Validation Jobs in the Midlands

Validation
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring Validation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Validation over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 149 85 57
Rank change year-on-year -64 -28 +109
Permanent jobs citing Validation 174 264 607
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.50% 3.48% 4.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.90% 3.63% 5.11%
Number of salaries quoted 69 56 288
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,629 £35,125
25th Percentile £40,000 £39,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,450 £52,150 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.01% +13.37% +8.24%
75th Percentile £60,250 £64,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £68,000 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £64,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -14.06% +16.36% -

All Process and 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 9,145 7,269 11,887
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 78.71% 95.72% 96.39%
Number of salaries quoted 5,707 4,187 7,370
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £29,725
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,250 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,772 £78,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +4.35%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Validation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Validation in the Midlands

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Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Validation in the Midlands.

Salary trend for Validation in the Midlands

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Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Validation in the Midlands over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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 -72 93 £49,000 -6.04% 41
East Midlands +14 81 £42,500 -23.31% 26
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 6 (3.45%) CMS
1 6 (3.45%) Confluence
2 2 (1.15%) IIS
Applications
1 11 (6.32%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (5.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (5.75%) Simulink
3 8 (4.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.15%) Maya
4 2 (1.15%) NUKE
4 2 (1.15%) Photoshop
4 2 (1.15%) Stateflow
5 1 (0.57%) Autodesk Inventor
5 1 (0.57%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (1.72%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 16 (9.20%) Azure
2 11 (6.32%) Power Platform
3 8 (4.60%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
3 8 (4.60%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 6 (3.45%) GitHub
5 4 (2.30%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (1.72%) AWS
7 2 (1.15%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (1.15%) Entra ID
7 2 (1.15%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (0.57%) Asana
8 1 (0.57%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (0.57%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.57%) Cloud Run
8 1 (0.57%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.57%) GCP
8 1 (0.57%) Mavenlink
8 1 (0.57%) OCI
8 1 (0.57%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 23 (13.22%) VSAT
2 6 (3.45%) Firewall
3 4 (2.30%) Ethernet
4 2 (1.15%) 802.11
4 2 (1.15%) DHCP
4 2 (1.15%) DNS
4 2 (1.15%) FlexRay
4 2 (1.15%) Network Security
4 2 (1.15%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.15%) VLAN
4 2 (1.15%) WAN
4 2 (1.15%) Wireshark
5 1 (0.57%) Internet
5 1 (0.57%) Modbus
5 1 (0.57%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (6.32%) Power BI
2 9 (5.17%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (4.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 5 (2.87%) BusinessObjects
5 4 (2.30%) SQL Server
6 2 (1.15%) Data Hub
6 2 (1.15%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (1.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.57%) Big Data
7 1 (0.57%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.57%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.57%) Metadata
7 1 (0.57%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.57%) MS Access
7 1 (0.57%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.57%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (0.57%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.57%) Power Query
7 1 (0.57%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (5.75%) JIRA
2 5 (2.87%) Rational DOORS
3 4 (2.30%) GitLab
4 2 (1.15%) CANoe
4 2 (1.15%) Git
4 2 (1.15%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 47 (27.01%) Analytical Skills
2 31 (17.82%) Finance
3 30 (17.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 30 (17.24%) Social Skills
4 28 (16.09%) Automotive
4 28 (16.09%) Pharmaceutical
5 19 (10.92%) Electronics
6 15 (8.62%) Manufacturing
7 11 (6.32%) Retail
8 8 (4.60%) Legal
9 5 (2.87%) Marketing
9 5 (2.87%) Military
10 4 (2.30%) Aerospace
10 4 (2.30%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (2.30%) Public Sector
11 3 (1.72%) Aeronautics
11 3 (1.72%) Aviation
11 3 (1.72%) Local Government
11 3 (1.72%) Police
12 2 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 32 (18.39%) Architect
2 27 (15.52%) Analyst
3 23 (13.22%) Lead
3 23 (13.22%) Software Architect
4 18 (10.34%) Research Analyst
5 17 (9.77%) Senior
6 14 (8.05%) Technical Leader
7 11 (6.32%) Developer
8 10 (5.75%) Data Engineer
9 9 (5.17%) Administrator
9 9 (5.17%) Embedded Engineer
10 6 (3.45%) Senior Embedded Engineer
10 6 (3.45%) Solutions Architect
10 6 (3.45%) Systems Administrator
10 6 (3.45%) Systems Engineer
10 6 (3.45%) Test Engineer
11 5 (2.87%) Database Developer
11 5 (2.87%) Database Engineer
11 5 (2.87%) SQL Database Developer
11 5 (2.87%) SSIS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.75%) EDI
2 4 (2.30%) AngularJS
2 4 (2.30%) React
3 3 (1.72%) .NET
3 3 (1.72%) Lightning Web Components
3 3 (1.72%) REST
3 3 (1.72%) Visualforce
4 2 (1.15%) .NET Framework
4 2 (1.15%) 802.1X
4 2 (1.15%) Hugging Face
4 2 (1.15%) Unreal Engine
4 2 (1.15%) V-Ray
4 2 (1.15%) WebRTC
5 1 (0.57%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.57%) Django
5 1 (0.57%) FastAPI
5 1 (0.57%) Flask
5 1 (0.57%) POSIX
5 1 (0.57%) RESTful
5 1 (0.57%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 18 (10.34%) Life Science
2 9 (5.17%) Management Information System
3 8 (4.60%) Product Ownership
4 4 (2.30%) CMDB
4 4 (2.30%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (1.72%) Algorithms
5 3 (1.72%) Infotainment
6 2 (1.15%) Augmented Reality
6 2 (1.15%) Clustering
6 2 (1.15%) SCADA
6 2 (1.15%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (1.15%) State Machine
6 2 (1.15%) Virtual Reality
6 2 (1.15%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.57%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.57%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.57%) FPGA
7 1 (0.57%) IoT
7 1 (0.57%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.57%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.87%) Linux
2 2 (1.15%) Windows
3 1 (0.57%) Android
3 1 (0.57%) FreeRTOS
3 1 (0.57%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (18.97%) Agile
2 26 (14.94%) Chemistry
2 26 (14.94%) Network Architecture
2 26 (14.94%) Requirements Management
3 25 (14.37%) Model Validation
4 24 (13.79%) TOGAF
5 23 (13.22%) Actionable Insight
5 23 (13.22%) Network Management
5 23 (13.22%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (13.22%) Technical Architecture
6 22 (12.64%) Analytics
7 21 (12.07%) Continuous Improvement
8 19 (10.92%) Acceptance Criteria
9 18 (10.34%) Data Management
10 17 (9.77%) Project Management
11 16 (9.20%) Verification and Validation
12 15 (8.62%) Business Intelligence
13 14 (8.05%) Roadmaps
14 13 (7.47%) Software Engineering
14 13 (7.47%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 24 (13.79%) SQL
2 16 (9.20%) MATLAB
3 10 (5.75%) Python
4 9 (5.17%) JavaScript
5 8 (4.60%) C++
6 7 (4.02%) Apex Code
7 6 (3.45%) C
8 3 (1.72%) C#
9 2 (1.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (1.15%) PowerShell
9 2 (1.15%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.57%) ABAP
10 1 (0.57%) Java
10 1 (0.57%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 82 (47.13%) Degree
2 15 (8.62%) DBS Check
3 9 (5.17%) SC Cleared
3 9 (5.17%) Security Cleared
4 7 (4.02%) CISM
4 7 (4.02%) CISSP
5 5 (2.87%) CISA
5 5 (2.87%) PCI QSA
6 4 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (2.30%) HND
7 3 (1.72%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.15%) CCNA
8 2 (1.15%) CCNP
8 2 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.15%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (1.15%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.57%) CBAP
9 1 (0.57%) IIBA
9 1 (0.57%) MBA
9 1 (0.57%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (10.34%) GLP
2 12 (6.90%) Data Quality
3 9 (5.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (4.60%) GMP
4 8 (4.60%) QA
5 5 (2.87%) NIST
5 5 (2.87%) PCI DSS
6 4 (2.30%) AUTOSAR
6 4 (2.30%) ISO 26262
6 4 (2.30%) MISRA
6 4 (2.30%) MISRA C
6 4 (2.30%) SLA
7 3 (1.72%) Accessibility
7 3 (1.72%) Automotive SPICE
8 2 (1.15%) ISO 14001
8 2 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 12207
8 2 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 1 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.57%) NCSC
System Software
1 5 (2.87%) Firmware
2 4 (2.30%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (1.72%) Docker
4 2 (1.15%) Active Directory
4 2 (1.15%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (1.72%) Functional Safety
2 1 (0.57%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 15 (8.62%) Microsoft
2 8 (4.60%) Salesforce
3 6 (3.45%) SAP
4 4 (2.30%) Apple
4 4 (2.30%) Siemens
5 3 (1.72%) NEC
6 2 (1.15%) ANSYS
6 2 (1.15%) CheckPoint
6 2 (1.15%) Cisco
6 2 (1.15%) Databricks
6 2 (1.15%) Oracle
6 2 (1.15%) Perforce
6 2 (1.15%) Veeam
6 2 (1.15%) VMware
7 1 (0.57%) Autodesk
7 1 (0.57%) AVEVA
7 1 (0.57%) EMC
7 1 (0.57%) MathWorks
7 1 (0.57%) QNX
7 1 (0.57%) Rockwell