Data Validation
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Data Validation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Validation over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 760 868 977
Rank change year-on-year +108 +109 -246
Permanent jobs citing Data Validation 142 104 252
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.10% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.11% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 99 44 104
10th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £35,375
25th Percentile £48,500 £45,750 £47,611
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile £73,750 £68,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £87,750 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £37,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +48.65% -29.52% +22.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,809 96,894 150,102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.61% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 59,843 56,945 82,179
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,550
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Data Validation
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Data Validation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Data Validation in the UK

Data Validation
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Validation.

Salary trend for Data Validation in the UK

Data Validation
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Validation over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Validation in the UK

Data Validation
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Validation within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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
England +118 120 £60,000 +4.35% 45
UK excluding London +38 91 £55,000 +48.65% 25
Work from Home +118 67 £57,500 +21.05% 19
London +111 45 £70,000 +21.74% 21
Midlands +13 26 £49,000 +83.18% 4
South East -20 24 £65,000 +38.30% 8
North of England +66 17 £42,500 -20.93% 9
Scotland - 16 £42,500 -
East Midlands - 16 - - 1
West Midlands +19 10 £49,000 +83.18% 3
Yorkshire +93 7 £42,500 -37.04% 5
North West - 7 £35,000 - 3
South West - 7 £70,576 - 2
North East -2 3 £55,000 +61.76% 1
Wales +4 1 £42,500 +30.77%

Data Validation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (4.23%) Apache Spark
2 4 (2.82%) Apache
3 3 (2.11%) Smallworld
Applications
1 34 (23.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (14.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 18 (12.68%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (2.11%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.70%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 5 (3.52%) Teamcenter
2 3 (2.11%) Dynamics AX
2 3 (2.11%) SAP CRM
2 3 (2.11%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 21 (14.79%) Azure
2 14 (9.86%) AWS
3 13 (9.15%) Power Platform
4 10 (7.04%) GCP
5 9 (6.34%) BlazeMeter
6 7 (4.93%) GitHub
7 6 (4.23%) Azure Data Factory
7 6 (4.23%) dbt
8 4 (2.82%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (2.82%) Prefect
9 3 (2.11%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (2.11%) Serverless
10 2 (1.41%) Amazon SageMaker
10 2 (1.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 1 (0.70%) AtomSphere
11 1 (0.70%) Azure Stack
11 1 (0.70%) Boomi
11 1 (0.70%) GitHub Actions
11 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Purview
11 1 (0.70%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (14.79%) SQL Server
2 13 (9.15%) Data Warehouse
2 13 (9.15%) Power BI
3 11 (7.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 8 (5.63%) Crystal Reports
5 7 (4.93%) Metadata
5 7 (4.93%) Tableau
6 6 (4.23%) Big Data
6 6 (4.23%) Data Lake
7 5 (3.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (2.82%) QGIS
8 4 (2.82%) Relational Database
9 3 (2.11%) Amazon Redshift
9 3 (2.11%) Geospatial Data
9 3 (2.11%) GIS
9 3 (2.11%) Spatial Data
10 2 (1.41%) NoSQL
10 2 (1.41%) Qlik Sense
11 1 (0.70%) Looker
11 1 (0.70%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 11 (7.75%) Jenkins
1 11 (7.75%) JIRA
2 10 (7.04%) JMeter
3 9 (6.34%) Cucumber
3 9 (6.34%) Cypress.io
3 9 (6.34%) Gradle
3 9 (6.34%) Maven
4 6 (4.23%) Selenium
5 3 (2.11%) Git
6 2 (1.41%) GitLab
6 2 (1.41%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.70%) Postman
7 1 (0.70%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 54 (38.03%) Social Skills
2 43 (30.28%) Finance
3 31 (21.83%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (9.86%) Marketing
5 13 (9.15%) Law
6 11 (7.75%) Banking
7 9 (6.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.82%) German Language
8 4 (2.82%) Japanese Language
8 4 (2.82%) Retail
8 4 (2.82%) Spanish Language
9 3 (2.11%) Aviation
9 3 (2.11%) General Ledger
9 3 (2.11%) Manufacturing
9 3 (2.11%) Publishing
10 2 (1.41%) Games
10 2 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.70%) Automotive
11 1 (0.70%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.70%) Legal
Job Titles
1 21 (14.79%) Senior
2 20 (14.08%) Analyst
3 18 (12.68%) Lead
4 14 (9.86%) Data Engineer
5 9 (6.34%) Developer
5 9 (6.34%) Java Engineer
5 9 (6.34%) Java Software Engineer
5 9 (6.34%) QA Engineer
5 9 (6.34%) QA Software Engineer
5 9 (6.34%) Software Engineer
5 9 (6.34%) Test Analyst
6 8 (5.63%) Data Scientist
6 8 (5.63%) DBA
6 8 (5.63%) IT Manager
7 7 (4.93%) Senior Data Scientist
8 6 (4.23%) Architect
8 6 (4.23%) Data Manager
8 6 (4.23%) QA Leader
9 5 (3.52%) Data Architect
9 5 (3.52%) Data Migration Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (9.15%) Pandas
2 10 (7.04%) React
3 9 (6.34%) Ext JS
3 9 (6.34%) Spring
3 9 (6.34%) Spring Boot
4 8 (5.63%) XGBoost
5 6 (4.23%) HTML
5 6 (4.23%) Web Services
5 6 (4.23%) XML
6 5 (3.52%) Itk
6 5 (3.52%) PySpark
7 3 (2.11%) Lightning Web Components
7 3 (2.11%) NumPy
8 2 (1.41%) Lambda Expressions
8 2 (1.41%) pytest
8 2 (1.41%) REST
9 1 (0.70%) Laravel
9 1 (0.70%) pyodbc
9 1 (0.70%) Tkinter
9 1 (0.70%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 29 (20.42%) Management Information System
2 24 (16.90%) Self-Motivation
3 16 (11.27%) Taxonomies
4 9 (6.34%) Market Risk
5 8 (5.63%) Data Structures
6 6 (4.23%) Product Ownership
7 5 (3.52%) Driving Licence
7 5 (3.52%) iPhone
7 5 (3.52%) Legacy Applications
7 5 (3.52%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.41%) Algorithms
8 2 (1.41%) AS400
8 2 (1.41%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.70%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.70%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.70%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.70%) FMCG
9 1 (0.70%) LIMS
9 1 (0.70%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.52%) Apple iOS
2 2 (1.41%) Unix
2 2 (1.41%) Windows
3 1 (0.70%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (100.00%) Validation
2 54 (38.03%) Problem-Solving
3 45 (31.69%) Decision-Making
4 35 (24.65%) Agile
5 25 (17.61%) Data Management
5 25 (17.61%) Data Pipeline
5 25 (17.61%) Electronic Trading
6 24 (16.90%) Data Science
7 22 (15.49%) Analytics
7 22 (15.49%) Test Automation
8 21 (14.79%) Data Cleansing
8 21 (14.79%) Data Modelling
8 21 (14.79%) Process Improvement
8 21 (14.79%) Visualisation
9 20 (14.08%) Continuous Improvement
9 20 (14.08%) Information Management
10 19 (13.38%) Data Analysis
10 19 (13.38%) ETL
10 19 (13.38%) Migration
10 19 (13.38%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 71 (50.00%) SQL
2 32 (22.54%) Python
3 15 (10.56%) Java
4 12 (8.45%) JavaScript
5 6 (4.23%) C
6 5 (3.52%) C++
6 5 (3.52%) PowerShell
6 5 (3.52%) Shell Script
7 4 (2.82%) T-SQL
8 3 (2.11%) Apex Code
8 3 (2.11%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.70%) C#
9 1 (0.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.70%) PHP
9 1 (0.70%) R
Qualifications
1 20 (14.08%) Degree
2 8 (5.63%) ISEB
3 7 (4.93%) Numerate Degree
4 5 (3.52%) MCAD
4 5 (3.52%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (2.82%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.41%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.70%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.70%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (21.83%) QA
2 18 (12.68%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.41%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.70%) Good Clinical Practice
System Software
1 3 (2.11%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (2.82%) Terraform
2 1 (0.70%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 27 (19.01%) Microsoft
2 15 (10.56%) Databricks
3 9 (6.34%) TOWER Software
4 8 (5.63%) Google
5 4 (2.82%) SAP
6 3 (2.11%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.41%) Oracle
8 1 (0.70%) Infor
8 1 (0.70%) Informatica
8 1 (0.70%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.70%) SnapLogic