Benchmarking Contracts in London

Benchmarking
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 332 377 413
Rank change year-on-year +45 +36 +96
Contract jobs citing Benchmarking 21 14 80
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.17% 0.079% 0.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.089% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 10 41
10th Percentile £416 £410 £500
25th Percentile £455 £425 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £500 £650
Median % change year-on-year -0.80% -23.08% +21.50%
75th Percentile £623 £525 £775
90th Percentile £670 £700 £825
England median daily rate £447 £488 £625
% change year-on-year -8.31% -22.00% +19.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £22.27 - -
Median hourly rate £28.60 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £31.48 - -
England median hourly rate £28.60 £15.79 £24.00
% change year-on-year +81.13% -34.21% +5.82%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,564 15,790 24,631
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.16% 88.55% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,847 11,316 17,711
10th Percentile £350 £338 £375
25th Percentile £440 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £813 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 324 278
10th Percentile £16.17 £16.00 £18.59
25th Percentile £22.68 £20.00 £22.53
Median hourly rate £31.67 £29.50 £38.13
Median % change year-on-year +7.36% -22.62% +5.90%
75th Percentile £50.75 £47.56 £62.64
90th Percentile £63.75 £65.93 £76.78
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Benchmarking
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Benchmarking in London

Benchmarking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Benchmarking in London

Benchmarking
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Benchmarking in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Benchmarking in London

Benchmarking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Benchmarking in London

Benchmarking
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Benchmarking within the London region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West London - 2 - - 4
Central London +1 1 £500 - 3
East London - 1 - - 1
North London - 1 £463 -
Benchmarking
England

Benchmarking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (14.29%) OpenStack
2 1 (4.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (4.76%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 4 (19.05%) Azure
2 3 (14.29%) OpenShift
2 3 (14.29%) Power Platform
3 2 (9.52%) AWS
3 2 (9.52%) GCP
3 2 (9.52%) Google Workspace
4 1 (4.76%) Mimecast
4 1 (4.76%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.52%) Network Security
2 1 (4.76%) 4G
2 1 (4.76%) 5G
2 1 (4.76%) 5G NR
2 1 (4.76%) LTE
2 1 (4.76%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (4.76%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (14.29%) Power BI
2 2 (9.52%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (9.52%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (4.76%) MS Access
3 1 (4.76%) SQL Server
General
1 7 (33.33%) Local Government
2 6 (28.57%) Finance
3 4 (19.05%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (19.05%) Social Skills
4 3 (14.29%) Telecoms
5 2 (9.52%) Banking
5 2 (9.52%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (9.52%) Public Sector
6 1 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (4.76%) Marketing
6 1 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (52.38%) Analyst
2 4 (19.05%) Data Analyst
3 3 (14.29%) Lead
3 3 (14.29%) Senior
3 3 (14.29%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) Asset Management Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) Asset Management Business Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) Business Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) Business Intelligence Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) Financial Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) Information Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) Information Security Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) Power BI Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) Security Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) Senior Business Intelligence Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) Senior Data Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) Wealth Management Business Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Radio Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) CSS
1 1 (4.76%) HTML
1 1 (4.76%) React
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) Management Information System
1 3 (14.29%) Private Cloud
2 1 (4.76%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (4.76%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (4.76%) NHS
2 1 (4.76%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.76%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 5 (23.81%) Decision-Making
3 4 (19.05%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (19.05%) Migration
3 4 (19.05%) Project Management
4 3 (14.29%) DevOps
4 3 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (14.29%) High Availability
4 3 (14.29%) Information Security
4 3 (14.29%) Infrastructure as Code
4 3 (14.29%) Infrastructure Automation
4 3 (14.29%) Low Latency
4 3 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (14.29%) Resource Management
4 3 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (14.29%) Storage Management
4 3 (14.29%) Strategic Roadmap
4 3 (14.29%) Technical Architecture
4 3 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
4 3 (14.29%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.76%) JavaScript
1 1 (4.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (14.29%) RHCSA
2 2 (9.52%) AAT
2 2 (9.52%) CCAB
2 2 (9.52%) DBS Check
2 2 (9.52%) Degree
3 1 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (14.29%) NIST
2 2 (9.52%) GRC
3 1 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (14.29%) Docker
1 3 (14.29%) Virtual Machines
1 3 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (14.29%) Ansible
1 3 (14.29%) Kubernetes
1 3 (14.29%) Terraform
2 1 (4.76%) CASB
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft
2 3 (14.29%) Red Hat
2 3 (14.29%) VMware
3 2 (9.52%) Foundry
3 2 (9.52%) Oracle
4 1 (4.76%) Intel
4 1 (4.76%) Meraki
4 1 (4.76%) Nokia
4 1 (4.76%) Qualys
4 1 (4.76%) Sophos