Benchmarking Jobs in Scotland

Benchmarking
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Benchmarking skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Benchmarking over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 151 231 215
Rank change year-on-year +80 -16 +42
Permanent jobs citing Benchmarking 13 57 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.44% 0.84% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.47% 0.92% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 0 13 2
10th Percentile - £38,084 £45,050
25th Percentile - £47,788 £48,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £60,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.45% +23.40%
75th Percentile - £75,000 £67,375
90th Percentile - £91,934 £71,350
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +20.00% -15.05%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,758 6,226 4,250
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.64% 91.40% 94.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1,306 2,433 2,111
10th Percentile £30,650 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

Benchmarking
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Benchmarking in Scotland

Benchmarking
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Benchmarking in Scotland.

Salary trend for Benchmarking in Scotland

Benchmarking
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Benchmarking within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 28 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Lothian - 4 - - 3
Midlothian - 2 - -
Glasgow +121 1 - - 7
Edinburgh +12 1 - - 13
East Lothian - 1 - -
Fife - 1 - - 3
Lanarkshire - 1 - -
Benchmarking
UK

Benchmarking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Communications & Networking
1 11 (84.62%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) MySQL
1 1 (7.69%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) GitLab
1 1 (7.69%) Jenkins
General
1 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (7.69%) Finance
1 1 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (92.31%) Analyst
2 11 (84.62%) Senior
2 11 (84.62%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Computer Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Computer Vision Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) OpenCV
1 1 (7.69%) OpenVINO
1 1 (7.69%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 11 (84.62%) Social Media
2 1 (7.69%) Algorithms
2 1 (7.69%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (7.69%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 12 (92.31%) Windows
2 1 (7.69%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (92.31%) Data Analysis
1 12 (92.31%) Stakeholder Management
2 11 (84.62%) Compliance Audit
2 11 (84.62%) Data Modelling
2 11 (84.62%) Project Delivery
3 2 (15.38%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (7.69%) Agile
4 1 (7.69%) API Development
4 1 (7.69%) Business Analysis
4 1 (7.69%) CI/CD
4 1 (7.69%) Computer Science
4 1 (7.69%) Computer Vision
4 1 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (7.69%) Decision-Making
4 1 (7.69%) Deep Learning
4 1 (7.69%) Image Processing
4 1 (7.69%) Machine Learning
4 1 (7.69%) Objectives and Key Results
4 1 (7.69%) Parallel Computing
4 1 (7.69%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) Bash
1 1 (7.69%) C++
1 1 (7.69%) Python
1 1 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (7.69%) Degree
1 1 (7.69%) Master's Degree
1 1 (7.69%) PhD
1 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) QA
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Docker