Benchmarking Jobs in the West Midlands

Benchmarking
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 194 219 145
Rank change year-on-year +25 -74 +97
Permanent jobs citing Benchmarking 6 29 127
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.14% 0.39% 2.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.47% 2.10%
Number of salaries quoted 6 13 72
10th Percentile £46,875 £36,465 -
25th Percentile - £52,325 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £57,150 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.01% +50.39% -14.81%
75th Percentile £52,313 £64,375 £41,000
90th Percentile £53,750 - -
England median annual salary £59,500 £58,225 £49,500
% change year-on-year +2.19% +17.63% -5.71%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,983 6,154 6,054
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 91.27% 82.50% 96.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,649 4,565 3,148
10th Percentile £28,964 £26,250 £30,602
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,700 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £64,375 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Benchmarking
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Benchmarking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Benchmarking in the West Midlands

Benchmarking
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Benchmarking in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Benchmarking in the West Midlands

Benchmarking
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Benchmarking within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 18 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
Willenhall - 4 £48,000 -
Warwickshire -18 2 £52,500 - 4
Benchmarking
England

Benchmarking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
General
1 4 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (66.67%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Development Manager
1 4 (66.67%) Development Specialist
2 2 (33.33%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Enterprise Software
1 4 (66.67%) Learning Management System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Collaborative Culture
1 4 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (66.67%) Storyboarding
2 2 (33.33%) Coaching
2 2 (33.33%) Data Enrichment
2 2 (33.33%) Data Governance
2 2 (33.33%) Project Delivery
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) Data Quality