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Benchmarking against published quartiles avoids any distributional assumption. The inter-quartile range shows how much dispersion the market tolerates for the role, and the gap to the upper quartile is the concrete number to take into a pay conversation.
Variance from median
Variance % = (Your salary - Median) / Median x 100
Inter-quartile range
IQR = 75th percentile - 25th percentile
Median if you are fully competent, upper quartile if you consistently exceed expectations or hold scarce skills.
Within twelve months, and less in a fast-moving market. Stale benchmarks systematically understate pay in a tightening labour market.