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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 311 381 409
Rank change year-on-year +70 +28 +99
Contract jobs citing Benchmarking 30 15 70
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.25% 0.086% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.097% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 11 41
10th Percentile £272 £413 £500
25th Percentile £350 £438 £585
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £650
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% -23.08% +18.18%
75th Percentile £496 £613 £813
90th Percentile £633 £704 £900
England median daily rate £400 £475 £650
% change year-on-year -15.79% -26.92% +18.18%
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 £25.80 £15.79 £24.00
% change year-on-year +63.39% -34.21% -53.17%

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 11,178 15,459 23,168
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.22% 88.48% 90.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,507 11,105 16,762
10th Percentile £350 £340 £375
25th Percentile £431 £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 £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 187 316 266
10th Percentile £16.50 £15.72 £18.25
25th Percentile £23.78 £20.00 £22.50
Median hourly rate £30.81 £28.00 £39.63
Median % change year-on-year +10.02% -29.34% +12.29%
75th Percentile £49.75 £48.75 £64.50
90th Percentile £63.10 £66.88 £82.50
England median hourly rate £28.00 £37.18 £37.32
% change year-on-year -24.69% -0.38% +49.28%

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 29 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 29 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 - - 15
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 1 (3.33%) OpenStack
1 1 (3.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (16.67%) Spreadsheet
2 4 (13.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (3.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (6.67%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (3.33%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 3 (10.00%) Azure
1 3 (10.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (6.67%) AWS
2 2 (6.67%) GCP
2 2 (6.67%) Google Workspace
3 1 (3.33%) Google Sheets
3 1 (3.33%) Mimecast
3 1 (3.33%) OpenShift
3 1 (3.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.00%) 4G
1 3 (10.00%) 5G
1 3 (10.00%) 5G NR
1 3 (10.00%) LTE
1 3 (10.00%) Radio Access Network
2 2 (6.67%) Network Security
3 1 (3.33%) 2G
3 1 (3.33%) 3G
3 1 (3.33%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.00%) Power BI
2 2 (6.67%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (6.67%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (3.33%) MS Access
3 1 (3.33%) SQL Server
General
1 11 (36.67%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (30.00%) Social Skills
3 8 (26.67%) Finance
4 7 (23.33%) Local Government
5 5 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (13.33%) Public Sector
7 2 (6.67%) Banking
7 2 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (6.67%) Telecoms
8 1 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (3.33%) Marketing
8 1 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (36.67%) Analyst
2 5 (16.67%) Senior
3 4 (13.33%) Data Analyst
3 4 (13.33%) Lead
4 3 (10.00%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (6.67%) Asset Management Analyst
5 2 (6.67%) Asset Management Business Analyst
5 2 (6.67%) Business Analyst
5 2 (6.67%) Business Intelligence Analyst
5 2 (6.67%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
5 2 (6.67%) Design Engineer
5 2 (6.67%) Financial Analyst
5 2 (6.67%) Information Analyst
5 2 (6.67%) Information Security Analyst
5 2 (6.67%) Power BI Analyst
5 2 (6.67%) Radio Design Engineer
5 2 (6.67%) Radio Engineer
5 2 (6.67%) Security Analyst
5 2 (6.67%) Senior Business Intelligence Analyst
5 2 (6.67%) Senior Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.33%) CSS
1 1 (3.33%) HTML
1 1 (3.33%) React
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.33%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (3.33%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (3.33%) NHS
2 1 (3.33%) Private Cloud
2 1 (3.33%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (30.00%) Data Analysis
2 6 (20.00%) Analytical Modelling
2 6 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (16.67%) Analytics
3 5 (16.67%) Business Case
3 5 (16.67%) Decision-Making
3 5 (16.67%) Project Management
3 5 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 5 (16.67%) Strategic Thinking
4 4 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (13.33%) Regulatory Compliance
5 3 (10.00%) Information Security
5 3 (10.00%) Performance Metrics
5 3 (10.00%) Requirements Gathering
6 2 (6.67%) Business Strategy
6 2 (6.67%) Cloud Security
6 2 (6.67%) Contract Negotiation
6 2 (6.67%) Critical Thinking
6 2 (6.67%) Digital Strategy
6 2 (6.67%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.33%) JavaScript
1 1 (3.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (10.00%) Degree
2 2 (6.67%) AAT
2 2 (6.67%) CCAB
2 2 (6.67%) DBS Check
3 1 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (3.33%) RHCSA
3 1 (3.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (13.33%) NIST
2 3 (10.00%) GRC
3 1 (3.33%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27005
3 1 (3.33%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (6.67%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (3.33%) Docker
2 1 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (3.33%) Ansible
1 1 (3.33%) Kubernetes
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (3.33%) NSN NetAct
1 1 (3.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (23.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.00%) Nokia
3 2 (6.67%) Foundry
3 2 (6.67%) Oracle
4 1 (3.33%) Google
4 1 (3.33%) Intel
4 1 (3.33%) Meraki
4 1 (3.33%) Qualys
4 1 (3.33%) Red Hat
4 1 (3.33%) Sophos
4 1 (3.33%) VMware