Senior Validation Engineer Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Senior Validation Engineer
South East > Oxfordshire

The median Senior Validation Engineer salary in Oxfordshire is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 November 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

	6 months to 2 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	101	-	-
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Permanent Senior Validation Engineer jobs	7	0	0
As % of all permanent jobs in Oxfordshire	0.36%	-	-
As % of the Job Titles category	0.38%	-	-
Number of salaries quoted	5	0	0
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	£78,750	-	-
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£82,500	-	-
75^th Percentile	£90,000	-	-
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
South East median annual salary	£82,500	-	-

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Oxfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts in Oxfordshire matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.

	6 months to 2 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in Oxfordshire matching a recognised job title	1,829	631	1,033
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title	93.08%	93.62%	95.21%
Number of salaries quoted	1,376	394	556
10^th Percentile	£30,000	£28,075	£28,750
25^th Percentile	£40,500	£35,000	£40,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	£47,500	£52,000
Median % change year-on-year	+15.79%	-8.65%	-5.45%
75^th Percentile	£71,563	£65,000	£63,575
90^th Percentile	£92,500	£75,000	£78,375
South East median annual salary	£55,000	£47,500	£55,000
% change year-on-year	+15.79%	-13.64%	+0.32%

Senior Validation Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Senior Validation Engineer job postings relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire.

Senior Validation Engineer Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution trend for Senior Validation Engineer job vacancies in Oxfordshire.

Senior Validation Engineer Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in Senior Validation Engineer jobs within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 2 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Wallingford	-	4	£90,000	-
Oxford	-	3	£82,500	-
Senior Validation Engineer South East

Senior Validation Engineer Skill Set Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire

For the 6 months to 2 November 2026, Senior Validation Engineer job ads cited the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent Senior Validation Engineer job ads across the Oxfordshire region.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Validation	100.0%	7
1	Verification and Validation	100.0%	7
3	Software Testing	71.4%	5
4	Linux	57.1%	4
4	Python	57.1%	4
6	QA	42.9%	3
6	Release Management	42.9%	3
6	Test Automation	42.9%	3
6	Test Strategy	42.9%	3
10	Benchmarking	28.6%	2
10	C++	28.6%	2
10	Dependency Management	28.6%	2
10	Docker	28.6%	2
10	Git	28.6%	2
10	GitHub	28.6%	2
10	Go	28.6%	2
10	Logistics	28.6%	2
10	Performance Metrics	28.6%	2
10	Problem-Solving	28.6%	2

Senior Validation Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

Rank	Job Title	Share	Job Ads
1	Senior Verification Engineer	100.0%	7
2	Senior Robotics Engineer	42.9%	3