Benchmarking Jobs in Scotland

Benchmarking
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Benchmarking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Benchmarking over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 230 214 246
Rank change year-on-year -16 +32 -68
Permanent jobs citing Benchmarking 54 7 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.80% 0.15% 0.052%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.86% 0.16% 0.057%
Number of salaries quoted 13 1 1
10th Percentile £38,084 - -
25th Percentile £47,788 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £30,000 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -36.17% -6.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 - -
90th Percentile £91,934 - -
UK median annual salary £56,075 £49,500 £55,742
% change year-on-year +13.28% -11.20% +0.44%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Benchmarking is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,252 4,431 5,264
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.79% 94.24% 90.87%
Number of salaries quoted 2,423 2,224 2,815
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,491 £30,465
25th Percentile £40,500 £42,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +8.49% +7.61%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

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
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Benchmarking in Scotland over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Salary histogram 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 6 May 2024. 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
Glasgow - 41 £70,000 - 3
Edinburgh +43 8 £60,000 - 3
Dundee -10 4 £40,144 +33.81% 1
Aberdeen - 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (7.41%) SAS
2 3 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 32 (59.26%) UserZoom
2 3 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 32 (59.26%) Figma
1 32 (59.26%) SurveyMonkey
2 5 (9.26%) Cloud Computing
3 3 (5.56%) GCP
3 3 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.56%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.85%) MySQL
1 1 (1.85%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 35 (64.81%) Jenkins
2 3 (5.56%) Git
2 3 (5.56%) GitLab
3 1 (1.85%) Artifactory
General
1 45 (83.33%) Finance
2 44 (81.48%) Social Skills
3 35 (64.81%) Marketing
4 34 (62.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 34 (62.96%) Law
5 9 (16.67%) Banking
6 8 (14.81%) Legal
7 6 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (9.26%) Telecoms
9 4 (7.41%) Public Sector
9 4 (7.41%) Publishing
10 2 (3.70%) Financial Institution
10 2 (3.70%) Investment Banking
11 1 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 34 (62.96%) User Experience Researcher
2 9 (16.67%) Senior
3 4 (7.41%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 3 (5.56%) Android Engineer
4 3 (5.56%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
4 3 (5.56%) Commercial Officer
4 3 (5.56%) Senior Android Engineer
5 2 (3.70%) Senior User Experience Researcher
5 2 (3.70%) Senior User Researcher
5 2 (3.70%) User Researcher
6 1 (1.85%) Analyst
6 1 (1.85%) Computer Engineer
6 1 (1.85%) Computer Vision Engineer
6 1 (1.85%) Network Engineer
6 1 (1.85%) Performance Analyst
6 1 (1.85%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (11.11%) RESTful
2 3 (5.56%) Android Jetpack
2 3 (5.56%) Android SDK
2 3 (5.56%) Jetpack Compose
2 3 (5.56%) OpenCV
2 3 (5.56%) OpenVINO
2 3 (5.56%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (14.81%) Algorithms
2 5 (9.26%) Data Structures
2 5 (9.26%) Distributed Computing
3 4 (7.41%) Credit Risk
3 4 (7.41%) Management Information System
4 3 (5.56%) Mobile App
4 3 (5.56%) Online Banking
5 2 (3.70%) Video\Live Streaming
6 1 (1.85%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.56%) Android
1 3 (5.56%) Linux
1 3 (5.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (72.22%) Agile
2 37 (68.52%) Analytics
3 35 (64.81%) User Experience
4 34 (62.96%) Anthropology
4 34 (62.96%) Product Management
4 34 (62.96%) Psychology
4 34 (62.96%) User Research
4 34 (62.96%) UX Research
5 33 (61.11%) Actionable Insight
5 33 (61.11%) Critical Thinking
5 33 (61.11%) Data Visualisation
5 33 (61.11%) Market Research
5 33 (61.11%) Service Design
5 33 (61.11%) Visualisation
6 32 (59.26%) Continuous Integration
6 32 (59.26%) Data Analytics
6 32 (59.26%) DevOps
6 32 (59.26%) Mentoring
6 32 (59.26%) SDLC
6 32 (59.26%) Systems Thinking
Programming Languages
1 7 (12.96%) C++
2 5 (9.26%) C
2 5 (9.26%) Go
2 5 (9.26%) Java
2 5 (9.26%) Rust
3 3 (5.56%) JavaScript
3 3 (5.56%) Kotlin
3 3 (5.56%) Python
3 3 (5.56%) SQL
4 2 (3.70%) R
5 1 (1.85%) Bash
Qualifications
1 47 (87.04%) Degree
2 10 (18.52%) Master's Degree
2 10 (18.52%) PhD
3 4 (7.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 3 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (5.56%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.85%) CCDP
5 1 (1.85%) CCNP
5 1 (1.85%) CCSP
5 1 (1.85%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (59.26%) Actionable Recommendations
2 4 (7.41%) IFRS
2 4 (7.41%) IFRS 9
3 2 (3.70%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.85%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.85%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (3.70%) Docker
Vendors
1 32 (59.26%) Qualtrics
2 3 (5.56%) Google
2 3 (5.56%) Microsoft