Validation Job Trends in North London

Validation
London > North London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in North London requiring Validation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 27 28
Rank change year-on-year +6 +1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Validation 1 1 3
As % of all permanent jobs in North London 0.88% 0.56% 2.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.25% 0.56% 2.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £67,750
25th Percentile - £57,500 £68,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £60,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% -17.24% -19.44%
75th Percentile - £62,500 £83,125
90th Percentile - - £87,250
London median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £74,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% -5.41% +5.71%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North London

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 North London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 80 179 135
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in North London 70.80% 100.00% 95.07%
Number of salaries quoted 52 29 118
10th Percentile £39,075 £42,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% +0.91% -15.38%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,050 £75,375
London median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year - +3.45% -3.33%

Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in North London

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

Validation job vacancy trend in North London

Validation
Salary Trend in North London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in North London citing Validation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in North London citing Validation

Validation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in North London 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 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Test Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Test Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft