The first table below looks at the demand for Benchmarking skills in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Benchmarking over the 3 months to 21 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 Scotland region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Benchmarking
Rank 147 145 139
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -6
Permanent jobs citing Benchmarking 8 6 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.253% 0.172% 0.588%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.340% 0.245% 0.772%
Number of salaries quoted 4 6 15
Average salary £33,545 £21,500 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+56.02% -59.04%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,563 £21,500 £51,000
10% offered a salary of more than £48,727 £40,000 £100,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,250 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-21.66% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
2355 2445 2592
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 74.34% 70.08% 76.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1398 1742 1882
Average salary £41,500 £40,000 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.75% -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £27,500 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
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 Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland Benchmarking Salary Trend

Benchmarking
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Benchmarking across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Scotland 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 21 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
Glasgow - 6 £41,545 -
Fife - 2 £33,545 -
Benchmarking
UK

Benchmarking
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 10 (71.43%) Java
1 10 (71.43%) J2EE
1 10 (71.43%) Oracle
1 10 (71.43%) JUnit
1 10 (71.43%) ETL
1 10 (71.43%) HP
1 10 (71.43%) Informatica
1 10 (71.43%) QuickTest Pro
1 10 (71.43%) LoadRunner
1 10 (71.43%) Banking
1 10 (71.43%) Investment Banking
1 10 (71.43%) QA
2 9 (64.29%) Performance Testing
2 9 (64.29%) Reference Data
2 9 (64.29%) Test Automation
2 9 (64.29%) Software Testing
3 7 (50.00%) Oracle 8/8i
4 5 (35.71%) Finance
5 4 (28.57%) Degree
6 3 (21.43%) Postgraduate
7 2 (14.29%) Telecoms
7 2 (14.29%) Asset Management
7 2 (14.29%) Hedge funds
8 1 (7.143%) Product Management

Benchmarking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 10 (71.43%) J2EE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (50.00%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 10 (71.43%) JUnit
1 10 (71.43%) QuickTest Pro
1 10 (71.43%) LoadRunner
General
1 10 (71.43%) Banking
1 10 (71.43%) Investment Banking
2 5 (35.71%) Finance
3 2 (14.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (71.43%) Performance Engineer
2 1 (7.143%) Solutions Consultant
2 1 (7.143%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 9 (64.29%) Reference Data
2 2 (14.29%) Hedge funds
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (71.43%) ETL
2 9 (64.29%) Performance Testing
2 9 (64.29%) Test Automation
2 9 (64.29%) Software Testing
3 2 (14.29%) Asset Management
4 1 (7.143%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (71.43%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) Degree
2 3 (21.43%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (71.43%) QA
Vendors
1 10 (71.43%) Oracle
1 10 (71.43%) HP
1 10 (71.43%) Informatica
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