Trade-off Analysis Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Trade-off Analysis
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London citing Trade-off Analysis skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 13 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	667	456	602
Rank change year-on-year	-211	+146	-
Permanent jobs citing Trade-off Analysis	29	76	2
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London	0.032%	0.21%	0.004%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	0.044%	0.25%	0.005%
Number of salaries quoted	12	0	2
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	£62,500	-	£61,250
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£70,000	-	£62,500
75^th Percentile	£81,875	-	£63,750
90^th Percentile	£95,000	-	-
UK median annual salary	£70,000	-	£62,500

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Trade-off 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 citing process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.

	6 months to 13 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing process or methodology skills	65,242	30,758	38,256
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London	71.12%	84.14%	80.30%
Number of salaries quoted	44,283	18,143	18,532
10^th Percentile	£30,000	£27,000	£31,250
25^th Percentile	£40,000	£32,000	£40,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	£47,500	£54,000
Median % change year-on-year	+15.79%	-12.04%	+2.86%
75^th Percentile	£70,000	£65,000	£68,750
90^th Percentile	£88,750	£80,000	£82,500
UK median annual salary	£60,000	£54,537	£60,000
% change year-on-year	+10.02%	-9.11%	-

Trade-off Analysis Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Trade-off Analysis Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Trade-off Analysis.

Trade-off Analysis Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Trade-off Analysis in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 November 2026.

Salary histogram for Trade-off Analysis in the UK excluding London

Trade-off 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 Trade-off Analysis within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
South East	-135	12	£90,000	-	12
Midlands	-	6	£90,000	-	4
Wales	-	6	£65,000	-	2
Scotland	-	5	-	-	2
East Midlands	-	4	£90,000	-	4
South West	-71	3	£70,000	-
West Midlands	-	2	-	-
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Trade-off Analysis Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 13 November 2026, job vacancies citing Trade-off Analysis also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region citing Trade-off Analysis.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Security Cleared	51.7%	15
2	SC Cleared	48.3%	14
3	Systems Engineering	41.4%	12
4	TOGAF	37.9%	11
5	Agile	31.0%	9
5	Degree	31.0%	9
5	Thales	31.0%	9
8	Validation	27.6%	8
9	Coaching	24.1%	7
9	Model-Based Systems Engineering	24.1%	7
9	Roadmaps	24.1%	7
9	Verification and Validation	24.1%	7
13	AWS	20.7%	6
13	Azure	20.7%	6
13	Azure Certification	20.7%	6
13	Data Protection	20.7%	6
13	GCP	20.7%	6
13	Information Security	20.7%	6
13	Integration Patterns	20.7%	6
13	Migration	20.7%	6
13	Rational DOORS	20.7%	6
13	Requirements Management	20.7%	6
13	Sprint Planning	20.7%	6
13	Sprint Review	20.7%	6
13	Test Strategy	20.7%	6
13	Threat Modelling	20.7%	6
13	Webhook	20.7%	6
28	DoDAF	17.2%	5
28	DV Cleared	17.2%	5
28	MODAF	17.2%	5

Trade-off Analysis Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Systems Engineering	41.4%	12
2	TOGAF	37.9%	11
3	Agile	31.0%	9
4	Validation	27.6%	8
5	Coaching	24.1%	7
5	Model-Based Systems Engineering	24.1%	7
5	Roadmaps	24.1%	7
5	Verification and Validation	24.1%	7
9	Data Protection	20.7%	6
9	Information Security	20.7%	6
9	Integration Patterns	20.7%	6
9	Migration	20.7%	6
9	Requirements Management	20.7%	6
9	Sprint Planning	20.7%	6
9	Sprint Review	20.7%	6
9	Test Strategy	20.7%	6
9	Threat Modelling	20.7%	6
9	Webhook	20.7%	6
19	DoDAF	17.2%	5
19	MODAF	17.2%	5