Batch Processing Job Trends

Batch Processing
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Batch Processing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 704 615 727
Rank change year-on-year -89 +112 +22
Permanent jobs citing Batch Processing 79 45 91
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.073% 0.090% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.099% 0.10% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 63 38 39
10th Percentile £40,000 £28,750 £72,250
25th Percentile £47,750 £32,188 £81,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,500 £71,250 £88,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.86% -19.03% +40.80%
75th Percentile £100,000 £73,750 £98,750
90th Percentile - £100,750 £122,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £29,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +69.49% -52.80% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Batch Processing 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 79,759 44,399 67,357
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.20% 88.84% 80.67%
Number of salaries quoted 55,200 25,247 42,330
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -9.09%

Batch Processing
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Batch Processing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Batch Processing job vacancy trend in the UK

Batch Processing
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Batch Processing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Batch Processing

Batch Processing
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Batch Processing over the 6 months to 26 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Batch Processing in the UK

Batch Processing
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Batch Processing within the UK over the 6 months to 26 August 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
England -65 77 £68,500 -5.52% 17
UK excluding London -59 52 £50,000 +69.49% 9
Work from Home +7 24 £68,500 -5.52% 7
London -60 22 £68,500 -5.52% 9
South East -19 15 £48,000 -16.52%
North of England -36 14 £44,447 -19.19% 3
Midlands -31 11 £38,600 +30.85% 2
South West - 11 £100,000 - 1
West Midlands -20 10 - -
Yorkshire - 10 £42,224 - 2
North West -5 4 £57,500 +4.55% 1
East Midlands -25 1 £38,600 +30.85% 2
Wales - 1 £70,000 -

Batch Processing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 13 (16.46%) Anypoint
1 13 (16.46%) Mule
2 5 (6.33%) CICS
3 2 (2.53%) Apache
3 2 (2.53%) Apache Spark
4 1 (1.27%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.27%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (3.80%) Dynamics AX
1 3 (3.80%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 45 (56.96%) Azure
2 38 (48.10%) AWS
3 17 (21.52%) GitHub
3 17 (21.52%) GitHub Actions
4 16 (20.25%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (7.59%) Power Platform
6 5 (6.33%) Azure Logic Apps
6 5 (6.33%) Power Automate
7 4 (5.06%) Datadog
7 4 (5.06%) OpenShift
7 4 (5.06%) PowerApps
8 3 (3.80%) Azure Data Factory
8 3 (3.80%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (3.80%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (3.80%) Serverless
9 2 (2.53%) Amazon EC2
9 2 (2.53%) Amazon S3
9 2 (2.53%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (2.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 1 (1.27%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 13 (16.46%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (10.13%) Relational Database
1 8 (10.13%) SQL Server
2 5 (6.33%) Db2
3 3 (3.80%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (3.80%) MongoDB
3 3 (3.80%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (3.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (2.53%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (2.53%) Data Lake
4 2 (2.53%) Flink
4 2 (2.53%) Power BI
5 1 (1.27%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (1.27%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (1.27%) ClickHouse
5 1 (1.27%) Data Vault
5 1 (1.27%) Delta Lake
5 1 (1.27%) DuckDB
5 1 (1.27%) MariaDB
5 1 (1.27%) NoSQL
5 1 (1.27%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 11 (13.92%) Jenkins
2 5 (6.33%) Git
3 4 (5.06%) GitLab
4 1 (1.27%) Cypress.io
4 1 (1.27%) dotTrace
4 1 (1.27%) Visual Studio
General
1 24 (30.38%) Analytical Skills
1 24 (30.38%) Social Skills
2 17 (21.52%) Finance
3 16 (20.25%) Law
4 10 (12.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (10.13%) Retail
6 7 (8.86%) Public Sector
7 5 (6.33%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (3.80%) Manufacturing
9 2 (2.53%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.27%) Banking
10 1 (1.27%) Investment Banking
10 1 (1.27%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 18 (22.78%) Developer
2 14 (17.72%) Lead
3 13 (16.46%) Lead Developer
3 13 (16.46%) MuleSoft Developer
3 13 (16.46%) Tester
4 12 (15.19%) Senior
5 11 (13.92%) AWS Data Engineer
5 11 (13.92%) AWS Engineer
5 11 (13.92%) Data Engineer
6 10 (12.66%) Applications Consultant
6 10 (12.66%) Consultant
6 10 (12.66%) Mainframe Consultant
6 10 (12.66%) OAT Tester
7 9 (11.39%) Security Engineer
8 8 (10.13%) Analyst
9 5 (6.33%) Senior Tester
10 4 (5.06%) COBOL Consultant
10 4 (5.06%) DevOps Engineer
10 4 (5.06%) Java Consultant
10 4 (5.06%) Mainframe Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (24.05%) OAuth
2 16 (20.25%) .NET
3 15 (18.99%) OAuth2
4 14 (17.72%) ISPF
4 14 (17.72%) JWT
5 13 (16.46%) MUnit
5 13 (16.46%) RAML
6 11 (13.92%) Spring
7 10 (12.66%) Spring Boot
8 6 (7.59%) RabbitMQ
8 6 (7.59%) Terraform
9 5 (6.33%) Web Services
10 4 (5.06%) SAML
11 3 (3.80%) EDI
11 3 (3.80%) Kafka
11 3 (3.80%) REST
12 2 (2.53%) .NET Core
12 2 (2.53%) JSON
12 2 (2.53%) Playwright
12 2 (2.53%) Vitest
Miscellaneous
1 21 (26.58%) Mainframe
2 13 (16.46%) Legacy Applications
2 13 (16.46%) Legacy Systems
3 11 (13.92%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (7.59%) Cloud Native
5 4 (5.06%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (5.06%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (2.53%) BBC
6 2 (2.53%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.27%) Algorithms
7 1 (1.27%) Reference Data
7 1 (1.27%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 8 (10.13%) Windows
2 4 (5.06%) Linux
2 4 (5.06%) zOS
3 3 (3.80%) Mac OS
3 3 (3.80%) VME
4 1 (1.27%) Unix
4 1 (1.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (56.96%) CI/CD
2 31 (39.24%) DevOps
3 30 (37.97%) Problem-Solving
4 28 (35.44%) Mentoring
5 26 (32.91%) Continuous Improvement
6 19 (24.05%) Root Cause Analysis
6 19 (24.05%) Test Automation
7 18 (22.78%) Event-Driven
8 15 (18.99%) Agile
9 13 (16.46%) Event-Driven Architecture
9 13 (16.46%) ITIL
10 12 (15.19%) Collaborative Culture
11 11 (13.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 10 (12.66%) Defect Management
12 10 (12.66%) Operational Acceptance Testing
12 10 (12.66%) Re-Platforming
12 10 (12.66%) Software Testing
12 10 (12.66%) System Integration Testing
12 10 (12.66%) User Acceptance Testing
12 10 (12.66%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 14 (17.72%) COBOL
1 14 (17.72%) JCL
2 13 (16.46%) DataWeave
2 13 (16.46%) Java
3 9 (11.39%) C#
4 7 (8.86%) SQL
5 5 (6.33%) JavaScript
5 5 (6.33%) PowerShell
6 4 (5.06%) Bash
6 4 (5.06%) CLIST
6 4 (5.06%) REXX
7 3 (3.80%) Python
8 2 (2.53%) TypeScript
9 1 (1.27%) Bicep
9 1 (1.27%) Groovy
9 1 (1.27%) Micro Focus COBOL
9 1 (1.27%) PHP
9 1 (1.27%) Ruby
9 1 (1.27%) Scala
9 1 (1.27%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 26 (32.91%) Security Cleared
2 25 (31.65%) SC Cleared
3 3 (3.80%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (2.53%) Degree
4 2 (2.53%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.27%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (13.92%) QA
2 5 (6.33%) SLA
3 2 (2.53%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.53%) GDPR
4 1 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 7 (8.86%) Docker
2 4 (5.06%) Time Sharing Option
3 1 (1.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 13 (16.46%) CloudHub
2 6 (7.59%) Kubernetes
3 5 (6.33%) Prometheus
4 4 (5.06%) Grafana
5 1 (1.27%) Ansible
5 1 (1.27%) Packer
Vendors
1 18 (22.78%) ServiceNow
2 14 (17.72%) Salesforce
3 13 (16.46%) MuleSoft
3 13 (16.46%) SAP
4 9 (11.39%) Microsoft
5 6 (7.59%) Broadcom
6 4 (5.06%) Dynatrace
6 4 (5.06%) IBM
6 4 (5.06%) Red Hat
7 3 (3.80%) Oracle
8 2 (2.53%) Databricks
8 2 (2.53%) JDA
9 1 (1.27%) Bloomberg
9 1 (1.27%) Confluent
9 1 (1.27%) Micro Focus
9 1 (1.27%) Refinitiv
9 1 (1.27%) Unisys