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

6 months to
5 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 84 195
Rank change year-on-year -31 +111 -1
Permanent jobs citing Validation 1,444 1,530 1,279
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.67% 3.62% 1.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.27% 3.97% 1.70%
Number of salaries quoted 902 439 697
10th Percentile £35,000 £39,800 £36,150
25th Percentile £43,000 £46,000 £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 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £56,752 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.09% +3.19% -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 63,663 38,500 75,364
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.76% 91.01% 82.28%
Number of salaries quoted 44,969 21,724 54,278
10th Percentile £31,000 £29,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,750 £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 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.72%

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 5 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 5 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 +72 413 £77,500 - 441
South East -41 322 £55,500 +0.91% 266
North of England +93 294 £55,000 +15.35% 163
North West +72 185 £55,000 +15.35% 87
Midlands -68 168 £42,500 -22.73% 125
South West -42 113 £52,750 -1.03% 115
East of England -78 108 £60,000 +5.26% 91
West Midlands +2 98 £44,000 -29.60% 64
East Midlands -84 68 £30,000 -36.84% 61
Yorkshire +8 62 £44,000 +5.39% 49
North East -4 47 £55,000 +22.22% 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 51 (3.53%) Apache Airflow
2 48 (3.32%) Apache Spark
3 46 (3.19%) Apache
4 22 (1.52%) Confluence
5 20 (1.39%) SharePoint
6 14 (0.97%) Microsoft Exchange
7 12 (0.83%) Jupyter
8 10 (0.69%) SAS
9 5 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 4 (0.28%) Appian
10 4 (0.28%) CMS
10 4 (0.28%) Kinematics
11 3 (0.21%) Artix
12 2 (0.14%) IIS
13 1 (0.069%) ArcGIS
13 1 (0.069%) Oracle Workflow
13 1 (0.069%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 84 (5.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (2.98%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (1.73%) Microsoft Project
4 19 (1.32%) MS Visio
5 17 (1.18%) Simulink
6 15 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 8 (0.55%) SOLIDWORKS
7 8 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
8 5 (0.35%) AutoCAD
9 4 (0.28%) Adobe XD
9 4 (0.28%) Sketch
10 3 (0.21%) Autodesk Inventor
10 3 (0.21%) Productboard
10 3 (0.21%) Solid Edge
10 3 (0.21%) Stateflow
11 2 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 1 (0.069%) Chatbot
12 1 (0.069%) PTC Creo
12 1 (0.069%) Siemens NX
12 1 (0.069%) Trello
Business Applications
1 38 (2.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 37 (2.56%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (0.76%) SAP MDG
4 10 (0.69%) SAP ERP
5 9 (0.62%) Oracle EBS
6 5 (0.35%) iTrent
6 5 (0.35%) Loan IQ
6 5 (0.35%) Oracle Applications
6 5 (0.35%) Oracle Financials
6 5 (0.35%) SAP MDG-BP
7 3 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.21%) SAP MM
8 2 (0.14%) FastStats
8 2 (0.14%) NetSuite
8 2 (0.14%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.14%) SAP Business One
8 2 (0.14%) SAP EWM
8 2 (0.14%) SAP WM
9 1 (0.069%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 187 (12.95%) Azure
2 167 (11.57%) AWS
3 141 (9.76%) Power Platform
4 73 (5.06%) GCP
5 69 (4.78%) SaaS
6 59 (4.09%) Azure DevOps
7 41 (2.84%) Microsoft 365
7 41 (2.84%) Serverless
8 38 (2.63%) Amazon S3
9 36 (2.49%) GitHub
10 26 (1.80%) Dynamics 365
11 24 (1.66%) Azure Data Factory
12 22 (1.52%) Snowflake
13 19 (1.32%) Entra ID
13 19 (1.32%) GitHub Actions
14 17 (1.18%) Amazon EC2
14 17 (1.18%) Power Automate
15 16 (1.11%) Amazon EMR
15 16 (1.11%) dbt
16 15 (1.04%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 67 (4.64%) Broadband
2 43 (2.98%) Firewall
3 33 (2.29%) DNS
4 20 (1.39%) WAN
5 17 (1.18%) CHAP
5 17 (1.18%) TCP/IP
5 17 (1.18%) Wireless
6 16 (1.11%) Network Security
6 16 (1.11%) SD-WAN
7 14 (0.97%) VPN
8 12 (0.83%) Ethernet
8 12 (0.83%) Wi-Fi
9 11 (0.76%) 5G
9 11 (0.76%) HTTP
9 11 (0.76%) MQTT
10 10 (0.69%) LAN
11 9 (0.62%) NAS
12 7 (0.48%) BGP
12 7 (0.48%) WebEx
12 7 (0.48%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 138 (9.56%) Power BI
2 57 (3.95%) PostgreSQL
3 56 (3.88%) Tableau
4 52 (3.60%) SQL Server
5 50 (3.46%) Data Warehouse
6 35 (2.42%) Metadata
7 33 (2.29%) MongoDB
8 30 (2.08%) Relational Database
9 26 (1.80%) BigQuery
9 26 (1.80%) Data Lake
10 23 (1.59%) Azure SQL Database
11 20 (1.39%) Semantic Layer
12 19 (1.32%) DynamoDB
12 19 (1.32%) Spark SQL
13 18 (1.25%) Amazon Athena
13 18 (1.25%) MySQL
14 17 (1.18%) Oracle Database
15 16 (1.11%) Parquet
16 14 (0.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 14 (0.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 83 (5.75%) JIRA
2 74 (5.12%) Git
3 46 (3.19%) Jenkins
4 37 (2.56%) GitLab
5 28 (1.94%) Rational DOORS
6 22 (1.52%) Snyk
7 16 (1.11%) LabVIEW
8 15 (1.04%) Selenium
9 13 (0.90%) IBM UrbanCode
9 13 (0.90%) Postman
10 11 (0.76%) Cucumber
11 10 (0.69%) Cypress.io
11 10 (0.69%) TeamCity
12 9 (0.62%) JMeter
13 8 (0.55%) Eclipse
13 8 (0.55%) MLflow
14 7 (0.48%) Rational Rhapsody
15 6 (0.42%) Burp Suite
16 5 (0.35%) REST Assured
16 5 (0.35%) SonarQube
General
1 440 (30.47%) Social Skills
2 384 (26.59%) Finance
3 337 (23.34%) Analytical Skills
4 108 (7.48%) Aerospace
5 106 (7.34%) Electronics
6 99 (6.86%) Manufacturing
7 95 (6.58%) Banking
8 88 (6.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 58 (4.02%) Retail
10 51 (3.53%) Law
11 49 (3.39%) Public Sector
12 44 (3.05%) Legal
13 43 (2.98%) Organisational Skills
13 43 (2.98%) Pharmaceutical
14 42 (2.91%) Games
14 42 (2.91%) Marketing
15 35 (2.42%) Automotive
16 33 (2.29%) Financial Institution
17 25 (1.73%) Documentation Skills
18 23 (1.59%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 251 (17.38%) Senior
2 232 (16.07%) Analyst
3 120 (8.31%) Systems Engineer
4 110 (7.62%) Lead
5 99 (6.86%) Test Engineer
6 90 (6.23%) Architect
7 80 (5.54%) Data Engineer
8 79 (5.47%) Validation Engineer
9 75 (5.19%) Business Analyst
10 68 (4.71%) Data Analyst
11 66 (4.57%) Developer
12 41 (2.84%) Consultant
12 41 (2.84%) Principal Engineer
12 41 (2.84%) Support Engineer
13 40 (2.77%) Embedded Engineer
13 40 (2.77%) IT Manager
14 35 (2.42%) Project Manager
14 35 (2.42%) Security Architect
14 35 (2.42%) Senior Systems Engineer
14 35 (2.42%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (2.98%) RESTful
2 33 (2.29%) PySpark
3 31 (2.15%) Node.js
4 30 (2.08%) JSON
4 30 (2.08%) Kafka
4 30 (2.08%) REST
5 28 (1.94%) XML
6 26 (1.80%) Pandas
7 23 (1.59%) .NET
8 22 (1.52%) Middleware
9 20 (1.39%) pytest
10 19 (1.32%) Playwright
11 18 (1.25%) Regular Expression
11 18 (1.25%) XMPP
12 16 (1.11%) CSS
13 15 (1.04%) HTML
13 15 (1.04%) Swagger
14 14 (0.97%) FastAPI
14 14 (0.97%) LDAP
14 14 (0.97%) React
Miscellaneous
1 92 (6.37%) Cloud Native
2 83 (5.75%) Onboarding
3 65 (4.50%) Data Structures
4 63 (4.36%) Management Information System
5 48 (3.32%) Low-Code
6 44 (3.05%) Product Ownership
7 43 (2.98%) Driving Licence
8 42 (2.91%) Algorithms
9 41 (2.84%) Embedded Systems
10 39 (2.70%) Distributed Systems
11 38 (2.63%) Data Centre
12 36 (2.49%) Enterprise Software
13 35 (2.42%) Analytical Mindset
13 35 (2.42%) Self-Motivation
14 31 (2.15%) Video\Live Streaming
15 29 (2.01%) Legacy Systems
16 28 (1.94%) Life Science
17 23 (1.59%) Robotics
18 19 (1.32%) PKI
19 18 (1.25%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 98 (6.79%) Linux
2 72 (4.99%) Windows
3 28 (1.94%) Windows Server
4 23 (1.59%) Unix
5 18 (1.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.42%) Android
7 5 (0.35%) FreeRTOS
8 4 (0.28%) Kali Linux
8 4 (0.28%) Mac OS X
8 4 (0.28%) Robot Operating System
9 3 (0.21%) AIX
9 3 (0.21%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.21%) Embedded Linux
10 2 (0.14%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.14%) ThreadX
11 1 (0.069%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 324 (22.44%) Problem-Solving
2 296 (20.50%) Agile
3 284 (19.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 256 (17.73%) AI
5 243 (16.83%) CI/CD
6 203 (14.06%) Test Automation
7 194 (13.43%) Analytics
8 175 (12.12%) Migration
9 173 (11.98%) Verification and Validation
10 164 (11.36%) Business Intelligence
11 161 (11.15%) Data Validation
12 154 (10.66%) Stakeholder Management
13 152 (10.53%) DevOps
14 149 (10.32%) Data Modelling
15 147 (10.18%) Decision-Making
16 144 (9.97%) Software Engineering
17 136 (9.42%) Mentoring
18 134 (9.28%) Data Governance
19 126 (8.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
20 125 (8.66%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 355 (24.58%) Python
2 319 (22.09%) SQL
3 69 (4.78%) C++
4 67 (4.64%) C
5 56 (3.88%) Java
6 50 (3.46%) Go
7 39 (2.70%) C#
8 33 (2.29%) JavaScript
9 31 (2.15%) MATLAB
10 26 (1.80%) Bash
11 24 (1.66%) T-SQL
12 23 (1.59%) PowerShell
13 18 (1.25%) Embedded C
13 18 (1.25%) Embedded C++
14 16 (1.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 14 (0.97%) Scala
16 13 (0.90%) TypeScript
17 9 (0.62%) VBA
18 8 (0.55%) ABAP
19 7 (0.48%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 274 (18.98%) Degree
2 160 (11.08%) Security Cleared
3 99 (6.86%) BPSS Clearance
4 74 (5.12%) Master's Degree
4 74 (5.12%) SC Cleared
5 48 (3.32%) DV Cleared
6 36 (2.49%) Computer Science Degree
7 32 (2.22%) Chartered Engineer
8 27 (1.87%) CISA
8 27 (1.87%) CISSP
8 27 (1.87%) SANS
9 26 (1.80%) HNC
10 24 (1.66%) CISM
11 19 (1.32%) HND
12 17 (1.18%) ACCA
12 17 (1.18%) CGEIT
12 17 (1.18%) CIMA
12 17 (1.18%) FFIEC
13 14 (0.97%) AWS Certification
13 14 (0.97%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 255 (17.66%) Data Quality
2 168 (11.63%) QA
3 53 (3.67%) GDPR
4 38 (2.63%) Accessibility
5 36 (2.49%) GRC
6 25 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 21 (1.45%) NIST
8 19 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 18 (1.25%) IEC 61508
9 18 (1.25%) IFRS
10 17 (1.18%) COBIT
11 16 (1.11%) PMO
12 14 (0.97%) ISO 9001
13 13 (0.90%) GAAP
13 13 (0.90%) ISO 26262
14 12 (0.83%) SLA
15 11 (0.76%) SOC 2
16 10 (0.69%) GxP
17 9 (0.62%) GMP
17 9 (0.62%) MISRA
System Software
1 62 (4.29%) Docker
2 46 (3.19%) Firmware
3 37 (2.56%) Active Directory
4 24 (1.66%) Virtual Machines
5 22 (1.52%) Embedded Firmware
6 19 (1.32%) vSphere
7 8 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
8 5 (0.35%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.14%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.069%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 68 (4.71%) Terraform
2 62 (4.29%) Kubernetes
3 30 (2.08%) Grafana
4 23 (1.59%) Functional Safety
5 16 (1.11%) Ansible
5 16 (1.11%) Prometheus
6 10 (0.69%) Cilium
7 7 (0.48%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 7 (0.48%) Kibana
8 6 (0.42%) Puppet
8 6 (0.42%) SCCM
9 3 (0.21%) Argo
9 3 (0.21%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.21%) HP Fortify
9 3 (0.21%) Nessus
9 3 (0.21%) Nmap
9 3 (0.21%) Rancher
9 3 (0.21%) yum
10 2 (0.14%) BMC PATROL
10 2 (0.14%) Computer Incident Response Team
Vendors
1 189 (13.09%) Microsoft
2 91 (6.30%) SAP
3 84 (5.82%) Oracle
4 43 (2.98%) Salesforce
5 39 (2.70%) Databricks
6 32 (2.22%) Red Hat
6 32 (2.22%) ServiceNow
7 29 (2.01%) CrowdStrike
8 26 (1.80%) VMware
9 23 (1.59%) Cisco
10 22 (1.52%) Palo Alto
10 22 (1.52%) Tenable
11 20 (1.39%) Google
12 19 (1.32%) Adobe
13 14 (0.97%) Citrix
13 14 (0.97%) McAfee
14 13 (0.90%) Foundry
15 12 (0.83%) IBM
16 9 (0.62%) EMC
16 9 (0.62%) Splunk