Benchmarking Job Trends in England

Benchmarking
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Benchmarking skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 463 553 417
Rank change year-on-year +90 -136 +200
Permanent jobs citing Benchmarking 139 109 275
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.26% 0.23% 0.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.25% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 42 40 63
10th Percentile £44,750 £41,175 £43,000
25th Percentile £62,500 £48,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £56,509 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +41.57% -5.82% +6.67%
75th Percentile £93,750 £73,750 £91,934
90th Percentile £120,000 £80,000 £97,000
UK median annual salary £77,500 £56,509 £54,650
% change year-on-year +37.15% +3.40% -0.64%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 43,077 43,814 44,043
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 81.14% 90.86% 89.76%
Number of salaries quoted 25,929 21,493 34,060
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £79,563
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Benchmarking
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Benchmarking relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Benchmarking job vacancy trend in England

Benchmarking
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Benchmarking.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Benchmarking

Benchmarking
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Benchmarking in England over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Benchmarking in England

Benchmarking
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Benchmarking within the England region over the 6 months to 15 January 2026. 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
London +76 66 £82,500 +17.86% 27
South East +41 29 £84,930 +50.30% 28
North of England +18 23 £28,571 -52.38% 11
North West +31 17 £28,571 -52.38% 5
Midlands +12 8 £55,000 +4.97% 11
West Midlands +12 7 £55,000 +4.97% 4
East of England +30 6 £65,000 - 9
Yorkshire -15 5 - - 5
South West +3 4 £43,750 -47.65% 9
East Midlands -13 1 - - 7
North East - 1 - - 1
Benchmarking
UK

Benchmarking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 10 (7.19%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 16 (11.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.88%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.44%) Windchill
4 1 (0.72%) CATIA
4 1 (0.72%) Siemens NX
4 1 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.44%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 23 (16.55%) Power Platform
2 20 (14.39%) Azure
3 12 (8.63%) AWS
4 11 (7.91%) GCP
5 10 (7.19%) Amazon EMR
6 8 (5.76%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (4.32%) SaaS
8 1 (0.72%) Cloud Run
8 1 (0.72%) GitHub
8 1 (0.72%) Google Ads
8 1 (0.72%) Google Analytics
8 1 (0.72%) Google Tag Manager
8 1 (0.72%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.72%) Serverless
8 1 (0.72%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.76%) Firewall
2 4 (2.88%) VPN
2 4 (2.88%) Wireshark
3 2 (1.44%) InfiniBand
4 1 (0.72%) 5G
4 1 (0.72%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (16.55%) Power BI
2 18 (12.95%) SQL Server
3 10 (7.19%) Apache Cassandra
3 10 (7.19%) Big Data
3 10 (7.19%) Data Warehouse
3 10 (7.19%) DataStage
3 10 (7.19%) DynamoDB
3 10 (7.19%) Hadoop
3 10 (7.19%) MongoDB
3 10 (7.19%) MySQL
3 10 (7.19%) Neo4j
3 10 (7.19%) NoSQL
3 10 (7.19%) Pentaho
3 10 (7.19%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (7.19%) RDBMS
3 10 (7.19%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.44%) Data Mart
4 2 (1.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.72%) KDB
5 1 (0.72%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (0.72%) Git
General
1 58 (41.73%) Analytical Skills
2 50 (35.97%) Finance
2 50 (35.97%) Social Skills
3 27 (19.42%) Law
4 21 (15.11%) Marketing
4 21 (15.11%) Public Sector
5 17 (12.23%) Local Government
6 15 (10.79%) Billing
7 7 (5.04%) Legal
8 5 (3.60%) Banking
8 5 (3.60%) Games
8 5 (3.60%) Manufacturing
9 3 (2.16%) Front Office
9 3 (2.16%) Military
9 3 (2.16%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.44%) Electronics
10 2 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.44%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.44%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.72%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 38 (27.34%) Senior
2 33 (23.74%) Audit Manager
3 24 (17.27%) Analyst
4 20 (14.39%) Lead
5 19 (13.67%) Senior Manager
6 18 (12.95%) Senior Audit Manager
7 13 (9.35%) Data Analyst
7 13 (9.35%) Quality Manager
7 13 (9.35%) Senior Quality Manager
8 12 (8.63%) Commercial Analyst
8 12 (8.63%) Commercial Data Analyst
8 12 (8.63%) Procurement Analyst
9 10 (7.19%) Principal Engineer
10 9 (6.47%) Business Manager
11 8 (5.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (5.76%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 6 (4.32%) Senior Service Manager
13 5 (3.60%) Developer
13 5 (3.60%) Product Manager
13 5 (3.60%) Senior Business Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.76%) .NET
2 4 (2.88%) Flash
2 4 (2.88%) PyTorch
2 4 (2.88%) TensorFlow
3 3 (2.16%) CSS
3 3 (2.16%) FIX Protocol
3 3 (2.16%) HTML
3 3 (2.16%) Java Concurrency
3 3 (2.16%) Kafka
4 1 (0.72%) Google JAX
4 1 (0.72%) Hugging Face
4 1 (0.72%) JAX
4 1 (0.72%) LangGraph
4 1 (0.72%) RESTful
4 1 (0.72%) SOAP
4 1 (0.72%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 19 (13.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 15 (10.79%) Cloud Native
2 15 (10.79%) NHS
3 13 (9.35%) Analytical Mindset
3 13 (9.35%) Distributed Systems
4 12 (8.63%) FMCG
4 12 (8.63%) Management Information System
5 11 (7.91%) Hybrid Cloud
5 11 (7.91%) Product Ownership
6 7 (5.04%) Legacy Applications
7 4 (2.88%) Algorithms
7 4 (2.88%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 4 (2.88%) Low-Code
7 4 (2.88%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (2.16%) Data Structures
8 3 (2.16%) Derivative
8 3 (2.16%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (1.44%) CUDA
10 1 (0.72%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.72%) SystemC
Operating Systems
1 8 (5.76%) Windows
2 7 (5.04%) Linux
3 3 (2.16%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (30.22%) Analytics
2 37 (26.62%) Continuous Improvement
3 34 (24.46%) Roadmaps
4 33 (23.74%) Business Intelligence
5 32 (23.02%) Stakeholder Management
6 31 (22.30%) Decision-Making
7 24 (17.27%) Data Analytics
8 23 (16.55%) Business Strategy
9 22 (15.83%) Actionable Insight
9 22 (15.83%) Agile
9 22 (15.83%) Pricing Strategy
10 21 (15.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 19 (13.67%) Analytical Thinking
11 19 (13.67%) Computer Science
11 19 (13.67%) ERP
11 19 (13.67%) IT Strategy
12 18 (12.95%) AI
12 18 (12.95%) Budget Management
12 18 (12.95%) Coaching
12 18 (12.95%) Portfolio Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (12.23%) Python
2 16 (11.51%) Java
3 14 (10.07%) SQL
4 8 (5.76%) Bicep
5 3 (2.16%) Bash
6 2 (1.44%) C#
6 2 (1.44%) Go
6 2 (1.44%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.72%) C++
7 1 (0.72%) Perl
7 1 (0.72%) R
Qualifications
1 41 (29.50%) ACCA
2 28 (20.14%) Degree
3 5 (3.60%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (3.60%) Master's Degree
4 4 (2.88%) CFA
4 4 (2.88%) CIMA
4 4 (2.88%) GCFA
4 4 (2.88%) GCIA
4 4 (2.88%) GCIH
4 4 (2.88%) GIAC
4 4 (2.88%) Security Cleared
5 3 (2.16%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.44%) CESG Certified Professional
6 2 (1.44%) CISSP
6 2 (1.44%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.44%) MRICS
6 2 (1.44%) OSCP
7 1 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.72%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.72%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (25.90%) IFRS
2 20 (14.39%) GAAP
3 17 (12.23%) PMO
4 8 (5.76%) Data Quality
5 6 (4.32%) NIST
6 5 (3.60%) GDPR
7 4 (2.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (2.16%) IFRS 17
8 3 (2.16%) QA
9 2 (1.44%) Def Stans
9 2 (1.44%) GRC
9 2 (1.44%) JSP 440
9 2 (1.44%) NCSC
9 2 (1.44%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 2 (1.44%) GPFS
1 2 (1.44%) Lustre
1 2 (1.44%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 10 (7.19%) Terraform
2 4 (2.88%) QRadar
3 3 (2.16%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.44%) Ansible
4 2 (1.44%) SELinux
Vendors
1 11 (7.91%) Oracle
2 10 (7.19%) Informatica
2 10 (7.19%) Talend
3 8 (5.76%) New Relic
4 7 (5.04%) Microsoft
5 6 (4.32%) Splunk
6 4 (2.88%) AppDynamics
6 4 (2.88%) Progress
7 3 (2.16%) Google
8 2 (1.44%) NVIDIA
9 1 (0.72%) Alteryx
9 1 (0.72%) Dell
9 1 (0.72%) Intel
9 1 (0.72%) SAP
9 1 (0.72%) Siemens