The first table below looks at the demand for Benchmarking skills in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Benchmarking over the 3 months to 24 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 Manchester region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Benchmarking
Rank 183 - 163
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Benchmarking 9 0 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 0.220% - 0.177%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.285% - 0.259%
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 6
Average salary £34,000 - £100,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-22.22% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
3160 2649 2705
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 77.17% 73.10% 68.41%
Number of salaries quoted 2717 2323 2441
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £60,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Benchmarking
North West

Benchmarking
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester Benchmarking Salary Trend

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 Manchester region over the 3 months to 24 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
Altrincham - 3 £34,000 -
Benchmarking
North West

Benchmarking
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 16 (84.21%) Degree
2 8 (42.11%) Manufacturing
3 7 (36.84%) Telecoms
3 7 (36.84%) MS Office
3 7 (36.84%) Microsoft
4 5 (26.32%) Workflow
4 5 (26.32%) Management Information System
4 5 (26.32%) BT
4 5 (26.32%) Legal
5 3 (15.79%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (15.79%) QA
6 2 (10.53%) BBC
6 2 (10.53%) Content Management
6 2 (10.53%) Spring
6 2 (10.53%) Maven
6 2 (10.53%) Interactive TV
6 2 (10.53%) QMS
6 2 (10.53%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (10.53%) RESTful
6 2 (10.53%) Quality Management
6 2 (10.53%) Web Services
6 2 (10.53%) Windows
6 2 (10.53%) Linux
6 2 (10.53%) OO
6 2 (10.53%) MS Excel
6 2 (10.53%) C
6 2 (10.53%) C++
6 2 (10.53%) Java
6 2 (10.53%) JavaScript
6 2 (10.53%) Perl

Benchmarking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 2 (10.53%) Spring
1 2 (10.53%) RESTful
1 2 (10.53%) Web Services
1 2 (10.53%) .NET
2 1 (5.263%) Middleware
Applications
1 7 (36.84%) MS Office
2 2 (10.53%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (10.53%) MS Excel
Development Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Maven
2 1 (5.263%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (5.263%) LoadRunner
2 1 (5.263%) Selenium
General
1 8 (42.11%) Manufacturing
2 7 (36.84%) Telecoms
3 5 (26.32%) Legal
4 1 (5.263%) Finance
4 1 (5.263%) Corporate Banking
4 1 (5.263%) Marketing
4 1 (5.263%) Banking
4 1 (5.263%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (31.58%) Quality Manager
2 2 (10.53%) Project Engineer
2 2 (10.53%) Junior Software Engineer
2 2 (10.53%) Junior
2 2 (10.53%) Software Engineer
3 1 (5.263%) Analyst
3 1 (5.263%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (26.32%) Management Information System
2 2 (10.53%) BBC
2 2 (10.53%) Interactive TV
3 1 (5.263%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.53%) Windows
1 2 (10.53%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (26.32%) Workflow
2 3 (15.79%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (10.53%) Content Management
3 2 (10.53%) QMS
3 2 (10.53%) Quality Management
3 2 (10.53%) OO
4 1 (5.263%) E-Commerce
4 1 (5.263%) SOA
4 1 (5.263%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (5.263%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (5.263%) Customer Insight
4 1 (5.263%) Analytics
4 1 (5.263%) Test Automation
4 1 (5.263%) Customer Engagement
4 1 (5.263%) Business Analysis
4 1 (5.263%) Supplier Management
4 1 (5.263%) Web Analytics
4 1 (5.263%) Programme Management
4 1 (5.263%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (5.263%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.53%) C
1 2 (10.53%) C++
1 2 (10.53%) Java
1 2 (10.53%) JavaScript
1 2 (10.53%) Perl
1 2 (10.53%) PHP
1 2 (10.53%) SQL
1 2 (10.53%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 16 (84.21%) Degree
2 1 (5.263%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.79%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (36.84%) Microsoft
2 5 (26.32%) BT
3 1 (5.263%) Cognizant