Validation Job Trends in Gwent

Validation
South Wales > Gwent

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Gwent requiring Validation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Validation 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Gwent 3.85% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.00% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
South Wales median annual salary £65,000 £54,658 £47,500
% change year-on-year +18.92% +15.07% +19.40%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Gwent

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 Gwent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 25 54 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gwent 96.15% 88.52% 80.00%
Number of salaries quoted 20 16 16
10th Percentile £27,000 £41,500 £26,895
25th Percentile £27,750 £42,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 £49,000 £28,290
Median % change year-on-year -42.86% +73.21% -
75th Percentile £45,625 £56,319 £47,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,091 £103,726
South Wales median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +1.50%

Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in Gwent

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Validation relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Gwent.

Validation job vacancy trend in Gwent

Validation
Salary Trend in Gwent

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gwent citing Validation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gwent citing Validation

Validation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gwent 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Control Systems Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) IEC 61508
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Allen-Bradley
1 1 (100.00%) Siemens