Validation
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 16 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 158 167 203
Rank change year-on-year +9 +36 +29
Permanent jobs citing Validation 1,837 2,451 3,047
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.89% 2.27% 2.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.19% 2.38% 2.10%
Number of salaries quoted 796 671 1,043
10th Percentile £35,500 £36,250 £35,515
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,023
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £72,433 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +2.25%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 83,920 103,131 145,233
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.36% 95.65% 95.47%
Number of salaries quoted 59,805 60,258 83,543
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,456 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.51% +2.43% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.26% +3.81% +9.38%

Validation
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Validation in the UK

Validation
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Validation in the UK

Validation
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Validation over the 6 months to 16 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Validation in the UK

Validation
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the UK over the 6 months to 16 April 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 -2 1,521 £55,000 -8.33% 829
UK excluding London -3 1,484 £52,500 -4.55% 696
Work from Home -4 512 £55,000 -4.35% 309
South East -46 321 £52,500 +0.48% 180
London -21 291 £75,000 +7.14% 172
South West +26 275 £51,250 -24.07% 117
Midlands -36 263 £52,500 -4.55% 126
North of England +44 251 £51,000 -2.86% 112
Scotland +30 175 £52,500 - 51
North West +52 156 £46,250 -11.90% 69
West Midlands -58 139 £52,500 -4.55% 88
East Midlands +34 124 £42,500 -12.42% 38
East of England -35 118 £55,000 -4.35% 131
Yorkshire +39 84 £51,528 -10.39% 35
Wales +27 50 £50,000 +16.10% 8
Northern Ireland +52 36 - - 5
North East -3 11 £55,000 -29.03% 10

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 38 (2.07%) SAS
2 24 (1.31%) Apache Spark
2 24 (1.31%) IIS
3 21 (1.14%) Apache
4 12 (0.65%) Anypoint
5 11 (0.60%) SharePoint
6 8 (0.44%) CMS
6 8 (0.44%) Confluence
7 5 (0.27%) Jupyter
8 4 (0.22%) Documentum
9 3 (0.16%) Smallworld
10 1 (0.054%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.054%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.054%) Kinematics
10 1 (0.054%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.054%) WordPress
Applications
1 117 (6.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 87 (4.74%) Simulink
3 74 (4.03%) Microsoft Office
4 63 (3.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 59 (3.21%) Stateflow
6 16 (0.87%) MS Visio
7 14 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
8 12 (0.65%) Sketch
9 11 (0.60%) OrCAD
10 5 (0.27%) SOLIDWORKS
11 4 (0.22%) AutoCAD
12 2 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
12 2 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
12 2 (0.11%) EViews
12 2 (0.11%) Fusion 360
12 2 (0.11%) Photoshop
12 2 (0.11%) SPSS
12 2 (0.11%) TargetLink
12 2 (0.11%) Windchill
13 1 (0.054%) Trello
Business Applications
1 26 (1.42%) Salesforce CRM
2 15 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (0.76%) SAP QM
4 9 (0.49%) SAP S/4HANA
5 7 (0.38%) NetSuite
5 7 (0.38%) TrackWise
6 5 (0.27%) SAP CRM
6 5 (0.27%) Teamcenter
7 4 (0.22%) SAP BPC
7 4 (0.22%) SAP CO
7 4 (0.22%) SAP FI
7 4 (0.22%) SAP FI/CO
7 4 (0.22%) SAP WM
8 3 (0.16%) Dynamics AX
8 3 (0.16%) Q-Pulse
8 3 (0.16%) SAP PM
9 1 (0.054%) Cerner Millennium
9 1 (0.054%) SAP HCM
9 1 (0.054%) SAP PP
9 1 (0.054%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 157 (8.55%) Azure
2 119 (6.48%) AWS
3 65 (3.54%) Power Platform
4 37 (2.01%) Microsoft 365
5 31 (1.69%) Azure DevOps
6 26 (1.42%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 24 (1.31%) GitHub
7 24 (1.31%) SaaS
8 21 (1.14%) Cloud Computing
9 18 (0.98%) GCP
10 15 (0.82%) Microsoft Purview
11 14 (0.76%) Azure Sentinel
11 14 (0.76%) OCI
12 13 (0.71%) Figma
13 12 (0.65%) Dynamics 365
14 10 (0.54%) PowerApps
15 9 (0.49%) Amazon S3
15 9 (0.49%) Amazon SageMaker
15 9 (0.49%) Serverless
16 8 (0.44%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 368 (20.03%) VSAT
2 64 (3.48%) Firewall
3 58 (3.16%) WAN
4 36 (1.96%) 5G
5 34 (1.85%) TCP/IP
6 26 (1.42%) Network Security
7 21 (1.14%) Ethernet
7 21 (1.14%) LAN
8 20 (1.09%) DNS
9 18 (0.98%) Wireshark
10 17 (0.93%) DHCP
10 17 (0.93%) VPN
11 15 (0.82%) Internet
11 15 (0.82%) SD-WAN
11 15 (0.82%) Wireless
12 14 (0.76%) Bluetooth
13 12 (0.65%) RS-232
14 7 (0.38%) J1939
15 6 (0.33%) IPv4
15 6 (0.33%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (4.41%) SQL Server
2 55 (2.99%) Power BI
3 38 (2.07%) Data Warehouse
4 24 (1.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 23 (1.25%) Tableau
6 20 (1.09%) GIS
7 19 (1.03%) Metadata
8 18 (0.98%) Data Lake
8 18 (0.98%) Relational Database
9 16 (0.87%) Oracle Reports
10 12 (0.65%) Big Data
11 11 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 10 (0.54%) Amazon Redshift
13 9 (0.49%) Data Mining
13 9 (0.49%) Power Query
14 8 (0.44%) Crystal Reports
15 7 (0.38%) Amazon QuickSight
16 6 (0.33%) NoSQL
16 6 (0.33%) SAP HANA
17 5 (0.27%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 134 (7.29%) JIRA
2 34 (1.85%) Rational DOORS
3 33 (1.80%) Git
4 29 (1.58%) Visual Studio
5 28 (1.52%) Jenkins
6 23 (1.25%) Selenium
7 16 (0.87%) Cucumber
7 16 (0.87%) Rational Rhapsody
8 12 (0.65%) GitLab
9 11 (0.60%) Maven
9 11 (0.60%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 10 (0.54%) Cypress.io
10 10 (0.54%) Trac
11 9 (0.49%) JMeter
11 9 (0.49%) LabVIEW
12 8 (0.44%) Gradle
13 6 (0.33%) Postman
14 4 (0.22%) Katalon Studio
15 3 (0.16%) Appium
15 3 (0.16%) ER Studio
General
1 457 (24.88%) Social Skills
2 287 (15.62%) Finance
3 271 (14.75%) Analytical Skills
4 139 (7.57%) Manufacturing
5 121 (6.59%) Aerospace
6 120 (6.53%) Pharmaceutical
7 118 (6.42%) Electronics
8 105 (5.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 80 (4.35%) Automotive
10 77 (4.19%) Presentation Skills
11 75 (4.08%) Marketing
12 74 (4.03%) Retail
13 68 (3.70%) Banking
14 61 (3.32%) Law
15 52 (2.83%) Influencing Skills
16 47 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
17 44 (2.40%) Legal
18 40 (2.18%) Telecoms
19 30 (1.63%) Public Sector
20 29 (1.58%) Military
Job Titles
1 461 (25.10%) Architect
2 368 (20.03%) Software Architect
3 239 (13.01%) Senior
4 221 (12.03%) Lead
5 187 (10.18%) Systems Engineer
6 162 (8.82%) Analyst
7 120 (6.53%) Software Engineer
8 56 (3.05%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 50 (2.72%) DevOps Engineer
10 49 (2.67%) Technical Leader
11 46 (2.50%) Business Analyst
12 45 (2.45%) Developer
13 41 (2.23%) Senior Software Engineer
14 39 (2.12%) Consultant
14 39 (2.12%) Solutions Architect
15 37 (2.01%) IT Manager
16 36 (1.96%) Team Leader
17 34 (1.85%) Hardware Engineer
18 33 (1.80%) Senior Analyst
19 32 (1.74%) Control Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (1.85%) XML
2 33 (1.80%) .NET
2 33 (1.80%) HTML
3 31 (1.69%) REST
4 24 (1.31%) WebRTC
5 23 (1.25%) CSS
6 21 (1.14%) JSON
7 20 (1.09%) Pandas
8 17 (0.93%) React
9 15 (0.82%) PyTorch
10 14 (0.76%) EDI
10 14 (0.76%) TensorFlow
10 14 (0.76%) Yocto
11 13 (0.71%) .NET Core
11 13 (0.71%) Qt
11 13 (0.71%) Spring
11 13 (0.71%) Spring Boot
12 11 (0.60%) AngularJS
13 10 (0.54%) .NET Framework
13 10 (0.54%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 144 (7.84%) Management Information System
2 108 (5.88%) Algorithms
3 92 (5.01%) Self-Motivation
4 48 (2.61%) Renewable Energy
5 36 (1.96%) Taxonomies
6 29 (1.58%) Credit Risk
7 26 (1.42%) Product Ownership
7 26 (1.42%) Robotics
8 25 (1.36%) Biopharmaceutical
8 25 (1.36%) Clustering
8 25 (1.36%) Life Science
9 24 (1.31%) Embedded Systems
10 23 (1.25%) Cloud Native
11 21 (1.14%) Analogue Electronics
12 20 (1.09%) NHS
12 20 (1.09%) Onboarding
13 19 (1.03%) Legacy Systems
14 18 (0.98%) FPGA
15 17 (0.93%) IoT
16 16 (0.87%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 128 (6.97%) Linux
2 50 (2.72%) Windows
3 19 (1.03%) Apple iOS
4 17 (0.93%) Android
5 12 (0.65%) Embedded Linux
5 12 (0.65%) Windows Server
6 7 (0.38%) Debian
6 7 (0.38%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.16%) Unix
8 1 (0.054%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 507 (27.60%) Actionable Insight
2 447 (24.33%) Model Validation
3 433 (23.57%) Requirements Management
4 382 (20.79%) TOGAF
5 376 (20.47%) Network Architecture
6 370 (20.14%) Technical Architecture
7 368 (20.03%) Network Management
8 365 (19.87%) Agile
9 323 (17.58%) Problem-Solving
10 290 (15.79%) Verification and Validation
11 175 (9.53%) Project Management
12 169 (9.20%) Software Engineering
13 164 (8.93%) Systems Engineering
14 155 (8.44%) Data Validation
15 153 (8.33%) Decision-Making
15 153 (8.33%) DevOps
16 136 (7.40%) Computer Science
17 131 (7.13%) Mentoring
18 125 (6.80%) Continuous Improvement
19 121 (6.59%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 219 (11.92%) Python
2 201 (10.94%) SQL
3 121 (6.59%) MATLAB
4 98 (5.33%) C
5 83 (4.52%) C#
6 64 (3.48%) C++
7 46 (2.50%) PowerShell
8 44 (2.40%) JavaScript
8 44 (2.40%) R
9 41 (2.23%) Java
10 22 (1.20%) Bash
11 19 (1.03%) T-SQL
12 16 (0.87%) Perl
13 11 (0.60%) Ada
14 9 (0.49%) Embedded C
15 8 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 7 (0.38%) TypeScript
17 6 (0.33%) Fortran
17 6 (0.33%) XAML
18 5 (0.27%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 475 (25.86%) Degree
2 319 (17.37%) Security Cleared
3 140 (7.62%) SC Cleared
4 92 (5.01%) BPSS Clearance
5 61 (3.32%) DV Cleared
6 60 (3.27%) Master's Degree
7 36 (1.96%) CISSP
8 34 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
9 30 (1.63%) DBS Check
10 29 (1.58%) Cisco Certification
11 20 (1.09%) CCSP
12 19 (1.03%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 19 (1.03%) HNC
12 19 (1.03%) PhD
12 19 (1.03%) TOGAF Certification
13 17 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
14 16 (0.87%) CISM
14 16 (0.87%) HND
15 14 (0.76%) CISA
15 14 (0.76%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 148 (8.06%) QA
2 56 (3.05%) GMP
3 53 (2.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 44 (2.40%) NIST
5 43 (2.34%) Data Quality
6 36 (1.96%) PMO
7 30 (1.63%) PCI DSS
8 22 (1.20%) IFRS
8 22 (1.20%) IFRS 9
9 20 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 15288
10 19 (1.03%) Def Stans
11 18 (0.98%) CRD IV
12 16 (0.87%) GLP
13 15 (0.82%) GDPR
13 15 (0.82%) Good Clinical Practice
13 15 (0.82%) ISO 26262
14 13 (0.71%) Automotive SPICE
14 13 (0.71%) GxP
15 12 (0.65%) ISO 9001
16 10 (0.54%) NIST 800
System Software
1 62 (3.38%) Docker
2 43 (2.34%) Firmware
3 32 (1.74%) Active Directory
3 32 (1.74%) Virtual Machines
4 31 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
5 16 (0.87%) Hyper-V
5 16 (0.87%) pfSense
6 14 (0.76%) Virtual Desktop
7 10 (0.54%) Embedded Firmware
7 10 (0.54%) NFS
8 8 (0.44%) VMware NSX
9 4 (0.22%) VMware Server
10 1 (0.054%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.054%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 58 (3.16%) Ansible
2 54 (2.94%) Terraform
3 52 (2.83%) Kubernetes
4 30 (1.63%) Functional Safety
5 16 (0.87%) Grafana
5 16 (0.87%) ZABBIX
6 15 (0.82%) Nmap
7 14 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
8 10 (0.54%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 10 (0.54%) SCDPM
9 5 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.22%) Kibana
11 3 (0.16%) Puppet
12 2 (0.11%) Nagios
12 2 (0.11%) Prometheus
13 1 (0.054%) Jamf Pro
13 1 (0.054%) OpenNMS
13 1 (0.054%) Podman
13 1 (0.054%) Progress Chef
13 1 (0.054%) Salt
Vendors
1 201 (10.94%) Microsoft
2 64 (3.48%) Salesforce
3 52 (2.83%) SAP
3 52 (2.83%) VMware
4 33 (1.80%) Oracle
5 31 (1.69%) Databricks
6 27 (1.47%) Google
7 19 (1.03%) EMC
7 19 (1.03%) IBM
8 17 (0.93%) CheckPoint
8 17 (0.93%) Splunk
9 16 (0.87%) Fortinet
9 16 (0.87%) Juniper
10 14 (0.76%) Cisco
10 14 (0.76%) MuleSoft
10 14 (0.76%) Qualys
10 14 (0.76%) Rapid7
10 14 (0.76%) Thycotic
11 13 (0.71%) ServiceNow
11 13 (0.71%) Veeam