Cost-Benefit Analysis
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Cost-Benefit Analysis skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cost-Benefit Analysis over the 6 months to 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 816 771 1084
Rank change year-on-year -45 +313 -219
Permanent jobs citing Cost-Benefit Analysis 79 206 149
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.080% 0.21% 0.093%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.093% 0.22% 0.097%
Number of salaries quoted 50 71 65
10th Percentile £44,000 £31,250 £41,550
25th Percentile £50,717 £42,625 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.08% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £67,500 £81,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £69,125 £113,750 £80,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,067 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.13% -9.09% +11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Cost-Benefit Analysis is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,815 95,319 153,046
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.51% 95.59% 95.74%
Number of salaries quoted 59,706 56,021 82,390
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,645
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Cost-Benefit Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Cost-Benefit Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Cost-Benefit Analysis in the UK

Cost-Benefit Analysis
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cost-Benefit Analysis.

Salary trend for Cost-Benefit Analysis in the UK

Cost-Benefit Analysis
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cost-Benefit Analysis over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cost-Benefit Analysis in the UK

Cost-Benefit Analysis
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cost-Benefit Analysis within the UK over the 6 months to 15 May 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 -51 77 £56,500 -13.08% 32
UK excluding London -93 52 £53,067 +6.13% 29
Work from Home -64 30 £56,500 -27.10% 17
London +61 23 £60,500 -21.94% 8
South East -22 19 £58,000 - 2
North of England +46 18 £52,500 -12.50% 14
Yorkshire +90 10 £56,500 +73.85% 2
North West +8 8 £52,500 -16.00% 9
South West -34 6 £50,000 -2.44% 1
East of England -7 5 £62,500 +32.98% 2
Midlands -18 4 £46,000 -8.00% 3
East Midlands -25 3 £46,000 -8.00% 2
West Midlands +13 1 - - 1

Cost-Benefit Analysis
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 3 (3.80%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.53%) CMS
2 2 (2.53%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (13.92%) Spreadsheet
2 6 (7.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (3.80%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (2.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (6.33%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (2.53%) iTrent
2 2 (2.53%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 17 (21.52%) SaaS
2 10 (12.66%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (6.33%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (3.80%) AWS
5 2 (2.53%) Asana
5 2 (2.53%) Azure
5 2 (2.53%) Basecamp
5 2 (2.53%) Entra ID
5 2 (2.53%) Google Workspace
5 2 (2.53%) Power Platform
5 2 (2.53%) Smartsheet
5 2 (2.53%) WhatsApp
6 1 (1.27%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (8.86%) Firewall
2 2 (2.53%) DNS
2 2 (2.53%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (2.53%) LAN
2 2 (2.53%) NAS
2 2 (2.53%) SAN
2 2 (2.53%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (10.13%) GIS
2 5 (6.33%) CockroachDB
3 2 (2.53%) Data Mining
3 2 (2.53%) MySQL
3 2 (2.53%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (2.53%) Power BI
3 2 (2.53%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (6.33%) Jaeger
1 5 (6.33%) Jenkins
1 5 (6.33%) Sonatype Nexus
2 3 (3.80%) JIRA
General
1 37 (46.84%) Finance
2 27 (34.18%) Social Skills
3 17 (21.52%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (15.19%) Legal
4 12 (15.19%) Retail
5 10 (12.66%) Law
6 8 (10.13%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (10.13%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (7.59%) Telecoms
8 5 (6.33%) Financial Institution
8 5 (6.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (3.80%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (3.80%) Public Sector
10 2 (2.53%) Back Office
10 2 (2.53%) Marketing
11 1 (1.27%) Advertising
11 1 (1.27%) Local Government
11 1 (1.27%) Military
Job Titles
1 20 (25.32%) Analyst
2 14 (17.72%) Project Manager
3 12 (15.19%) Business Analyst
3 12 (15.19%) Product Manager
4 8 (10.13%) Network Engineer
5 7 (8.86%) Architect
5 7 (8.86%) Senior
6 6 (7.59%) Data Analyst
6 6 (7.59%) Technical Architect
7 5 (6.33%) Business Manager
7 5 (6.33%) Consultant
7 5 (6.33%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
7 5 (6.33%) ERP Consultant
7 5 (6.33%) Payments Architect
7 5 (6.33%) Senior Analyst
7 5 (6.33%) Senior Business Analyst
8 4 (5.06%) Digital Project Manager
8 4 (5.06%) Financial Analyst
8 4 (5.06%) Telecoms Manager
8 4 (5.06%) Telecoms Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (15.19%) Web Services
2 5 (6.33%) Kafka
2 5 (6.33%) Middleware
2 5 (6.33%) OpenTelemetry
2 5 (6.33%) Spring Boot
3 4 (5.06%) .NET
4 2 (2.53%) ASP.NET
4 2 (2.53%) CSS
4 2 (2.53%) HTML
4 2 (2.53%) LDAP
4 2 (2.53%) SAML
4 2 (2.53%) ServiceStack
5 1 (1.27%) JSON
5 1 (1.27%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (16.46%) Management Information System
2 12 (15.19%) Algorithms
2 12 (15.19%) Data Structures
3 5 (6.33%) Distributed Systems
4 3 (3.80%) Data Centre
4 3 (3.80%) FMCG
5 2 (2.53%) Mobile App
5 2 (2.53%) Robotics
5 2 (2.53%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.27%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.27%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.33%) Linux
2 2 (2.53%) Android
2 2 (2.53%) Apple iOS
2 2 (2.53%) Windows Server 2016
2 2 (2.53%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (45.57%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (37.97%) Project Management
3 27 (34.18%) Agile
4 21 (26.58%) Critical Thinking
5 20 (25.32%) Business Development
6 19 (24.05%) Business Case
6 19 (24.05%) Data Modelling
6 19 (24.05%) Decision-Making
6 19 (24.05%) Roadmaps
7 18 (22.78%) Business Analysis
7 18 (22.78%) Business Strategy
8 17 (21.52%) Project Delivery
9 16 (20.25%) Analytics
9 16 (20.25%) User Experience
10 15 (18.99%) Change Management
10 15 (18.99%) Customer-Centric Approach
10 15 (18.99%) Customer-Centricity
10 15 (18.99%) Visualisation
11 14 (17.72%) Customer Experience
11 14 (17.72%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 21 (26.58%) SQL
2 5 (6.33%) Java
3 3 (3.80%) Python
4 2 (2.53%) Bash
4 2 (2.53%) C#
4 2 (2.53%) JavaScript
4 2 (2.53%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.27%) R
5 1 (1.27%) VBA
Qualifications
1 25 (31.65%) Degree
2 10 (12.66%) Master's Degree
2 10 (12.66%) MBA
3 3 (3.80%) PMI Certification
3 3 (3.80%) PMP
3 3 (3.80%) SC Cleared
3 3 (3.80%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.27%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.80%) SLA
2 2 (2.53%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.53%) QA
3 1 (1.27%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.27%) PMO
System Software
1 5 (6.33%) Docker
2 2 (2.53%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.53%) Hyper-V
2 2 (2.53%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (6.33%) Ansible
1 5 (6.33%) Kiali
1 5 (6.33%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 6 (7.59%) Salesforce
1 6 (7.59%) SAP
2 5 (6.33%) AppDynamics
2 5 (6.33%) Splunk
3 4 (5.06%) Microsoft
4 3 (3.80%) Oracle
5 2 (2.53%) Concur
5 2 (2.53%) Google
5 2 (2.53%) VMware
6 1 (1.27%) DocuSign
6 1 (1.27%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.27%) Yardi