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 27 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 36 169
Rank change year-on-year -72 +133 -76
Permanent jobs citing Validation 166 298 180
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.31% 5.85% 1.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.88% 6.62% 1.66%
Number of salaries quoted 112 63 80
10th Percentile £30,000 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £47,000 £40,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +12.24% -8.41%
75th Percentile £57,500 £71,250 £61,250
90th Percentile £74,066 - £67,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.51% +3.64% -12.00%

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 8,849 4,500 10,875
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.74% 88.27% 79.14%
Number of salaries quoted 6,232 2,595 7,482
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £48,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.25% +2.11% -9.52%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £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

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

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Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Validation in the Midlands over the 6 months to 27 June 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 27 June 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 +2 98 £44,000 -29.60% 54
East Midlands -82 66 £30,000 -36.84% 49
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:

Applications
1 17 (10.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.61%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.81%) Solid Edge
3 3 (1.81%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (1.20%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.60%) CATIA
5 1 (0.60%) PTC Creo
5 1 (0.60%) Siemens NX
5 1 (0.60%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 4 (2.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.60%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.60%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.60%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.60%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 28 (16.87%) Power Platform
2 13 (7.83%) Azure
3 10 (6.02%) Serverless
4 8 (4.82%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (3.61%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (3.01%) AWS
6 5 (3.01%) Microsoft Copilot
7 4 (2.41%) Tricentis Tosca
8 3 (1.81%) GCP
8 3 (1.81%) Power Automate
8 3 (1.81%) PowerApps
8 3 (1.81%) SaaS
9 2 (1.20%) Amazon EMR
9 2 (1.20%) Amazon Kinesis
9 2 (1.20%) Amazon S3
9 2 (1.20%) Datadog
9 2 (1.20%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (1.20%) Google Analytics
9 2 (1.20%) Google Tag Manager
9 2 (1.20%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.61%) Wireless
2 5 (3.01%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (2.41%) Bluetooth
3 4 (2.41%) Broadband
3 4 (2.41%) MQTT
3 4 (2.41%) ZigBee
4 3 (1.81%) Cisco IOS
4 3 (1.81%) Ethernet
5 2 (1.20%) Firewall
5 2 (1.20%) Modbus
5 2 (1.20%) SD-WAN
5 2 (1.20%) SMS
5 2 (1.20%) WAN
6 1 (0.60%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (0.60%) IPsec
6 1 (0.60%) LAN
6 1 (0.60%) SNMP
6 1 (0.60%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.60%) WebEx
6 1 (0.60%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (16.87%) Power BI
2 13 (7.83%) Tableau
3 7 (4.22%) Metadata
4 6 (3.61%) Power Query
5 3 (1.81%) MySQL
5 3 (1.81%) SQL Server
6 2 (1.20%) Amazon Athena
6 2 (1.20%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (1.20%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (1.20%) BigQuery
6 2 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.20%) Looker
6 2 (1.20%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (1.20%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.60%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.60%) DTS
7 1 (0.60%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.60%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 10 (6.02%) Snyk
2 9 (5.42%) Jenkins
3 8 (4.82%) GitLab
4 7 (4.22%) Git
5 6 (3.61%) Cucumber
5 6 (3.61%) Selenium
6 5 (3.01%) JMeter
7 4 (2.41%) GDB
7 4 (2.41%) JIRA
7 4 (2.41%) Robot Framework
7 4 (2.41%) SonarQube
8 3 (1.81%) Burp Suite
8 3 (1.81%) Cypress.io
8 3 (1.81%) Gatling
8 3 (1.81%) HP UFT
8 3 (1.81%) LoadRunner
8 3 (1.81%) Postman
8 3 (1.81%) Rational DOORS
8 3 (1.81%) REST Assured
9 2 (1.20%) Locust
General
1 43 (25.90%) Social Skills
2 35 (21.08%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (13.25%) Finance
4 17 (10.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 15 (9.04%) Banking
5 15 (9.04%) Manufacturing
6 10 (6.02%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (5.42%) Public Sector
8 8 (4.82%) Pharmaceutical
8 8 (4.82%) Retail
9 6 (3.61%) Electronics
9 6 (3.61%) Games
10 4 (2.41%) iGaming
10 4 (2.41%) Marketing
11 3 (1.81%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (1.20%) Automotive
12 2 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.20%) Law
12 2 (1.20%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 28 (16.87%) Senior
2 24 (14.46%) Analyst
3 16 (9.64%) Data Scientist
3 16 (9.64%) Developer
4 14 (8.43%) Statistician
5 12 (7.23%) Junior
5 12 (7.23%) Systems Engineer
6 11 (6.63%) Lead
7 10 (6.02%) Architect
7 10 (6.02%) Cloud Architect
7 10 (6.02%) Cloud Security Architect
7 10 (6.02%) Data Analyst
7 10 (6.02%) Security Architect
7 10 (6.02%) Senior Architect
7 10 (6.02%) Senior Cloud Architect
7 10 (6.02%) Senior Security Architect
8 9 (5.42%) Administrator
9 8 (4.82%) QA Specialist
9 8 (4.82%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 8 (4.82%) Validation Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.61%) Playwright
2 4 (2.41%) pytest
2 4 (2.41%) Unity DI Container
2 4 (2.41%) Yocto
3 3 (1.81%) PyTorch
3 3 (1.81%) REST
3 3 (1.81%) TensorFlow
4 2 (1.20%) .NET
4 2 (1.20%) Gherkin
4 2 (1.20%) OpenCV
4 2 (1.20%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (1.20%) Pandas
4 2 (1.20%) RESTful
5 1 (0.60%) EDI
5 1 (0.60%) JSON
5 1 (0.60%) scikit-learn
5 1 (0.60%) Spring
5 1 (0.60%) XML
5 1 (0.60%) XSLT
5 1 (0.60%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (6.63%) Data Centre
2 10 (6.02%) Management Information System
3 8 (4.82%) NHS
4 7 (4.22%) Embedded Systems
4 7 (4.22%) IoT
5 6 (3.61%) Analytical Mindset
5 6 (3.61%) ARM Cortex
6 4 (2.41%) Device Driver
6 4 (2.41%) Driving Licence
6 4 (2.41%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.81%) Algorithms
7 3 (1.81%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.81%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.81%) Robotics
7 3 (1.81%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.20%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.20%) CSOC
8 2 (1.20%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (1.20%) Lidar
8 2 (1.20%) Self-Driving Car
Operating Systems
1 10 (6.02%) Linux
2 5 (3.01%) Android
3 4 (2.41%) Windows
4 3 (1.81%) Kali Linux
5 2 (1.20%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.20%) FreeRTOS
5 2 (1.20%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (25.90%) Problem-Solving
2 38 (22.89%) AI
3 33 (19.88%) Continuous Improvement
4 30 (18.07%) Business Intelligence
4 30 (18.07%) Decision-Making
5 25 (15.06%) CI/CD
6 24 (14.46%) Actionable Insight
7 23 (13.86%) Computer Science
7 23 (13.86%) Risk Management
8 21 (12.65%) Collaborative Working
9 20 (12.05%) Agile
9 20 (12.05%) Analytics
10 19 (11.45%) Data Analysis
10 19 (11.45%) Data Science
10 19 (11.45%) Statistics
11 18 (10.84%) Machine Learning
11 18 (10.84%) Roadmaps
11 18 (10.84%) Test Automation
12 16 (9.64%) Cybersecurity
12 16 (9.64%) Deep Learning
Programming Languages
1 40 (24.10%) SQL
2 38 (22.89%) Python
3 10 (6.02%) C++
3 10 (6.02%) Java
4 9 (5.42%) C
5 6 (3.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 4 (2.41%) Bash
6 4 (2.41%) T-SQL
7 3 (1.81%) MATLAB
7 3 (1.81%) VBA
8 2 (1.20%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.60%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.60%) Embedded C
9 1 (0.60%) Groovy
9 1 (0.60%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.60%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.60%) R
9 1 (0.60%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 34 (20.48%) Degree
2 13 (7.83%) Master's Degree
3 9 (5.42%) BPSS Clearance
3 9 (5.42%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (4.82%) Security Cleared
5 4 (2.41%) SC Cleared
6 3 (1.81%) CISA
6 3 (1.81%) HND
7 2 (1.20%) CompTIA CySA+
7 2 (1.20%) HNC
7 2 (1.20%) PhD
8 1 (0.60%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (13.86%) Data Quality
1 23 (13.86%) QA
2 10 (6.02%) GRC
3 9 (5.42%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 6 (3.61%) Accessibility
5 4 (2.41%) GDPR
5 4 (2.41%) ISO 9001
5 4 (2.41%) JTAG
6 3 (1.81%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (1.20%) IEC 61508
7 2 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (1.20%) MISRA
7 2 (1.20%) MISRA C
7 2 (1.20%) SLA
7 2 (1.20%) WCAG
8 1 (0.60%) AUTOSAR
8 1 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.60%) ISO 14001
8 1 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 1 (0.60%) PSD2
System Software
1 10 (6.02%) Virtual Machines
2 6 (3.61%) Firmware
3 4 (2.41%) Embedded Firmware
4 3 (1.81%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (3.01%) Grafana
2 4 (2.41%) Terraform
3 3 (1.81%) HP Fortify
3 3 (1.81%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.20%) Functional Safety
5 1 (0.60%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.60%) SCCM
Vendors
1 22 (13.25%) Microsoft
2 10 (6.02%) CrowdStrike
2 10 (6.02%) Palo Alto
2 10 (6.02%) Tenable
3 7 (4.22%) Oracle
4 6 (3.61%) Cisco
4 6 (3.61%) SAP
5 4 (2.41%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.81%) Veracode
7 2 (1.20%) Databricks
7 2 (1.20%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.20%) Google
7 2 (1.20%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.60%) Apple
8 1 (0.60%) Aruba
8 1 (0.60%) Ekahau
8 1 (0.60%) Juniper
8 1 (0.60%) Meraki
8 1 (0.60%) Sonatype