# Market evidence report — compensation-analyst

Source: **51 real job ads** (JSearch API, countries: us 51), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-10.
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## Seniority distribution

| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 32 | 63 % |
| senior | 16 | 31 % |
| n/a | 1 | 2 % |
| junior | 1 | 2 % |
| lead | 1 | 2 % |

## Tools — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft Excel | 34 | 67 % |
| 2 | workday | 13 | 25 % |
| 3 | MarketPay | 5 | 10 % |
| 4 | Microsoft PowerPoint | 5 | 10 % |
| 5 | power bi | 4 | 8 % |
| 6 | Radford | 4 | 8 % |
| 7 | ERI | 3 | 6 % |
| 8 | Oracle | 3 | 6 % |
| 9 | Qlik | 3 | 6 % |

## Hard skills — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | compensation analysis | 25 | 49 % |
| 2 | data analysis | 23 | 45 % |
| 3 | job evaluation | 18 | 35 % |
| 4 | pay equity analysis | 8 | 16 % |
| 5 | market pricing | 7 | 14 % |
| 6 | project management | 6 | 12 % |
| 7 | data auditing | 5 | 10 % |
| 8 | market data analysis | 5 | 10 % |
| 9 | salary benchmarking | 5 | 10 % |
| 10 | salary structure design | 5 | 10 % |
| 11 | compensation program administration | 4 | 8 % |
| 12 | compensation program design | 4 | 8 % |
| 13 | market analysis | 4 | 8 % |
| 14 | market research | 4 | 8 % |
| 15 | salary administration | 4 | 8 % |
| 16 | financial analysis | 3 | 6 % |
| 17 | financial modeling | 3 | 6 % |
| 18 | flsa compliance | 3 | 6 % |
| 19 | hr analytics | 3 | 6 % |
| 20 | job analysis | 3 | 6 % |
| 21 | market benchmarking | 3 | 6 % |
| 22 | process improvement | 3 | 6 % |
| 23 | regulatory compliance | 3 | 6 % |

## Methods — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | benchmarking | 4 | 8 % |
| 2 | annual compensation planning | 3 | 6 % |
| 3 | job architecture | 3 | 6 % |

## Responsibilities — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | data analysis | 7 | 14 % |
| 2 | market data analysis | 5 | 10 % |
| 3 | report preparation | 4 | 8 % |
| 4 | training delivery | 4 | 8 % |
| 5 | compensation program support | 3 | 6 % |
| 6 | dashboard maintenance | 3 | 6 % |
| 7 | job matching | 3 | 6 % |
| 8 | salary change approval | 3 | 6 % |

## Regional breakdown

> **Corpus note:** 51 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.

### US (us)

51 ads.

**Top hard skills:**

- compensation analysis — 49 % (25 ads)
- data analysis — 45 % (23 ads)
- job evaluation — 35 % (18 ads)
- pay equity analysis — 16 % (8 ads)
- market pricing — 14 % (7 ads)
- project management — 12 % (6 ads)
- data auditing — 10 % (5 ads)
- market data analysis — 10 % (5 ads)
- salary benchmarking — 10 % (5 ads)
- salary structure design — 10 % (5 ads)

**Top tools:**

- Microsoft Excel — 67 % (34 ads)
- workday — 25 % (13 ads)
- MarketPay — 10 % (5 ads)
- Microsoft PowerPoint — 10 % (5 ads)
- power bi — 8 % (4 ads)
- Radford — 8 % (4 ads)
- ERI — 6 % (3 ads)
- Oracle — 6 % (3 ads)
- Qlik — 6 % (3 ads)
- Crystal Reports — 4 % (2 ads)

**Seniority:** mid 63 % · senior 31 % · n/a 2 % · junior 2 % · lead 2 %

### UK (gb)

**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.

### EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)

**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.


## Job title variants in the market

| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| Compensation Analyst | 11 |
| Senior Compensation Advisor | 2 |
| Senior Compensation Analyst | 2 |
| Senior Global Compensation Analyst | 2 |
| Benefits & Compensation Analyst | 1 |
| Classification and Compensation Specialist | 1 |
| Compensation Advisor II (US) - Capital Markets | 1 |
| Compensation Analyst - Hybrid | 1 |
| Compensation Analyst - On-Site | 1 |
| Compensation Analyst (Hybrid/Remote role based in Reston, Virginia) | 1 |
| Compensation Analyst 1 | 1 |
| Compensation Analyst FULLY REMOTE | 1 |
| Compensation Business Partner - Senior Analyst | 1 |
| Compensation Consultant Dental & HIS | 1 |
| Compensation Specialist (Financial Services) | 1 |
| Contract Compensation Analyst Jobs in Baltimore | 1 |
| Director, Global Compensation | 1 |
| Global Compensation Architect & Advisor | 1 |
| HR Compensation Senior Human Resources Consultant (HRC3) | 1 |
| Hybrid Global Compensation Analyst Analytics | 1 |
| Hybrid R&D Compensation & Analytics Partner: Strategic Advisor | 1 |
| Hybrid Senior Compensation Analyst | 1 |
| Incentives Analyst | 1 |
| Principal Compensation Analyst | 1 |
| Principal Compensation Consultant - Hybrid | 1 |

Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.