Validation Jobs in England

Validation
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Validation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Validation over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 168 176
Rank change year-on-year +122 +8 +22
Permanent jobs citing Validation 2,685 1,569 1,752
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 5.47% 1.65% 2.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.87% 1.99% 2.23%
Number of salaries quoted 686 716 576
10th Percentile £40,750 £36,000 £38,256
25th Percentile £47,683 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,600 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.36% -12.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,450 £77,715
90th Percentile £81,250 £85,000 £94,375
UK median annual salary £58,033 £55,000 £62,086
% change year-on-year +5.51% -11.41% +12.88%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 45,751 78,669 78,682
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 93.25% 82.66% 95.44%
Number of salaries quoted 23,058 56,167 48,304
10th Percentile £28,750 £29,375 £34,324
25th Percentile £40,500 £40,000 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £102,500
UK median annual salary £56,000 £55,000 £60,875
% change year-on-year +1.82% -9.65% +1.46%

Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Validation in England

Validation
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Validation in England

Validation
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Validation in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Validation in England

Validation
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the England region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
Midlands +128 825 £57,500 +15.00% 182
South East +98 586 £60,000 +14.29% 550
West Midlands +127 413 £65,000 +18.18% 117
East Midlands +101 412 £49,750 +17.06% 62
East of England +99 398 £57,000 +3.64% 178
North of England +95 370 £47,683 -3.67% 273
North West +81 320 £47,683 -4.63% 181
London +66 252 £75,000 - 745
South West +49 213 £52,600 +0.19% 219
Yorkshire +25 44 £45,000 -5.26% 70
North East +46 6 £47,500 -3.26% 23
Validation
UK

Validation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (0.37%) Apache Spark
2 8 (0.30%) Confluence
3 5 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (0.19%) SAS
4 4 (0.15%) CMS
5 3 (0.11%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.11%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.074%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.074%) Kinematics
6 2 (0.074%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.074%) TPMS
7 1 (0.037%) Apache
7 1 (0.037%) MTS
7 1 (0.037%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.037%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 499 (18.58%) Simulink
2 94 (3.50%) Mathcad
3 42 (1.56%) Microsoft Excel
4 29 (1.08%) Microsoft Office
5 14 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 14 (0.52%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.074%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.074%) Autodesk Inventor
7 2 (0.074%) CATIA
7 2 (0.074%) Revit
7 2 (0.074%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.037%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.037%) CANalyzer
8 1 (0.037%) EPLAN
8 1 (0.037%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.037%) ProjectWise
8 1 (0.037%) Siemens NX
8 1 (0.037%) Stata
Business Applications
1 23 (0.86%) Oracle EBS
2 10 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.22%) Infor M3
4 3 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 2 (0.074%) Endur
5 2 (0.074%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.074%) Oracle Cash Management
5 2 (0.074%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.074%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (0.074%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.074%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.074%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (0.074%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.037%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.037%) Oracle SCM
6 1 (0.037%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.037%) SAP MDM
6 1 (0.037%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.037%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 103 (3.84%) AWS
2 92 (3.43%) Azure
3 67 (2.50%) Power Platform
4 61 (2.27%) GCP
5 35 (1.30%) Snowflake
6 20 (0.74%) GitHub
7 15 (0.56%) Amazon S3
8 14 (0.52%) Azure DevOps
9 13 (0.48%) AWS CloudFormation
10 11 (0.41%) Dynamics 365
11 10 (0.37%) Azure Data Factory
11 10 (0.37%) Serverless
12 9 (0.34%) Amazon SageMaker
12 9 (0.34%) Pulumi
13 8 (0.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 8 (0.30%) GitHub Actions
13 8 (0.30%) Microsoft Purview
13 8 (0.30%) PowerApps
14 7 (0.26%) AWS Lambda
14 7 (0.26%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 747 (27.82%) 5G
2 739 (27.52%) Wi-Fi
3 735 (27.37%) Wireless
4 732 (27.26%) LTE
5 731 (27.23%) GSM
5 731 (27.23%) UMTS
6 730 (27.19%) Bluetooth
7 81 (3.02%) Broadband
8 19 (0.71%) Modbus
9 17 (0.63%) WAN
10 14 (0.52%) Ethernet
11 12 (0.45%) SD-WAN
12 8 (0.30%) Firewall
12 8 (0.30%) Profibus
13 7 (0.26%) LAN
14 6 (0.22%) DNS
15 5 (0.19%) 4G
15 5 (0.19%) Ethernet VPN
15 5 (0.19%) Network Security
15 5 (0.19%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (2.31%) Data Warehouse
2 60 (2.23%) Power BI
3 42 (1.56%) Data Lake
4 36 (1.34%) SQL Server
5 33 (1.23%) Metadata
6 28 (1.04%) Tableau
7 24 (0.89%) Oracle ODI
8 21 (0.78%) Big Data
9 17 (0.63%) NoSQL
10 15 (0.56%) MySQL
11 14 (0.52%) MongoDB
12 11 (0.41%) PostgreSQL
12 11 (0.41%) Relational Database
13 9 (0.34%) BigQuery
14 7 (0.26%) Looker
14 7 (0.26%) RDBMS
15 6 (0.22%) Amazon Athena
15 6 (0.22%) Amazon Aurora
15 6 (0.22%) Delta Lake
15 6 (0.22%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 242 (9.01%) Rational DOORS
2 76 (2.83%) JIRA
3 57 (2.12%) Git
4 30 (1.12%) Selenium
5 19 (0.71%) Jenkins
6 11 (0.41%) JMeter
6 11 (0.41%) Postman
7 9 (0.34%) Cypress.io
8 8 (0.30%) SoapUI
8 8 (0.30%) Subversion
9 6 (0.22%) REST Assured
10 5 (0.19%) Rational Rhapsody
11 4 (0.15%) CppUnit
11 4 (0.15%) GitLab
11 4 (0.15%) Gradle
11 4 (0.15%) Locust
11 4 (0.15%) Maven
11 4 (0.15%) Spinnaker
11 4 (0.15%) Visual Studio
11 4 (0.15%) webpack
General
1 812 (30.24%) Electronics
2 318 (11.84%) Social Skills
3 239 (8.90%) Aerospace
4 214 (7.97%) Automotive
5 182 (6.78%) Finance
6 133 (4.95%) Analytical Skills
7 88 (3.28%) Games
8 84 (3.13%) Manufacturing
9 52 (1.94%) Law
10 48 (1.79%) Pharmaceutical
11 44 (1.64%) Marketing
12 41 (1.53%) Banking
12 41 (1.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 27 (1.01%) Retail
14 25 (0.93%) Public Sector
15 24 (0.89%) Organisational Skills
16 22 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
17 21 (0.78%) Telecoms
18 20 (0.74%) Legal
19 18 (0.67%) Military
Job Titles
1 791 (29.46%) Electronics Engineer
2 788 (29.35%) Test Engineer
3 730 (27.19%) Electronics Test Engineer
4 493 (18.36%) Systems Engineer
5 444 (16.54%) Principal Engineer
6 438 (16.31%) Principal Systems Engineer
7 387 (14.41%) Senior
8 253 (9.42%) Engineering Manager
9 142 (5.29%) Software Engineer
10 141 (5.25%) Requirements Manager
11 116 (4.32%) Validation Engineer
12 115 (4.28%) Requirements Engineer
13 102 (3.80%) Development Engineer
14 101 (3.76%) Integration Engineer
15 99 (3.69%) Software Development Engineer
16 98 (3.65%) Systems Integration Engineer
17 94 (3.50%) Lead
18 90 (3.35%) System Verification Engineer
19 81 (3.02%) Analyst
19 81 (3.02%) Principal Modelling Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (0.93%) Kafka
2 24 (0.89%) Oracle Fusion
3 16 (0.60%) React
4 13 (0.48%) CSS
4 13 (0.48%) HTML
4 13 (0.48%) Qt
5 12 (0.45%) REST
6 11 (0.41%) JSON
7 10 (0.37%) Spring
7 10 (0.37%) YAML
8 9 (0.34%) Jest
8 9 (0.34%) Loki
8 9 (0.34%) Pandas
8 9 (0.34%) XML
9 8 (0.30%) Elastic Stack
9 8 (0.30%) Playwright
9 8 (0.30%) SOAP
9 8 (0.30%) Web Services
10 7 (0.26%) GraphQL
11 6 (0.22%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 737 (27.45%) Driving Licence
2 106 (3.95%) Product Ownership
3 99 (3.69%) Management Information System
4 79 (2.94%) Video\Live Streaming
5 39 (1.45%) SCADA
6 34 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
6 34 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
7 32 (1.19%) Data Structures
8 26 (0.97%) Operational Technology
9 24 (0.89%) Algorithms
10 19 (0.71%) Embedded Systems
11 12 (0.45%) IoT
11 12 (0.45%) Self-Driving Car
12 11 (0.41%) Life Science
13 10 (0.37%) FPGA
13 10 (0.37%) Onboarding
14 9 (0.34%) Biopharmaceutical
15 8 (0.30%) Hybrid Cloud
16 7 (0.26%) Cloud Native
16 7 (0.26%) Manufacturing Execution System
Operating Systems
1 33 (1.23%) Linux
2 22 (0.82%) Windows
3 5 (0.19%) Unix
3 5 (0.19%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.15%) Android
5 3 (0.11%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.11%) VMS
6 2 (0.074%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.074%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.074%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.037%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.037%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.037%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.037%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.037%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,616 (60.19%) Verification and Validation
2 1,171 (43.61%) Systems Engineering
3 843 (31.40%) Mentoring
4 764 (28.45%) Coaching
5 761 (28.34%) Customer Requirements
6 749 (27.90%) Test Strategy
7 546 (20.34%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
8 468 (17.43%) Software Engineering
9 421 (15.68%) Agile
10 354 (13.18%) Mathematics
11 334 (12.44%) SysML
12 290 (10.80%) Software Testing
13 283 (10.54%) Problem-Solving
13 283 (10.54%) Stakeholder Management
14 257 (9.57%) Requirements Management
15 210 (7.82%) Computer Science
16 193 (7.19%) Digital Twin
17 179 (6.67%) Project Planning
18 155 (5.77%) Test Automation
19 123 (4.58%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 515 (19.18%) MATLAB
2 269 (10.02%) Python
3 169 (6.29%) SQL
4 62 (2.31%) C
5 51 (1.90%) C++
6 31 (1.15%) PL/SQL
7 24 (0.89%) C#
8 23 (0.86%) Java
8 23 (0.86%) R
9 22 (0.82%) Ada
10 21 (0.78%) JavaScript
11 17 (0.63%) PowerShell
11 17 (0.63%) TypeScript
12 16 (0.60%) Bash
13 14 (0.52%) Shell Script
14 13 (0.48%) T-SQL
15 12 (0.45%) Go
16 8 (0.30%) Ladder Logic
16 8 (0.30%) SPARQL
17 7 (0.26%) C-shell
Qualifications
1 1,513 (56.35%) Degree
2 978 (36.42%) HND
3 943 (35.12%) BPSS Clearance
4 254 (9.46%) HNC
5 175 (6.52%) Chartered Engineer
6 119 (4.43%) ISTQB
7 114 (4.25%) Computer Science Degree
8 89 (3.31%) Master's Degree
9 64 (2.38%) Security Cleared
10 50 (1.86%) SC Cleared
11 31 (1.15%) Numerate Degree
12 28 (1.04%) PhD
13 12 (0.45%) Cisco Certification
14 10 (0.37%) DBS Check
15 8 (0.30%) AWS Certification
16 7 (0.26%) CCNP
16 7 (0.26%) ITIL Certification
17 6 (0.22%) Azure Certification
17 6 (0.22%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
17 6 (0.22%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (3.43%) QA
2 91 (3.39%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 86 (3.20%) Data Quality
4 50 (1.86%) Accessibility
5 37 (1.38%) GxP
6 35 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 18 (0.67%) GMP
8 16 (0.60%) ARP4754
8 16 (0.60%) DO-254
8 16 (0.60%) GDPR
8 16 (0.60%) IEC 61508
9 13 (0.48%) PMO
10 11 (0.41%) 21 CFR Part 11
11 9 (0.34%) Good Clinical Practice
12 7 (0.26%) IFRS
12 7 (0.26%) IFRS 9
12 7 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 6 (0.22%) NIST
14 5 (0.19%) Automotive SPICE
14 5 (0.19%) HIPAA
System Software
1 36 (1.34%) Docker
2 21 (0.78%) Firmware
3 10 (0.37%) Active Directory
3 10 (0.37%) Embedded Firmware
4 3 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.074%) Apache Flume
5 2 (0.074%) DFS Replication
5 2 (0.074%) HDFS
5 2 (0.074%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.074%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.037%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.037%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.037%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.037%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 41 (1.53%) Kubernetes
2 28 (1.04%) Terraform
3 22 (0.82%) Grafana
4 14 (0.52%) Ansible
5 11 (0.41%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.30%) Argo
7 6 (0.22%) Functional Safety
7 6 (0.22%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.074%) Kibana
8 2 (0.074%) logstash
8 2 (0.074%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.074%) Oozie
8 2 (0.074%) Podman
8 2 (0.074%) Puppet
8 2 (0.074%) SCOM
9 1 (0.037%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.037%) Nessus
9 1 (0.037%) Oracle RMAN
9 1 (0.037%) SCCM
9 1 (0.037%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 95 (3.54%) MathWorks
2 94 (3.50%) ServiceNow
3 60 (2.23%) Microsoft
4 45 (1.68%) Oracle
5 37 (1.38%) IBM
6 31 (1.15%) SAP
7 29 (1.08%) Salesforce
8 14 (0.52%) Databricks
9 12 (0.45%) Google
9 12 (0.45%) Splunk
10 11 (0.41%) Cisco
10 11 (0.41%) Hitachi
10 11 (0.41%) Siemens
11 10 (0.37%) IFS
11 10 (0.37%) Informatica
12 9 (0.34%) Allen-Bradley
12 9 (0.34%) Red Hat
12 9 (0.34%) Rockwell
13 8 (0.30%) Talend
14 7 (0.26%) F5
OSZAR »