Validation Job Trends in Herefordshire

Validation
West Midlands > Herefordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Herefordshire requiring Validation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 17 15
Rank change year-on-year -16 -2 -
Permanent jobs citing Validation 2 2 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Herefordshire 0.83% 2.90% 3.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.29% 3.57% 4.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £56,250 - £59,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 - £61,500
75th Percentile £58,750 - £63,250
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median annual salary £44,360 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -22.85% +15.00% -4.12%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Herefordshire

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 Herefordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 155 56 84
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Herefordshire 64.05% 81.16% 75.68%
Number of salaries quoted 96 31 49
10th Percentile £43,750 £29,000 £33,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £33,629 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £35,700
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +54.06% -20.67%
75th Percentile £85,750 £75,625 £55,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £63,250
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £51,447 £52,500
% change year-on-year +6.91% -2.01% -

Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in Herefordshire

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

Validation job vacancy trend in Herefordshire

Validation
Salary Trend in Herefordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Herefordshire citing Validation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Herefordshire citing Validation

Validation
Job Locations in Herefordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the Herefordshire region over the 6 months to 15 August 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
Leominster 0 1 £57,500 -
Hereford - 1 - - 4
Validation
West Midlands

Validation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Herefordshire 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 (50.00%) SOLIDWORKS
General
1 1 (50.00%) Electronics
1 1 (50.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Product Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) CAD
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Mechatronics
1 1 (50.00%) Motion Control
1 1 (50.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Engineering
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared