Performance Optimisation Jobs with Work from Home Options

Performance Optimisation
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 418 555 541
Rank change year-on-year +137 -14 -92
Permanent jobs citing Performance Optimisation 177 106 320
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.52% 0.26% 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.57% 0.27% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 140 72 124
10th Percentile £45,000 £53,750 £45,000
25th Percentile £53,625 £56,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,250 £70,000 £61,770
Median % change year-on-year -5.36% +13.32% +2.95%
75th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,250 £83,750 £92,500
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
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 30,857 39,858 66,375
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.38% 96.10% 96.97%
Number of salaries quoted 23,439 27,686 41,025
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

Performance Optimisation
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Performance Optimisation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Performance Optimisation trend for jobs with a WFH option

Performance Optimisation
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Performance Optimisation.

Performance Optimisation salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Performance Optimisation
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Performance Optimisation over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Performance Optimisation salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Performance Optimisation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 13 (7.34%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.82%) Apache
2 5 (2.82%) Apache Spark
3 2 (1.13%) ArcGIS
3 2 (1.13%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.13%) WordPress
4 1 (0.56%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (0.56%) CMS
4 1 (0.56%) Drupal
4 1 (0.56%) SharePoint Server
Business Applications
1 1 (0.56%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 63 (35.59%) Azure
2 28 (15.82%) AWS
3 25 (14.12%) Power Platform
4 21 (11.86%) Microsoft 365
5 20 (11.30%) Power Automate
5 20 (11.30%) PowerApps
6 18 (10.17%) SaaS
7 14 (7.91%) GCP
8 13 (7.34%) Entra ID
9 11 (6.21%) Amazon S3
10 9 (5.08%) Serverless
11 8 (4.52%) Azure DevOps
11 8 (4.52%) Cloud Computing
12 7 (3.95%) AWS Lambda
13 6 (3.39%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 6 (3.39%) Azure Data Factory
13 6 (3.39%) Azure Functions
13 6 (3.39%) GitHub
13 6 (3.39%) Google Compute Engine
13 6 (3.39%) Stackdriver
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.52%) MQTT
1 8 (4.52%) VPN
2 7 (3.95%) HTTP
3 6 (3.39%) DNS
4 4 (2.26%) DHCP
4 4 (2.26%) SAN
5 3 (1.69%) NAS
6 2 (1.13%) Fibre Channel
6 2 (1.13%) iSCSI
7 1 (0.56%) BGP
7 1 (0.56%) Firewall
7 1 (0.56%) IPv4
7 1 (0.56%) IPv6
7 1 (0.56%) LAN
7 1 (0.56%) Network Security
7 1 (0.56%) OSPF
7 1 (0.56%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.56%) VLAN
7 1 (0.56%) VoIP
7 1 (0.56%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (14.12%) Power BI
2 20 (11.30%) Relational Database
3 13 (7.34%) MySQL
4 10 (5.65%) SQL Server
5 8 (4.52%) Amazon RDS
5 8 (4.52%) NoSQL
6 7 (3.95%) BigQuery
7 5 (2.82%) Geospatial Data
7 5 (2.82%) Hadoop
8 4 (2.26%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (2.26%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (1.13%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (1.13%) Dremio
9 2 (1.13%) GIS
9 2 (1.13%) InfluxDB
9 2 (1.13%) MariaDB
9 2 (1.13%) Spatial Data
10 1 (0.56%) Big Data
10 1 (0.56%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.56%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 17 (9.60%) Git
2 4 (2.26%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.13%) JIRA
3 2 (1.13%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.56%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.56%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.56%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 58 (32.77%) Social Skills
2 26 (14.69%) Public Sector
3 24 (13.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 18 (10.17%) Finance
5 14 (7.91%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (4.52%) Marketing
7 7 (3.95%) Electronics
7 7 (3.95%) Manufacturing
7 7 (3.95%) Telecoms
8 5 (2.82%) Retail
9 4 (2.26%) Legal
10 3 (1.69%) Games
10 3 (1.69%) Law
11 2 (1.13%) Aviation
11 2 (1.13%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (1.13%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.56%) Advertising
12 1 (0.56%) Front Office
12 1 (0.56%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 91 (51.41%) Developer
2 45 (25.42%) Senior
3 31 (17.51%) .NET Developer
3 31 (17.51%) Architect
4 28 (15.82%) Lead
5 27 (15.25%) Lead Developer
6 25 (14.12%) Senior Developer
7 19 (10.73%) Platform Architect
7 19 (10.73%) Power Platform Architect
8 17 (9.60%) Senior .NET Developer
9 15 (8.47%) Technical Architect
10 13 (7.34%) Infrastructure Specialist
11 12 (6.78%) Cloud Specialist
11 12 (6.78%) ICT Specialist
11 12 (6.78%) Software Engineer
11 12 (6.78%) Web Developer
11 12 (6.78%) Windows Engineer
12 11 (6.21%) Full Stack Developer
13 10 (5.65%) Lead Web Developer
14 9 (5.08%) Principal Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (31.64%) .NET
2 44 (24.86%) HTML
3 42 (23.73%) CSS
4 26 (14.69%) .NET Core
5 22 (12.43%) React
6 13 (7.34%) .NET Framework
7 10 (5.65%) RabbitMQ
7 10 (5.65%) Web Services
8 8 (4.52%) Kafka
8 8 (4.52%) MSMQ
8 8 (4.52%) RESTful
9 7 (3.95%) Django
9 7 (3.95%) Flask
9 7 (3.95%) GraphQL
9 7 (3.95%) Laravel
10 6 (3.39%) AngularJS
10 6 (3.39%) REST
11 5 (2.82%) deck.gl
11 5 (2.82%) WebGL
12 4 (2.26%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 17 (9.60%) Cloud Native
2 15 (8.47%) Video\Live Streaming
3 13 (7.34%) Mobile App
3 13 (7.34%) Virtual Team
4 8 (4.52%) IoT
5 7 (3.95%) Arduino
5 7 (3.95%) Raspberry Pi
6 6 (3.39%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (2.82%) 3D Graphics
7 5 (2.82%) Animation
7 5 (2.82%) Product Ownership
8 4 (2.26%) Replication
9 3 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.69%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (1.13%) Data Structures
10 2 (1.13%) Legacy Code
10 2 (1.13%) Lidar
10 2 (1.13%) Management Information System
10 2 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 31 (17.51%) Windows
2 18 (10.17%) Windows Server
3 16 (9.04%) Linux
4 9 (5.08%) Mac OS
5 5 (2.82%) Android
5 5 (2.82%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.69%) Unix
7 1 (0.56%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.56%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.56%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (25.42%) Problem-Solving
2 42 (23.73%) Computer Science
3 39 (22.03%) Mentoring
4 37 (20.90%) Full Stack Development
5 36 (20.34%) Agile
6 35 (19.77%) Front End Development
7 32 (18.08%) Business Intelligence
8 31 (17.51%) Data Modelling
8 31 (17.51%) Technical Leadership
9 29 (16.38%) Machine Learning
10 27 (15.25%) Artificial Intelligence
10 27 (15.25%) E-Commerce
10 27 (15.25%) Translating Business Requirements
11 26 (14.69%) TDD
12 25 (14.12%) Software Engineering
13 24 (13.56%) Migration
14 23 (12.99%) Roadmaps
15 22 (12.43%) Design Patterns
16 20 (11.30%) Analytics
16 20 (11.30%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 79 (44.63%) C#
2 56 (31.64%) JavaScript
3 37 (20.90%) SQL
4 24 (13.56%) Python
5 19 (10.73%) TypeScript
6 7 (3.95%) PHP
7 5 (2.82%) C++
8 4 (2.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (1.69%) PowerShell
10 2 (1.13%) C
10 2 (1.13%) Java
11 1 (0.56%) Bash
11 1 (0.56%) Go
11 1 (0.56%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.56%) R
11 1 (0.56%) Rust
11 1 (0.56%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.56%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 42 (23.73%) Degree
2 40 (22.60%) Computer Science Degree
3 31 (17.51%) Microsoft Certification
4 20 (11.30%) SC Cleared
4 20 (11.30%) Security Cleared
5 8 (4.52%) AWS Certification
6 7 (3.95%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.13%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.56%) CCIE
8 1 (0.56%) CCNA
8 1 (0.56%) CCNP
8 1 (0.56%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.52%) QA
2 4 (2.26%) Solvency II
3 2 (1.13%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.56%) Accessibility
System Software
1 17 (9.60%) Active Directory
2 8 (4.52%) Docker
3 7 (3.95%) Firmware
3 7 (3.95%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (3.39%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.69%) Hyper-V
6 2 (1.13%) Ceph
6 2 (1.13%) NFS
7 1 (0.56%) PowerDNS
7 1 (0.56%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 13 (7.34%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (6.21%) Kubernetes
3 10 (5.65%) Terraform
4 3 (1.69%) Ansible
5 2 (1.13%) Grafana
5 2 (1.13%) Kibana
5 2 (1.13%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.56%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.56%) Puppet
6 1 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 53 (29.94%) Microsoft
2 20 (11.30%) VMware
3 13 (7.34%) Dell
4 7 (3.95%) NVIDIA
4 7 (3.95%) SAP
5 6 (3.39%) Google
6 5 (2.82%) Apple
6 5 (2.82%) Mapbox
6 5 (2.82%) Xamarin
7 3 (1.69%) NetApp
7 3 (1.69%) Veeam
8 2 (1.13%) Brocade
8 2 (1.13%) Dynatrace
8 2 (1.13%) IBM
8 2 (1.13%) Oracle
9 1 (0.56%) Cisco
9 1 (0.56%) Databricks
9 1 (0.56%) Extreme Networks
9 1 (0.56%) Vertica
9 1 (0.56%) YouTube