Validation Jobs in the West Midlands

Validation
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West 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 128 62 72
Rank change year-on-year -66 +10 +75
Permanent jobs citing Validation 135 315 303
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.80% 5.03% 4.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.19% 5.20% 4.30%
Number of salaries quoted 74 42 137
10th Percentile £40,225 £32,500 £34,900
25th Percentile £47,450 £34,452 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £55,000 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% +25.00% +10.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £72,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £69,250 £81,000 £84,250
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
West 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 West Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,170 6,062 7,050
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 82.43% 96.79% 95.59%
Number of salaries quoted 4,565 3,157 4,725
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,700 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £64,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
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 West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Validation in the West Midlands

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Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Validation in the West Midlands

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Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Validation in the West Midlands

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Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the West 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
Warwickshire -25 46 £52,500 -17.97% 26
Birmingham -7 22 £47,450 -8.75% 28
Worcestershire +2 18 £55,000 +100.00% 6
Staffordshire -15 18 £54,000 -22.86% 12
Coventry +31 8 £49,000 -10.91% 27
Herefordshire - 4 £61,500 -
Halesowen - 3 - -
Wolverhampton - 2 £51,250 - 5
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England

Validation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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 (7.41%) IIS
2 3 (2.22%) CMS
3 1 (0.74%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (7.41%) Simulink
2 9 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (2.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.74%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (4.44%) Salesforce CRM
2 4 (2.96%) NetSuite
3 2 (1.48%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 16 (11.85%) Azure
2 10 (7.41%) Salesforce Service Cloud
3 5 (3.70%) Power Platform
4 4 (2.96%) GitHub
4 4 (2.96%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 2 (1.48%) AWS
5 2 (1.48%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (1.48%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.74%) Amazon S3
6 1 (0.74%) Asana
6 1 (0.74%) AWS IoT
6 1 (0.74%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (0.74%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.74%) GCP
6 1 (0.74%) Intacct
6 1 (0.74%) Mavenlink
6 1 (0.74%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 12 (8.89%) Firewall
2 10 (7.41%) WAN
3 2 (1.48%) Ethernet
3 2 (1.48%) Network Security
4 1 (0.74%) DHCP
4 1 (0.74%) DNS
4 1 (0.74%) GSM
4 1 (0.74%) Internet
4 1 (0.74%) LAN
4 1 (0.74%) MQTT
4 1 (0.74%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.74%) VPN
4 1 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.74%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (8.15%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.70%) Power BI
3 3 (2.22%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.48%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.74%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (0.74%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.74%) Big Data
5 1 (0.74%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.74%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.74%) Metadata
5 1 (0.74%) MS Access
5 1 (0.74%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (0.74%) Power Query
5 1 (0.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.74%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (6.67%) JIRA
2 5 (3.70%) Selenium
3 1 (0.74%) Git
3 1 (0.74%) GitLab
General
1 33 (24.44%) Automotive
2 31 (22.96%) Finance
3 24 (17.78%) Social Skills
4 19 (14.07%) Electronics
5 13 (9.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (8.89%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (5.19%) Legal
8 6 (4.44%) Manufacturing
9 5 (3.70%) Aeronautics
9 5 (3.70%) Aviation
9 5 (3.70%) Billing
9 5 (3.70%) Marketing
10 3 (2.22%) Aerospace
11 2 (1.48%) Games
11 2 (1.48%) Local Government
11 2 (1.48%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.48%) Police
11 2 (1.48%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.48%) Public Sector
11 2 (1.48%) Retail
Job Titles
1 23 (17.04%) Lead
1 23 (17.04%) Senior
2 18 (13.33%) Systems Engineer
3 14 (10.37%) Analyst
4 10 (7.41%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 9 (6.67%) Test Engineer
6 8 (5.93%) Technical Leader
7 7 (5.19%) Salesforce Analyst
7 7 (5.19%) Validation Engineer
8 6 (4.44%) Functional Analyst
8 6 (4.44%) Hardware Engineer
9 5 (3.70%) Active Directory Engineer
9 5 (3.70%) Administrator
9 5 (3.70%) Embedded Engineer
9 5 (3.70%) Principal Engineer
9 5 (3.70%) Principal Hardware Engineer
9 5 (3.70%) QA Leader
9 5 (3.70%) Senior Embedded Engineer
9 5 (3.70%) Software Engineer
9 5 (3.70%) Test and Validation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (8.15%) EDI
1 11 (8.15%) REST
2 10 (7.41%) WebRTC
3 3 (2.22%) Lightning Web Components
3 3 (2.22%) Visualforce
4 1 (0.74%) .NET
4 1 (0.74%) .NET Core
4 1 (0.74%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.74%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.74%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (0.74%) HTML
4 1 (0.74%) HTML5
4 1 (0.74%) Kafka
4 1 (0.74%) POSIX
4 1 (0.74%) React
4 1 (0.74%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 21 (15.56%) Management Information System
2 10 (7.41%) Clustering
3 7 (5.19%) Product Ownership
4 6 (4.44%) Infotainment
5 3 (2.22%) Algorithms
6 2 (1.48%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.48%) Embedded Systems
6 2 (1.48%) IoT
6 2 (1.48%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.48%) Pricing Data
6 2 (1.48%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.48%) State Machine
6 2 (1.48%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.74%) ARM Cortex
7 1 (0.74%) Educational Technology
7 1 (0.74%) FPGA
7 1 (0.74%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.74%) Robotics
7 1 (0.74%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.70%) Linux
2 1 (0.74%) Android
2 1 (0.74%) FreeRTOS
2 1 (0.74%) Windows
2 1 (0.74%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (24.44%) Agile
1 33 (24.44%) Problem-Solving
2 25 (18.52%) Verification and Validation
3 23 (17.04%) Systems Engineering
4 20 (14.81%) Cybersecurity
5 17 (12.59%) Continuous Improvement
6 16 (11.85%) Project Management
7 14 (10.37%) Information Assurance
7 14 (10.37%) Roadmaps
8 13 (9.63%) Analytics
8 13 (9.63%) Computer Science
8 13 (9.63%) CRM
8 13 (9.63%) Ergonomics
8 13 (9.63%) Human Factors
8 13 (9.63%) Technical Leadership
9 12 (8.89%) Business Strategy
10 11 (8.15%) Data Management
10 11 (8.15%) Test Automation
11 10 (7.41%) Data Governance
11 10 (7.41%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 22 (16.30%) SQL
2 12 (8.89%) MATLAB
3 9 (6.67%) C
4 7 (5.19%) Python
5 6 (4.44%) C++
6 3 (2.22%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.74%) C#
7 1 (0.74%) Embedded C
7 1 (0.74%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.74%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.74%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 51 (37.78%) Degree
2 23 (17.04%) SC Cleared
2 23 (17.04%) Security Cleared
3 15 (11.11%) DBS Check
4 7 (5.19%) CISM
4 7 (5.19%) CISSP
5 6 (4.44%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (4.44%) Master's Degree
6 5 (3.70%) CISA
6 5 (3.70%) PCI QSA
7 4 (2.96%) HND
8 1 (0.74%) CBAP
8 1 (0.74%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (9.63%) Def Stans
2 9 (6.67%) Data Quality
2 9 (6.67%) QA
3 6 (4.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (3.70%) NIST
4 5 (3.70%) PCI DSS
5 4 (2.96%) MISRA
5 4 (2.96%) MISRA C
6 2 (1.48%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.48%) Automotive SPICE
6 2 (1.48%) AUTOSAR
6 2 (1.48%) ISO 14001
6 2 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 2 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 1 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.74%) ISO 26262
7 1 (0.74%) NCSC
System Software
1 10 (7.41%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (4.44%) Firmware
3 4 (2.96%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.74%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.74%) Docker
4 1 (0.74%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (1.48%) Functional Safety
2 1 (0.74%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 16 (11.85%) Microsoft
2 14 (10.37%) Salesforce
3 11 (8.15%) CheckPoint
3 11 (8.15%) VMware
4 8 (5.93%) Databricks
5 4 (2.96%) QNX
5 4 (2.96%) Quadient
6 3 (2.22%) ANSYS
7 2 (1.48%) EMC
7 2 (1.48%) MathWorks
7 2 (1.48%) NEC
7 2 (1.48%) Oracle
8 1 (0.74%) Cadence
8 1 (0.74%) Dell
8 1 (0.74%) IBM
8 1 (0.74%) Infor
8 1 (0.74%) Sage
8 1 (0.74%) SAP