Validation Jobs in Stevenage

Validation
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Stevenage 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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 7 16
Rank change year-on-year -2 +9 -6
Permanent jobs citing Validation 18 62 25
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Stevenage 16.36% 14.52% 9.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.14% 17.82% 10.37%
Number of salaries quoted 18 43 13
10th Percentile £48,750 £45,250 -
25th Percentile £57,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,750 £73,250 -
Hertfordshire median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Stevenage

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 Stevenage.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 105 348 241
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Stevenage 95.45% 81.50% 92.34%
Number of salaries quoted 86 295 139
10th Percentile £39,875 £34,225 £24,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +9.09% +15.79%
75th Percentile £68,750 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £68,000
Hertfordshire median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +1.85% -6.09% +4.55%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

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

Job vacancy trend for Validation in Stevenage

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Salary Trend in Stevenage

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

Salary trend for Validation in Stevenage

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Salary Histogram in Stevenage

Salary distribution for jobs citing Validation in Stevenage over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Validation in Stevenage

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Stevenage 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:

Development Applications
1 4 (22.22%) CppUnit
1 4 (22.22%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (11.11%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 12 (66.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 9 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (22.22%) Electronics
4 2 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (11.11%) Manufacturing
4 2 (11.11%) Military
5 1 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (38.89%) Lead
1 7 (38.89%) Project Leader
1 7 (38.89%) Software Project Leader
2 6 (33.33%) Embedded Engineer
3 4 (22.22%) Software Verification Engineer
3 4 (22.22%) Verification Engineer
4 3 (16.67%) Senior
4 3 (16.67%) Software Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) Senior Software Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) C# Software Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) Designer
6 1 (5.56%) FPGA Designer
6 1 (5.56%) Integration Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) Senior Designer
6 1 (5.56%) Systems Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) Systems Integration Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) Validation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.56%) FPGA
1 1 (5.56%) Verilog
1 1 (5.56%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (83.33%) Software Engineering
2 12 (66.67%) Verification and Validation
3 8 (44.44%) UML
4 7 (38.89%) Agile
4 7 (38.89%) Scrum
5 6 (33.33%) Budgeting
5 6 (33.33%) Coaching
5 6 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
5 6 (33.33%) Cost Control
5 6 (33.33%) Embedded Software Development
5 6 (33.33%) Mentoring
5 6 (33.33%) Planning and Forecasting
5 6 (33.33%) Project Management
5 6 (33.33%) Waterfall
6 5 (27.78%) CI/CD
6 5 (27.78%) Unit Testing
7 4 (22.22%) Code Coverage
7 4 (22.22%) Systems Engineering
7 4 (22.22%) Test Automation
7 4 (22.22%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 14 (77.78%) C
2 13 (72.22%) C++
3 8 (44.44%) Ada
4 1 (5.56%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 6 (33.33%) Embedded Firmware
1 6 (33.33%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (11.11%) IBM