Validation Job Trends in Suffolk

Validation
East of England > Suffolk

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Suffolk requiring Validation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 32 21
Rank change year-on-year -13 -11 +23
Permanent jobs citing Validation 11 7 9
As % of all permanent jobs in Suffolk 2.68% 1.96% 6.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.86% 2.61% 6.43%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 9
10th Percentile - - £61,000
25th Percentile £41,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 - £85,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +17.24%
75th Percentile £45,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -21.43% +27.27%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Suffolk

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 Suffolk.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 385 268 140
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Suffolk 93.67% 75.07% 94.59%
Number of salaries quoted 162 74 90
10th Percentile £31,025 £30,000 £24,550
25th Percentile £37,500 £34,063 £31,218
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% - -
75th Percentile £58,313 £73,750 £63,438
90th Percentile £76,250 £78,750 £85,000
East of England median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +1.85% +2.86%

Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in Suffolk

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

Validation job vacancy trend in Suffolk

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Salary Trend in Suffolk

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Suffolk citing Validation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Suffolk citing Validation

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Job Locations in Suffolk

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the Suffolk region over the 6 months to 5 November 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
Bury St Edmunds - 10 - -
Ipswich -4 1 £43,500 - 3
Validation
East of England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Suffolk 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (9.09%) NetSuite
General
1 11 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 10 (90.91%) Billing
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Finance
3 1 (9.09%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 10 (90.91%) Administrator
1 10 (90.91%) Data Administrator
2 1 (9.09%) Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) Business Systems Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 10 (90.91%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (90.91%) Data Management
2 10 (90.91%) Data Validation
2 10 (90.91%) DataOps
2 10 (90.91%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (9.09%) Agile
3 1 (9.09%) Business Analysis
3 1 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (9.09%) CRM
3 1 (9.09%) Data Analysis
3 1 (9.09%) ERP
3 1 (9.09%) Project Delivery
3 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (9.09%) Translating Business Requirements
3 1 (9.09%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) SQL