
11 10 (0.68%) LAN
12 9 (0.61%) NAS
13 7 (0.48%) BGP
13 7 (0.48%) WebEx
13 7 (0.48%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 141 (9.63%) Power BI
2 57 (3.89%) PostgreSQL
2 57 (3.89%) Tableau
3 52 (3.55%) SQL Server
4 51 (3.48%) Data Warehouse
5 35 (2.39%) Metadata
6 33 (2.25%) MongoDB
7 30 (2.05%) Relational Database
8 27 (1.84%) Data Lake
9 26 (1.78%) BigQuery
10 23 (1.57%) Azure SQL Database
11 20 (1.37%) Semantic Layer
12 19 (1.30%) DynamoDB
12 19 (1.30%) Spark SQL
13 18 (1.23%) Amazon Athena
13 18 (1.23%) MySQL
14 17 (1.16%) Oracle Database
15 16 (1.09%) Parquet
16 14 (0.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 14 (0.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 87 (5.94%) JIRA
2 74 (5.05%) Git
3 47 (3.21%) Jenkins
4 39 (2.66%) GitLab
5 29 (1.98%) Rational DOORS
6 22 (1.50%) Snyk
7 15 (1.02%) LabVIEW
7 15 (1.02%) Selenium
8 13 (0.89%) IBM UrbanCode
8 13 (0.89%) Postman
9 11 (0.75%) Cucumber
10 10 (0.68%) Cypress.io
10 10 (0.68%) TeamCity
11 9 (0.61%) JMeter
12 8 (0.55%) MLflow
13 7 (0.48%) Rational Rhapsody
14 6 (0.41%) Burp Suite
14 6 (0.41%) Eclipse
15 5 (0.34%) REST Assured
15 5 (0.34%) SonarQube
General
1 449 (30.67%) Social Skills
2 387 (26.43%) Finance
3 344 (23.50%) Analytical Skills
4 110 (7.51%) Aerospace
5 107 (7.31%) Electronics
6 100 (6.83%) Manufacturing
7 94 (6.42%) Banking
8 89 (6.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 62 (4.23%) Retail
10 51 (3.48%) Law
11 50 (3.42%) Public Sector
12 45 (3.07%) Organisational Skills
13 44 (3.01%) Legal
14 43 (2.94%) Marketing
14 43 (2.94%) Pharmaceutical
15 42 (2.87%) Games
16 35 (2.39%) Automotive
17 33 (2.25%) Financial Institution
18 25 (1.71%) Advertising
18 25 (1.71%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 254 (17.35%) Senior
2 236 (16.12%) Analyst
3 118 (8.06%) Systems Engineer
4 112 (7.65%) Lead
5 100 (6.83%) Test Engineer
6 91 (6.22%) Architect
7 81 (5.53%) Data Engineer
8 78 (5.33%) Validation Engineer
9 76 (5.19%) Business Analyst
10 69 (4.71%) Data Analyst
11 67 (4.58%) Developer
12 44 (3.01%) Consultant
13 43 (2.94%) Support Engineer
14 41 (2.80%) Principal Engineer
15 40 (2.73%) Embedded Engineer
15 40 (2.73%) IT Manager
16 36 (2.46%) Senior Systems Engineer
16 36 (2.46%) Software Engineer
17 35 (2.39%) Project Manager
17 35 (2.39%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (2.94%) RESTful
2 33 (2.25%) PySpark
3 31 (2.12%) JSON
3 31 (2.12%) Node.js
4 30 (2.05%) Kafka
4 30 (2.05%) REST
5 29 (1.98%) XML
6 26 (1.78%) Pandas
7 23 (1.57%) .NET
8 21 (1.43%) Middleware
9 19 (1.30%) Playwright
9 19 (1.30%) pytest
9 19 (1.30%) Regular Expression
9 19 (1.30%) XMPP
10 18 (1.23%) CSS
11 17 (1.16%) HTML
12 15 (1.02%) LDAP
12 15 (1.02%) Swagger
13 14 (0.96%) FastAPI
13 14 (0.96%) React
Miscellaneous
1 94 (6.42%) Cloud Native
2 83 (5.67%) Onboarding
3 65 (4.44%) Management Information System
4 63 (4.30%) Data Structures
5 48 (3.28%) Low-Code
6 46 (3.14%) Product Ownership
7 44 (3.01%) Embedded Systems
8 43 (2.94%) Driving Licence
9 42 (2.87%) Algorithms
10 40 (2.73%) Distributed Systems
11 39 (2.66%) Data Centre
12 37 (2.53%) Enterprise Software
13 36 (2.46%) Analytical Mindset
14 34 (2.32%) Self-Motivation
15 31 (2.12%) Video\Live Streaming
16 29 (1.98%) Legacy Systems
17 28 (1.91%) Life Science
18 23 (1.57%) Robotics
19 20 (1.37%) IoT
19 20 (1.37%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 102 (6.97%) Linux
2 74 (5.05%) Windows
3 29 (1.98%) Windows Server
4 22 (1.50%) Unix
5 19 (1.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (0.55%) Android
7 5 (0.34%) FreeRTOS
8 4 (0.27%) Embedded Linux
8 4 (0.27%) Kali Linux
8 4 (0.27%) Mac OS X
8 4 (0.27%) Robot Operating System
9 3 (0.20%) AIX
9 3 (0.20%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.14%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.14%) ThreadX
11 1 (0.068%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 333 (22.75%) Problem-Solving
2 303 (20.70%) Agile
3 293 (20.01%) Continuous Improvement
4 259 (17.69%) AI
5 248 (16.94%) CI/CD
6 206 (14.07%) Test Automation
7 199 (13.59%) Analytics
8 178 (12.16%) Migration
9 171 (11.68%) Verification and Validation
10 167 (11.41%) Business Intelligence
11 162 (11.07%) Data Validation
12 157 (10.72%) Stakeholder Management
13 152 (10.38%) DevOps
14 150 (10.25%) Data Modelling
14 150 (10.25%) Decision-Making
15 146 (9.97%) Software Engineering
16 142 (9.70%) Mentoring
17 137 (9.36%) Data Governance
18 126 (8.61%) Data Analysis
18 126 (8.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 358 (24.45%) Python
2 324 (22.13%) SQL
3 71 (4.85%) C++
4 68 (4.64%) C
5 56 (3.83%) Java
6 50 (3.42%) Go
7 40 (2.73%) C#
8 34 (2.32%) JavaScript
9 31 (2.12%) MATLAB
10 26 (1.78%) Bash
11 24 (1.64%) T-SQL
12 23 (1.57%) PowerShell
13 18 (1.23%) Embedded C
13 18 (1.23%) Embedded C++
14 16 (1.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 14 (0.96%) Scala
16 13 (0.89%) TypeScript
17 9 (0.61%) VBA
18 8 (0.55%) ABAP
18 8 (0.55%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 279 (19.06%) Degree
2 164 (11.20%) Security Cleared
3 100 (6.83%) BPSS Clearance
4 75 (5.12%) SC Cleared
5 73 (4.99%) Master's Degree
6 50 (3.42%) DV Cleared
7 36 (2.46%) Computer Science Degree
8 32 (2.19%) Chartered Engineer
9 27 (1.84%) CISA
9 27 (1.84%) CISSP
9 27 (1.84%) SANS
10 25 (1.71%) HNC
11 24 (1.64%) CISM
12 17 (1.16%) ACCA
12 17 (1.16%) CGEIT
12 17 (1.16%) CIMA
12 17 (1.16%) FFIEC
12 17 (1.16%) HND
13 14 (0.96%) AWS Certification
13 14 (0.96%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 256 (17.49%) Data Quality
2 172 (11.75%) QA
3 55 (3.76%) GDPR
4 39 (2.66%) Accessibility
5 36 (2.46%) GRC
6 25 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 22 (1.50%) NIST
8 19 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 18 (1.23%) IEC 61508
9 18 (1.23%) IFRS
10 17 (1.16%) COBIT
11 16 (1.09%) ISO 9001
11 16 (1.09%) PMO
12 13 (0.89%) GAAP
12 13 (0.89%) ISO 26262
13 12 (0.82%) SLA
14 11 (0.75%) SOC 2
15 10 (0.68%) GxP
16 9 (0.61%) GMP
16 9 (0.61%) WCAG
System Software
1 62 (4.23%) Docker
2 49 (3.35%) Firmware
3 38 (2.60%) Active Directory
4 24 (1.64%) Virtual Machines
5 22 (1.50%) Embedded Firmware
6 20 (1.37%) vSphere
7 8 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
8 5 (0.34%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.14%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.068%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 68 (4.64%) Terraform
2 62 (4.23%) Kubernetes
3 31 (2.12%) Grafana
4 23 (1.57%) Functional Safety
5 16 (1.09%) Ansible
5 16 (1.09%) Prometheus
6 10 (0.68%) Cilium
7 7 (0.48%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 7 (0.48%) Kibana
8 6 (0.41%) Puppet
8 6 (0.41%) SCCM
9 3 (0.20%) Argo
9 3 (0.20%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.20%) HP Fortify
9 3 (0.20%) Nessus
9 3 (0.20%) Nmap
9 3 (0.20%) Rancher
9 3 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.20%) yum
10 2 (0.14%) Computer Incident Response Team
Vendors
1 197 (13.46%) Microsoft
2 93 (6.35%) SAP
3 86 (5.87%) Oracle
4 45 (3.07%) Salesforce
5 40 (2.73%) Databricks
6 33 (2.25%) Red Hat
7 30 (2.05%) ServiceNow
8 29 (1.98%) CrowdStrike
9 27 (1.84%) VMware
10 25 (1.71%) Cisco
11 22 (1.50%) Palo Alto
11 22 (1.50%) Tenable
12 21 (1.43%) Google
13 19 (1.30%) Adobe
14 15 (1.02%) McAfee
15 14 (0.96%) Citrix
16 13 (0.89%) Foundry
16 13 (0.89%) IBM
17 9 (0.61%) EMC
17 9 (0.61%) Splunk