Validation Job Trends in Slough

Validation
Berkshire > Slough

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Slough requiring Validation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 28 24
Rank change year-on-year -14 -4 +30
Permanent jobs citing Validation 13 1 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Slough 3.75% 0.84% 1.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.56% 0.85% 1.16%
Number of salaries quoted 6 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £28,000 - £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £40,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.50% -42.86% +16.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 - £77,500
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median annual salary £48,750 £105,000 £57,495
% change year-on-year -53.57% +82.62% -17.86%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Slough

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 Slough.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 285 118 86
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Slough 82.13% 99.16% 90.53%
Number of salaries quoted 92 54 62
10th Percentile £30,250 £38,000 £38,000
25th Percentile £40,938 £60,000 £45,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +25.58% -10.42%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £82,250
Berkshire median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -23.08% +18.18% -6.78%

Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in Slough

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Validation relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Slough.

Validation job vacancy trend in Slough

Validation
Salary Trend in Slough

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Slough citing Validation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Slough citing Validation

Validation
Salary Histogram in Slough

Salary distribution for jobs citing Validation in Slough over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Validation in Slough

Validation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Slough 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:

Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (15.38%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (30.77%) Azure
2 3 (23.08%) Power Platform
3 1 (7.69%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 6 (46.15%) MQTT
2 3 (23.08%) Modbus
2 3 (23.08%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (23.08%) Power BI
2 1 (7.69%) Data Mining
2 1 (7.69%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (7.69%) Metadata
2 1 (7.69%) SAP BW
2 1 (7.69%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) ERwin
1 1 (7.69%) PowerDesigner
General
1 5 (38.46%) Finance
1 5 (38.46%) Manufacturing
2 3 (23.08%) Organisational Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (15.38%) Marketing
4 1 (7.69%) Law
4 1 (7.69%) Publishing
4 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (23.08%) Administrator
1 3 (23.08%) Data Administrator
1 3 (23.08%) Implementation Engineer
1 3 (23.08%) Lead
1 3 (23.08%) Master Data Administrator
2 2 (15.38%) Test Leader
3 1 (7.69%) Automation Test Lead
3 1 (7.69%) Data Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Data Model Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (7.69%) SAP Data Manager
3 1 (7.69%) SAP Delivery Manager
3 1 (7.69%) SAP Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Senior
3 1 (7.69%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (23.08%) Middleware
1 3 (23.08%) REST
1 3 (23.08%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Life Science
1 4 (30.77%) Operational Technology
2 3 (23.08%) IoT
2 3 (23.08%) LIMS
2 3 (23.08%) Manufacturing Execution System
2 3 (23.08%) SCADA
3 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
4 1 (7.69%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Data Integration
2 6 (46.15%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (46.15%) System Testing
3 5 (38.46%) Integration Testing
4 4 (30.77%) Analytics
4 4 (30.77%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (30.77%) Computer Science
4 4 (30.77%) Data Management
4 4 (30.77%) Data Science
4 4 (30.77%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 3 (23.08%) Collaborative Working
5 3 (23.08%) Data Pipeline
5 3 (23.08%) Data Visualisation
5 3 (23.08%) Decision-Making
5 3 (23.08%) Digital Strategy
5 3 (23.08%) Master Data Management
5 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (23.08%) Process Improvement
5 3 (23.08%) Source to Pay
5 3 (23.08%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (53.85%) SQL
2 3 (23.08%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) Degree
2 4 (30.77%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (30.77%) Master's Degree
3 1 (7.69%) PMI Certification
3 1 (7.69%) PMP
3 1 (7.69%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (30.77%) Data Quality
1 4 (30.77%) GxP
1 4 (30.77%) QA
2 3 (23.08%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 1 (7.69%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) Microsoft
2 3 (23.08%) Agilent
2 3 (23.08%) SAP
3 1 (7.69%) VMware