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 27 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 153 156 188
Rank change year-on-year +3 +32 -50
Permanent jobs citing Validation 825 916 774
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.57% 1.83% 1.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.91% 2.03% 1.84%
Number of salaries quoted 454 340 468
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £36,688
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £48,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £71,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,750 £92,875
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -4.00%

All Process and 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 43,301 45,037 41,998
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 82.17% 90.06% 91.33%
Number of salaries quoted 25,926 22,657 32,462
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £32,435
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £76,000 £80,100 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 27 December 2025.

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 27 December 2025. 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 +23 256 £75,000 +16.73% 356
South East +22 202 £45,750 -20.43% 589
North of England -27 128 £54,500 +18.48% 422
Midlands +25 83 £42,358 -15.29% 346
North West -21 80 £53,375 +11.94% 223
South West +16 72 £50,000 -7.06% 277
East of England +2 71 £60,000 +9.09% 316
West Midlands +13 50 £38,750 -26.19% 184
Yorkshire +2 37 £60,000 +60.00% 170
East Midlands +9 33 £42,500 -5.56% 141
North East +6 11 £31,000 -31.87% 29
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 20 (2.42%) Confluence
2 18 (2.18%) Apache Airflow
3 13 (1.58%) Apache Spark
4 10 (1.21%) CMS
4 10 (1.21%) SugarCRM
5 9 (1.09%) SharePoint
6 8 (0.97%) Apache
7 7 (0.85%) Appian
8 5 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (0.48%) Headless CMS
10 3 (0.36%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.36%) SAS
11 2 (0.24%) Kinematics
11 2 (0.24%) WordPress
12 1 (0.12%) Anypoint
12 1 (0.12%) Apache Superset
12 1 (0.12%) FileNet
12 1 (0.12%) Luigi
Applications
1 56 (6.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 55 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (1.70%) MS Visio
3 14 (1.70%) Simulink
4 7 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.48%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 4 (0.48%) Fusion 360
6 2 (0.24%) Adobe After Effects
6 2 (0.24%) Adobe Captivate
6 2 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.24%) Adobe Premiere
6 2 (0.24%) Elementor
6 2 (0.24%) Mathcad
6 2 (0.24%) Oracle Smart View
6 2 (0.24%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.24%) Weka
7 1 (0.12%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.12%) Doxygen
7 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.12%) Revit
Business Applications
1 21 (2.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.48%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (0.48%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 4 (0.48%) SAP BPC
4 3 (0.36%) Oracle Assets
4 3 (0.36%) Oracle Cash Management
4 3 (0.36%) Oracle General Ledger
4 3 (0.36%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.36%) Oracle Receivables
4 3 (0.36%) SAP CX
4 3 (0.36%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.24%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.24%) Endur
5 2 (0.24%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 2 (0.24%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.24%) Primavera
5 2 (0.24%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.12%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 114 (13.82%) Azure
2 68 (8.24%) Power Platform
3 61 (7.39%) AWS
4 40 (4.85%) SaaS
5 26 (3.15%) Azure DevOps
6 23 (2.79%) GCP
7 16 (1.94%) GitHub
7 16 (1.94%) Snowflake
8 15 (1.82%) Dynamics 365
8 15 (1.82%) Power Automate
9 13 (1.58%) Amazon S3
9 13 (1.58%) Azure Data Factory
9 13 (1.58%) dbt
9 13 (1.58%) Microsoft 365
10 12 (1.45%) Serverless
11 10 (1.21%) Entra ID
12 9 (1.09%) AWS Lambda
13 8 (0.97%) Azure AI
13 8 (0.97%) Datadog
14 7 (0.85%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.70%) LAN
2 11 (1.33%) DNS
2 11 (1.33%) Firewall
3 10 (1.21%) CHAP
4 8 (0.97%) HTTP
4 8 (0.97%) TCP/IP
5 7 (0.85%) MQTT
5 7 (0.85%) WAN
6 6 (0.73%) 5G
6 6 (0.73%) Modbus
7 5 (0.61%) Cisco IOS
7 5 (0.61%) SD-WAN
7 5 (0.61%) SMTP
7 5 (0.61%) WAAS
8 4 (0.48%) DHCP
8 4 (0.48%) Ethernet VPN
8 4 (0.48%) Network Security
8 4 (0.48%) VoIP
9 3 (0.36%) NX-OS
9 3 (0.36%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (7.88%) Power BI
2 29 (3.52%) Tableau
3 26 (3.15%) Data Warehouse
4 25 (3.03%) SQL Server
5 20 (2.42%) Metadata
5 20 (2.42%) Relational Database
6 19 (2.30%) BigQuery
7 12 (1.45%) Oracle Reports
8 11 (1.33%) Data Lake
9 10 (1.21%) Big Data
9 10 (1.21%) Spotfire
10 8 (0.97%) Amazon Redshift
11 7 (0.85%) Looker
11 7 (0.85%) NoSQL
11 7 (0.85%) Pinecone
11 7 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
12 6 (0.73%) GIS
13 5 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
13 5 (0.61%) Data Vault
13 5 (0.61%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 63 (7.64%) JIRA
2 38 (4.61%) Git
3 35 (4.24%) Rational DOORS
4 21 (2.55%) Postman
5 17 (2.06%) Jenkins
6 14 (1.70%) Selenium
7 11 (1.33%) GitLab
8 10 (1.21%) MLflow
8 10 (1.21%) SoapUI
8 10 (1.21%) TestRail
9 9 (1.09%) Cucumber
9 9 (1.09%) JMeter
10 7 (0.85%) LoadRunner
11 5 (0.61%) Charles Proxy
11 5 (0.61%) Fiddler
11 5 (0.61%) LabVIEW
11 5 (0.61%) TestNG
11 5 (0.61%) Zephyr
12 4 (0.48%) Browser DevTools
12 4 (0.48%) Locust
General
1 302 (36.61%) Social Skills
2 214 (25.94%) Finance
3 175 (21.21%) Analytical Skills
4 55 (6.67%) Law
5 50 (6.06%) Banking
6 49 (5.94%) Electronics
7 44 (5.33%) Marketing
8 43 (5.21%) Documentation Skills
9 42 (5.09%) Manufacturing
10 38 (4.61%) Presentation Skills
11 35 (4.24%) Organisational Skills
12 34 (4.12%) Financial Institution
13 30 (3.64%) Retail
14 28 (3.39%) Telecoms
15 27 (3.27%) Public Sector
16 26 (3.15%) Aerospace
16 26 (3.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 26 (3.15%) Pharmaceutical
17 21 (2.55%) Influencing Skills
18 17 (2.06%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 131 (15.88%) Analyst
2 121 (14.67%) Senior
3 87 (10.55%) Lead
4 73 (8.85%) Systems Engineer
5 45 (5.45%) Architect
6 42 (5.09%) Data Analyst
7 37 (4.48%) Business Analyst
7 37 (4.48%) Test Engineer
8 30 (3.64%) Data Engineer
8 30 (3.64%) Developer
9 29 (3.52%) Principal Engineer
10 28 (3.39%) Applications Engineer
10 28 (3.39%) Junior
10 28 (3.39%) Validation Engineer
11 27 (3.27%) Applications Support
12 25 (3.03%) Support Engineer
13 24 (2.91%) Integration Engineer
14 23 (2.79%) Team Leader
15 22 (2.67%) Applications Support Engineer
15 22 (2.67%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (4.85%) REST
2 26 (3.15%) Middleware
3 22 (2.67%) JSON
3 22 (2.67%) Pandas
4 20 (2.42%) scikit-learn
4 20 (2.42%) XML
5 17 (2.06%) TensorFlow
6 16 (1.94%) pytest
6 16 (1.94%) PyTorch
7 13 (1.58%) NumPy
8 12 (1.45%) FastAPI
8 12 (1.45%) React
9 11 (1.33%) CSS
9 11 (1.33%) HTML
9 11 (1.33%) Web Services
10 10 (1.21%) Flask
10 10 (1.21%) OAuth
11 9 (1.09%) Hugging Face
11 9 (1.09%) JWT
11 9 (1.09%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 84 (10.18%) Management Information System
2 39 (4.73%) Life Science
3 36 (4.36%) Onboarding
4 29 (3.52%) Operational Technology
5 26 (3.15%) Product Ownership
6 24 (2.91%) Self-Motivation
7 19 (2.30%) Algorithms
8 15 (1.82%) Data Structures
8 15 (1.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 15 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
9 13 (1.58%) Low-Code
9 13 (1.58%) SCADA
10 12 (1.45%) Analytical Mindset
10 12 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
11 11 (1.33%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 10 (1.21%) Credit Risk
13 9 (1.09%) Data Centre
14 8 (0.97%) CMDB
14 8 (0.97%) IoT
14 8 (0.97%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 40 (4.85%) Windows
2 34 (4.12%) Linux
3 13 (1.58%) Windows Server
4 9 (1.09%) Android
5 5 (0.61%) Unix
5 5 (0.61%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.48%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.36%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.24%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.12%) AIX
9 1 (0.12%) FreeRTOS
9 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.12%) Robot Operating System
9 1 (0.12%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 194 (23.52%) Agile
2 184 (22.30%) Problem-Solving
3 121 (14.67%) Verification and Validation
4 118 (14.30%) Data Validation
5 110 (13.33%) Analytics
6 108 (13.09%) Migration
7 102 (12.36%) Continuous Improvement
8 88 (10.67%) Test Automation
9 84 (10.18%) Decision-Making
10 83 (10.06%) ETL
11 82 (9.94%) Mentoring
12 79 (9.58%) Data Analysis
12 79 (9.58%) Systems Engineering
13 78 (9.45%) Business Intelligence
14 77 (9.33%) DevOps
15 76 (9.21%) Software Engineering
16 74 (8.97%) CI/CD
16 74 (8.97%) Roadmaps
17 72 (8.73%) Data Management
18 66 (8.00%) AI
Programming Languages
1 182 (22.06%) SQL
2 157 (19.03%) Python
3 29 (3.52%) Java
4 27 (3.27%) C
5 25 (3.03%) MATLAB
6 24 (2.91%) C++
7 22 (2.67%) JavaScript
8 20 (2.42%) PowerShell
9 13 (1.58%) TypeScript
10 12 (1.45%) Bash
11 10 (1.21%) R
12 9 (1.09%) T-SQL
13 7 (0.85%) C#
14 5 (0.61%) Bicep
14 5 (0.61%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.36%) GLSL
15 3 (0.36%) Go
15 3 (0.36%) Google Apps Script
15 3 (0.36%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.36%) VB
Qualifications
1 258 (31.27%) Degree
2 95 (11.52%) Security Cleared
3 89 (10.79%) BPSS Clearance
4 46 (5.58%) SC Cleared
5 42 (5.09%) Master's Degree
6 38 (4.61%) Computer Science Degree
7 21 (2.55%) Cisco Certification
8 20 (2.42%) HNC
9 17 (2.06%) Microsoft Certification
10 15 (1.82%) ISTQB
11 14 (1.70%) DV Cleared
12 12 (1.45%) CCNP
12 12 (1.45%) CISA
12 12 (1.45%) CISSP
13 11 (1.33%) ACCA
13 11 (1.33%) CCNA
13 11 (1.33%) CGEIT
13 11 (1.33%) CISM
13 11 (1.33%) Numerate Degree
13 11 (1.33%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 113 (13.70%) Data Quality
2 102 (12.36%) QA
3 34 (4.12%) GxP
3 34 (4.12%) SLA
4 31 (3.76%) GDPR
5 27 (3.27%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 24 (2.91%) Accessibility
7 15 (1.82%) NIST
8 11 (1.33%) COBIT
8 11 (1.33%) ISO 20022
8 11 (1.33%) SEPA
9 10 (1.21%) Good Clinical Practice
9 10 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 10 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 9 (1.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 8 (0.97%) 21 CFR Part 11
11 8 (0.97%) GRC
12 7 (0.85%) TARGET2
13 6 (0.73%) WCAG
14 5 (0.61%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 38 (4.61%) Docker
2 28 (3.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (2.30%) Firmware
4 11 (1.33%) Active Directory
5 4 (0.48%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (0.48%) vSphere
6 3 (0.36%) Embedded Firmware
6 3 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.24%) Ceph
7 2 (0.24%) Lustre
7 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 2 (0.24%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 2 (0.24%) vCloud
7 2 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.12%) Dovecot
8 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.12%) OpenAM
8 1 (0.12%) OpenIDM
8 1 (0.12%) pfSense
8 1 (0.12%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 30 (3.64%) Kubernetes
2 15 (1.82%) Terraform
3 14 (1.70%) Ansible
4 11 (1.33%) Grafana
5 9 (1.09%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (0.85%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 7 (0.85%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.61%) SCCM
8 3 (0.36%) Argo
8 3 (0.36%) Kubeflow
8 3 (0.36%) Rancher
8 3 (0.36%) yum
9 2 (0.24%) Docker Swarm
9 2 (0.24%) Functional Safety
9 2 (0.24%) Nessus
9 2 (0.24%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.24%) Rundeck
9 2 (0.24%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.12%) Puppet
10 1 (0.12%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 102 (12.36%) Microsoft
2 51 (6.18%) SAP
3 32 (3.88%) VMware
4 28 (3.39%) Oracle
5 27 (3.27%) Cisco
6 18 (2.18%) Salesforce
7 15 (1.82%) Foundry
8 12 (1.45%) IBM
9 11 (1.33%) CheckPoint
9 11 (1.33%) F5
9 11 (1.33%) Software AG
10 9 (1.09%) Databricks
11 8 (0.97%) Intapp
11 8 (0.97%) OpenAI
12 7 (0.85%) Adobe
12 7 (0.85%) Automation Anywhere
12 7 (0.85%) UiPath
13 6 (0.73%) Arista
13 6 (0.73%) Splunk
14 5 (0.61%) Guidewire