Benchmarking Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Benchmarking
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Benchmarking skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 126 146
Rank change year-on-year +11 +20 +44
Contract jobs citing Benchmarking 8 5 3
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.45% 0.23% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.48% 0.26% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 2
10th Percentile £345 - £482
25th Percentile £394 £413 £530
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £463 £610
Median % change year-on-year -5.41% -24.18% -9.63%
75th Percentile £481 £506 £690
90th Percentile £508 £518 £738
Central London median daily rate £450 £463 £610
% change year-on-year -2.70% -24.18% -18.67%

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 1,653 1,958 2,349
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 92.09% 91.62% 89.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,158 1,207 1,661
10th Percentile £336 £363 £363
25th Percentile £419 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £694
90th Percentile £752 £788 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 17 12
10th Percentile £20.06 £16.70 -
25th Percentile £25.88 £22.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate £34.00 £38.50 £23.75
Median % change year-on-year -11.69% +62.11% -53.88%
75th Percentile £52.19 £92.50 £40.19
90th Percentile £63.75 £122.20 £71.05
Central London median hourly rate £31.00 £35.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -11.43% +40.00% -50.50%

Benchmarking
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Benchmarking relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Benchmarking job vacancy trend in the City of London

Benchmarking
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Benchmarking.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Benchmarking

Benchmarking
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Benchmarking in the City of London over the 6 months to 3 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Benchmarking in the City of London

Benchmarking
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Benchmarking.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Benchmarking

Benchmarking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (25.00%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (12.50%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Adobe Analytics
2 1 (12.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
2 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (12.50%) Power BI
1 1 (12.50%) Power Query
1 1 (12.50%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle Forms
General
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Banking
2 3 (37.50%) Finance
3 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Investment Banking
4 1 (12.50%) Corporate Banking
4 1 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Legal
4 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 1 (12.50%) Retail
4 1 (12.50%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Analyst
1 2 (25.00%) Consultant
1 2 (25.00%) Lead
2 1 (12.50%) Business Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence Specialist
2 1 (12.50%) Customer Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Data Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Power BI Specialist
2 1 (12.50%) SailPoint Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) Senior
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Manager
2 1 (12.50%) SEO Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) SailPoint
1 1 (12.50%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
1 1 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Analytics
2 2 (25.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (25.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 2 (25.00%) Migration
2 2 (25.00%) SEO
2 2 (25.00%) Visualisation
2 2 (25.00%) Web Analytics
2 2 (25.00%) Workflow
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Modelling
3 1 (12.50%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 1 (12.50%) Business Case
3 1 (12.50%) Cost Control
3 1 (12.50%) Data Analytics
3 1 (12.50%) Data Interpretation
3 1 (12.50%) Data Visualisation
3 1 (12.50%) Digital Banking
3 1 (12.50%) Process Improvement
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (12.50%) Storytelling
3 1 (12.50%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) BeanShell
2 1 (12.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (12.50%) Java
2 1 (12.50%) Python
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Adobe
1 2 (25.00%) Ahrefs
1 2 (25.00%) Google
1 2 (25.00%) Screaming Frog
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Optimizely
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle
2 1 (12.50%) Tagetik