Senior Software Validation Engineer Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Senior Software Validation Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior Software Validation Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 508 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Validation Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.002% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.003% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - -
75th Percentile £57,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £55,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 37,615 36,431 26,806
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.00% 93.64% 95.44%
Number of salaries quoted 22,778 18,585 20,318
10th Percentile £27,893 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,375
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Senior Software Validation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Software Validation Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Senior Software Validation Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Senior Software Validation Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Senior Software Validation Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Software Validation Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Senior Software Validation Engineer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Software Validation Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 17 December 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
South East - 1 £55,000 - 4
Senior Software Validation Engineer
UK

Senior Software Validation Engineer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 17 December 2025, Senior Software Validation Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Senior Software Validation Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cross-Platform Development
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Internal Audit
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 9001
1 1 (100.00%) LabVIEW
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio

Senior Software Validation Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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%) LabVIEW
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cross-Platform Development
1 1 (100.00%) Internal Audit
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware