The first table below looks at the demand for Benchmarking skills in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Benchmarking over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the England region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Benchmarking
Rank 635 679 613
Rank change year-on-year
+44 -66
Permanent jobs citing Benchmarking 201 182 265
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.200% 0.161% 0.222%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.261% 0.215% 0.302%
Number of salaries quoted 160 117 214
Average salary £38,000 £52,500 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-27.61% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £32,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £62,500 £77,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,250 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-21.66% -
All Processes & Methodologies
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
77124 84730 87633
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 76.62% 74.72% 73.42%
Number of salaries quoted 63953 72518 73888
Average salary £46,000 £47,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.15% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £71,500 £75,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Benchmarking
UK

Benchmarking
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Benchmarking across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

England Benchmarking Jobs Demand Trend

Benchmarking
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Benchmarking across the England region.

England Benchmarking Salary Trend

Benchmarking
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Benchmarking across the England region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

England Benchmarking Salary Histogram

Benchmarking
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Benchmarking within the England region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London +8 88 £57,500 +7.47%
South East +19 56 £32,500 -38.09%
Yorkshire +11 29 £38,000 +8.57%
North West - 11 £33,250 -
East of England +11 6 £30,000 -25.92%
West Midlands -18 4 £34,000 -4.22%
South West +2 2 £28,500 -32.94%
East Midlands - 1 £52,500 -
Benchmarking
UK

Benchmarking
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing Benchmarking also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Benchmarking.

1 112 (29.47%) Windows
1 112 (29.47%) Finance
2 106 (27.89%) UNIX
3 97 (25.53%) Degree
4 89 (23.42%) Linux
4 89 (23.42%) SQL
5 71 (18.68%) Oracle
6 64 (16.84%) JavaScript
7 56 (14.74%) Marketing
8 54 (14.21%) SQL Server
9 52 (13.68%) Management Information System
10 50 (13.16%) Project Management
11 48 (12.63%) Telecoms
12 45 (11.84%) Java
12 45 (11.84%) PHP
12 45 (11.84%) Solaris
13 42 (11.05%) .NET
14 39 (10.26%) SAN
14 39 (10.26%) Retail
15 36 (9.474%) Perl
15 36 (9.474%) CSS
15 36 (9.474%) XHTML
16 35 (9.211%) XML
16 35 (9.211%) Performance Testing
17 33 (8.684%) Internet
18 32 (8.421%) User Stories
19 31 (8.158%) Apache
19 31 (8.158%) Sun
20 30 (7.895%) NetApp
20 30 (7.895%) Microsoft

Benchmarking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing Benchmarking also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Benchmarking. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 42 (11.05%) .NET
2 36 (9.474%) CSS
2 36 (9.474%) XHTML
3 35 (9.211%) XML
4 30 (7.895%) jQuery
5 27 (7.105%) WebSphere
6 26 (6.842%) Middleware
7 25 (6.579%) Web Services
7 25 (6.579%) HTML
8 21 (5.526%) RESTful
9 19 (5.000%) Spring
10 16 (4.211%) REST
10 16 (4.211%) XSLT
11 9 (2.368%) Software Packaging
12 5 (1.316%) MapReduce
12 5 (1.316%) J2EE
12 5 (1.316%) LAMP
13 4 (1.053%) Hibernate
14 3 (0.789%) JMS
14 3 (0.789%) XSD
Application Platforms
1 31 (8.158%) Apache
2 26 (6.842%) IIS
3 21 (5.526%) WebLogic
3 21 (5.526%) Tomcat
4 14 (3.684%) WordPress
5 8 (2.105%) SharePoint
6 7 (1.842%) SAS
7 6 (1.579%) CMS
8 3 (0.789%) WebSphere Application Server
8 3 (0.789%) WebSphere MQ
9 2 (0.526%) MS Exchange
9 2 (0.526%) Exchange Server 2007
9 2 (0.526%) Lync
10 1 (0.263%) GroupWise
10 1 (0.263%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 24 (6.316%) Photoshop
2 20 (5.263%) MS Office
3 17 (4.474%) MS Excel
4 11 (2.895%) Adobe Illustrator
5 7 (1.842%) OmniGraffle
5 7 (1.842%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (1.579%) Acrobat
6 6 (1.579%) MS PowerPoint
7 4 (1.053%) S-PLUS
8 3 (0.789%) SPSS
9 1 (0.263%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 22 (5.789%) RMDS
2 8 (2.105%) Google Analytics
3 3 (0.789%) Temenos Globus
3 3 (0.789%) SAP CO
3 3 (0.789%) SAP FI/CO
3 3 (0.789%) SAP FI
4 2 (0.526%) WebTrends
5 1 (0.263%) Maximo
5 1 (0.263%) BASE24
5 1 (0.263%) SAP MM
Communications & Networking
1 39 (10.26%) SAN
2 33 (8.684%) Internet
3 26 (6.842%) NAS
4 14 (3.684%) Wireless
5 12 (3.158%) GSM
5 12 (3.158%) UMTS
6 9 (2.368%) Network Security
7 7 (1.842%) SNMP
7 7 (1.842%) LAN
7 7 (1.842%) Intranet
8 6 (1.579%) WLAN
8 6 (1.579%) HTTP
8 6 (1.579%) TCP/IP
9 5 (1.316%) ATM
9 5 (1.316%) Broadband
10 4 (1.053%) Fibre Channel
11 3 (0.789%) FTP
12 2 (0.526%) Firewall
12 2 (0.526%) DNS
12 2 (0.526%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (14.21%) SQL Server
2 26 (6.842%) Big Data
3 20 (5.263%) NoSQL
4 19 (5.000%) MarkLogic
4 19 (5.000%) MySQL
4 19 (5.000%) CouchDB
5 13 (3.421%) Oracle 8/8i
6 12 (3.158%) OLTP
6 12 (3.158%) Data Mining
6 12 (3.158%) GIS
7 10 (2.632%) VLDB
7 10 (2.632%) SQL Server 2005
8 8 (2.105%) Oracle 10g
8 8 (2.105%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (1.842%) Oracle 11g
9 7 (1.842%) RDBMS
10 6 (1.579%) SQL Server 2008
11 5 (1.316%) Hadoop
12 3 (0.789%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (0.789%) DB2 UDB
Development Applications
1 18 (4.737%) Maven
2 13 (3.421%) Subversion
2 13 (3.421%) Hudson
2 13 (3.421%) Cucumber
2 13 (3.421%) Jenkins
3 7 (1.842%) Axure RP
4 6 (1.579%) Dreamweaver
5 3 (0.789%) FitNesse
5 3 (0.789%) Ant
5 3 (0.789%) JUnit
6 2 (0.526%) QuickTest Pro
6 2 (0.526%) LoadRunner
6 2 (0.526%) Selenium
7 1 (0.263%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 112 (29.47%) Finance
2 56 (14.74%) Marketing
3 48 (12.63%) Telecoms
4 39 (10.26%) Retail
5 30 (7.895%) Banking
6 22 (5.789%) Legal
7 20 (5.263%) Manufacturing
8 13 (3.421%) Publishing
9 11 (2.895%) Investment Banking
10 10 (2.632%) Advertising
10 10 (2.632%) Pharmaceutical
11 7 (1.842%) Back Office
12 6 (1.579%) Electronics
13 4 (1.053%) Financial Institution
13 4 (1.053%) Billing
14 3 (0.789%) Law
14 3 (0.789%) Games
15 2 (0.526%) Music
16 1 (0.263%) Multimedia
16 1 (0.263%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 64 (16.84%) Analyst
2 36 (9.474%) Developer
3 33 (8.684%) Consultant
4 27 (7.105%) Administrator
4 27 (7.105%) Architect
5 24 (6.316%) Performance Analyst
6 23 (6.053%) Front-End Developer
6 23 (6.053%) Software Engineer
7 19 (5.000%) Test Analyst
7 19 (5.000%) Performance Test Analyst
8 15 (3.947%) Performance Tester
8 15 (3.947%) Tester
8 15 (3.947%) Senior Consultant
9 14 (3.684%) Security Manager
10 13 (3.421%) Infrastructure Architect
11 12 (3.158%) Linux Engineer
12 11 (2.895%) UNIX Administrator
13 9 (2.368%) Designer
13 9 (2.368%) DBA
13 9 (2.368%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 52 (13.68%) Management Information System
2 29 (7.632%) Computer Science
3 27 (7.105%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 23 (6.053%) Open Source
5 22 (5.789%) Statistics
6 21 (5.526%) BBC
7 19 (5.000%) Digital Media
7 19 (5.000%) MHEG
8 16 (4.211%) Mathematics
9 13 (3.421%) Linked Data
10 12 (3.158%) Clustering
11 11 (2.895%) SaaS
12 10 (2.632%) iDTV
12 10 (2.632%) CESG
12 10 (2.632%) CESG CLAS
13 9 (2.368%) Economics
14 8 (2.105%) Cloud Computing
14 8 (2.105%) IaaS
14 8 (2.105%) Social Media
15 6 (1.579%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 112 (29.47%) Windows
2 106 (27.89%) UNIX
3 89 (23.42%) Linux
4 45 (11.84%) Solaris
5 16 (4.211%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (2.632%) HPUX
7 8 (2.105%) Windows Server 2008
8 6 (1.579%) SUSE
9 5 (1.316%) Windows 7
9 5 (1.316%) Windows Server 2003
10 3 (0.789%) CentOS
10 3 (0.789%) AIX
10 3 (0.789%) Debian
11 2 (0.526%) FreeBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (13.16%) Project Management
2 35 (9.211%) Performance Testing
3 32 (8.421%) User Stories
4 30 (7.895%) ITIL
5 29 (7.632%) Scrum
5 29 (7.632%) Analytics
5 29 (7.632%) Continuous Improvement
6 28 (7.368%) E-Commerce
6 28 (7.368%) Business Intelligence
6 28 (7.368%) Load Testing
6 28 (7.368%) Agile Software Development
6 28 (7.368%) Content Management
6 28 (7.368%) Data Analysis
7 27 (7.105%) Disaster Recovery
8 24 (6.316%) Stress Testing
9 22 (5.789%) Information Security
10 21 (5.526%) Business Continuity
10 21 (5.526%) Supplier Management
10 21 (5.526%) RDF
10 21 (5.526%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 89 (23.42%) SQL
2 64 (16.84%) JavaScript
3 45 (11.84%) Java
3 45 (11.84%) PHP
4 36 (9.474%) Perl
5 29 (7.632%) C++
6 27 (7.105%) Shell Script
7 21 (5.526%) ActionScript
8 19 (5.000%) Clojure
8 19 (5.000%) SPARQL
8 19 (5.000%) Scala
8 19 (5.000%) Groovy
8 19 (5.000%) Ruby
9 16 (4.211%) Korn
9 16 (4.211%) C
10 15 (3.947%) T-SQL
11 12 (3.158%) Bourne shell
11 12 (3.158%) AWK
12 11 (2.895%) PL/SQL
13 5 (1.316%) R
Qualifications
1 97 (25.53%) Degree
2 19 (5.000%) CISSP
3 18 (4.737%) MBA
3 18 (4.737%) CISM
4 12 (3.158%) Security Cleared
5 8 (2.105%) CIMA
5 8 (2.105%) CISA
6 6 (1.579%) Sun Certification
7 5 (1.316%) PMI Certification
8 4 (1.053%) ACCA
8 4 (1.053%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (1.053%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.053%) CCNA
8 4 (1.053%) MCSE
8 4 (1.053%) SC Cleared
9 3 (0.789%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 3 (0.789%) RHCE
9 3 (0.789%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.526%) PMP
10 2 (0.526%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (4.737%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 18 (4.737%) QA
2 6 (1.579%) COBIT
2 6 (1.579%) PCI DSS
3 2 (0.526%) SLA
4 1 (0.263%) Solvency II
4 1 (0.263%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 21 (5.526%) Veritas Volume Manager
2 12 (3.158%) Veritas File System
3 8 (2.105%) Active Directory
4 6 (1.579%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.526%) ISA Server
5 2 (0.526%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 11 (2.895%) NetBackup
2 7 (1.842%) BMC PATROL
3 6 (1.579%) Nagios
3 6 (1.579%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 2 (0.526%) Puppet
5 1 (0.263%) Dollar Universe
5 1 (0.263%) Zenoss
Vendors
1 71 (18.68%) Oracle
2 31 (8.158%) Sun
3 30 (7.895%) NetApp
3 30 (7.895%) Microsoft
4 24 (6.316%) Sybase
5 23 (6.053%) Cisco
6 22 (5.789%) EMC
7 21 (5.526%) Veritas
8 17 (4.474%) DataSynapse
8 17 (4.474%) 29West
9 15 (3.947%) Red Hat
10 13 (3.421%) IBM
11 12 (3.158%) Intel
11 12 (3.158%) Mapinfo
12 11 (2.895%) SAP
13 10 (2.632%) HP
14 8 (2.105%) Google
15 7 (1.842%) BMC
15 7 (1.842%) Adobe
15 7 (1.842%) BT
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Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + benefits
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