Validation Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Validation
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 208 216 236
Rank change year-on-year +8 +20 +8
Permanent jobs citing Validation 209 502 609
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.40% 1.48% 1.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.50% 1.62% 1.48%
Number of salaries quoted 121 287 201
10th Percentile £40,750 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,000 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £72,500 £71,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £58,033 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +5.51% -12.00% +4.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,930 31,014 41,082
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.15% 91.65% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 9,709 23,583 28,561
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,930 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%

Validation
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Validation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Validation trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Validation
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Validation.

Validation salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Validation
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Validation over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Validation salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Validation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 4 (1.91%) Confluence
2 3 (1.44%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.96%) Apache
3 2 (0.96%) Kinematics
3 2 (0.96%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.48%) SAS
Applications
1 21 (10.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.39%) Simulink
3 4 (1.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.44%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.96%) Autodesk Inventor
5 2 (0.96%) CATIA
5 2 (0.96%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.96%) SOLIDWORKS
5 2 (0.96%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.48%) Blender
6 1 (0.48%) Maple
6 1 (0.48%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.48%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 6 (2.87%) Infor M3
2 3 (1.44%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.48%) OpenText VIM for SAP
3 1 (0.48%) Oracle SCM
3 1 (0.48%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 31 (14.83%) AWS
2 26 (12.44%) Power Platform
3 24 (11.48%) Azure
4 19 (9.09%) GCP
5 18 (8.61%) GitHub
6 7 (3.35%) Amazon S3
6 7 (3.35%) GitHub Actions
7 6 (2.87%) AWS Lambda
7 6 (2.87%) Azure Data Factory
7 6 (2.87%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (2.87%) Figma
7 6 (2.87%) Serverless
8 4 (1.91%) Power Automate
8 4 (1.91%) PowerApps
8 4 (1.91%) Vertex AI
9 3 (1.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 3 (1.44%) Snowflake
10 2 (0.96%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.96%) Azure Stack
10 2 (0.96%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 13 (6.22%) 5G
1 13 (6.22%) WAN
2 9 (4.31%) SD-WAN
3 7 (3.35%) Bluetooth
4 6 (2.87%) DNS
5 4 (1.91%) 4G
5 4 (1.91%) Software-Defined Radio
5 4 (1.91%) Unified Communications
5 4 (1.91%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (1.44%) DHCP
7 2 (0.96%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.48%) Broadband
8 1 (0.48%) Ethernet
8 1 (0.48%) GSM
8 1 (0.48%) IGMP
8 1 (0.48%) Internet
8 1 (0.48%) Radio Access Network
8 1 (0.48%) RS-485
8 1 (0.48%) UMTS
8 1 (0.48%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (11.96%) Data Warehouse
2 24 (11.48%) Power BI
2 24 (11.48%) SQL Server
3 14 (6.70%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (4.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 8 (3.83%) Data Lake
5 8 (3.83%) MySQL
5 8 (3.83%) Tableau
6 7 (3.35%) BigQuery
7 6 (2.87%) Big Data
7 6 (2.87%) MongoDB
7 6 (2.87%) NoSQL
8 5 (2.39%) Data Hub
8 5 (2.39%) Looker
9 3 (1.44%) Relational Database
9 3 (1.44%) Triplestore
10 2 (0.96%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.96%) Delta Lake
10 2 (0.96%) Metadata
10 2 (0.96%) Metadata Repository
Development Applications
1 33 (15.79%) Git
2 8 (3.83%) Visual Studio
3 6 (2.87%) Gradle
3 6 (2.87%) Maven
3 6 (2.87%) Postman
4 5 (2.39%) SoapUI
5 4 (1.91%) CppUnit
5 4 (1.91%) GitLab
5 4 (1.91%) Jenkins
5 4 (1.91%) JIRA
5 4 (1.91%) Rational DOORS
6 3 (1.44%) Selenium
7 2 (0.96%) Axure RP
7 2 (0.96%) LabVIEW
8 1 (0.48%) Appium
8 1 (0.48%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.48%) JMeter
8 1 (0.48%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.48%) Robot Framework
8 1 (0.48%) TestRail
General
1 86 (41.15%) Social Skills
2 69 (33.01%) Finance
3 62 (29.67%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (16.75%) Manufacturing
5 26 (12.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 23 (11.00%) Marketing
7 21 (10.05%) Banking
8 15 (7.18%) Aerospace
9 12 (5.74%) Games
10 11 (5.26%) Retail
11 10 (4.78%) Legal
12 9 (4.31%) Pharmaceutical
12 9 (4.31%) Public Sector
13 7 (3.35%) Law
14 5 (2.39%) Electronics
14 5 (2.39%) Health Technology
14 5 (2.39%) Military
15 4 (1.91%) Financial Institution
16 3 (1.44%) Digital Health
17 2 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 39 (18.66%) Analyst
1 39 (18.66%) Senior
2 23 (11.00%) Data Engineer
3 18 (8.61%) Software Engineer
4 13 (6.22%) Developer
5 11 (5.26%) Test Engineer
6 9 (4.31%) Administrator
6 9 (4.31%) Applications Support
6 9 (4.31%) Applications Support Analyst
6 9 (4.31%) Business Analyst
6 9 (4.31%) Embedded Engineer
6 9 (4.31%) Salesforce Administrator
6 9 (4.31%) Support Analyst
7 8 (3.83%) C Software Engineer
7 8 (3.83%) C/C++ Software Engineer
7 8 (3.83%) C++ Software Engineer
8 7 (3.35%) Senior Analyst
8 7 (3.35%) Senior Developer
8 7 (3.35%) Senior Software Developer
8 7 (3.35%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (6.22%) Qt
2 12 (5.74%) Kafka
3 10 (4.78%) React
4 8 (3.83%) CSS
4 8 (3.83%) Elastic Stack
4 8 (3.83%) HTML
4 8 (3.83%) RESTful
5 6 (2.87%) Django
5 6 (2.87%) RabbitMQ
5 6 (2.87%) Spring
5 6 (2.87%) WebSockets
6 5 (2.39%) GraphQL
7 4 (1.91%) .NET
7 4 (1.91%) EDI
7 4 (1.91%) NestJS
7 4 (1.91%) Next.js
7 4 (1.91%) Pandas
7 4 (1.91%) REST
7 4 (1.91%) XGBoost
8 3 (1.44%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.57%) Embedded Systems
2 12 (5.74%) IoT
3 11 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (4.31%) Cloud Native
4 9 (4.31%) GNSS
4 9 (4.31%) Legacy Systems
4 9 (4.31%) Management Information System
4 9 (4.31%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 9 (4.31%) Self-Driving Car
5 7 (3.35%) Algorithms
5 7 (3.35%) FPGA
5 7 (3.35%) Mobile App
6 6 (2.87%) Biopharmaceutical
6 6 (2.87%) Client/Server
6 6 (2.87%) Data Structures
6 6 (2.87%) e-Learning
6 6 (2.87%) Mobile Games
6 6 (2.87%) Operational Technology
7 4 (1.91%) CMDB
7 4 (1.91%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 30 (14.35%) Linux
2 7 (3.35%) Windows
3 6 (2.87%) Ubuntu
4 4 (1.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.44%) Android
6 2 (0.96%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.48%) AIX
7 1 (0.48%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.48%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (28.71%) Problem-Solving
2 57 (27.27%) Test Automation
3 44 (21.05%) Analytics
4 42 (20.10%) Computer Science
5 38 (18.18%) Verification and Validation
6 37 (17.70%) Agile
6 37 (17.70%) Software Engineering
7 33 (15.79%) Software Testing
8 32 (15.31%) Data Modelling
9 28 (13.40%) CI/CD
10 27 (12.92%) Data Validation
10 27 (12.92%) ETL
11 25 (11.96%) Mentoring
12 24 (11.48%) Business Intelligence
13 22 (10.53%) Data Engineering
14 21 (10.05%) DevOps
15 20 (9.57%) Decision-Making
16 19 (9.09%) Data Analytics
16 19 (9.09%) Manual Testing
16 19 (9.09%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 74 (35.41%) SQL
2 61 (29.19%) Python
3 33 (15.79%) C
4 32 (15.31%) C++
5 13 (6.22%) C#
6 12 (5.74%) TypeScript
7 11 (5.26%) Java
7 11 (5.26%) JavaScript
7 11 (5.26%) PowerShell
7 11 (5.26%) Shell Script
8 10 (4.78%) T-SQL
9 9 (4.31%) C-shell
9 9 (4.31%) Korn
10 8 (3.83%) MATLAB
11 7 (3.35%) Bash
11 7 (3.35%) Perl
11 7 (3.35%) PL/SQL
12 6 (2.87%) Ladder Logic
13 4 (1.91%) SPARQL
14 2 (0.96%) R
Qualifications
1 70 (33.49%) Degree
2 28 (13.40%) Computer Science Degree
3 19 (9.09%) Security Cleared
4 13 (6.22%) PhD
4 13 (6.22%) SC Cleared
5 10 (4.78%) DBS Check
6 8 (3.83%) AWS Certification
7 7 (3.35%) Master's Degree
8 6 (2.87%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (1.91%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (1.91%) MRICS
10 3 (1.44%) Azure Certification
10 3 (1.44%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.96%) ACCA
11 2 (0.96%) CCA
11 2 (0.96%) CIMA
11 2 (0.96%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.48%) CISSP
12 1 (0.48%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (14.35%) QA
2 25 (11.96%) Data Quality
3 12 (5.74%) PMO
4 7 (3.35%) GxP
5 5 (2.39%) GMP
6 4 (1.91%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 3 (1.44%) COBIT
7 3 (1.44%) GDPR
7 3 (1.44%) NIST
8 2 (0.96%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.96%) Dublin Core
8 2 (0.96%) Good Clinical Practice
8 2 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.48%) Dodd-Frank
9 1 (0.48%) IFRS
9 1 (0.48%) IFRS 9
9 1 (0.48%) MiFID
9 1 (0.48%) NCSC
9 1 (0.48%) PSD2
9 1 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 14 (6.70%) Docker
2 5 (2.39%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.91%) Firmware
4 3 (1.44%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.48%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.48%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 18 (8.61%) Kubernetes
2 10 (4.78%) Argo
3 6 (2.87%) Prometheus
4 3 (1.44%) Ansible
4 3 (1.44%) vCenter Server
5 2 (0.96%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.96%) Puppet
5 2 (0.96%) SCOM
6 1 (0.48%) Terraform
Vendors
1 32 (15.31%) Microsoft
2 14 (6.70%) Oracle
2 14 (6.70%) SAP
3 13 (6.22%) Google
4 12 (5.74%) Salesforce
5 6 (2.87%) Databricks
5 6 (2.87%) Infor
5 6 (2.87%) New Relic
5 6 (2.87%) ServiceNow
5 6 (2.87%) Siemens
6 4 (1.91%) Informatica
6 4 (1.91%) Intel
6 4 (1.91%) NEC
6 4 (1.91%) YouTube
7 3 (1.44%) Cisco
7 3 (1.44%) Dell
7 3 (1.44%) IBM
7 3 (1.44%) Red Hat
7 3 (1.44%) Xilinx
8 2 (0.96%) Mentor Graphics