Benchmarking Contracts in the City of London

Benchmarking
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring Benchmarking skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Benchmarking over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 122 123 162
Rank change year-on-year +1 +39 +31
Contract jobs citing Benchmarking 1 4 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.057% 0.18% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.061% 0.20% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 4
10th Percentile - £412 £527
25th Percentile £475 £453 £590
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £663
Median % change year-on-year - -24.53% +15.22%
75th Percentile £525 £570 £697
90th Percentile - £650 £714
Central London median daily rate £500 £500 £663
% change year-on-year - -24.53% +15.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

Benchmarking falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,638 1,985 3,341
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 93.28% 90.56% 91.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,037 1,404 2,250
10th Percentile £363 £356 £356
25th Percentile £463 £450 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £565 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.77% -5.83% +4.35%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £730
90th Percentile £775 £809 £825
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 11 25
10th Percentile £22.00 £19.92 £15.35
25th Percentile £24.00 £20.22 £18.50
Median hourly rate £29.58 £25.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.30% -28.57% -15.66%
75th Percentile £45.00 £40.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £62.25 £41.84 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £27.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +4.53% -20.54% -15.66%

Benchmarking
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Benchmarking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Benchmarking in the City of London

Benchmarking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Benchmarking in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Benchmarking in the City of London

Benchmarking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Benchmarking in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Benchmarking in the City of London

Benchmarking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Specialist
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) CASB