Validation Job Trends in the Midlands

Validation
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Validation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 42 168
Rank change year-on-year -60 +126 -80
Permanent jobs citing Validation 182 292 155
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.35% 5.17% 1.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.93% 6.05% 1.62%
Number of salaries quoted 125 67 68
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £55,000 £47,475
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +15.85% -8.96%
75th Percentile £60,000 £68,750 £60,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £68,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -13.39%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,415 4,828 9,597
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.74% 85.48% 78.72%
Number of salaries quoted 6,702 2,882 6,220
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £26,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £48,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% -4.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £66,250 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%

Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Validation job vacancy trend in the Midlands

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Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Validation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Validation

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Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Validation in the Midlands over the 6 months to 21 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Validation in the Midlands

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Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 21 July 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
West Midlands +10 101 £43,250 -30.80% 55
East Midlands -71 79 £38,000 -10.59% 46
Validation
England

Validation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.10%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 1 (0.55%) Apache
2 1 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (0.55%) Confluence
Applications
1 18 (9.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (4.95%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.20%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (1.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.65%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (1.10%) Solid Edge
5 2 (1.10%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.55%) CATIA
6 1 (0.55%) PTC Creo
6 1 (0.55%) Siemens NX
6 1 (0.55%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 6 (3.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.10%) Oracle Applications
2 2 (1.10%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.55%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.55%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.55%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.55%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.55%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.55%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.55%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.55%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 31 (17.03%) Power Platform
2 17 (9.34%) Azure
3 10 (5.49%) Azure DevOps
3 10 (5.49%) Serverless
4 9 (4.95%) AWS
5 7 (3.85%) GCP
6 6 (3.30%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (2.75%) Microsoft Copilot
8 4 (2.20%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (2.20%) Tricentis Tosca
9 3 (1.65%) Power Automate
9 3 (1.65%) PowerApps
9 3 (1.65%) SaaS
10 2 (1.10%) Amazon EMR
10 2 (1.10%) Amazon Kinesis
10 2 (1.10%) Datadog
10 2 (1.10%) Google Analytics
10 2 (1.10%) Google Tag Manager
10 2 (1.10%) Oracle CX
10 2 (1.10%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.85%) Wireless
2 6 (3.30%) MQTT
2 6 (3.30%) Wi-Fi
2 6 (3.30%) ZigBee
3 5 (2.75%) Cisco IOS
4 4 (2.20%) Bluetooth
4 4 (2.20%) Broadband
4 4 (2.20%) TCP/IP
5 3 (1.65%) Ethernet
6 2 (1.10%) LoRaWAN
6 2 (1.10%) Modbus
6 2 (1.10%) SMS
7 1 (0.55%) DHCP
7 1 (0.55%) IPsec
7 1 (0.55%) Network Security
7 1 (0.55%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.55%) VLAN
7 1 (0.55%) WAN
7 1 (0.55%) Wireshark
7 1 (0.55%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (17.03%) Power BI
2 16 (8.79%) Tableau
3 7 (3.85%) Metadata
4 6 (3.30%) Power Query
5 3 (1.65%) Amazon Redshift
5 3 (1.65%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (1.65%) DTS
5 3 (1.65%) MySQL
5 3 (1.65%) SQL Server
6 2 (1.10%) Amazon Athena
6 2 (1.10%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (1.10%) BigQuery
6 2 (1.10%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.10%) Looker
6 2 (1.10%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 2 (1.10%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.10%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.55%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 10 (5.49%) Git
1 10 (5.49%) GitLab
1 10 (5.49%) Jenkins
1 10 (5.49%) Snyk
2 6 (3.30%) GDB
2 6 (3.30%) Selenium
3 5 (2.75%) Cucumber
3 5 (2.75%) JIRA
3 5 (2.75%) JMeter
4 4 (2.20%) Robot Framework
5 3 (1.65%) Burp Suite
5 3 (1.65%) Cypress.io
5 3 (1.65%) Gatling
5 3 (1.65%) HP UFT
5 3 (1.65%) LoadRunner
5 3 (1.65%) Postman
5 3 (1.65%) REST Assured
5 3 (1.65%) SonarQube
6 2 (1.10%) Hudson
6 2 (1.10%) Locust
General
1 51 (28.02%) Social Skills
2 43 (23.63%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (14.84%) Finance
4 20 (10.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 18 (9.89%) Manufacturing
6 15 (8.24%) Banking
7 14 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
8 11 (6.04%) Electronics
8 11 (6.04%) Retail
9 10 (5.49%) Pharmaceutical
9 10 (5.49%) Public Sector
10 6 (3.30%) Games
11 4 (2.20%) iGaming
11 4 (2.20%) Marketing
11 4 (2.20%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.65%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.65%) Law
13 2 (1.10%) Automotive
13 2 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (1.10%) Legal
Job Titles
1 31 (17.03%) Senior
2 30 (16.48%) Analyst
3 18 (9.89%) Developer
4 17 (9.34%) Data Scientist
5 16 (8.79%) Lead
6 14 (7.69%) Statistician
7 11 (6.04%) Architect
7 11 (6.04%) Data Analyst
7 11 (6.04%) Junior
8 10 (5.49%) Business Analyst
8 10 (5.49%) Cloud Architect
8 10 (5.49%) Cloud Security Architect
8 10 (5.49%) QA Specialist
8 10 (5.49%) Security Architect
8 10 (5.49%) Senior Architect
8 10 (5.49%) Senior Cloud Architect
8 10 (5.49%) Senior Security Architect
8 10 (5.49%) Validation Specialist
9 8 (4.40%) Administrator
9 8 (4.40%) Embedded Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.30%) Yocto
2 5 (2.75%) Playwright
2 5 (2.75%) XML
3 4 (2.20%) Oracle Fusion
3 4 (2.20%) pytest
3 4 (2.20%) Unity DI Container
4 3 (1.65%) PyTorch
4 3 (1.65%) TensorFlow
5 2 (1.10%) .NET
5 2 (1.10%) Gherkin
5 2 (1.10%) Matplotlib
5 2 (1.10%) Pandas
5 2 (1.10%) REST
5 2 (1.10%) RESTful
5 2 (1.10%) scikit-learn
5 2 (1.10%) Seaborn
6 1 (0.55%) Django
6 1 (0.55%) Kafka
6 1 (0.55%) OpenCV
6 1 (0.55%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 16 (8.79%) Management Information System
2 12 (6.59%) Data Centre
3 11 (6.04%) IoT
4 10 (5.49%) NHS
5 8 (4.40%) ARM Cortex
5 8 (4.40%) Embedded Systems
6 7 (3.85%) Analytical Mindset
6 7 (3.85%) Driving Licence
6 7 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (3.30%) Device Driver
8 3 (1.65%) Client/Server
8 3 (1.65%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.65%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.65%) Robotics
8 3 (1.65%) SCADA
8 3 (1.65%) Security Posture
9 2 (1.10%) Algorithms
9 2 (1.10%) CSOC
9 2 (1.10%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 15 (8.24%) Linux
2 6 (3.30%) Android
2 6 (3.30%) Windows
3 3 (1.65%) Kali Linux
4 2 (1.10%) Embedded Linux
4 2 (1.10%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (0.55%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.55%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (28.02%) Problem-Solving
2 43 (23.63%) Continuous Improvement
3 38 (20.88%) AI
4 37 (20.33%) Business Intelligence
5 33 (18.13%) Decision-Making
6 27 (14.84%) CI/CD
6 27 (14.84%) Risk Management
7 26 (14.29%) Computer Science
8 24 (13.19%) Actionable Insight
8 24 (13.19%) Agile
8 24 (13.19%) Analytics
8 24 (13.19%) Collaborative Working
9 23 (12.64%) Test Automation
10 21 (11.54%) Data Analysis
11 20 (10.99%) Data Science
11 20 (10.99%) Statistics
12 19 (10.44%) Data Management
13 18 (9.89%) CRM
13 18 (9.89%) Machine Learning
13 18 (9.89%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 42 (23.08%) SQL
2 39 (21.43%) Python
3 11 (6.04%) C
3 11 (6.04%) C++
4 9 (4.95%) Java
5 6 (3.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 4 (2.20%) Bash
6 4 (2.20%) T-SQL
7 3 (1.65%) MATLAB
7 3 (1.65%) VBA
8 2 (1.10%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (1.10%) PL/SQL
8 2 (1.10%) R
9 1 (0.55%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.55%) C#
9 1 (0.55%) Embedded C
9 1 (0.55%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.55%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.55%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 45 (24.73%) Degree
2 14 (7.69%) Master's Degree
3 10 (5.49%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (4.40%) Security Cleared
5 4 (2.20%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (2.20%) HND
5 4 (2.20%) SC Cleared
6 3 (1.65%) CISA
6 3 (1.65%) HNC
7 2 (1.10%) CompTIA CySA+
7 2 (1.10%) Oracle Certification
7 2 (1.10%) SAP Certification
8 1 (0.55%) PhD
8 1 (0.55%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (15.38%) Data Quality
2 25 (13.74%) QA
3 10 (5.49%) GRC
4 6 (3.30%) ISO 9001
4 6 (3.30%) JTAG
5 5 (2.75%) Accessibility
5 5 (2.75%) GDPR
6 4 (2.20%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 3 (1.65%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (1.65%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 2 (1.10%) IEC 61508
8 2 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (1.10%) MISRA
8 2 (1.10%) MISRA C
8 2 (1.10%) SLA
8 2 (1.10%) WCAG
9 1 (0.55%) AUTOSAR
9 1 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.55%) ISO 14001
9 1 (0.55%) PSD2
System Software
1 10 (5.49%) Firmware
1 10 (5.49%) Virtual Machines
2 6 (3.30%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (1.65%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (2.75%) Grafana
2 3 (1.65%) HP Fortify
2 3 (1.65%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.65%) Terraform
3 2 (1.10%) Functional Safety
4 1 (0.55%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.55%) SCCM
Vendors
1 27 (14.84%) Microsoft
2 10 (5.49%) CrowdStrike
2 10 (5.49%) Palo Alto
2 10 (5.49%) Tenable
3 9 (4.95%) SAP
4 8 (4.40%) Oracle
5 7 (3.85%) Cisco
6 5 (2.75%) Google
7 4 (2.20%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.65%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.65%) Veracode
9 2 (1.10%) Databricks
10 1 (0.55%) ANSYS
10 1 (0.55%) Apple
10 1 (0.55%) Fortinet
10 1 (0.55%) Meraki