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 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 417 550 552
Rank change year-on-year +133 +2 -86
Permanent jobs citing Performance Optimisation 177 104 338
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.52% 0.26% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.57% 0.27% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 143 73 123
10th Percentile £46,500 £53,750 £45,000
25th Percentile £53,751 £56,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £61,040
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +14.68% +1.73%
75th Percentile £85,000 £76,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £102,000 £83,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £70,000 £62,000
% change year-on-year -10.71% +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 30,860 38,962 68,422
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.20% 96.03% 97.03%
Number of salaries quoted 23,358 27,133 41,275
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 19 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 65 (36.72%) Azure
2 31 (17.51%) AWS
3 26 (14.69%) Power Platform
4 22 (12.43%) Microsoft 365
5 21 (11.86%) Power Automate
5 21 (11.86%) PowerApps
6 17 (9.60%) 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%) Azure Monitor
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 3 (1.69%) DHCP
4 3 (1.69%) SAN
5 2 (1.13%) DNSSEC
5 2 (1.13%) Fibre Channel
5 2 (1.13%) IPv4
5 2 (1.13%) IPv6
5 2 (1.13%) iSCSI
5 2 (1.13%) NAS
6 1 (0.56%) LAN
6 1 (0.56%) Network Security
6 1 (0.56%) OSPF
6 1 (0.56%) RS-485
6 1 (0.56%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.56%) VLAN
6 1 (0.56%) VoIP
6 1 (0.56%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (14.69%) Power BI
2 21 (11.86%) Relational Database
3 13 (7.34%) MySQL
4 10 (5.65%) NoSQL
4 10 (5.65%) SQL Server
5 8 (4.52%) Amazon RDS
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%) Delta Lake
10 1 (0.56%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.56%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 17 (9.60%) Git
2 5 (2.82%) 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 57 (32.20%) Social Skills
2 27 (15.25%) Public Sector
3 24 (13.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 16 (9.04%) Finance
5 15 (8.47%) 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%) Front Office
12 1 (0.56%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 93 (52.54%) Developer
2 47 (26.55%) Senior
3 33 (18.64%) Architect
4 32 (18.08%) .NET Developer
5 29 (16.38%) Senior Developer
6 27 (15.25%) Lead
7 26 (14.69%) Lead Developer
8 20 (11.30%) Platform Architect
8 20 (11.30%) Power Platform Architect
9 18 (10.17%) Senior .NET Developer
10 16 (9.04%) Technical Architect
11 13 (7.34%) Infrastructure Specialist
12 12 (6.78%) Cloud Specialist
12 12 (6.78%) ICT Specialist
13 11 (6.21%) Full Stack Developer
13 11 (6.21%) Web Developer
14 10 (5.65%) React Developer
15 9 (5.08%) Lead Web Developer
15 9 (5.08%) Software Engineer
16 8 (4.52%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (31.64%) .NET
2 43 (24.29%) HTML
3 41 (23.16%) CSS
4 25 (14.12%) .NET Core
5 23 (12.99%) React
6 13 (7.34%) .NET Framework
7 11 (6.21%) RabbitMQ
8 10 (5.65%) Web Services
9 9 (5.08%) Kafka
9 9 (5.08%) MSMQ
9 9 (5.08%) RESTful
10 8 (4.52%) GraphQL
11 7 (3.95%) Django
11 7 (3.95%) Flask
11 7 (3.95%) Laravel
12 6 (3.39%) AngularJS
12 6 (3.39%) React Native
12 6 (3.39%) REST
13 5 (2.82%) deck.gl
13 5 (2.82%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 16 (9.04%) Video\Live Streaming
2 15 (8.47%) Mobile App
3 14 (7.91%) Cloud Native
4 10 (5.65%) Virtual Team
5 8 (4.52%) IoT
5 8 (4.52%) Product Ownership
6 7 (3.95%) Arduino
6 7 (3.95%) Raspberry Pi
7 6 (3.39%) Greenfield Project
7 6 (3.39%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (2.82%) 3D Graphics
8 5 (2.82%) Animation
9 3 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.69%) Replication
10 2 (1.13%) Data Centre
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 26 (14.69%) Windows
2 17 (9.60%) Windows Server
3 14 (7.91%) Linux
4 6 (3.39%) Mac OS
5 5 (2.82%) Android
5 5 (2.82%) Apple iOS
6 2 (1.13%) 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 44 (24.86%) Computer Science
1 44 (24.86%) Problem-Solving
2 38 (21.47%) Mentoring
3 36 (20.34%) Full Stack Development
4 34 (19.21%) Agile
4 34 (19.21%) Front End Development
5 32 (18.08%) Business Intelligence
6 31 (17.51%) Data Modelling
7 30 (16.95%) Technical Leadership
8 29 (16.38%) Machine Learning
9 27 (15.25%) Artificial Intelligence
9 27 (15.25%) Translating Business Requirements
10 26 (14.69%) E-Commerce
11 24 (13.56%) Design Patterns
11 24 (13.56%) Migration
11 24 (13.56%) TDD
12 23 (12.99%) Roadmaps
12 23 (12.99%) Software Engineering
13 19 (10.73%) OOP
13 19 (10.73%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 80 (45.20%) C#
2 58 (32.77%) JavaScript
3 37 (20.90%) SQL
4 26 (14.69%) Python
5 21 (11.86%) TypeScript
6 8 (4.52%) 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%) R
11 1 (0.56%) Rust
11 1 (0.56%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.56%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 44 (24.86%) Degree
2 42 (23.73%) Computer Science Degree
3 32 (18.08%) Microsoft Certification
4 20 (11.30%) SC Cleared
4 20 (11.30%) Security Cleared
5 9 (5.08%) AWS Certification
6 7 (3.95%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.13%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
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 9 (5.08%) QA
2 4 (2.26%) Solvency II
3 2 (1.13%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.56%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (0.56%) GDPR
System Software
1 16 (9.04%) Active Directory
2 9 (5.08%) Docker
3 7 (3.95%) Firmware
4 6 (3.39%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (2.82%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (1.13%) Ceph
6 2 (1.13%) Hyper-V
6 2 (1.13%) NFS
6 2 (1.13%) PowerDNS
7 1 (0.56%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 13 (7.34%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (6.78%) Kubernetes
2 12 (6.78%) Terraform
3 4 (2.26%) Ansible
4 2 (1.13%) Grafana
4 2 (1.13%) Kibana
4 2 (1.13%) Progress Chef
4 2 (1.13%) Prometheus
4 2 (1.13%) Puppet
5 1 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 53 (29.94%) Microsoft
2 18 (10.17%) VMware
3 9 (5.08%) 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 2 (1.13%) Brocade
7 2 (1.13%) Dynatrace
7 2 (1.13%) IBM
7 2 (1.13%) NetApp
7 2 (1.13%) Veeam
8 1 (0.56%) Cisco
8 1 (0.56%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.56%) Huawei
8 1 (0.56%) Oracle
8 1 (0.56%) SonicWALL
8 1 (0.56%) Vertica