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

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 83 194
Rank change year-on-year -30 +111 -6
Permanent jobs citing Validation 1,491 1,555 1,249
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.70% 3.58% 1.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.30% 3.97% 1.71%
Number of salaries quoted 932 451 673
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% -13.39%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,875 £71,915
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 64,779 39,218 72,838
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.95% 90.32% 82.36%
Number of salaries quoted 45,743 22,382 52,059
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 13 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 13 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 +79 433 £75,000 - 456
South East -36 323 £55,000 - 231
North of England +94 306 £55,000 +15.35% 144
North West +64 189 £55,000 +15.35% 78
Midlands -62 179 £42,500 -22.73% 108
South West -37 116 £52,500 -0.19% 142
East of England -80 106 £62,500 +9.65% 85
West Midlands +2 104 £44,000 -29.60% 54
East Midlands -81 73 £34,000 -28.42% 54
Yorkshire +3 63 £44,000 +4.45% 44
North East -6 54 £55,000 +22.22% 22
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 (3.49%) Apache Airflow
2 50 (3.35%) Apache Spark
3 48 (3.22%) Apache
4 25 (1.68%) SharePoint
5 24 (1.61%) Confluence
6 14 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
7 13 (0.87%) Jupyter
8 12 (0.80%) SAS
9 5 (0.34%) 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 (5.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 50 (3.35%) Microsoft Office
3 26 (1.74%) Microsoft Project
4 20 (1.34%) MS Visio
5 18 (1.21%) Simulink
6 16 (1.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 11 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
8 8 (0.54%) SOLIDWORKS
9 5 (0.34%) 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%) Chatbot
13 1 (0.067%) Navisworks
13 1 (0.067%) PTC Creo
13 1 (0.067%) Siemens NX
13 1 (0.067%) Trello
Business Applications
1 38 (2.55%) Dynamics CRM
1 38 (2.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (0.74%) SAP MDG
3 10 (0.67%) SAP ERP
4 9 (0.60%) Oracle EBS
5 7 (0.47%) Oracle Applications
6 5 (0.34%) iTrent
6 5 (0.34%) Loan IQ
6 5 (0.34%) Oracle Financials
6 5 (0.34%) SAP MDG-BP
7 4 (0.27%) SAP MM
8 3 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
9 2 (0.13%) FastStats
9 2 (0.13%) NetSuite
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 (0.067%) SAP BRIM
Cloud Services
1 196 (13.15%) Azure
2 183 (12.27%) AWS
3 149 (9.99%) Power Platform
4 76 (5.10%) GCP
5 69 (4.63%) SaaS
6 61 (4.09%) Azure DevOps
7 45 (3.02%) Serverless
8 44 (2.95%) Microsoft 365
9 40 (2.68%) Amazon S3
10 35 (2.35%) GitHub
11 24 (1.61%) Azure Data Factory
12 23 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
12 23 (1.54%) Snowflake
13 20 (1.34%) Cloud Computing
14 19 (1.27%) Amazon EC2
14 19 (1.27%) Entra ID
14 19 (1.27%) GitHub Actions
14 19 (1.27%) Power Automate
15 18 (1.21%) Amazon EMR
15 18 (1.21%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 67 (4.49%) Broadband
2 48 (3.22%) Firewall
3 34 (2.28%) DNS
4 22 (1.48%) WAN
5 19 (1.27%) Network Security
5 19 (1.27%) TCP/IP
5 19 (1.27%) Wireless
6 16 (1.07%) SD-WAN
6 16 (1.07%) VPN
7 15 (1.01%) CHAP
8 14 (0.94%) Wi-Fi
9 13 (0.87%) Ethernet
10 12 (0.80%) MQTT
11 11 (0.74%) HTTP
12 10 (0.67%) 5G
12 10 (0.67%) LAN
13 9 (0.60%) NAS
14 8 (0.54%) Internet
14 8 (0.54%) NGN
15 7 (0.47%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 141 (9.46%) Power BI
2 59 (3.96%) PostgreSQL
3 57 (3.82%) Tableau
4 53 (3.55%) Data Warehouse
5 50 (3.35%) SQL Server
6 36 (2.41%) Metadata
7 33 (2.21%) MongoDB
8 30 (2.01%) Data Lake
9 29 (1.95%) Relational Database
10 26 (1.74%) BigQuery
11 23 (1.54%) Azure SQL Database
12 22 (1.48%) 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 (1.01%) Amazon Redshift
19 14 (0.94%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 89 (5.97%) JIRA
2 80 (5.37%) Git
3 49 (3.29%) Jenkins
4 41 (2.75%) GitLab
5 29 (1.95%) Rational DOORS
6 22 (1.48%) Snyk
7 15 (1.01%) LabVIEW
7 15 (1.01%) Selenium
8 13 (0.87%) IBM UrbanCode
8 13 (0.87%) Postman
9 11 (0.74%) Cucumber
10 10 (0.67%) Cypress.io
10 10 (0.67%) JMeter
10 10 (0.67%) TeamCity
11 7 (0.47%) MLflow
11 7 (0.47%) Rational Rhapsody
12 6 (0.40%) Burp Suite
12 6 (0.40%) Eclipse
12 6 (0.40%) GDB
13 5 (0.34%) LoadRunner
General
1 452 (30.32%) Social Skills
2 390 (26.16%) Finance
3 353 (23.68%) Analytical Skills
4 112 (7.51%) Aerospace
4 112 (7.51%) Electronics
5 102 (6.84%) Manufacturing
6 91 (6.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 90 (6.04%) Banking
8 64 (4.29%) Retail
9 52 (3.49%) Public Sector
10 50 (3.35%) Law
11 46 (3.09%) Organisational Skills
11 46 (3.09%) Pharmaceutical
12 45 (3.02%) Legal
13 44 (2.95%) Marketing
14 42 (2.82%) Games
15 35 (2.35%) Automotive
16 31 (2.08%) Financial Institution
17 26 (1.74%) Advertising
18 24 (1.61%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 262 (17.57%) Senior
2 236 (15.83%) Analyst
3 118 (7.91%) Systems Engineer
4 114 (7.65%) Lead
5 105 (7.04%) Test Engineer
6 93 (6.24%) Architect
7 82 (5.50%) Data Engineer
8 77 (5.16%) Validation Engineer
9 76 (5.10%) Business Analyst
10 69 (4.63%) Developer
11 68 (4.56%) Data Analyst
12 48 (3.22%) Consultant
13 43 (2.88%) Support Engineer
14 41 (2.75%) Embedded Engineer
14 41 (2.75%) Principal Engineer
15 40 (2.68%) IT Manager
16 38 (2.55%) Software Engineer
17 36 (2.41%) Project Manager
17 36 (2.41%) Senior Systems Engineer
18 35 (2.35%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (2.88%) RESTful
2 34 (2.28%) Node.js
2 34 (2.28%) PySpark
3 32 (2.15%) Kafka
4 31 (2.08%) XML
5 30 (2.01%) JSON
6 28 (1.88%) REST
7 26 (1.74%) Pandas
8 23 (1.54%) .NET
9 21 (1.41%) Middleware
10 19 (1.27%) Regular Expression
10 19 (1.27%) XMPP
11 18 (1.21%) Playwright
11 18 (1.21%) pytest
12 17 (1.14%) CSS
13 16 (1.07%) HTML
14 15 (1.01%) FastAPI
14 15 (1.01%) LDAP
14 15 (1.01%) React
15 13 (0.87%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 96 (6.44%) Cloud Native
2 94 (6.30%) Onboarding
3 67 (4.49%) Data Structures
4 66 (4.43%) Management Information System
5 48 (3.22%) Product Ownership
6 46 (3.09%) Embedded Systems
6 46 (3.09%) Low-Code
7 44 (2.95%) Data Centre
7 44 (2.95%) Driving Licence
8 42 (2.82%) Algorithms
8 42 (2.82%) Distributed Systems
9 39 (2.62%) Enterprise Software
10 37 (2.48%) Analytical Mindset
11 35 (2.35%) Self-Motivation
12 31 (2.08%) Video\Live Streaming
13 28 (1.88%) Legacy Systems
13 28 (1.88%) Life Science
14 23 (1.54%) Robotics
15 21 (1.41%) IoT
16 20 (1.34%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 105 (7.04%) Linux
2 78 (5.23%) Windows
3 29 (1.95%) Windows Server
4 22 (1.48%) Unix
5 19 (1.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (0.54%) Android
7 6 (0.40%) FreeRTOS
8 5 (0.34%) 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 (23.00%) Problem-Solving
2 306 (20.52%) Agile
3 296 (19.85%) Continuous Improvement
4 269 (18.04%) AI
5 255 (17.10%) CI/CD
6 210 (14.08%) Test Automation
7 202 (13.55%) Analytics
8 189 (12.68%) Migration
9 168 (11.27%) Verification and Validation
10 167 (11.20%) Business Intelligence
11 164 (11.00%) Data Validation
12 159 (10.66%) DevOps
13 158 (10.60%) Stakeholder Management
14 155 (10.40%) Decision-Making
15 154 (10.33%) Data Modelling
16 153 (10.26%) Mentoring
17 149 (9.99%) Software Engineering
18 139 (9.32%) Data Governance
19 129 (8.65%) Data Analysis
20 128 (8.58%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 372 (24.95%) Python
2 330 (22.13%) SQL
3 72 (4.83%) C++
4 69 (4.63%) C
5 58 (3.89%) Java
6 51 (3.42%) Go
7 41 (2.75%) C#
8 35 (2.35%) JavaScript
9 32 (2.15%) MATLAB
10 28 (1.88%) Bash
11 26 (1.74%) PowerShell
12 24 (1.61%) T-SQL
13 18 (1.21%) Embedded C
13 18 (1.21%) 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
1 290 (19.45%) Degree
2 169 (11.33%) Security Cleared
3 101 (6.77%) BPSS Clearance
4 78 (5.23%) SC Cleared
5 74 (4.96%) Master's Degree
6 51 (3.42%) DV Cleared
7 38 (2.55%) Computer Science Degree
8 32 (2.15%) Chartered Engineer
9 25 (1.68%) CISA
9 25 (1.68%) CISSP
9 25 (1.68%) HNC
9 25 (1.68%) SANS
10 22 (1.48%) CISM
11 19 (1.27%) AWS Certification
12 17 (1.14%) ACCA
12 17 (1.14%) CIMA
12 17 (1.14%) HND
13 15 (1.01%) CGEIT
13 15 (1.01%) FFIEC
13 15 (1.01%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 262 (17.57%) Data Quality
2 182 (12.21%) QA
3 55 (3.69%) GDPR
4 36 (2.41%) Accessibility
4 36 (2.41%) GRC
5 25 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 20 (1.34%) NIST
7 19 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 18 (1.21%) IEC 61508
8 18 (1.21%) IFRS
9 16 (1.07%) PMO
10 15 (1.01%) COBIT
10 15 (1.01%) ISO 9001
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 (4.09%) Docker
2 51 (3.42%) Firmware
3 38 (2.55%) Active Directory
4 26 (1.74%) Virtual Machines
5 23 (1.54%) Embedded Firmware
6 20 (1.34%) vSphere
7 8 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
8 5 (0.34%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.13%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.067%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 72 (4.83%) Terraform
2 61 (4.09%) 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%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 205 (13.75%) Microsoft
2 93 (6.24%) SAP
3 92 (6.17%) Oracle
4 44 (2.95%) Salesforce
5 41 (2.75%) Databricks
6 33 (2.21%) Red Hat
7 31 (2.08%) ServiceNow
8 29 (1.95%) CrowdStrike
9 27 (1.81%) Cisco
9 27 (1.81%) VMware
10 22 (1.48%) Google
10 22 (1.48%) Palo Alto
10 22 (1.48%) Tenable
11 17 (1.14%) Adobe
12 15 (1.01%) IBM
12 15 (1.01%) McAfee
13 14 (0.94%) Citrix
14 13 (0.87%) Foundry
15 10 (0.67%) Informatica
16 9 (0.60%) Splunk