Performance Tuning
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Performance Tuning skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Performance Tuning over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 316 382 392
Rank change year-on-year +66 +10 +9
Permanent jobs citing Performance Tuning 929 827 1,589
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.91% 0.85% 0.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.07% 0.89% 0.99%
Number of salaries quoted 436 433 861
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,875 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,183 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,875 £108,750 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £52,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.58% -5.45% +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Performance Tuning 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 86,445 93,025 160,114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.24% 95.56% 95.90%
Number of salaries quoted 60,550 54,985 83,280
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +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%

Performance Tuning
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Performance Tuning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Performance Tuning in the UK

Performance Tuning
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Performance Tuning.

Salary trend for Performance Tuning in the UK

Performance Tuning
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Performance Tuning over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Performance Tuning in the UK

Performance Tuning
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Tuning within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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
UK excluding London +174 708 £57,500 +10.58% 104
England -29 560 £59,000 -1.67% 137
Work from Home +83 365 £57,500 -4.17% 59
Scotland +125 278 £57,500 -10.20% 17
London -40 192 £78,500 +1.29% 53
North of England +66 132 £57,500 +15.00% 16
South East +37 99 £57,500 -4.17% 32
Midlands +32 76 £57,500 +9.52% 20
North West +23 72 £55,000 +10.00% 9
Wales +50 57 £46,604 +21.05%
West Midlands +22 47 £60,000 +17.07% 13
South West -48 41 £57,500 +18.56% 4
Yorkshire +66 31 £48,507 -24.24% 4
North East +11 29 £57,500 +43.75% 3
East Midlands +10 29 £57,500 -4.17% 7
East of England -22 14 £57,500 +35.28% 19
Northern Ireland +26 11 £77,500 +3.33% 1

Performance Tuning
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
1 228 (24.54%) Apache Spark
2 60 (6.46%) Apache
3 53 (5.71%) WebLogic
4 44 (4.74%) Oracle Service Bus
5 34 (3.66%) CMS
6 17 (1.83%) IIS
7 13 (1.40%) Apache Airflow
8 11 (1.18%) SharePoint
9 8 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
10 7 (0.75%) nginx
11 4 (0.43%) Confluence
11 4 (0.43%) SAS
12 3 (0.32%) GlassFish
12 3 (0.32%) JBoss
12 3 (0.32%) MQSeries
12 3 (0.32%) Oracle HTTP Server
12 3 (0.32%) Tomcat
12 3 (0.32%) WebSphere
13 2 (0.22%) IBM Domino
14 1 (0.11%) CICS
Applications
1 66 (7.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 59 (6.35%) Microsoft Office
3 44 (4.74%) MS Visio
4 17 (1.83%) Photoshop
5 3 (0.32%) Siemens NX
6 1 (0.11%) Weka
Business Applications
1 44 (4.74%) Remedy ITSM
2 34 (3.66%) SDL Web 8
3 22 (2.37%) NEC Housing
4 12 (1.29%) Dynamics CRM
4 12 (1.29%) Dynamics NAV
5 7 (0.75%) Dynamics AX
6 5 (0.54%) Elite 3E
6 5 (0.54%) SAP ERP
7 3 (0.32%) Maximo
7 3 (0.32%) Teamcenter
8 2 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle Applications
9 1 (0.11%) SAP CRM
9 1 (0.11%) SAP GRC
9 1 (0.11%) SAP MDG
9 1 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 341 (36.71%) AWS
2 241 (25.94%) Azure
3 138 (14.85%) Power Platform
4 68 (7.32%) Serverless
5 55 (5.92%) AWS Lambda
6 51 (5.49%) Amazon ECS
6 51 (5.49%) Amazon EKS
7 50 (5.38%) Amazon EC2
7 50 (5.38%) Amazon EMR
7 50 (5.38%) Amazon SQS
8 33 (3.55%) GCP
9 32 (3.44%) SaaS
10 30 (3.23%) OCI
11 21 (2.26%) GitHub
12 19 (2.05%) Azure DevOps
13 18 (1.94%) Amazon S3
14 17 (1.83%) Adobe Creative Cloud
14 17 (1.83%) NuGet
15 14 (1.51%) dbt
15 14 (1.51%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 74 (7.97%) Broadband
2 46 (4.95%) DNS
3 43 (4.63%) Firewall
4 33 (3.55%) DHCP
5 22 (2.37%) SAN
6 21 (2.26%) TCP/IP
7 17 (1.83%) DSL
8 16 (1.72%) Internet
9 12 (1.29%) tcpdump
10 9 (0.97%) SNMP
11 7 (0.75%) AMQP
12 6 (0.65%) VLAN
12 6 (0.65%) VPN
13 5 (0.54%) NAS
13 5 (0.54%) SSL
14 3 (0.32%) Fibre Channel
14 3 (0.32%) HTTP
14 3 (0.32%) Reverse Proxy
14 3 (0.32%) Wireshark
14 3 (0.32%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 315 (33.91%) SQL Server
2 232 (24.97%) Big Data
3 227 (24.43%) NoSQL
4 203 (21.85%) Oracle Database
5 164 (17.65%) PostgreSQL
6 138 (14.85%) Oracle Database 11g
7 136 (14.64%) Power BI
8 87 (9.36%) Azure SQL Database
9 73 (7.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 63 (6.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 57 (6.14%) MongoDB
12 52 (5.60%) Hadoop
13 50 (5.38%) Electronic Patient Records
14 44 (4.74%) Oracle Database 10g
14 44 (4.74%) VLDB
15 42 (4.52%) Data Warehouse
16 40 (4.31%) Relational Database
17 33 (3.55%) MySQL
18 30 (3.23%) SQL Server Analysis Services
19 29 (3.12%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 74 (7.97%) Git
2 62 (6.67%) JIRA
3 54 (5.81%) TeamCity
4 41 (4.41%) GitLab
5 38 (4.09%) Jenkins
6 34 (3.66%) Moq
6 34 (3.66%) NUnit
7 28 (3.01%) Visual Studio
8 23 (2.48%) Octopus Deploy
9 17 (1.83%) git-flow
9 17 (1.83%) Sourcetree
9 17 (1.83%) SpecFlow
10 10 (1.08%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 7 (0.75%) Cypress.io
11 7 (0.75%) Mocha
12 4 (0.43%) Toad
13 3 (0.32%) IBM UrbanCode
13 3 (0.32%) Oracle Forms
13 3 (0.32%) SonarQube
14 2 (0.22%) Bitbucket
General
1 359 (38.64%) Finance
2 273 (29.39%) Law
3 265 (28.53%) Social Skills
4 261 (28.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 213 (22.93%) Marketing
6 158 (17.01%) Influencing Skills
7 139 (14.96%) Analytical Skills
8 73 (7.86%) Legal
9 69 (7.43%) Financial Institution
10 54 (5.81%) Banking
11 38 (4.09%) Investment Banking
12 34 (3.66%) Police
13 32 (3.44%) Local Government
14 29 (3.12%) Public Sector
15 28 (3.01%) Retail
16 22 (2.37%) Back Office
17 16 (1.72%) Games
18 15 (1.61%) Manufacturing
19 14 (1.51%) Telecoms
20 10 (1.08%) Prime Brokerage
Job Titles
1 219 (23.57%) Senior
2 208 (22.39%) Developer
3 193 (20.78%) DBA
4 191 (20.56%) Software Engineer
5 170 (18.30%) Lead
6 157 (16.90%) Big Data Engineer
7 156 (16.79%) Big Data Software Engineer
7 156 (16.79%) Scala Engineer
7 156 (16.79%) Scala Software Engineer
8 122 (13.13%) Lead Software Engineer
9 119 (12.81%) Java Engineer
9 119 (12.81%) Java Software Engineer
10 110 (11.84%) Senior Developer
10 110 (11.84%) SQL DBA
11 107 (11.52%) Java Scala Software Engineer
12 106 (11.41%) Lead Big Data Engineer
12 106 (11.41%) Lead Java Engineer
13 92 (9.90%) Database Developer
14 91 (9.80%) PostgreSQL Developer
15 87 (9.36%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (8.18%) .NET
2 67 (7.21%) RESTful
3 56 (6.03%) CSS
4 53 (5.71%) Kafka
5 50 (5.38%) Web Services
6 46 (4.95%) HTML
7 43 (4.63%) ASP.NET
7 43 (4.63%) React
8 40 (4.31%) SOAP
9 38 (4.09%) .NET Framework
10 36 (3.88%) jQuery
11 34 (3.66%) ASP.NET MVC
11 34 (3.66%) ASP.NET MVC 5
11 34 (3.66%) Entity Framework
12 33 (3.55%) Semantic HTML
13 22 (2.37%) XML
14 20 (2.15%) RabbitMQ
15 19 (2.05%) Django
16 18 (1.94%) Ninject
16 18 (1.94%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 95 (10.23%) Cloud Native
2 61 (6.57%) Replication
3 58 (6.24%) Algorithms
4 47 (5.06%) Clustering
5 45 (4.84%) Self-Motivation
6 35 (3.77%) Management Information System
7 33 (3.55%) Legacy Code
8 27 (2.91%) Product Ownership
9 25 (2.69%) Data Centre
10 23 (2.48%) Greenfield Project
11 22 (2.37%) Driving Licence
12 21 (2.26%) Public Cloud
13 13 (1.40%) Client/Server
13 13 (1.40%) Online Games
14 11 (1.18%) Data Structures
15 8 (0.86%) Onboarding
15 8 (0.86%) PMI
16 7 (0.75%) Team-Oriented Environment
17 6 (0.65%) AS400
17 6 (0.65%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 156 (16.79%) Linux
2 97 (10.44%) Windows
3 85 (9.15%) Unix
4 78 (8.40%) VMS
5 58 (6.24%) Solaris
6 36 (3.88%) Windows Server
7 20 (2.15%) Windows 10
8 17 (1.83%) Windows Server 2016
9 16 (1.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 15 (1.61%) Oracle Linux
11 14 (1.51%) Windows Server 2019
12 12 (1.29%) Android
12 12 (1.29%) Windows Server 2012
12 12 (1.29%) Windows XP
13 7 (0.75%) Ubuntu
14 5 (0.54%) Apple iOS
15 4 (0.43%) AIX
16 3 (0.32%) CentOS
16 3 (0.32%) Windows 7
16 3 (0.32%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 327 (35.20%) Agile
2 294 (31.65%) Software Engineering
3 252 (27.13%) CI/CD
4 247 (26.59%) SDLC
5 224 (24.11%) Artificial Intelligence
6 190 (20.45%) Disaster Recovery
7 185 (19.91%) Operational Stability
8 174 (18.73%) Business Intelligence
8 174 (18.73%) Problem-Solving
9 164 (17.65%) High Availability
10 135 (14.53%) Actionable Insight
11 129 (13.89%) Unit Testing
12 120 (12.92%) Migration
13 115 (12.38%) Mentoring
14 110 (11.84%) Continuous Improvement
15 98 (10.55%) Data Migration
16 96 (10.33%) DevOps
17 95 (10.23%) Computer Science
18 92 (9.90%) Secure Coding
19 85 (9.15%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 738 (79.44%) SQL
2 273 (29.39%) Java
3 227 (24.43%) Scala
4 219 (23.57%) T-SQL
5 191 (20.56%) PL/SQL
6 96 (10.33%) Python
7 85 (9.15%) C#
8 80 (8.61%) JavaScript
8 80 (8.61%) PowerShell
9 27 (2.91%) Bash
10 20 (2.15%) C
11 17 (1.83%) XPath
12 15 (1.61%) TypeScript
13 14 (1.51%) Perl
13 14 (1.51%) Shell Script
14 13 (1.40%) Kotlin
15 10 (1.08%) RPG
16 7 (0.75%) VBA
17 6 (0.65%) ABAP
18 4 (0.43%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 175 (18.84%) Degree
2 97 (10.44%) Microsoft Certification
3 90 (9.69%) Security Cleared
4 57 (6.14%) SC Cleared
5 52 (5.60%) Computer Science Degree
6 47 (5.06%) Oracle Certification
7 25 (2.69%) OCP
8 21 (2.26%) Cisco Certification
9 17 (1.83%) CCNA
9 17 (1.83%) DV Cleared
10 16 (1.72%) CCNP
11 14 (1.51%) MCSE
12 13 (1.40%) Azure Certification
13 8 (0.86%) MCP
13 8 (0.86%) OCA
13 8 (0.86%) PMI Certification
14 6 (0.65%) MCSA
15 4 (0.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 3 (0.32%) DBS Check
16 3 (0.32%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (6.89%) SLA
2 27 (2.91%) QA
3 24 (2.58%) Accessibility
4 21 (2.26%) Data Quality
5 11 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.22%) GDPR
8 1 (0.11%) ITGC
System Software
1 78 (8.40%) Virtual Machines
2 63 (6.78%) Docker
3 54 (5.81%) Oracle RAC
4 44 (4.74%) Active Directory
5 38 (4.09%) VMware Infrastructure
6 34 (3.66%) VMware ESXi
7 19 (2.05%) Hyper-V
8 11 (1.18%) Firmware
9 6 (0.65%) vSphere
10 4 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
11 3 (0.32%) KVM
11 3 (0.32%) NFS
11 3 (0.32%) XenApp
12 2 (0.22%) Apache ZooKeeper
12 2 (0.22%) Ceph
12 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.11%) GridGain
13 1 (0.11%) RACF
13 1 (0.11%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 71 (7.64%) Kubernetes
2 55 (5.92%) Oracle RMAN
3 53 (5.71%) Data Guard
4 38 (4.09%) Ansible
5 29 (3.12%) Terraform
6 27 (2.91%) Grafana
7 25 (2.69%) SCOM
8 22 (2.37%) vCenter Server
9 19 (2.05%) Nagios
10 17 (1.83%) SCCM
10 17 (1.83%) WSUS
11 16 (1.72%) Prometheus
12 14 (1.51%) Puppet
13 13 (1.40%) NetBackup
14 12 (1.29%) EMC NetWorker
14 12 (1.29%) HAProxy
15 9 (0.97%) Graphite
16 7 (0.75%) Foglight
16 7 (0.75%) Microsoft Clustering
17 5 (0.54%) Oracle Statspack
Vendors
1 285 (30.68%) Oracle
2 220 (23.68%) Microsoft
3 44 (4.74%) Remedy
3 44 (4.74%) Sun
4 39 (4.20%) VMware
5 30 (3.23%) Veeam
6 29 (3.12%) Sybase
7 26 (2.80%) Databricks
8 25 (2.69%) Dell
9 23 (2.48%) IBM
10 22 (2.37%) HP
10 22 (2.37%) NEC
11 20 (2.15%) Cisco
12 19 (2.05%) Cognos
13 17 (1.83%) Adobe
13 17 (1.83%) Alteryx
13 17 (1.83%) Cognizant
14 15 (1.61%) EMC
14 15 (1.61%) Red Hat
15 14 (1.51%) Palo Alto