Validation Jobs in Northern Ireland

Validation
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 39 89
Rank change year-on-year +10 +50 -28
Permanent jobs citing Validation 6 39 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 2.33% 5.23% 1.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.54% 5.97% 1.67%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £71,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.57%
75th Percentile - - £73,750
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £58,033 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +5.51% -12.00% +9.65%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 236 653 840
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 91.83% 87.53% 96.11%
Number of salaries quoted 59 311 436
10th Percentile £23,504 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £54,408 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% +8.82% +11.11%
75th Percentile £68,750 £66,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £87,667 £87,500 £71,625
UK median annual salary £57,443 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +4.44% -9.69% +1.50%

Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for Validation in Northern Ireland

Validation
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Salary trend for Validation in Northern Ireland

Validation
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 30 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
County Antrim +10 6 - - 49
Validation
UK

Validation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 3 (50.00%) Simulink
General
1 3 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 3 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Law
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Systems Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) QA Officer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Biopharmaceutical
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Digital Twin
1 3 (50.00%) Mathematics
1 3 (50.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
1 3 (50.00%) Software Engineering
1 3 (50.00%) SysML
1 3 (50.00%) Systems Engineering
1 3 (50.00%) Verification and Validation
2 2 (33.33%) CAPA
2 2 (33.33%) QMS
3 1 (16.67%) Biology
3 1 (16.67%) Change Control
3 1 (16.67%) Chemistry
3 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (16.67%) Neuroscience
3 1 (16.67%) Supplier Management
3 1 (16.67%) Tech Ops
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Degree
2 3 (50.00%) HNC
2 3 (50.00%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) GMP
1 3 (50.00%) QA