Validation
North West > Lancashire
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Lancashire 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 8 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 8 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 51 | 82 | 71 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +31 | -11 | +50 |
| Permanent jobs citing Validation | 177 | 5 | 2 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire | 8.55% | 0.39% | 0.29% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 8.67% | 0.49% | 0.30% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 144 | 5 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £32,150 | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £33,500 | £26,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £47,683 | £35,000 | £27,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +36.24% | +27.27% | -33.53% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £43,250 | £28,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £51,240 | £47,900 | - |
| North West median annual salary | £47,683 | £50,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.63% | -4.76% | +9.38% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Lancashire
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 Lancashire.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 2,042 | 1,029 | 660 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire | 98.60% | 79.40% | 94.96% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1,240 | 865 | 348 |
| 10th Percentile | £41,250 | £28,000 | £28,894 |
| 25th Percentile | £47,683 | £36,000 | £37,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,055 | £50,000 | £47,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.11% | +5.26% | +7.21% |
| 75th Percentile | £54,793 | £62,250 | £58,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £58,943 | £75,772 | £68,225 |
| North West median annual salary | £50,055 | £50,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.11% | -9.09% | +4.76% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire
Job postings citing Validation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.
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Salary Trend in Lancashire
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Validation in Lancashire.
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Salary Histogram in Lancashire
Salary distribution for jobs citing Validation in Lancashire over the 6 months to 8 May 2025.
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Job Locations in Lancashire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preston | +16 | 48 | £47,683 | +36.24% | 7 |
| Blackburn | - | 31 | £47,683 | - | 4 |
| Blackpool | - | 31 | £47,683 | - | 4 |
| Lytham St Annes | - | 29 | £47,683 | - | 2 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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: