Validation Jobs in the South West

Validation
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 80 126 125
Rank change year-on-year +46 -1 +59
Permanent jobs citing Validation 286 170 207
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 3.14% 2.40% 2.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.72% 2.54% 2.75%
Number of salaries quoted 83 38 59
10th Percentile £36,875 £42,500 £37,265
25th Percentile £37,500 £50,313 £41,456
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £67,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +50.00% -10.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,188 £69,375
90th Percentile £64,800 £86,250 £88,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,086 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.41% +3.48% +12.15%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 the South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,687 6,704 7,524
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 84.34% 94.56% 95.08%
Number of salaries quoted 5,554 3,713 4,976
10th Percentile £28,833 £30,500 £30,966
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £38,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% +5.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,056
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Validation in the South West

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Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Validation in the South West

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Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Validation in the South West over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Validation in the South West

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Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the South West region over the 6 months to 24 April 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
Bristol +45 105 £55,000 -21.43% 46
Wiltshire +21 63 £35,000 -48.15% 9
Dorset +9 42 £40,000 -23.81% 7
Gloucestershire -5 41 £29,000 - 6
Devon +16 30 £42,500 -22.73% 16
Somerset -16 4 - - 19
Cornwall - 1 £46,890 - 4
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 1 (0.35%) Anypoint
Applications
1 21 (7.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (3.50%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (2.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.75%) OrCAD
4 5 (1.75%) SOLIDWORKS
5 4 (1.40%) MS Visio
5 4 (1.40%) Simulink
5 4 (1.40%) Stateflow
6 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (4.20%) SAP QM
2 3 (1.05%) Q-Pulse
Cloud Services
1 51 (17.83%) AWS
2 32 (11.19%) Azure
3 5 (1.75%) OCI
4 3 (1.05%) SaaS
4 3 (1.05%) Smartsheet
5 2 (0.70%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 32 (11.19%) VSAT
2 12 (4.20%) RS-232
2 12 (4.20%) WAN
3 11 (3.85%) 5G
3 11 (3.85%) Ethernet
3 11 (3.85%) SD-WAN
4 3 (1.05%) Broadband
4 3 (1.05%) Internet
5 1 (0.35%) LAN
5 1 (0.35%) Network Security
5 1 (0.35%) SAN
5 1 (0.35%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.70%) Power BI
1 2 (0.70%) Qlik Sense
1 2 (0.70%) Relational Database
1 2 (0.70%) SQL Server
1 2 (0.70%) Tableau
2 1 (0.35%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 33 (11.54%) JIRA
2 16 (5.59%) Rational DOORS
3 11 (3.85%) Visual Studio
4 7 (2.45%) Rational Rhapsody
5 5 (1.75%) LabVIEW
5 5 (1.75%) Selenium
6 4 (1.40%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.70%) Git
8 1 (0.35%) SpecFlow
General
1 89 (31.12%) Social Skills
2 69 (24.13%) Aerospace
3 44 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (13.29%) Manufacturing
5 30 (10.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 30 (10.49%) Organisational Skills
6 29 (10.14%) Presentation Skills
7 27 (9.44%) Electronics
8 26 (9.09%) Finance
9 24 (8.39%) Influencing Skills
10 23 (8.04%) Law
11 18 (6.29%) Banking
12 16 (5.59%) Investment Banking
12 16 (5.59%) Marketing
13 13 (4.55%) Pharmaceutical
14 8 (2.80%) Military
15 7 (2.45%) Telecoms
16 6 (2.10%) Games
17 5 (1.75%) Aviation
18 4 (1.40%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 77 (26.92%) Architect
2 47 (16.43%) Systems Engineer
3 41 (14.34%) Lead
4 32 (11.19%) DevOps Engineer
4 32 (11.19%) Software Architect
5 27 (9.44%) Senior
6 22 (7.69%) Software Engineer
7 21 (7.34%) Senior Software Engineer
8 20 (6.99%) Solutions Architect
9 17 (5.94%) Technical Architect
10 12 (4.20%) Technologist
11 10 (3.50%) Project Leader
11 10 (3.50%) Technical Leader
11 10 (3.50%) Technical Project Leader
12 9 (3.15%) Linux Engineer
13 8 (2.80%) Data Architect
13 8 (2.80%) Linux Systems Engineer
14 7 (2.45%) Software Project Leader
15 6 (2.10%) QA Leader
15 6 (2.10%) RF Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.20%) Qt
2 10 (3.50%) Yocto
3 5 (1.75%) Gherkin
4 4 (1.40%) PyTorch
4 4 (1.40%) TensorFlow
5 3 (1.05%) CSS
5 3 (1.05%) HTML
5 3 (1.05%) React
6 2 (0.70%) Pandas
6 2 (0.70%) wxWidgets
6 2 (0.70%) XGBoost
7 1 (0.35%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 28 (9.79%) Self-Motivation
2 17 (5.94%) Cloud Native
3 15 (5.24%) Algorithms
4 12 (4.20%) Biopharmaceutical
5 11 (3.85%) Analogue Electronics
5 11 (3.85%) Analytical Mindset
5 11 (3.85%) Robotics
6 10 (3.50%) Device Driver
7 9 (3.15%) GNSS
7 9 (3.15%) Management Information System
8 8 (2.80%) FPGA
8 8 (2.80%) Taxonomies
9 7 (2.45%) NHS
10 3 (1.05%) Driving Licence
10 3 (1.05%) Product Ownership
11 2 (0.70%) AS400
11 2 (0.70%) Cyberattack
11 2 (0.70%) Data Structures
11 2 (0.70%) Embedded Systems
11 2 (0.70%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 70 (24.48%) Linux
2 10 (3.50%) Embedded Linux
3 8 (2.80%) Debian
3 8 (2.80%) Ubuntu
4 2 (0.70%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (38.11%) Actionable Insight
2 88 (30.77%) Agile
3 67 (23.43%) Problem-Solving
3 67 (23.43%) Requirements Management
4 66 (23.08%) Model Validation
5 61 (21.33%) Collaborative Working
6 59 (20.63%) DevOps
7 51 (17.83%) TOGAF
8 45 (15.73%) Requirements Analysis
9 44 (15.38%) SDLC
10 43 (15.03%) Verification and Validation
11 41 (14.34%) Computer Science
12 40 (13.99%) Coaching
12 40 (13.99%) Scrum
13 34 (11.89%) Kanban
13 34 (11.89%) Technical Leadership
14 33 (11.54%) CI/CD
14 33 (11.54%) Continuous Integration
14 33 (11.54%) Systems Engineering
15 32 (11.19%) Continuous Deployment
Programming Languages
1 24 (8.39%) Python
2 23 (8.04%) C++
3 16 (5.59%) Bash
4 14 (4.90%) C
5 9 (3.15%) Perl
6 7 (2.45%) MATLAB
6 7 (2.45%) SQL
7 4 (1.40%) C#
7 4 (1.40%) Java
8 3 (1.05%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.70%) Embedded C
9 2 (0.70%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 128 (44.76%) Security Cleared
2 102 (35.66%) Degree
3 39 (13.64%) DV Cleared
4 36 (12.59%) SC Cleared
5 33 (11.54%) BPSS Clearance
6 19 (6.64%) TOGAF Certification
7 9 (3.15%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (2.10%) Chartered Engineer
9 5 (1.75%) PhD
10 4 (1.40%) HNC
11 3 (1.05%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.70%) FFIEC
12 2 (0.70%) MBA
13 1 (0.35%) CCNP
13 1 (0.35%) Cisco Certification
13 1 (0.35%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (10.14%) QA
2 28 (9.79%) PMO
3 9 (3.15%) GMP
4 7 (2.45%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (2.10%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 5 (1.75%) IEC 61508
6 5 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 3 (1.05%) Accessibility
7 3 (1.05%) Data Quality
7 3 (1.05%) JTAG
8 2 (0.70%) NIST
9 1 (0.35%) ECSS
9 1 (0.35%) GAMP
9 1 (0.35%) GxP
System Software
1 33 (11.54%) Docker
2 15 (5.24%) Firmware
3 7 (2.45%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.35%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.35%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 33 (11.54%) Kubernetes
2 32 (11.19%) Ansible
2 32 (11.19%) Terraform
3 2 (0.70%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 15 (5.24%) SAP
2 11 (3.85%) IBM
3 9 (3.15%) Microsoft
4 7 (2.45%) Oracle
5 4 (1.40%) OpenAI
6 3 (1.05%) Allen-Bradley
7 1 (0.35%) Cisco
7 1 (0.35%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.35%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.35%) VMware