Scorecard Job Trends

Scorecards
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Scorecard skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 615 482 678
Rank change year-on-year -133 +196 +180
Permanent jobs citing Scorecard 38 222 43
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.063% 0.41% 0.077%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.078% 0.46% 0.086%
Number of salaries quoted 23 32 24
10th Percentile £43,850 - £42,250
25th Percentile £53,375 £40,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,550 £42,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +58.94% -32.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile £73,138 £57,125 £81,138
90th Percentile £73,775 £65,000 £130,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,550 £40,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +68.88% -23.81% +10.53%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Scorecard 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 48,596 48,532 50,084
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.00% 90.69% 89.94%
Number of salaries quoted 28,664 23,590 38,164
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%

Scorecard
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Scorecard relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Scorecard job vacancy trend in the UK

Scorecard
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Scorecard.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Scorecard

Scorecard
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Scorecard over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Scorecard in the UK

Scorecard
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Scorecard within the UK over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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 -76 30 £70,000 +64.71% 18
UK excluding London -120 28 £67,550 +68.88% 18
Work from Home +63 11 £70,752 +66.48% 5
London +56 9 £70,000 +7.69% 4
South West -74 9 £70,752 -
Scotland +12 7 £67,550 - 1
South East +14 6 £56,500 +41.25% 11
North West -2 4 £47,500 +18.75% 1
North of England -15 4 £47,500 +18.75% 1
Midlands +21 2 - - 4
West Midlands +20 2 - - 3

Scorecard
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (5.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.63%) SAS
Applications
1 8 (21.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (7.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (5.26%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 8 (21.05%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (7.89%) Power Platform
3 2 (5.26%) Google Workspace
3 2 (5.26%) Mimecast
3 2 (5.26%) Rubrik
3 2 (5.26%) SaaS
3 2 (5.26%) SecurityScorecard
4 1 (2.63%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.26%) Cisco ISE
1 2 (5.26%) Cisco Nexus
1 2 (5.26%) Firewall
1 2 (5.26%) Intrusion Detection
1 2 (5.26%) Network Security
1 2 (5.26%) VPN
2 1 (2.63%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.89%) Power BI
2 2 (5.26%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (5.26%) SQL Server
2 2 (5.26%) Tableau
3 1 (2.63%) Looker
Development Applications
1 1 (2.63%) GitLab
1 1 (2.63%) JIRA
General
1 22 (57.89%) Finance
2 15 (39.47%) Social Skills
3 13 (34.21%) Retail
4 7 (18.42%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (13.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (7.89%) Automotive
7 2 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (2.63%) Banking
8 1 (2.63%) Digital Economy
8 1 (2.63%) Financial Institution
8 1 (2.63%) Law
8 1 (2.63%) Legal
8 1 (2.63%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 10 (26.32%) Analyst
2 7 (18.42%) Head of Digital
3 6 (15.79%) IT Manager
3 6 (15.79%) Lead
4 5 (13.16%) Report Analyst
5 4 (10.53%) Performance Manager
5 4 (10.53%) Planning Manager
6 2 (5.26%) Financial Analyst
6 2 (5.26%) HR Analyst
6 2 (5.26%) Network Engineer
6 2 (5.26%) Network Security Engineer
6 2 (5.26%) Network Technician
6 2 (5.26%) Security Engineer
6 2 (5.26%) Systems Analyst
6 2 (5.26%) Vendor Manager
7 1 (2.63%) 1st Line Support
7 1 (2.63%) Assistant Product Manager
7 1 (2.63%) Product Management Director
7 1 (2.63%) Senior
7 1 (2.63%) Senior Strategy Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (10.53%) Hugging Face
2 1 (2.63%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.89%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (5.26%) Management Information System
2 2 (5.26%) Social Media
3 1 (2.63%) AI Agents
3 1 (2.63%) Blog
3 1 (2.63%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.63%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.63%) Podcast
3 1 (2.63%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 5 (13.16%) Windows
2 3 (7.89%) Windows Server
3 2 (5.26%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (31.58%) Continuous Improvement
2 11 (28.95%) Business Intelligence
2 11 (28.95%) ITIL
3 9 (23.68%) Business Case
3 9 (23.68%) Decision-Making
4 8 (21.05%) Analytics
4 8 (21.05%) Information Security
5 7 (18.42%) Actionable Insight
5 7 (18.42%) Asset Management
5 7 (18.42%) Budget Management
5 7 (18.42%) Project Management
5 7 (18.42%) Roadmaps
5 7 (18.42%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (15.79%) Customer Service
6 6 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (13.16%) AI
7 5 (13.16%) Data Analysis
7 5 (13.16%) Data Science
7 5 (13.16%) Process Improvement
7 5 (13.16%) Storytelling
Programming Languages
1 5 (13.16%) SQL
2 4 (10.53%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (31.58%) Degree
2 4 (10.53%) Master's Degree
2 4 (10.53%) MBA
3 2 (5.26%) CCNA
3 2 (5.26%) CCNP
3 2 (5.26%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (5.26%) City & Guilds
3 2 (5.26%) DBS Check
3 2 (5.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (2.63%) AAT
4 1 (2.63%) ACCA
4 1 (2.63%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (18.42%) SLA
2 2 (5.26%) QA
3 1 (2.63%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.63%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (5.26%) EMC RecoverPoint
1 2 (5.26%) pfSense
1 2 (5.26%) Squid
2 1 (2.63%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (5.26%) Cisco CUCM
1 2 (5.26%) VxRail
Vendors
1 9 (23.68%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.53%) OpenAI
3 3 (7.89%) Google
4 2 (5.26%) CheckPoint
4 2 (5.26%) Cisco
4 2 (5.26%) Dell
4 2 (5.26%) Fortinet
4 2 (5.26%) LogicMonitor
4 2 (5.26%) Okta
4 2 (5.26%) Sophos
4 2 (5.26%) Splunk
4 2 (5.26%) VMware
4 2 (5.26%) Zscaler