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 20 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 132 118 113
Rank change year-on-year -14 -5 -47
Permanent jobs citing Validation 119 109 220
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.17% 2.17% 2.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.52% 2.37% 2.63%
Number of salaries quoted 74 54 115
10th Percentile £30,000 £39,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £31,438 £47,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -31.82% +4.76% +0.96%
75th Percentile £56,875 £71,250 £59,000
90th Percentile £68,000 - £69,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% +1.82% -8.33%

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 7,815 4,600 8,374
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 76.90% 91.65% 84.03%
Number of salaries quoted 4,469 2,560 6,611
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,822 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,625 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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

Validation
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

Validation
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Validation in the Midlands over the 6 months to 20 March 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 20 March 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 74 £40,000 -38.46% 72
East Midlands -46 43 £35,000 -31.37% 39
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 1 (0.84%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 27 (22.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (10.08%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (4.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (2.52%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (1.68%) Solid Edge
6 1 (0.84%) CATIA
6 1 (0.84%) PTC Creo
6 1 (0.84%) Simulink
6 1 (0.84%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 2 (1.68%) SAP ERP
1 2 (1.68%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.84%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 19 (15.97%) Power Platform
2 9 (7.56%) Azure
3 8 (6.72%) Dynamics 365
4 6 (5.04%) SaaS
5 4 (3.36%) Power Automate
6 3 (2.52%) AWS
6 3 (2.52%) Datadog
6 3 (2.52%) dbt
6 3 (2.52%) PaaS
6 3 (2.52%) PowerApps
7 2 (1.68%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (1.68%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (1.68%) GCP
7 2 (1.68%) Google Analytics
7 2 (1.68%) Google Tag Manager
8 1 (0.84%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.84%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.84%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.36%) Broadband
2 2 (1.68%) HTTP
3 1 (0.84%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (0.84%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.84%) Firewall
3 1 (0.84%) IPsec
3 1 (0.84%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.84%) SMS
3 1 (0.84%) WAN
3 1 (0.84%) WebEx
3 1 (0.84%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.84%) Wireless
3 1 (0.84%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (15.97%) Power BI
2 10 (8.40%) Oracle Reports
3 7 (5.88%) Relational Database
4 6 (5.04%) Power Query
5 4 (3.36%) Tableau
6 3 (2.52%) Looker
6 3 (2.52%) Metadata
7 2 (1.68%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (1.68%) BigQuery
7 2 (1.68%) Data Lake
7 2 (1.68%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.68%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.84%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 11 (9.24%) Rational DOORS
2 5 (4.20%) JIRA
3 4 (3.36%) Cucumber
4 3 (2.52%) Git
4 3 (2.52%) JMeter
4 3 (2.52%) Locust
5 2 (1.68%) Postman
5 2 (1.68%) TestRail
6 1 (0.84%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.84%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.84%) Maven
6 1 (0.84%) Selenium
6 1 (0.84%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.84%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.84%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.84%) Visual Studio
General
1 44 (36.97%) Analytical Skills
2 41 (34.45%) Social Skills
3 14 (11.76%) Manufacturing
4 10 (8.40%) Law
5 7 (5.88%) Marketing
6 6 (5.04%) Electronics
6 6 (5.04%) Finance
6 6 (5.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (4.20%) Games
7 5 (4.20%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (4.20%) Retail
8 4 (3.36%) Aerospace
8 4 (3.36%) Automotive
8 4 (3.36%) Public Sector
9 3 (2.52%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.68%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.68%) Legal
10 2 (1.68%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.68%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.84%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 35 (29.41%) Analyst
2 26 (21.85%) Systems Engineer
3 18 (15.13%) Junior
4 17 (14.29%) Senior
5 16 (13.45%) Junior Analyst
5 16 (13.45%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 14 (11.76%) Support Analyst
7 11 (9.24%) Oracle Analyst
8 10 (8.40%) Administrator
8 10 (8.40%) Junior Support Analyst
8 10 (8.40%) Oracle Payroll Analyst
8 10 (8.40%) Oracle Payroll Support
8 10 (8.40%) Oracle Support Analyst
8 10 (8.40%) Principal Engineer
8 10 (8.40%) Principal Systems Engineer
9 9 (7.56%) Data Analyst
10 7 (5.88%) Lead
11 6 (5.04%) Test Leader
12 5 (4.20%) Systems Analyst
13 4 (3.36%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.36%) REST
2 3 (2.52%) Gherkin
2 3 (2.52%) Node.js
2 3 (2.52%) React
2 3 (2.52%) Vue
3 2 (1.68%) .NET
3 2 (1.68%) CSS
3 2 (1.68%) Deno
3 2 (1.68%) HTML
3 2 (1.68%) JSON
3 2 (1.68%) Laravel
3 2 (1.68%) OpenCV
3 2 (1.68%) Pandas
3 2 (1.68%) Playwright
3 2 (1.68%) PyTorch
3 2 (1.68%) Tailwind CSS
3 2 (1.68%) TensorFlow
3 2 (1.68%) XML
3 2 (1.68%) Yii
4 1 (0.84%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.36%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (2.52%) Algorithms
2 3 (2.52%) Product Ownership
2 3 (2.52%) Virtual Team
3 2 (1.68%) CSOC
3 2 (1.68%) CUDA
3 2 (1.68%) Cyber Defence
3 2 (1.68%) Driving Licence
3 2 (1.68%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (1.68%) Lidar
3 2 (1.68%) Management Information System
3 2 (1.68%) Operational Technology
3 2 (1.68%) Robotics
3 2 (1.68%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (1.68%) Security Posture
3 2 (1.68%) Self-Driving Car
4 1 (0.84%) CCTV
4 1 (0.84%) EPoS
4 1 (0.84%) PKI
4 1 (0.84%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.68%) Robot Operating System
1 2 (1.68%) Windows
2 1 (0.84%) Android
2 1 (0.84%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 28 (23.53%) Verification and Validation
3 27 (22.69%) Systems Engineering
4 23 (19.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 23 (19.33%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
5 21 (17.65%) Migration
6 19 (15.97%) Business Intelligence
6 19 (15.97%) ERP
7 18 (15.13%) Data Validation
7 18 (15.13%) Decision-Making
8 17 (14.29%) Process Improvement
9 15 (12.61%) End-to-End Testing
10 14 (11.76%) Agile
10 14 (11.76%) Analytics
10 14 (11.76%) Mentoring
10 14 (11.76%) System Testing
11 13 (10.92%) Requirements Management
12 12 (10.08%) Data Migration
12 12 (10.08%) Project Planning
12 12 (10.08%) SysML
Programming Languages
1 45 (37.82%) SQL
2 14 (11.76%) Python
3 7 (5.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 4 (3.36%) C++
4 4 (3.36%) Java
4 4 (3.36%) T-SQL
5 3 (2.52%) VBA
6 2 (1.68%) C
6 2 (1.68%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.68%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (1.68%) PHP
6 2 (1.68%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.84%) Embedded C
7 1 (0.84%) Groovy
7 1 (0.84%) MATLAB
7 1 (0.84%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.84%) R
Qualifications
1 30 (25.21%) Degree
2 24 (20.17%) BPSS Clearance
3 7 (5.88%) Master's Degree
3 7 (5.88%) Security Cleared
4 6 (5.04%) SC Cleared
5 3 (2.52%) HND
6 2 (1.68%) CompTIA CySA+
6 2 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.68%) HNC
6 2 (1.68%) ISTQB
6 2 (1.68%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 2 (1.68%) PhD
7 1 (0.84%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (16.81%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 17 (14.29%) Data Quality
3 14 (11.76%) QA
4 7 (5.88%) Accessibility
5 6 (5.04%) GDPR
6 3 (2.52%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (2.52%) WCAG
7 2 (1.68%) SLA
8 1 (0.84%) AUTOSAR
System Software
1 5 (4.20%) Docker
2 2 (1.68%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (4.20%) Terraform
2 4 (3.36%) Kubernetes
3 3 (2.52%) Grafana
Vendors
1 24 (20.17%) Microsoft
2 14 (11.76%) Oracle
3 6 (5.04%) SAP
4 4 (3.36%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.68%) Cisco
5 2 (1.68%) Databricks
5 2 (1.68%) Google
6 1 (0.84%) Aruba
6 1 (0.84%) BMC
6 1 (0.84%) Dynatrace
6 1 (0.84%) Ekahau
6 1 (0.84%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.84%) IFS
6 1 (0.84%) Juniper
6 1 (0.84%) Remedy
6 1 (0.84%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.84%) Sonatype