Benchmarking Jobs

Benchmarking
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Benchmarking skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Benchmarking over the 6 months leading up to 15 March 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Mar 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 604 462 609
Rank change year-on-year -142 +147 +60
Permanent jobs citing Benchmarking 107 462 462
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.20% 0.53% 0.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.60% 0.43%
Number of salaries quoted 53 116 215
10th Percentile £42,840 £32,500 £35,500
25th Percentile £48,000 £38,084 £35,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,500 £54,437 £48,526
Median % change year-on-year +9.30% +12.18% -17.05%
75th Percentile £73,886 £67,188 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £91,934 £89,852
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £49,995 £38,750
% change year-on-year +15.01% +29.02% -26.19%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 51,094 76,717 106,265
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 94.00% 87.74% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 25,702 56,130 62,837
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,000 £34,481
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £45,300
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,984 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.24% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Benchmarking
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Benchmarking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Benchmarking in the UK

Benchmarking
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Benchmarking.

Salary trend for Benchmarking in the UK

Benchmarking
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Benchmarking over the 6 months to 15 March 2025.

Salary histogram for Benchmarking in the UK

Benchmarking
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Benchmarking within the UK over the 6 months to 15 March 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
England -50 102 £59,625 +9.10% 261
Work from Home +116 57 £58,625 -5.82% 112
UK excluding London -34 52 £57,500 +15.01% 104
London -39 52 £60,000 - 182
South East +75 18 £57,004 +128.02% 41
Midlands +38 16 £52,398 -4.12% 14
West Midlands +12 14 £52,398 -6.27% 13
North of England +47 8 £57,500 +12.75% 15
South West +91 7 £71,991 -13.86% 8
North West +14 4 £60,000 +14.04% 9
Yorkshire +61 3 £34,500 -2.58% 4
Scotland +37 3 - - 8
East Midlands +26 2 - - 1
North East - 1 £28,000 - 2

Benchmarking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 2 (1.87%) OpenStack
1 2 (1.87%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.93%) Confluence
Applications
1 16 (14.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.87%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 15 (14.02%) Power Platform
2 4 (3.74%) npm
3 2 (1.87%) Entra ID
3 2 (1.87%) OpenShift
4 1 (0.93%) Asana
4 1 (0.93%) Azure
4 1 (0.93%) GitHub
4 1 (0.93%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (0.93%) Google Analytics
4 1 (0.93%) Google Data Studio
4 1 (0.93%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.87%) Intranet
2 1 (0.93%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (14.02%) Power BI
2 8 (7.48%) Tableau
3 7 (6.54%) MS Access
4 6 (5.61%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (4.67%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (1.87%) Power Query
7 1 (0.93%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.93%) Big Data
7 1 (0.93%) MySQL
7 1 (0.93%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (5.61%) Git
2 5 (4.67%) Jenkins
3 4 (3.74%) Babel
3 4 (3.74%) IBM UrbanCode
3 4 (3.74%) webpack
4 1 (0.93%) GitLab
4 1 (0.93%) JIRA
General
1 39 (36.45%) Finance
2 38 (35.51%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (24.30%) Social Skills
4 18 (16.82%) Presentation Skills
5 12 (11.21%) Law
6 10 (9.35%) Legal
7 8 (7.48%) Public Sector
8 7 (6.54%) Banking
8 7 (6.54%) Games
9 4 (3.74%) Local Government
10 3 (2.80%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.87%) Advertising
11 2 (1.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.87%) Marketing
11 2 (1.87%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.87%) Retail
12 1 (0.93%) French Language
12 1 (0.93%) Portuguese Language
12 1 (0.93%) Social Housing
12 1 (0.93%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 18 (16.82%) Senior
2 13 (12.15%) Analyst
3 9 (8.41%) Senior Manager
4 8 (7.48%) Audit Manager
4 8 (7.48%) Development Manager
5 7 (6.54%) Control Systems Engineer
5 7 (6.54%) Developer
5 7 (6.54%) HR Manager
5 7 (6.54%) Product Manager
5 7 (6.54%) Systems Engineer
6 6 (5.61%) Development Specialist
6 6 (5.61%) Process Improvement Manager
6 6 (5.61%) Process Manager
7 5 (4.67%) Analytics Manager
7 5 (4.67%) Data Analytics Manager
7 5 (4.67%) Data Manager
7 5 (4.67%) Lead
8 4 (3.74%) Automation Engineer
8 4 (3.74%) DevOps Automation Engineer
8 4 (3.74%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.67%) RESTful
2 4 (3.74%) CSS
2 4 (3.74%) React
3 3 (2.80%) DOM
3 3 (2.80%) HTML
3 3 (2.80%) JSON
3 3 (2.80%) JWT
3 3 (2.80%) Redux
4 2 (1.87%) .NET
4 2 (1.87%) HTML5
4 2 (1.87%) Immutable.js
4 2 (1.87%) Kafka
4 2 (1.87%) React Native
5 1 (0.93%) Android Jetpack
5 1 (0.93%) Android SDK
5 1 (0.93%) CSS3
5 1 (0.93%) Jetpack Compose
5 1 (0.93%) OpenCV
5 1 (0.93%) OpenVINO
5 1 (0.93%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 13 (12.15%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (6.54%) Robotics
3 6 (5.61%) Enterprise Software
3 6 (5.61%) Learning Management System
3 6 (5.61%) Mobile Games
4 5 (4.67%) Algorithms
4 5 (4.67%) Management Information System
4 5 (4.67%) Virtual Team
5 4 (3.74%) Smart Energy
6 3 (2.80%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.87%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.87%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.87%) Digital Media
7 2 (1.87%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.93%) iPhone
8 1 (0.93%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.93%) Online Banking
8 1 (0.93%) Online Games
8 1 (0.93%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.80%) Linux
2 1 (0.93%) Android
2 1 (0.93%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.93%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (28.97%) Roadmaps
2 27 (25.23%) Continuous Improvement
3 26 (24.30%) Project Management
4 24 (22.43%) Analytics
5 23 (21.50%) Agile
6 22 (20.56%) Decision-Making
7 21 (19.63%) Problem-Solving
8 18 (16.82%) Business Intelligence
8 18 (16.82%) Data Analysis
9 16 (14.95%) Process Improvement
10 15 (14.02%) Data-Driven Decision Making
11 13 (12.15%) Six Sigma
12 12 (11.21%) Mentoring
13 11 (10.28%) Time Management
14 10 (9.35%) Collaborative Culture
14 10 (9.35%) Data Modelling
14 10 (9.35%) Stakeholder Management
15 9 (8.41%) Data Analytics
16 8 (7.48%) Customer-Centricity
16 8 (7.48%) Due Diligence
Programming Languages
1 13 (12.15%) Python
1 13 (12.15%) SQL
2 3 (2.80%) JavaScript
3 2 (1.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 2 (1.87%) Java
3 2 (1.87%) TypeScript
4 1 (0.93%) Ada
4 1 (0.93%) Bash
4 1 (0.93%) C++
4 1 (0.93%) Objective-C
4 1 (0.93%) Swift
Qualifications
1 29 (27.10%) Degree
2 13 (12.15%) Six Sigma Black Belt
3 10 (9.35%) Master's Degree
4 8 (7.48%) ACCA
4 8 (7.48%) MRICS
5 7 (6.54%) MBA
6 4 (3.74%) PhD
7 2 (1.87%) CCAB
8 1 (0.93%) CIPD
8 1 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.93%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.48%) GAAP
1 8 (7.48%) IFRS
2 6 (5.61%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.80%) Data Quality
3 3 (2.80%) GDPR
4 2 (1.87%) ISO 9001
4 2 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.87%) QA
System Software
1 7 (6.54%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (7.48%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.87%) Ansible
2 2 (1.87%) Podman
Vendors
1 12 (11.21%) Microsoft
2 7 (6.54%) Minitab
3 6 (5.61%) SAP
4 5 (4.67%) Oracle
5 3 (2.80%) Qubit
6 2 (1.87%) Apple
6 2 (1.87%) Confluent
6 2 (1.87%) Google
6 2 (1.87%) Graphcore