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 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 8 22
Rank change year-on-year -1 +14 -8
Permanent jobs citing Validation 20 65 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Stevenage 19.23% 14.84% 7.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 20.41% 19.06% 8.16%
Number of salaries quoted 20 46 10
10th Percentile £48,000 £45,000 -
25th Percentile £53,688 £46,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,250 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.09% - -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,250 £75,000 £64,375
Hertfordshire median annual salary £57,250 £56,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.78% +2.27% +2.33%

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 98 341 245
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Stevenage 94.23% 77.85% 92.80%
Number of salaries quoted 85 288 148
10th Percentile £40,950 £35,238 £24,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £46,250 £41,625
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 £76,850 £75,000 £69,125
Hertfordshire median annual salary £54,250 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +3.33% -8.70% +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 23 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 (20.00%) CppUnit
1 4 (20.00%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (10.00%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 12 (60.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 10 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (20.00%) Electronics
4 3 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (15.00%) Manufacturing
5 2 (10.00%) Military
6 1 (5.00%) Aerospace
6 1 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (35.00%) Lead
1 7 (35.00%) Project Leader
1 7 (35.00%) Software Project Leader
2 6 (30.00%) Embedded Engineer
3 4 (20.00%) Software Verification Engineer
3 4 (20.00%) Verification Engineer
4 3 (15.00%) Senior
4 3 (15.00%) Software Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Senior Software Engineer
6 1 (5.00%) C# Software Engineer
6 1 (5.00%) Designer
6 1 (5.00%) FPGA Designer
6 1 (5.00%) Integration Engineer
6 1 (5.00%) PCB Engineer
6 1 (5.00%) Senior Designer
6 1 (5.00%) Systems Engineer
6 1 (5.00%) Systems Integration Engineer
6 1 (5.00%) Validation Engineer
6 1 (5.00%) Wintel Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.00%) FPGA
1 1 (5.00%) Verilog
1 1 (5.00%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.00%) Windows
1 1 (5.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (75.00%) Software Engineering
2 12 (60.00%) Verification and Validation
3 8 (40.00%) UML
4 7 (35.00%) Agile
4 7 (35.00%) Mentoring
4 7 (35.00%) Scrum
5 6 (30.00%) Budgeting
5 6 (30.00%) Coaching
5 6 (30.00%) Collaborative Culture
5 6 (30.00%) Cost Control
5 6 (30.00%) Embedded Software Development
5 6 (30.00%) Planning and Forecasting
5 6 (30.00%) Project Management
5 6 (30.00%) Waterfall
6 5 (25.00%) CI/CD
6 5 (25.00%) Unit Testing
7 4 (20.00%) Code Coverage
7 4 (20.00%) Systems Engineering
7 4 (20.00%) Test Automation
7 4 (20.00%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 14 (70.00%) C
2 13 (65.00%) C++
3 8 (40.00%) Ada
4 1 (5.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 3 (15.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.00%) Degree
2 1 (5.00%) HNC
2 1 (5.00%) NVQ Level 3
2 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.00%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 6 (30.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 6 (30.00%) Firmware
2 1 (5.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (10.00%) IBM