Validation Jobs in England

Validation
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Validation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Validation over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 158 176
Rank change year-on-year +118 +18 +28
Permanent jobs citing Validation 2,765 1,570 1,870
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 5.65% 1.83% 2.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.00% 2.14% 2.19%
Number of salaries quoted 721 715 558
10th Percentile £41,250 £35,684 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,683 £42,500 £48,489
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,600 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.36% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £62,500 £72,433 £78,491
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £58,033 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +5.51% -12.00% +5.37%

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 46,063 73,227 85,387
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 94.14% 85.42% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 23,601 53,820 50,635
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £34,324
25th Percentile £42,250 £40,000 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £76,000 £73,410 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £93,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%

Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Validation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Validation in England

Validation
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Validation in England.

Salary trend for Validation in England

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Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Validation in England over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Validation in England

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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 15 May 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
Midlands +97 888 £57,500 +12.20% 189
South East +101 589 £55,000 +4.76% 444
West Midlands +113 452 £65,000 +22.07% 134
East Midlands +72 436 £52,000 +22.35% 48
North of England +75 400 £47,683 -7.46% 212
East of England +104 399 £57,000 +3.64% 218
North West +63 346 £47,683 -3.67% 137
South West +52 249 £52,600 +5.20% 165
London +58 231 £71,250 -5.00% 691
Yorkshire +28 50 £47,500 -7.82% 55
North East +38 4 £56,750 +5.58% 23
Validation
UK

Validation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 7 (0.25%) Apache Spark
1 7 (0.25%) Confluence
2 5 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (0.11%) CMS
3 3 (0.11%) SAS
3 3 (0.11%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.072%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (0.072%) Kinematics
4 2 (0.072%) OpenStack
4 2 (0.072%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 2 (0.072%) TPMS
5 1 (0.036%) Apache
5 1 (0.036%) MTS
5 1 (0.036%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 520 (18.81%) Simulink
2 73 (2.64%) Mathcad
3 41 (1.48%) Microsoft Excel
4 30 (1.08%) Microsoft Office
5 13 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 13 (0.47%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.072%) Autodesk Inventor
7 2 (0.072%) CATIA
7 2 (0.072%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.036%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.036%) EPLAN
8 1 (0.036%) ProjectWise
8 1 (0.036%) Revit
8 1 (0.036%) Siemens NX
8 1 (0.036%) SPSS
8 1 (0.036%) Stata
Business Applications
1 23 (0.83%) Oracle EBS
2 7 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.22%) Infor M3
4 3 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.072%) Endur
5 2 (0.072%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.036%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.036%) Oracle SCM
6 1 (0.036%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.036%) SAP MDM
6 1 (0.036%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.036%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 116 (4.20%) AWS
2 83 (3.00%) Azure
3 57 (2.06%) Power Platform
4 56 (2.03%) GCP
5 33 (1.19%) Snowflake
6 22 (0.80%) GitHub
7 13 (0.47%) Amazon S3
7 13 (0.47%) Azure Data Factory
7 13 (0.47%) Azure DevOps
8 10 (0.36%) Serverless
9 8 (0.29%) AWS CloudFormation
9 8 (0.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 8 (0.29%) Dynamics 365
9 8 (0.29%) GitHub Actions
9 8 (0.29%) PowerApps
10 7 (0.25%) AWS Lambda
10 7 (0.25%) Power Automate
10 7 (0.25%) Pulumi
11 6 (0.22%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 6 (0.22%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 750 (27.12%) 5G
2 739 (26.73%) Wi-Fi
2 739 (26.73%) Wireless
3 736 (26.62%) Bluetooth
4 732 (26.47%) LTE
5 731 (26.44%) GSM
5 731 (26.44%) UMTS
6 16 (0.58%) WAN
7 14 (0.51%) Modbus
8 12 (0.43%) SD-WAN
9 9 (0.33%) LAN
10 8 (0.29%) 4G
11 7 (0.25%) Firewall
12 6 (0.22%) DNS
12 6 (0.22%) Ethernet
13 5 (0.18%) Ethernet VPN
13 5 (0.18%) Network Security
14 4 (0.14%) 2G
14 4 (0.14%) 3G
14 4 (0.14%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (2.42%) Data Warehouse
2 51 (1.84%) Power BI
3 45 (1.63%) Data Lake
4 34 (1.23%) SQL Server
5 30 (1.08%) Metadata
6 24 (0.87%) Tableau
7 23 (0.83%) Oracle ODI
8 19 (0.69%) Big Data
9 16 (0.58%) NoSQL
10 15 (0.54%) MySQL
10 15 (0.54%) PostgreSQL
11 12 (0.43%) Relational Database
12 11 (0.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 10 (0.36%) MongoDB
14 8 (0.29%) BigQuery
14 8 (0.29%) Looker
15 6 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
15 6 (0.22%) Delta Lake
15 6 (0.22%) RDBMS
15 6 (0.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 261 (9.44%) Rational DOORS
2 89 (3.22%) JIRA
3 55 (1.99%) Git
4 30 (1.08%) Selenium
5 15 (0.54%) Postman
6 13 (0.47%) Jenkins
7 12 (0.43%) JMeter
7 12 (0.43%) SoapUI
8 8 (0.29%) Subversion
9 6 (0.22%) GitLab
9 6 (0.22%) REST Assured
10 5 (0.18%) Cypress.io
10 5 (0.18%) Gradle
10 5 (0.18%) Maven
10 5 (0.18%) Rational Rhapsody
10 5 (0.18%) Visual Studio
11 4 (0.14%) CppUnit
11 4 (0.14%) Locust
11 4 (0.14%) Robot Framework
12 3 (0.11%) TestRail
General
1 814 (29.44%) Electronics
2 238 (8.61%) Aerospace
3 221 (7.99%) Social Skills
4 219 (7.92%) Automotive
5 151 (5.46%) Finance
6 133 (4.81%) Analytical Skills
7 94 (3.40%) Manufacturing
8 63 (2.28%) Pharmaceutical
9 42 (1.52%) Banking
10 41 (1.48%) Law
10 41 (1.48%) Military
11 35 (1.27%) Marketing
12 33 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 23 (0.83%) Legal
14 22 (0.80%) Public Sector
15 21 (0.76%) Telecoms
16 20 (0.72%) Retail
17 18 (0.65%) Organisational Skills
17 18 (0.65%) Presentation Skills
18 13 (0.47%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 794 (28.72%) Test Engineer
2 772 (27.92%) Electronics Engineer
3 730 (26.40%) Electronics Test Engineer
4 611 (22.10%) Principal Engineer
5 605 (21.88%) Principal Systems Engineer
6 505 (18.26%) Systems Engineer
7 309 (11.18%) Senior
8 217 (7.85%) Validation Engineer
9 203 (7.34%) Integration Engineer
10 200 (7.23%) Systems Integration Engineer
11 191 (6.91%) Engineering Manager
11 191 (6.91%) System Verification Engineer
12 142 (5.14%) Requirements Engineer
13 141 (5.10%) Requirements Manager
14 139 (5.03%) Software Engineer
15 101 (3.65%) Development Engineer
16 99 (3.58%) Software Development Engineer
17 85 (3.07%) Lead
18 81 (2.93%) Principal Modelling Engineer
19 79 (2.86%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (0.90%) Oracle Fusion
2 19 (0.69%) Kafka
3 16 (0.58%) CSS
3 16 (0.58%) HTML
4 13 (0.47%) Qt
4 13 (0.47%) React
4 13 (0.47%) REST
5 10 (0.36%) JSON
5 10 (0.36%) YAML
6 9 (0.33%) Elastic Stack
7 8 (0.29%) Pandas
7 8 (0.29%) SOAP
7 8 (0.29%) XML
8 7 (0.25%) GraphQL
8 7 (0.25%) Loki
8 7 (0.25%) RabbitMQ
8 7 (0.25%) RESTful
8 7 (0.25%) Spring
9 6 (0.22%) Node.js
9 6 (0.22%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 733 (26.51%) Driving Licence
2 35 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
3 34 (1.23%) SCADA
4 32 (1.16%) Data Structures
5 31 (1.12%) Algorithms
6 26 (0.94%) Embedded Systems
7 25 (0.90%) Product Ownership
8 24 (0.87%) Operational Technology
8 24 (0.87%) Self-Motivation
9 22 (0.80%) Management Information System
10 19 (0.69%) IoT
11 12 (0.43%) FPGA
11 12 (0.43%) Self-Driving Car
12 9 (0.33%) Biopharmaceutical
12 9 (0.33%) Manufacturing Execution System
13 8 (0.29%) Hybrid Cloud
13 8 (0.29%) Mobile App
14 7 (0.25%) Cloud Native
14 7 (0.25%) Life Science
15 6 (0.22%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 35 (1.27%) Linux
2 17 (0.61%) Windows
3 6 (0.22%) Ubuntu
4 5 (0.18%) Android
5 4 (0.14%) Unix
6 3 (0.11%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.11%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.072%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.072%) VMS
8 1 (0.036%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.036%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.036%) Robot Operating System
8 1 (0.036%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.036%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.036%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,786 (64.59%) Verification and Validation
2 1,352 (48.90%) Systems Engineering
3 836 (30.24%) Mentoring
4 821 (29.69%) Coaching
5 762 (27.56%) Customer Requirements
6 748 (27.05%) Test Strategy
7 577 (20.87%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
8 426 (15.41%) Mathematics
9 417 (15.08%) Software Engineering
10 401 (14.50%) Agile
11 371 (13.42%) SysML
12 295 (10.67%) Software Testing
13 282 (10.20%) Stakeholder Management
14 273 (9.87%) Requirements Management
15 244 (8.82%) Problem-Solving
16 230 (8.32%) Digital Twin
17 195 (7.05%) Project Planning
18 160 (5.79%) Test Automation
19 139 (5.03%) Computer Science
20 133 (4.81%) Acceptance Criteria
Programming Languages
1 538 (19.46%) MATLAB
2 239 (8.64%) Python
3 174 (6.29%) SQL
4 71 (2.57%) C
5 62 (2.24%) C++
6 33 (1.19%) PL/SQL
7 28 (1.01%) C#
8 23 (0.83%) JavaScript
9 22 (0.80%) Ada
10 19 (0.69%) R
10 19 (0.69%) TypeScript
11 18 (0.65%) Java
11 18 (0.65%) PowerShell
12 16 (0.58%) Shell Script
12 16 (0.58%) T-SQL
13 12 (0.43%) Bash
14 10 (0.36%) Go
15 9 (0.33%) C-shell
15 9 (0.33%) Korn
15 9 (0.33%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 1,587 (57.40%) Degree
2 1,014 (36.67%) BPSS Clearance
3 996 (36.02%) HND
4 274 (9.91%) HNC
5 247 (8.93%) Chartered Engineer
6 160 (5.79%) ISTQB
7 96 (3.47%) Master's Degree
8 60 (2.17%) Security Cleared
9 46 (1.66%) SC Cleared
10 37 (1.34%) Computer Science Degree
11 25 (0.90%) Numerate Degree
12 24 (0.87%) PhD
13 13 (0.47%) Cisco Certification
14 10 (0.36%) DBS Check
15 9 (0.33%) CCNP
16 8 (0.29%) ITIL Certification
17 7 (0.25%) PMI Certification
18 6 (0.22%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
19 5 (0.18%) AWS Certification
19 5 (0.18%) Check Point Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (3.80%) QA
2 87 (3.15%) Data Quality
3 73 (2.64%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 42 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 41 (1.48%) Accessibility
6 35 (1.27%) GxP
7 25 (0.90%) GMP
8 17 (0.61%) GDPR
9 16 (0.58%) ARP4754
9 16 (0.58%) DO-254
9 16 (0.58%) IEC 61508
9 16 (0.58%) PMO
10 14 (0.51%) Good Clinical Practice
11 8 (0.29%) 21 CFR Part 11
12 7 (0.25%) IFRS
12 7 (0.25%) IFRS 9
12 7 (0.25%) ISO 26262
13 6 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 6 (0.22%) NIST
14 5 (0.18%) HIPAA
System Software
1 29 (1.05%) Docker
2 17 (0.61%) Firmware
3 9 (0.33%) Embedded Firmware
4 7 (0.25%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.072%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.072%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.036%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.036%) DFS Replication
6 1 (0.036%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.036%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 36 (1.30%) Kubernetes
2 21 (0.76%) Terraform
3 15 (0.54%) Grafana
4 9 (0.33%) Ansible
4 9 (0.33%) Argo
5 7 (0.25%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.22%) Functional Safety
6 6 (0.22%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.072%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.072%) Podman
7 2 (0.072%) Puppet
7 2 (0.072%) SCOM
8 1 (0.036%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.036%) Nessus
8 1 (0.036%) Oracle RMAN
8 1 (0.036%) SCCM
Vendors
1 74 (2.68%) MathWorks
2 57 (2.06%) Microsoft
3 52 (1.88%) IBM
4 44 (1.59%) Oracle
5 26 (0.94%) SAP
6 25 (0.90%) Salesforce
7 15 (0.54%) Google
8 13 (0.47%) Databricks
9 12 (0.43%) Cisco
9 12 (0.43%) ServiceNow
10 11 (0.40%) Siemens
11 10 (0.36%) IFS
12 9 (0.33%) CheckPoint
12 9 (0.33%) F5
12 9 (0.33%) Hitachi
12 9 (0.33%) Red Hat
13 8 (0.29%) EMC
13 8 (0.29%) Splunk
14 7 (0.25%) Infor
15 6 (0.22%) Talend