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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 81 199
Rank change year-on-year -30 +118 -12
Permanent jobs citing Validation 1,505 1,565 1,187
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.72% 3.61% 1.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.32% 4.01% 1.68%
Number of salaries quoted 939 455 627
10th Percentile £35,000 £39,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -13.39%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,875 £72,500
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 64,794 39,051 70,596
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.87% 90.16% 82.29%
Number of salaries quoted 45,865 22,357 50,018
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,800 £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 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% +3.64% -8.84%

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 17 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 17 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 +76 428 £77,500 +1.64% 289
South East -44 329 £56,000 +1.82% 221
North of England +103 314 £55,000 +15.57% 168
North West +78 193 £55,000 +15.35% 87
Midlands -59 179 £42,500 -22.73% 123
South West -33 114 £52,500 -0.19% 77
East of England -75 109 £62,500 +9.65% 104
West Midlands +4 102 £43,250 -30.80% 59
East Midlands -70 75 £34,500 -27.37% 64
Yorkshire +4 65 £44,000 +4.45% 54
North East -11 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 (3.52%) Apache Airflow
2 51 (3.39%) Apache Spark
3 49 (3.26%) Apache
4 28 (1.86%) SharePoint
5 23 (1.53%) Confluence
6 16 (1.06%) Jupyter
7 15 (1.00%) Microsoft Exchange
8 12 (0.80%) SAS
9 5 (0.33%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 5 (0.33%) CMS
10 4 (0.27%) 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 88 (5.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 48 (3.19%) Microsoft Office
3 26 (1.73%) Microsoft Project
4 20 (1.33%) MS Visio
5 19 (1.26%) Simulink
6 16 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 11 (0.73%) Spreadsheet
8 8 (0.53%) SOLIDWORKS
9 5 (0.33%) AutoCAD
10 4 (0.27%) Adobe XD
10 4 (0.27%) 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%) Chatbot
13 1 (0.066%) Trello
13 1 (0.066%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 39 (2.59%) Dynamics CRM
2 38 (2.52%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (0.73%) SAP MDG
4 10 (0.66%) SAP ERP
5 9 (0.60%) Oracle EBS
6 7 (0.47%) Oracle Applications
7 5 (0.33%) iTrent
7 5 (0.33%) Loan IQ
7 5 (0.33%) Oracle Financials
7 5 (0.33%) SAP MDG-BP
8 4 (0.27%) SAP MM
9 3 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
10 2 (0.13%) FastStats
10 2 (0.13%) NetSuite
10 2 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
10 2 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
10 2 (0.13%) SAP Business One
10 2 (0.13%) SAP EWM
10 2 (0.13%) SAP WM
11 1 (0.066%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 196 (13.02%) Azure
2 182 (12.09%) AWS
3 152 (10.10%) Power Platform
4 74 (4.92%) GCP
5 70 (4.65%) SaaS
6 56 (3.72%) Azure DevOps
7 47 (3.12%) Microsoft 365
8 44 (2.92%) Serverless
9 40 (2.66%) Amazon S3
10 34 (2.26%) GitHub
11 26 (1.73%) Dynamics 365
12 22 (1.46%) Azure Data Factory
12 22 (1.46%) Entra ID
12 22 (1.46%) Snowflake
13 20 (1.33%) Cloud Computing
14 19 (1.26%) Amazon EC2
14 19 (1.26%) GitHub Actions
15 18 (1.20%) Amazon EMR
15 18 (1.20%) Microsoft Copilot
15 18 (1.20%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 66 (4.39%) Broadband
2 46 (3.06%) Firewall
3 37 (2.46%) DNS
4 20 (1.33%) TCP/IP
5 19 (1.26%) Network Security
5 19 (1.26%) Wireless
6 18 (1.20%) VPN
6 18 (1.20%) WAN
7 15 (1.00%) CHAP
7 15 (1.00%) Ethernet
8 14 (0.93%) Wi-Fi
9 13 (0.86%) MQTT
10 12 (0.80%) Internet
10 12 (0.80%) SD-WAN
11 11 (0.73%) HTTP
12 10 (0.66%) LAN
13 9 (0.60%) 5G
13 9 (0.60%) NAS
14 8 (0.53%) RS-232
14 8 (0.53%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 144 (9.57%) Power BI
2 59 (3.92%) PostgreSQL
2 59 (3.92%) Tableau
3 52 (3.46%) Data Warehouse
4 51 (3.39%) SQL Server
5 37 (2.46%) Metadata
6 33 (2.19%) MongoDB
7 31 (2.06%) Data Lake
8 29 (1.93%) Relational Database
9 25 (1.66%) BigQuery
10 22 (1.46%) Azure SQL Database
10 22 (1.46%) Semantic Layer
11 20 (1.33%) Amazon Athena
11 20 (1.33%) DynamoDB
11 20 (1.33%) MySQL
12 19 (1.26%) Spark SQL
13 17 (1.13%) Oracle Database
14 16 (1.06%) Parquet
15 14 (0.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 13 (0.86%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 90 (5.98%) JIRA
2 80 (5.32%) Git
3 47 (3.12%) Jenkins
4 41 (2.72%) GitLab
5 28 (1.86%) Rational DOORS
6 22 (1.46%) Snyk
7 16 (1.06%) LabVIEW
8 15 (1.00%) Selenium
9 13 (0.86%) IBM UrbanCode
9 13 (0.86%) Postman
10 10 (0.66%) Cucumber
10 10 (0.66%) Cypress.io
10 10 (0.66%) JMeter
10 10 (0.66%) TeamCity
11 7 (0.47%) Burp Suite
11 7 (0.47%) Rational Rhapsody
12 6 (0.40%) GDB
12 6 (0.40%) MLflow
13 5 (0.33%) Eclipse
13 5 (0.33%) LoadRunner
General
1 468 (31.10%) Social Skills
2 398 (26.45%) Finance
3 363 (24.12%) Analytical Skills
4 115 (7.64%) Electronics
5 114 (7.57%) Manufacturing
6 112 (7.44%) Aerospace
7 93 (6.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 91 (6.05%) Banking
9 66 (4.39%) Retail
10 54 (3.59%) Law
10 54 (3.59%) Public Sector
11 49 (3.26%) Organisational Skills
11 49 (3.26%) Pharmaceutical
12 46 (3.06%) Legal
12 46 (3.06%) Marketing
13 43 (2.86%) Games
14 35 (2.33%) Automotive
15 30 (1.99%) Financial Institution
16 26 (1.73%) Advertising
17 24 (1.59%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 269 (17.87%) Senior
2 234 (15.55%) Analyst
3 114 (7.57%) Lead
4 113 (7.51%) Systems Engineer
5 101 (6.71%) Test Engineer
6 93 (6.18%) Architect
7 83 (5.51%) Data Engineer
8 75 (4.98%) Validation Engineer
9 74 (4.92%) Business Analyst
10 69 (4.58%) Data Analyst
11 68 (4.52%) Developer
12 53 (3.52%) Consultant
13 44 (2.92%) Support Engineer
14 41 (2.72%) Embedded Engineer
15 40 (2.66%) IT Manager
15 40 (2.66%) Principal Engineer
16 38 (2.52%) Software Engineer
17 37 (2.46%) Project Manager
18 35 (2.33%) Security Architect
19 34 (2.26%) Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (2.86%) RESTful
2 34 (2.26%) PySpark
3 33 (2.19%) Node.js
4 32 (2.13%) Kafka
5 31 (2.06%) XML
6 30 (1.99%) JSON
7 26 (1.73%) Pandas
8 24 (1.59%) REST
9 22 (1.46%) Middleware
10 19 (1.26%) .NET
10 19 (1.26%) Regular Expression
10 19 (1.26%) XMPP
11 18 (1.20%) CSS
12 17 (1.13%) HTML
13 16 (1.06%) Playwright
13 16 (1.06%) pytest
14 15 (1.00%) FastAPI
14 15 (1.00%) LDAP
15 14 (0.93%) React
16 13 (0.86%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 100 (6.64%) Cloud Native
2 97 (6.45%) Onboarding
3 69 (4.58%) Management Information System
4 64 (4.25%) Data Structures
5 50 (3.32%) Product Ownership
6 46 (3.06%) Embedded Systems
7 45 (2.99%) Data Centre
7 45 (2.99%) Driving Licence
7 45 (2.99%) Low-Code
8 43 (2.86%) Algorithms
8 43 (2.86%) Distributed Systems
9 41 (2.72%) Enterprise Software
10 38 (2.52%) Analytical Mindset
11 33 (2.19%) Self-Motivation
12 31 (2.06%) Life Science
12 31 (2.06%) Video\Live Streaming
13 26 (1.73%) Legacy Systems
14 23 (1.53%) IoT
14 23 (1.53%) Robotics
15 21 (1.40%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 105 (6.98%) Linux
2 81 (5.38%) Windows
3 31 (2.06%) Windows Server
4 21 (1.40%) Unix
5 19 (1.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.40%) Android
6 6 (0.40%) FreeRTOS
7 5 (0.33%) 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%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.13%) ThreadX
10 2 (0.13%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.066%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.066%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 358 (23.79%) Problem-Solving
2 309 (20.53%) Agile
3 308 (20.47%) Continuous Improvement
4 277 (18.41%) AI
5 250 (16.61%) CI/CD
6 205 (13.62%) Analytics
6 205 (13.62%) Test Automation
7 190 (12.62%) Migration
8 166 (11.03%) Business Intelligence
9 163 (10.83%) Verification and Validation
10 162 (10.76%) Stakeholder Management
11 160 (10.63%) Decision-Making
12 159 (10.56%) Data Validation
13 156 (10.37%) Mentoring
14 154 (10.23%) DevOps
15 150 (9.97%) Data Modelling
16 147 (9.77%) Software Engineering
17 139 (9.24%) Data Governance
18 131 (8.70%) Data Analysis
18 131 (8.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 375 (24.92%) Python
2 331 (21.99%) SQL
3 72 (4.78%) C++
4 68 (4.52%) C
5 57 (3.79%) Java
6 50 (3.32%) Go
7 38 (2.52%) C#
8 37 (2.46%) JavaScript
9 33 (2.19%) MATLAB
10 29 (1.93%) PowerShell
11 26 (1.73%) Bash
12 24 (1.59%) T-SQL
13 18 (1.20%) Embedded C
13 18 (1.20%) Embedded C++
14 15 (1.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 15 (1.00%) Scala
15 13 (0.86%) TypeScript
16 9 (0.60%) VBA
17 8 (0.53%) ABAP
17 8 (0.53%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 297 (19.73%) Degree
2 170 (11.30%) Security Cleared
3 95 (6.31%) BPSS Clearance
4 81 (5.38%) SC Cleared
5 75 (4.98%) Master's Degree
6 50 (3.32%) DV Cleared
7 37 (2.46%) Computer Science Degree
8 29 (1.93%) Chartered Engineer
9 26 (1.73%) HNC
10 25 (1.66%) CISA
10 25 (1.66%) CISSP
10 25 (1.66%) SANS
11 22 (1.46%) CISM
12 20 (1.33%) PhD
13 19 (1.26%) AWS Certification
14 17 (1.13%) ACCA
14 17 (1.13%) CIMA
14 17 (1.13%) HND
15 15 (1.00%) CGEIT
15 15 (1.00%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 270 (17.94%) Data Quality
2 180 (11.96%) QA
3 58 (3.85%) GDPR
4 39 (2.59%) Accessibility
5 36 (2.39%) GRC
6 25 (1.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 20 (1.33%) NIST
8 18 (1.20%) IEC 61508
9 17 (1.13%) IFRS
10 16 (1.06%) PMO
11 15 (1.00%) COBIT
11 15 (1.00%) 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 (0.80%) SLA
14 11 (0.73%) SOC 2
15 9 (0.60%) GMP
15 9 (0.60%) MISRA
System Software
1 60 (3.99%) Docker
2 52 (3.46%) Firmware
3 41 (2.72%) Active Directory
4 26 (1.73%) Virtual Machines
5 24 (1.59%) Embedded Firmware
6 20 (1.33%) 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 69 (4.58%) Terraform
2 59 (3.92%) Kubernetes
3 34 (2.26%) Grafana
4 23 (1.53%) Functional Safety
5 16 (1.06%) Ansible
6 15 (1.00%) Prometheus
7 10 (0.66%) Cilium
8 7 (0.47%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 7 (0.47%) Kibana
8 7 (0.47%) SCCM
9 6 (0.40%) Puppet
10 4 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
10 4 (0.27%) Nessus
10 4 (0.27%) Nmap
11 3 (0.20%) Argo
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%) yum
Vendors
1 213 (14.15%) Microsoft
2 94 (6.25%) SAP
3 92 (6.11%) Oracle
4 49 (3.26%) Salesforce
5 42 (2.79%) Databricks
6 33 (2.19%) Red Hat
6 33 (2.19%) ServiceNow
7 29 (1.93%) CrowdStrike
8 27 (1.79%) VMware
9 24 (1.59%) Cisco
10 22 (1.46%) Google
10 22 (1.46%) Palo Alto
10 22 (1.46%) Tenable
11 17 (1.13%) Adobe
12 16 (1.06%) IBM
13 15 (1.00%) Citrix
13 15 (1.00%) McAfee
14 13 (0.86%) Foundry
15 11 (0.73%) Informatica
15 11 (0.73%) Splunk