Validation Jobs in the South East

Validation
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 126 126
Rank change year-on-year +93 0 +101
Permanent jobs citing Validation 589 356 375
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 6.14% 2.11% 2.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.68% 2.50% 2.77%
Number of salaries quoted 153 168 126
10th Percentile £35,650 £34,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £46,000 £39,873 £46,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £68,000 £74,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £52,600 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.36% -12.00% +4.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,818 14,215 13,529
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 91.86% 84.35% 94.54%
Number of salaries quoted 4,316 9,870 7,861
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £41,188 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,790 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.58% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £86,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Validation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Validation in the South East

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Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Validation in the South East.

Salary trend for Validation in the South East

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Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Validation in the South East over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Validation in the South East

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Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the South East region over the 6 months to 17 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
Thames Valley +57 272 £60,000 +14.29% 104
Buckinghamshire +86 174 £60,000 +50.00% 25
Isle of Wight - 142 £60,000 - 5
Hampshire +132 94 £46,000 -26.40% 72
Oxfordshire +43 61 £55,000 +0.92% 44
Berkshire -25 37 £65,000 +23.81% 48
Kent +9 29 £35,500 -35.45% 12
Surrey +11 24 £40,748 -12.84% 34
West Sussex +34 22 £36,250 -21.20% 18
East Sussex - 5 - - 4
Middlesex - 1 - - 3
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 2 (0.34%) TPMS
2 1 (0.17%) Confluence
Applications
1 82 (13.92%) Simulink
2 73 (12.39%) Mathcad
3 4 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.17%) EPLAN
5 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.17%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 22 (3.74%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.17%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.17%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 52 (8.83%) AWS
2 28 (4.75%) Azure
3 24 (4.07%) GCP
3 24 (4.07%) Snowflake
4 3 (0.51%) Amazon SageMaker
5 2 (0.34%) Azure AKS
5 2 (0.34%) Entra ID
5 2 (0.34%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (0.34%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.17%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (0.17%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (0.17%) SaaS
6 1 (0.17%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 221 (37.52%) Wireless
2 220 (37.35%) Wi-Fi
3 218 (37.01%) Bluetooth
4 217 (36.84%) 5G
4 217 (36.84%) GSM
4 217 (36.84%) LTE
4 217 (36.84%) UMTS
5 3 (0.51%) Software-Defined Radio
6 2 (0.34%) Broadband
6 2 (0.34%) Firewall
7 1 (0.17%) DVB
7 1 (0.17%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.17%) Internet
7 1 (0.17%) RS-485
7 1 (0.17%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (4.41%) Metadata
2 25 (4.24%) Data Warehouse
3 24 (4.07%) Data Lake
4 22 (3.74%) Oracle ODI
5 7 (1.19%) MySQL
6 2 (0.34%) Metadata Repository
6 2 (0.34%) Pentaho
6 2 (0.34%) Power BI
6 2 (0.34%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.34%) Triplestore
7 1 (0.17%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.17%) GIS
7 1 (0.17%) Looker
7 1 (0.17%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.17%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 73 (12.39%) Rational DOORS
2 26 (4.41%) Git
3 8 (1.36%) JIRA
4 7 (1.19%) Subversion
5 3 (0.51%) PHPUnit
6 2 (0.34%) GitLab
6 2 (0.34%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.17%) CMake
7 1 (0.17%) LabVIEW
7 1 (0.17%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.17%) Visual Studio
General
1 240 (40.75%) Electronics
2 30 (5.09%) Law
3 29 (4.92%) Military
4 26 (4.41%) Aerospace
5 16 (2.72%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (2.72%) Social Skills
6 14 (2.38%) Finance
6 14 (2.38%) Manufacturing
7 13 (2.21%) Marketing
8 10 (1.70%) Aviation
9 8 (1.36%) Avionics
10 5 (0.85%) Health Technology
10 5 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
11 4 (0.68%) Automotive
11 4 (0.68%) Telecoms
12 3 (0.51%) Legal
12 3 (0.51%) Public Sector
13 2 (0.34%) Digital Health
13 2 (0.34%) Games
14 1 (0.17%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 263 (44.65%) Test Engineer
2 221 (37.52%) Electronics Engineer
3 217 (36.84%) Electronics Test Engineer
4 142 (24.11%) Senior
5 64 (10.87%) Mathematical Modeller
6 52 (8.83%) Principal Engineer
7 49 (8.32%) Principal Systems Engineer
8 45 (7.64%) Engineering Manager
9 44 (7.47%) Requirements Manager
9 44 (7.47%) Senior Software Test Engineer
9 44 (7.47%) Senior Test Engineer
9 44 (7.47%) Software Test Engineer
10 26 (4.41%) Lead
11 20 (3.40%) Integration Engineer
11 20 (3.40%) System Verification Engineer
11 20 (3.40%) Systems Integration Engineer
11 20 (3.40%) Validation Engineer
12 15 (2.55%) Data Consultant
12 15 (2.55%) Oracle Consultant
12 15 (2.55%) Oracle Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (3.74%) Oracle Fusion
2 13 (2.21%) Qt
3 4 (0.68%) CSS
3 4 (0.68%) HTML
4 3 (0.51%) CakePHP
4 3 (0.51%) Laravel
5 2 (0.34%) Apache Jena
5 2 (0.34%) FHIR
5 2 (0.34%) LAMP
5 2 (0.34%) PyTorch
5 2 (0.34%) REST
5 2 (0.34%) XML
6 1 (0.17%) .NET
6 1 (0.17%) Bazel
6 1 (0.17%) Node.js
6 1 (0.17%) NumPy
6 1 (0.17%) Pandas
6 1 (0.17%) pytest
6 1 (0.17%) React
6 1 (0.17%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 219 (37.18%) Driving Licence
2 24 (4.07%) Data Structures
3 22 (3.74%) Legacy Systems
4 16 (2.72%) Embedded Systems
5 15 (2.55%) Algorithms
6 8 (1.36%) FPGA
7 7 (1.19%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (0.68%) CPLD
9 3 (0.51%) Biopharmaceutical
9 3 (0.51%) CMDB
9 3 (0.51%) e-Learning
10 2 (0.34%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.34%) SCADA
11 1 (0.17%) IoT
11 1 (0.17%) Learning Management System
11 1 (0.17%) Life Science
11 1 (0.17%) Mobile App
11 1 (0.17%) Robotics
11 1 (0.17%) VHDL
11 1 (0.17%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.51%) Linux
2 2 (0.34%) Windows
3 1 (0.17%) Android
3 1 (0.17%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.17%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 467 (79.29%) Verification and Validation
2 237 (40.24%) Coaching
3 222 (37.69%) Customer Requirements
4 220 (37.35%) Mentoring
5 217 (36.84%) Test Strategy
6 176 (29.88%) Systems Engineering
7 103 (17.49%) Problem-Solving
8 101 (17.15%) Mathematics
9 82 (13.92%) Stakeholder Management
10 81 (13.75%) Requirements Management
11 76 (12.90%) Mathematical Modelling
12 74 (12.56%) Performance Analysis
13 65 (11.04%) Test Automation
14 64 (10.87%) Agile
15 63 (10.70%) Software Testing
16 48 (8.15%) ETL
17 45 (7.64%) Computer Science
17 45 (7.64%) Configuration Management
17 45 (7.64%) UML
18 44 (7.47%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 133 (22.58%) Python
2 92 (15.62%) MATLAB
3 49 (8.32%) SQL
4 32 (5.43%) C
5 27 (4.58%) C++
6 23 (3.90%) PL/SQL
7 14 (2.38%) Ada
8 10 (1.70%) C#
9 5 (0.85%) JavaScript
10 3 (0.51%) PHP
10 3 (0.51%) R
11 2 (0.34%) Java
11 2 (0.34%) Rust
11 2 (0.34%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.34%) SPARQL
11 2 (0.34%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.17%) Embedded C
12 1 (0.17%) Google Apps Script
12 1 (0.17%) Objective-C
12 1 (0.17%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 355 (60.27%) Degree
2 218 (37.01%) HND
3 198 (33.62%) BPSS Clearance
4 9 (1.53%) HNC
5 8 (1.36%) Security Cleared
6 7 (1.19%) Master's Degree
7 6 (1.02%) SC Cleared
8 3 (0.51%) CCNA
8 3 (0.51%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (0.51%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.34%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.34%) CEH
9 2 (0.34%) CISM
9 2 (0.34%) CISSP
9 2 (0.34%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.34%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.17%) Chartered Engineer
10 1 (0.17%) CSQE
10 1 (0.17%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (12.39%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 43 (7.30%) QA
3 42 (7.13%) ISO/IEC 12207
4 30 (5.09%) Data Quality
5 27 (4.58%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.51%) GMP
6 3 (0.51%) HAZOP
6 3 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.51%) NIST
7 2 (0.34%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 2 (0.34%) Dublin Core
7 2 (0.34%) Good Clinical Practice
7 2 (0.34%) GxP
7 2 (0.34%) ISO 26262
8 1 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.17%) AUTOSAR
8 1 (0.17%) GAMP
8 1 (0.17%) GLP
8 1 (0.17%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.17%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (0.51%) Docker
1 3 (0.51%) Firmware
2 2 (0.34%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (0.34%) Terraform
2 1 (0.17%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 73 (12.39%) MathWorks
2 25 (4.24%) Oracle
3 10 (1.70%) Salesforce
4 8 (1.36%) Microsoft
5 7 (1.19%) IBM
5 7 (1.19%) Red Hat
6 4 (0.68%) Agilent
6 4 (0.68%) SAP
6 4 (0.68%) ServiceNow
7 3 (0.51%) Cisco
7 3 (0.51%) Ekahau
7 3 (0.51%) Meraki
7 3 (0.51%) Xilinx
8 2 (0.34%) Informatica
8 2 (0.34%) Siemens
8 2 (0.34%) Talend
9 1 (0.17%) Altera
9 1 (0.17%) Freescale
9 1 (0.17%) Google
9 1 (0.17%) Infor