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 14 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 54 168
Rank change year-on-year -36 +114 -54
Permanent jobs citing Validation 253 262 119
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.66% 4.65% 1.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.38% 5.44% 1.52%
Number of salaries quoted 150 49 41
10th Percentile £30,000 £40,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £38,813 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.36% +10.00% -4.12%
75th Percentile £67,875 £66,250 £53,750
90th Percentile £78,875 £75,900 £60,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -10.85%

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 10,622 4,812 7,833
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.49% 85.33% 78.13%
Number of salaries quoted 7,570 2,882 4,087
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -7.93%

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 14 September 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 14 September 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 +41 143 £50,000 -9.09% 214
East Midlands -55 110 £46,209 +8.73% 98
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 3 (1.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 1 (0.40%) Apache
2 1 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (0.40%) Confluence
2 1 (0.40%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 10 (3.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (3.16%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.16%) Simulink
2 8 (3.16%) SOLIDWORKS
3 3 (1.19%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (1.19%) OrCAD
4 1 (0.40%) CATIA
4 1 (0.40%) EPLAN
4 1 (0.40%) Siemens NX
4 1 (0.40%) Solid Edge
4 1 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (2.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.98%) Infor M3
3 3 (1.19%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (0.79%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.40%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.40%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.40%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.40%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.40%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.40%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 27 (10.67%) Power Platform
2 19 (7.51%) Azure
3 14 (5.53%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (3.95%) Serverless
5 9 (3.56%) AWS
6 7 (2.77%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (2.37%) GCP
7 6 (2.37%) GitHub
7 6 (2.37%) Microsoft 365
8 5 (1.98%) Microsoft Copilot
8 5 (1.98%) Tricentis Tosca
9 3 (1.19%) Oracle CX
10 2 (0.79%) Amazon EMR
10 2 (0.79%) Amazon Kinesis
10 2 (0.79%) Amazon MSK
10 2 (0.79%) Amazon S3
10 2 (0.79%) AWS IoT
10 2 (0.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (0.79%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (0.79%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (8.30%) Modbus
2 13 (5.14%) VLAN
3 12 (4.74%) OSPF
3 12 (4.74%) TCP/IP
4 9 (3.56%) Ethernet
5 8 (3.16%) Wireshark
6 7 (2.77%) LAN
6 7 (2.77%) VPN
6 7 (2.77%) WAN
6 7 (2.77%) Wireless
7 6 (2.37%) BGP
7 6 (2.37%) Cisco Nexus
7 6 (2.37%) DMZ
7 6 (2.37%) IPv4
7 6 (2.37%) MQTT
7 6 (2.37%) Structured Cabling
7 6 (2.37%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (2.37%) ZigBee
8 5 (1.98%) Cisco IOS
8 5 (1.98%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (10.67%) Power BI
2 12 (4.74%) Tableau
3 7 (2.77%) Oracle Reports
4 5 (1.98%) Metadata
5 4 (1.58%) Crystal Reports
5 4 (1.58%) GIS
5 4 (1.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (1.19%) Amazon Redshift
6 3 (1.19%) Delta Lake
6 3 (1.19%) DTS
6 3 (1.19%) MySQL
6 3 (1.19%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 3 (1.19%) Parquet
7 2 (0.79%) Amazon Athena
7 2 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.79%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.79%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 19 (7.51%) Git
2 13 (5.14%) Jenkins
3 12 (4.74%) GitLab
4 10 (3.95%) Snyk
5 9 (3.56%) Selenium
6 8 (3.16%) Eclipse
7 7 (2.77%) LabVIEW
8 6 (2.37%) Cucumber
8 6 (2.37%) GDB
8 6 (2.37%) JIRA
8 6 (2.37%) JMeter
9 5 (1.98%) Cypress.io
9 5 (1.98%) LoadRunner
9 5 (1.98%) Postman
9 5 (1.98%) REST Assured
9 5 (1.98%) SonarQube
10 4 (1.58%) Burp Suite
10 4 (1.58%) Gatling
10 4 (1.58%) HP UFT
10 4 (1.58%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 64 (25.30%) Analytical Skills
1 64 (25.30%) Social Skills
2 41 (16.21%) Electronics
3 40 (15.81%) Manufacturing
4 39 (15.42%) Finance
5 27 (10.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 22 (8.70%) Banking
6 22 (8.70%) Retail
7 18 (7.11%) Organisational Skills
7 18 (7.11%) Public Sector
8 17 (6.72%) Pharmaceutical
9 13 (5.14%) Telecoms
10 6 (2.37%) Aerospace
10 6 (2.37%) Marketing
10 6 (2.37%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.98%) Law
11 5 (1.98%) Military
12 4 (1.58%) Games
12 4 (1.58%) iGaming
12 4 (1.58%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 44 (17.39%) Senior
2 32 (12.65%) Lead
3 23 (9.09%) Automation Engineer
4 20 (7.91%) Analyst
5 18 (7.11%) Developer
6 17 (6.72%) Data Scientist
7 15 (5.93%) Embedded Engineer
7 15 (5.93%) QA Specialist
7 15 (5.93%) Validation Specialist
8 14 (5.53%) Statistician
9 12 (4.74%) Architect
10 10 (3.95%) Cloud Architect
10 10 (3.95%) Cloud Security Architect
10 10 (3.95%) Performance Manager
10 10 (3.95%) Principal Engineer
10 10 (3.95%) Security Architect
10 10 (3.95%) Senior Architect
10 10 (3.95%) Senior Cloud Architect
10 10 (3.95%) Senior Security Architect
10 10 (3.95%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.95%) XML
2 7 (2.77%) Playwright
3 6 (2.37%) Yocto
4 5 (1.98%) Oracle Fusion
4 5 (1.98%) Terraform
5 4 (1.58%) EDI
5 4 (1.58%) pytest
5 4 (1.58%) Unity DI Container
5 4 (1.58%) YAML
6 3 (1.19%) .NET
6 3 (1.19%) PySpark
6 3 (1.19%) RESTful
7 2 (0.79%) Blazor
7 2 (0.79%) Django
7 2 (0.79%) Matplotlib
7 2 (0.79%) PyTorch
7 2 (0.79%) REST
7 2 (0.79%) scikit-learn
7 2 (0.79%) Seaborn
7 2 (0.79%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 27 (10.67%) Management Information System
2 26 (10.28%) SCADA
3 18 (7.11%) Data Centre
4 11 (4.35%) Analytical Mindset
4 11 (4.35%) IoT
5 10 (3.95%) Embedded Systems
5 10 (3.95%) NHS
6 9 (3.56%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (3.16%) ARM Cortex
7 8 (3.16%) Data Structures
7 8 (3.16%) Robotics
8 7 (2.77%) Client/Server
8 7 (2.77%) Driving Licence
9 6 (2.37%) Device Driver
9 6 (2.37%) FMCG
10 5 (1.98%) Cloud Native
11 4 (1.58%) Analogue Electronics
12 3 (1.19%) Distributed Systems
12 3 (1.19%) Onboarding
13 2 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 17 (6.72%) Linux
2 6 (2.37%) Android
2 6 (2.37%) Windows
3 4 (1.58%) Kali Linux
4 2 (0.79%) Embedded Linux
4 2 (0.79%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (0.40%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
2 60 (23.72%) Continuous Improvement
3 47 (18.58%) Cybersecurity
4 41 (16.21%) AI
4 41 (16.21%) Computer Science
5 40 (15.81%) Business Intelligence
6 39 (15.42%) Test Automation
7 37 (14.62%) Agile
8 35 (13.83%) CI/CD
9 31 (12.25%) Customer Requirements
10 28 (11.07%) Data Science
10 28 (11.07%) Decision-Making
10 28 (11.07%) Risk Management
11 27 (10.67%) Software Testing
12 24 (9.49%) Data Management
12 24 (9.49%) Verification and Validation
13 23 (9.09%) Analytics
13 23 (9.09%) ERP
14 22 (8.70%) Actionable Insight
14 22 (8.70%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 50 (19.76%) Python
2 49 (19.37%) SQL
3 20 (7.91%) C
4 17 (6.72%) Java
5 11 (4.35%) C++
6 10 (3.95%) Embedded C
6 10 (3.95%) MATLAB
7 4 (1.58%) Bash
8 3 (1.19%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.79%) C#
10 1 (0.40%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.40%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.40%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.40%) R
10 1 (0.40%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 87 (34.39%) Degree
2 33 (13.04%) Security Cleared
3 28 (11.07%) SC Cleared
4 19 (7.51%) Master's Degree
5 14 (5.53%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (2.77%) PMI Certification
7 6 (2.37%) PMP
8 3 (1.19%) CISA
8 3 (1.19%) HND
8 3 (1.19%) Oracle Certification
9 2 (0.79%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.79%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.79%) HNC
9 2 (0.79%) SAP Certification
10 1 (0.40%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (11.07%) Data Quality
1 28 (11.07%) QA
2 10 (3.95%) GRC
3 6 (2.37%) GDPR
3 6 (2.37%) ISO 9001
3 6 (2.37%) JTAG
4 3 (1.19%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.19%) IEC 61508
4 3 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 17025
4 3 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.79%) ISO 26262
5 2 (0.79%) MISRA
5 2 (0.79%) MISRA C
6 1 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.40%) GxP
6 1 (0.40%) ISO 14001
6 1 (0.40%) NIST
6 1 (0.40%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.40%) PSD2
System Software
1 25 (9.88%) Firmware
2 18 (7.11%) Embedded Firmware
3 10 (3.95%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.19%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (1.58%) Ansible
1 4 (1.58%) Grafana
1 4 (1.58%) HP Fortify
2 3 (1.19%) Functional Safety
2 3 (1.19%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.40%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.40%) SCCM
Vendors
1 24 (9.49%) Microsoft
2 12 (4.74%) Cisco
2 12 (4.74%) Oracle
3 10 (3.95%) CrowdStrike
3 10 (3.95%) Palo Alto
3 10 (3.95%) Tenable
4 8 (3.16%) SAP
5 7 (2.77%) EMC
6 5 (1.98%) Infor
7 4 (1.58%) Google
7 4 (1.58%) Veracode
8 3 (1.19%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.79%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.40%) Allen-Bradley
10 1 (0.40%) ANSYS
10 1 (0.40%) Fortinet
10 1 (0.40%) HubSpot
10 1 (0.40%) Meraki
10 1 (0.40%) Rockwell
10 1 (0.40%) Xero