Benchmarking
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Benchmarking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Benchmarking over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 481 590 679
Rank change year-on-year +109 +89 +21
Permanent jobs citing Benchmarking 472 429 671
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.47% 0.43% 0.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.55% 0.45% 0.43%
Number of salaries quoted 116 199 244
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,500 £34,300
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,625 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,650 £50,000 £56,992
Median % change year-on-year +19.30% -12.27% -0.45%
75th Percentile £85,000 £68,750 £71,248
90th Percentile £113,750 £89,852 £75,350
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £39,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +28.21% -25.71% +10.53%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Benchmarking 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 85,108 95,066 155,930
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.18% 95.58% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 59,794 56,135 83,138
10th Percentile £29,071 £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% +10.53%

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 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Benchmarking in the UK

Benchmarking
Top 17 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 20 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 -6 293 £58,225 +16.45% 165
UK excluding London +19 291 £50,000 +28.21% 105
London +63 122 £83,750 +28.85% 71
Work from Home +77 95 £62,250 -6.04% 72
Wales - 73 £40,000 - 5
Scotland -16 57 £60,000 +3.45% 6
Midlands -86 44 £54,650 +43.82% 27
North of England +46 38 £55,000 +22.22% 21
East of England +23 37 £51,250 +2.50% 12
South East -3 31 £29,000 -27.42% 29
West Midlands -78 29 £57,150 +50.39% 20
North West +6 20 £55,000 -26.67% 11
East Midlands -4 15 £50,000 -28.57% 7
Yorkshire +84 14 £35,413 -21.30% 8
South West -34 8 £83,577 +58.59% 5
North East 0 4 - - 3
Northern Ireland - 3 - - 1

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 40 (8.47%) SAS
2 7 (1.48%) Apache
3 5 (1.06%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.85%) CMS
5 2 (0.42%) IIS
5 2 (0.42%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.42%) SharePoint
Applications
1 76 (16.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 70 (14.83%) Microsoft Office
3 62 (13.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 35 (7.42%) UserZoom
5 3 (0.64%) Abaqus
6 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 32 (6.78%) Figma
1 32 (6.78%) SurveyMonkey
2 16 (3.39%) Power Platform
3 8 (1.69%) AWS
4 7 (1.48%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (1.27%) dbt
6 5 (1.06%) AWS IoT
6 5 (1.06%) Cloud Computing
6 5 (1.06%) SaaS
7 4 (0.85%) GCP
7 4 (0.85%) Prefect
8 3 (0.64%) OCI
8 3 (0.64%) PaaS
9 2 (0.42%) GitHub
9 2 (0.42%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 2 (0.42%) WhatsApp
10 1 (0.21%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 22 (4.66%) SAN
2 8 (1.69%) Internet
3 5 (1.06%) Wireless
4 2 (0.42%) Ethernet
4 2 (0.42%) InfiniBand
4 2 (0.42%) Intranet
5 1 (0.21%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (3.39%) Power BI
2 6 (1.27%) Relational Database
3 5 (1.06%) SQL Server
4 3 (0.64%) Looker
4 3 (0.64%) MariaDB
4 3 (0.64%) Metadata
4 3 (0.64%) Oracle Database
4 3 (0.64%) Tableau
5 2 (0.42%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.21%) MySQL
6 1 (0.21%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.21%) Redis
Development Applications
1 36 (7.63%) Jenkins
2 13 (2.75%) Git
3 7 (1.48%) Burp Suite
4 6 (1.27%) JIRA
4 6 (1.27%) Metasploit
5 5 (1.06%) Xcode
6 3 (0.64%) GitLab
7 1 (0.21%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.21%) TeamCity
General
1 275 (58.26%) Social Skills
2 186 (39.41%) Finance
3 155 (32.84%) Law
4 125 (26.48%) Influencing Skills
5 124 (26.27%) Manufacturing
5 124 (26.27%) Presentation Skills
6 105 (22.25%) Banking
7 76 (16.10%) Analytical Skills
8 75 (15.89%) Legal
9 56 (11.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 56 (11.86%) Investment Banking
10 51 (10.81%) Marketing
11 42 (8.90%) Publishing
12 22 (4.66%) Retail
12 22 (4.66%) Telecoms
13 18 (3.81%) Public Sector
14 13 (2.75%) Automotive
15 12 (2.54%) Local Government
16 7 (1.48%) Mandarin Language
17 2 (0.42%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 115 (24.36%) Automation Engineer
1 115 (24.36%) Graduate
1 115 (24.36%) Graduate IT Engineer
1 115 (24.36%) IT Engineer
1 115 (24.36%) IT Graduate
2 91 (19.28%) Analyst
3 72 (15.25%) Senior
4 54 (11.44%) Business Strategy Analyst
4 54 (11.44%) Strategy Analyst
5 42 (8.90%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
6 37 (7.84%) User Experience Researcher
7 25 (5.30%) Lead
8 22 (4.66%) Administrator
9 21 (4.45%) IT Administrator
9 21 (4.45%) Server Administrator
10 19 (4.03%) IT Manager
11 13 (2.75%) Category Manager
11 13 (2.75%) Procurement Manager
11 13 (2.75%) Senior Analyst
12 11 (2.33%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.75%) RESTful
2 10 (2.12%) REST
3 7 (1.48%) Web Services
4 6 (1.27%) OpenCV
4 6 (1.27%) OpenVINO
5 5 (1.06%) Android Jetpack
5 5 (1.06%) Android SDK
5 5 (1.06%) Apache Cordova
5 5 (1.06%) Core Animation
5 5 (1.06%) Core Data
5 5 (1.06%) Jetpack Compose
6 3 (0.64%) CSS
6 3 (0.64%) HTML
6 3 (0.64%) HTML5
6 3 (0.64%) ONNX
7 2 (0.42%) Dagger
7 2 (0.42%) NumPy
7 2 (0.42%) PyTorch
7 2 (0.42%) Retrofit
7 2 (0.42%) RxJava
Miscellaneous
1 115 (24.36%) FMCG
2 82 (17.37%) Self-Motivation
3 40 (8.47%) Credit Risk
4 21 (4.45%) Data Centre
5 14 (2.97%) Algorithms
6 13 (2.75%) Management Information System
7 11 (2.33%) PACS
8 10 (2.12%) Renewable Energy
9 9 (1.91%) Reinsurance
10 6 (1.27%) IoT
10 6 (1.27%) Product Ownership
10 6 (1.27%) Video\Live Streaming
11 5 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (1.06%) Animation
11 5 (1.06%) Data Structures
11 5 (1.06%) Distributed Computing
11 5 (1.06%) Social Media
12 3 (0.64%) Digital Media
12 3 (0.64%) Mobile App
12 3 (0.64%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 40 (8.47%) Linux
2 32 (6.78%) Windows
3 23 (4.87%) Windows Server
4 10 (2.12%) Unix
5 5 (1.06%) Android
5 5 (1.06%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.42%) SUSE
6 2 (0.42%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.21%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.21%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (34.75%) Problem-Solving
2 146 (30.93%) Continuous Improvement
3 116 (24.58%) Six Sigma
4 115 (24.36%) Lean Manufacturing
4 115 (24.36%) Lean Six Sigma
4 115 (24.36%) Order Management
5 94 (19.92%) Analytics
6 76 (16.10%) Agile
7 62 (13.14%) Asset Management
8 59 (12.50%) Creative Thinking
9 55 (11.65%) Competitor Analysis
10 54 (11.44%) Business Forecasting
10 54 (11.44%) Business Strategy
10 54 (11.44%) Planning and Forecasting
11 51 (10.81%) Visualisation
12 48 (10.17%) Risk Management
12 48 (10.17%) User Experience
13 47 (9.96%) Actionable Insight
13 47 (9.96%) Data Analysis
13 47 (9.96%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 30 (6.36%) SQL
2 27 (5.72%) Python
3 21 (4.45%) PowerShell
4 17 (3.60%) C++
5 12 (2.54%) JavaScript
6 10 (2.12%) Kotlin
7 8 (1.69%) C
8 7 (1.48%) Bash
8 7 (1.48%) Java
9 5 (1.06%) Fortran
9 5 (1.06%) Go
9 5 (1.06%) Rust
9 5 (1.06%) Swift
10 4 (0.85%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.64%) Perl
11 3 (0.64%) R
12 1 (0.21%) AWK
12 1 (0.21%) Bourne shell
12 1 (0.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.21%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 211 (44.70%) Degree
2 115 (24.36%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
3 33 (6.99%) Security Cleared
4 24 (5.08%) SC Cleared
5 22 (4.66%) Master's Degree
6 18 (3.81%) PhD
7 7 (1.48%) CISA
7 7 (1.48%) CRISC
7 7 (1.48%) ISACA
8 6 (1.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 3 (0.64%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.42%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.42%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.21%) ACCA
11 1 (0.21%) CCDP
11 1 (0.21%) CCNP
11 1 (0.21%) CCSP
11 1 (0.21%) CIMA
11 1 (0.21%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.21%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (8.47%) IFRS
1 40 (8.47%) IFRS 9
2 32 (6.78%) Actionable Recommendations
3 15 (3.18%) Data Quality
4 11 (2.33%) ISO 14000
5 8 (1.69%) Accessibility
5 8 (1.69%) GDPR
6 7 (1.48%) NIST
6 7 (1.48%) QA
7 4 (0.85%) SLA
8 2 (0.42%) PMO
9 1 (0.21%) Solvency II
System Software
1 21 (4.45%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.06%) Docker
3 2 (0.42%) Lustre
3 2 (0.42%) Slurm Workload Manager
4 1 (0.21%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 7 (1.48%) Nmap
2 4 (0.85%) Terraform
3 1 (0.21%) Ansible
3 1 (0.21%) NetBackup
3 1 (0.21%) Oracle ZFS
3 1 (0.21%) Red Hat Satellite
3 1 (0.21%) yum
Vendors
1 109 (23.09%) Microsoft
2 35 (7.42%) Qualtrics
3 23 (4.87%) NetApp
4 21 (4.45%) Citrix
4 21 (4.45%) VMware
5 10 (2.12%) Apple
6 7 (1.48%) Google
7 3 (0.64%) Computacenter
7 3 (0.64%) EMC
7 3 (0.64%) Oracle
7 3 (0.64%) Red Hat
7 3 (0.64%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.42%) BT
8 2 (0.42%) IBM
8 2 (0.42%) Intel
8 2 (0.42%) Mellanox
8 2 (0.42%) NEC
9 1 (0.21%) Facebook
9 1 (0.21%) Qubit
9 1 (0.21%) Snapchat