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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 638 555 709
Rank change year-on-year -83 +154 +20
Permanent jobs citing Benchmarking 206 364 648
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.23% 0.45% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.47% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 79 187 283
10th Percentile £34,300 £35,500 £35,556
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,625 £43,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,223 £50,000 £58,861
Median % change year-on-year +8.45% -15.05% +7.02%
75th Percentile £85,000 £68,750 £71,249
90th Percentile £120,000 £92,500 £87,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,089 £40,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.22% -23.81% +10.53%

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 73,969 76,929 168,958
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.84% 95.34% 96.40%
Number of salaries quoted 48,628 50,249 85,709
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +6.06%

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 26 July 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 26 July 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 -116 171 £56,509 +17.60% 68
UK excluding London -93 133 £44,089 +10.22% 47
London -5 63 £85,000 +30.77% 28
Work from Home +18 49 £62,250 +18.12% 36
North of England +18 32 £38,957 -23.61% 17
Midlands -101 32 £60,000 +54.84% 14
Scotland -29 23 £49,990 +11.09%
South East +7 22 £44,089 +6.94% 9
West Midlands -93 22 £62,250 +62.21% 9
Yorkshire +67 16 £35,413 -32.87% 4
North West -9 12 £42,500 -32.54% 10
East of England -9 11 £50,000 - 1
East Midlands -18 10 £52,500 -25.00% 5
South West -14 6 - - 4
Wales - 6 £40,000 - 1
North East -10 4 - - 3
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 1

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 (19.42%) SAS
2 7 (3.40%) Apache
3 5 (2.43%) OpenStack
4 4 (1.94%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.97%) CMS
Applications
1 35 (16.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (6.80%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (4.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (3.40%) UserZoom
5 3 (1.46%) Abaqus
6 2 (0.97%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.49%) Exchequer
Cloud Services
1 14 (6.80%) Power Platform
2 13 (6.31%) AWS
3 7 (3.40%) Figma
3 7 (3.40%) GCP
3 7 (3.40%) SurveyMonkey
4 6 (2.91%) Azure
4 6 (2.91%) dbt
5 5 (2.43%) AWS IoT
6 4 (1.94%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (1.94%) Prefect
7 3 (1.46%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (1.46%) GitHub
7 3 (1.46%) PaaS
7 3 (1.46%) SaaS
8 2 (0.97%) WhatsApp
9 1 (0.49%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.49%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.43%) Wireless
2 4 (1.94%) Firewall
3 3 (1.46%) Internet
3 3 (1.46%) Intranet
3 3 (1.46%) LAN
3 3 (1.46%) Network Security
3 3 (1.46%) VLAN
3 3 (1.46%) VPN
3 3 (1.46%) WAN
4 2 (0.97%) Ethernet
4 2 (0.97%) InfiniBand
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (6.80%) Power BI
2 6 (2.91%) MS Access
3 5 (2.43%) Tableau
4 3 (1.46%) Looker
4 3 (1.46%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.97%) Data Mining
5 2 (0.97%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.49%) Redis
Development Applications
1 10 (4.85%) Git
2 9 (4.37%) Jenkins
3 7 (3.40%) Burp Suite
4 6 (2.91%) JIRA
4 6 (2.91%) Metasploit
5 5 (2.43%) Xcode
6 2 (0.97%) GitLab
7 1 (0.49%) Babel
7 1 (0.49%) webpack
General
1 106 (51.46%) Social Skills
2 87 (42.23%) Finance
3 75 (36.41%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (30.58%) Legal
5 42 (20.39%) Banking
6 41 (19.90%) Publishing
7 28 (13.59%) Marketing
8 18 (8.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 16 (7.77%) Public Sector
9 16 (7.77%) Retail
10 14 (6.80%) Presentation Skills
11 12 (5.83%) Automotive
12 9 (4.37%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (4.37%) Law
13 7 (3.40%) Mandarin Language
14 6 (2.91%) Manufacturing
14 6 (2.91%) Telecoms
15 3 (1.46%) Local Government
16 2 (0.97%) Aviation
16 2 (0.97%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 66 (32.04%) Senior
2 43 (20.87%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
3 30 (14.56%) Analyst
4 17 (8.25%) IT Manager
5 15 (7.28%) Lead
6 12 (5.83%) Category Manager
7 11 (5.34%) Developer
7 11 (5.34%) Procurement Manager
7 11 (5.34%) Senior Analyst
8 9 (4.37%) IT Procurement Manager
9 8 (3.88%) Insight Analyst
10 7 (3.40%) Knowledge Analyst
10 7 (3.40%) Security Analyst
10 7 (3.40%) Senior Security Analyst
10 7 (3.40%) Systems Engineer
10 7 (3.40%) User Experience Researcher
11 6 (2.91%) Business Intelligence Lead
11 6 (2.91%) Control Systems Engineer
11 6 (2.91%) Operations Analyst
11 6 (2.91%) Physicist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (6.31%) RESTful
2 10 (4.85%) REST
3 7 (3.40%) OpenMP
4 6 (2.91%) OpenCV
4 6 (2.91%) OpenVINO
5 5 (2.43%) Apache Cordova
5 5 (2.43%) Core Animation
5 5 (2.43%) Core Data
5 5 (2.43%) EDI
6 4 (1.94%) JSON
6 4 (1.94%) JWT
6 4 (1.94%) React
6 4 (1.94%) Redux
7 3 (1.46%) CSS
7 3 (1.46%) HTML
7 3 (1.46%) ONNX
7 3 (1.46%) OpenACC
8 2 (0.97%) NumPy
8 2 (0.97%) Pandas
8 2 (0.97%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 40 (19.42%) Credit Risk
2 17 (8.25%) Algorithms
3 11 (5.34%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (4.37%) Reinsurance
5 8 (3.88%) Analytical Mindset
5 8 (3.88%) Management Information System
6 7 (3.40%) CUDA
6 7 (3.40%) Onboarding
7 6 (2.91%) IoT
7 6 (2.91%) Robotics
7 6 (2.91%) Video\Live Streaming
8 5 (2.43%) Animation
9 4 (1.94%) Distributed Computing
9 4 (1.94%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (1.46%) Cyber Threat
10 3 (1.46%) PACS
10 3 (1.46%) Product Ownership
11 2 (0.97%) Beowulf
11 2 (0.97%) Fat Client
11 2 (0.97%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 18 (8.74%) Linux
2 8 (3.88%) Windows
3 7 (3.40%) Unix
4 6 (2.91%) Apple iOS
5 5 (2.43%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
6 3 (1.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (1.46%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.97%) SUSE
7 2 (0.97%) VMS
8 1 (0.49%) Android
8 1 (0.49%) tvOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (33.98%) Analytics
2 53 (25.73%) Data Analysis
3 47 (22.82%) Problem-Solving
4 43 (20.87%) Agile
5 42 (20.39%) Risk Management
6 41 (19.90%) Economics
7 40 (19.42%) Budget Responsibility
7 40 (19.42%) Stress Testing
8 39 (18.93%) Continuous Improvement
9 36 (17.48%) Roadmaps
10 28 (13.59%) Artificial Intelligence
10 28 (13.59%) Decision-Making
11 25 (12.14%) Visualisation
12 23 (11.17%) Information Security
13 21 (10.19%) Project Management
14 18 (8.74%) Actionable Insight
14 18 (8.74%) Stakeholder Management
15 17 (8.25%) Change Management
15 17 (8.25%) Data Visualisation
16 16 (7.77%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 39 (18.93%) Python
2 19 (9.22%) C++
3 15 (7.28%) SQL
4 10 (4.85%) Bash
4 10 (4.85%) Fortran
5 8 (3.88%) C
6 6 (2.91%) JavaScript
6 6 (2.91%) Kotlin
6 6 (2.91%) Swift
7 5 (2.43%) C-shell
8 3 (1.46%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.97%) Perl
9 2 (0.97%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.49%) Go
10 1 (0.49%) Java
10 1 (0.49%) Objective-C
10 1 (0.49%) Rust
10 1 (0.49%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.49%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 68 (33.01%) Degree
2 25 (12.14%) Master's Degree
3 20 (9.71%) Security Cleared
4 13 (6.31%) PhD
5 11 (5.34%) SC Cleared
6 8 (3.88%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (3.40%) MBA
8 6 (2.91%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (2.91%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 5 (2.43%) CCNA
9 5 (2.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 4 (1.94%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (1.46%) Network+ Certification
12 2 (0.97%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.97%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.97%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.97%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.97%) DV Cleared
13 1 (0.49%) ACCA
13 1 (0.49%) CCDP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (19.42%) IFRS
1 40 (19.42%) IFRS 9
2 13 (6.31%) Data Quality
3 9 (4.37%) ISO 14000
4 8 (3.88%) GDPR
5 7 (3.40%) Accessibility
5 7 (3.40%) Actionable Recommendations
6 6 (2.91%) QA
7 4 (1.94%) SLA
8 2 (0.97%) PMO
9 1 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.49%) GRC
9 1 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.49%) NIST
9 1 (0.49%) Solvency II
System Software
1 8 (3.88%) Docker
2 5 (2.43%) Lustre
2 5 (2.43%) Slurm Workload Manager
3 3 (1.46%) Ceph
3 3 (1.46%) GPFS
Systems Management
1 7 (3.40%) Nmap
2 4 (1.94%) Terraform
3 3 (1.46%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.46%) Podman
Vendors
1 31 (15.05%) Microsoft
2 11 (5.34%) Apple
3 7 (3.40%) Alteryx
3 7 (3.40%) Qualtrics
4 6 (2.91%) Minitab
5 4 (1.94%) IBM
6 3 (1.46%) Google
7 2 (0.97%) EMC
7 2 (0.97%) Intel
7 2 (0.97%) Mellanox
7 2 (0.97%) NEC
7 2 (0.97%) NetApp
7 2 (0.97%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.49%) Computacenter
8 1 (0.49%) Facebook
8 1 (0.49%) Qubit
8 1 (0.49%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.49%) SAP
8 1 (0.49%) Snapchat