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 18 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 18 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	70	58	191
Rank change year-on-year	-12	+133	-76
Permanent jobs citing Validation	337	254	83
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands	2.13%	4.59%	0.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	3.00%	5.28%	1.12%
Number of salaries quoted	183	45	37
10^th Percentile	£32,100	£38,250	£34,000
25^th Percentile	£39,000	£41,250	£36,250
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£50,000	£55,000	£50,000
Median % change year-on-year	-9.09%	+10.00%	-
75^th Percentile	£70,000	£62,500	£53,750
90^th Percentile	£80,000	£75,900	£58,850
England median annual salary	£57,500	£55,000	£55,000
% change year-on-year	+4.55%	-	-15.38%

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.

	6 months to 18 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills	11,250	4,810	7,379
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands	71.25%	86.87%	80.80%
Number of salaries quoted	7,941	2,826	3,343
10^th Percentile	£30,000	£27,000	£30,000
25^th Percentile	£39,000	£32,125	£37,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£50,000	£45,390	£51,251
Median % change year-on-year	+10.16%	-11.44%	-2.38%
75^th Percentile	£65,000	£63,688	£65,000
90^th Percentile	£80,000	£77,500	£78,990
England median annual salary	£60,000	£55,000	£60,000
% change year-on-year	+9.09%	-8.33%	-1.32%

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 Salary Trend in the Midlands

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 18 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Validation in the Midlands

Validation 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 18 October 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	+45	182	£45,000	-18.18%	206
East Midlands	-34	155	£50,000	+17.65%	138
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Validation Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 18 October 2026, job vacancies citing Validation also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Midlands region with a requirement for Validation.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Degree	35.9%	121
2	Problem-Solving	32.3%	109
3	Continuous Improvement	24.0%	81
4	Cybersecurity	17.5%	59
4	SQL	17.5%	59
6	Python	16.9%	57
7	Customer Requirements	16.0%	54
8	Computer Science	14.8%	50
9	Business Intelligence	14.5%	49
10	Security Cleared	13.9%	47
11	Agile	13.6%	46
12	Test Automation	13.4%	45
13	AI	13.1%	44
14	Data Quality	12.8%	43
15	Verification and Validation	11.6%	39
16	Power Platform	11.3%	38
17	CI/CD	11.0%	37
17	Power BI	11.0%	37
19	Decision-Making	10.7%	36
19	Risk Management	10.7%	36
21	Data Modelling	10.4%	35
21	Microsoft	10.4%	35
21	Modbus	10.4%	35
21	SC Cleared	10.4%	35
25	ERP	9.8%	33
26	Data Science	9.5%	32
27	Analytics	9.2%	31
27	Software Testing	9.2%	31
29	Azure	8.9%	30
30	Firmware	8.6%	29

Validation Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Problem-Solving	32.3%	109
2	Continuous Improvement	24.0%	81
3	Cybersecurity	17.5%	59
4	Customer Requirements	16.0%	54
5	Computer Science	14.8%	50
6	Business Intelligence	14.5%	49
7	Agile	13.6%	46
8	Test Automation	13.4%	45
9	AI	13.1%	44
10	Verification and Validation	11.6%	39
11	CI/CD	11.0%	37
12	Decision-Making	10.7%	36
12	Risk Management	10.7%	36
14	Data Modelling	10.4%	35
15	ERP	9.8%	33
16	Data Science	9.5%	32
17	Analytics	9.2%	31
17	Software Testing	9.2%	31
19	Migration	8.6%	29
19	Technical Leadership	8.6%	29