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 13 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 78 188
Rank change year-on-year -12 +110 -2
Permanent jobs citing Validation 1,819 1,606 1,039
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.93% 3.67% 1.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.62% 4.10% 1.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1,082 494 490
10th Percentile £34,525 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £73,750 £71,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £91,050 £92,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -5.51%

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 69,329 39,151 59,081
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.66% 89.41% 81.35%
Number of salaries quoted 48,879 22,544 38,747
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -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 13 August 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 13 August 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 +66 499 £73,000 -5.81% 835
South East -26 412 £56,483 +5.08% 330
North of England +102 382 £54,875 +15.53% 205
North West +100 222 £55,000 +15.35% 118
Midlands -56 201 £43,587 -20.75% 184
South West -3 160 £53,000 +0.76% 193
East of England -67 134 £61,250 +7.46% 165
West Midlands +9 110 £44,360 -22.85% 113
East Midlands -66 90 £42,500 - 71
Yorkshire +20 80 £43,000 +1.18% 48
North East +5 80 £55,000 +57.14% 42
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 59 (3.24%) Apache Airflow
2 58 (3.19%) Apache Spark
3 56 (3.08%) Apache
4 30 (1.65%) Confluence
4 30 (1.65%) SharePoint
5 18 (0.99%) Jupyter
6 12 (0.66%) SAS
7 9 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
8 5 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 5 (0.27%) CMS
8 5 (0.27%) WinCC
9 4 (0.22%) Kinematics
10 3 (0.16%) Artix
10 3 (0.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.11%) Cloud Foundry
11 2 (0.11%) IIS
12 1 (0.055%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.055%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 1 (0.055%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.055%) WebSphere
Applications
1 116 (6.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 63 (3.46%) Microsoft Office
3 36 (1.98%) Microsoft Project
4 30 (1.65%) Simulink
5 26 (1.43%) MS Visio
6 17 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 16 (0.88%) Spreadsheet
8 14 (0.77%) SOLIDWORKS
9 8 (0.44%) AutoCAD
10 5 (0.27%) Mathcad
11 4 (0.22%) Adobe XD
11 4 (0.22%) Sketch
12 3 (0.16%) Autodesk Inventor
12 3 (0.16%) LaTeX
12 3 (0.16%) OrCAD
12 3 (0.16%) Productboard
12 3 (0.16%) Stateflow
13 2 (0.11%) EPLAN
13 2 (0.11%) Revit
13 2 (0.11%) Solid Edge
Business Applications
1 41 (2.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 38 (2.09%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (0.60%) SAP MDG
4 10 (0.55%) SAP ERP
5 9 (0.49%) Oracle EBS
6 8 (0.44%) Oracle Applications
7 7 (0.38%) NetSuite
8 5 (0.27%) Elite 3E
8 5 (0.27%) iTrent
8 5 (0.27%) Loan IQ
8 5 (0.27%) SAP MDG-BP
8 5 (0.27%) Workday HCM
9 4 (0.22%) Oracle Financials
9 4 (0.22%) SAP MM
10 3 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
10 3 (0.16%) Teamcenter
11 2 (0.11%) SAP CO
11 2 (0.11%) SAP FI
11 2 (0.11%) SAP FI/CO
11 2 (0.11%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 251 (13.80%) Azure
2 237 (13.03%) AWS
3 154 (8.47%) Power Platform
4 85 (4.67%) GCP
5 65 (3.57%) SaaS
6 58 (3.19%) Azure DevOps
6 58 (3.19%) Microsoft 365
7 50 (2.75%) GitHub
8 47 (2.58%) Amazon S3
9 46 (2.53%) Serverless
10 33 (1.81%) Dynamics 365
11 29 (1.59%) Entra ID
11 29 (1.59%) Microsoft Copilot
12 26 (1.43%) GitHub Actions
13 22 (1.21%) Amazon EMR
14 21 (1.15%) Amazon EC2
15 20 (1.10%) Cloud Computing
15 20 (1.10%) Snowflake
16 19 (1.04%) Microsoft Purview
17 17 (0.93%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 66 (3.63%) Broadband
2 52 (2.86%) Firewall
3 50 (2.75%) DNS
4 29 (1.59%) Network Security
5 27 (1.48%) TCP/IP
5 27 (1.48%) Wireless
6 26 (1.43%) VPN
7 25 (1.37%) WAN
8 21 (1.15%) Ethernet
9 18 (0.99%) SD-WAN
10 17 (0.93%) MQTT
10 17 (0.93%) Wi-Fi
11 16 (0.88%) LAN
12 13 (0.71%) BGP
12 13 (0.71%) HTTP
12 13 (0.71%) Internet
13 11 (0.60%) NGN
13 11 (0.60%) OSPF
13 11 (0.60%) RS-232
13 11 (0.60%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 144 (7.92%) Power BI
2 57 (3.13%) Data Warehouse
3 53 (2.91%) PostgreSQL
3 53 (2.91%) Tableau
4 49 (2.69%) SQL Server
5 44 (2.42%) Metadata
6 40 (2.20%) Data Lake
7 33 (1.81%) MongoDB
8 30 (1.65%) Relational Database
9 25 (1.37%) Amazon Athena
9 25 (1.37%) BigQuery
10 22 (1.21%) DynamoDB
10 22 (1.21%) Semantic Layer
11 21 (1.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 20 (1.10%) Azure SQL Database
12 20 (1.10%) Spark SQL
13 19 (1.04%) MySQL
14 17 (0.93%) Oracle Database
15 16 (0.88%) Amazon Redshift
15 16 (0.88%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 114 (6.27%) JIRA
2 104 (5.72%) Git
3 48 (2.64%) Jenkins
4 41 (2.25%) GitLab
5 34 (1.87%) Rational DOORS
6 22 (1.21%) Snyk
7 19 (1.04%) Selenium
8 17 (0.93%) LabVIEW
9 15 (0.82%) Postman
10 14 (0.77%) Cypress.io
11 13 (0.71%) Cucumber
11 13 (0.71%) IBM UrbanCode
12 12 (0.66%) JMeter
13 10 (0.55%) TeamCity
14 8 (0.44%) MLflow
14 8 (0.44%) Rational Rhapsody
15 7 (0.38%) Burp Suite
15 7 (0.38%) Hudson
15 7 (0.38%) REST Assured
16 6 (0.33%) GDB
General
1 595 (32.71%) Social Skills
2 498 (27.38%) Finance
3 458 (25.18%) Analytical Skills
4 174 (9.57%) Aerospace
5 166 (9.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 164 (9.02%) Manufacturing
7 154 (8.47%) Electronics
8 105 (5.77%) Banking
9 100 (5.50%) Law
10 75 (4.12%) Retail
11 70 (3.85%) Public Sector
12 67 (3.68%) Marketing
13 65 (3.57%) Pharmaceutical
14 61 (3.35%) Organisational Skills
15 52 (2.86%) Legal
16 48 (2.64%) Automotive
17 46 (2.53%) Games
18 39 (2.14%) Telecoms
19 32 (1.76%) Influencing Skills
20 30 (1.65%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 336 (18.47%) Senior
2 255 (14.02%) Analyst
3 150 (8.25%) Systems Engineer
4 147 (8.08%) Lead
5 114 (6.27%) Test Engineer
6 106 (5.83%) Architect
7 97 (5.33%) Data Engineer
8 84 (4.62%) Business Analyst
9 81 (4.45%) Developer
10 69 (3.79%) Consultant
11 67 (3.68%) Software Engineer
12 66 (3.63%) Validation Engineer
13 63 (3.46%) Principal Engineer
14 61 (3.35%) Data Analyst
15 48 (2.64%) Data Scientist
16 46 (2.53%) Support Engineer
17 43 (2.36%) Embedded Engineer
18 41 (2.25%) IT Manager
19 40 (2.20%) Project Manager
20 37 (2.03%) Electronics Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (2.53%) RESTful
2 44 (2.42%) Kafka
3 37 (2.03%) PySpark
4 35 (1.92%) Node.js
5 34 (1.87%) REST
6 28 (1.54%) XML
7 27 (1.48%) .NET
8 26 (1.43%) LDAP
9 25 (1.37%) JSON
10 23 (1.26%) Middleware
10 23 (1.26%) Pandas
11 21 (1.15%) CSS
12 20 (1.10%) HTML
12 20 (1.10%) ModSecurity
12 20 (1.10%) Playwright
13 19 (1.04%) Regular Expression
13 19 (1.04%) XMPP
14 18 (0.99%) FastAPI
14 18 (0.99%) OAuth
15 17 (0.93%) React
Miscellaneous
1 135 (7.42%) Cloud Native
2 128 (7.04%) Onboarding
3 101 (5.55%) Management Information System
4 67 (3.68%) Data Centre
5 66 (3.63%) Product Ownership
6 54 (2.97%) Data Structures
6 54 (2.97%) Enterprise Software
7 50 (2.75%) Distributed Systems
7 50 (2.75%) Driving Licence
7 50 (2.75%) Embedded Systems
8 45 (2.47%) Algorithms
8 45 (2.47%) Low-Code
9 38 (2.09%) Analytical Mindset
10 37 (2.03%) Life Science
11 34 (1.87%) Legacy Systems
11 34 (1.87%) Video\Live Streaming
12 32 (1.76%) AI Agents
12 32 (1.76%) Robotics
13 28 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
14 26 (1.43%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 117 (6.43%) Linux
2 85 (4.67%) Windows
3 34 (1.87%) Windows Server
4 19 (1.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 19 (1.04%) Unix
5 8 (0.44%) Embedded Linux
6 6 (0.33%) Android
6 6 (0.33%) FreeRTOS
7 4 (0.22%) Kali Linux
7 4 (0.22%) Mac OS X
8 3 (0.16%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.11%) Robot Operating System
9 2 (0.11%) ThreadX
9 2 (0.11%) VMS
9 2 (0.11%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.055%) AIX
10 1 (0.055%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 477 (26.22%) Problem-Solving
2 421 (23.14%) Continuous Improvement
3 369 (20.29%) Agile
4 339 (18.64%) AI
5 291 (16.00%) CI/CD
6 243 (13.36%) Analytics
7 231 (12.70%) Migration
8 226 (12.42%) Stakeholder Management
9 225 (12.37%) Test Automation
10 223 (12.26%) Verification and Validation
11 214 (11.76%) Mentoring
12 204 (11.21%) Decision-Making
13 192 (10.56%) Software Engineering
14 176 (9.68%) DevOps
15 175 (9.62%) Business Intelligence
16 172 (9.46%) Machine Learning
17 168 (9.24%) Data Analysis
18 166 (9.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 165 (9.07%) Roadmaps
20 160 (8.80%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 428 (23.53%) Python
2 359 (19.74%) SQL
3 84 (4.62%) C++
4 78 (4.29%) Java
5 74 (4.07%) C
6 55 (3.02%) Go
6 55 (3.02%) JavaScript
7 44 (2.42%) C#
8 43 (2.36%) MATLAB
9 27 (1.48%) Bash
10 26 (1.43%) PowerShell
11 23 (1.26%) Embedded C
12 22 (1.21%) Scala
13 18 (0.99%) Embedded C++
14 17 (0.93%) TypeScript
15 15 (0.82%) T-SQL
16 12 (0.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 11 (0.60%) R
18 8 (0.44%) ABAP
18 8 (0.44%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 383 (21.06%) Degree
2 290 (15.94%) Security Cleared
3 170 (9.35%) SC Cleared
4 123 (6.76%) BPSS Clearance
5 97 (5.33%) DV Cleared
6 83 (4.56%) Master's Degree
7 40 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
8 36 (1.98%) CISSP
9 31 (1.70%) Chartered Engineer
10 29 (1.59%) CISM
10 29 (1.59%) PhD
10 29 (1.59%) PMI Certification
11 27 (1.48%) HNC
12 24 (1.32%) AWS Certification
13 23 (1.26%) ACCA
13 23 (1.26%) CIMA
14 22 (1.21%) Azure Certification
15 21 (1.15%) HND
16 19 (1.04%) SANS
17 18 (0.99%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 300 (16.49%) Data Quality
2 238 (13.08%) QA
3 62 (3.41%) Accessibility
4 56 (3.08%) GDPR
5 38 (2.09%) GRC
6 24 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 23 (1.26%) IEC 61508
8 20 (1.10%) NIST
9 18 (0.99%) PMO
10 17 (0.93%) GxP
11 16 (0.88%) SLA
12 15 (0.82%) GAAP
12 15 (0.82%) IFRS
12 15 (0.82%) ISO 26262
13 12 (0.66%) ISO 9001
14 11 (0.60%) GMP
14 11 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 15288
14 11 (0.60%) SOC 2
14 11 (0.60%) WCAG
15 9 (0.49%) COBIT
System Software
1 75 (4.12%) Docker
2 68 (3.74%) Firmware
3 44 (2.42%) Active Directory
4 30 (1.65%) Embedded Firmware
5 28 (1.54%) Virtual Machines
6 21 (1.15%) vSphere
7 13 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
8 4 (0.22%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.16%) KVM
10 2 (0.11%) iptables
10 2 (0.11%) ProxySG
10 2 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.055%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.055%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 76 (4.18%) Kubernetes
2 70 (3.85%) Terraform
3 35 (1.92%) Grafana
4 26 (1.43%) Functional Safety
5 19 (1.04%) Ansible
6 15 (0.82%) Prometheus
7 14 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
8 10 (0.55%) Cilium
9 8 (0.44%) SCCM
10 7 (0.38%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 7 (0.38%) Kibana
11 6 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
11 6 (0.33%) Puppet
12 4 (0.22%) FortiGate
12 4 (0.22%) Kubeflow
12 4 (0.22%) Nessus
12 4 (0.22%) Nmap
12 4 (0.22%) WMI
13 3 (0.16%) HP Fortify
14 2 (0.11%) ITRS Geneos
Vendors
1 260 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 112 (6.16%) SAP
3 105 (5.77%) Oracle
4 54 (2.97%) Salesforce
5 51 (2.80%) Databricks
6 44 (2.42%) ServiceNow
7 38 (2.09%) Cisco
8 37 (2.03%) Google
9 36 (1.98%) Red Hat
10 32 (1.76%) VMware
11 29 (1.59%) CrowdStrike
12 25 (1.37%) Palo Alto
13 23 (1.26%) EMC
14 22 (1.21%) Tenable
15 15 (0.82%) Foundry
15 15 (0.82%) McAfee
16 14 (0.77%) Adobe
16 14 (0.77%) IBM
16 14 (0.77%) Splunk
16 14 (0.77%) Workday