Validation Job Trends in Lincolnshire

Validation
East Midlands > Lincolnshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Lincolnshire requiring Validation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 27 23
Rank change year-on-year -15 -4 +7
Permanent jobs citing Validation 5 1 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Lincolnshire 1.33% 0.47% 0.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.73% 0.63% 0.88%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £47,500 £53,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,900 £50,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +51.80% -10.71% -
75th Percentile - £52,500 £59,000
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £56,500
% change year-on-year -5.56% -20.35% +16.43%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Lincolnshire

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 Lincolnshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 289 158 114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lincolnshire 77.07% 74.18% 81.43%
Number of salaries quoted 194 82 102
10th Percentile £26,000 £35,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £40,000 £32,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% +11.76% -32.00%
75th Percentile £47,500 £55,000 £57,375
90th Percentile £60,875 £65,000 £62,500
East Midlands median annual salary £42,500 £49,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.27% -2.00% -4.76%

Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in Lincolnshire

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

Validation job vacancy trend in Lincolnshire

Validation
Salary Trend in Lincolnshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lincolnshire citing Validation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lincolnshire citing Validation

Validation
Job Locations in Lincolnshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the Lincolnshire region over the 6 months to 30 December 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
Lincoln - 2 £75,900 - 27
Validation
East Midlands

Validation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lincolnshire 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 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (60.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) JIRA
1 2 (40.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
1 3 (60.00%) Organisational Skills
1 3 (60.00%) Retail
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Requirements Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Systems Manager
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Data Cleansing
1 3 (60.00%) ERP
1 3 (60.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (60.00%) Procure-to-Pay
1 3 (60.00%) Time Management
1 3 (60.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Requirements Management
2 2 (40.00%) Systems Engineering
2 2 (40.00%) Systems Thinking
2 2 (40.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 12207
1 2 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 15288
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (60.00%) SAP
2 2 (40.00%) IBM