Validation Jobs in the UK excluding London

Validation
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 12 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 147 158
Rank change year-on-year +107 +11 -9
Permanent jobs citing Validation 2,264 1,401 1,162
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.25% 1.86% 2.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.97% 2.31% 2.37%
Number of salaries quoted 702 550 368
10th Percentile £40,750 £34,750 £33,963
25th Percentile £47,683 £40,000 £44,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,043
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.62% +17.11%
75th Percentile £60,265 £63,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £69,840 £75,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,000 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +3.64% -12.00% +13.64%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,925 60,755 48,969
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 88.00% 80.65% 95.75%
Number of salaries quoted 19,546 40,612 28,089
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £33,125 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,249
% change year-on-year - -8.71% +0.42%

Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Validation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Validation in the UK excluding London

Validation
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Validation in the UK excluding London

Validation
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Validation in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Validation in the UK excluding London

Validation
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 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 July 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
Midlands +140 627 £55,000 +12.24% 166
South East +85 567 £60,000 +14.29% 293
East of England +90 384 £57,000 +3.64% 188
East Midlands +102 332 £42,500 -2.86% 48
West Midlands +145 295 £62,500 +25.00% 117
North of England +35 292 £47,683 +0.39% 175
North West +38 255 £47,683 -4.63% 110
Scotland +121 213 £58,033 +34.34% 68
South West +28 161 £52,600 -4.36% 172
Yorkshire -6 29 £42,125 -11.32% 52
Wales +13 25 £60,000 +41.18% 35
North East +35 8 £45,000 -10.00% 15
Northern Ireland +9 4 - - 23
Validation
UK

Validation
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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (0.27%) CMS
2 5 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
2 5 (0.22%) Confluence
3 4 (0.18%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.13%) SAS
4 3 (0.13%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.088%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.088%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.088%) SugarCRM
5 2 (0.088%) TPMS
6 1 (0.044%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.044%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.044%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 609 (26.90%) Simulink
2 113 (4.99%) Mathcad
3 30 (1.33%) Microsoft Excel
4 17 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
5 11 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 8 (0.35%) AutoCAD
7 5 (0.22%) SOLIDWORKS
8 3 (0.13%) MS Visio
8 3 (0.13%) Revit
8 3 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.088%) LaTeX
9 2 (0.088%) Microsoft Project
10 1 (0.044%) CANalyzer
10 1 (0.044%) EPLAN
10 1 (0.044%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.044%) ProjectWise
10 1 (0.044%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 22 (0.97%) Oracle EBS
2 10 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.18%) Infor M3
4 2 (0.088%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.044%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.044%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.044%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.044%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.044%) Oracle SCM
5 1 (0.044%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.044%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.044%) SAP MDM
5 1 (0.044%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.044%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 64 (2.83%) AWS
2 62 (2.74%) Azure
3 54 (2.39%) Power Platform
4 38 (1.68%) GCP
5 33 (1.46%) Snowflake
6 12 (0.53%) Dynamics 365
7 10 (0.44%) Amazon S3
8 8 (0.35%) SaaS
9 7 (0.31%) GitHub
9 7 (0.31%) Serverless
10 6 (0.27%) Microsoft Purview
11 5 (0.22%) Amazon EC2
11 5 (0.22%) Microsoft 365
12 4 (0.18%) AWS Lambda
12 4 (0.18%) Azure DevOps
13 3 (0.13%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 3 (0.13%) Amazon EKS
13 3 (0.13%) Amazon ELB
13 3 (0.13%) Amazon Glacier
13 3 (0.13%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 733 (32.38%) 5G
2 730 (32.24%) Wi-Fi
3 726 (32.07%) Wireless
4 723 (31.93%) LTE
5 722 (31.89%) GSM
5 722 (31.89%) UMTS
6 721 (31.85%) Bluetooth
7 23 (1.02%) Broadband
8 19 (0.84%) Modbus
9 17 (0.75%) Ethernet
10 14 (0.62%) SD-WAN
10 14 (0.62%) WAN
11 12 (0.53%) Profibus
12 6 (0.27%) DNS
12 6 (0.27%) Firewall
13 5 (0.22%) DHCP
13 5 (0.22%) TCP/IP
14 4 (0.18%) 3GPP
14 4 (0.18%) Software-Defined Radio
15 3 (0.13%) PuTTY
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (2.21%) Data Warehouse
1 50 (2.21%) Power BI
2 37 (1.63%) Data Lake
3 31 (1.37%) Metadata
4 30 (1.33%) SQL Server
5 29 (1.28%) Tableau
6 24 (1.06%) Oracle ODI
7 17 (0.75%) BigQuery
8 16 (0.71%) Big Data
9 12 (0.53%) MySQL
10 10 (0.44%) NoSQL
11 9 (0.40%) MongoDB
11 9 (0.40%) Relational Database
12 7 (0.31%) Looker
12 7 (0.31%) PostgreSQL
12 7 (0.31%) RDBMS
12 7 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 6 (0.27%) Hadoop
14 5 (0.22%) BusinessObjects
14 5 (0.22%) Metadata Repository
Development Applications
1 104 (4.59%) Rational DOORS
2 55 (2.43%) Git
3 44 (1.94%) JIRA
4 17 (0.75%) Selenium
5 16 (0.71%) Jenkins
6 8 (0.35%) GitLab
6 8 (0.35%) Subversion
7 5 (0.22%) Cypress.io
7 5 (0.22%) Rational Rhapsody
8 4 (0.18%) CppUnit
8 4 (0.18%) LabVIEW
8 4 (0.18%) Visual Studio
8 4 (0.18%) webpack
9 3 (0.13%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 3 (0.13%) PHPUnit
9 3 (0.13%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (0.13%) Vagrant
10 2 (0.088%) ER Studio
10 2 (0.088%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.088%) WebDriver
General
1 812 (35.87%) Electronics
2 198 (8.75%) Social Skills
3 194 (8.57%) Aerospace
4 164 (7.24%) Automotive
5 107 (4.73%) Finance
6 106 (4.68%) Analytical Skills
7 77 (3.40%) Manufacturing
8 63 (2.78%) Law
9 34 (1.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 32 (1.41%) Marketing
11 28 (1.24%) Games
12 22 (0.97%) Military
13 20 (0.88%) Pharmaceutical
13 20 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
13 20 (0.88%) Retail
14 19 (0.84%) Legal
14 19 (0.84%) Organisational Skills
15 17 (0.75%) Telecoms
16 15 (0.66%) Billing
17 14 (0.62%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 782 (34.54%) Electronics Engineer
2 772 (34.10%) Test Engineer
3 721 (31.85%) Electronics Test Engineer
4 631 (27.87%) Systems Engineer
5 305 (13.47%) Principal Engineer
6 301 (13.30%) Senior
7 295 (13.03%) Principal Systems Engineer
8 141 (6.23%) Software Engineer
9 104 (4.59%) Development Engineer
10 99 (4.37%) Software Development Engineer
11 98 (4.33%) Lead
12 97 (4.28%) Requirements Engineer
13 94 (4.15%) Mathematical Modeller
14 66 (2.92%) Analyst
14 66 (2.92%) Principal Software Engineer
15 48 (2.12%) Validation Engineer
16 46 (2.03%) Senior Test Engineer
17 45 (1.99%) Software Test Engineer
18 44 (1.94%) Senior Software Test Engineer
19 43 (1.90%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (1.10%) Oracle Fusion
2 13 (0.57%) Qt
3 12 (0.53%) HTML
3 12 (0.53%) Kafka
4 11 (0.49%) CSS
5 8 (0.35%) REST
6 7 (0.31%) React
7 6 (0.27%) Jest
7 6 (0.27%) Node.js
7 6 (0.27%) NumPy
7 6 (0.27%) Pandas
7 6 (0.27%) PySpark
7 6 (0.27%) Spring
7 6 (0.27%) Spring Boot
8 4 (0.18%) .NET
8 4 (0.18%) AngularJS
8 4 (0.18%) CSS3
8 4 (0.18%) Playwright
8 4 (0.18%) RxJS
8 4 (0.18%) Semantic HTML
Miscellaneous
1 731 (32.29%) Driving Licence
2 53 (2.34%) Management Information System
3 35 (1.55%) Product Ownership
4 34 (1.50%) SCADA
5 28 (1.24%) Algorithms
5 28 (1.24%) Data Structures
5 28 (1.24%) Legacy Systems
6 27 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
7 26 (1.15%) Operational Technology
8 22 (0.97%) Life Science
8 22 (0.97%) Video\Live Streaming
9 19 (0.84%) Embedded Systems
10 12 (0.53%) FPGA
10 12 (0.53%) Self-Driving Car
11 11 (0.49%) Onboarding
12 10 (0.44%) Biopharmaceutical
13 8 (0.35%) Hybrid Cloud
14 7 (0.31%) Manufacturing Execution System
15 6 (0.27%) e-Learning
16 5 (0.22%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 36 (1.59%) Linux
2 27 (1.19%) Windows
3 9 (0.40%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
4 6 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (0.18%) Android
5 4 (0.18%) Unix
6 3 (0.13%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.13%) VMS
7 2 (0.088%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.044%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.044%) FreeRTOS
8 1 (0.044%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.044%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.044%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,483 (65.50%) Verification and Validation
2 959 (42.36%) Systems Engineering
3 793 (35.03%) Mentoring
4 755 (33.35%) Coaching
5 743 (32.82%) Customer Requirements
6 724 (31.98%) Test Strategy
7 517 (22.84%) Mathematics
8 493 (21.78%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
9 490 (21.64%) Software Engineering
10 428 (18.90%) SysML
11 332 (14.66%) Digital Twin
12 328 (14.49%) Agile
13 261 (11.53%) Problem-Solving
14 223 (9.85%) Software Testing
15 133 (5.87%) Test Automation
16 123 (5.43%) Computer Science
17 116 (5.12%) Mathematical Modelling
18 115 (5.08%) Performance Analysis
19 106 (4.68%) Requirements Management
20 97 (4.28%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 623 (27.52%) MATLAB
2 232 (10.25%) Python
3 126 (5.57%) SQL
4 59 (2.61%) C
5 53 (2.34%) C++
6 30 (1.33%) PL/SQL
7 24 (1.06%) Ada
8 17 (0.75%) C#
9 15 (0.66%) Java
10 14 (0.62%) JavaScript
11 12 (0.53%) Ladder Logic
11 12 (0.53%) PowerShell
12 11 (0.49%) T-SQL
13 10 (0.44%) Shell Script
13 10 (0.44%) TypeScript
14 9 (0.40%) R
15 7 (0.31%) Bash
15 7 (0.31%) C-shell
15 7 (0.31%) Korn
16 6 (0.27%) Perl
Qualifications
1 1,465 (64.71%) Degree
2 1,108 (48.94%) HND
3 599 (26.46%) BPSS Clearance
4 390 (17.23%) HNC
5 59 (2.61%) Chartered Engineer
6 53 (2.34%) Computer Science Degree
7 50 (2.21%) Master's Degree
8 47 (2.08%) Security Cleared
9 42 (1.86%) ISTQB
10 39 (1.72%) Numerate Degree
11 36 (1.59%) SC Cleared
12 27 (1.19%) PhD
13 8 (0.35%) CCNA
13 8 (0.35%) Cisco Certification
13 8 (0.35%) DBS Check
13 8 (0.35%) DV Cleared
14 6 (0.27%) Microsoft Certification
15 5 (0.22%) ITIL Certification
15 5 (0.22%) Network+ Certification
15 5 (0.22%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 111 (4.90%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 74 (3.27%) Data Quality
3 67 (2.96%) QA
4 40 (1.77%) Accessibility
5 28 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 23 (1.02%) GxP
7 16 (0.71%) ARP4754
7 16 (0.71%) DO-254
7 16 (0.71%) IEC 61508
8 12 (0.53%) PMO
9 10 (0.44%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 10 (0.44%) GDPR
10 9 (0.40%) GMP
11 7 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 6 (0.27%) Good Clinical Practice
13 5 (0.22%) Automotive SPICE
13 5 (0.22%) ISO 26262
13 5 (0.22%) NCSC
14 4 (0.18%) NIST
15 3 (0.13%) GAMP
System Software
1 27 (1.19%) Firmware
2 21 (0.93%) Docker
3 17 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (0.62%) Embedded Firmware
5 11 (0.49%) Active Directory
6 6 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (0.22%) vSphere
8 3 (0.13%) Apache Flume
8 3 (0.13%) HDFS
9 2 (0.088%) DFS Replication
9 2 (0.088%) vCloud
9 2 (0.088%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.044%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.044%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 13 (0.57%) Kubernetes
2 9 (0.40%) Terraform
3 8 (0.35%) Ansible
4 6 (0.27%) Functional Safety
5 5 (0.22%) Grafana
5 5 (0.22%) vCenter Server
6 3 (0.13%) Kibana
6 3 (0.13%) logstash
6 3 (0.13%) Oozie
6 3 (0.13%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.088%) Docker Swarm
7 2 (0.088%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.088%) Podman
7 2 (0.088%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.088%) Puppet
7 2 (0.088%) Rundeck
7 2 (0.088%) SCOM
8 1 (0.044%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.044%) SCCM
Vendors
1 114 (5.04%) MathWorks
2 45 (1.99%) Oracle
3 41 (1.81%) Microsoft
4 32 (1.41%) ServiceNow
5 29 (1.28%) SAP
6 25 (1.10%) Salesforce
7 21 (0.93%) IBM
8 19 (0.84%) VMware
9 15 (0.66%) Siemens
10 13 (0.57%) Allen-Bradley
10 13 (0.57%) Rockwell
11 10 (0.44%) IFS
12 9 (0.40%) Cisco
12 9 (0.40%) Databricks
12 9 (0.40%) Google
12 9 (0.40%) Red Hat
13 8 (0.35%) EMC
14 5 (0.22%) Informatica
15 4 (0.18%) Agilent
15 4 (0.18%) Intel