Validation Job Trends in the North East

Validation
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North East requiring Validation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 68 55
Rank change year-on-year -4 -13 +20
Permanent jobs citing Validation 10 18 17
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 0.98% 1.93% 2.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.25% 2.18% 2.52%
Number of salaries quoted 8 2 14
10th Percentile - £36,400 £51,625
25th Percentile £30,500 £36,625 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 £41,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.30% -40.71% +16.67%
75th Percentile £42,631 £49,625 £85,000
90th Percentile £54,435 £51,800 -
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -8.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North East

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 North East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 803 827 674
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 78.80% 88.83% 89.51%
Number of salaries quoted 541 337 579
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,750 £29,700
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,897 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.21% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £61,973
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Validation relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Validation job vacancy trend in the North East

Validation
Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Validation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Validation

Validation
Salary Histogram in the North East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Validation in the North East over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Validation in the North East

Validation
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the North East region over the 6 months to 13 January 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
Northumberland +11 5 £31,000 -
Tyne and Wear +2 3 £43,249 -4.95% 17
Durham +7 2 £70,079 +86.88% 2
Validation
England

Validation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) AWS
1 1 (10.00%) Azure
1 1 (10.00%) Datadog
1 1 (10.00%) dbt
1 1 (10.00%) PaaS
1 1 (10.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (10.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Power BI
1 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (10.00%) JIRA
1 1 (10.00%) JMeter
1 1 (10.00%) Locust
1 1 (10.00%) TestRail
General
1 7 (70.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 5 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Electronics
3 1 (10.00%) Games
3 1 (10.00%) Law
3 1 (10.00%) Legal
3 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Analyst
2 5 (50.00%) IT Analyst
2 5 (50.00%) IT Support
2 5 (50.00%) IT Support Analyst
2 5 (50.00%) Support Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Test Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Applications Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Business Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Electronics Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Electronics Test Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) IT Manager
4 1 (10.00%) IT Services Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Lead
4 1 (10.00%) Senior
4 1 (10.00%) Senior IT Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Service Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Service Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) Gherkin
1 1 (10.00%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) LIMS
1 5 (50.00%) Onboarding
1 5 (50.00%) SCADA
2 1 (10.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (50.00%) Windows
1 5 (50.00%) Windows 10
1 5 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) ITIL
2 6 (60.00%) Customer Service
2 6 (60.00%) Service Management
2 6 (60.00%) User Experience
3 5 (50.00%) Biotechnology
4 3 (30.00%) Agile
4 3 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (20.00%) Performance Testing
5 2 (20.00%) Software Testing
5 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (20.00%) Test Automation
6 1 (10.00%) BDD
6 1 (10.00%) Continuous Delivery
6 1 (10.00%) Scenario Testing
6 1 (10.00%) Service Design
6 1 (10.00%) Test Strategy
6 1 (10.00%) Translating Business Requirements
6 1 (10.00%) User Stories
6 1 (10.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) Java
1 1 (10.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) A+ Certification
1 5 (50.00%) CCNA
1 5 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (50.00%) MCSA
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 5 (50.00%) Network+ Certification
2 1 (10.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) HNC
2 1 (10.00%) ISEB
2 1 (10.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (10.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (10.00%) PMP
2 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (50.00%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 5 (50.00%) GxP
2 2 (20.00%) QA
3 1 (10.00%) Accessibility
3 1 (10.00%) GDPR
3 1 (10.00%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (10.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Grafana
1 1 (10.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (10.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (50.00%) Cisco