Validation Jobs in Reading

Validation
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Reading 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 5 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 47 98
Rank change year-on-year -12 +51 -1
Permanent jobs citing Validation 8 76 34
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 1.56% 4.48% 2.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.83% 5.06% 2.17%
Number of salaries quoted 6 37 9
10th Percentile £46,000 £39,000 -
25th Percentile £48,563 £43,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £52,500 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -32.26% +32.48%
75th Percentile £66,875 £63,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £75,625 £70,250 £85,000
Berkshire median annual salary £65,000 £52,500 £77,500
% change year-on-year +23.81% -32.26% +40.91%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 436 1,501 1,566
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 85.16% 88.40% 97.09%
Number of salaries quoted 233 912 810
10th Percentile £31,750 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,463 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £54,995 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.65% -8.34% -
75th Percentile £83,750 £70,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £99,500 £80,000 £92,500
Berkshire median annual salary £60,000 £54,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Validation in Reading

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Salary Trend in Reading

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

Salary trend for Validation in Reading

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Salary Histogram in Reading

Salary distribution for jobs citing Validation in Reading over the 6 months to 5 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Validation in Reading

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) SAP S/4HANA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Jenkins
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
1 1 (12.50%) SoapUI
General
1 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (25.00%) Marketing
2 1 (12.50%) Aerospace
2 1 (12.50%) Automotive
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Health Technology
2 1 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Administrator
1 2 (25.00%) Salesforce Administrator
1 2 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (12.50%) Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Business Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Data Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Hardware Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Master Data Manager
2 1 (12.50%) QA Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Business Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Hardware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Mobile App
1 1 (12.50%) NHS
1 1 (12.50%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Linux
1 1 (12.50%) Ubuntu
1 1 (12.50%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Agile
2 3 (37.50%) User Stories
3 2 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 2 (25.00%) Data Governance
3 2 (25.00%) Data Management
3 2 (25.00%) Data Mapping
3 2 (25.00%) Data Strategy
3 2 (25.00%) Data Validation
3 2 (25.00%) Master Data Management
3 2 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (25.00%) Project Management
4 1 (12.50%) Change Management
4 1 (12.50%) Data Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) Manual Testing
4 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2
4 1 (12.50%) Use Case
4 1 (12.50%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) Java
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) QA
2 2 (25.00%) Data Quality
3 1 (12.50%) GxP
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Salesforce
2 1 (12.50%) SAP