The first table below looks at the demand for the Performance Analyst role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Performance Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Performance Analyst
Rank 771 807 765
Rank change year-on-year
+36 -42
Permanent jobs requiring a Performance Analyst 91 91 108
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.085% 0.075% 0.086%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.090% 0.080% 0.091%
Number of salaries quoted 66 73 88
Average salary £38,000 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.00% -11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £52,500 £62,800
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £39,750 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-4.40% -0.62%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
101523 114414 118763
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.40% 94.78% 94.22%
Number of salaries quoted 84418 98091 100446
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%

Performance Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Performance Analyst within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Performance Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Performance Analyst
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Performance Analyst within the UK.

Performance Analyst Salary Trend

Performance Analyst
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Performance Analyst over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 within the UK.

Performance Analyst Salary Histogram

Performance Analyst
Top 24 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Analyst within the UK over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England +29 86 £38,000 -3.79%
London +58 42 £46,250 +2.77%
South East +5 18 £27,500 -35.29%
West Yorkshire +5 16 £38,000 +8.57%
Yorkshire +1 16 £38,000 -7.87%
Leeds -8 16 £38,000 +8.57%
City of London +19 13 £35,000 -50.00%
Berkshire +11 10 £38,000 -25.49%
Surrey +21 8 £27,500 -20.28%
South West -1 6 £50,000 +24.22%
Maidenhead - 6 - -
Camberley - 6 £27,500 -
East of England 0 4 £45,000 +28.57%
Hertfordshire -6 4 £45,000 +28.57%
Scotland -14 4 £45,000 +1.12%
Edinburgh - 4 £45,000 -
Watford +10 3 - -
Somerset - 3 £50,000 -
Bath - 3 £50,000 -
Bristol -15 2 - -
Wiltshire +11 1 £33,000 +46.66%
Swindon - 1 £33,000 -
Reading - 1 - -
Borehamwood - 1 £45,000 -

Performance Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Performance Analyst in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Performance Analyst in their job title.

1 60 (37.74%) Performance Testing
2 41 (25.79%) LoadRunner
3 36 (22.64%) Degree
4 35 (22.01%) Windows
5 34 (21.38%) HP
6 33 (20.75%) Finance
7 32 (20.13%) MS PowerPoint
8 31 (19.50%) SQL
9 27 (16.98%) Java
10 25 (15.72%) Internet
10 25 (15.72%) Data Analysis
11 24 (15.09%) Benchmarking
11 24 (15.09%) MS Excel
12 21 (13.21%) Load Testing
13 18 (11.32%) Telecoms
13 18 (11.32%) MS Office
13 18 (11.32%) User Stories
14 17 (10.69%) QA
14 17 (10.69%) Performance Management
15 16 (10.06%) Stress Testing
15 16 (10.06%) Oracle
15 16 (10.06%) Intranet
15 16 (10.06%) Disaster Recovery
16 14 (8.805%) ITIL
16 14 (8.805%) Broadband
16 14 (8.805%) WebSphere
17 13 (8.176%) Marketing
18 12 (7.547%) Analytics
18 12 (7.547%) HTTP
18 12 (7.547%) E-Commerce

Performance Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Performance Analyst in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Performance Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 14 (8.805%) WebSphere
2 9 (5.660%) J2EE
3 7 (4.403%) Servlets
3 7 (4.403%) .NET
4 6 (3.774%) HTML
5 4 (2.516%) LAMP
5 4 (2.516%) Middleware
6 2 (1.258%) ODBC
Application Platforms
1 7 (4.403%) Tomcat
1 7 (4.403%) WebSphere Application Server
2 4 (2.516%) Tuxedo
3 2 (1.258%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.258%) SAS
4 1 (0.629%) MS Exchange
4 1 (0.629%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 32 (20.13%) MS PowerPoint
2 24 (15.09%) MS Excel
3 18 (11.32%) MS Office
4 11 (6.918%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 25 (15.72%) Internet
2 16 (10.06%) Intranet
3 14 (8.805%) Broadband
4 12 (7.547%) HTTP
5 7 (4.403%) HTTPS
6 3 (1.887%) VoIP
6 3 (1.887%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.403%) Data Warehouse
1 7 (4.403%) DB2
2 6 (3.774%) Crystal Reports
2 6 (3.774%) Data Mining
3 5 (3.145%) SQL Server
3 5 (3.145%) QlikView
4 2 (1.258%) Big Data
5 1 (0.629%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 41 (25.79%) LoadRunner
2 6 (3.774%) SilkPerformer
2 6 (3.774%) JMeter
3 4 (2.516%) QuickTest Pro
4 2 (1.258%) Visual Studio Team System
4 2 (1.258%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.629%) WinRunner
5 1 (0.629%) TestDirector
5 1 (0.629%) OpenSTA
5 1 (0.629%) Rational Functional Tester
5 1 (0.629%) Selenium
General
1 33 (20.75%) Finance
2 18 (11.32%) Telecoms
3 13 (8.176%) Marketing
4 12 (7.547%) Banking
5 10 (6.289%) Advertising
6 8 (5.031%) Retail
7 4 (2.516%) German Language
7 4 (2.516%) Manufacturing
7 4 (2.516%) Back Office
8 3 (1.887%) Games
9 2 (1.258%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.258%) Law
10 1 (0.629%) Billing
10 1 (0.629%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 11 (6.918%) Statistics
2 10 (6.289%) Mathematics
2 10 (6.289%) Social Media
3 9 (5.660%) Economics
4 8 (5.031%) Smartphone
5 6 (3.774%) Management Information System
6 4 (2.516%) Mainframe
7 3 (1.887%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.887%) Computer Science
8 1 (0.629%) NHS
8 1 (0.629%) Grid Computing
8 1 (0.629%) New Media
8 1 (0.629%) Hedge funds
8 1 (0.629%) Physics
Operating Systems
1 35 (22.01%) Windows
2 12 (7.547%) UNIX
3 8 (5.031%) Linux
4 7 (4.403%) AIX
5 4 (2.516%) zOS
6 3 (1.887%) Windows Server 2003
6 3 (1.887%) VME
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (37.74%) Performance Testing
2 25 (15.72%) Data Analysis
3 24 (15.09%) Benchmarking
4 21 (13.21%) Load Testing
5 18 (11.32%) User Stories
6 17 (10.69%) Performance Management
7 16 (10.06%) Stress Testing
7 16 (10.06%) Disaster Recovery
8 14 (8.805%) ITIL
9 12 (7.547%) Analytics
9 12 (7.547%) E-Commerce
10 11 (6.918%) ITIL V3
11 10 (6.289%) Web Development
11 10 (6.289%) Test Scripting
11 10 (6.289%) SEO
12 9 (5.660%) Service Management
13 8 (5.031%) Statistical Analysis
13 8 (5.031%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 8 (5.031%) Business Intelligence
14 7 (4.403%) Non-Functional Testing
Programming Languages
1 31 (19.50%) SQL
2 27 (16.98%) Java
3 11 (6.918%) Perl
4 6 (3.774%) C
5 5 (3.145%) T-SQL
5 5 (3.145%) VB
6 4 (2.516%) PowerShell
6 4 (2.516%) Python
7 3 (1.887%) C++
8 1 (0.629%) C#
8 1 (0.629%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 36 (22.64%) Degree
2 11 (6.918%) Security Cleared
3 10 (6.289%) ISEB
4 8 (5.031%) ISTQB
5 7 (4.403%) SC Cleared
6 4 (2.516%) CFA
7 1 (0.629%) ACCA
7 1 (0.629%) CIMA
7 1 (0.629%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.629%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (10.69%) QA
2 1 (0.629%) EFQM
2 1 (0.629%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (3.145%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (1.887%) Terminal Services
3 2 (1.258%) OpenSSH
Systems Management
1 5 (3.145%) OpenView
1 5 (3.145%) HP Quality Center
2 3 (1.887%) Nagios
2 3 (1.887%) SolarWinds Orion
3 2 (1.258%) SCCM
3 2 (1.258%) SCOM
3 2 (1.258%) Unicenter
3 2 (1.258%) Tivoli
3 2 (1.258%) BMC PATROL
Vendors
1 34 (21.38%) HP
2 16 (10.06%) Oracle
3 12 (7.547%) Microsoft
4 11 (6.918%) IBM
5 10 (6.289%) Google
6 7 (4.403%) Sun
6 7 (4.403%) JBoss
6 7 (4.403%) SAP
7 6 (3.774%) VMware
7 6 (3.774%) BMC
7 6 (3.774%) Minitab
8 5 (3.145%) Business Objects
9 4 (2.516%) Vermilion
9 4 (2.516%) Citrix
10 3 (1.887%) OPNET
10 3 (1.887%) Borland
10 3 (1.887%) CA
10 3 (1.887%) Juniper
10 3 (1.887%) Compuware
10 3 (1.887%) Cisco
Leeds, Yorkshire
Excellent opportunity for a Performance Test Analyst to join a successful financial services company based in Leeds.
E-Resourcing
Salary: £38000 per annum
Posted: 4 May 2013
London
These include improvements to risk management though new or enhanced controls as well as improvements to the efficiency and effectiveness of controls... - T horough understanding of the governance...
Proprius Recruitment
Salary: From £40,000 to £52,500 per annum +Excellent Bens
Posted: 20 May 2013
North West London
Working for this London based dynamic organisation, you will have worked for a new (or new business unit in established) organisation which needed its service catalogue documented and...
FT Select
Salary: From £55,000 to £65,000 per annum plus healthcare, pension and benefit
Posted: 21 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Skills: Current Security Clearance to SC level, proficient with Quality Centre/Test Director, LoadRunner, Winrunner or QTP, Knowledge of Windows server 2003, Lifecycle test management experience. Desirable: Defence /...
Lorien Resourcing
Salary: Negotiable on Application
Posted: 20 May 2013