Validation Jobs in the North West

Validation
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring Validation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Validation over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 71 139 186
Rank change year-on-year +68 +47 +60
Permanent jobs citing Validation 358 160 112
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 4.61% 1.57% 1.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.81% 1.92% 1.54%
Number of salaries quoted 220 59 28
10th Percentile - £35,000 £38,488
25th Percentile - £36,250 £41,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £50,000 £51,320
Median % change year-on-year -4.63% -2.57% +9.19%
75th Percentile £51,240 £65,000 £77,715
90th Percentile £61,967 £83,000 £80,625
England median annual salary £52,600 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.36% -12.00% +8.70%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,443 8,321 7,275
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 95.84% 81.39% 95.28%
Number of salaries quoted 3,759 6,289 3,873
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,500 £31,011
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £76,840 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Validation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Validation in the North West

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Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Validation in the North West.

Salary trend for Validation in the North West

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Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Validation in the North West over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Validation in the North West

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Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the North West region over the 6 months to 28 May 2025. 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
Lancashire +42 220 £47,683 +24.66% 39
Cumbria -8 96 £61,967 +56.88% 16
Manchester +4 27 £45,000 -2.70% 61
Cheshire -8 9 £34,755 -42.08% 23
Merseyside +9 6 £47,000 +34.29% 15
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England

Validation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (0.56%) Apache Airflow
1 2 (0.56%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.28%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.28%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 140 (39.11%) Simulink
2 6 (1.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.68%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 10 (2.79%) Power Platform
2 4 (1.12%) AWS
2 4 (1.12%) Azure
3 2 (0.56%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (0.56%) dbt
3 2 (0.56%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (0.56%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (0.56%) Snowflake
4 1 (0.28%) Amazon EC2
4 1 (0.28%) Amazon EKS
4 1 (0.28%) Amazon S3
4 1 (0.28%) Azure Machine Learning
4 1 (0.28%) GCP
4 1 (0.28%) GitHub
4 1 (0.28%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (0.28%) Google Analytics
4 1 (0.28%) npm
4 1 (0.28%) Serverless
4 1 (0.28%) Stitch
4 1 (0.28%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.12%) 5G
1 4 (1.12%) Bluetooth
1 4 (1.12%) GSM
1 4 (1.12%) LTE
1 4 (1.12%) UMTS
1 4 (1.12%) Wi-Fi
1 4 (1.12%) Wireless
2 1 (0.28%) Broadband
2 1 (0.28%) DNS
2 1 (0.28%) Ethernet
2 1 (0.28%) FlexRay
2 1 (0.28%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.79%) Power BI
2 4 (1.12%) NoSQL
3 3 (0.84%) Big Data
3 3 (0.84%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.84%) Tableau
4 2 (0.56%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.56%) Hadoop
4 2 (0.56%) MySQL
4 2 (0.56%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.28%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (0.28%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.28%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.28%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.28%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.28%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 63 (17.60%) Rational DOORS
2 4 (1.12%) Git
3 2 (0.56%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 2 (0.56%) Bitbucket
3 2 (0.56%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.56%) JMeter
3 2 (0.56%) LoadRunner
3 2 (0.56%) NeoLoad
3 2 (0.56%) REST Assured
3 2 (0.56%) Selenium
3 2 (0.56%) WebDriver
4 1 (0.28%) JIRA
4 1 (0.28%) MLflow
General
1 30 (8.38%) Electronics
1 30 (8.38%) Social Skills
2 17 (4.75%) Manufacturing
3 15 (4.19%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (2.79%) Retail
5 9 (2.51%) Finance
6 8 (2.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (1.96%) Pharmaceutical
8 5 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (0.56%) Marketing
10 1 (0.28%) Automotive
10 1 (0.28%) Games
10 1 (0.28%) Mandarin Language
10 1 (0.28%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.28%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 194 (54.19%) Systems Engineer
2 65 (18.16%) Engineering Manager
3 57 (15.92%) Electronics Engineer
4 42 (11.73%) Senior
5 18 (5.03%) Analyst
6 16 (4.47%) Instrumentation Engineer
6 16 (4.47%) Senior Electrical Engineer
7 15 (4.19%) Requirements Manager
8 7 (1.96%) Applications Support
8 7 (1.96%) Applications Support Analyst
8 7 (1.96%) Support Analyst
8 7 (1.96%) Test Engineer
9 5 (1.40%) Data Scientist
10 4 (1.12%) Electronics Test Engineer
10 4 (1.12%) Insight Analyst
10 4 (1.12%) QA Officer
11 3 (0.84%) ERP Analyst
11 3 (0.84%) Principal Engineer
11 3 (0.84%) Principal Systems Engineer
11 3 (0.84%) Test Validation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.84%) Kafka
2 2 (0.56%) NumPy
2 2 (0.56%) Pandas
3 1 (0.28%) .NET
3 1 (0.28%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.28%) Classic ASP
3 1 (0.28%) CSS
3 1 (0.28%) GraphQL
3 1 (0.28%) HTML
3 1 (0.28%) J2EE
3 1 (0.28%) Jest
3 1 (0.28%) JSON
3 1 (0.28%) Node.js
3 1 (0.28%) React
3 1 (0.28%) REST
3 1 (0.28%) Spring
3 1 (0.28%) Vitest
3 1 (0.28%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (1.96%) Management Information System
1 7 (1.96%) Manufacturing Execution System
1 7 (1.96%) Product Ownership
2 4 (1.12%) Algorithms
2 4 (1.12%) Driving Licence
3 2 (0.56%) Biopharmaceutical
3 2 (0.56%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (0.28%) Data Structures
4 1 (0.28%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (0.28%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (0.28%) Infotainment
4 1 (0.28%) Mobile App
4 1 (0.28%) Onboarding
4 1 (0.28%) Taxonomies
4 1 (0.28%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.96%) Linux
2 2 (0.56%) Windows
3 1 (0.28%) Android
3 1 (0.28%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.28%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.28%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.28%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 303 (84.64%) Systems Engineering
2 229 (63.97%) Verification and Validation
3 202 (56.42%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 184 (51.40%) Mathematics
5 146 (40.78%) Software Engineering
6 140 (39.11%) Digital Twin
6 140 (39.11%) SysML
7 70 (19.55%) Requirements Management
7 70 (19.55%) Stakeholder Management
8 58 (16.20%) Requirements Gathering
9 57 (15.92%) Data Analysis
10 55 (15.36%) Project Planning
11 42 (11.73%) Physics
12 25 (6.98%) Change Management
13 24 (6.70%) Chemistry
13 24 (6.70%) Monte Carlo Method
13 24 (6.70%) Problem-Solving
14 22 (6.15%) Coaching
15 19 (5.31%) Agile
16 12 (3.35%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 140 (39.11%) MATLAB
2 19 (5.31%) SQL
3 9 (2.51%) Python
4 7 (1.96%) C-shell
4 7 (1.96%) Korn
4 7 (1.96%) PL/SQL
4 7 (1.96%) Shell Script
5 2 (0.56%) VBScript
6 1 (0.28%) Bash
6 1 (0.28%) C#
6 1 (0.28%) Java
6 1 (0.28%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.28%) PHP
6 1 (0.28%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.28%) R
6 1 (0.28%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.28%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.28%) VB
6 1 (0.28%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 317 (88.55%) Degree
2 197 (55.03%) HND
3 193 (53.91%) HNC
4 135 (37.71%) BPSS Clearance
5 72 (20.11%) Chartered Engineer
6 60 (16.76%) Master's Degree
7 24 (6.70%) Numerate Degree
8 10 (2.79%) PhD
9 9 (2.51%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (1.12%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.84%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.56%) SC Cleared
12 2 (0.56%) Security Cleared
13 1 (0.28%) MCP
13 1 (0.28%) MCSA
13 1 (0.28%) MCSE
13 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (4.47%) ARP4754
1 16 (4.47%) DO-254
1 16 (4.47%) IEC 61508
2 10 (2.79%) QA
3 9 (2.51%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.12%) GMP
5 3 (0.84%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.28%) NCSC
6 1 (0.28%) SEPA
System Software
1 3 (0.84%) Docker
2 1 (0.28%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.28%) BitLocker
2 1 (0.28%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.56%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (0.28%) Grafana
2 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.28%) SCCM
2 1 (0.28%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (2.23%) Microsoft
2 7 (1.96%) Oracle
3 5 (1.40%) Atlassian
4 4 (1.12%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.28%) Google
5 1 (0.28%) McAfee
5 1 (0.28%) SAP
5 1 (0.28%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.28%) Symantec
5 1 (0.28%) Talend
5 1 (0.28%) VMware