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

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 82 195
Rank change year-on-year -31 +113 -4
Permanent jobs citing Validation 1,512 1,569 1,151
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.70% 3.62% 1.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.31% 4.02% 1.72%
Number of salaries quoted 949 460 605
10th Percentile £35,000 £39,000 £36,100
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 £72,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 65,435 39,048 67,090
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.78% 90.09% 82.07%
Number of salaries quoted 46,356 22,384 46,918
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 £74,408
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% +1.82% -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 21 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 21 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 +82 427 £75,000 -4.76% 393
South East -46 335 £55,500 +0.91% 192
North of England +101 313 £55,000 +15.79% 151
North West +83 192 £55,000 +15.35% 87
Midlands -60 182 £42,500 -22.73% 104
South West -35 114 £50,260 -4.45% 74
East of England -75 109 £62,500 +9.65% 84
West Midlands +10 101 £43,250 -30.80% 55
East Midlands -71 79 £38,000 -10.59% 49
Yorkshire +2 65 £43,500 +2.35% 37
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 (3.51%) Apache Airflow
2 52 (3.44%) Apache Spark
3 49 (3.24%) Apache
4 28 (1.85%) SharePoint
5 23 (1.52%) Confluence
6 16 (1.06%) 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 88 (5.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 48 (3.17%) Microsoft Office
3 26 (1.72%) Microsoft Project
4 20 (1.32%) 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 (0.26%) 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 (2.58%) Dynamics CRM
1 39 (2.58%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (0.73%) SAP MDG
3 10 (0.66%) SAP ERP
4 9 (0.60%) Oracle EBS
5 7 (0.46%) Oracle Applications
6 5 (0.33%) iTrent
6 5 (0.33%) Loan IQ
6 5 (0.33%) SAP MDG-BP
7 4 (0.26%) Oracle Financials
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 FI
Cloud Services
1 201 (13.29%) Azure
2 187 (12.37%) AWS
3 152 (10.05%) Power Platform
4 74 (4.89%) GCP
5 69 (4.56%) SaaS
6 58 (3.84%) Azure DevOps
7 47 (3.11%) Microsoft 365
8 44 (2.91%) Serverless
9 41 (2.71%) Amazon S3
10 33 (2.18%) GitHub
11 26 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
12 23 (1.52%) Azure Data Factory
13 22 (1.46%) Snowflake
14 21 (1.39%) Cloud Computing
14 21 (1.39%) Entra ID
15 20 (1.32%) Amazon EC2
16 19 (1.26%) GitHub Actions
17 18 (1.19%) Amazon EMR
17 18 (1.19%) Microsoft Copilot
17 18 (1.19%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 66 (4.37%) Broadband
2 46 (3.04%) Firewall
3 37 (2.45%) DNS
4 20 (1.32%) TCP/IP
5 19 (1.26%) Wireless
6 18 (1.19%) Network Security
6 18 (1.19%) VPN
7 16 (1.06%) Ethernet
7 16 (1.06%) WAN
8 14 (0.93%) CHAP
8 14 (0.93%) Wi-Fi
9 13 (0.86%) MQTT
10 12 (0.79%) Internet
11 11 (0.73%) HTTP
11 11 (0.73%) SD-WAN
12 9 (0.60%) LAN
12 9 (0.60%) NAS
12 9 (0.60%) NGN
12 9 (0.60%) RS-232
13 8 (0.53%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 144 (9.52%) Power BI
2 61 (4.03%) PostgreSQL
3 59 (3.90%) Tableau
4 52 (3.44%) Data Warehouse
4 52 (3.44%) SQL Server
5 37 (2.45%) Metadata
6 33 (2.18%) MongoDB
7 31 (2.05%) Data Lake
8 30 (1.98%) Relational Database
9 25 (1.65%) BigQuery
10 22 (1.46%) Azure SQL Database
10 22 (1.46%) MySQL
10 22 (1.46%) Semantic Layer
11 21 (1.39%) DynamoDB
12 20 (1.32%) Amazon Athena
12 20 (1.32%) Spark SQL
13 17 (1.12%) Oracle Database
14 16 (1.06%) Parquet
14 16 (1.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 15 (0.99%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 91 (6.02%) JIRA
2 78 (5.16%) Git
3 47 (3.11%) Jenkins
4 41 (2.71%) GitLab
5 28 (1.85%) Rational DOORS
6 22 (1.46%) Snyk
7 15 (0.99%) Selenium
8 14 (0.93%) LabVIEW
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%) LoadRunner
General
1 473 (31.28%) Social Skills
2 395 (26.12%) Finance
3 369 (24.40%) Analytical Skills
4 115 (7.61%) Manufacturing
5 114 (7.54%) Electronics
6 111 (7.34%) Aerospace
7 97 (6.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 88 (5.82%) Banking
9 65 (4.30%) Retail
10 54 (3.57%) Public Sector
11 53 (3.51%) Law
12 52 (3.44%) Pharmaceutical
13 49 (3.24%) Organisational Skills
14 46 (3.04%) Marketing
15 45 (2.98%) Legal
16 43 (2.84%) Games
17 35 (2.31%) Automotive
18 29 (1.92%) Financial Institution
19 26 (1.72%) Advertising
20 25 (1.65%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 273 (18.06%) Senior
2 237 (15.67%) Analyst
3 116 (7.67%) Lead
4 113 (7.47%) Systems Engineer
5 99 (6.55%) Test Engineer
6 93 (6.15%) Architect
7 86 (5.69%) Data Engineer
8 76 (5.03%) Business Analyst
9 73 (4.83%) Validation Engineer
10 70 (4.63%) Developer
11 69 (4.56%) Data Analyst
12 54 (3.57%) Consultant
13 44 (2.91%) Support Engineer
14 41 (2.71%) Embedded Engineer
15 40 (2.65%) Principal Engineer
16 39 (2.58%) IT Manager
17 38 (2.51%) Software Engineer
18 37 (2.45%) Project Manager
19 35 (2.31%) Security Architect
20 34 (2.25%) Senior Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (2.91%) RESTful
2 35 (2.31%) PySpark
3 33 (2.18%) Kafka
3 33 (2.18%) Node.js
4 32 (2.12%) XML
5 29 (1.92%) JSON
6 26 (1.72%) Pandas
7 24 (1.59%) REST
8 20 (1.32%) Middleware
9 19 (1.26%) .NET
9 19 (1.26%) Regular Expression
9 19 (1.26%) XMPP
10 18 (1.19%) CSS
11 17 (1.12%) HTML
12 16 (1.06%) FastAPI
13 15 (0.99%) LDAP
13 15 (0.99%) Playwright
14 14 (0.93%) pytest
15 13 (0.86%) React
15 13 (0.86%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 101 (6.68%) Onboarding
2 100 (6.61%) Cloud Native
3 70 (4.63%) Management Information System
4 64 (4.23%) Data Structures
5 50 (3.31%) Product Ownership
6 46 (3.04%) Data Centre
6 46 (3.04%) Low-Code
7 45 (2.98%) Distributed Systems
7 45 (2.98%) Driving Licence
8 44 (2.91%) Embedded Systems
9 42 (2.78%) Algorithms
10 41 (2.71%) Enterprise Software
11 38 (2.51%) Analytical Mindset
12 33 (2.18%) Self-Motivation
13 31 (2.05%) Life Science
13 31 (2.05%) Video\Live Streaming
14 26 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
15 23 (1.52%) IoT
15 23 (1.52%) Robotics
16 20 (1.32%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 105 (6.94%) Linux
2 80 (5.29%) Windows
3 30 (1.98%) Windows Server
4 19 (1.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 19 (1.26%) Unix
5 6 (0.40%) Android
5 6 (0.40%) FreeRTOS
6 5 (0.33%) Embedded Linux
7 4 (0.26%) Kali Linux
7 4 (0.26%) Mac OS X
8 3 (0.20%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.20%) Robot Operating System
9 2 (0.13%) AIX
9 2 (0.13%) ThreadX
9 2 (0.13%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.066%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 365 (24.14%) Problem-Solving
2 315 (20.83%) Continuous Improvement
3 311 (20.57%) Agile
4 277 (18.32%) AI
5 252 (16.67%) CI/CD
6 204 (13.49%) Analytics
7 199 (13.16%) Test Automation
8 196 (12.96%) Migration
9 166 (10.98%) Business Intelligence
10 165 (10.91%) Stakeholder Management
11 161 (10.65%) Mentoring
12 159 (10.52%) Data Validation
12 159 (10.52%) Decision-Making
12 159 (10.52%) Verification and Validation
13 157 (10.38%) DevOps
14 151 (9.99%) Data Modelling
15 145 (9.59%) Software Engineering
16 137 (9.06%) Data Governance
17 134 (8.86%) Data Migration
18 131 (8.66%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 375 (24.80%) Python
2 334 (22.09%) SQL
3 70 (4.63%) C++
4 66 (4.37%) C
5 57 (3.77%) Java
6 50 (3.31%) Go
7 39 (2.58%) C#
7 39 (2.58%) JavaScript
8 32 (2.12%) MATLAB
9 29 (1.92%) PowerShell
10 26 (1.72%) Bash
11 24 (1.59%) T-SQL
12 18 (1.19%) Embedded C
12 18 (1.19%) Embedded C++
13 16 (1.06%) Scala
14 15 (0.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 13 (0.86%) TypeScript
16 9 (0.60%) VBA
17 8 (0.53%) ABAP
17 8 (0.53%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 294 (19.44%) Degree
2 175 (11.57%) Security Cleared
3 94 (6.22%) BPSS Clearance
4 85 (5.62%) SC Cleared
5 73 (4.83%) Master's Degree
6 50 (3.31%) DV Cleared
7 35 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
8 29 (1.92%) Chartered Engineer
9 26 (1.72%) HNC
10 24 (1.59%) CISA
10 24 (1.59%) CISSP
10 24 (1.59%) SANS
11 21 (1.39%) CISM
12 19 (1.26%) AWS Certification
12 19 (1.26%) PhD
13 17 (1.12%) ACCA
13 17 (1.12%) CIMA
14 16 (1.06%) HND
15 15 (0.99%) PMI Certification
16 14 (0.93%) CGEIT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 274 (18.12%) Data Quality
2 186 (12.30%) QA
3 56 (3.70%) GDPR
4 38 (2.51%) Accessibility
5 36 (2.38%) GRC
6 25 (1.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 19 (1.26%) NIST
8 18 (1.19%) IEC 61508
9 16 (1.06%) PMO
10 15 (0.99%) IFRS
11 14 (0.93%) COBIT
11 14 (0.93%) 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 11 (0.73%) SLA
13 11 (0.73%) SOC 2
14 9 (0.60%) GMP
14 9 (0.60%) MISRA
System Software
1 62 (4.10%) Docker
2 53 (3.51%) Firmware
3 41 (2.71%) Active Directory
4 26 (1.72%) 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 69 (4.56%) Terraform
2 61 (4.03%) Kubernetes
3 34 (2.25%) Grafana
4 23 (1.52%) Functional Safety
5 16 (1.06%) 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
1 213 (14.09%) Microsoft
2 94 (6.22%) SAP
3 91 (6.02%) Oracle
4 51 (3.37%) Salesforce
5 43 (2.84%) Databricks
6 34 (2.25%) ServiceNow
7 33 (2.18%) Red Hat
8 29 (1.92%) CrowdStrike
9 27 (1.79%) VMware
10 23 (1.52%) Cisco
11 22 (1.46%) Google
11 22 (1.46%) Palo Alto
11 22 (1.46%) Tenable
12 17 (1.12%) Adobe
13 16 (1.06%) IBM
14 15 (0.99%) McAfee
15 14 (0.93%) Citrix
16 13 (0.86%) Foundry
17 11 (0.73%) Informatica
17 11 (0.73%) Splunk