Benchmarking Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Benchmarking
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Benchmarking skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 425 506 373
Rank change year-on-year +81 -133 +154
Permanent jobs citing Benchmarking 84 60 208
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.20% 0.17% 0.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.19% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 15 29 60
10th Percentile £33,143 £43,800 -
25th Percentile £49,375 £48,000 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £56,509 £48,900
Median % change year-on-year +15.03% +15.56% +25.38%
75th Percentile £79,375 £62,500 £82,984
90th Percentile £90,966 £80,000 £91,934
UK median annual salary £77,500 £56,509 £54,825
% change year-on-year +37.15% +3.07% -0.32%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 33,283 31,985 30,588
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 78.49% 89.04% 88.64%
Number of salaries quoted 19,187 14,363 22,780
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Benchmarking
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Benchmarking job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Benchmarking
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Benchmarking.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Benchmarking

Benchmarking
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Benchmarking in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Benchmarking in the UK excluding London

Benchmarking
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Benchmarking within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 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
South East +49 28 £84,930 +50.30% 28
North of England +12 23 £28,571 -52.38% 11
North West +26 17 £28,571 -52.38% 5
Midlands +13 8 £55,000 +4.97% 11
Wales - 8 - - 3
West Midlands +13 7 £55,000 +4.97% 4
East of England +29 6 £65,000 - 9
Yorkshire -15 5 - - 5
South West +15 4 £43,750 -47.65% 8
Scotland +5 4 £67,500 - 1
Northern Ireland - 3 - - 1
East Midlands -8 1 - - 7
North East - 1 - - 1
Benchmarking
UK

Benchmarking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 17 (20.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (4.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (2.38%) Windchill
4 1 (1.19%) CATIA
4 1 (1.19%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.19%) Siemens NX
4 1 (1.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (2.38%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 17 (20.24%) Power Platform
2 2 (2.38%) Azure
2 2 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.19%) Google Ads
3 1 (1.19%) Google Analytics
3 1 (1.19%) Google Tag Manager
3 1 (1.19%) Google Workspace
3 1 (1.19%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.38%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (20.24%) Power BI
2 2 (2.38%) Data Mart
2 2 (2.38%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.19%) Looker
General
1 38 (45.24%) Social Skills
2 31 (36.90%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (22.62%) Finance
4 16 (19.05%) Local Government
5 15 (17.86%) Billing
5 15 (17.86%) Public Sector
6 14 (16.67%) Marketing
7 5 (5.95%) Games
8 4 (4.76%) Manufacturing
8 4 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (4.76%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (3.57%) Military
10 2 (2.38%) Law
10 2 (2.38%) Telecoms
11 1 (1.19%) Advertising
11 1 (1.19%) Aerospace
11 1 (1.19%) Automotive
11 1 (1.19%) Electronics
11 1 (1.19%) Financial Institution
11 1 (1.19%) Legal
Job Titles
1 20 (23.81%) Audit Manager
2 16 (19.05%) Analyst
3 15 (17.86%) Lead
4 13 (15.48%) Data Analyst
5 12 (14.29%) Commercial Analyst
5 12 (14.29%) Commercial Data Analyst
5 12 (14.29%) Procurement Analyst
6 10 (11.90%) Senior
7 5 (5.95%) Business Manager
7 5 (5.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (5.95%) Senior Audit Manager
7 5 (5.95%) Senior Business Manager
7 5 (5.95%) Senior Manager
8 4 (4.76%) Compliance Manager
9 3 (3.57%) Development Manager
9 3 (3.57%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
9 3 (3.57%) Product Development Manager
9 3 (3.57%) Product Manager
9 3 (3.57%) Software Engineer
9 3 (3.57%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.57%) CSS
1 3 (3.57%) HTML
2 2 (2.38%) .NET
3 1 (1.19%) RESTful
3 1 (1.19%) SOAP
3 1 (1.19%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 17 (20.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 15 (17.86%) NHS
3 13 (15.48%) Analytical Mindset
4 12 (14.29%) FMCG
5 9 (10.71%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (7.14%) Cloud Native
7 4 (4.76%) Anti-Spyware
7 4 (4.76%) Low-Code
8 3 (3.57%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (1.19%) Algorithms
9 1 (1.19%) Digital Signage
9 1 (1.19%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (1.19%) Legacy Applications
9 1 (1.19%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (1.19%) Onboarding
9 1 (1.19%) PMI
9 1 (1.19%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.19%) VMS
1 1 (1.19%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (27.38%) Decision-Making
2 21 (25.00%) Analytics
3 19 (22.62%) Business Strategy
3 19 (22.62%) Continuous Improvement
4 18 (21.43%) Mathematics
4 18 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
5 17 (20.24%) ERP
5 17 (20.24%) Roadmaps
6 16 (19.05%) Business Intelligence
6 16 (19.05%) IT Strategy
6 16 (19.05%) Portfolio Management
6 16 (19.05%) Pricing Strategy
7 15 (17.86%) Analytical Thinking
7 15 (17.86%) Data Analytics
7 15 (17.86%) Data Visualisation
7 15 (17.86%) E-Commerce
7 15 (17.86%) Software Delivery
7 15 (17.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 15 (17.86%) Technology Roadmap
7 15 (17.86%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.38%) Bicep
1 2 (2.38%) Java
1 2 (2.38%) JavaScript
1 2 (2.38%) Python
2 1 (1.19%) C#
2 1 (1.19%) Perl
2 1 (1.19%) R
2 1 (1.19%) SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (25.00%) Degree
2 20 (23.81%) ACCA
3 3 (3.57%) Master's Degree
4 2 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.19%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.19%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.19%) HNC
5 1 (1.19%) MAPM
5 1 (1.19%) OCA
5 1 (1.19%) OCP
5 1 (1.19%) Oracle Certification
5 1 (1.19%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.19%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 1 (1.19%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.19%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (23.81%) GAAP
1 20 (23.81%) IFRS
2 15 (17.86%) PMO
3 6 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (5.95%) GDPR
5 3 (3.57%) Data Quality
5 3 (3.57%) GRC
6 2 (2.38%) NIST
6 2 (2.38%) PCI DSS
7 1 (1.19%) Cyber Essentials
Systems Management
1 2 (2.38%) Terraform
2 1 (1.19%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (2.38%) Google
1 2 (2.38%) Microsoft
1 2 (2.38%) New Relic
2 1 (1.19%) AppDynamics
2 1 (1.19%) Oracle
2 1 (1.19%) Siemens