Test and Validation Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Validation and Test Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Validation and Test Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £33,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 22 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
22 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 748 760 -
Rank change year-on-year +12 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Test and Validation Engineer 11 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.015% 0.003% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.016% 0.004% -
Number of salaries quoted 4 2 0
10th Percentile - £66,500 -
25th Percentile £32,750 £66,875 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £70,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -52.14% - -
75th Percentile £43,188 £74,375 -
90th Percentile £59,275 £75,500 -
UK median annual salary £33,500 £70,000 -
% change year-on-year -52.14% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 68,121 52,440 69,419
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 89.17% 95.72%
Number of salaries quoted 48,105 29,890 42,562
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +7.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Test and Validation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Test and Validation Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Test and Validation Engineer in the UK excluding London

Test and Validation Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Test and Validation Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Test and Validation Engineer in the UK excluding London

Test and Validation Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test and Validation Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 22 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Test and Validation Engineer in the UK excluding London

Test and 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 Test and Validation Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 22 May 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
East of England - 6 £33,500 - 2
Midlands - 5 £70,000 - 3
West Midlands - 5 £70,000 - 3
Test and Validation Engineer
UK

Test and Validation Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 22 May 2024, Test and Validation Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Test and Validation Engineer in the job title.

1 11 (100.00%) Validation
2 5 (45.45%) Systems Engineering
2 5 (45.45%) Social Skills
3 4 (36.36%) Automotive
3 4 (36.36%) Test Automation
3 4 (36.36%) Test Strategy
3 4 (36.36%) Degree
4 3 (27.27%) Pharmaceutical
4 3 (27.27%) HNC
4 3 (27.27%) Functional Safety
5 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (18.18%) CI/CD
5 2 (18.18%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
5 2 (18.18%) Verification and Validation
5 2 (18.18%) OOP
5 2 (18.18%) OO
5 2 (18.18%) Python
5 2 (18.18%) Configuration Management
5 2 (18.18%) MATLAB
5 2 (18.18%) Simulink
5 2 (18.18%) Project Management
5 2 (18.18%) Electronics
5 2 (18.18%) C
5 2 (18.18%) Agile
5 2 (18.18%) Computer Science
5 2 (18.18%) Use Case
5 2 (18.18%) Test Scripting
5 2 (18.18%) Manual Testing
5 2 (18.18%) Test Planning
5 2 (18.18%) Data Acquisition

Test and Validation Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Simulink
General
1 5 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 4 (36.36%) Automotive
3 3 (27.27%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (18.18%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Infotainment
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) Validation
2 5 (45.45%) Systems Engineering
3 4 (36.36%) Test Automation
3 4 (36.36%) Test Strategy
4 2 (18.18%) Agile
4 2 (18.18%) CI/CD
4 2 (18.18%) Computer Science
4 2 (18.18%) Configuration Management
4 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (18.18%) Data Acquisition
4 2 (18.18%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
4 2 (18.18%) Manual Testing
4 2 (18.18%) OO
4 2 (18.18%) OOP
4 2 (18.18%) Project Management
4 2 (18.18%) Test Planning
4 2 (18.18%) Test Scripting
4 2 (18.18%) Use Case
4 2 (18.18%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) C
1 2 (18.18%) MATLAB
1 2 (18.18%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) Degree
2 3 (27.27%) HNC
3 2 (18.18%) Master's Degree
Systems Management
1 3 (27.27%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) EMC