Validation Jobs in Wales

Validation
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 2 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 80 112
Rank change year-on-year +31 +32 +1
Permanent jobs citing Validation 35 47 23
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 2.83% 2.09% 1.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.45% 2.76% 1.42%
Number of salaries quoted 12 14 7
10th Percentile £55,000 £28,625 £38,340
25th Percentile £58,750 £31,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £45,000 £43,067
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% +4.49% +1.33%
75th Percentile - £52,500 -
90th Percentile £67,200 £65,625 -
UK median annual salary £58,033 £55,000 £62,086
% change year-on-year +5.51% -11.41% +12.88%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wales

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 Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,015 1,704 1,621
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 82.12% 75.94% 96.32%
Number of salaries quoted 571 1,132 805
10th Percentile £23,504 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £25,087 £35,000 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.96% - -6.25%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £74,258 £70,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £56,000 £55,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +1.82% -9.54% +1.33%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Validation in Wales

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Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for Validation in Wales

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Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the Wales region over the 6 months to 2 June 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 Wales +19 18 £60,000 +41.18% 200
North Wales - 14 - - 5
Mid Wales - 3 - - 1
Validation
UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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:

Applications
1 10 (28.57%) Mathcad
1 10 (28.57%) Simulink
Development Applications
1 11 (31.43%) Rational DOORS
General
1 3 (8.57%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (45.71%) Senior
2 10 (28.57%) Mathematical Modeller
3 9 (25.71%) Engineering Manager
3 9 (25.71%) Requirements Manager
4 8 (22.86%) Senior Software Test Engineer
4 8 (22.86%) Senior Test Engineer
4 8 (22.86%) Software Test Engineer
4 8 (22.86%) Test Engineer
5 5 (14.29%) Principal Engineer
5 5 (14.29%) Principal Systems Engineer
6 3 (8.57%) Integration Engineer
6 3 (8.57%) System Verification Engineer
6 3 (8.57%) Systems Integration Engineer
6 3 (8.57%) Validation Engineer
7 2 (5.71%) Requirements Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.57%) Acoustics
2 2 (5.71%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (91.43%) Verification and Validation
2 27 (77.14%) Systems Engineering
3 13 (37.14%) Mathematics
4 11 (31.43%) Requirements Management
5 10 (28.57%) Agile
5 10 (28.57%) Mathematical Modelling
5 10 (28.57%) Performance Analysis
5 10 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (25.71%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
6 9 (25.71%) Stakeholder Management
7 8 (22.86%) Computer Science
7 8 (22.86%) Configuration Management
7 8 (22.86%) Software Testing
7 8 (22.86%) Test Automation
7 8 (22.86%) UML
7 8 (22.86%) Waterfall
8 6 (17.14%) Code Quality
9 3 (8.57%) Customer Requirements
9 3 (8.57%) Physics
9 3 (8.57%) Systems Thinking
Programming Languages
1 10 (28.57%) MATLAB
1 10 (28.57%) Python
2 2 (5.71%) Ada
Qualifications
1 28 (80.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 13 (37.14%) Degree
3 3 (8.57%) SC Cleared
3 3 (8.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 8 (22.86%) ISO/IEC 12207
Vendors
1 10 (28.57%) MathWorks