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

6 months to
27 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 593 499 579
Rank change year-on-year -94 +80 +115
Permanent jobs citing Benchmarking 116 461 430
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.21% 0.45% 0.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% 0.54% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 32 114 202
10th Percentile £48,000 £32,500 £35,500
25th Percentile £52,438 £40,000 £35,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,875 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.21% +20.00% -15.05%
75th Percentile £68,125 £85,000 £68,438
90th Percentile £73,886 £114,250 £89,695
UK excluding London median annual salary £59,500 £50,000 £39,000
% change year-on-year +19.00% +28.21% -25.71%

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 51,121 85,992 93,725
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.75% 84.40% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 25,076 60,364 55,438
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -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 27 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 27 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 +6 95 £59,875 +0.38% 296
Work from Home +122 89 £59,250 -4.82% 89
London +69 68 £60,000 -29.41% 146
UK excluding London -41 44 £59,500 +19.00% 176
Scotland +70 13 - - 11
South East +67 13 £59,375 +104.74% 36
South West +107 7 £71,991 -13.86% 17
West Midlands +43 4 £50,250 -12.07% 23
Midlands +27 4 £50,250 -8.05% 38
Wales -21 4 - - 8
North of England +14 3 £44,000 -19.43% 40
Yorkshire +51 1 - - 14
North East +46 1 £28,000 - 6
North West -20 1 £60,000 +9.09% 20

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 (1.72%) Mule
1 2 (1.72%) OpenStack
Applications
1 8 (6.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.72%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 6 (5.17%) Power Platform
2 3 (2.59%) npm
3 2 (1.72%) GitHub
3 2 (1.72%) GitHub Actions
3 2 (1.72%) OpenShift
4 1 (0.86%) AWS
4 1 (0.86%) Azure
4 1 (0.86%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (0.86%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (0.86%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (0.86%) Entra ID
4 1 (0.86%) GCP
4 1 (0.86%) Google Analytics
4 1 (0.86%) Google Data Studio
4 1 (0.86%) Serverless
4 1 (0.86%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 12 (10.34%) Broadband
2 1 (0.86%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.17%) Power BI
1 6 (5.17%) Tableau
2 2 (1.72%) MySQL
2 2 (1.72%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.86%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.86%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (6.03%) Git
2 6 (5.17%) Jenkins
3 4 (3.45%) IBM UrbanCode
4 3 (2.59%) Babel
4 3 (2.59%) webpack
5 1 (0.86%) Gatling
5 1 (0.86%) GitLab
5 1 (0.86%) JMeter
5 1 (0.86%) Locust
5 1 (0.86%) Postman
General
1 26 (22.41%) Finance
2 25 (21.55%) Presentation Skills
3 23 (19.83%) Legal
4 19 (16.38%) Social Skills
5 17 (14.66%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (12.07%) Public Sector
7 10 (8.62%) Banking
8 7 (6.03%) Games
9 4 (3.45%) Law
9 4 (3.45%) Local Government
10 3 (2.59%) Retail
11 2 (1.72%) Marketing
11 2 (1.72%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.86%) Advertising
12 1 (0.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.86%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 43 (37.07%) Senior
2 21 (18.10%) Audit Manager
3 18 (15.52%) Analyst
4 14 (12.07%) Senior Analyst
5 8 (6.90%) Senior Manager
6 6 (5.17%) Lead
6 6 (5.17%) Process Improvement Manager
6 6 (5.17%) Process Manager
7 5 (4.31%) Supplier Manager
8 4 (3.45%) Automation Engineer
8 4 (3.45%) DevOps Automation Engineer
8 4 (3.45%) DevOps Engineer
8 4 (3.45%) Quality Engineer
8 4 (3.45%) Technical Leader
9 3 (2.59%) Developer
9 3 (2.59%) Help Desk Team Lead
9 3 (2.59%) IT Consultant
9 3 (2.59%) Senior Consultant
9 3 (2.59%) Team Leader
9 3 (2.59%) Technical Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.31%) RESTful
2 3 (2.59%) CSS
2 3 (2.59%) React
3 2 (1.72%) Android SDK
3 2 (1.72%) DOM
3 2 (1.72%) HTML
3 2 (1.72%) JSON
3 2 (1.72%) JWT
3 2 (1.72%) Kafka
3 2 (1.72%) React Native
3 2 (1.72%) Redux
4 1 (0.86%) .NET
4 1 (0.86%) Android Jetpack
4 1 (0.86%) CSS3
4 1 (0.86%) EDI
4 1 (0.86%) HTML5
4 1 (0.86%) Jetpack Compose
4 1 (0.86%) OpenCV
4 1 (0.86%) OpenVINO
4 1 (0.86%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 13 (11.21%) Social Media
2 6 (5.17%) Mobile Games
3 3 (2.59%) Data Centre
3 3 (2.59%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.72%) Algorithms
4 2 (1.72%) Data Structures
4 2 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (1.72%) Learning Management System
4 2 (1.72%) Private Cloud
4 2 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (1.72%) Virtual Team
5 1 (0.86%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.86%) Distributed Architecture
5 1 (0.86%) Hackathon
5 1 (0.86%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.86%) NHS
5 1 (0.86%) Online Banking
5 1 (0.86%) Online Games
5 1 (0.86%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.86%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 16 (13.79%) Windows
2 6 (5.17%) Linux
3 3 (2.59%) Unix
3 3 (2.59%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.72%) Android
5 1 (0.86%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (29.31%) Agile
2 26 (22.41%) Mentoring
3 22 (18.97%) Stakeholder Management
3 22 (18.97%) Time Management
4 21 (18.10%) Due Diligence
5 18 (15.52%) Data Analysis
6 17 (14.66%) Project Delivery
7 16 (13.79%) Project Management
8 15 (12.93%) Decision-Making
9 14 (12.07%) Continuous Improvement
9 14 (12.07%) Data Modelling
9 14 (12.07%) Problem-Solving
9 14 (12.07%) Roadmaps
10 13 (11.21%) Analytics
11 12 (10.34%) Compliance Audit
11 12 (10.34%) Process Improvement
12 10 (8.62%) Collaborative Working
12 10 (8.62%) Data-Driven Decision Making
13 8 (6.90%) Business Process Improvement
13 8 (6.90%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 11 (9.48%) SQL
2 9 (7.76%) Python
3 4 (3.45%) Java
4 2 (1.72%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.72%) TypeScript
5 1 (0.86%) Ada
5 1 (0.86%) Bash
5 1 (0.86%) C++
5 1 (0.86%) Kotlin
5 1 (0.86%) Objective-C
5 1 (0.86%) Swift
Qualifications
1 22 (18.97%) MRICS
2 21 (18.10%) ACCA
3 16 (13.79%) Degree
4 6 (5.17%) Six Sigma Black Belt
5 3 (2.59%) CISA
5 3 (2.59%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.72%) CCAB
6 2 (1.72%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.86%) CIPD
7 1 (0.86%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.86%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.86%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (0.86%) PhD
7 1 (0.86%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (18.10%) GAAP
1 21 (18.10%) IFRS
2 5 (4.31%) Accessibility
3 4 (3.45%) Data Quality
4 3 (2.59%) ITGC
5 1 (0.86%) GDPR
5 1 (0.86%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.86%) QA
5 1 (0.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 7 (6.03%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (6.90%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.72%) Ansible
2 2 (1.72%) Podman
Vendors
1 10 (8.62%) Microsoft
2 9 (7.76%) SAP
3 4 (3.45%) Google
4 3 (2.59%) Oracle
5 2 (1.72%) Confluent
5 2 (1.72%) Graphcore
6 1 (0.86%) Apple
6 1 (0.86%) Instagram
6 1 (0.86%) Splunk
6 1 (0.86%) Twitter