Cost-Benefit Analysis Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Cost-Benefit Analysis
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Cost-Benefit Analysis skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 498 474 519
Rank change year-on-year -24 +45 +173
Permanent jobs citing Cost-Benefit Analysis 17 93 22
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.041% 0.25% 0.072%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.051% 0.28% 0.079%
Number of salaries quoted 7 47 17
10th Percentile £36,250 - £36,875
25th Percentile £43,750 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £37,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +73.33% -28.57% +5.00%
75th Percentile £73,750 £38,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £67,000 £63,750
UK median annual salary £52,500 £37,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +40.00% -37.50% +4.35%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Cost-Benefit Analysis 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 33,444 33,009 27,736
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 79.71% 88.20% 90.56%
Number of salaries quoted 19,110 15,194 20,646
10th Percentile £27,707 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,760 £41,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.34%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,435
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Cost-Benefit Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Cost-Benefit Analysis job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Cost-Benefit Analysis
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Cost-Benefit Analysis.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Cost-Benefit Analysis

Cost-Benefit Analysis
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cost-Benefit Analysis in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Cost-Benefit Analysis in the UK excluding London

Cost-Benefit Analysis
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 Cost-Benefit Analysis within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
South East +32 6 £70,000 +33.33% 3
Midlands +21 3 £52,500 -30.00% 1
Scotland - 3 £37,500 - 1
West Midlands +23 2 £52,500 -30.00% 1
South West +16 2 - - 1
Yorkshire -3 1 £82,500 +94.12% 3
North of England -53 1 £82,500 +120.00% 9
East Midlands - 1 - -
East of England - 1 £37,500 - 4
Northern Ireland - 1 - -
Cost-Benefit Analysis
UK

Cost-Benefit Analysis
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (11.76%) Confluence
2 1 (5.88%) PowerFactory
Applications
1 3 (17.65%) MS Visio
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (11.76%) Weka
Business Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.76%) AWS
1 2 (11.76%) Azure
2 1 (5.88%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) Power BI
1 1 (5.88%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) JIRA
General
1 11 (64.71%) Finance
1 11 (64.71%) Social Skills
2 9 (52.94%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (17.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (17.65%) Manufacturing
3 3 (17.65%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (11.76%) Aerospace
4 2 (11.76%) Legal
4 2 (11.76%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (5.88%) Financial Institution
5 1 (5.88%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (35.29%) Analyst
2 5 (29.41%) Business Analyst
3 4 (23.53%) Senior
4 3 (17.65%) Delivery Manager
4 3 (17.65%) Programme Manager
4 3 (17.65%) Project Engineer
5 2 (11.76%) Associate Director
5 2 (11.76%) DV Cleared Business Analyst
5 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure Business Analyst
5 2 (11.76%) IT Director
5 2 (11.76%) Programme Delivery Manager
5 2 (11.76%) Project Manager
6 1 (5.88%) Data Insight Analyst
6 1 (5.88%) ERP Manager
6 1 (5.88%) Insight Analyst
6 1 (5.88%) Insight Data Analyst
6 1 (5.88%) Lead Project Manager
6 1 (5.88%) Planning Manager
6 1 (5.88%) Senior Insight Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Data Centre
1 3 (17.65%) Driving Licence
1 3 (17.65%) PMI
2 2 (11.76%) Management Information System
2 2 (11.76%) Product Ownership
3 1 (5.88%) Data Structures
3 1 (5.88%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.76%) Linux
1 2 (11.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (58.82%) Business Case
2 9 (52.94%) Agile
3 7 (41.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 7 (41.18%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (35.29%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (35.29%) Project Management
5 5 (29.41%) Business Analysis
5 5 (29.41%) Change Management
5 5 (29.41%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (29.41%) Risk Management
6 4 (23.53%) Actionable Insight
6 4 (23.53%) Business Strategy
6 4 (23.53%) Data Management
6 4 (23.53%) Decision-Making
6 4 (23.53%) Impact Assessments
6 4 (23.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 4 (23.53%) PRINCE2
6 4 (23.53%) Project Delivery
6 4 (23.53%) Scrum
6 4 (23.53%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.88%) Python
1 1 (5.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (82.35%) Degree
2 4 (23.53%) PMI Certification
3 3 (17.65%) CBAP
3 3 (17.65%) HNC
3 3 (17.65%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (11.76%) AWS Certification
4 2 (11.76%) Azure Certification
4 2 (11.76%) CISM
4 2 (11.76%) CISSP
4 2 (11.76%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (11.76%) DV Cleared
4 2 (11.76%) Master's Degree
4 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
5 1 (5.88%) CAPM
5 1 (5.88%) Chartered Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) MBA
5 1 (5.88%) PgMP
5 1 (5.88%) PhD
5 1 (5.88%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (17.65%) PMO
2 2 (11.76%) GxP
3 1 (5.88%) Basel III
3 1 (5.88%) EMIR
3 1 (5.88%) GDPR
3 1 (5.88%) MiFID
System Software
1 2 (11.76%) Docker
1 2 (11.76%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (11.76%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (5.88%) JD Edwards
1 1 (5.88%) SAP