Validation Jobs in Kent

Validation
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Kent 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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 55 29
Rank change year-on-year +13 -26 +46
Permanent jobs citing Validation 30 54 87
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 3.70% 3.61% 7.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.39% 4.42% 8.10%
Number of salaries quoted 14 25 6
10th Percentile £28,000 - £36,650
25th Percentile £30,500 £35,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,500 £55,000 £44,800
Median % change year-on-year -35.45% +22.77% -
75th Percentile £49,313 £63,750 -
90th Percentile £60,000 £71,500 £48,650
South East median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Kent

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 Kent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 683 1,222 1,074
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 84.22% 81.68% 95.81%
Number of salaries quoted 317 890 523
10th Percentile £25,250 £25,475 £27,550
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £34,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -8.60% +3.33%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £71,120
South East median annual salary £56,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +13.00% -9.09% -

Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Validation in Kent

Validation
Salary Trend in Kent

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

Salary trend for Validation in Kent

Validation
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing Validation in Kent over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Validation in Kent

Validation
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the Kent region over the 6 months to 14 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
Rochester -17 22 £49,500 +33.78% 2
Snodland - 2 £31,000 -
Dartford +11 1 £45,000 - 2
Maidstone - 1 - - 6
Validation
South East

Validation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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 1 (3.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (10.00%) Simulink
2 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (6.67%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.33%) AWS
2 1 (3.33%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.33%) Bluetooth
1 1 (3.33%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.00%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 9 (30.00%) Rational DOORS
2 6 (20.00%) Git
3 3 (10.00%) PHPUnit
3 3 (10.00%) Subversion
4 1 (3.33%) GitLab
4 1 (3.33%) Jenkins
4 1 (3.33%) JIRA
4 1 (3.33%) LabVIEW
General
1 8 (26.67%) Electronics
2 5 (16.67%) Aerospace
2 5 (16.67%) Military
3 2 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.33%) Avionics
4 1 (3.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (30.00%) Principal Engineer
1 9 (30.00%) Software Engineer
2 8 (26.67%) Engineering Manager
2 8 (26.67%) Requirements Manager
3 6 (20.00%) Principal Systems Engineer
4 5 (16.67%) Integration Engineer
4 5 (16.67%) System Verification Engineer
4 5 (16.67%) Systems Integration Engineer
4 5 (16.67%) Validation Engineer
5 4 (13.33%) Senior
5 4 (13.33%) Senior Software Engineer
6 3 (10.00%) Principal Software Engineer
6 3 (10.00%) Tester
7 2 (6.67%) Embedded Engineer
7 2 (6.67%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 2 (6.67%) Graduate
7 2 (6.67%) Graduate Embedded Software Engineer
7 2 (6.67%) Graduate Software Engineer
7 2 (6.67%) QA Tester
7 2 (6.67%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.00%) CakePHP
1 3 (10.00%) CSS
1 3 (10.00%) HTML
1 3 (10.00%) Laravel
2 2 (6.67%) LAMP
3 1 (3.33%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.33%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (3.33%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (76.67%) Verification and Validation
2 15 (50.00%) Systems Engineering
3 12 (40.00%) Physics
4 9 (30.00%) Mathematics
4 9 (30.00%) Requirements Management
4 9 (30.00%) Software Engineering
5 8 (26.67%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
5 8 (26.67%) Software Architecture
5 8 (26.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (16.67%) Coaching
7 4 (13.33%) Functional Testing
7 4 (13.33%) Requirements Analysis
7 4 (13.33%) System Testing
7 4 (13.33%) Test Automation
8 3 (10.00%) Configuration Management
8 3 (10.00%) E-Commerce
8 3 (10.00%) Power Management
8 3 (10.00%) Software Testing
8 3 (10.00%) UML
8 3 (10.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 9 (30.00%) C
2 7 (23.33%) MATLAB
2 7 (23.33%) Python
3 6 (20.00%) C#
4 5 (16.67%) C++
5 3 (10.00%) JavaScript
5 3 (10.00%) PHP
6 2 (6.67%) Ada
Qualifications
1 14 (46.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 13 (43.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (13.33%) QA
2 1 (3.33%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (3.33%) NIST
2 1 (3.33%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 3 (10.00%) Microsoft