Validation Jobs in the Thames Valley

Validation
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 14 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 83 126 157
Rank change year-on-year +43 +31 -20
Permanent jobs citing Validation 205 129 141
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.77% 2.32% 1.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.35% 2.45% 2.00%
Number of salaries quoted 90 61 108
10th Percentile £34,750 - £32,385
25th Percentile £39,618 £29,750 £37,888
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £64,688 £63,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £77,500
South East median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +16.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,117 5,275 7,065
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 82.61% 94.70% 93.42%
Number of salaries quoted 4,005 2,984 3,915
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £41,939
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Validation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Validation in the Thames Valley

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Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Validation in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Validation in the Thames Valley

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Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Validation in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 14 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Validation in the Thames Valley

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Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 14 June 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
Berkshire +76 125 £52,500 -4.55% 35
Oxfordshire +9 54 £54,500 +73.02% 34
Buckinghamshire -36 26 £40,000 -20.00% 18
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South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 13 (6.34%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.44%) Kinematics
Applications
1 25 (12.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (10.24%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (5.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (5.37%) MS Visio
5 8 (3.90%) OrCAD
6 5 (2.44%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.49%) Siemens NX
7 1 (0.49%) Simulink
7 1 (0.49%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 8 (3.90%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (1.46%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 20 (9.76%) Power Platform
2 13 (6.34%) SaaS
3 11 (5.37%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (5.37%) OneDrive
3 11 (5.37%) Power Automate
3 11 (5.37%) PowerApps
3 11 (5.37%) ShareGate
4 7 (3.41%) Azure
5 6 (2.93%) Mavenlink
6 4 (1.95%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (0.98%) AWS
7 2 (0.98%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (0.98%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 2 (0.98%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 2 (0.98%) Veeva
8 1 (0.49%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 32 (15.61%) VSAT
2 8 (3.90%) Ethernet
3 6 (2.93%) Internet
4 5 (2.44%) RFID
5 1 (0.49%) 5G
5 1 (0.49%) Bluetooth
5 1 (0.49%) Broadband
5 1 (0.49%) GSM
5 1 (0.49%) ISDN
5 1 (0.49%) LTE
5 1 (0.49%) PSTN
5 1 (0.49%) UMTS
5 1 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.49%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (9.76%) Power BI
2 6 (2.93%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (2.93%) GIS
2 6 (2.93%) Relational Database
2 6 (2.93%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 5 (2.44%) Big Data
4 2 (0.98%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.49%) Metadata
5 1 (0.49%) MySQL
5 1 (0.49%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.49%) Qlik Sense
5 1 (0.49%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (3.90%) JIRA
2 2 (0.98%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.49%) Git
3 1 (0.49%) GitLab
3 1 (0.49%) LabVIEW
General
1 63 (30.73%) Social Skills
2 42 (20.49%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (10.73%) Finance
3 22 (10.73%) Telecoms
4 16 (7.80%) Electronics
4 16 (7.80%) Pharmaceutical
5 15 (7.32%) Aerospace
6 13 (6.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (3.41%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (3.41%) Manufacturing
8 6 (2.93%) Public Sector
9 5 (2.44%) Automotive
10 4 (1.95%) Banking
10 4 (1.95%) Games
10 4 (1.95%) Law
10 4 (1.95%) Marketing
11 3 (1.46%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.49%) Billing
12 1 (0.49%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.49%) Retail
Job Titles
1 42 (20.49%) Systems Engineer
2 40 (19.51%) Senior
3 34 (16.59%) Architect
4 32 (15.61%) Software Architect
5 19 (9.27%) Analyst
6 15 (7.32%) Lead
7 13 (6.34%) Hardware Engineer
7 13 (6.34%) Senior Hardware Engineer
8 11 (5.37%) Associate Director
8 11 (5.37%) Integration Engineer
8 11 (5.37%) Senior Systems Engineer
8 11 (5.37%) Systems Integration Engineer
8 11 (5.37%) Validation Engineer
8 11 (5.37%) Verification Engineer
9 8 (3.90%) Systems Manager
10 7 (3.41%) Developer
10 7 (3.41%) IT Manager
10 7 (3.41%) Software Engineer
11 6 (2.93%) Consultant
11 6 (2.93%) Database Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (5.37%) CSS
1 11 (5.37%) HTML
2 10 (4.88%) JSON
2 10 (4.88%) XML
3 5 (2.44%) WPF
4 3 (1.46%) Middleware
5 1 (0.49%) EDI
5 1 (0.49%) NumPy
5 1 (0.49%) OpenCV
5 1 (0.49%) Pandas
5 1 (0.49%) pyodbc
5 1 (0.49%) PyQt
5 1 (0.49%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.49%) Qt
5 1 (0.49%) REST
5 1 (0.49%) scikit-learn
5 1 (0.49%) TensorFlow
5 1 (0.49%) Tkinter
5 1 (0.49%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 13 (6.34%) Management Information System
1 13 (6.34%) Self-Motivation
2 9 (4.39%) Algorithms
2 9 (4.39%) FPGA
3 8 (3.90%) PCIe
4 5 (2.44%) Biopharmaceutical
4 5 (2.44%) GNSS
4 5 (2.44%) IoT
4 5 (2.44%) PDA
5 4 (1.95%) Embedded Systems
5 4 (1.95%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.46%) Acoustics
6 3 (1.46%) Driving Licence
6 3 (1.46%) Legacy Applications
6 3 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.46%) Life Science
7 2 (0.98%) ASIC
7 2 (0.98%) CMDB
7 2 (0.98%) Educational Technology
7 2 (0.98%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.98%) Linux
2 1 (0.49%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (24.88%) Verification and Validation
2 41 (20.00%) Requirements Management
3 36 (17.56%) Problem-Solving
4 34 (16.59%) Actionable Insight
4 34 (16.59%) Model Validation
5 32 (15.61%) Network Architecture
5 32 (15.61%) Network Management
5 32 (15.61%) Technical Architecture
5 32 (15.61%) TOGAF
6 31 (15.12%) Project Management
7 29 (14.15%) Continuous Improvement
8 28 (13.66%) Data Management
9 27 (13.17%) Agile
10 26 (12.68%) Decision-Making
10 26 (12.68%) Systems Engineering
11 24 (11.71%) Business Intelligence
11 24 (11.71%) Project Delivery
11 24 (11.71%) Stakeholder Management
12 23 (11.22%) Change Management
12 23 (11.22%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 24 (11.71%) SQL
2 16 (7.80%) Python
3 13 (6.34%) C
3 13 (6.34%) C++
4 9 (4.39%) MATLAB
5 6 (2.93%) Fortran
6 5 (2.44%) C#
6 5 (2.44%) XAML
7 4 (1.95%) PowerShell
8 3 (1.46%) Bash
8 3 (1.46%) Perl
9 2 (0.98%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.98%) SystemVerilog
9 2 (0.98%) Tcl
9 2 (0.98%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.49%) Java
10 1 (0.49%) Ruby
10 1 (0.49%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.49%) VBA
Qualifications
1 77 (37.56%) Degree
2 37 (18.05%) Security Cleared
3 17 (8.29%) Master's Degree
4 13 (6.34%) DV Cleared
5 11 (5.37%) ITIL Certification
6 9 (4.39%) SC Cleared
7 8 (3.90%) HND
8 6 (2.93%) HNC
9 5 (2.44%) PhD
10 4 (1.95%) PMI Certification
10 4 (1.95%) PMP
11 2 (0.98%) CBAP
11 2 (0.98%) IIBA
11 2 (0.98%) Numerate Degree
11 2 (0.98%) NVQ Level 4
12 1 (0.49%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.49%) Computer Science Degree
12 1 (0.49%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.49%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (10.73%) QA
2 4 (1.95%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.46%) GDPR
3 3 (1.46%) GMP
3 3 (1.46%) HIPAA
3 3 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 2 (0.98%) GxP
4 2 (0.98%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.49%) ISO 13485
5 1 (0.49%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 12 (5.85%) Firmware
2 11 (5.37%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.49%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.49%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 26 (12.68%) Microsoft
2 16 (7.80%) Salesforce
3 11 (5.37%) Nintex
4 9 (4.39%) EMC
5 7 (3.41%) Remedy
6 4 (1.95%) Databricks
7 2 (0.98%) SAP
7 2 (0.98%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.49%) Alteryx
8 1 (0.49%) Blue Prism
8 1 (0.49%) Google
8 1 (0.49%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.49%) OpenText
8 1 (0.49%) TSYS
8 1 (0.49%) Vertica