Validation Job Trends in Yorkshire

Validation
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring Validation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 140 130 164
Rank change year-on-year -10 +34 +15
Permanent jobs citing Validation 57 26 54
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 0.89% 0.98% 0.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.28% 1.04% 1.15%
Number of salaries quoted 41 7 47
10th Percentile £31,650 £38,950 £37,867
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £51,528
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -7.82% -10.42%
75th Percentile £79,336 £56,250 £57,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £64,250 £63,750
England median annual salary £58,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.45% - -12.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,447 2,507 4,680
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 69.06% 94.43% 82.50%
Number of salaries quoted 2,942 1,274 3,728
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £39,050 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £88,083 £86,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%

Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Validation job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Validation
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Validation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Validation

Validation
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Validation in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 21 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Validation in Yorkshire

Validation
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 21 May 2026. 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
West Yorkshire -1 41 £46,250 -11.06% 24
South Yorkshire -26 10 £50,000 -2.44% 2
North Yorkshire -18 3 £95,000 +100.00% 4
East Yorkshire -22 2 £60,000 +60.00% 2
Validation
England

Validation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (7.02%) CMS
2 2 (3.51%) IIS
3 1 (1.75%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (1.75%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.75%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 10 (17.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (5.26%) SOLIDWORKS
3 2 (3.51%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.75%) Navisworks
4 1 (1.75%) Revit
Business Applications
1 8 (14.04%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (8.77%) SAP MDG
2 5 (8.77%) SAP MDG-BP
3 3 (5.26%) iTrent
4 1 (1.75%) SAP MDG-F
4 1 (1.75%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 11 (19.30%) Azure
2 10 (17.54%) Power Platform
3 6 (10.53%) SaaS
4 3 (5.26%) iPaaS
4 3 (5.26%) SuccessFactors
5 2 (3.51%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (3.51%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (1.75%) AWS
6 1 (1.75%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 1 (1.75%) Azure Functions
6 1 (1.75%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (1.75%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (1.75%) Azure Storage
6 1 (1.75%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (1.75%) dbt
6 1 (1.75%) GCP
6 1 (1.75%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 1 (1.75%) Serverless
6 1 (1.75%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.26%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.75%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (17.54%) Power BI
2 7 (12.28%) Metadata
3 5 (8.77%) Tableau
4 3 (5.26%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (3.51%) Data Lake
5 2 (3.51%) Relational Database
6 1 (1.75%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (1.75%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (1.75%) BigQuery
6 1 (1.75%) Data Vault
6 1 (1.75%) InfluxDB
6 1 (1.75%) Looker
6 1 (1.75%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (1.75%) Semantic Layer
6 1 (1.75%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.75%) Git
1 1 (1.75%) JIRA
General
1 28 (49.12%) Social Skills
2 19 (33.33%) Finance
3 11 (19.30%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (19.30%) Retail
4 8 (14.04%) Legal
5 7 (12.28%) Marketing
6 6 (10.53%) Electronics
6 6 (10.53%) Manufacturing
6 6 (10.53%) Public Sector
7 5 (8.77%) Law
8 3 (5.26%) Advertising
9 2 (3.51%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (3.51%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 23 (40.35%) Analyst
2 11 (19.30%) Business Analyst
3 9 (15.79%) Data Analyst
4 8 (14.04%) Lead
5 7 (12.28%) HR Analyst
5 7 (12.28%) HR Data Analyst
5 7 (12.28%) Senior
6 6 (10.53%) Architect
6 6 (10.53%) Business IT Analyst
6 6 (10.53%) IT Analyst
6 6 (10.53%) IT Business Analyst
6 6 (10.53%) Solutions Architect
7 5 (8.77%) Consultant
7 5 (8.77%) Developer
7 5 (8.77%) Lead Architect
7 5 (8.77%) Lead Solutions Architect
7 5 (8.77%) SAP Consultant
7 5 (8.77%) SAP MDG Consultant
8 4 (7.02%) Applications Engineer
9 3 (5.26%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.77%) SAP ALE
1 5 (8.77%) Web Dynpro
1 5 (8.77%) XBRL
1 5 (8.77%) XML
2 3 (5.26%) CSS
2 3 (5.26%) GraphQL
2 3 (5.26%) JSON
2 3 (5.26%) Next.js
2 3 (5.26%) React
2 3 (5.26%) REST
3 2 (3.51%) Middleware
4 1 (1.75%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.53%) Management Information System
2 5 (8.77%) Data Structures
2 5 (8.77%) Legacy Systems
2 5 (8.77%) Replication
3 4 (7.02%) SCADA
4 3 (5.26%) Algorithms
4 3 (5.26%) Analogue Electronics
4 3 (5.26%) Embedded Systems
4 3 (5.26%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (5.26%) FPGA
4 3 (5.26%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 3 (5.26%) Onboarding
4 3 (5.26%) Operational Technology
4 3 (5.26%) Taxonomies
5 2 (3.51%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.75%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (1.75%) IoT
6 1 (1.75%) NHS
6 1 (1.75%) PMI
6 1 (1.75%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.75%) Linux
1 1 (1.75%) Windows
1 1 (1.75%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (36.84%) Data Governance
2 16 (28.07%) Analytics
3 15 (26.32%) Data Modelling
4 14 (24.56%) Continuous Improvement
5 13 (22.81%) Business Intelligence
6 12 (21.05%) Decision-Making
7 10 (17.54%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (15.79%) Collaborative Working
9 8 (14.04%) Data Analysis
9 8 (14.04%) Data Validation
9 8 (14.04%) Mentoring
9 8 (14.04%) User Acceptance Testing
9 8 (14.04%) Workflow
10 7 (12.28%) Actionable Insight
10 7 (12.28%) ERP
11 6 (10.53%) Customer Requirements
11 6 (10.53%) Data Privacy
11 6 (10.53%) E-Commerce
11 6 (10.53%) Migration
11 6 (10.53%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 16 (28.07%) SQL
2 5 (8.77%) ABAP
3 3 (5.26%) C
3 3 (5.26%) JavaScript
3 3 (5.26%) Python
3 3 (5.26%) TypeScript
4 1 (1.75%) C#
Qualifications
1 12 (21.05%) Degree
2 1 (1.75%) CBAP
2 1 (1.75%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (29.82%) Data Quality
2 5 (8.77%) GDPR
3 4 (7.02%) Accessibility
4 2 (3.51%) QA
4 2 (3.51%) SLA
5 1 (1.75%) GRC
5 1 (1.75%) ISO 19650
5 1 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.75%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (5.26%) Embedded Firmware
1 3 (5.26%) Firmware
2 1 (1.75%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.75%) Grafana
1 1 (1.75%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.75%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (17.54%) SAP
2 5 (8.77%) Ariba
2 5 (8.77%) Microsoft
3 4 (7.02%) Salesforce
4 3 (5.26%) Databricks
4 3 (5.26%) Oracle
4 3 (5.26%) Rockwell
5 2 (3.51%) Planon
6 1 (1.75%) Foundry
6 1 (1.75%) Palantir