Performance Optimisation Jobs in Scotland

Performance Optimisation
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Performance Optimisation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Performance Optimisation over the 6 months to 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 249 207 246
Rank change year-on-year -42 +39 -
Permanent jobs citing Performance Optimisation 34 11 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.50% 0.23% 0.035%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.54% 0.25% 0.038%
Number of salaries quoted 12 4 2
10th Percentile £38,250 - -
25th Percentile £45,188 £31,250 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £54,085 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.24% -25.40% -
75th Percentile £76,250 £82,548 £81,250
90th Percentile £89,000 - -
UK median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £62,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +12.90% +3.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Performance Optimisation 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 advertised in Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,258 4,470 5,215
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.83% 94.26% 90.92%
Number of salaries quoted 2,424 2,249 2,792
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,440 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,500 £41,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,654 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.94% +9.82% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,875 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

Performance Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Performance Optimisation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Performance Optimisation in Scotland

Performance Optimisation
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Performance Optimisation in Scotland

Performance Optimisation
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Performance Optimisation in Scotland over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Performance Optimisation in Scotland

Performance Optimisation
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Optimisation within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 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
Edinburgh +39 15 £47,000 -37.89% 1
Glasgow -94 8 £77,500 - 3
Dundee - 8 £50,000 -
Lanarkshire - 3 £80,000 -
Performance Optimisation
UK

Performance Optimisation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Cloud Services
1 12 (35.29%) SaaS
2 8 (23.53%) Cloud Computing
3 6 (17.65%) AWS
4 4 (11.76%) Amazon EC2
4 4 (11.76%) Amazon S3
4 4 (11.76%) AWS Lambda
4 4 (11.76%) Serverless
5 3 (8.82%) Azure
6 1 (2.94%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 1 (2.94%) Azure Functions
6 1 (2.94%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (2.94%) GCP
6 1 (2.94%) Google Compute Engine
6 1 (2.94%) Stackdriver
Communications & Networking
1 8 (23.53%) HTTP
1 8 (23.53%) MQTT
2 1 (2.94%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (11.76%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (2.94%) BigQuery
2 1 (2.94%) MySQL
2 1 (2.94%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 13 (38.24%) Git
2 3 (8.82%) GitLab
2 3 (8.82%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.94%) Artifactory
General
1 23 (67.65%) Social Skills
2 8 (23.53%) Electronics
2 8 (23.53%) Finance
2 8 (23.53%) Manufacturing
2 8 (23.53%) Marketing
2 8 (23.53%) Public Sector
2 8 (23.53%) Telecoms
3 7 (20.59%) Law
3 7 (20.59%) Legal
4 1 (2.94%) Banking
4 1 (2.94%) Front Office
4 1 (2.94%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 14 (41.18%) Principal Engineer
2 13 (38.24%) Software Engineer
3 11 (32.35%) Developer
3 11 (32.35%) Senior
4 9 (26.47%) Principal Software Engineer
4 9 (26.47%) Senior Software Engineer
4 9 (26.47%) Senior Windows Engineer
4 9 (26.47%) Windows Engineer
5 7 (20.59%) Data Engineer
6 5 (14.71%) Principal Data Engineer
7 4 (11.76%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 4 (11.76%) Full Stack Developer
7 4 (11.76%) Full Stack Python Developer
7 4 (11.76%) JavaScript Developer
7 4 (11.76%) Python Developer
7 4 (11.76%) React Developer
8 3 (8.82%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 2 (5.88%) PHP Developer
9 2 (5.88%) Senior Developer
9 2 (5.88%) Senior PHP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (29.41%) CSS
1 10 (29.41%) HTML
2 8 (23.53%) Django
2 8 (23.53%) Flask
2 8 (23.53%) React
3 3 (8.82%) OpenCV
3 3 (8.82%) OpenVINO
3 3 (8.82%) RESTful
4 2 (5.88%) Laravel
4 2 (5.88%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 10 (29.41%) Algorithms
1 10 (29.41%) Cloud Native
2 9 (26.47%) Virtual Team
3 8 (23.53%) Arduino
3 8 (23.53%) IoT
3 8 (23.53%) Raspberry Pi
4 2 (5.88%) Video\Live Streaming
5 1 (2.94%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.94%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 11 (32.35%) Linux
1 11 (32.35%) Windows
2 9 (26.47%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (70.59%) Analytics
2 21 (61.76%) Software Engineering
3 18 (52.94%) Computer Science
4 13 (38.24%) Agile
4 13 (38.24%) Multithreading
5 12 (35.29%) Problem-Solving
6 11 (32.35%) Artificial Intelligence
6 11 (32.35%) Computer Vision
6 11 (32.35%) Machine Learning
6 11 (32.35%) TDD
7 9 (26.47%) Computer Security
7 9 (26.47%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 9 (26.47%) Cybersecurity
7 9 (26.47%) Kalman Filter
7 9 (26.47%) Reverse Engineering
7 9 (26.47%) SDLC
7 9 (26.47%) Test Automation
7 9 (26.47%) Threat Analysis
7 9 (26.47%) Threat Detection
7 9 (26.47%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 14 (41.18%) Python
2 11 (32.35%) SQL
3 10 (29.41%) JavaScript
4 7 (20.59%) TypeScript
5 5 (14.71%) C++
6 4 (11.76%) Java
7 3 (8.82%) Go
7 3 (8.82%) Rust
8 2 (5.88%) PHP
9 1 (2.94%) Bash
Qualifications
1 18 (52.94%) Computer Science Degree
1 18 (52.94%) Degree
2 4 (11.76%) Master's Degree
3 3 (8.82%) PhD
3 3 (8.82%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.94%) GDPR
System Software
1 8 (23.53%) Firmware
2 2 (5.88%) Docker
3 1 (2.94%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (2.94%) Kubernetes
1 1 (2.94%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (26.47%) Dell
2 8 (23.53%) NVIDIA
2 8 (23.53%) SAP
3 1 (2.94%) Google
3 1 (2.94%) Microsoft