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 3 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 146 142
Rank change year-on-year +99 -4 -3
Permanent jobs citing Validation 2,058 1,091 1,138
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 4.67% 1.77% 2.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.37% 2.24% 2.55%
Number of salaries quoted 662 378 379
10th Percentile £40,000 £35,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,683 £40,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,500 £55,420
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% -1.66% +17.91%
75th Percentile £60,265 £67,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £79,125 £82,797
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,033 £62,500
% change year-on-year -5.23% -7.15% +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 38,359 48,707 44,602
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 87.08% 79.20% 95.49%
Number of salaries quoted 19,993 30,288 26,497
10th Percentile £25,625 £29,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,000 £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 £69,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £81,850
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

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 3 August 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 3 August 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 +89 581 £60,000 +10.09% 275
Midlands +131 492 £55,000 +15.79% 189
East of England +95 386 £57,000 +3.64% 173
East Midlands +101 288 £42,500 - 60
North of England +7 263 £47,683 -3.67% 159
North West +2 220 £47,683 -2.69% 104
West Midlands +105 204 £57,500 +9.52% 126
Scotland +116 179 £58,033 +6.90% 79
South West +31 138 £52,600 -12.33% 166
Yorkshire -11 32 £42,500 -12.82% 47
Wales +14 24 £57,500 +35.29% 27
North East +21 11 £35,000 -30.00% 11
Northern Ireland +4 4 - - 20
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 (0.29%) CMS
1 6 (0.29%) SugarCRM
2 5 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
2 5 (0.24%) Confluence
3 4 (0.19%) Apache Spark
3 4 (0.19%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.15%) SAS
5 2 (0.097%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.097%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.097%) TPMS
6 1 (0.049%) Apache
6 1 (0.049%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.049%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.049%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 505 (24.54%) Simulink
2 113 (5.49%) Mathcad
3 27 (1.31%) Microsoft Excel
4 19 (0.92%) Microsoft Office
5 9 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 8 (0.39%) AutoCAD
7 5 (0.24%) SOLIDWORKS
8 3 (0.15%) MS Visio
8 3 (0.15%) Revit
8 3 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.097%) LaTeX
9 2 (0.097%) Microsoft Project
10 1 (0.049%) CANalyzer
10 1 (0.049%) EPLAN
10 1 (0.049%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.049%) ProjectWise
10 1 (0.049%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 22 (1.07%) Oracle EBS
2 10 (0.49%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.15%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.097%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.097%) Infor M3
4 2 (0.097%) Oracle Assets
4 2 (0.097%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (0.097%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (0.097%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.097%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.049%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.049%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.049%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.049%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.049%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.049%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.049%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.049%) SAP MDM
5 1 (0.049%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.049%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 68 (3.30%) Azure
2 64 (3.11%) AWS
3 60 (2.92%) Power Platform
4 38 (1.85%) GCP
5 35 (1.70%) Snowflake
6 12 (0.58%) Dynamics 365
7 10 (0.49%) Amazon S3
7 10 (0.49%) SaaS
8 7 (0.34%) Microsoft Purview
8 7 (0.34%) Serverless
9 6 (0.29%) AWS Lambda
9 6 (0.29%) GitHub
9 6 (0.29%) Microsoft 365
10 5 (0.24%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (0.24%) dbt
11 3 (0.15%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 3 (0.15%) Amazon ELB
11 3 (0.15%) AWS KMS
11 3 (0.15%) OCI
11 3 (0.15%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 733 (35.62%) 5G
2 731 (35.52%) Wi-Fi
3 726 (35.28%) Wireless
4 723 (35.13%) LTE
5 722 (35.08%) GSM
5 722 (35.08%) UMTS
6 721 (35.03%) Bluetooth
7 23 (1.12%) Broadband
8 17 (0.83%) Ethernet
8 17 (0.83%) Modbus
9 15 (0.73%) WAN
10 14 (0.68%) SD-WAN
11 12 (0.58%) Profibus
12 7 (0.34%) DNS
12 7 (0.34%) Firewall
13 6 (0.29%) DHCP
14 5 (0.24%) TCP/IP
15 4 (0.19%) 3GPP
15 4 (0.19%) Network Security
15 4 (0.19%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (2.72%) Power BI
2 51 (2.48%) Data Warehouse
3 39 (1.90%) Tableau
4 34 (1.65%) Data Lake
5 31 (1.51%) Metadata
6 29 (1.41%) SQL Server
7 24 (1.17%) Oracle ODI
8 23 (1.12%) BigQuery
9 15 (0.73%) Big Data
10 11 (0.53%) MySQL
11 10 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
12 9 (0.44%) Relational Database
13 8 (0.39%) NoSQL
14 7 (0.34%) Looker
14 7 (0.34%) MongoDB
14 7 (0.34%) RDBMS
14 7 (0.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 5 (0.24%) Data Hub
15 5 (0.24%) Hadoop
15 5 (0.24%) Metadata Repository
Development Applications
1 70 (3.40%) Rational DOORS
2 51 (2.48%) Git
3 32 (1.55%) JIRA
4 17 (0.83%) Jenkins
5 15 (0.73%) Selenium
6 8 (0.39%) GitLab
7 7 (0.34%) Rational Rhapsody
7 7 (0.34%) Subversion
8 5 (0.24%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.19%) CppUnit
9 4 (0.19%) SonarQube
9 4 (0.19%) Visual Studio
9 4 (0.19%) webpack
10 3 (0.15%) LabVIEW
10 3 (0.15%) Sonatype Nexus
10 3 (0.15%) Vagrant
11 2 (0.097%) ER Studio
11 2 (0.097%) ERwin
11 2 (0.097%) PowerDesigner
11 2 (0.097%) TestRail
General
1 795 (38.63%) Electronics
2 209 (10.16%) Social Skills
3 140 (6.80%) Aerospace
4 110 (5.34%) Automotive
5 105 (5.10%) Analytical Skills
5 105 (5.10%) Finance
6 78 (3.79%) Manufacturing
7 77 (3.74%) Law
8 37 (1.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 33 (1.60%) Marketing
10 29 (1.41%) Games
11 24 (1.17%) Pharmaceutical
11 24 (1.17%) Presentation Skills
12 22 (1.07%) Documentation Skills
13 21 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
13 21 (1.02%) Retail
14 19 (0.92%) Legal
15 18 (0.87%) Military
16 17 (0.83%) Telecoms
17 15 (0.73%) Billing
Job Titles
1 782 (38.00%) Electronics Engineer
2 770 (37.41%) Test Engineer
3 721 (35.03%) Electronics Test Engineer
4 579 (28.13%) Systems Engineer
5 283 (13.75%) Senior
6 181 (8.79%) Principal Engineer
7 173 (8.41%) Principal Systems Engineer
8 131 (6.37%) Software Engineer
9 114 (5.54%) Lead
10 104 (5.05%) Development Engineer
11 99 (4.81%) Software Development Engineer
12 94 (4.57%) Mathematical Modeller
13 77 (3.74%) Analyst
14 64 (3.11%) Principal Software Engineer
15 55 (2.67%) Requirements Engineer
16 44 (2.14%) Senior Test Engineer
17 43 (2.09%) Software Test Engineer
18 42 (2.04%) Senior Software Test Engineer
19 41 (1.99%) Senior Development Engineer
20 40 (1.94%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (1.21%) Oracle Fusion
2 13 (0.63%) Qt
3 10 (0.49%) HTML
3 10 (0.49%) Kafka
4 9 (0.44%) CSS
5 7 (0.34%) PySpark
6 6 (0.29%) Pandas
6 6 (0.29%) REST
6 6 (0.29%) Spring Boot
7 5 (0.24%) NumPy
7 5 (0.24%) Playwright
8 4 (0.19%) .NET
8 4 (0.19%) AngularJS
8 4 (0.19%) CSS3
8 4 (0.19%) FHIR
8 4 (0.19%) Jest
8 4 (0.19%) React
8 4 (0.19%) RxJS
8 4 (0.19%) Semantic HTML
8 4 (0.19%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 731 (35.52%) Driving Licence
2 67 (3.26%) Management Information System
3 37 (1.80%) Operational Technology
4 35 (1.70%) SCADA
5 34 (1.65%) Product Ownership
6 33 (1.60%) Life Science
7 31 (1.51%) Self-Motivation
8 29 (1.41%) Algorithms
9 28 (1.36%) Data Structures
9 28 (1.36%) Legacy Systems
10 22 (1.07%) Video\Live Streaming
11 19 (0.92%) Embedded Systems
12 14 (0.68%) FPGA
12 14 (0.68%) Onboarding
13 12 (0.58%) Self-Driving Car
14 11 (0.53%) Biopharmaceutical
15 8 (0.39%) Hybrid Cloud
16 7 (0.34%) Manufacturing Execution System
17 6 (0.29%) Credit Risk
17 6 (0.29%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 38 (1.85%) Linux
2 33 (1.60%) Windows
3 13 (0.63%) Windows Server
4 7 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
5 6 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (0.19%) Unix
6 4 (0.19%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.15%) Android
7 3 (0.15%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.15%) VMS
8 2 (0.097%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.049%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.049%) FreeRTOS
9 1 (0.049%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.049%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,328 (64.53%) Verification and Validation
2 787 (38.24%) Mentoring
3 755 (36.69%) Coaching
4 744 (36.15%) Customer Requirements
5 725 (35.23%) Test Strategy
6 713 (34.65%) Systems Engineering
7 450 (21.87%) Mathematics
8 396 (19.24%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
9 378 (18.37%) Software Engineering
10 343 (16.67%) SysML
11 281 (13.65%) Digital Twin
12 262 (12.73%) Problem-Solving
13 250 (12.15%) Agile
14 167 (8.11%) Software Testing
15 127 (6.17%) Test Automation
16 118 (5.73%) Computer Science
17 116 (5.64%) Mathematical Modelling
17 116 (5.64%) Performance Analysis
18 101 (4.91%) Data Validation
19 96 (4.66%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 517 (25.12%) MATLAB
2 239 (11.61%) Python
3 135 (6.56%) SQL
4 54 (2.62%) C
5 53 (2.58%) C++
6 30 (1.46%) PL/SQL
7 24 (1.17%) Ada
8 17 (0.83%) C#
9 14 (0.68%) Java
10 12 (0.58%) Ladder Logic
10 12 (0.58%) PowerShell
11 11 (0.53%) JavaScript
11 11 (0.53%) T-SQL
12 10 (0.49%) R
12 10 (0.49%) Shell Script
13 7 (0.34%) Bash
13 7 (0.34%) C-shell
13 7 (0.34%) Korn
13 7 (0.34%) TypeScript
14 6 (0.29%) Perl
Qualifications
1 1,355 (65.84%) Degree
2 1,057 (51.36%) HND
3 411 (19.97%) BPSS Clearance
4 341 (16.57%) HNC
5 69 (3.35%) Computer Science Degree
6 49 (2.38%) Master's Degree
6 49 (2.38%) Security Cleared
7 38 (1.85%) SC Cleared
8 37 (1.80%) Numerate Degree
9 27 (1.31%) PhD
10 18 (0.87%) Chartered Engineer
11 12 (0.58%) CCNA
11 12 (0.58%) Cisco Certification
11 12 (0.58%) ISTQB
11 12 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
12 8 (0.39%) DV Cleared
12 8 (0.39%) Network+ Certification
13 6 (0.29%) AWS Certification
13 6 (0.29%) DBS Check
14 5 (0.24%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 111 (5.39%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 88 (4.28%) Data Quality
3 78 (3.79%) QA
4 41 (1.99%) Accessibility
5 36 (1.75%) GxP
6 16 (0.78%) ARP4754
6 16 (0.78%) DO-254
6 16 (0.78%) IEC 61508
7 14 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 14 (0.68%) PMO
8 13 (0.63%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 11 (0.53%) SLA
10 10 (0.49%) GDPR
11 9 (0.44%) GMP
12 8 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 6 (0.29%) Good Clinical Practice
13 6 (0.29%) ISO 26262
13 6 (0.29%) NIST
14 5 (0.24%) Automotive SPICE
14 5 (0.24%) NCSC
System Software
1 29 (1.41%) Firmware
1 29 (1.41%) VMware Infrastructure
2 20 (0.97%) Docker
3 16 (0.78%) Embedded Firmware
4 14 (0.68%) Active Directory
5 5 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (0.24%) vSphere
6 4 (0.19%) vCloud
7 3 (0.15%) Apache Flume
7 3 (0.15%) HDFS
8 2 (0.097%) DFS Replication
8 2 (0.097%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.049%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.049%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.049%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.049%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 14 (0.68%) Kubernetes
2 9 (0.44%) Ansible
3 7 (0.34%) Functional Safety
4 5 (0.24%) Terraform
4 5 (0.24%) vCenter Server
5 4 (0.19%) Docker Swarm
5 4 (0.19%) Rundeck
6 3 (0.15%) Grafana
6 3 (0.15%) Kibana
6 3 (0.15%) logstash
6 3 (0.15%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.15%) Oozie
6 3 (0.15%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.097%) Podman
7 2 (0.097%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.097%) Puppet
7 2 (0.097%) SCOM
8 1 (0.049%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.049%) SCCM
Vendors
1 114 (5.54%) MathWorks
2 48 (2.33%) Microsoft
3 47 (2.28%) Oracle
4 33 (1.60%) VMware
5 32 (1.55%) ServiceNow
6 26 (1.26%) Salesforce
7 25 (1.21%) SAP
8 15 (0.73%) Siemens
9 13 (0.63%) Allen-Bradley
9 13 (0.63%) Rockwell
10 12 (0.58%) Cisco
11 10 (0.49%) IFS
12 9 (0.44%) Databricks
12 9 (0.44%) Google
12 9 (0.44%) IBM
12 9 (0.44%) Red Hat
13 8 (0.39%) EMC
14 5 (0.24%) Informatica
15 4 (0.19%) Agilent
15 4 (0.19%) Intel