Benchmarking
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Benchmarking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Benchmarking over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 463 572 674
Rank change year-on-year +109 +102 -14
Permanent jobs citing Benchmarking 495 454 653
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.50% 0.43% 0.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.59% 0.45% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 115 207 235
10th Percentile £32,500 - £35,050
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £85,000 £68,125 £71,248
90th Percentile £107,500 £88,283 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £38,750 £52,500
% change year-on-year +29.03% -26.19% +5.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Benchmarking is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,305 100,095 147,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.64% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 59,591 58,745 83,129
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Benchmarking in the UK

Benchmarking
Top 17 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 27 April 2024. 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 +23 319 £55,000 +15.79% 128
UK excluding London +17 289 £50,000 +29.03% 76
London +116 147 £82,500 +26.92% 50
Work from Home +75 94 £59,650 -12.49% 45
Wales - 73 £40,000 - 1
Scotland -16 54 £60,000 +100.00% 6
Midlands -82 44 £54,650 +43.82% 18
North of England +58 39 £55,000 +22.22% 12
East of England +25 37 £51,250 +2.50% 10
South East +12 31 £29,000 -25.64% 23
West Midlands -79 28 £55,900 +47.11% 14
North West +17 20 £55,000 +48.06% 7
East Midlands +1 16 £50,000 -28.57% 4
Yorkshire +94 15 £35,413 -21.30% 3
South West -18 8 £83,577 +63.88% 9
North East -1 4 - - 3
Northern Ireland - 3 - -

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 40 (8.08%) SAS
2 7 (1.41%) Apache
3 5 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.81%) CMS
5 2 (0.40%) IIS
5 2 (0.40%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.40%) SharePoint
Applications
1 103 (20.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 96 (19.39%) Microsoft Office
3 89 (17.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 35 (7.07%) UserZoom
5 3 (0.61%) Abaqus
6 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 32 (6.46%) Figma
1 32 (6.46%) SurveyMonkey
2 16 (3.23%) Power Platform
3 7 (1.41%) AWS
3 7 (1.41%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (1.21%) dbt
5 5 (1.01%) AWS IoT
5 5 (1.01%) Cloud Computing
5 5 (1.01%) SaaS
6 4 (0.81%) GCP
6 4 (0.81%) OCI
6 4 (0.81%) Prefect
7 3 (0.61%) PaaS
8 2 (0.40%) GitHub
8 2 (0.40%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 2 (0.40%) WhatsApp
9 1 (0.20%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 22 (4.44%) SAN
2 9 (1.82%) Internet
3 5 (1.01%) Wireless
4 2 (0.40%) Ethernet
4 2 (0.40%) InfiniBand
4 2 (0.40%) Intranet
5 1 (0.20%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (3.23%) Power BI
2 7 (1.41%) Relational Database
3 6 (1.21%) SQL Server
4 4 (0.81%) MariaDB
4 4 (0.81%) Metadata
4 4 (0.81%) Oracle Database
5 3 (0.61%) Looker
5 3 (0.61%) Tableau
6 2 (0.40%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.20%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.20%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.20%) MySQL
7 1 (0.20%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 36 (7.27%) Jenkins
2 13 (2.63%) Git
3 6 (1.21%) JIRA
4 5 (1.01%) Burp Suite
4 5 (1.01%) Xcode
5 4 (0.81%) Metasploit
6 3 (0.61%) GitLab
7 1 (0.20%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.20%) TeamCity
General
1 276 (55.76%) Social Skills
2 214 (43.23%) Finance
3 155 (31.31%) Law
4 131 (26.46%) Banking
5 125 (25.25%) Influencing Skills
6 124 (25.05%) Manufacturing
6 124 (25.05%) Presentation Skills
7 82 (16.57%) Investment Banking
8 78 (15.76%) Analytical Skills
9 75 (15.15%) Legal
10 56 (11.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 50 (10.10%) Marketing
12 42 (8.48%) Publishing
13 22 (4.44%) Retail
13 22 (4.44%) Telecoms
14 18 (3.64%) Public Sector
15 13 (2.63%) Automotive
15 13 (2.63%) Local Government
16 7 (1.41%) Mandarin Language
17 2 (0.40%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 117 (23.64%) Analyst
2 115 (23.23%) Automation Engineer
2 115 (23.23%) Graduate
2 115 (23.23%) Graduate IT Engineer
2 115 (23.23%) IT Engineer
2 115 (23.23%) IT Graduate
3 80 (16.16%) Business Strategy Analyst
3 80 (16.16%) Strategy Analyst
4 70 (14.14%) Senior
5 42 (8.48%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
6 37 (7.47%) User Experience Researcher
7 25 (5.05%) Lead
8 22 (4.44%) Administrator
9 21 (4.24%) IT Administrator
9 21 (4.24%) Server Administrator
10 19 (3.84%) IT Manager
11 13 (2.63%) Category Manager
11 13 (2.63%) Procurement Manager
12 11 (2.22%) Security Analyst
12 11 (2.22%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.63%) RESTful
2 8 (1.62%) REST
3 7 (1.41%) Web Services
4 5 (1.01%) Android Jetpack
4 5 (1.01%) Android SDK
4 5 (1.01%) Apache Cordova
4 5 (1.01%) Core Animation
4 5 (1.01%) Core Data
4 5 (1.01%) Jetpack Compose
5 3 (0.61%) CSS
5 3 (0.61%) HTML
5 3 (0.61%) HTML5
5 3 (0.61%) OpenCV
5 3 (0.61%) OpenVINO
6 2 (0.40%) CSS3
6 2 (0.40%) NumPy
6 2 (0.40%) OpenMP
6 2 (0.40%) Pandas
6 2 (0.40%) PyTorch
6 2 (0.40%) RxJava
Miscellaneous
1 115 (23.23%) FMCG
2 107 (21.62%) Self-Motivation
3 40 (8.08%) Credit Risk
4 21 (4.24%) Data Centre
5 14 (2.83%) Algorithms
5 14 (2.83%) Management Information System
6 11 (2.22%) PACS
7 10 (2.02%) Renewable Energy
8 9 (1.82%) Reinsurance
9 6 (1.21%) IoT
9 6 (1.21%) Product Ownership
10 5 (1.01%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (1.01%) Animation
10 5 (1.01%) Data Structures
10 5 (1.01%) Distributed Computing
10 5 (1.01%) Social Media
11 3 (0.61%) Digital Media
11 3 (0.61%) Mobile App
11 3 (0.61%) Online Banking
11 3 (0.61%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 38 (7.68%) Linux
2 30 (6.06%) Windows
3 23 (4.65%) Windows Server
4 11 (2.22%) Unix
5 5 (1.01%) Android
5 5 (1.01%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.40%) SUSE
6 2 (0.40%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.20%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.20%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (32.53%) Problem-Solving
2 144 (29.09%) Continuous Improvement
3 116 (23.43%) Six Sigma
4 115 (23.23%) Lean Manufacturing
4 115 (23.23%) Lean Six Sigma
4 115 (23.23%) Order Management
5 94 (18.99%) Analytics
6 88 (17.78%) Asset Management
7 85 (17.17%) Creative Thinking
8 81 (16.36%) Competitor Analysis
9 80 (16.16%) Business Forecasting
9 80 (16.16%) Business Strategy
9 80 (16.16%) Planning and Forecasting
10 75 (15.15%) Agile
11 50 (10.10%) Risk Management
12 49 (9.90%) Visualisation
13 48 (9.70%) User Experience
14 47 (9.49%) Actionable Insight
14 47 (9.49%) Roadmaps
15 46 (9.29%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 32 (6.46%) SQL
2 24 (4.85%) Python
3 21 (4.24%) PowerShell
4 14 (2.83%) C++
5 12 (2.42%) JavaScript
6 10 (2.02%) Kotlin
7 8 (1.62%) C
8 7 (1.41%) Java
9 5 (1.01%) Fortran
9 5 (1.01%) Go
9 5 (1.01%) Rust
9 5 (1.01%) Swift
10 4 (0.81%) Bash
10 4 (0.81%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.61%) Perl
11 3 (0.61%) R
12 1 (0.20%) AWK
12 1 (0.20%) Bourne shell
12 1 (0.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.20%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 212 (42.83%) Degree
2 115 (23.23%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
3 34 (6.87%) Security Cleared
4 24 (4.85%) SC Cleared
5 22 (4.44%) Master's Degree
6 18 (3.64%) PhD
7 9 (1.82%) CISA
7 9 (1.82%) CRISC
7 9 (1.82%) ISACA
8 6 (1.21%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 3 (0.61%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.40%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.40%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.20%) ACCA
11 1 (0.20%) CCDP
11 1 (0.20%) CCNP
11 1 (0.20%) CCSP
11 1 (0.20%) CIMA
11 1 (0.20%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.20%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (8.08%) IFRS
1 40 (8.08%) IFRS 9
2 32 (6.46%) Actionable Recommendations
3 16 (3.23%) Data Quality
4 11 (2.22%) ISO 14000
5 9 (1.82%) NIST
6 8 (1.62%) Accessibility
6 8 (1.62%) GDPR
7 7 (1.41%) QA
8 4 (0.81%) SLA
9 2 (0.40%) PMO
10 1 (0.20%) Solvency II
System Software
1 21 (4.24%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.40%) Docker
2 2 (0.40%) Lustre
2 2 (0.40%) Slurm Workload Manager
3 1 (0.20%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (1.01%) Nmap
2 4 (0.81%) Terraform
3 1 (0.20%) Ansible
3 1 (0.20%) NetBackup
3 1 (0.20%) Oracle ZFS
3 1 (0.20%) Red Hat Satellite
3 1 (0.20%) yum
Vendors
1 135 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 35 (7.07%) Qualtrics
3 23 (4.65%) NetApp
4 21 (4.24%) Citrix
4 21 (4.24%) VMware
5 10 (2.02%) Apple
6 7 (1.41%) Google
7 4 (0.81%) Oracle
8 3 (0.61%) Computacenter
8 3 (0.61%) EMC
8 3 (0.61%) Red Hat
8 3 (0.61%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.40%) BT
9 2 (0.40%) IBM
9 2 (0.40%) Intel
9 2 (0.40%) Mellanox
9 2 (0.40%) NEC
10 1 (0.20%) SAP
10 1 (0.20%) Snapchat
10 1 (0.20%) Veritas