Validation Job Trends in Worcester

Validation
Worcestershire > Worcester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Worcester requiring Validation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Validation 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Worcester 1.10% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.18% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £66,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,000 - -
75th Percentile £68,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Worcestershire median annual salary £67,000 - £55,000
% change year-on-year - - +100.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Worcester

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 Worcester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85 43 80
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Worcester 93.41% 84.31% 80.00%
Number of salaries quoted 74 30 78
10th Percentile - £32,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £39,000 £43,396 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £65,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.77% +44.44% -0.71%
75th Percentile £60,000 - £50,000
90th Percentile £79,625 £65,750 £60,000
Worcestershire median annual salary £45,000 £57,846 £42,500
% change year-on-year -22.21% +36.11% -6.08%

Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in Worcester

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Validation relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Worcester.

Validation job vacancy trend in Worcester

Validation
Salary Trend in Worcester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Worcester citing Validation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Worcester citing Validation

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Worcester by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata
General
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Data Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Quality Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata Management
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP