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 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 126 125 139
Rank change year-on-year -1 +14 -13
Permanent jobs citing Validation 36 35 36
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 1.08% 1.06% 1.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.33% 1.18% 1.29%
Number of salaries quoted 24 4 31
10th Percentile £41,250 - -
25th Percentile £55,050 £33,750 £50,172
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £37,500 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year +63.33% -33.63% -27.10%
75th Percentile £95,000 £42,593 £72,433
90th Percentile - £45,009 £89,417
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -4.00%

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 2,703 2,961 2,798
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 81.15% 89.43% 91.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1,580 1,165 2,184
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £30,250 £41,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.62% - -4.34%
75th Percentile £70,000 £69,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £84,056
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 29 December 2025.

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 29 December 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
West Yorkshire -1 24 £60,000 - 79
North Yorkshire +11 11 £95,000 +153.33% 25
East Yorkshire 0 1 £65,000 +73.33% 24
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 7 (19.44%) CMS
2 6 (16.67%) Confluence
3 4 (11.11%) Apache Spark
3 4 (11.11%) Headless CMS
4 3 (8.33%) Apache
5 1 (2.78%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (2.78%) FileNet
Applications
1 4 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.78%) Mathcad
2 1 (2.78%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 7 (19.44%) Azure
2 6 (16.67%) Power Platform
3 4 (11.11%) AWS
3 4 (11.11%) dbt
4 3 (8.33%) Amazon S3
4 3 (8.33%) Amazon SQS
4 3 (8.33%) AWS CloudFormation
4 3 (8.33%) AWS Lambda
4 3 (8.33%) AWS Step Functions
4 3 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (8.33%) GitHub
4 3 (8.33%) Serverless
5 2 (5.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (2.78%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (2.78%) GCP
6 1 (2.78%) SaaS
6 1 (2.78%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.56%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (22.22%) Tableau
2 6 (16.67%) Power BI
3 4 (11.11%) Amazon Redshift
3 4 (11.11%) BigQuery
3 4 (11.11%) Data Vault
4 3 (8.33%) Amazon Aurora
4 3 (8.33%) Apache Iceberg
4 3 (8.33%) Data Lake
4 3 (8.33%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (5.56%) Relational Database
5 2 (5.56%) SQL Server
6 1 (2.78%) GIS
6 1 (2.78%) Looker
6 1 (2.78%) Metadata
6 1 (2.78%) RDBMS
6 1 (2.78%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 7 (19.44%) JIRA
2 1 (2.78%) Git
2 1 (2.78%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.78%) Rational DOORS
General
1 11 (30.56%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (27.78%) Social Skills
3 9 (25.00%) Finance
4 8 (22.22%) Retail
5 4 (11.11%) Legal
6 3 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (8.33%) Marketing
6 3 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (5.56%) Public Sector
8 1 (2.78%) Back Office
8 1 (2.78%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (47.22%) Analyst
2 15 (41.67%) Senior
3 8 (22.22%) Data Analyst
4 7 (19.44%) Business Analyst
5 4 (11.11%) Data Engineer
5 4 (11.11%) Data Quality Analyst
5 4 (11.11%) Quality Analyst
6 3 (8.33%) Developer
6 3 (8.33%) E-Commerce Developer
6 3 (8.33%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 3 (8.33%) HR Analyst
6 3 (8.33%) HR Data Analyst
6 3 (8.33%) Senior Data Engineer
6 3 (8.33%) Senior Developer
6 3 (8.33%) Senior E-Commerce Developer
6 3 (8.33%) Senior Front-End Developer
6 3 (8.33%) Technical Analyst
6 3 (8.33%) Technical Business Analyst
7 2 (5.56%) Operations Analyst
7 2 (5.56%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (19.44%) GraphQL
1 7 (19.44%) Next.js
1 7 (19.44%) React
1 7 (19.44%) REST
2 4 (11.11%) CSS
3 3 (8.33%) Pandas
4 1 (2.78%) HTML
4 1 (2.78%) JWT
4 1 (2.78%) OAuth
4 1 (2.78%) PySpark
4 1 (2.78%) SAML
4 1 (2.78%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 8 (22.22%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (8.33%) Management Information System
2 3 (8.33%) SCADA
2 3 (8.33%) Virtual Team
3 2 (5.56%) Cyber Defence
3 2 (5.56%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 2 (5.56%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (5.56%) Operational Technology
3 2 (5.56%) Security Posture
3 2 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.78%) Data Structures
4 1 (2.78%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.78%) Linux
1 1 (2.78%) Windows
1 1 (2.78%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (38.89%) Agile
2 12 (33.33%) Migration
3 11 (30.56%) CI/CD
4 10 (27.78%) Business Intelligence
4 10 (27.78%) Data Modelling
5 9 (25.00%) DevOps
6 8 (22.22%) Data Migration
6 8 (22.22%) Data Visualisation
6 8 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (22.22%) Visualisation
7 7 (19.44%) API Integration
7 7 (19.44%) Customer Engagement
7 7 (19.44%) Customer Requirements
7 7 (19.44%) Cybersecurity
7 7 (19.44%) Data Governance
7 7 (19.44%) E-Commerce
7 7 (19.44%) Mentoring
7 7 (19.44%) Presales
8 6 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (16.67%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 11 (30.56%) SQL
2 10 (27.78%) Python
3 9 (25.00%) JavaScript
4 7 (19.44%) TypeScript
5 1 (2.78%) Apex Code
5 1 (2.78%) MATLAB
5 1 (2.78%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (11.11%) SC Cleared
1 4 (11.11%) Security Cleared
2 3 (8.33%) Degree
3 2 (5.56%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.78%) AWS Certification
4 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (36.11%) Data Quality
2 5 (13.89%) GDPR
3 3 (8.33%) Accessibility
4 2 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 2 (5.56%) NIST
4 2 (5.56%) QA
5 1 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 1 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (2.78%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (8.33%) Docker
Vendors
1 4 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.56%) IBM
2 2 (5.56%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.78%) ESRI
3 1 (2.78%) MathWorks
3 1 (2.78%) Oracle
3 1 (2.78%) Splunk