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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 586 468 578
Rank change year-on-year -118 +110 +75
Permanent jobs citing Benchmarking 106 489 450
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.20% 0.50% 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.58% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 43 115 206
10th Percentile £43,422 £32,500 £35,500
25th Percentile £48,000 £40,000 £35,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,500 £55,000 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.18% +11.11% -11.20%
75th Percentile £68,750 £85,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £79,250 £107,500 £89,067
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,375 £50,000 £38,875
% change year-on-year +16.75% +28.62% -25.95%

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 48,568 84,685 99,386
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.32% 85.99% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 26,511 59,837 58,366
10th Percentile £30,500 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%
75th Percentile £76,009 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -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 1 May 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 1 May 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 -21 100 £59,500 +8.18% 233
Work from Home +169 68 £59,751 +0.17% 116
London +35 64 £60,000 -27.27% 154
UK excluding London -33 38 £58,375 +16.75% 111
South East +95 17 £58,375 +101.29% 37
South West +107 8 £71,991 -13.86% 11
Midlands +46 8 £48,000 -12.17% 13
West Midlands +28 6 £48,000 -14.13% 6
North of England +49 3 £44,000 -20.00% 32
Scotland +80 2 - - 7
East Midlands +36 2 - - 4
Yorkshire +62 1 - - 6
North East +47 1 £28,000 - 4
North West +13 1 £60,000 +9.09% 22

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 (1.89%) Mule
1 2 (1.89%) OpenStack
1 2 (1.89%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (8.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.89%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (5.66%) Power Platform
2 3 (2.83%) npm
3 2 (1.89%) GitHub
3 2 (1.89%) GitHub Actions
3 2 (1.89%) OpenShift
4 1 (0.94%) AWS
4 1 (0.94%) Azure
4 1 (0.94%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (0.94%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (0.94%) Entra ID
4 1 (0.94%) GCP
4 1 (0.94%) Google Analytics
4 1 (0.94%) Google Data Studio
4 1 (0.94%) Serverless
4 1 (0.94%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.89%) Internet
1 2 (1.89%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.60%) Tableau
2 6 (5.66%) Power BI
3 2 (1.89%) MySQL
3 2 (1.89%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.94%) Power Query
4 1 (0.94%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.94%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (6.60%) Git
2 6 (5.66%) Jenkins
3 4 (3.77%) IBM UrbanCode
4 3 (2.83%) Babel
4 3 (2.83%) webpack
5 1 (0.94%) Gatling
5 1 (0.94%) GitLab
5 1 (0.94%) JMeter
5 1 (0.94%) Locust
5 1 (0.94%) Postman
General
1 26 (24.53%) Finance
1 26 (24.53%) Presentation Skills
2 24 (22.64%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (19.81%) Social Skills
4 19 (17.92%) Legal
5 13 (12.26%) Public Sector
6 10 (9.43%) Banking
7 9 (8.49%) Law
8 7 (6.60%) Games
9 6 (5.66%) Local Government
10 3 (2.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (2.83%) Retail
11 2 (1.89%) Advertising
11 2 (1.89%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.89%) Marketing
12 1 (0.94%) French Language
12 1 (0.94%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.94%) Portuguese Language
12 1 (0.94%) Publishing
12 1 (0.94%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 25 (23.58%) Senior
2 17 (16.04%) Audit Manager
3 10 (9.43%) Analyst
4 8 (7.55%) Development Manager
4 8 (7.55%) Senior Manager
5 6 (5.66%) Development Specialist
5 6 (5.66%) Process Improvement Manager
5 6 (5.66%) Process Manager
6 5 (4.72%) Supplier Manager
7 4 (3.77%) Automation Engineer
7 4 (3.77%) Developer
7 4 (3.77%) DevOps Automation Engineer
7 4 (3.77%) DevOps Engineer
7 4 (3.77%) Lead
7 4 (3.77%) Product Manager
7 4 (3.77%) Quality Engineer
8 3 (2.83%) Android Engineer
8 3 (2.83%) Help Desk Team Lead
8 3 (2.83%) Pricing Analyst
8 3 (2.83%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.72%) RESTful
2 3 (2.83%) Android SDK
2 3 (2.83%) CSS
2 3 (2.83%) React
3 2 (1.89%) Android Jetpack
3 2 (1.89%) DOM
3 2 (1.89%) HTML
3 2 (1.89%) Jetpack Compose
3 2 (1.89%) JSON
3 2 (1.89%) JWT
3 2 (1.89%) Kafka
3 2 (1.89%) React Native
3 2 (1.89%) Redux
4 1 (0.94%) .NET
4 1 (0.94%) CSS3
4 1 (0.94%) EDI
4 1 (0.94%) HTML5
4 1 (0.94%) Immutable.js
4 1 (0.94%) OpenVINO
4 1 (0.94%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.66%) Enterprise Software
1 6 (5.66%) Learning Management System
1 6 (5.66%) Mobile Games
2 5 (4.72%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (3.77%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.83%) Algorithms
4 3 (2.83%) Virtual Team
5 2 (1.89%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.89%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.89%) Hackathon
5 2 (1.89%) Online Banking
5 2 (1.89%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.94%) Digital Media
6 1 (0.94%) Distributed Architecture
6 1 (0.94%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.94%) Online Games
6 1 (0.94%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.94%) Smart Energy
6 1 (0.94%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.83%) Android
1 3 (2.83%) Linux
2 1 (0.94%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.94%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (31.13%) Agile
2 21 (19.81%) Mentoring
3 19 (17.92%) Time Management
4 18 (16.98%) Continuous Improvement
4 18 (16.98%) Roadmaps
5 17 (16.04%) Due Diligence
5 17 (16.04%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (15.09%) Project Management
7 15 (14.15%) Analytics
7 15 (14.15%) Decision-Making
8 11 (10.38%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 11 (10.38%) Stakeholder Management
9 10 (9.43%) Collaborative Culture
9 10 (9.43%) Process Improvement
10 9 (8.49%) Business Intelligence
11 8 (7.55%) Data Analytics
12 7 (6.60%) Collaborative Working
12 7 (6.60%) Data Analysis
12 7 (6.60%) DevOps
13 6 (5.66%) BPMN
Programming Languages
1 10 (9.43%) Python
2 9 (8.49%) SQL
3 3 (2.83%) Java
4 2 (1.89%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.89%) TypeScript
5 1 (0.94%) Ada
5 1 (0.94%) Bash
5 1 (0.94%) C++
5 1 (0.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.94%) Kotlin
5 1 (0.94%) Objective-C
5 1 (0.94%) Swift
Qualifications
1 17 (16.04%) ACCA
1 17 (16.04%) MRICS
2 15 (14.15%) Degree
3 6 (5.66%) Six Sigma Black Belt
4 3 (2.83%) Master's Degree
5 2 (1.89%) CCAB
5 2 (1.89%) PhD
5 2 (1.89%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.94%) CIPD
6 1 (0.94%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.94%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.94%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (0.94%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (16.04%) GAAP
1 17 (16.04%) IFRS
2 4 (3.77%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.89%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.94%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.94%) QA
System Software
1 7 (6.60%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (7.55%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.89%) Ansible
2 2 (1.89%) Podman
Vendors
1 7 (6.60%) Microsoft
2 6 (5.66%) SAP
3 5 (4.72%) Google
4 2 (1.89%) Confluent
4 2 (1.89%) Graphcore
5 1 (0.94%) Apple
5 1 (0.94%) Qubit
5 1 (0.94%) Splunk