Validation Jobs in the Midlands

Validation
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 109 81 85
Rank change year-on-year -28 +4 +62
Permanent jobs citing Validation 260 361 396
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.15% 3.97% 3.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.64% 4.11% 3.82%
Number of salaries quoted 100 47 189
10th Percentile £37,380 £32,500 £35,125
25th Percentile £41,125 £34,452 £36,662
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% +22.22% -
75th Percentile £58,500 £72,500 £59,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £82,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £59,313
% change year-on-year -12.00% +5.37% +7.84%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,855 8,773 10,366
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.47% 96.49% 94.46%
Number of salaries quoted 7,185 4,441 6,882
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,302 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +7.81%
75th Percentile £62,374 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Validation in the Midlands

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Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Validation in the Midlands

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Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Validation in the Midlands over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Validation in the Midlands

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Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 May 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
West Midlands -66 135 £54,500 -0.91% 119
East Midlands +54 125 £42,500 -29.17% 47
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 10 (3.85%) IIS
2 7 (2.69%) CMS
3 1 (0.38%) Confluence
Applications
1 27 (10.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (8.85%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (8.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (3.85%) Simulink
5 1 (0.38%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (2.31%) Salesforce CRM
2 4 (1.54%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.77%) NEC Housing
4 1 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 19 (7.31%) Azure
2 10 (3.85%) Salesforce Service Cloud
3 5 (1.92%) Power Platform
4 4 (1.54%) GitHub
4 4 (1.54%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 3 (1.15%) Entra ID
5 3 (1.15%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (0.77%) AWS
6 2 (0.77%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (0.77%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.38%) Amazon S3
7 1 (0.38%) Asana
7 1 (0.38%) AWS IoT
7 1 (0.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (0.38%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.38%) GCP
7 1 (0.38%) Intacct
7 1 (0.38%) Mavenlink
7 1 (0.38%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 33 (12.69%) VSAT
2 15 (5.77%) Firewall
3 10 (3.85%) WAN
4 4 (1.54%) DHCP
4 4 (1.54%) DNS
4 4 (1.54%) TCP/IP
5 3 (1.15%) 802.11
5 3 (1.15%) VLAN
5 3 (1.15%) Wireshark
6 2 (0.77%) Ethernet
6 2 (0.77%) Network Security
7 1 (0.38%) GSM
7 1 (0.38%) Internet
7 1 (0.38%) LAN
7 1 (0.38%) Modbus
7 1 (0.38%) MQTT
7 1 (0.38%) VPN
7 1 (0.38%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.38%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.23%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.92%) Power BI
3 3 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.77%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.38%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (0.38%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.38%) Big Data
5 1 (0.38%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.38%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.38%) Metadata
5 1 (0.38%) MS Access
5 1 (0.38%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (0.38%) Power Query
5 1 (0.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.38%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (3.46%) JIRA
2 5 (1.92%) Rational DOORS
2 5 (1.92%) Selenium
3 1 (0.38%) Git
3 1 (0.38%) GitLab
General
1 59 (22.69%) Analytical Skills
2 55 (21.15%) Social Skills
3 40 (15.38%) Pharmaceutical
4 34 (13.08%) Automotive
5 33 (12.69%) Manufacturing
6 32 (12.31%) Finance
7 31 (11.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 20 (7.69%) Electronics
9 13 (5.00%) Legal
10 12 (4.62%) Retail
11 6 (2.31%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (1.92%) Aeronautics
12 5 (1.92%) Aviation
12 5 (1.92%) Billing
12 5 (1.92%) Marketing
12 5 (1.92%) Military
13 3 (1.15%) Aerospace
13 3 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.77%) Police
14 2 (0.77%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 45 (17.31%) Lead
2 42 (16.15%) Architect
3 33 (12.69%) Software Architect
4 32 (12.31%) Analyst
5 28 (10.77%) Technical Leader
6 23 (8.85%) Senior
7 18 (6.92%) Research Analyst
7 18 (6.92%) Systems Engineer
8 10 (3.85%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 9 (3.46%) Administrator
9 9 (3.46%) Test Engineer
10 7 (2.69%) Data Engineer
10 7 (2.69%) QA Leader
10 7 (2.69%) Salesforce Analyst
10 7 (2.69%) Validation Engineer
11 6 (2.31%) Embedded Engineer
11 6 (2.31%) Functional Analyst
11 6 (2.31%) Hardware Engineer
11 6 (2.31%) QA Manager
11 6 (2.31%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.23%) EDI
1 11 (4.23%) REST
2 10 (3.85%) WebRTC
3 3 (1.15%) 802.1X
3 3 (1.15%) Lightning Web Components
3 3 (1.15%) Visualforce
4 1 (0.38%) .NET
4 1 (0.38%) .NET Core
4 1 (0.38%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.38%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.38%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (0.38%) HTML
4 1 (0.38%) HTML5
4 1 (0.38%) Kafka
4 1 (0.38%) POSIX
4 1 (0.38%) React
4 1 (0.38%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 45 (17.31%) Management Information System
2 18 (6.92%) Life Science
2 18 (6.92%) Self-Motivation
3 16 (6.15%) Taxonomies
4 10 (3.85%) Clustering
5 7 (2.69%) Product Ownership
6 6 (2.31%) Infotainment
7 4 (1.54%) CMDB
8 3 (1.15%) Algorithms
9 2 (0.77%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.77%) Embedded Systems
9 2 (0.77%) IoT
9 2 (0.77%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.77%) Pricing Data
9 2 (0.77%) SCADA
9 2 (0.77%) Security Operations Centre
9 2 (0.77%) State Machine
9 2 (0.77%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.38%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.38%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.08%) Linux
2 4 (1.54%) Windows
3 1 (0.38%) Android
3 1 (0.38%) FreeRTOS
3 1 (0.38%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (21.92%) Problem-Solving
2 38 (14.62%) Chemistry
2 38 (14.62%) Requirements Management
3 37 (14.23%) Network Architecture
4 35 (13.46%) Agile
5 34 (13.08%) TOGAF
6 33 (12.69%) Actionable Insight
6 33 (12.69%) Model Validation
6 33 (12.69%) Network Management
6 33 (12.69%) Technical Architecture
7 32 (12.31%) Verification and Validation
8 30 (11.54%) Data Management
9 28 (10.77%) Business Strategy
9 28 (10.77%) Continuous Improvement
9 28 (10.77%) Systems Engineering
10 27 (10.38%) Process Improvement
11 25 (9.62%) Data Validation
11 25 (9.62%) Decision-Making
12 24 (9.23%) Cybersecurity
13 23 (8.85%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (10.00%) SQL
2 22 (8.46%) MATLAB
3 13 (5.00%) Python
4 10 (3.85%) C
5 6 (2.31%) C++
5 6 (2.31%) JavaScript
6 5 (1.92%) Java
7 4 (1.54%) PowerShell
8 3 (1.15%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.38%) ABAP
9 1 (0.38%) C#
9 1 (0.38%) Embedded C
9 1 (0.38%) Lua
9 1 (0.38%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 101 (38.85%) Degree
2 34 (13.08%) SC Cleared
2 34 (13.08%) Security Cleared
3 15 (5.77%) DBS Check
4 7 (2.69%) CISM
4 7 (2.69%) CISSP
4 7 (2.69%) Master's Degree
5 6 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.92%) CISA
6 5 (1.92%) PCI QSA
7 4 (1.54%) HND
8 3 (1.15%) CCNA
8 3 (1.15%) CCNP
8 3 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.15%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.38%) CBAP
9 1 (0.38%) IIBA
9 1 (0.38%) MBA
9 1 (0.38%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 1 (0.38%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (7.69%) GMP
1 20 (7.69%) QA
2 18 (6.92%) GLP
3 13 (5.00%) Def Stans
4 10 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (3.46%) Data Quality
6 5 (1.92%) NIST
6 5 (1.92%) PCI DSS
7 4 (1.54%) MISRA
7 4 (1.54%) MISRA C
7 4 (1.54%) SLA
8 2 (0.77%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.77%) Automotive SPICE
8 2 (0.77%) AUTOSAR
8 2 (0.77%) ISO 14001
8 2 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 12207
8 2 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 1 (0.38%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.38%) JTAG
9 1 (0.38%) TickIT
System Software
1 10 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (2.69%) Firmware
3 5 (1.92%) Embedded Firmware
4 4 (1.54%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.38%) Docker
5 1 (0.38%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (1.15%) Functional Safety
2 1 (0.38%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 36 (13.85%) Microsoft
2 14 (5.38%) Salesforce
3 11 (4.23%) CheckPoint
3 11 (4.23%) VMware
4 8 (3.08%) Databricks
5 6 (2.31%) Minitab
6 4 (1.54%) Apple
6 4 (1.54%) QNX
6 4 (1.54%) Quadient
6 4 (1.54%) Siemens
7 3 (1.15%) ANSYS
7 3 (1.15%) Cisco
7 3 (1.15%) Veeam
8 2 (0.77%) EMC
8 2 (0.77%) MathWorks
8 2 (0.77%) NEC
8 2 (0.77%) Oracle
8 2 (0.77%) SAP
9 1 (0.38%) Cadence
9 1 (0.38%) Sage