Validation Jobs

Validation
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 166 176 189
Rank change year-on-year +10 +13 +17
Permanent jobs citing Validation 1,822 1,954 3,728
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.68% 2.10% 2.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.02% 2.20% 2.26%
Number of salaries quoted 774 651 1,080
10th Percentile £35,500 £37,500 £35,125
25th Percentile £42,000 £47,427 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,086 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.41% +12.88% +4.76%
75th Percentile £72,433 £77,715 £79,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,043 £46,000
% change year-on-year -4.62% +19.66% -5.93%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 89,994 88,841 164,871
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 82.98% 95.43% 95.92%
Number of salaries quoted 62,089 53,798 83,455
10th Percentile £29,500 £33,848 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Validation
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Validation in the UK

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Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Validation in the UK

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Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Validation over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Validation in the UK

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Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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
England +6 1,567 £55,000 -12.00% 966
UK excluding London 0 1,482 £52,500 -4.62% 774
Work from Home -22 479 £55,000 -8.33% 329
South East +15 375 £52,500 -8.70% 237
South West +30 298 £52,500 -24.40% 112
London -62 283 £75,000 +7.14% 188
North of England +20 245 £50,000 -9.16% 120
Midlands -54 235 £50,000 -4.76% 129
North West +32 156 £50,000 -9.16% 78
West Midlands -79 131 £55,000 +2.33% 85
East of England -32 126 £55,000 -8.33% 153
Scotland -12 122 £52,067 -11.47% 41
East Midlands +24 104 £42,500 -10.53% 42
Yorkshire +18 80 £47,500 -13.70% 29
Wales +34 45 £45,000 +4.49% 15
Northern Ireland +40 38 £87,500 +20.69% 3
North East -11 9 £49,100 -36.65% 13
Isle of Man - 1 - -

Validation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 16 (0.88%) SAS
1 16 (0.88%) SharePoint
2 13 (0.71%) Documentum
3 12 (0.66%) IIS
4 10 (0.55%) Confluence
5 8 (0.44%) CMS
6 7 (0.38%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.27%) Apache
7 5 (0.27%) Jupyter
7 5 (0.27%) Kinematics
8 3 (0.16%) Smallworld
9 1 (0.055%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.055%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.055%) WordPress
Applications
1 100 (5.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 72 (3.95%) Microsoft Office
3 49 (2.69%) Simulink
4 43 (2.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 25 (1.37%) MS Visio
6 22 (1.21%) Stateflow
7 14 (0.77%) OrCAD
8 12 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
8 12 (0.66%) Sketch
9 5 (0.27%) SOLIDWORKS
10 3 (0.16%) AutoCAD
11 2 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
11 2 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
11 2 (0.11%) Fusion 360
11 2 (0.11%) Photoshop
11 2 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
11 2 (0.11%) TargetLink
12 1 (0.055%) Adobe XD
12 1 (0.055%) Siemens NX
12 1 (0.055%) Trello
Business Applications
1 19 (1.04%) Salesforce CRM
2 16 (0.88%) TrackWise
3 14 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
4 10 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
5 8 (0.44%) NetSuite
6 5 (0.27%) SAP CRM
6 5 (0.27%) SAP QM
6 5 (0.27%) Teamcenter
7 4 (0.22%) SAP BPC
7 4 (0.22%) SAP CO
7 4 (0.22%) SAP FI
7 4 (0.22%) SAP FI/CO
7 4 (0.22%) SAP WM
8 3 (0.16%) NEC Housing
8 3 (0.16%) Q-Pulse
8 3 (0.16%) SAP PM
9 1 (0.055%) Lorenzo
9 1 (0.055%) SAP MDG
9 1 (0.055%) SAP MDG-BP
9 1 (0.055%) SAP MDG-F
Cloud Services
1 165 (9.06%) Azure
2 128 (7.03%) AWS
3 84 (4.61%) Power Platform
4 42 (2.31%) Microsoft 365
5 27 (1.48%) Azure DevOps
5 27 (1.48%) SaaS
6 24 (1.32%) GitHub
7 23 (1.26%) GCP
8 21 (1.15%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 19 (1.04%) Cloud Computing
10 14 (0.77%) OCI
10 14 (0.77%) PowerApps
11 13 (0.71%) Figma
12 12 (0.66%) Microsoft Purview
12 12 (0.66%) OneDrive
13 11 (0.60%) Azure Sentinel
13 11 (0.60%) Power Automate
13 11 (0.60%) ShareGate
14 10 (0.55%) Azure Data Factory
15 9 (0.49%) BlazeMeter
Communications & Networking
1 368 (20.20%) VSAT
2 53 (2.91%) Firewall
3 39 (2.14%) WAN
4 32 (1.76%) 5G
5 27 (1.48%) TCP/IP
6 23 (1.26%) Ethernet
6 23 (1.26%) Network Security
7 21 (1.15%) Wireless
8 20 (1.10%) Internet
9 18 (0.99%) DNS
9 18 (0.99%) LAN
10 17 (0.93%) VPN
11 16 (0.88%) DHCP
12 15 (0.82%) Wireshark
13 14 (0.77%) Bluetooth
13 14 (0.77%) RS-232
14 11 (0.60%) SD-WAN
15 7 (0.38%) 4G
15 7 (0.38%) Broadband
15 7 (0.38%) J1939
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (4.06%) Power BI
2 65 (3.57%) SQL Server
3 38 (2.09%) Data Warehouse
4 30 (1.65%) Tableau
5 25 (1.37%) GIS
6 20 (1.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 16 (0.88%) Metadata
8 15 (0.82%) Oracle Reports
9 14 (0.77%) Big Data
10 13 (0.71%) Data Lake
10 13 (0.71%) Relational Database
11 10 (0.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 9 (0.49%) Power Query
13 8 (0.44%) Amazon Redshift
13 8 (0.44%) Crystal Reports
13 8 (0.44%) Data Mining
14 7 (0.38%) Amazon QuickSight
14 7 (0.38%) NoSQL
14 7 (0.38%) Qlik Sense
15 6 (0.33%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 150 (8.23%) JIRA
2 38 (2.09%) Git
3 33 (1.81%) Rational DOORS
4 27 (1.48%) Jenkins
5 25 (1.37%) Visual Studio
6 15 (0.82%) Rational Rhapsody
6 15 (0.82%) Selenium
7 13 (0.71%) Cucumber
8 12 (0.66%) Maven
9 11 (0.60%) Cypress.io
10 10 (0.55%) GitLab
10 10 (0.55%) JMeter
10 10 (0.55%) Trac
11 9 (0.49%) Gradle
11 9 (0.49%) LabVIEW
12 7 (0.38%) Postman
12 7 (0.38%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 5 (0.27%) Subversion
14 4 (0.22%) Eclipse
14 4 (0.22%) Katalon Studio
General
1 421 (23.11%) Social Skills
2 294 (16.14%) Finance
3 292 (16.03%) Analytical Skills
4 147 (8.07%) Pharmaceutical
5 146 (8.01%) Manufacturing
6 136 (7.46%) Aerospace
7 129 (7.08%) Electronics
8 128 (7.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 82 (4.50%) Law
10 80 (4.39%) Marketing
11 78 (4.28%) Automotive
12 60 (3.29%) Banking
13 56 (3.07%) Presentation Skills
14 52 (2.85%) Telecoms
15 51 (2.80%) Influencing Skills
16 47 (2.58%) Retail
17 46 (2.52%) Legal
18 42 (2.31%) Organisational Skills
19 37 (2.03%) Military
20 24 (1.32%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 439 (24.09%) Architect
2 369 (20.25%) Software Architect
3 211 (11.58%) Lead
3 211 (11.58%) Senior
4 181 (9.93%) Systems Engineer
5 149 (8.18%) Analyst
6 125 (6.86%) Software Engineer
7 57 (3.13%) DevOps Engineer
8 52 (2.85%) Technical Leader
9 51 (2.80%) Developer
10 48 (2.63%) IT Manager
11 43 (2.36%) Senior Systems Engineer
12 42 (2.31%) Validation Engineer
13 41 (2.25%) Hardware Engineer
14 38 (2.09%) QA Manager
14 38 (2.09%) Senior Software Engineer
15 36 (1.98%) Business Analyst
16 35 (1.92%) Consultant
17 33 (1.81%) Embedded Engineer
18 30 (1.65%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (2.41%) HTML
2 35 (1.92%) XML
3 34 (1.87%) CSS
4 31 (1.70%) .NET
5 26 (1.43%) React
6 22 (1.21%) JSON
7 20 (1.10%) Pandas
8 17 (0.93%) REST
9 15 (0.82%) EDI
10 14 (0.77%) PyTorch
11 13 (0.71%) TensorFlow
12 12 (0.66%) .NET Core
12 12 (0.66%) Middleware
12 12 (0.66%) Spring
12 12 (0.66%) Spring Boot
12 12 (0.66%) Web Services
12 12 (0.66%) WebRTC
13 11 (0.60%) AngularJS
13 11 (0.60%) WPF
13 11 (0.60%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 137 (7.52%) Management Information System
2 73 (4.01%) Algorithms
3 68 (3.73%) Self-Motivation
4 46 (2.52%) Life Science
5 34 (1.87%) Product Ownership
6 29 (1.59%) Robotics
7 27 (1.48%) Onboarding
8 24 (1.32%) FPGA
9 23 (1.26%) IoT
9 23 (1.26%) Legacy Systems
10 22 (1.21%) Analogue Electronics
10 22 (1.21%) Embedded Systems
11 20 (1.10%) PDA
12 18 (0.99%) Biopharmaceutical
12 18 (0.99%) Cloud Native
13 17 (0.93%) GNSS
14 16 (0.88%) NHS
15 15 (0.82%) Analytical Mindset
15 15 (0.82%) Data Structures
15 15 (0.82%) LIMS
Operating Systems
1 138 (7.57%) Linux
2 46 (2.52%) Windows
3 14 (0.77%) Android
4 12 (0.66%) Apple iOS
5 11 (0.60%) Windows Server
6 9 (0.49%) Embedded Linux
7 8 (0.44%) Debian
7 8 (0.44%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.16%) Unix
9 1 (0.055%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 432 (23.71%) Requirements Management
2 431 (23.66%) Model Validation
3 427 (23.44%) Actionable Insight
4 385 (21.13%) TOGAF
5 377 (20.69%) Network Architecture
6 373 (20.47%) Technical Architecture
7 369 (20.25%) Network Management
8 345 (18.94%) Agile
9 313 (17.18%) Problem-Solving
10 294 (16.14%) Verification and Validation
11 188 (10.32%) Project Management
11 188 (10.32%) Software Engineering
12 184 (10.10%) Systems Engineering
13 160 (8.78%) DevOps
14 156 (8.56%) Continuous Improvement
15 150 (8.23%) Mentoring
16 146 (8.01%) Computer Science
17 137 (7.52%) Collaborative Working
17 137 (7.52%) SDLC
18 134 (7.35%) Data Validation
Programming Languages
1 213 (11.69%) Python
2 200 (10.98%) SQL
3 104 (5.71%) C
4 89 (4.88%) C#
5 84 (4.61%) MATLAB
6 71 (3.90%) C++
7 55 (3.02%) JavaScript
8 44 (2.41%) Java
9 39 (2.14%) PowerShell
10 31 (1.70%) R
11 23 (1.26%) Bash
12 18 (0.99%) Perl
13 14 (0.77%) T-SQL
14 12 (0.66%) Ada
15 11 (0.60%) Embedded C
16 10 (0.55%) TypeScript
16 10 (0.55%) XAML
17 7 (0.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 6 (0.33%) Apex Code
18 6 (0.33%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 512 (28.10%) Degree
2 318 (17.45%) Security Cleared
3 129 (7.08%) SC Cleared
4 92 (5.05%) BPSS Clearance
5 76 (4.17%) DV Cleared
6 59 (3.24%) Master's Degree
7 38 (2.09%) Computer Science Degree
8 34 (1.87%) CISSP
9 33 (1.81%) DBS Check
10 26 (1.43%) Cisco Certification
11 24 (1.32%) HNC
12 22 (1.21%) HND
13 19 (1.04%) PhD
14 18 (0.99%) CISM
15 17 (0.93%) CCSP
16 16 (0.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 16 (0.88%) TOGAF Certification
17 15 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
18 14 (0.77%) CISA
18 14 (0.77%) PCI QSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 154 (8.45%) QA
2 66 (3.62%) GMP
3 56 (3.07%) Data Quality
4 52 (2.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 44 (2.41%) NIST
6 40 (2.20%) PMO
7 28 (1.54%) GLP
8 26 (1.43%) PCI DSS
9 24 (1.32%) GxP
10 23 (1.26%) Good Clinical Practice
11 21 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 15288
12 19 (1.04%) Def Stans
13 18 (0.99%) GDPR
14 15 (0.82%) Accessibility
14 15 (0.82%) Automotive SPICE
14 15 (0.82%) ISO 26262
15 11 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
15 11 (0.60%) ISO 9001
16 10 (0.55%) NIST 800
17 9 (0.49%) MISRA
System Software
1 73 (4.01%) Docker
2 49 (2.69%) Firmware
3 32 (1.76%) Active Directory
4 31 (1.70%) Virtual Machines
5 19 (1.04%) VMware Infrastructure
6 16 (0.88%) Hyper-V
6 16 (0.88%) pfSense
7 11 (0.60%) Embedded Firmware
7 11 (0.60%) Virtual Desktop
8 10 (0.55%) NFS
9 4 (0.22%) VMware NSX
9 4 (0.22%) VMware Server
10 1 (0.055%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.055%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 69 (3.79%) Ansible
2 65 (3.57%) Terraform
3 62 (3.40%) Kubernetes
4 30 (1.65%) Functional Safety
5 17 (0.93%) Grafana
6 16 (0.88%) ZABBIX
7 12 (0.66%) Nmap
8 11 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
9 10 (0.55%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 10 (0.55%) SCDPM
10 5 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.11%) Kibana
12 1 (0.055%) Consul
12 1 (0.055%) Jamf Pro
12 1 (0.055%) OpenNMS
12 1 (0.055%) Packer
12 1 (0.055%) Podman
12 1 (0.055%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.055%) Puppet
12 1 (0.055%) Salt
Vendors
1 169 (9.28%) Microsoft
2 49 (2.69%) Salesforce
3 46 (2.52%) SAP
4 39 (2.14%) VMware
5 34 (1.87%) Google
5 34 (1.87%) Oracle
6 27 (1.48%) Databricks
7 26 (1.43%) EMC
8 19 (1.04%) IBM
9 17 (0.93%) ServiceNow
10 16 (0.88%) Fortinet
10 16 (0.88%) Juniper
11 14 (0.77%) Cisco
11 14 (0.77%) Veeam
12 12 (0.66%) Splunk
13 11 (0.60%) Nintex
13 11 (0.60%) Qualys
13 11 (0.60%) Rapid7
13 11 (0.60%) Thycotic
14 10 (0.55%) Alteryx