Validation Jobs in Oxfordshire

Validation
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Oxfordshire 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 24 64 81
Rank change year-on-year +40 +17 -4
Permanent jobs citing Validation 59 50 40
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 8.53% 2.79% 2.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.13% 3.50% 2.83%
Number of salaries quoted 5 32 30
10th Percentile £47,750 - -
25th Percentile £50,000 £34,750 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,500 £31,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% +73.02% -37.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £78,750 £62,971
90th Percentile £69,000 £83,750 £64,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 646 1,428 1,411
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 93.35% 79.64% 95.86%
Number of salaries quoted 295 1,110 757
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £39,750 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £68,125 £62,500 £68,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £73,750 £80,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Validation in Oxfordshire

Validation
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Salary trend for Validation in Oxfordshire

Validation
Salary Histogram in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Validation in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Validation in Oxfordshire

Validation
Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the Oxfordshire 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
Oxford +28 14 £55,000 -29.03% 50
Witney - 2 £70,000 - 6
Banbury - 1 - - 4
Carterton - 1 £47,500 -
Validation
South East

Validation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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 1 (1.69%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 37 (62.71%) 5G
1 37 (62.71%) Bluetooth
1 37 (62.71%) GSM
1 37 (62.71%) LTE
1 37 (62.71%) UMTS
1 37 (62.71%) Wi-Fi
1 37 (62.71%) Wireless
2 2 (3.39%) Ethernet
2 2 (3.39%) RS-485
Development Applications
1 13 (22.03%) Git
General
1 39 (66.10%) Electronics
2 13 (22.03%) Aerospace
3 5 (8.47%) Marketing
4 3 (5.08%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (5.08%) Health Technology
4 3 (5.08%) Law
5 2 (3.39%) Finance
5 2 (3.39%) Manufacturing
5 2 (3.39%) Public Sector
5 2 (3.39%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 37 (62.71%) Electronics Engineer
1 37 (62.71%) Electronics Test Engineer
1 37 (62.71%) Test Engineer
2 3 (5.08%) Developer
2 3 (5.08%) Product Manager
3 1 (1.69%) Analyst
3 1 (1.69%) Data Analyst
3 1 (1.69%) Design Engineer
3 1 (1.69%) Digital Design Engineer
3 1 (1.69%) Embedded Engineer
3 1 (1.69%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
3 1 (1.69%) Firmware Engineer
3 1 (1.69%) FPGA Design Engineer
3 1 (1.69%) FPGA Engineer
3 1 (1.69%) FPGA/VHDL Design Engineer
3 1 (1.69%) Senior
3 1 (1.69%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (1.69%) VHDL Design Engineer
3 1 (1.69%) VHDL Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (22.03%) Qt
2 3 (5.08%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 37 (62.71%) Driving Licence
2 13 (22.03%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (1.69%) FPGA
3 1 (1.69%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (84.75%) Verification and Validation
2 37 (62.71%) Coaching
2 37 (62.71%) Customer Requirements
2 37 (62.71%) Mentoring
2 37 (62.71%) Test Strategy
3 13 (22.03%) Knowledge Transfer
3 13 (22.03%) Manual Testing
3 13 (22.03%) Regression Testing
3 13 (22.03%) Software Testing
3 13 (22.03%) Test Automation
4 6 (10.17%) Performance Metrics
5 3 (5.08%) Analytics
5 3 (5.08%) Computational Fluid Dynamics
5 3 (5.08%) Data Analysis
5 3 (5.08%) Performance Engineering
5 3 (5.08%) Performance Optimisation
5 3 (5.08%) Product Management
5 3 (5.08%) Prototyping
5 3 (5.08%) Regulatory Compliance
5 3 (5.08%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 16 (27.12%) Python
2 13 (22.03%) C
2 13 (22.03%) C++
3 3 (5.08%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 46 (77.97%) Degree
2 37 (62.71%) HND
3 5 (8.47%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.08%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 3 (5.08%) Good Clinical Practice
System Software
1 1 (1.69%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (1.69%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (3.39%) EMC
1 2 (3.39%) Freescale
1 2 (3.39%) SAP
2 1 (1.69%) Altera
2 1 (1.69%) Oracle