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

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 85 195
Rank change year-on-year -28 +110 -12
Permanent jobs citing Validation 1,494 1,555 1,252
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.71% 3.58% 1.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.31% 3.97% 1.72%
Number of salaries quoted 936 451 675
10th Percentile £35,000 £39,000 £36,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,031 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.06% +0.06% -13.04%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,875 £71,957
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,649 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.17% +1.18% -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 64,786 39,214 72,950
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 74.00% 90.35% 82.40%
Number of salaries quoted 45,806 22,355 52,169
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,822 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,000 £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 12 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 12 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 £75,000 - 441
South East -40 328 £55,000 - 236
North of England +96 305 £55,000 +15.35% 136
North West +66 189 £55,000 +15.35% 72
Midlands -67 179 £42,500 -22.73% 109
South West -32 116 £52,500 -0.19% 169
East of England -77 107 £62,500 +9.65% 85
West Midlands +5 104 £44,000 -29.60% 55
East Midlands -78 73 £34,000 -28.42% 54
Yorkshire +7 63 £44,000 +4.45% 45
North East -11 53 £55,000 +22.22% 19
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 52 (3.48%) Apache Airflow
2 50 (3.35%) Apache Spark
3 48 (3.21%) Apache
4 25 (1.67%) SharePoint
5 24 (1.61%) Confluence
6 14 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
7 13 (0.87%) Jupyter
8 11 (0.74%) SAS
9 5 (0.33%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 4 (0.27%) CMS
10 4 (0.27%) Kinematics
11 3 (0.20%) Appian
11 3 (0.20%) Artix
12 2 (0.13%) IIS
12 2 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 1 (0.067%) ArcGIS
13 1 (0.067%) Oracle Workflow
13 1 (0.067%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 84 (5.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 49 (3.28%) Microsoft Office
3 26 (1.74%) Microsoft Project
4 20 (1.34%) MS Visio
5 18 (1.20%) Simulink
6 16 (1.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 11 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
8 8 (0.54%) 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%) Productboard
11 3 (0.20%) Stateflow
12 2 (0.13%) Solid Edge
13 1 (0.067%) CATIA
13 1 (0.067%) Chatbot
13 1 (0.067%) Revit
13 1 (0.067%) Trello
13 1 (0.067%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 39 (2.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 38 (2.54%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (0.74%) SAP MDG
4 10 (0.67%) 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 (0.067%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 197 (13.19%) Azure
2 179 (11.98%) AWS
3 151 (10.11%) Power Platform
4 76 (5.09%) GCP
5 69 (4.62%) SaaS
6 61 (4.08%) Azure DevOps
7 44 (2.95%) Microsoft 365
8 43 (2.88%) Serverless
9 40 (2.68%) Amazon S3
10 35 (2.34%) GitHub
11 24 (1.61%) Azure Data Factory
11 24 (1.61%) Dynamics 365
12 23 (1.54%) Snowflake
13 19 (1.27%) Amazon EC2
13 19 (1.27%) Entra ID
13 19 (1.27%) GitHub Actions
13 19 (1.27%) Power Automate
14 18 (1.20%) Amazon EMR
14 18 (1.20%) Microsoft Copilot
15 17 (1.14%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 67 (4.48%) Broadband
2 47 (3.15%) Firewall
3 34 (2.28%) DNS
4 22 (1.47%) WAN
5 19 (1.27%) Wireless
6 18 (1.20%) Network Security
6 18 (1.20%) TCP/IP
7 16 (1.07%) SD-WAN
7 16 (1.07%) VPN
8 15 (1.00%) CHAP
9 14 (0.94%) Wi-Fi
10 13 (0.87%) Ethernet
10 13 (0.87%) MQTT
11 11 (0.74%) HTTP
12 10 (0.67%) 5G
12 10 (0.67%) LAN
13 9 (0.60%) NAS
14 7 (0.47%) BGP
14 7 (0.47%) NGN
14 7 (0.47%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 143 (9.57%) Power BI
2 59 (3.95%) PostgreSQL
3 58 (3.88%) Tableau
4 54 (3.61%) Data Warehouse
5 50 (3.35%) SQL Server
6 37 (2.48%) Metadata
7 33 (2.21%) MongoDB
8 30 (2.01%) Data Lake
9 29 (1.94%) Relational Database
10 26 (1.74%) BigQuery
11 23 (1.54%) Azure SQL Database
12 22 (1.47%) Semantic Layer
13 21 (1.41%) DynamoDB
14 20 (1.34%) Amazon Athena
14 20 (1.34%) MySQL
15 19 (1.27%) Spark SQL
16 17 (1.14%) Oracle Database
17 16 (1.07%) Parquet
18 15 (1.00%) Amazon Redshift
19 14 (0.94%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 90 (6.02%) JIRA
2 80 (5.35%) Git
3 49 (3.28%) Jenkins
4 41 (2.74%) GitLab
5 29 (1.94%) Rational DOORS
6 22 (1.47%) Snyk
7 16 (1.07%) LabVIEW
8 15 (1.00%) Selenium
9 13 (0.87%) IBM UrbanCode
9 13 (0.87%) Postman
10 11 (0.74%) Cucumber
11 10 (0.67%) Cypress.io
11 10 (0.67%) JMeter
11 10 (0.67%) TeamCity
12 7 (0.47%) MLflow
12 7 (0.47%) Rational Rhapsody
13 6 (0.40%) Burp Suite
13 6 (0.40%) Eclipse
13 6 (0.40%) GDB
14 5 (0.33%) LoadRunner
General
1 453 (30.32%) Social Skills
2 391 (26.17%) Finance
3 354 (23.69%) Analytical Skills
4 113 (7.56%) Aerospace
5 111 (7.43%) Electronics
6 102 (6.83%) Manufacturing
7 92 (6.16%) Banking
8 90 (6.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 63 (4.22%) Retail
10 52 (3.48%) Public Sector
11 51 (3.41%) Law
12 46 (3.08%) Organisational Skills
13 45 (3.01%) Legal
13 45 (3.01%) Pharmaceutical
14 44 (2.95%) Marketing
15 42 (2.81%) Games
16 35 (2.34%) Automotive
17 31 (2.07%) Financial Institution
18 26 (1.74%) Advertising
19 24 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 260 (17.40%) Senior
2 237 (15.86%) Analyst
3 120 (8.03%) Systems Engineer
4 114 (7.63%) Lead
5 104 (6.96%) Test Engineer
6 93 (6.22%) Architect
7 83 (5.56%) Data Engineer
8 79 (5.29%) Validation Engineer
9 76 (5.09%) Business Analyst
10 69 (4.62%) Data Analyst
10 69 (4.62%) Developer
11 47 (3.15%) Consultant
12 43 (2.88%) Support Engineer
13 41 (2.74%) Embedded Engineer
13 41 (2.74%) IT Manager
13 41 (2.74%) Principal Engineer
14 38 (2.54%) Software Engineer
15 36 (2.41%) Project Manager
15 36 (2.41%) Senior Systems Engineer
16 35 (2.34%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (2.88%) RESTful
2 34 (2.28%) PySpark
3 33 (2.21%) Node.js
4 32 (2.14%) Kafka
5 30 (2.01%) JSON
5 30 (2.01%) XML
6 28 (1.87%) REST
7 26 (1.74%) Pandas
8 24 (1.61%) .NET
9 21 (1.41%) Middleware
10 19 (1.27%) Playwright
10 19 (1.27%) Regular Expression
10 19 (1.27%) XMPP
11 18 (1.20%) pytest
12 17 (1.14%) CSS
13 16 (1.07%) HTML
14 15 (1.00%) FastAPI
14 15 (1.00%) LDAP
14 15 (1.00%) React
15 13 (0.87%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 96 (6.43%) Cloud Native
2 90 (6.02%) Onboarding
3 66 (4.42%) Data Structures
4 65 (4.35%) Management Information System
5 48 (3.21%) Product Ownership
6 46 (3.08%) Embedded Systems
6 46 (3.08%) Low-Code
7 44 (2.95%) Driving Licence
8 43 (2.88%) Data Centre
9 42 (2.81%) Algorithms
9 42 (2.81%) Distributed Systems
10 39 (2.61%) Enterprise Software
11 37 (2.48%) Analytical Mindset
12 35 (2.34%) Self-Motivation
13 31 (2.07%) Video\Live Streaming
14 29 (1.94%) Legacy Systems
15 27 (1.81%) Life Science
16 23 (1.54%) Robotics
17 22 (1.47%) IoT
18 20 (1.34%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 105 (7.03%) Linux
2 77 (5.15%) Windows
3 29 (1.94%) Windows Server
4 22 (1.47%) Unix
5 19 (1.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (0.54%) Android
7 6 (0.40%) FreeRTOS
8 5 (0.33%) Embedded Linux
9 4 (0.27%) Kali Linux
9 4 (0.27%) Mac OS X
9 4 (0.27%) Robot Operating System
10 3 (0.20%) AIX
10 3 (0.20%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.13%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.13%) ThreadX
12 1 (0.067%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 343 (22.96%) Problem-Solving
2 309 (20.68%) Agile
3 298 (19.95%) Continuous Improvement
4 267 (17.87%) AI
5 256 (17.14%) CI/CD
6 211 (14.12%) Test Automation
7 201 (13.45%) Analytics
8 188 (12.58%) Migration
9 170 (11.38%) Business Intelligence
10 169 (11.31%) Verification and Validation
11 164 (10.98%) Data Validation
12 160 (10.71%) DevOps
12 160 (10.71%) Stakeholder Management
13 156 (10.44%) Decision-Making
14 155 (10.37%) Data Modelling
15 150 (10.04%) Software Engineering
16 149 (9.97%) Mentoring
17 141 (9.44%) Data Governance
18 130 (8.70%) Data Analysis
19 128 (8.57%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 371 (24.83%) Python
2 334 (22.36%) SQL
3 73 (4.89%) C++
4 70 (4.69%) C
5 58 (3.88%) Java
6 51 (3.41%) Go
7 42 (2.81%) C#
8 35 (2.34%) JavaScript
9 32 (2.14%) MATLAB
10 28 (1.87%) Bash
11 26 (1.74%) PowerShell
12 25 (1.67%) T-SQL
13 18 (1.20%) Embedded C
13 18 (1.20%) Embedded C++
14 16 (1.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 14 (0.94%) Scala
16 13 (0.87%) TypeScript
17 9 (0.60%) VBA
18 8 (0.54%) ABAP
18 8 (0.54%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 289 (19.34%) Degree
2 169 (11.31%) Security Cleared
3 101 (6.76%) BPSS Clearance
4 78 (5.22%) SC Cleared
5 74 (4.95%) Master's Degree
6 51 (3.41%) DV Cleared
7 38 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
8 32 (2.14%) Chartered Engineer
9 25 (1.67%) CISA
9 25 (1.67%) CISSP
9 25 (1.67%) HNC
9 25 (1.67%) SANS
10 22 (1.47%) CISM
11 17 (1.14%) ACCA
11 17 (1.14%) AWS Certification
11 17 (1.14%) CIMA
11 17 (1.14%) HND
12 15 (1.00%) CGEIT
12 15 (1.00%) FFIEC
12 15 (1.00%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 265 (17.74%) Data Quality
2 182 (12.18%) QA
3 55 (3.68%) GDPR
4 36 (2.41%) Accessibility
4 36 (2.41%) GRC
5 25 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 20 (1.34%) NIST
7 19 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 18 (1.20%) IEC 61508
8 18 (1.20%) IFRS
9 16 (1.07%) ISO 9001
9 16 (1.07%) PMO
10 15 (1.00%) COBIT
11 13 (0.87%) GAAP
11 13 (0.87%) ISO 26262
12 12 (0.80%) SLA
13 11 (0.74%) SOC 2
14 10 (0.67%) GxP
15 9 (0.60%) GMP
15 9 (0.60%) MISRA
System Software
1 61 (4.08%) Docker
2 51 (3.41%) Firmware
3 38 (2.54%) Active Directory
4 25 (1.67%) Virtual Machines
5 23 (1.54%) Embedded Firmware
6 20 (1.34%) vSphere
7 8 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
8 5 (0.33%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.13%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.067%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 72 (4.82%) Terraform
2 61 (4.08%) Kubernetes
3 33 (2.21%) Grafana
4 23 (1.54%) Functional Safety
5 17 (1.14%) Ansible
6 16 (1.07%) Prometheus
7 10 (0.67%) Cilium
8 7 (0.47%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 7 (0.47%) Kibana
8 7 (0.47%) Puppet
9 6 (0.40%) SCCM
10 4 (0.27%) Argo
10 4 (0.27%) Rancher
10 4 (0.27%) yum
11 3 (0.20%) FortiGate
11 3 (0.20%) HP Fortify
11 3 (0.20%) Nessus
11 3 (0.20%) Nmap
11 3 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.13%) BMC PATROL
Vendors
1 206 (13.79%) Microsoft
2 93 (6.22%) SAP
3 91 (6.09%) Oracle
4 45 (3.01%) Salesforce
5 41 (2.74%) Databricks
6 33 (2.21%) Red Hat
7 32 (2.14%) ServiceNow
8 29 (1.94%) CrowdStrike
9 27 (1.81%) VMware
10 26 (1.74%) Cisco
11 22 (1.47%) Google
11 22 (1.47%) Palo Alto
11 22 (1.47%) Tenable
12 17 (1.14%) Adobe
13 15 (1.00%) McAfee
14 14 (0.94%) Citrix
14 14 (0.94%) IBM
15 13 (0.87%) Foundry
16 10 (0.67%) Informatica
17 9 (0.60%) EMC