Validation Jobs in the UK excluding London

Validation
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Validation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Validation over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 129 150 199
Rank change year-on-year +21 +49 +4
Permanent jobs citing Validation 1,556 1,437 1,425
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.21% 2.34% 2.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.62% 2.45% 2.13%
Number of salaries quoted 592 310 554
10th Percentile £34,750 £32,733 £32,740
25th Percentile £40,800 £43,067 £39,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +14.58% -1.84%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £63,713
90th Percentile £72,433 £85,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Validation is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59,358 58,642 66,863
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.33% 95.62% 94.03%
Number of salaries quoted 41,086 30,131 41,542
10th Percentile £27,004 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

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 5 May 2024.

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 5 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
South East -6 349 £52,500 -4.55% 196
South West +46 298 £50,000 -28.57% 104
Midlands -20 267 £52,500 -4.55% 165
North of England +58 263 £51,528 -1.85% 125
Scotland +22 171 £52,067 -11.47% 45
North West +60 166 £50,000 -4.76% 80
West Midlands -62 142 £54,000 -1.82% 108
East Midlands +52 125 £42,500 -10.53% 56
East of England -30 117 £55,000 -8.33% 130
Yorkshire +55 88 £51,528 -8.39% 36
Wales +42 53 £50,000 +16.10% 17
Northern Ireland +51 41 - - 6
North East -6 9 £53,750 -30.65% 12
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 23 (1.48%) SAS
2 20 (1.29%) IIS
3 15 (0.96%) Apache
3 15 (0.96%) Apache Spark
4 14 (0.90%) SharePoint
5 13 (0.84%) Documentum
6 10 (0.64%) Anypoint
7 8 (0.51%) CMS
8 7 (0.45%) Confluence
9 4 (0.26%) Kinematics
10 2 (0.13%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.064%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.064%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.064%) Microsoft Exchange
11 1 (0.064%) WordPress
Applications
1 104 (6.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 77 (4.95%) Simulink
3 73 (4.69%) Microsoft Office
4 54 (3.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 52 (3.34%) Stateflow
6 19 (1.22%) MS Visio
7 14 (0.90%) OrCAD
8 13 (0.84%) Microsoft Project
9 12 (0.77%) Sketch
10 5 (0.32%) SOLIDWORKS
11 2 (0.13%) EViews
11 2 (0.13%) Fusion 360
11 2 (0.13%) SPSS
11 2 (0.13%) TargetLink
12 1 (0.064%) Acrobat
12 1 (0.064%) Siemens NX
12 1 (0.064%) Spreadsheet
12 1 (0.064%) Trello
12 1 (0.064%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 17 (1.09%) Salesforce CRM
2 16 (1.03%) TrackWise
3 10 (0.64%) SAP QM
4 7 (0.45%) NetSuite
5 4 (0.26%) SAP WM
6 3 (0.19%) Q-Pulse
7 2 (0.13%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.064%) Dynamics CRM
8 1 (0.064%) SAP CRM
8 1 (0.064%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.064%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 119 (7.65%) Azure
2 93 (5.98%) AWS
3 43 (2.76%) Power Platform
4 21 (1.35%) Microsoft 365
5 18 (1.16%) Azure DevOps
5 18 (1.16%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 17 (1.09%) SaaS
7 16 (1.03%) GitHub
8 14 (0.90%) GCP
9 13 (0.84%) Figma
9 13 (0.84%) OCI
10 12 (0.77%) Power Automate
10 12 (0.77%) PowerApps
11 11 (0.71%) OneDrive
11 11 (0.71%) ShareGate
12 9 (0.58%) BlazeMeter
12 9 (0.58%) Cloud Computing
13 8 (0.51%) Azure Data Factory
14 7 (0.45%) Amazon SageMaker
14 7 (0.45%) Mavenlink
Communications & Networking
1 344 (22.11%) VSAT
2 45 (2.89%) Firewall
3 42 (2.70%) WAN
4 32 (2.06%) 5G
5 22 (1.41%) Ethernet
5 22 (1.41%) TCP/IP
6 18 (1.16%) Network Security
6 18 (1.16%) Wireless
7 17 (1.09%) Internet
7 17 (1.09%) VPN
8 16 (1.03%) DNS
9 14 (0.90%) Bluetooth
9 14 (0.90%) DHCP
10 13 (0.84%) RS-232
11 12 (0.77%) LAN
12 11 (0.71%) SD-WAN
13 9 (0.58%) Wireshark
14 7 (0.45%) 4G
14 7 (0.45%) J1939
15 6 (0.39%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (3.53%) SQL Server
2 41 (2.63%) Power BI
3 24 (1.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 15 (0.96%) Relational Database
5 14 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
5 14 (0.90%) Tableau
6 9 (0.58%) GIS
6 9 (0.58%) Oracle Reports
7 8 (0.51%) Crystal Reports
7 8 (0.51%) Metadata
7 8 (0.51%) Power Query
8 7 (0.45%) Big Data
8 7 (0.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 6 (0.39%) Data Lake
10 4 (0.26%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (0.19%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (0.19%) Qlik Sense
12 2 (0.13%) BigQuery
12 2 (0.13%) OLAP
13 1 (0.064%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 127 (8.16%) JIRA
2 33 (2.12%) Rational DOORS
3 26 (1.67%) Visual Studio
4 23 (1.48%) Git
5 22 (1.41%) Jenkins
6 17 (1.09%) Selenium
7 15 (0.96%) Cucumber
7 15 (0.96%) Rational Rhapsody
8 11 (0.71%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 10 (0.64%) Trac
10 9 (0.58%) Cypress.io
10 9 (0.58%) Gradle
10 9 (0.58%) JMeter
10 9 (0.58%) LabVIEW
10 9 (0.58%) Maven
11 7 (0.45%) GitLab
12 4 (0.26%) Eclipse
12 4 (0.26%) Katalon Studio
12 4 (0.26%) Postman
13 2 (0.13%) Apache Continuum
General
1 378 (24.29%) Social Skills
2 246 (15.81%) Analytical Skills
3 182 (11.70%) Finance
4 145 (9.32%) Manufacturing
5 126 (8.10%) Pharmaceutical
6 125 (8.03%) Electronics
7 120 (7.71%) Aerospace
7 120 (7.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 73 (4.69%) Automotive
9 69 (4.43%) Presentation Skills
10 68 (4.37%) Marketing
11 67 (4.31%) Law
12 60 (3.86%) Banking
13 49 (3.15%) Retail
14 45 (2.89%) Influencing Skills
15 44 (2.83%) Telecoms
16 37 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
17 31 (1.99%) Legal
18 29 (1.86%) Military
19 25 (1.61%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 413 (26.54%) Architect
2 344 (22.11%) Software Architect
3 203 (13.05%) Lead
4 176 (11.31%) Senior
5 175 (11.25%) Systems Engineer
6 108 (6.94%) Software Engineer
7 103 (6.62%) Analyst
8 50 (3.21%) DevOps Engineer
9 48 (3.08%) Senior Systems Engineer
10 44 (2.83%) Technical Leader
11 39 (2.51%) Hardware Engineer
12 38 (2.44%) QA Manager
13 37 (2.38%) IT Manager
14 35 (2.25%) Senior Software Engineer
14 35 (2.25%) Solutions Architect
15 29 (1.86%) Developer
15 29 (1.86%) Validation Engineer
16 27 (1.74%) Embedded Engineer
16 27 (1.74%) Test Engineer
17 26 (1.67%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (1.67%) HTML
2 23 (1.48%) React
3 22 (1.41%) REST
4 21 (1.35%) CSS
5 20 (1.29%) WebRTC
6 17 (1.09%) .NET
7 15 (0.96%) XML
8 13 (0.84%) PyTorch
8 13 (0.84%) TensorFlow
9 12 (0.77%) EDI
9 12 (0.77%) Qt
10 11 (0.71%) Spring
10 11 (0.71%) Spring Boot
10 11 (0.71%) Yocto
11 10 (0.64%) WPF
12 9 (0.58%) Ext JS
12 9 (0.58%) JSON
12 9 (0.58%) Lightning Web Components
12 9 (0.58%) Pandas
13 8 (0.51%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 119 (7.65%) Management Information System
2 93 (5.98%) Algorithms
3 68 (4.37%) Self-Motivation
4 42 (2.70%) Life Science
5 40 (2.57%) Renewable Energy
6 25 (1.61%) Taxonomies
7 24 (1.54%) Credit Risk
7 24 (1.54%) Robotics
8 23 (1.48%) FPGA
9 22 (1.41%) Analogue Electronics
9 22 (1.41%) Embedded Systems
9 22 (1.41%) IoT
10 21 (1.35%) Biopharmaceutical
10 21 (1.35%) Product Ownership
11 20 (1.29%) Clustering
12 19 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
13 17 (1.09%) Cloud Native
14 15 (0.96%) LIMS
15 14 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
15 14 (0.90%) GNSS
Operating Systems
1 126 (8.10%) Linux
2 36 (2.31%) Windows
3 12 (0.77%) Windows Server
4 11 (0.71%) Embedded Linux
5 9 (0.58%) Android
6 8 (0.51%) Debian
6 8 (0.51%) Ubuntu
7 6 (0.39%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.064%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 451 (28.98%) Actionable Insight
2 405 (26.03%) Requirements Management
3 404 (25.96%) Model Validation
4 364 (23.39%) TOGAF
5 353 (22.69%) Network Architecture
6 344 (22.11%) Network Management
6 344 (22.11%) Technical Architecture
7 285 (18.32%) Agile
8 277 (17.80%) Verification and Validation
9 272 (17.48%) Problem-Solving
10 151 (9.70%) Software Engineering
11 149 (9.58%) Systems Engineering
12 142 (9.13%) DevOps
13 134 (8.61%) Project Management
14 119 (7.65%) Continuous Improvement
15 114 (7.33%) SDLC
16 107 (6.88%) Mentoring
17 106 (6.81%) Computer Science
17 106 (6.81%) Decision-Making
18 102 (6.56%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 153 (9.83%) Python
2 144 (9.25%) SQL
3 106 (6.81%) MATLAB
4 94 (6.04%) C
5 69 (4.43%) C#
6 57 (3.66%) C++
7 39 (2.51%) JavaScript
8 32 (2.06%) PowerShell
9 28 (1.80%) R
10 25 (1.61%) Java
11 19 (1.22%) Bash
12 15 (0.96%) Perl
13 12 (0.77%) Ada
14 10 (0.64%) Embedded C
15 9 (0.58%) T-SQL
15 9 (0.58%) XAML
16 7 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 6 (0.39%) Fortran
18 5 (0.32%) Apex Code
18 5 (0.32%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 457 (29.37%) Degree
2 299 (19.22%) Security Cleared
3 123 (7.90%) SC Cleared
4 88 (5.66%) BPSS Clearance
5 63 (4.05%) DV Cleared
6 57 (3.66%) Master's Degree
7 27 (1.74%) Computer Science Degree
7 27 (1.74%) DBS Check
8 19 (1.22%) CISSP
8 19 (1.22%) HNC
8 19 (1.22%) TOGAF Certification
9 18 (1.16%) HND
9 18 (1.16%) PhD
10 15 (0.96%) Cisco Certification
11 13 (0.84%) CISM
12 12 (0.77%) ITIL Certification
13 11 (0.71%) CISA
13 11 (0.71%) PCI QSA
14 10 (0.64%) Chartered Engineer
15 7 (0.45%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 137 (8.80%) QA
2 66 (4.24%) GMP
3 32 (2.06%) PMO
4 31 (1.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 28 (1.80%) GLP
6 25 (1.61%) NIST
7 23 (1.48%) Data Quality
8 22 (1.41%) GxP
9 20 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 15288
10 19 (1.22%) Good Clinical Practice
10 19 (1.22%) IFRS
10 19 (1.22%) IFRS 9
11 17 (1.09%) CRD IV
11 17 (1.09%) PCI DSS
12 13 (0.84%) Automotive SPICE
12 13 (0.84%) Def Stans
12 13 (0.84%) ISO 26262
13 9 (0.58%) Accessibility
13 9 (0.58%) MISRA
14 8 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 62 (3.98%) Docker
2 49 (3.15%) Firmware
3 31 (1.99%) Virtual Machines
4 27 (1.74%) Active Directory
5 25 (1.61%) VMware Infrastructure
6 16 (1.03%) Hyper-V
6 16 (1.03%) pfSense
7 10 (0.64%) Embedded Firmware
7 10 (0.64%) NFS
8 7 (0.45%) VMware NSX
9 6 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
10 4 (0.26%) VMware Server
11 1 (0.064%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 60 (3.86%) Ansible
2 52 (3.34%) Kubernetes
3 51 (3.28%) Terraform
4 30 (1.93%) Functional Safety
5 16 (1.03%) Grafana
5 16 (1.03%) ZABBIX
6 10 (0.64%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
6 10 (0.64%) SCDPM
7 6 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (0.39%) Nmap
8 1 (0.064%) IBM BigFix
Vendors
1 142 (9.13%) Microsoft
2 51 (3.28%) Salesforce
3 43 (2.76%) VMware
4 31 (1.99%) SAP
5 25 (1.61%) EMC
6 23 (1.48%) Databricks
7 21 (1.35%) Google
8 20 (1.29%) Oracle
9 16 (1.03%) Fortinet
9 16 (1.03%) Juniper
10 15 (0.96%) IBM
11 14 (0.90%) CheckPoint
12 13 (0.84%) Veeam
13 12 (0.77%) ServiceNow
14 11 (0.71%) Nintex
15 10 (0.64%) McAfee
15 10 (0.64%) MuleSoft
16 9 (0.58%) TOWER Software
17 8 (0.51%) Cisco
18 6 (0.39%) Minitab