Validation Job Trends in Stockport

Validation
Manchester > Stockport

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Stockport requiring Validation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 - 25
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Validation 1 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Stockport 1.35% - 1.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.37% - 2.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £26,175
25th Percentile £68,750 - £27,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 - £30,875
75th Percentile £76,250 - £33,813
90th Percentile - - £35,575
Manchester median annual salary £60,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +33.33% +5.88% -19.05%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Stockport

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 Stockport.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 73 48 92
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Stockport 98.65% 100.00% 86.79%
Number of salaries quoted 26 30 66
10th Percentile £34,375 £27,375 £21,984
25th Percentile £37,500 £47,813 £31,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £45,250
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +21.55% -4.74%
75th Percentile £58,125 £73,125 £57,500
90th Percentile £61,875 £82,500 £65,000
Manchester median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -4.35%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Stockport

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Validation relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Stockport.

Validation job vacancy trend in Stockport

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Salary Trend in Stockport

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Stockport citing Validation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Stockport citing Validation

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stockport by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Principal Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Principal Test Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Test Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Java