Validation Engineer Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Validation Engineer
South East > Oxfordshire

The median Validation Engineer salary in Oxfordshire is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 November 2025.

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

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Validation Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Oxfordshire 0.17% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 - -
75th Percentile £73,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £62,500 £40,000 -
% change year-on-year +56.25% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Oxfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Oxfordshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Oxfordshire with a recognized job title 529 1,031 621
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.32% 95.11% 91.06%
Number of salaries quoted 397 554 512
10th Percentile £28,150 £28,950 £35,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £41,567
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -5.00% +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,306 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,850 £80,000
South East median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £54,763
% change year-on-year -13.64% +0.43% -0.43%

Validation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Validation Engineer job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Validation Engineer
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution trend for Validation Engineer job vacancies in Oxfordshire.

Salary distribution trend for Validation Engineer job vacancies in Oxfordshire

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

For the 6 months to 6 November 2025, Validation Engineer job roles required 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 job ads across the Oxfordshire region featuring Validation Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Dependency Management
1 1 (100.00%) ECSS
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Qt
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Shell Script
1 1 (100.00%) SpaceWire
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) UML
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Environments
1 1 (100.00%) VxWorks

Validation Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) SpaceWire
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Dependency Management
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) UML
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Shell Script
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ECSS