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

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 81 195
Rank change year-on-year -33 +114 -6
Permanent jobs citing Validation 1,490 1,549 1,249
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.70% 3.58% 1.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.30% 3.96% 1.72%
Number of salaries quoted 930 450 671
10th Percentile £35,000 £39,000 £36,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,813 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,015 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.03% +0.03% -13.39%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,188 £71,957
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,297 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.54% +0.54% -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 64,729 39,091 72,686
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.90% 90.22% 82.30%
Number of salaries quoted 45,730 22,350 51,838
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,822 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,771 £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 £57,201 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.89% +4.00% -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 16 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 16 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 +68 427 £75,000 -3.23% 289
South East -39 322 £55,000 - 225
North of England +103 310 £55,000 +15.57% 166
North West +82 192 £55,000 +15.35% 85
Midlands -58 178 £42,500 -22.73% 132
South West -33 113 £52,500 -0.19% 83
East of England -72 109 £62,500 +9.65% 89
West Midlands -2 102 £44,000 -29.60% 64
East Midlands -85 74 £34,500 -27.37% 68
Yorkshire +3 62 £44,000 +4.45% 55
North East -7 56 £55,000 +29.41% 26
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 (3.56%) Apache Airflow
2 50 (3.36%) Apache Spark
3 48 (3.22%) Apache
4 27 (1.81%) SharePoint
5 23 (1.54%) Confluence
6 16 (1.07%) Jupyter
7 15 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
8 12 (0.81%) SAS
9 5 (0.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 5 (0.34%) 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
13 1 (0.067%) WebSphere
Applications
1 84 (5.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 48 (3.22%) 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%) LaTeX
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%) Trello
13 1 (0.067%) Windchill
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%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 198 (13.29%) Azure
2 181 (12.15%) AWS
3 150 (10.07%) Power Platform
4 74 (4.97%) GCP
5 70 (4.70%) SaaS
6 58 (3.89%) Azure DevOps
7 46 (3.09%) Microsoft 365
8 44 (2.95%) Serverless
9 40 (2.68%) Amazon S3
10 34 (2.28%) GitHub
11 23 (1.54%) Azure Data Factory
11 23 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
12 22 (1.48%) Entra ID
12 22 (1.48%) Snowflake
13 20 (1.34%) Cloud Computing
14 19 (1.28%) Amazon EC2
14 19 (1.28%) GitHub Actions
14 19 (1.28%) Power Automate
15 18 (1.21%) Amazon EMR
15 18 (1.21%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 66 (4.43%) Broadband
2 45 (3.02%) Firewall
3 37 (2.48%) DNS
4 20 (1.34%) TCP/IP
5 19 (1.28%) Network Security
6 18 (1.21%) VPN
6 18 (1.21%) WAN
7 17 (1.14%) Wireless
8 15 (1.01%) CHAP
9 13 (0.87%) Ethernet
9 13 (0.87%) MQTT
10 12 (0.81%) Internet
10 12 (0.81%) SD-WAN
10 12 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
11 11 (0.74%) HTTP
12 10 (0.67%) LAN
13 9 (0.60%) 5G
13 9 (0.60%) NAS
14 8 (0.54%) NGN
15 7 (0.47%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 142 (9.53%) Power BI
2 59 (3.96%) PostgreSQL
3 58 (3.89%) Tableau
4 52 (3.49%) Data Warehouse
5 51 (3.42%) SQL Server
6 37 (2.48%) Metadata
7 33 (2.21%) MongoDB
8 30 (2.01%) Data Lake
9 29 (1.95%) Relational Database
10 25 (1.68%) BigQuery
11 22 (1.48%) Azure SQL Database
11 22 (1.48%) Semantic Layer
12 20 (1.34%) Amazon Athena
12 20 (1.34%) DynamoDB
12 20 (1.34%) MySQL
13 19 (1.28%) Spark SQL
14 17 (1.14%) Oracle Database
15 16 (1.07%) Parquet
16 14 (0.94%) NoSQL
17 13 (0.87%) Apache Hive
Development Applications
1 90 (6.04%) JIRA
2 79 (5.30%) Git
3 47 (3.15%) Jenkins
4 41 (2.75%) GitLab
5 27 (1.81%) 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%) GDB
13 5 (0.34%) Eclipse
13 5 (0.34%) LoadRunner
General
1 461 (30.94%) Social Skills
2 392 (26.31%) Finance
3 353 (23.69%) Analytical Skills
4 112 (7.52%) Electronics
5 111 (7.45%) Aerospace
6 106 (7.11%) Manufacturing
7 92 (6.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 91 (6.11%) Banking
9 65 (4.36%) Retail
10 54 (3.62%) Public Sector
11 50 (3.36%) Law
12 48 (3.22%) Pharmaceutical
13 47 (3.15%) Organisational Skills
14 45 (3.02%) Legal
14 45 (3.02%) Marketing
15 42 (2.82%) Games
16 35 (2.35%) Automotive
17 30 (2.01%) Financial Institution
18 25 (1.68%) Advertising
19 24 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 266 (17.85%) Senior
2 230 (15.44%) Analyst
3 114 (7.65%) Lead
3 114 (7.65%) Systems Engineer
4 104 (6.98%) Test Engineer
5 92 (6.17%) Architect
6 81 (5.44%) Data Engineer
7 77 (5.17%) Validation Engineer
8 73 (4.90%) Business Analyst
9 68 (4.56%) Developer
10 67 (4.50%) Data Analyst
11 49 (3.29%) Consultant
12 43 (2.89%) Support Engineer
13 41 (2.75%) Embedded Engineer
14 40 (2.68%) IT Manager
15 39 (2.62%) Principal Engineer
16 38 (2.55%) Software Engineer
17 36 (2.42%) Project Manager
18 35 (2.35%) Security Architect
18 35 (2.35%) Senior Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (2.95%) RESTful
2 34 (2.28%) Node.js
2 34 (2.28%) PySpark
3 33 (2.21%) Kafka
4 31 (2.08%) XML
5 30 (2.01%) JSON
6 28 (1.88%) REST
7 27 (1.81%) Pandas
8 22 (1.48%) .NET
8 22 (1.48%) Middleware
9 19 (1.28%) Regular Expression
9 19 (1.28%) XMPP
10 18 (1.21%) CSS
10 18 (1.21%) Playwright
11 17 (1.14%) HTML
11 17 (1.14%) pytest
12 16 (1.07%) FastAPI
13 15 (1.01%) LDAP
13 15 (1.01%) React
14 14 (0.94%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 99 (6.64%) Cloud Native
2 95 (6.38%) Onboarding
3 66 (4.43%) Management Information System
4 64 (4.30%) Data Structures
5 51 (3.42%) 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 43 (2.89%) Distributed Systems
9 42 (2.82%) Algorithms
10 41 (2.75%) Enterprise Software
11 37 (2.48%) Analytical Mindset
12 33 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
13 31 (2.08%) Life Science
13 31 (2.08%) Video\Live Streaming
14 27 (1.81%) Legacy Systems
15 23 (1.54%) Robotics
16 21 (1.41%) AI Agents
16 21 (1.41%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 104 (6.98%) Linux
2 80 (5.37%) Windows
3 31 (2.08%) Windows Server
4 21 (1.41%) Unix
5 19 (1.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (0.47%) 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
11 2 (0.13%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.13%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.13%) ThreadX
11 2 (0.13%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.067%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 348 (23.36%) Problem-Solving
2 306 (20.54%) Agile
3 295 (19.80%) Continuous Improvement
4 275 (18.46%) AI
5 253 (16.98%) CI/CD
6 208 (13.96%) Test Automation
7 202 (13.56%) Analytics
8 186 (12.48%) Migration
9 164 (11.01%) Business Intelligence
10 161 (10.81%) Verification and Validation
11 160 (10.74%) Data Validation
12 159 (10.67%) Decision-Making
13 158 (10.60%) Stakeholder Management
14 156 (10.47%) DevOps
15 153 (10.27%) Mentoring
16 151 (10.13%) Data Modelling
17 146 (9.80%) Software Engineering
18 138 (9.26%) Data Governance
19 131 (8.79%) Roadmaps
20 130 (8.72%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 373 (25.03%) Python
2 331 (22.21%) SQL
3 72 (4.83%) C++
4 68 (4.56%) C
5 56 (3.76%) Java
6 50 (3.36%) Go
7 40 (2.68%) C#
8 36 (2.42%) JavaScript
9 32 (2.15%) MATLAB
10 28 (1.88%) PowerShell
11 26 (1.74%) Bash
12 24 (1.61%) T-SQL
13 18 (1.21%) Embedded C
13 18 (1.21%) Embedded C++
14 15 (1.01%) 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%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 291 (19.53%) Degree
2 166 (11.14%) Security Cleared
3 96 (6.44%) BPSS Clearance
4 80 (5.37%) SC Cleared
5 75 (5.03%) Master's Degree
6 48 (3.22%) DV Cleared
7 37 (2.48%) Computer Science Degree
8 29 (1.95%) 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 (1.28%) AWS Certification
11 19 (1.28%) PhD
12 17 (1.14%) ACCA
12 17 (1.14%) CIMA
13 16 (1.07%) HND
14 15 (1.01%) CGEIT
14 15 (1.01%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 263 (17.65%) Data Quality
2 181 (12.15%) QA
3 58 (3.89%) GDPR
4 38 (2.55%) Accessibility
5 36 (2.42%) GRC
6 25 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 20 (1.34%) NIST
8 18 (1.21%) IEC 61508
9 17 (1.14%) IFRS
10 16 (1.07%) PMO
11 15 (1.01%) COBIT
11 15 (1.01%) ISO 9001
11 15 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 15288
12 13 (0.87%) GAAP
12 13 (0.87%) ISO 26262
13 12 (0.81%) GxP
13 12 (0.81%) SLA
14 11 (0.74%) SOC 2
15 9 (0.60%) GMP
15 9 (0.60%) MISRA
System Software
1 61 (4.09%) Docker
2 52 (3.49%) Firmware
3 41 (2.75%) Active Directory
4 26 (1.74%) Virtual Machines
5 24 (1.61%) 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%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.067%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 70 (4.70%) Terraform
2 60 (4.03%) Kubernetes
3 34 (2.28%) Grafana
4 23 (1.54%) Functional Safety
5 16 (1.07%) Ansible
6 15 (1.01%) Prometheus
7 10 (0.67%) Cilium
8 7 (0.47%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 7 (0.47%) Kibana
8 7 (0.47%) SCCM
9 6 (0.40%) Puppet
10 4 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
11 3 (0.20%) Argo
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%) Rancher
11 3 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.20%) yum
Vendors
1 209 (14.03%) Microsoft
2 94 (6.31%) SAP
3 92 (6.17%) Oracle
4 48 (3.22%) Salesforce
5 42 (2.82%) Databricks
6 33 (2.21%) Red Hat
7 32 (2.15%) ServiceNow
8 29 (1.95%) CrowdStrike
9 27 (1.81%) VMware
10 24 (1.61%) Cisco
11 22 (1.48%) Google
11 22 (1.48%) Palo Alto
11 22 (1.48%) Tenable
12 17 (1.14%) Adobe
13 16 (1.07%) IBM
14 15 (1.01%) Citrix
14 15 (1.01%) McAfee
15 13 (0.87%) Foundry
16 11 (0.74%) Informatica
16 11 (0.74%) Splunk