Validation Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Validation Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Validation Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £43,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 742 719 840
Rank change year-on-year -23 +121 -177
Permanent jobs requiring a Validation Engineer 29 43 25
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.041% 0.070% 0.035%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.043% 0.079% 0.037%
Number of salaries quoted 10 18 6
10th Percentile £32,750 - -
25th Percentile £34,313 £50,000 £34,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,000 £55,000 £35,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +54.93% -21.11%
75th Percentile £73,750 £71,563 £41,063
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,000 £52,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £35,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +54.93% -21.11%

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 66,715 54,769 68,069
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.79% 89.24% 95.82%
Number of salaries quoted 47,210 31,112 43,042
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Validation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Validation Engineer in the UK excluding London

Validation Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Validation Engineer in the UK excluding London

Validation Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Validation Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Validation Engineer in the UK excluding London

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 Validation Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 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 +25 15 £54,250 -1.36% 9
Midlands -1 7 £57,500 - 19
West Midlands -2 7 £57,500 - 9
South East - 7 £41,000 - 5
Validation Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, 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 Validation Engineer in the job title.

1 29 (100.00%) Validation
2 13 (44.83%) Verification and Validation
3 11 (37.93%) Security Cleared
4 9 (31.03%) Degree
5 8 (27.59%) Systems Engineering
6 6 (20.69%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (20.69%) Automotive
6 6 (20.69%) Software Testing
7 5 (17.24%) Social Skills
7 5 (17.24%) DV Cleared
7 5 (17.24%) Mentoring
8 4 (13.79%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (13.79%) Test Strategy
8 4 (13.79%) Test Automation
8 4 (13.79%) Project Management
9 3 (10.34%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (10.34%) HNC
9 3 (10.34%) MATLAB
9 3 (10.34%) Software Engineering
9 3 (10.34%) Mathematics
9 3 (10.34%) Physics
9 3 (10.34%) Process Improvement
9 3 (10.34%) Digital Twin
9 3 (10.34%) Strategic Thinking
9 3 (10.34%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (10.34%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
9 3 (10.34%) Prototyping
9 3 (10.34%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
9 3 (10.34%) Functional Safety
10 2 (6.90%) Biopharmaceutical

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 (6.90%) Simulink
General
1 6 (20.69%) Automotive
2 5 (17.24%) Social Skills
3 3 (10.34%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (6.90%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.90%) Biopharmaceutical
1 2 (6.90%) Infotainment
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (100.00%) Validation
2 13 (44.83%) Verification and Validation
3 8 (27.59%) Systems Engineering
4 6 (20.69%) Software Testing
5 5 (17.24%) Mentoring
6 4 (13.79%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (13.79%) Project Management
6 4 (13.79%) Test Automation
6 4 (13.79%) Test Strategy
7 3 (10.34%) Digital Twin
7 3 (10.34%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
7 3 (10.34%) Mathematics
7 3 (10.34%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
7 3 (10.34%) Physics
7 3 (10.34%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (10.34%) Process Improvement
7 3 (10.34%) Prototyping
7 3 (10.34%) Software Engineering
7 3 (10.34%) Strategic Thinking
8 2 (6.90%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.34%) MATLAB
2 2 (6.90%) C
2 2 (6.90%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (37.93%) Security Cleared
2 9 (31.03%) Degree
3 6 (20.69%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (17.24%) DV Cleared
5 3 (10.34%) HNC
6 2 (6.90%) Master's Degree
Systems Management
1 3 (10.34%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 1 (3.45%) EMC