Validation Jobs in Scotland

Validation
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Validation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Validation over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 160 157 217
Rank change year-on-year -3 +60 -67
Permanent jobs citing Validation 135 66 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 2.02% 1.42% 0.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.18% 1.51% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 28 21 12
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,733 £31,488
25th Percentile £43,950 £51,250 £38,031
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,797 £58,816 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.93% +26.48% +0.48%
75th Percentile £57,720 £77,715 £68,275
90th Percentile £72,433 £103,911 -
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Validation is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,194 4,363 5,255
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.63% 94.19% 90.89%
Number of salaries quoted 2,405 2,187 2,799
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,392 £30,500
25th Percentile £40,500 £42,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +8.49% +8.16%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Validation in Scotland

Validation
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Validation in Scotland

Validation
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Validation in Scotland over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Validation in Scotland

Validation
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 7 May 2024. 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
Glasgow -46 85 £52,500 -4.55% 11
Edinburgh +39 45 £70,576 +1.62% 20
Lanarkshire - 3 £45,000 - 2
Inverclyde - 1 £23,000 -
Dundee - 1 £49,990 - 1
Validation
UK

Validation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (4.44%) IIS
1 6 (4.44%) SAS
2 2 (1.48%) Anypoint
2 2 (1.48%) Apache
2 2 (1.48%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.74%) Confluence
Applications
1 12 (8.89%) Sketch
2 5 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.48%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.74%) EViews
4 1 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.74%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.74%) SPSS
Cloud Services
1 13 (9.63%) Figma
2 9 (6.67%) BlazeMeter
3 8 (5.93%) AWS
3 8 (5.93%) Azure
4 7 (5.19%) Amazon SageMaker
5 3 (2.22%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.48%) GCP
6 2 (1.48%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 71 (52.59%) VSAT
2 6 (4.44%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.44%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.22%) Power BI
3 1 (0.74%) Metadata
3 1 (0.74%) Metadata Repository
3 1 (0.74%) MySQL
3 1 (0.74%) OLAP
3 1 (0.74%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.74%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 22 (16.30%) JIRA
2 9 (6.67%) Cucumber
2 9 (6.67%) Cypress.io
2 9 (6.67%) Gradle
2 9 (6.67%) Jenkins
2 9 (6.67%) JMeter
2 9 (6.67%) Maven
3 1 (0.74%) Git
General
1 43 (31.85%) Finance
2 30 (22.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 30 (22.22%) Law
2 30 (22.22%) Marketing
3 22 (16.30%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (15.56%) Social Skills
5 9 (6.67%) Retail
6 8 (5.93%) Banking
7 4 (2.96%) Public Sector
8 3 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.74%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.74%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.74%) Private Banking
9 1 (0.74%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 73 (54.07%) Architect
2 71 (52.59%) Software Architect
3 16 (11.85%) Software Engineer
4 14 (10.37%) Senior
5 12 (8.89%) Lead
6 10 (7.41%) Systems Engineer
7 9 (6.67%) Java Engineer
7 9 (6.67%) Java Software Engineer
7 9 (6.67%) QA Engineer
7 9 (6.67%) QA Software Engineer
8 8 (5.93%) Analyst
9 7 (5.19%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 7 (5.19%) Python Engineer
9 7 (5.19%) Python Software Engineer
10 6 (4.44%) Senior Systems Engineer
11 5 (3.70%) Data Scientist
12 3 (2.22%) Computer Systems Validation Specialist
12 3 (2.22%) Pensions Analyst
12 3 (2.22%) Senior Data Scientist
12 3 (2.22%) Validation Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (7.41%) React
2 9 (6.67%) Ext JS
2 9 (6.67%) Spring
2 9 (6.67%) Spring Boot
3 7 (5.19%) Flask
3 7 (5.19%) Keras
3 7 (5.19%) PyTorch
3 7 (5.19%) SpaCy
3 7 (5.19%) TensorFlow
4 6 (4.44%) REST
4 6 (4.44%) WebRTC
5 3 (2.22%) Pandas
5 3 (2.22%) XGBoost
6 1 (0.74%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.74%) CSS
6 1 (0.74%) HTML
6 1 (0.74%) Laravel
6 1 (0.74%) RESTful
6 1 (0.74%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 14 (10.37%) Management Information System
2 12 (8.89%) Legacy Systems
3 9 (6.67%) Market Risk
4 8 (5.93%) Algorithms
5 7 (5.19%) Credit Risk
5 7 (5.19%) Distributed Computing
6 6 (4.44%) Clustering
7 4 (2.96%) Data Structures
8 3 (2.22%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.48%) Life Science
10 1 (0.74%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.74%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.74%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.48%) Linux
2 1 (0.74%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (56.30%) Model Validation
2 71 (52.59%) Network Architecture
2 71 (52.59%) Network Management
2 71 (52.59%) Requirements Management
2 71 (52.59%) Technical Architecture
2 71 (52.59%) TOGAF
3 70 (51.85%) Actionable Insight
4 39 (28.89%) Agile
5 28 (20.74%) Visualisation
6 20 (14.81%) Continuous Improvement
6 20 (14.81%) Problem-Solving
7 18 (13.33%) SDLC
8 16 (11.85%) CI/CD
8 16 (11.85%) Community of Practice
8 16 (11.85%) Data Validation
8 16 (11.85%) Operational Stability
8 16 (11.85%) Software Engineering
9 15 (11.11%) Migration
9 15 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
10 14 (10.37%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (17.78%) SQL
2 15 (11.11%) Python
3 10 (7.41%) JavaScript
4 9 (6.67%) Java
5 5 (3.70%) R
6 1 (0.74%) C++
6 1 (0.74%) MATLAB
6 1 (0.74%) PHP
Qualifications
1 9 (6.67%) Degree
1 9 (6.67%) SC Cleared
1 9 (6.67%) Security Cleared
2 3 (2.22%) Master's Degree
3 1 (0.74%) CBAP
3 1 (0.74%) CCDP
3 1 (0.74%) CCNP
3 1 (0.74%) CCSP
3 1 (0.74%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (0.74%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.74%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (0.74%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (8.15%) QA
2 4 (2.96%) IFRS
2 4 (2.96%) IFRS 9
3 3 (2.22%) CRD IV
3 3 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 1 (0.74%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.74%) Basel III
System Software
1 6 (4.44%) VMware Infrastructure
1 6 (4.44%) VMware NSX
2 1 (0.74%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.74%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 12 (8.89%) ServiceNow
2 9 (6.67%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.67%) TOWER Software
3 7 (5.19%) Databricks
4 6 (4.44%) VMware
5 2 (1.48%) Apple
5 2 (1.48%) Google
5 2 (1.48%) MuleSoft
5 2 (1.48%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.74%) Infor
6 1 (0.74%) Keysight