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

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 52 178
Rank change year-on-year -32 +126 -61
Permanent jobs citing Validation 275 257 102
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.76% 4.62% 1.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.51% 5.40% 1.32%
Number of salaries quoted 159 46 38
10th Percentile £30,000 - £33,175
25th Percentile £39,000 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £68,375 £63,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £79,000 £75,900 £58,825
England median annual salary £58,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +5.45% -4.35% -11.54%

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 10,952 4,762 7,708
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.90% 85.65% 78.99%
Number of salaries quoted 7,762 2,850 3,812
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £30,000
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 £58,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.17% -6.94%

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 23 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 23 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 +48 158 £50,000 -9.09% 237
East Midlands -53 117 £50,000 +17.65% 99
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 (1.09%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 2 (0.73%) Confluence
3 1 (0.36%) Apache
3 1 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.36%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 11 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (3.64%) SOLIDWORKS
3 9 (3.27%) Simulink
4 7 (2.55%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (2.18%) OrCAD
6 4 (1.45%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.36%) CATIA
7 1 (0.36%) EPLAN
7 1 (0.36%) Siemens NX
7 1 (0.36%) Solid Edge
7 1 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (2.18%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (2.18%) Infor M3
2 3 (1.09%) Oracle Applications
3 2 (0.73%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.36%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.36%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.36%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.36%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.36%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.36%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.36%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.36%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.36%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 27 (9.82%) Power Platform
2 19 (6.91%) Azure
3 15 (5.45%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (3.64%) Serverless
5 9 (3.27%) AWS
6 8 (2.91%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (2.55%) GitHub
8 6 (2.18%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (1.82%) GCP
9 5 (1.82%) Microsoft Copilot
9 5 (1.82%) Tricentis Tosca
10 3 (1.09%) Oracle CX
11 2 (0.73%) Amazon EMR
11 2 (0.73%) Amazon Kinesis
11 2 (0.73%) Amazon MSK
11 2 (0.73%) Amazon S3
11 2 (0.73%) AWS IoT
11 2 (0.73%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 2 (0.73%) GitHub Actions
11 2 (0.73%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 26 (9.45%) Modbus
2 15 (5.45%) VLAN
3 14 (5.09%) OSPF
4 12 (4.36%) TCP/IP
5 11 (4.00%) Ethernet
6 9 (3.27%) VPN
6 9 (3.27%) Wireshark
7 8 (2.91%) DMZ
7 8 (2.91%) IPv4
8 7 (2.55%) LAN
8 7 (2.55%) WAN
8 7 (2.55%) Wireless
9 6 (2.18%) BGP
9 6 (2.18%) Cisco Nexus
9 6 (2.18%) MQTT
9 6 (2.18%) Structured Cabling
9 6 (2.18%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (2.18%) ZigBee
10 5 (1.82%) Cisco IOS
10 5 (1.82%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (9.82%) Power BI
2 12 (4.36%) Tableau
3 7 (2.55%) Oracle Reports
4 5 (1.82%) Metadata
5 4 (1.45%) Crystal Reports
5 4 (1.45%) Delta Lake
5 4 (1.45%) GIS
5 4 (1.45%) Parquet
5 4 (1.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (1.09%) Amazon Redshift
6 3 (1.09%) DTS
6 3 (1.09%) MySQL
6 3 (1.09%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 3 (1.09%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.73%) Amazon Athena
7 2 (0.73%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.73%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.73%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.73%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.36%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 20 (7.27%) Git
2 13 (4.73%) Jenkins
3 12 (4.36%) GitLab
4 10 (3.64%) Snyk
5 9 (3.27%) Eclipse
5 9 (3.27%) LabVIEW
5 9 (3.27%) Selenium
6 7 (2.55%) JIRA
7 6 (2.18%) Cucumber
7 6 (2.18%) GDB
7 6 (2.18%) JMeter
8 5 (1.82%) Cypress.io
8 5 (1.82%) LoadRunner
8 5 (1.82%) Postman
8 5 (1.82%) REST Assured
8 5 (1.82%) SonarQube
9 4 (1.45%) Burp Suite
9 4 (1.45%) Gatling
9 4 (1.45%) HP UFT
9 4 (1.45%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 71 (25.82%) Social Skills
2 70 (25.45%) Analytical Skills
3 51 (18.55%) Electronics
3 51 (18.55%) Manufacturing
4 42 (15.27%) Finance
5 28 (10.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 22 (8.00%) Banking
6 22 (8.00%) Retail
7 19 (6.91%) Organisational Skills
8 18 (6.55%) Public Sector
9 16 (5.82%) Pharmaceutical
10 15 (5.45%) Telecoms
11 9 (3.27%) Aerospace
12 8 (2.91%) Automotive
13 7 (2.55%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (2.18%) Marketing
15 5 (1.82%) Law
15 5 (1.82%) Military
16 4 (1.45%) Social Housing
17 3 (1.09%) Games
Job Titles
1 46 (16.73%) Senior
2 34 (12.36%) Lead
3 28 (10.18%) Automation Engineer
4 21 (7.64%) Analyst
5 19 (6.91%) Developer
6 17 (6.18%) Data Scientist
7 16 (5.82%) Embedded Engineer
8 14 (5.09%) QA Specialist
8 14 (5.09%) Statistician
8 14 (5.09%) Validation Specialist
9 12 (4.36%) Architect
9 12 (4.36%) Principal Engineer
10 11 (4.00%) Electronics Engineer
11 10 (3.64%) Cloud Architect
11 10 (3.64%) Design Engineer
11 10 (3.64%) Performance Manager
11 10 (3.64%) Security Architect
11 10 (3.64%) Senior Architect
11 10 (3.64%) Senior Security Architect
11 10 (3.64%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.64%) XML
2 7 (2.55%) Playwright
3 6 (2.18%) Yocto
4 5 (1.82%) Oracle Fusion
4 5 (1.82%) Terraform
5 4 (1.45%) .NET
5 4 (1.45%) EDI
5 4 (1.45%) PySpark
5 4 (1.45%) pytest
5 4 (1.45%) Unity DI Container
5 4 (1.45%) YAML
6 3 (1.09%) RESTful
7 2 (0.73%) Blazor
7 2 (0.73%) Django
7 2 (0.73%) Matplotlib
7 2 (0.73%) PyTorch
7 2 (0.73%) REST
7 2 (0.73%) scikit-learn
7 2 (0.73%) Seaborn
7 2 (0.73%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 31 (11.27%) SCADA
2 28 (10.18%) Management Information System
3 18 (6.55%) Data Centre
4 13 (4.73%) Embedded Systems
5 12 (4.36%) Analytical Mindset
6 11 (4.00%) IoT
7 10 (3.64%) NHS
8 9 (3.27%) Data Structures
8 9 (3.27%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (2.91%) ARM Cortex
10 7 (2.55%) Client/Server
10 7 (2.55%) Driving Licence
10 7 (2.55%) FMCG
10 7 (2.55%) Robotics
11 6 (2.18%) Cloud Native
11 6 (2.18%) Device Driver
12 5 (1.82%) Analogue Electronics
13 4 (1.45%) Onboarding
14 3 (1.09%) Credit Risk
14 3 (1.09%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 17 (6.18%) Linux
2 6 (2.18%) Android
2 6 (2.18%) Windows
3 4 (1.45%) Kali Linux
4 2 (0.73%) Embedded Linux
4 2 (0.73%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (0.36%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (28.73%) Problem-Solving
2 64 (23.27%) Continuous Improvement
3 53 (19.27%) Cybersecurity
4 45 (16.36%) Computer Science
5 42 (15.27%) AI
5 42 (15.27%) Test Automation
6 40 (14.55%) Agile
6 40 (14.55%) Business Intelligence
7 37 (13.45%) Customer Requirements
8 36 (13.09%) CI/CD
9 31 (11.27%) Risk Management
10 30 (10.91%) Data Science
11 29 (10.55%) Decision-Making
11 29 (10.55%) Software Testing
12 28 (10.18%) Verification and Validation
13 27 (9.82%) ERP
14 25 (9.09%) Migration
15 24 (8.73%) Data Management
15 24 (8.73%) Project Management
16 23 (8.36%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 52 (18.91%) SQL
2 51 (18.55%) Python
3 21 (7.64%) C
4 18 (6.55%) Java
5 11 (4.00%) C++
5 11 (4.00%) Embedded C
5 11 (4.00%) MATLAB
6 4 (1.45%) Bash
7 3 (1.09%) C#
7 3 (1.09%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.36%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.36%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.36%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.36%) R
8 1 (0.36%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 97 (35.27%) Degree
2 36 (13.09%) Security Cleared
3 29 (10.55%) SC Cleared
4 21 (7.64%) Master's Degree
5 14 (5.09%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (2.91%) PMI Certification
7 7 (2.55%) PMP
8 6 (2.18%) HND
9 5 (1.82%) HNC
10 3 (1.09%) CISA
10 3 (1.09%) Oracle Certification
11 2 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.73%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.73%) SAP Certification
12 1 (0.36%) ACCA
12 1 (0.36%) Chartered Engineer
12 1 (0.36%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (10.55%) Data Quality
2 26 (9.45%) QA
3 10 (3.64%) GRC
4 6 (2.18%) GDPR
4 6 (2.18%) ISO 9001
4 6 (2.18%) JTAG
5 3 (1.09%) IEC 61508
5 3 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 17025
5 3 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.73%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.73%) ISO 26262
6 2 (0.73%) MISRA
6 2 (0.73%) MISRA C
7 1 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.36%) GxP
7 1 (0.36%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.36%) NIST
7 1 (0.36%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.36%) PSD2
System Software
1 28 (10.18%) Firmware
2 20 (7.27%) Embedded Firmware
3 10 (3.64%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.09%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (1.45%) Ansible
1 4 (1.45%) Grafana
1 4 (1.45%) HP Fortify
2 3 (1.09%) Functional Safety
2 3 (1.09%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.36%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.36%) SCCM
Vendors
1 26 (9.45%) Microsoft
2 12 (4.36%) Cisco
2 12 (4.36%) Oracle
3 11 (4.00%) EMC
4 10 (3.64%) CrowdStrike
4 10 (3.64%) Palo Alto
4 10 (3.64%) Tenable
5 8 (2.91%) SAP
6 6 (2.18%) Infor
7 4 (1.45%) Veracode
8 3 (1.09%) Cadence
8 3 (1.09%) Google
8 3 (1.09%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.36%) ANSYS
9 1 (0.36%) Apple
9 1 (0.36%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.36%) NCR
9 1 (0.36%) Planview
9 1 (0.36%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.36%) Siemens