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

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 81 193
Rank change year-on-year -36 +112 -10
Permanent jobs citing Validation 1,380 1,524 1,305
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.64% 3.81% 1.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.23% 4.12% 1.67%
Number of salaries quoted 855 429 710
10th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £35,725
25th Percentile £43,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% +3.64% -12.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -11.41%

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 61,814 36,977 77,939
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.36% 92.34% 81.81%
Number of salaries quoted 43,548 20,347 56,521
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,822 £29,440
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £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 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.41%

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 23 June 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 23 June 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 +67 391 £75,000 -3.23% 264
South East -35 311 £55,000 - 240
North of England +86 283 £55,000 +15.35% 126
North West +86 181 £55,000 +15.35% 61
Midlands -77 162 £40,000 -28.89% 100
East of England -75 108 £60,000 +5.26% 69
South West -49 102 £53,000 -3.64% 91
West Midlands -3 94 £44,000 -29.60% 52
East Midlands -76 66 £30,000 -36.84% 48
Yorkshire +2 59 £50,000 +18.69% 43
North East -14 43 £55,000 +15.79% 23
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 (3.77%) Apache Airflow
2 48 (3.48%) Apache Spark
3 46 (3.33%) Apache
4 22 (1.59%) Confluence
5 18 (1.30%) SharePoint
6 14 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
7 12 (0.87%) Jupyter
8 10 (0.72%) SAS
9 6 (0.43%) Appian
10 5 (0.36%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 4 (0.29%) CMS
11 4 (0.29%) Kinematics
12 3 (0.22%) Artix
13 2 (0.14%) IIS
14 1 (0.072%) ArcGIS
14 1 (0.072%) Oracle Workflow
14 1 (0.072%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 81 (5.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (2.90%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (1.74%) Microsoft Project
4 19 (1.38%) MS Visio
5 15 (1.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 15 (1.09%) Simulink
6 8 (0.58%) SOLIDWORKS
6 8 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.36%) AutoCAD
8 4 (0.29%) Adobe XD
8 4 (0.29%) Sketch
9 3 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.22%) Autodesk Inventor
9 3 (0.22%) Productboard
9 3 (0.22%) Solid Edge
9 3 (0.22%) Stateflow
10 1 (0.072%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.072%) PTC Creo
10 1 (0.072%) Siemens NX
10 1 (0.072%) Trello
Business Applications
1 39 (2.83%) Dynamics CRM
2 34 (2.46%) SAP S/4HANA
3 10 (0.72%) SAP ERP
3 10 (0.72%) SAP MDG
4 8 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
5 5 (0.36%) iTrent
5 5 (0.36%) Loan IQ
5 5 (0.36%) Oracle Financials
5 5 (0.36%) SAP MDG-BP
6 4 (0.29%) Oracle Applications
7 2 (0.14%) FastStats
7 2 (0.14%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.14%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.14%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.14%) SAP EWM
7 2 (0.14%) SAP MM
7 2 (0.14%) SAP WM
8 1 (0.072%) SAP BRIM
Cloud Services
1 180 (13.04%) Azure
2 156 (11.30%) AWS
3 132 (9.57%) Power Platform
4 77 (5.58%) GCP
5 64 (4.64%) SaaS
6 57 (4.13%) Azure DevOps
7 39 (2.83%) Microsoft 365
7 39 (2.83%) Serverless
8 38 (2.75%) Amazon S3
9 35 (2.54%) GitHub
10 29 (2.10%) Dynamics 365
11 26 (1.88%) Azure Data Factory
12 23 (1.67%) Snowflake
13 19 (1.38%) Entra ID
14 18 (1.30%) Power Automate
15 17 (1.23%) GitHub Actions
16 16 (1.16%) Amazon EMR
16 16 (1.16%) dbt
17 15 (1.09%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 15 (1.09%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 67 (4.86%) Broadband
2 42 (3.04%) Firewall
3 35 (2.54%) DNS
4 20 (1.45%) WAN
5 19 (1.38%) CHAP
6 17 (1.23%) Wireless
7 16 (1.16%) Network Security
7 16 (1.16%) SD-WAN
8 15 (1.09%) TCP/IP
9 14 (1.01%) VPN
10 13 (0.94%) 5G
11 12 (0.87%) Wi-Fi
12 11 (0.80%) HTTP
12 11 (0.80%) MQTT
13 10 (0.72%) Ethernet
13 10 (0.72%) LAN
14 9 (0.65%) NAS
15 7 (0.51%) WebEx
16 6 (0.43%) Cisco ISE
17 5 (0.36%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 130 (9.42%) Power BI
2 55 (3.99%) PostgreSQL
2 55 (3.99%) Tableau
3 49 (3.55%) SQL Server
4 46 (3.33%) Data Warehouse
5 33 (2.39%) MongoDB
6 31 (2.25%) Metadata
7 30 (2.17%) Relational Database
8 27 (1.96%) BigQuery
9 24 (1.74%) Data Lake
10 23 (1.67%) Azure SQL Database
11 20 (1.45%) Semantic Layer
12 19 (1.38%) Spark SQL
13 18 (1.30%) Amazon Athena
14 17 (1.23%) DynamoDB
14 17 (1.23%) Oracle Database
15 16 (1.16%) MySQL
15 16 (1.16%) Parquet
16 14 (1.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 13 (0.94%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 72 (5.22%) JIRA
2 66 (4.78%) Git
3 45 (3.26%) Jenkins
4 35 (2.54%) GitLab
5 29 (2.10%) Rational DOORS
6 22 (1.59%) Snyk
7 15 (1.09%) Postman
8 14 (1.01%) Selenium
9 13 (0.94%) IBM UrbanCode
9 13 (0.94%) LabVIEW
10 10 (0.72%) Cucumber
10 10 (0.72%) Eclipse
10 10 (0.72%) MLflow
10 10 (0.72%) TeamCity
11 9 (0.65%) Cypress.io
11 9 (0.65%) JMeter
12 6 (0.43%) Rational Rhapsody
13 5 (0.36%) LoadRunner
13 5 (0.36%) REST Assured
13 5 (0.36%) SonarQube
General
1 413 (29.93%) Social Skills
2 362 (26.23%) Finance
3 323 (23.41%) Analytical Skills
4 106 (7.68%) Aerospace
5 98 (7.10%) Electronics
6 94 (6.81%) Manufacturing
7 93 (6.74%) Banking
8 84 (6.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 53 (3.84%) Law
10 52 (3.77%) Retail
11 45 (3.26%) Public Sector
12 44 (3.19%) Legal
13 42 (3.04%) Marketing
14 40 (2.90%) Games
15 38 (2.75%) Pharmaceutical
16 35 (2.54%) Organisational Skills
17 32 (2.32%) Automotive
17 32 (2.32%) Financial Institution
18 23 (1.67%) Presentation Skills
19 22 (1.59%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 236 (17.10%) Senior
2 225 (16.30%) Analyst
3 127 (9.20%) Systems Engineer
4 104 (7.54%) Lead
5 96 (6.96%) Test Engineer
6 94 (6.81%) Architect
7 83 (6.01%) Validation Engineer
8 74 (5.36%) Business Analyst
8 74 (5.36%) Data Engineer
9 64 (4.64%) Developer
10 63 (4.57%) Data Analyst
11 44 (3.19%) Principal Engineer
12 38 (2.75%) Embedded Engineer
13 37 (2.68%) Integration Engineer
14 36 (2.61%) Consultant
14 36 (2.61%) IT Manager
14 36 (2.61%) Support Engineer
15 35 (2.54%) Security Architect
16 34 (2.46%) Project Manager
17 31 (2.25%) Senior Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (3.12%) RESTful
2 34 (2.46%) REST
3 33 (2.39%) PySpark
4 32 (2.32%) JSON
5 30 (2.17%) Kafka
6 29 (2.10%) Node.js
7 27 (1.96%) XML
8 26 (1.88%) Pandas
9 24 (1.74%) Middleware
10 23 (1.67%) pytest
11 21 (1.52%) .NET
12 19 (1.38%) Swagger
13 18 (1.30%) Playwright
13 18 (1.30%) Regular Expression
13 18 (1.30%) XMPP
14 15 (1.09%) LDAP
15 14 (1.01%) CSS
15 14 (1.01%) FastAPI
15 14 (1.01%) OAuth
15 14 (1.01%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 88 (6.38%) Cloud Native
2 69 (5.00%) Onboarding
3 64 (4.64%) Data Structures
4 62 (4.49%) Management Information System
5 49 (3.55%) Low-Code
6 38 (2.75%) Driving Licence
6 38 (2.75%) Product Ownership
7 37 (2.68%) Algorithms
8 36 (2.61%) Embedded Systems
9 34 (2.46%) Self-Motivation
10 33 (2.39%) Data Centre
10 33 (2.39%) Distributed Systems
10 33 (2.39%) Enterprise Software
11 32 (2.32%) Analytical Mindset
12 31 (2.25%) Video\Live Streaming
13 30 (2.17%) Legacy Systems
14 28 (2.03%) Life Science
15 22 (1.59%) Robotics
16 19 (1.38%) PKI
17 18 (1.30%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 88 (6.38%) Linux
2 64 (4.64%) Windows
3 26 (1.88%) Windows Server
4 24 (1.74%) Unix
5 18 (1.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.43%) Android
7 4 (0.29%) FreeRTOS
7 4 (0.29%) Kali Linux
7 4 (0.29%) Mac OS X
8 3 (0.22%) AIX
8 3 (0.22%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.22%) Robot Operating System
9 2 (0.14%) ThreadX
10 1 (0.072%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.072%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 308 (22.32%) Problem-Solving
2 280 (20.29%) Agile
3 268 (19.42%) Continuous Improvement
4 239 (17.32%) AI
5 236 (17.10%) CI/CD
6 201 (14.57%) Test Automation
7 189 (13.70%) Analytics
8 178 (12.90%) Verification and Validation
9 162 (11.74%) Data Validation
10 154 (11.16%) Business Intelligence
10 154 (11.16%) DevOps
11 153 (11.09%) Migration
12 150 (10.87%) Data Modelling
13 140 (10.14%) Decision-Making
14 136 (9.86%) Software Engineering
15 134 (9.71%) Stakeholder Management
16 131 (9.49%) Data Governance
17 129 (9.35%) Mentoring
18 124 (8.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 122 (8.84%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 339 (24.57%) Python
2 303 (21.96%) SQL
3 61 (4.42%) C++
4 58 (4.20%) C
5 55 (3.99%) Java
6 49 (3.55%) Go
7 37 (2.68%) C#
8 31 (2.25%) JavaScript
9 27 (1.96%) MATLAB
10 25 (1.81%) Bash
11 24 (1.74%) PowerShell
12 23 (1.67%) T-SQL
13 18 (1.30%) Embedded C++
14 17 (1.23%) Embedded C
15 15 (1.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 14 (1.01%) Scala
17 11 (0.80%) TypeScript
18 9 (0.65%) VBA
19 8 (0.58%) ABAP
20 7 (0.51%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 261 (18.91%) Degree
2 157 (11.38%) Security Cleared
3 99 (7.17%) BPSS Clearance
4 75 (5.43%) SC Cleared
5 73 (5.29%) Master's Degree
6 45 (3.26%) DV Cleared
7 36 (2.61%) Computer Science Degree
8 34 (2.46%) Chartered Engineer
9 29 (2.10%) CISA
9 29 (2.10%) CISSP
9 29 (2.10%) SANS
10 26 (1.88%) CISM
11 25 (1.81%) HNC
12 20 (1.45%) HND
13 19 (1.38%) CGEIT
13 19 (1.38%) FFIEC
14 17 (1.23%) ACCA
14 17 (1.23%) CIMA
15 15 (1.09%) PMI Certification
16 12 (0.87%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 240 (17.39%) Data Quality
2 145 (10.51%) QA
3 53 (3.84%) GDPR
4 39 (2.83%) Accessibility
5 37 (2.68%) GRC
6 26 (1.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 23 (1.67%) NIST
8 22 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 19 (1.38%) COBIT
9 19 (1.38%) IFRS
10 18 (1.30%) IEC 61508
11 15 (1.09%) PMO
12 13 (0.94%) GAAP
12 13 (0.94%) ISO 9001
12 13 (0.94%) SLA
13 11 (0.80%) ISO 26262
13 11 (0.80%) SOC 2
14 9 (0.65%) GMP
14 9 (0.65%) GxP
15 7 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 66 (4.78%) Docker
2 40 (2.90%) Firmware
3 37 (2.68%) Active Directory
4 22 (1.59%) Virtual Machines
5 19 (1.38%) vSphere
6 18 (1.30%) Embedded Firmware
7 8 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
8 5 (0.36%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.14%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.072%) OpenAM
10 1 (0.072%) OpenDJ
10 1 (0.072%) OpenIDM
10 1 (0.072%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 65 (4.71%) Kubernetes
2 64 (4.64%) Terraform
3 27 (1.96%) Grafana
4 23 (1.67%) Functional Safety
5 16 (1.16%) Prometheus
6 14 (1.01%) Ansible
7 10 (0.72%) Cilium
8 8 (0.58%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 7 (0.51%) Kibana
9 7 (0.51%) SCCM
10 4 (0.29%) Puppet
11 3 (0.22%) FortiGate
11 3 (0.22%) HP Fortify
12 2 (0.14%) Argo
12 2 (0.14%) BMC PATROL
12 2 (0.14%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Intune
12 2 (0.14%) Rancher
12 2 (0.14%) yum
13 1 (0.072%) Nessus
Vendors
1 181 (13.12%) Microsoft
2 85 (6.16%) Oracle
3 84 (6.09%) SAP
4 48 (3.48%) Salesforce
5 38 (2.75%) Databricks
6 34 (2.46%) ServiceNow
7 32 (2.32%) Red Hat
8 29 (2.10%) CrowdStrike
9 26 (1.88%) VMware
10 22 (1.59%) Palo Alto
10 22 (1.59%) Tenable
11 21 (1.52%) Google
12 20 (1.45%) Adobe
13 19 (1.38%) Cisco
14 14 (1.01%) Citrix
14 14 (1.01%) McAfee
15 13 (0.94%) Foundry
16 10 (0.72%) OpenAI
17 9 (0.65%) IBM
17 9 (0.65%) Splunk