Validation Engineer Job Trends in London

Validation Engineer
England > London

The median Validation Engineer salary in London is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 March 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 399 396 -
Rank change year-on-year -3 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Validation Engineer 1 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.006% 0.008% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.006% 0.008% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £85,000 £41,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £43,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +106.90% - -
75th Percentile £95,000 £45,750 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +64.63% -25.45%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in London with a recognized job title 15,888 11,998 20,636
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.65% 90.83% 94.15%
Number of salaries quoted 10,616 7,537 16,363
10th Percentile £37,375 £42,000 £39,800
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,675 £75,000 £71,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.43% +5.63% -2.86%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £107,500 £121,250 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.69%

Validation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Validation Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

Validation Engineer job vacancy trend in London

Validation Engineer
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for Validation Engineer job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for Validation Engineer job vacancies in London

Validation Engineer Skill Set
Top 9 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 21 March 2026, Validation Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the London region featuring Validation Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) CAD
1 1 (100.00%) EMC
1 1 (100.00%) LabVIEW
1 1 (100.00%) Physics
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) SOLIDWORKS
1 1 (100.00%) Validation

Validation Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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%) SOLIDWORKS
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) LabVIEW
General
1 1 (100.00%) Advertising
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) CAD
1 1 (100.00%) Physics
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) EMC