Validation Jobs in Hertfordshire

Validation
East of England > Hertfordshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire with a requirement for Validation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Validation over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 39 67 77
Rank change year-on-year +28 +10 -61
Permanent jobs citing Validation 91 63 79
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 4.34% 3.73% 3.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.64% 3.99% 3.95%
Number of salaries quoted 59 15 4
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,500 £37,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £66,250 £61,875 £70,938
90th Percentile £76,250 £70,000 £72,625
East of England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +26.32% -20.83%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

Validation is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,613 1,579 2,000
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 76.88% 93.60% 93.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1,275 713 888
10th Percentile £25,809 £28,550 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,000 £78,500 £80,000
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -

Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Validation in Hertfordshire

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Salary Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Salary trend for Validation in Hertfordshire

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Salary Histogram in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Validation in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Validation in Hertfordshire

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Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. 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
Stevenage +16 64 £55,000 - 14
Watford - 11 £72,500 - 7
Hatfield -7 3 - - 2
Hitchin - 1 - - 2
Validation
East of England

Validation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 5 (5.49%) Simulink
2 2 (2.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (3.30%) TrackWise
2 1 (1.10%) Lorenzo
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.49%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.40%) GIS
Development Applications
1 8 (8.79%) Rational Rhapsody
2 5 (5.49%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (3.30%) Eclipse
3 3 (3.30%) Visual Studio
4 2 (2.20%) Appium
4 2 (2.20%) Selenium
General
1 30 (32.97%) Social Skills
2 21 (23.08%) Electronics
3 14 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (10.99%) Aerospace
5 8 (8.79%) Manufacturing
6 7 (7.69%) Military
7 6 (6.59%) Automotive
8 4 (4.40%) Finance
8 4 (4.40%) Pharmaceutical
8 4 (4.40%) Telecoms
9 3 (3.30%) Marketing
9 3 (3.30%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.10%) Billing
10 1 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 28 (30.77%) Lead
2 21 (23.08%) Software Engineer
3 10 (10.99%) Senior
3 10 (10.99%) Systems Engineer
4 9 (9.89%) Team Leader
4 9 (9.89%) Validation Engineer
5 7 (7.69%) Senior Software Engineer
6 6 (6.59%) Embedded Engineer
6 6 (6.59%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 6 (6.59%) Senior Software Validation Engineer
6 6 (6.59%) Senior Validation Engineer
6 6 (6.59%) Software Validation Engineer
6 6 (6.59%) Software Verification Engineer
7 5 (5.49%) Information Manager
7 5 (5.49%) Information Security Manager
7 5 (5.49%) Project Leader
7 5 (5.49%) Security Manager
8 4 (4.40%) C++ Software Engineer
8 4 (4.40%) Developer
8 4 (4.40%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.20%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 11 (12.09%) Algorithms
1 11 (12.09%) Robotics
2 5 (5.49%) Analogue Electronics
2 5 (5.49%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (5.49%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 4 (4.40%) Augmented Reality
3 4 (4.40%) PDA
3 4 (4.40%) Verilog
3 4 (4.40%) VHDL
3 4 (4.40%) Virtual Reality
4 3 (3.30%) ASIC
4 3 (3.30%) Life Science
4 3 (3.30%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.10%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.10%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (48.35%) Verification and Validation
2 39 (42.86%) Systems Engineering
3 32 (35.16%) Software Engineering
4 22 (24.18%) Agile
5 19 (20.88%) Synthetic Environment
6 17 (18.68%) Visualisation
7 15 (16.48%) Problem-Solving
8 14 (15.38%) Software Testing
9 12 (13.19%) Physics
9 12 (13.19%) Project Management
10 11 (12.09%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
11 10 (10.99%) Signal Processing
12 9 (9.89%) Digital Signal Processing
12 9 (9.89%) Mathematics
13 8 (8.79%) Information Security
13 8 (8.79%) Scrum
13 8 (8.79%) UML
14 7 (7.69%) Test Automation
15 6 (6.59%) Business Development
15 6 (6.59%) V-Model
Programming Languages
1 25 (27.47%) C
2 24 (26.37%) C#
3 11 (12.09%) Python
4 7 (7.69%) Ada
5 6 (6.59%) C++
6 5 (5.49%) MATLAB
7 3 (3.30%) Java
7 3 (3.30%) SQL
8 2 (2.20%) Embedded C
8 2 (2.20%) Embedded C++
8 2 (2.20%) JavaScript
8 2 (2.20%) PHP
8 2 (2.20%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 50 (54.95%) Security Cleared
2 48 (52.75%) BPSS Clearance
3 30 (32.97%) Degree
4 5 (5.49%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.10%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.49%) GRC
1 5 (5.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (5.49%) NIST
1 5 (5.49%) NIST 800
2 3 (3.30%) GAMP
3 1 (1.10%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.10%) GxP
3 1 (1.10%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (4.40%) EMC
2 3 (3.30%) IBM
2 3 (3.30%) Oracle
3 2 (2.20%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.10%) NCR