Validation Jobs in Northamptonshire

Validation
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Northamptonshire 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 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 68 59
Rank change year-on-year +65 -9 -28
Permanent jobs citing Validation 267 1 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 30.90% 0.14% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 32.48% 0.18% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £36,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 - £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +6.67%
75th Percentile £38,750 - -
90th Percentile £40,625 - -
East Midlands median annual salary £51,000 £42,500 £53,750
% change year-on-year +20.00% -20.93% -2.27%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 822 556 481
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 95.14% 77.65% 93.58%
Number of salaries quoted 233 413 235
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,000 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £41,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.30% -21.90% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £53,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £68,750 £73,750
East Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £44,553 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.00% -10.89% +5.26%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

Job postings citing Validation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire.

Job vacancy trend for Validation in Northamptonshire

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Salary Trend in Northamptonshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Validation in Northamptonshire.

Salary trend for Validation in Northamptonshire

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Job Locations in Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 11 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
Northampton +40 97 £37,500 - 5
Brackley - 7 - -
Towcester - 5 - -
Wellingborough - 5 - - 1
Validation
East Midlands

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northamptonshire 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:

Applications
1 24 (8.99%) Simulink
2 1 (0.37%) Maple
Cloud Services
1 5 (1.87%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 174 (65.17%) 5G
1 174 (65.17%) Bluetooth
1 174 (65.17%) GSM
1 174 (65.17%) LTE
1 174 (65.17%) UMTS
1 174 (65.17%) Wi-Fi
1 174 (65.17%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.87%) Data Lake
1 5 (1.87%) Data Warehouse
1 5 (1.87%) Power BI
1 5 (1.87%) RDBMS
1 5 (1.87%) Relational Database
1 5 (1.87%) SQL Server
1 5 (1.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 11 (4.12%) Rational DOORS
General
1 175 (65.54%) Electronics
2 24 (8.99%) Aerospace
2 24 (8.99%) Automotive
3 5 (1.87%) Social Skills
4 2 (0.75%) Law
Job Titles
1 175 (65.54%) Electronics Engineer
2 174 (65.17%) Electronics Test Engineer
2 174 (65.17%) Test Engineer
3 60 (22.47%) Principal Engineer
3 60 (22.47%) Principal Systems Engineer
4 23 (8.61%) Systems Engineer
5 22 (8.24%) Integration Engineer
5 22 (8.24%) System Verification Engineer
5 22 (8.24%) Systems Integration Engineer
5 22 (8.24%) Validation Engineer
6 16 (5.99%) Requirements Engineer
7 12 (4.49%) Development Engineer
8 11 (4.12%) Software Development Engineer
8 11 (4.12%) Software Engineer
9 9 (3.37%) Engineering Manager
9 9 (3.37%) Principal Modelling Engineer
9 9 (3.37%) Requirements Manager
10 7 (2.62%) Principal Software Engineer
11 5 (1.87%) Analyst
12 4 (1.50%) Senior Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 174 (65.17%) Driving Licence
2 1 (0.37%) CAN bus
Processes & Methodologies
1 223 (83.52%) Verification and Validation
2 180 (67.42%) Coaching
3 174 (65.17%) Customer Requirements
3 174 (65.17%) Mentoring
3 174 (65.17%) Test Strategy
4 85 (31.84%) Systems Engineering
5 25 (9.36%) Agile
6 24 (8.99%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
6 24 (8.99%) Software Testing
7 15 (5.62%) Project Planning
7 15 (5.62%) SysML
8 14 (5.24%) Acceptance Criteria
9 12 (4.49%) Software Engineering
10 11 (4.12%) Requirements Management
11 9 (3.37%) Stakeholder Management
12 8 (3.00%) Physics
13 7 (2.62%) Data Analysis
14 6 (2.25%) Mathematics
15 5 (1.87%) Database Tuning
15 5 (1.87%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 26 (9.74%) MATLAB
2 5 (1.87%) SQL
2 5 (1.87%) T-SQL
3 2 (0.75%) Python
Qualifications
1 201 (75.28%) Degree
2 174 (65.17%) HND
3 79 (29.59%) BPSS Clearance
4 16 (5.99%) Chartered Engineer
4 16 (5.99%) ISTQB
5 2 (0.75%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.37%) PhD
Vendors
1 1 (0.37%) Lotus