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

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 80 198
Rank change year-on-year -32 +118 -9
Permanent jobs citing Validation 1,517 1,572 1,176
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.71% 3.62% 1.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.32% 4.01% 1.70%
Number of salaries quoted 950 462 622
10th Percentile £35,000 £39,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -13.39%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £72,188
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,015 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.03% +0.03% -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 65,358 39,172 69,069
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.80% 90.11% 82.24%
Number of salaries quoted 46,314 22,479 48,683
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £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 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £56,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.19% +2.73% -8.79%

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 20 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 20 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 +77 431 £76,250 -3.17% 265
South East -38 334 £55,000 - 175
North of England +102 313 £55,000 +15.79% 124
North West +82 192 £55,000 +15.35% 64
Midlands -60 182 £42,500 -22.73% 93
South West -33 116 £51,380 -2.32% 65
East of England -84 109 £62,500 +9.65% 69
West Midlands +9 102 £43,250 -30.80% 46
East Midlands -72 78 £35,000 -17.65% 47
Yorkshire +15 65 £43,500 +2.35% 33
North East +1 56 £55,000 +29.41% 27
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 53 (3.49%) Apache Airflow
2 51 (3.36%) Apache Spark
3 49 (3.23%) Apache
4 28 (1.85%) SharePoint
5 23 (1.52%) Confluence
6 16 (1.05%) Jupyter
7 15 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
8 12 (0.79%) SAS
9 5 (0.33%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 5 (0.33%) CMS
10 4 (0.26%) Kinematics
11 3 (0.20%) Artix
12 2 (0.13%) Appian
12 2 (0.13%) IIS
12 2 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 1 (0.066%) ArcGIS
13 1 (0.066%) Oracle Workflow
13 1 (0.066%) Palantir Foundry
13 1 (0.066%) WebSphere
Applications
1 89 (5.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 49 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
3 26 (1.71%) Microsoft Project
4 20 (1.32%) MS Visio
5 19 (1.25%) Simulink
6 16 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 11 (0.73%) Spreadsheet
8 8 (0.53%) SOLIDWORKS
9 5 (0.33%) AutoCAD
10 4 (0.26%) Adobe XD
10 4 (0.26%) Sketch
11 3 (0.20%) Autodesk Inventor
11 3 (0.20%) LaTeX
11 3 (0.20%) Productboard
11 3 (0.20%) Stateflow
12 2 (0.13%) Solid Edge
13 1 (0.066%) CATIA
13 1 (0.066%) Siemens NX
13 1 (0.066%) Trello
13 1 (0.066%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 39 (2.57%) Dynamics CRM
1 39 (2.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (0.73%) SAP MDG
3 10 (0.66%) SAP ERP
4 9 (0.59%) Oracle EBS
5 7 (0.46%) Oracle Applications
6 5 (0.33%) iTrent
6 5 (0.33%) Loan IQ
6 5 (0.33%) Oracle Financials
6 5 (0.33%) SAP MDG-BP
7 4 (0.26%) SAP MM
8 3 (0.20%) NetSuite
8 3 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
9 2 (0.13%) FastStats
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
9 2 (0.13%) SAP Business One
9 2 (0.13%) SAP EWM
9 2 (0.13%) SAP WM
10 1 (0.066%) SAP BRIM
Cloud Services
1 201 (13.25%) Azure
2 187 (12.33%) AWS
3 151 (9.95%) Power Platform
4 74 (4.88%) GCP
5 70 (4.61%) SaaS
6 57 (3.76%) Azure DevOps
7 47 (3.10%) Microsoft 365
8 44 (2.90%) Serverless
9 41 (2.70%) Amazon S3
10 34 (2.24%) GitHub
11 26 (1.71%) Dynamics 365
12 22 (1.45%) Azure Data Factory
12 22 (1.45%) Entra ID
12 22 (1.45%) Snowflake
13 21 (1.38%) Cloud Computing
14 20 (1.32%) Amazon EC2
15 19 (1.25%) GitHub Actions
16 18 (1.19%) Amazon EMR
16 18 (1.19%) Microsoft Copilot
16 18 (1.19%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 66 (4.35%) Broadband
2 46 (3.03%) Firewall
3 37 (2.44%) DNS
4 20 (1.32%) TCP/IP
5 19 (1.25%) Network Security
5 19 (1.25%) Wireless
6 18 (1.19%) VPN
6 18 (1.19%) WAN
7 16 (1.05%) Ethernet
8 15 (0.99%) CHAP
9 14 (0.92%) Wi-Fi
10 13 (0.86%) MQTT
11 12 (0.79%) Internet
11 12 (0.79%) SD-WAN
12 11 (0.73%) HTTP
13 10 (0.66%) LAN
14 9 (0.59%) 5G
14 9 (0.59%) NAS
14 9 (0.59%) NGN
14 9 (0.59%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 143 (9.43%) Power BI
2 61 (4.02%) PostgreSQL
3 58 (3.82%) Tableau
4 52 (3.43%) Data Warehouse
4 52 (3.43%) SQL Server
5 37 (2.44%) Metadata
6 33 (2.18%) MongoDB
7 31 (2.04%) Data Lake
8 30 (1.98%) Relational Database
9 25 (1.65%) BigQuery
10 22 (1.45%) Azure SQL Database
10 22 (1.45%) MySQL
10 22 (1.45%) Semantic Layer
11 21 (1.38%) DynamoDB
12 20 (1.32%) Amazon Athena
13 19 (1.25%) Spark SQL
14 17 (1.12%) Oracle Database
15 16 (1.05%) Parquet
16 15 (0.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 14 (0.92%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 91 (6.00%) JIRA
2 79 (5.21%) Git
3 47 (3.10%) Jenkins
4 41 (2.70%) GitLab
5 28 (1.85%) Rational DOORS
6 22 (1.45%) Snyk
7 16 (1.05%) LabVIEW
8 15 (0.99%) Selenium
9 13 (0.86%) IBM UrbanCode
10 12 (0.79%) Postman
11 10 (0.66%) Cucumber
11 10 (0.66%) Cypress.io
11 10 (0.66%) JMeter
11 10 (0.66%) TeamCity
12 7 (0.46%) Burp Suite
12 7 (0.46%) Rational Rhapsody
13 6 (0.40%) GDB
13 6 (0.40%) MLflow
14 5 (0.33%) Hudson
14 5 (0.33%) REST Assured
General
1 476 (31.38%) Social Skills
2 400 (26.37%) Finance
3 371 (24.46%) Analytical Skills
4 115 (7.58%) Electronics
4 115 (7.58%) Manufacturing
5 112 (7.38%) Aerospace
6 97 (6.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 91 (6.00%) Banking
8 66 (4.35%) Retail
9 55 (3.63%) Public Sector
10 53 (3.49%) Law
11 51 (3.36%) Pharmaceutical
12 49 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
13 46 (3.03%) Marketing
14 45 (2.97%) Legal
15 43 (2.83%) Games
16 35 (2.31%) Automotive
17 30 (1.98%) Financial Institution
18 26 (1.71%) Advertising
19 25 (1.65%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 273 (18.00%) Senior
2 236 (15.56%) Analyst
3 116 (7.65%) Lead
4 113 (7.45%) Systems Engineer
5 100 (6.59%) Test Engineer
6 93 (6.13%) Architect
7 84 (5.54%) Data Engineer
8 75 (4.94%) Business Analyst
9 74 (4.88%) Validation Engineer
10 70 (4.61%) Developer
11 69 (4.55%) Data Analyst
12 54 (3.56%) Consultant
13 44 (2.90%) Support Engineer
14 41 (2.70%) Embedded Engineer
15 40 (2.64%) Principal Engineer
16 39 (2.57%) IT Manager
17 38 (2.50%) Software Engineer
18 37 (2.44%) Project Manager
19 35 (2.31%) Security Architect
20 34 (2.24%) Senior Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (2.90%) RESTful
2 34 (2.24%) PySpark
3 33 (2.18%) Node.js
4 32 (2.11%) Kafka
4 32 (2.11%) XML
5 30 (1.98%) JSON
6 26 (1.71%) Pandas
7 24 (1.58%) REST
8 22 (1.45%) Middleware
9 19 (1.25%) .NET
9 19 (1.25%) Regular Expression
9 19 (1.25%) XMPP
10 18 (1.19%) CSS
11 17 (1.12%) HTML
12 16 (1.05%) FastAPI
13 15 (0.99%) LDAP
13 15 (0.99%) Playwright
13 15 (0.99%) pytest
14 14 (0.92%) React
15 13 (0.86%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 100 (6.59%) Cloud Native
1 100 (6.59%) Onboarding
2 71 (4.68%) Management Information System
3 64 (4.22%) Data Structures
4 50 (3.30%) Product Ownership
5 47 (3.10%) Data Centre
6 46 (3.03%) Low-Code
7 45 (2.97%) Driving Licence
8 44 (2.90%) Distributed Systems
8 44 (2.90%) Embedded Systems
9 42 (2.77%) Algorithms
10 41 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
11 38 (2.50%) Analytical Mindset
12 35 (2.31%) Self-Motivation
13 31 (2.04%) Life Science
13 31 (2.04%) Video\Live Streaming
14 26 (1.71%) Legacy Systems
15 23 (1.52%) IoT
16 22 (1.45%) Robotics
17 20 (1.32%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 104 (6.86%) Linux
2 83 (5.47%) Windows
3 31 (2.04%) Windows Server
4 21 (1.38%) Unix
5 19 (1.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.40%) Android
6 6 (0.40%) FreeRTOS
7 5 (0.33%) Embedded Linux
8 4 (0.26%) Kali Linux
8 4 (0.26%) Mac OS X
9 3 (0.20%) AIX
9 3 (0.20%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.20%) Robot Operating System
10 2 (0.13%) ThreadX
10 2 (0.13%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.066%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 364 (23.99%) Problem-Solving
2 313 (20.63%) Agile
2 313 (20.63%) Continuous Improvement
3 277 (18.26%) AI
4 252 (16.61%) CI/CD
5 205 (13.51%) Analytics
6 203 (13.38%) Test Automation
7 195 (12.85%) Migration
8 166 (10.94%) Business Intelligence
8 166 (10.94%) Stakeholder Management
9 162 (10.68%) Data Validation
10 160 (10.55%) Decision-Making
10 160 (10.55%) Mentoring
10 160 (10.55%) Verification and Validation
11 158 (10.42%) DevOps
12 150 (9.89%) Data Modelling
13 146 (9.62%) Software Engineering
14 139 (9.16%) Data Governance
15 132 (8.70%) Data Migration
16 131 (8.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 376 (24.79%) Python
2 334 (22.02%) SQL
3 71 (4.68%) C++
4 67 (4.42%) C
5 57 (3.76%) Java
6 50 (3.30%) Go
7 39 (2.57%) C#
8 38 (2.50%) JavaScript
9 33 (2.18%) MATLAB
10 30 (1.98%) PowerShell
11 26 (1.71%) Bash
12 24 (1.58%) T-SQL
13 18 (1.19%) Embedded C
13 18 (1.19%) Embedded C++
14 15 (0.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 15 (0.99%) Scala
15 13 (0.86%) TypeScript
16 9 (0.59%) VBA
17 8 (0.53%) ABAP
17 8 (0.53%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 297 (19.58%) Degree
2 174 (11.47%) Security Cleared
3 94 (6.20%) BPSS Clearance
4 84 (5.54%) SC Cleared
5 74 (4.88%) Master's Degree
6 50 (3.30%) DV Cleared
7 37 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
8 29 (1.91%) Chartered Engineer
9 26 (1.71%) HNC
10 25 (1.65%) CISA
10 25 (1.65%) CISSP
10 25 (1.65%) SANS
11 22 (1.45%) CISM
12 19 (1.25%) AWS Certification
12 19 (1.25%) PhD
13 17 (1.12%) ACCA
13 17 (1.12%) CIMA
13 17 (1.12%) HND
14 15 (0.99%) FFIEC
14 15 (0.99%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 272 (17.93%) Data Quality
2 185 (12.20%) QA
3 57 (3.76%) GDPR
4 38 (2.50%) Accessibility
5 36 (2.37%) GRC
6 25 (1.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 20 (1.32%) NIST
8 18 (1.19%) IEC 61508
9 17 (1.12%) IFRS
10 16 (1.05%) PMO
11 15 (0.99%) COBIT
11 15 (0.99%) ISO 9001
12 13 (0.86%) GAAP
12 13 (0.86%) GxP
12 13 (0.86%) ISO 26262
12 13 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 15288
13 12 (0.79%) SLA
14 11 (0.73%) SOC 2
15 9 (0.59%) GMP
15 9 (0.59%) MISRA
System Software
1 60 (3.96%) Docker
2 53 (3.49%) Firmware
3 41 (2.70%) Active Directory
4 26 (1.71%) Virtual Machines
5 25 (1.65%) Embedded Firmware
6 20 (1.32%) vSphere
7 8 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
8 5 (0.33%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.13%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.066%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.066%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 70 (4.61%) Terraform
2 59 (3.89%) Kubernetes
3 34 (2.24%) Grafana
4 23 (1.52%) Functional Safety
5 16 (1.05%) Ansible
6 15 (0.99%) Prometheus
7 10 (0.66%) Cilium
8 7 (0.46%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 7 (0.46%) Kibana
8 7 (0.46%) SCCM
9 6 (0.40%) Puppet
10 4 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
10 4 (0.26%) Nessus
10 4 (0.26%) Nmap
11 3 (0.20%) FortiGate
11 3 (0.20%) HP Fortify
11 3 (0.20%) Rancher
11 3 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.20%) WMI
11 3 (0.20%) yum
Vendors
1 214 (14.11%) Microsoft
2 95 (6.26%) SAP
3 93 (6.13%) Oracle
4 50 (3.30%) Salesforce
5 42 (2.77%) Databricks
6 34 (2.24%) ServiceNow
7 33 (2.18%) Red Hat
8 29 (1.91%) CrowdStrike
9 27 (1.78%) VMware
10 24 (1.58%) Cisco
11 22 (1.45%) Google
11 22 (1.45%) Palo Alto
11 22 (1.45%) Tenable
12 17 (1.12%) Adobe
13 16 (1.05%) IBM
14 15 (0.99%) Citrix
14 15 (0.99%) McAfee
15 13 (0.86%) Foundry
16 11 (0.73%) Informatica
16 11 (0.73%) Splunk