Focus Groups
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Focus Group skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Focus Group over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 821 868 1018
Rank change year-on-year +47 +150 -196
Permanent jobs citing Focus Group 75 102 214
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.077% 0.097% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.089% 0.10% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 51 31 32
10th Percentile £21,250 £42,500 £31,375
25th Percentile £34,718 £47,500 £39,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,719 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.25% +13.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £56,229 £70,625 £58,000
90th Percentile £63,750 £71,500 £58,675
UK excluding London median annual salary £36,707 £53,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year -31.71% -2.27% +51.72%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Focus Group is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,305 100,095 147,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.64% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 59,591 58,745 83,129
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Focus Group
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Focus Group as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Focus Group in the UK

Focus Group
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Focus Group.

Salary trend for Focus Group in the UK

Focus Group
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Focus Group over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Focus Group in the UK

Focus Group
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Focus Group within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +91 59 £51,532 -17.55% 37
London +140 37 £53,064 -23.10% 9
Work from Home +106 30 £53,064 -24.20% 29
UK excluding London -25 28 £36,707 -31.71% 35
East of England - 8 £22,500 - 2
South West -7 6 £62,500 +8.70% 2
North of England +41 4 £55,000 +11.11% 16
West Midlands +25 4 £35,375 -32.62% 3
Midlands +2 4 £35,375 -32.62% 6
Scotland -67 4 £35,000 - 4
North West +6 3 £55,000 +11.11% 7
Wales +11 2 £46,319 - 1
Yorkshire +89 1 £35,413 - 5

Focus Group
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (5.33%) CMS
2 2 (2.67%) Drupal
2 2 (2.67%) Joomla!
2 2 (2.67%) Umbraco
2 2 (2.67%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (17.33%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (9.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (8.00%) SPSS
4 4 (5.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (4.00%) Stata
6 1 (1.33%) InVision
6 1 (1.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.33%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 7 (9.33%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (2.67%) ClickUp
3 1 (1.33%) AWS
3 1 (1.33%) Azure
3 1 (1.33%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.33%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (1.33%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 7 (9.33%) Firewall
1 7 (9.33%) VPN
2 1 (1.33%) Internet
2 1 (1.33%) MPLS
2 1 (1.33%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (9.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.33%) JIRA
General
1 40 (53.33%) Social Skills
2 23 (30.67%) Finance
3 15 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
4 12 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (14.67%) Law
6 10 (13.33%) Legal
6 10 (13.33%) Marketing
7 7 (9.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (5.33%) Advertising
8 4 (5.33%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (5.33%) Public Sector
9 3 (4.00%) Telecoms
10 2 (2.67%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (2.67%) Publishing
10 2 (2.67%) Social Science
11 1 (1.33%) Billing
11 1 (1.33%) Local Government
11 1 (1.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 25 (33.33%) Senior
2 13 (17.33%) Developer
3 11 (14.67%) Analyst
4 9 (12.00%) Senior Manager
5 8 (10.67%) Audit Manager
5 8 (10.67%) Quality Manager
6 7 (9.33%) Senior Developer
6 7 (9.33%) Service Analyst
6 7 (9.33%) Service Desk Analyst
7 6 (8.00%) Research Manager
7 6 (8.00%) Software Developer
8 5 (6.67%) Change Manager
8 5 (6.67%) Development Manager
8 5 (6.67%) Project Manager
8 5 (6.67%) Xamarin Developer
9 4 (5.33%) Senior Change Manager
10 3 (4.00%) Consultant
10 3 (4.00%) Insight Manager
10 3 (4.00%) Market Research Manager
11 2 (2.67%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (9.33%) CSS
1 7 (9.33%) HTML
1 7 (9.33%) jQuery
1 7 (9.33%) JSON
1 7 (9.33%) XML
1 7 (9.33%) XSL
2 5 (6.67%) .NET
2 5 (6.67%) ASP.NET
2 5 (6.67%) Web Services
2 5 (6.67%) WinForms
3 1 (1.33%) Hibernate
3 1 (1.33%) React
3 1 (1.33%) Spring
3 1 (1.33%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.33%) Replication
2 5 (6.67%) Mobile App
2 5 (6.67%) Onboarding
3 3 (4.00%) Blog
3 3 (4.00%) e-Learning
3 3 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.67%) Animation
4 2 (2.67%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (2.67%) Graphic Design
4 2 (2.67%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.67%) Photography
4 2 (2.67%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.67%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 15 (20.00%) Windows
2 7 (9.33%) Windows Server
3 5 (6.67%) Android
3 5 (6.67%) Windows Mobile
4 1 (1.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (37.33%) Project Management
2 19 (25.33%) Qualitative Research
3 18 (24.00%) Agile
4 16 (21.33%) Coaching
5 14 (18.67%) Quantitative Research
6 11 (14.67%) Change Management
7 10 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
7 10 (13.33%) Workshop Facilitation
8 9 (12.00%) Mentoring
9 8 (10.67%) Creative Thinking
9 8 (10.67%) Data Analysis
9 8 (10.67%) Market Research
9 8 (10.67%) Programme Management
9 8 (10.67%) Quality Management
9 8 (10.67%) Root Cause Analysis
9 8 (10.67%) User Experience
10 7 (9.33%) Service Delivery
10 7 (9.33%) Ticket Management
10 7 (9.33%) Time Management
11 6 (8.00%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (9.33%) JavaScript
1 7 (9.33%) SQL
2 5 (6.67%) C#
2 5 (6.67%) VB.NET
3 4 (5.33%) Python
4 3 (4.00%) R
5 1 (1.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 23 (30.67%) Degree
2 8 (10.67%) ACCA
3 2 (2.67%) Postgraduate
4 1 (1.33%) CITP
4 1 (1.33%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.33%) MBA
4 1 (1.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (9.33%) SLA
2 5 (6.67%) QA
3 2 (2.67%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.33%) PMO
System Software
1 7 (9.33%) Active Directory
1 7 (9.33%) vSphere
2 1 (1.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 23 (30.67%) Microsoft
2 7 (9.33%) Veeam
2 7 (9.33%) VMware
3 5 (6.67%) Xamarin
4 2 (2.67%) Apple
4 2 (2.67%) Google
5 1 (1.33%) iManage
5 1 (1.33%) Intapp