Performance Specialist
UK

The median Performance Specialist salary in the UK is £34,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 870 977 1211
Rank change year-on-year +107 +234 -328
Permanent jobs requiring a Performance Specialist 24 16 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.024% 0.015% 0.001%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.026% 0.017% 0.001%
Number of salaries quoted 24 1 0
10th Percentile £29,629 - -
25th Percentile £29,907 £30,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £33,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% - -
75th Percentile £36,000 £35,500 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £34,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 92,901 95,961 148,050
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.57% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,751 60,281 85,224
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,686 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.19% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,495
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Performance Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Performance Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Performance Specialist in the UK

Performance Specialist
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Performance Specialist in the UK

Performance Specialist
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 26 April 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 +6 24 £34,000 -
England +118 15 £35,000 +6.06% 1
Work from Home +86 11 £29,629 -
Wales - 9 £34,000 -
Midlands +3 6 £35,000 -
East Midlands - 6 £35,000 -
East of England - 6 £29,629 -
North of England +43 3 £36,000 -
North West - 3 £36,000 -

Performance Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Performance Specialist job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Performance Specialist in the job title.

1 9 (37.50%) Data Centre
2 8 (33.33%) Finance
3 6 (25.00%) Legal
3 6 (25.00%) Performance Analysis
4 5 (20.83%) Social Skills
4 5 (20.83%) Infrastructure Maintenance
4 5 (20.83%) Nutanix
4 5 (20.83%) CI/CD
4 5 (20.83%) Hardware Maintenance
4 5 (20.83%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (20.83%) Windows Server
4 5 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (20.83%) Ansible
4 5 (20.83%) Docker
4 5 (20.83%) Kubernetes
4 5 (20.83%) OpenStack
4 5 (20.83%) Agile Project Management
4 5 (20.83%) Degree
4 5 (20.83%) Computer Science
4 5 (20.83%) SCCM
4 5 (20.83%) Agile
4 5 (20.83%) Management Information System
4 5 (20.83%) ITIL
4 5 (20.83%) Windows
4 5 (20.83%) Linux
4 5 (20.83%) DHCP
4 5 (20.83%) DNS
4 5 (20.83%) Microsoft
4 5 (20.83%) Active Directory
4 5 (20.83%) Project Management

Performance Specialist Skill Set
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 5 (20.83%) OpenStack
Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 5 (20.83%) Nutanix
2 2 (8.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (20.83%) DHCP
1 5 (20.83%) DNS
2 2 (8.33%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.33%) GIS
1 2 (8.33%) Power BI
General
1 8 (33.33%) Finance
2 6 (25.00%) Legal
3 5 (20.83%) Social Skills
4 2 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (12.50%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 9 (37.50%) Data Centre
2 5 (20.83%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (20.83%) Linux
1 5 (20.83%) Windows
1 5 (20.83%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (25.00%) Performance Analysis
2 5 (20.83%) Agile
2 5 (20.83%) Agile Project Management
2 5 (20.83%) CI/CD
2 5 (20.83%) Computer Science
2 5 (20.83%) Hardware Maintenance
2 5 (20.83%) Infrastructure Maintenance
2 5 (20.83%) ITIL
2 5 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (20.83%) Project Management
3 2 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (8.33%) Coaching
3 2 (8.33%) Customer Service
3 2 (8.33%) Data Analysis
3 2 (8.33%) Data Collection
3 2 (8.33%) Decision-Making
3 2 (8.33%) Performance Management
3 2 (8.33%) Persona Development
3 2 (8.33%) Personalization
3 2 (8.33%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 5 (20.83%) Computer Science Degree
1 5 (20.83%) Degree
System Software
1 5 (20.83%) Active Directory
1 5 (20.83%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (20.83%) Ansible
1 5 (20.83%) Kubernetes
1 5 (20.83%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (20.83%) Microsoft