The first table below looks at the demand for Benchmarking skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Benchmarking over the 3 months to 19 June 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.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Benchmarking
Rank 659 695 612
Rank change year-on-year
+36 -83
Permanent jobs citing Benchmarking 210 191 278
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.193% 0.158% 0.217%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.253% 0.211% 0.294%
Number of salaries quoted 171 120 215
Average salary £40,000 £45,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.11% -14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £28,800 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £77,500 £62,500 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-12.50% -11.11%
All Processes & Methodologies
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
83034 90312 94559
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 76.23% 74.93% 73.66%
Number of salaries quoted 68153 76820 79397
Average salary £45,000 £47,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.25% -1.05%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,500 £75,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%

Benchmarking
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Benchmarking Jobs Demand Trend

Benchmarking
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Benchmarking within the UK.

Benchmarking Salary Trend

Benchmarking
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Benchmarking over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 within the UK.

Benchmarking Salary Histogram

Benchmarking
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
England +41 195 £42,500 -5.55% 19
London +10 86 £57,500 +9.52% 10
South East +22 51 £34,250 -23.88% 3
City of London +5 22 £71,250 +58.33% 3
Yorkshire +26 21 £38,000 +16.92% 4
West Yorkshire +14 18 £38,000 +16.92% 1
Leeds +11 18 £38,000 +16.92% 1
West Sussex +10 17 £30,000 -
Crawley - 14 £30,000 -
North West - 13 £34,000 - 1
Surrey +1 11 £21,000 -58.00%
Manchester - 11 £34,000 - 1
East of England +8 9 £40,000 -1.23%
Berkshire +25 8 £35,000 -16.16% 2
West Midlands -8 7 £33,000 +3.93%
Scotland +10 6 £33,545 +56.02%
Woking +1 6 £19,500 -
Oxfordshire - 5 £62,500 -
South West +4 4 £58,000 +54.66% 1
Reading -4 4 £32,500 -2.98%
Glasgow - 4 £34,795 -
Hampshire - 4 £35,000 - 1
Essex +23 3 £30,000 -25.92%
Staffordshire - 3 £25,000 -
Cannock - 3 £25,000 -
Altrincham - 3 £34,000 -
Brentwood - 3 £30,000 -
Staines +15 2 £65,000 +62.50%
North Yorkshire +2 2 £22,000 -34.81% 1
Harrogate -1 2 £22,000 -37.14%

Benchmarking
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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.

1 125 (31.97%) Finance
2 102 (26.09%) Degree
3 86 (21.99%) Windows
4 83 (21.23%) SQL
5 72 (18.41%) UNIX
6 65 (16.62%) Linux
6 65 (16.62%) Marketing
7 63 (16.11%) Telecoms
8 62 (15.86%) Oracle
9 61 (15.60%) Management Information System
10 56 (14.32%) Project Management
11 53 (13.55%) JavaScript
12 45 (11.51%) Java
13 42 (10.74%) PHP
13 42 (10.74%) Banking
14 39 (9.974%) Performance Testing
15 36 (9.207%) CSS
15 36 (9.207%) XHTML
16 33 (8.440%) Retail
17 32 (8.184%) Continuous Improvement
17 32 (8.184%) Analytics
17 32 (8.184%) User Stories
18 31 (7.928%) SQL Server
19 30 (7.673%) .NET
19 30 (7.673%) Microsoft
19 30 (7.673%) jQuery
19 30 (7.673%) Computer Science
20 29 (7.417%) Agile Software Development
20 29 (7.417%) Internet
21 28 (7.161%) Risk Management

Benchmarking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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 36 (9.207%) CSS
1 36 (9.207%) XHTML
2 30 (7.673%) .NET
2 30 (7.673%) jQuery
3 28 (7.161%) XML
4 22 (5.627%) HTML
4 22 (5.627%) Spring
5 19 (4.859%) Web Services
5 19 (4.859%) REST
6 18 (4.604%) RESTful
7 17 (4.348%) WebSphere
8 14 (3.581%) Middleware
8 14 (3.581%) XSLT
9 13 (3.325%) J2EE
10 6 (1.535%) Hibernate
11 5 (1.279%) MapReduce
11 5 (1.279%) Software Packaging
11 5 (1.279%) JMS
12 4 (1.023%) LAMP
12 4 (1.023%) JSON
Application Platforms
1 21 (5.371%) Apache
1 21 (5.371%) Tomcat
2 16 (4.092%) IIS
3 15 (3.836%) WordPress
4 14 (3.581%) WebLogic
5 9 (2.302%) SAS
6 6 (1.535%) CMS
7 2 (0.512%) MS Exchange
7 2 (0.512%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.512%) Exchange Server 2007
7 2 (0.512%) Lync
8 1 (0.256%) GroupWise
8 1 (0.256%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 24 (6.138%) Photoshop
2 19 (4.859%) MS Office
3 18 (4.604%) MS Excel
4 12 (3.069%) Adobe Illustrator
5 11 (2.813%) Spreadsheet
6 9 (2.302%) OmniGraffle
7 6 (1.535%) AutoCAD
7 6 (1.535%) Acrobat
8 5 (1.279%) MS PowerPoint
8 5 (1.279%) SPSS
9 3 (0.767%) S-PLUS
10 1 (0.256%) FreeHand
10 1 (0.256%) Fireworks
Business Applications
1 14 (3.581%) RMDS
2 8 (2.046%) Google Analytics
3 5 (1.279%) SAP FI/CO
3 5 (1.279%) SAP CO
3 5 (1.279%) SAP FI
4 3 (0.767%) Temenos Globus
5 1 (0.256%) Maximo
5 1 (0.256%) ResourceLink
5 1 (0.256%) WebTrends
5 1 (0.256%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.256%) BASE24
Communications & Networking
1 29 (7.417%) Internet
2 20 (5.115%) SAN
3 16 (4.092%) NAS
4 12 (3.069%) Wireless
5 11 (2.813%) GSM
5 11 (2.813%) UMTS
6 9 (2.302%) Network Security
7 7 (1.790%) SNMP
7 7 (1.790%) Intranet
8 6 (1.535%) LAN
8 6 (1.535%) WLAN
9 5 (1.279%) HTTP
9 5 (1.279%) ATM
9 5 (1.279%) Broadband
10 3 (0.767%) TCP/IP
11 2 (0.512%) Ethernet
11 2 (0.512%) DNS
11 2 (0.512%) SMS
11 2 (0.512%) iSCSI
11 2 (0.512%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (7.928%) SQL Server
2 18 (4.604%) Oracle 8/8i
3 17 (4.348%) MySQL
3 17 (4.348%) Big Data
4 16 (4.092%) NoSQL
5 15 (3.836%) CouchDB
5 15 (3.836%) MarkLogic
6 14 (3.581%) Data Mining
7 11 (2.813%) GIS
8 8 (2.046%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (1.535%) RDBMS
10 5 (1.279%) Hadoop
10 5 (1.279%) DB2 UDB
10 5 (1.279%) DB2
10 5 (1.279%) Oracle 10g
10 5 (1.279%) OLTP
11 4 (1.023%) SAP BW
11 4 (1.023%) VLDB
11 4 (1.023%) Oracle 11g
12 3 (0.767%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 18 (4.604%) Maven
2 13 (3.325%) Subversion
2 13 (3.325%) Jenkins
2 13 (3.325%) Cucumber
2 13 (3.325%) Hudson
3 12 (3.069%) JUnit
4 9 (2.302%) QuickTest Pro
4 9 (2.302%) LoadRunner
4 9 (2.302%) Axure RP
5 6 (1.535%) Dreamweaver
6 5 (1.279%) FitNesse
6 5 (1.279%) Ant
7 3 (0.767%) ProC
8 2 (0.512%) Selenium
9 1 (0.256%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 125 (31.97%) Finance
2 65 (16.62%) Marketing
3 63 (16.11%) Telecoms
4 42 (10.74%) Banking
5 33 (8.440%) Retail
6 26 (6.650%) Legal
7 21 (5.371%) Investment Banking
8 17 (4.348%) Manufacturing
9 13 (3.325%) Publishing
10 10 (2.558%) Pharmaceutical
11 9 (2.302%) Advertising
12 7 (1.790%) Back Office
13 4 (1.023%) Electronics
13 4 (1.023%) Financial Institution
13 4 (1.023%) Billing
14 3 (0.767%) Law
14 3 (0.767%) Games
15 2 (0.512%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.512%) French Language
15 2 (0.512%) German Language
Job Titles
1 67 (17.14%) Analyst
2 37 (9.463%) Consultant
3 33 (8.440%) Developer
4 25 (6.394%) Architect
5 24 (6.138%) Front-End Developer
5 24 (6.138%) Performance Analyst
6 19 (4.859%) Performance Test Analyst
6 19 (4.859%) Test Analyst
7 18 (4.604%) Software Engineer
7 18 (4.604%) Security Manager
8 17 (4.348%) Senior Consultant
9 16 (4.092%) Administrator
9 16 (4.092%) Tester
9 16 (4.092%) Performance Tester
10 13 (3.325%) Infrastructure Architect
11 11 (2.813%) Senior Manager
12 10 (2.558%) Data Analyst
13 9 (2.302%) Designer
14 8 (2.046%) Linux Engineer
15 7 (1.790%) Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 61 (15.60%) Management Information System
2 30 (7.673%) Computer Science
3 25 (6.394%) Statistics
4 24 (6.138%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 16 (4.092%) Open Source
5 16 (4.092%) BBC
6 15 (3.836%) MHEG
6 15 (3.836%) Digital Media
7 13 (3.325%) CESG
7 13 (3.325%) CESG CLAS
7 13 (3.325%) Linked Data
8 11 (2.813%) Social Media
8 11 (2.813%) SaaS
9 10 (2.558%) iDTV
9 10 (2.558%) Mathematics
10 8 (2.046%) IaaS
10 8 (2.046%) Cloud Computing
11 7 (1.790%) Economics
12 6 (1.535%) W3C
12 6 (1.535%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 86 (21.99%) Windows
2 72 (18.41%) UNIX
3 65 (16.62%) Linux
4 23 (5.882%) Solaris
5 12 (3.069%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (2.046%) Windows Server 2008
7 4 (1.023%) HPUX
8 3 (0.767%) CentOS
8 3 (0.767%) FreeBSD
8 3 (0.767%) Mac OS X
8 3 (0.767%) SUSE
8 3 (0.767%) Debian
9 2 (0.512%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (14.32%) Project Management
2 39 (9.974%) Performance Testing
3 32 (8.184%) Continuous Improvement
3 32 (8.184%) Analytics
3 32 (8.184%) User Stories
4 29 (7.417%) Agile Software Development
5 28 (7.161%) Risk Management
5 28 (7.161%) E-Commerce
5 28 (7.161%) Data Analysis
6 27 (6.905%) Information Security
6 27 (6.905%) Load Testing
7 24 (6.138%) Stress Testing
7 24 (6.138%) Content Management
8 23 (5.882%) Business Intelligence
9 22 (5.627%) Security Management
9 22 (5.627%) SEO
9 22 (5.627%) Information Assurance
9 22 (5.627%) Performance Management
10 21 (5.371%) Business Development
11 20 (5.115%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 83 (21.23%) SQL
2 53 (13.55%) JavaScript
3 45 (11.51%) Java
4 42 (10.74%) PHP
5 22 (5.627%) Perl
6 19 (4.859%) C++
7 15 (3.836%) Ruby
7 15 (3.836%) Groovy
7 15 (3.836%) ActionScript
7 15 (3.836%) Clojure
7 15 (3.836%) SPARQL
7 15 (3.836%) Scala
8 12 (3.069%) Shell Script
9 11 (2.813%) PL/SQL
9 11 (2.813%) T-SQL
10 6 (1.535%) ABAP
11 5 (1.279%) Korn
11 5 (1.279%) C
11 5 (1.279%) C#
12 4 (1.023%) Python
Qualifications
1 102 (26.09%) Degree
2 24 (6.138%) CISSP
3 23 (5.882%) CISM
4 21 (5.371%) MBA
5 13 (3.325%) Security Cleared
6 10 (2.558%) CISA
7 8 (2.046%) CIMA
8 7 (1.790%) PMI Certification
9 5 (1.279%) SC Cleared
10 4 (1.023%) ACCA
10 4 (1.023%) CCNA
10 4 (1.023%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (1.023%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (1.023%) MCSE
11 3 (0.767%) Postgraduate
11 3 (0.767%) RHCE
12 2 (0.512%) PMP
12 2 (0.512%) Sun Certification
12 2 (0.512%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.512%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (6.138%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 21 (5.371%) QA
3 7 (1.790%) COBIT
3 7 (1.790%) PCI DSS
4 3 (0.767%) SLA
5 1 (0.256%) Solvency II
5 1 (0.256%) COSO
5 1 (0.256%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.256%) ISO 14001
5 1 (0.256%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 9 (2.302%) Veritas Volume Manager
2 6 (1.535%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.023%) Veritas File System
4 2 (0.512%) ISA Server
4 2 (0.512%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.512%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (1.535%) Nagios
1 6 (1.535%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 4 (1.023%) NetBackup
3 3 (0.767%) Puppet
3 3 (0.767%) MOM
3 3 (0.767%) BMC PATROL
4 1 (0.256%) Zenoss
Vendors
1 62 (15.86%) Oracle
2 30 (7.673%) Microsoft
3 19 (4.859%) NetApp
3 19 (4.859%) Sun
4 18 (4.604%) Sybase
5 16 (4.092%) HP
6 15 (3.836%) EMC
6 15 (3.836%) Cisco
6 15 (3.836%) SAP
7 11 (2.813%) Mapinfo
8 10 (2.558%) 29West
8 10 (2.558%) BT
8 10 (2.558%) DataSynapse
9 9 (2.302%) Veritas
9 9 (2.302%) IBM
10 8 (2.046%) Red Hat
10 8 (2.046%) Intel
10 8 (2.046%) Google
11 7 (1.790%) Adobe
11 7 (1.790%) Informatica
Bristol City Centre, South West
You'll enjoy working as part of a wider team and have a strong desire to help drive through migration to data centre environments. Experience you'll bring...
Teleperformance
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 12 June 2013
London
Demonstrable domain experience in Insurance Understanding of key drivers and issues within the Insurance sector Transformation experience - operating models, market studies, benchmarking, process analysis, project management, cost reduction,...
Eutopia Solutions Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £80000 per annum + corporate benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
This role is within the Asset, Configuration & Supplier Management Team, under Service Management & Governance part of Operations team under Steve Hobbs. Operations is a division within Serve (aka...
Virgin Media
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 12 June 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
To provide accurate and effective data and information management systems for Capita HealthService Partners, designing bespoke programmes to meet the needs of the business objectives andclient survey and...
Capita Resourcing
Posted: 7 June 2013
South Yorkshire
My client has an immediate need for a Service Manager/Service Delivery Manager to be based in South Yorkshire, the successful candidate will take on a role with...
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: From £50,000 to £65,000 per annum
Posted: 15 June 2013
London
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: From £50,000 to £65,000 per annum
Posted: 15 June 2013
London
Quant Capital
Salary: From £35,000 to £35,000 per annum Bonus Medical Pension
Posted: 17 June 2013
London
Quant Capital
Salary: From £35,000 to £35,000 per annum Bonus Medical Pension
Posted: 14 June 2013
City of London
Huxley Associates
Salary: £65000 - £80000 per annum + Bonus, Benefits, Pension
Posted: 29 May 2013
Yorkshire
Experis IT
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + training, healthcare, pension
Posted: 13 June 2013
North Yorkshire
MBN Recruitment Solutions
Salary: Up to £40,000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
City, London
Explore Recruitment Solutions
Salary: £70000 - £85000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
London
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum + bens
Posted: 14 June 2013
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