Verification and Validation
South East > Thames Valley
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Verification and Validation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Verification and Validation over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 3 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 39 | 203 | 245 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +164 | +42 | +11 |
| Permanent jobs citing Verification and Validation | 176 | 41 | 20 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley | 5.74% | 0.61% | 0.33% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 6.18% | 0.72% | 0.35% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 6 | 28 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | £53,750 | £47,745 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £55,000 | £49,998 | £47,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £55,000 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.09% | +10.00% | -4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £65,000 | £67,500 | £52,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £66,250 | £78,750 | - |
| South East median annual salary | £60,000 | £54,995 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.10% | -0.01% | +4.76% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley
Verification and 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 | 2,849 | 5,732 | 5,797 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley | 92.92% | 85.12% | 94.68% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1,226 | 4,012 | 3,148 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,000 | £29,000 | £29,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £39,000 | £38,000 | £38,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,087 | £50,000 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +14.17% | -9.09% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,625 | £65,000 | £72,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £87,500 | £80,000 | £87,500 |
| South East median annual salary | £55,790 | £50,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +11.58% | -9.09% | - |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley
Job postings citing Verification and Validation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.
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Salary Trend in the Thames Valley
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Verification and 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 Verification and Validation within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 3 May 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckinghamshire | +111 | 132 | £60,000 | - | 9 |
| Oxfordshire | +74 | 43 | - | - | 3 |
| Berkshire | +13 | 1 | £65,000 | +18.19% | 11 |
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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: