Validation Jobs in South Wales

Validation
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in South Wales 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 47 57 88
Rank change year-on-year +10 +31 +2
Permanent jobs citing Validation 19 43 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 2.25% 2.92% 1.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.72% 3.74% 1.92%
Number of salaries quoted 13 9 7
10th Percentile £55,000 £27,500 £38,340
25th Percentile - £41,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £47,500 £43,067
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% +10.29% +1.33%
75th Percentile - £52,884 -
90th Percentile £67,400 £56,557 -
Wales median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £43,067
% change year-on-year +20.00% +16.10% +1.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 699 1,150 1,096
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 82.82% 78.07% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 445 746 558
10th Percentile £23,504 £28,290 £27,405
25th Percentile £25,087 £35,700 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,221 £47,500 £45,498
Median % change year-on-year +5.73% +4.40% -9.00%
75th Percentile £66,750 £61,250 £62,988
90th Percentile £73,000 £72,500 £75,000
Wales median annual salary £48,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +7.78% - -5.26%

Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Validation in South Wales

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Salary Trend in South Wales

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

Salary trend for Validation in South Wales

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Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the South Wales 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
Newport +1 18 £60,000 +9.09% 9
Cardiff +27 1 £65,000 +26.15% 12
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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 10 (52.63%) Mathcad
1 10 (52.63%) Simulink
2 1 (5.26%) AutoCAD
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (5.26%) SOLIDWORKS
General
1 1 (5.26%) Legal
Job Titles
1 17 (89.47%) Senior
2 10 (52.63%) Mathematical Modeller
3 8 (42.11%) Senior Software Test Engineer
3 8 (42.11%) Senior Test Engineer
3 8 (42.11%) Software Test Engineer
3 8 (42.11%) Test Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Project Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (94.74%) Verification and Validation
2 10 (52.63%) Mathematical Modelling
2 10 (52.63%) Mathematics
2 10 (52.63%) Performance Analysis
2 10 (52.63%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (52.63%) Systems Engineering
3 8 (42.11%) Agile
3 8 (42.11%) Computer Science
3 8 (42.11%) Configuration Management
3 8 (42.11%) Software Testing
3 8 (42.11%) Test Automation
3 8 (42.11%) UML
3 8 (42.11%) Waterfall
4 6 (31.58%) Code Quality
5 2 (10.53%) Signal Processing
6 1 (5.26%) Budgeting
6 1 (5.26%) CAD
6 1 (5.26%) CAE
6 1 (5.26%) Feasibility Study
6 1 (5.26%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (52.63%) MATLAB
1 10 (52.63%) Python
2 2 (10.53%) Ada
Qualifications
1 17 (89.47%) BPSS Clearance
2 9 (47.37%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (52.63%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 8 (42.11%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 1 (5.26%) QA
Vendors
1 10 (52.63%) MathWorks