ValidateSkills: Skills Assessment Platform
ValidateSkills helps business and public sector leaders assess IT and professional capabilities. It is designed for teams in regulated environments that require evidence-based audits of workforce skills.
At a glance
- Category
- HR & Recruiting
- Best for
- Public Sector Organizations, Regulated Industries, IT and Digital Teams, Professional Services
- Pricing
- Pricing for the software platform was not clearly available from the provided evidence. Buyers should confirm current pricing on the vendor website. Training costs are listed as £575+vat per person for the SFIA Practitioner Course and £675+vat per person for the SFIA Accredited Consultancy Course.
- Key use cases
- Public Sector IT Capability Planning, Cyber Role Assessment, Recruitment and Gap Analysis, Workforce Development
- Integrations
- SAML-based SSO, API
- Official website
- validateskills.com
ValidateSkills provides a cloud-hosted environment for assessing and managing workforce skills. The platform supports established standards such as SFIA, CIISec, and GCAF, and allows businesses to build bespoke skills taxonomies to fit specific operational needs.
It is designed for organizations that use assurance-led operating models, including public sector bodies and regulated industries. The tool supports role mapping, where job roles are aligned to skill profiles, followed by a workflow of employee self-assessment and manager verification.
The platform helps maintain an auditable record of competence by linking evidence and supporting artifacts to assessments. This may help leadership identify capability gaps and plan development or recruitment through real-time reporting.
Buyers should confirm if the specific frameworks supported, such as SFIA, and the provided training and consultancy services align with their internal implementation goals.
Key Features
Supports SFIA, CIISec, GCAF, and the creation of bespoke organizational frameworks.
Maps job roles to defined skill profiles and responsibility levels.
Provides a structured process for employees to assess their skills and for managers to review and verify outcomes.
Provides real-time dashboards and skills heat maps to identify capability gaps across teams.
Allows users to upload evidence to support assessments for audit and compliance purposes.
Links skill gaps to specific development tasks, qualifications, and learning activities.
Use Cases
Using SFIA 9 and DDaT-aligned content to standardize skills across digital and data teams.
Blending SFIA 9 with CIISec v3.0 to assess cyber roles and AI-related skills.
Identifying skill shortages to help inform hiring and recruitment decisions.
Mapping career pathways and using verified skill levels to support internal mobility and progression.
Best For
Integrations
Pricing
Pricing for the software platform was not clearly available from the provided evidence. Buyers should confirm current pricing on the vendor website. Training costs are listed as £575+vat per person for the SFIA Practitioner Course and £675+vat per person for the SFIA Accredited Consultancy Course.
FAQ
The platform supports the Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA), the Chartered Institute of Information Security (CIISec) framework, the Governance Competency Assurance Framework (GCAF), and bespoke organizational frameworks.
The process involves mapping job roles to a framework, employee self-assessment with evidence upload, and manager verification of the outcomes.
Yes, they provide SFIA approved training, including the SFIA Practitioner Course and the SFIA Accredited Consultancy Course, as well as implementation workshops.
Source category: HR & Recruiting
Source subcategory: Skills Assessment
