Validation Jobs in the North West

Validation
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 140 183 260
Rank change year-on-year +43 +77 -60
Permanent jobs citing Validation 165 113 81
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 1.65% 1.46% 0.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.01% 1.53% 0.90%
Number of salaries quoted 59 29 42
10th Percentile £33,500 £35,216 £40,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £52,500 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +11.70% -1.05%
75th Percentile £65,000 £77,715 £53,750
90th Percentile £83,000 £80,000 £65,000
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
North West

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 North West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,218 7,384 9,018
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 82.39% 95.54% 95.43%
Number of salaries quoted 6,229 3,886 5,253
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,188 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,500 £81,250
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 North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Validation in the North West

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Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Validation in the North West

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Salary Histogram in the North West

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

Salary histogram for Validation in the North West

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Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the North West 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
Manchester +37 94 £43,750 -18.64% 37
Merseyside +22 39 £35,000 -44.88% 11
Cheshire +17 26 £60,000 +26.32% 14
Lancashire -5 5 £35,000 +27.27% 12
Cumbria - 1 £39,500 - 8
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 10 (6.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.21%) Fusion 360
2 2 (1.21%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.61%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 2 (1.21%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.61%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 20 (12.12%) Azure
2 18 (10.91%) AWS
3 10 (6.06%) Power Platform
4 3 (1.82%) Collibra
5 2 (1.21%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.61%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (0.61%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.61%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (0.61%) GCP
6 1 (0.61%) GitHub
6 1 (0.61%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (0.61%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 71 (43.03%) VSAT
2 4 (2.42%) Firewall
2 4 (2.42%) LAN
2 4 (2.42%) Multicast
2 4 (2.42%) Network Security
2 4 (2.42%) OSPF
2 4 (2.42%) TCP/IP
2 4 (2.42%) WAN
3 2 (1.21%) Microwave Backhaul
3 2 (1.21%) Mobile Backhaul
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (6.06%) Power BI
2 8 (4.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 7 (4.24%) Power Query
4 3 (1.82%) Metadata
5 2 (1.21%) Amazon Redshift
5 2 (1.21%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.21%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.21%) SQL Server
5 2 (1.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.61%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.61%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.61%) Looker
6 1 (0.61%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.61%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 27 (16.36%) JIRA
2 8 (4.85%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 4 (2.42%) Rational DOORS
4 2 (1.21%) LabVIEW
4 2 (1.21%) Selenium
4 2 (1.21%) Visual Studio
General
1 30 (18.18%) Social Skills
2 19 (11.52%) Aerospace
3 13 (7.88%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (7.88%) Finance
4 9 (5.45%) Pharmaceutical
5 8 (4.85%) Manufacturing
6 7 (4.24%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (3.64%) Electronics
7 6 (3.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.42%) Automotive
8 4 (2.42%) Banking
8 4 (2.42%) Games
8 4 (2.42%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.21%) Billing
9 2 (1.21%) Law
9 2 (1.21%) Legal
9 2 (1.21%) Marketing
9 2 (1.21%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.21%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.21%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 75 (45.45%) Architect
2 71 (43.03%) Software Architect
3 17 (10.30%) DevOps Engineer
4 13 (7.88%) Project Manager
5 12 (7.27%) Analyst
6 8 (4.85%) Developer
6 8 (4.85%) Systems Engineer
7 7 (4.24%) IT Manager
7 7 (4.24%) IT Project Manager
8 6 (3.64%) Analyst Developer
8 6 (3.64%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 6 (3.64%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 6 (3.64%) Developer Analyst
8 6 (3.64%) Electronics Engineer
8 6 (3.64%) Report Analyst
8 6 (3.64%) Report Developer
9 5 (3.03%) Design Engineer
9 5 (3.03%) Electronics Design Engineer
10 4 (2.42%) Network Architect
10 4 (2.42%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.42%) Akka
2 1 (0.61%) AWS CDK
2 1 (0.61%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (3.64%) Biopharmaceutical
2 4 (2.42%) Linux Command Line
2 4 (2.42%) Operational Technology
2 4 (2.42%) SCADA
3 3 (1.82%) Management Information System
3 3 (1.82%) Product Ownership
4 2 (1.21%) Analogue Electronics
5 1 (0.61%) Acoustics
5 1 (0.61%) Algorithms
5 1 (0.61%) Augmented Reality
5 1 (0.61%) Fixed Income
5 1 (0.61%) FMCG
5 1 (0.61%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.61%) Life Science
5 1 (0.61%) Linked Data
5 1 (0.61%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.61%) PMI
5 1 (0.61%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 21 (12.73%) Linux
2 1 (0.61%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (46.67%) Actionable Insight
2 75 (45.45%) Network Architecture
2 75 (45.45%) Requirements Management
3 72 (43.64%) Model Validation
4 71 (43.03%) Network Management
4 71 (43.03%) Technical Architecture
4 71 (43.03%) TOGAF
5 32 (19.39%) Agile
6 25 (15.15%) SDLC
7 23 (13.94%) Cybersecurity
8 22 (13.33%) Collaborative Working
8 22 (13.33%) Verification and Validation
9 20 (12.12%) CI/CD
10 18 (10.91%) DevOps
10 18 (10.91%) Kanban
10 18 (10.91%) Scrum
11 17 (10.30%) Continuous Deployment
11 17 (10.30%) Continuous Integration
12 13 (7.88%) Project Management
13 12 (7.27%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 13 (7.88%) SQL
2 12 (7.27%) Python
3 7 (4.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 3 (1.82%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.21%) C
5 2 (1.21%) C++
6 1 (0.61%) C#
6 1 (0.61%) Java
6 1 (0.61%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.61%) R
6 1 (0.61%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (14.55%) Security Cleared
2 23 (13.94%) Degree
3 17 (10.30%) DV Cleared
4 7 (4.24%) SC Cleared
5 6 (3.64%) CISA
5 6 (3.64%) CISM
5 6 (3.64%) CISSP
5 6 (3.64%) HND
5 6 (3.64%) PCI QSA
6 5 (3.03%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 4 (2.42%) Chartered Engineer
7 4 (2.42%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (2.42%) HNC
8 2 (1.21%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.21%) ISTQB
8 2 (1.21%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.21%) PMP
9 1 (0.61%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.61%) PhD
9 1 (0.61%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.45%) QA
2 7 (4.24%) Data Quality
2 7 (4.24%) GxP
2 7 (4.24%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 6 (3.64%) GLP
3 6 (3.64%) Good Clinical Practice
3 6 (3.64%) IEC 62304
3 6 (3.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (3.64%) NIST
3 6 (3.64%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.82%) ISO 9001
5 2 (1.21%) GMP
6 1 (0.61%) GAMP
6 1 (0.61%) ISO 13485
6 1 (0.61%) PMO
System Software
1 17 (10.30%) Docker
Systems Management
1 17 (10.30%) Ansible
1 17 (10.30%) Kubernetes
1 17 (10.30%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (3.64%) Civica
1 6 (3.64%) Microsoft
2 5 (3.03%) EMC
3 4 (2.42%) Cisco
3 4 (2.42%) SAP
3 4 (2.42%) Thales
4 2 (1.21%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.61%) Databricks