Performance Optimisation Job Trends in the East of England

Performance Optimisation
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Performance Optimisation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 149 157 139
Rank change year-on-year +8 -18 +85
Permanent jobs citing Performance Optimisation 12 23 5
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.29% 0.66% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% 0.75% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 9 14 5
10th Percentile £70,000 £51,125 £106,750
25th Percentile - £61,250 £107,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £125,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -42.00% +78.57%
75th Percentile - £78,750 £127,500
90th Percentile £76,000 - -
England median annual salary £80,000 £72,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +10.34% +20.83% -14.29%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East of England

Performance Optimisation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,109 3,053 2,038
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 74.43% 87.05% 86.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,820 1,193 1,508
10th Percentile £27,625 £30,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £42,500 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.36% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,350 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Performance Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Performance Optimisation relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Performance Optimisation job vacancy trend in the East of England

Performance Optimisation
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Performance Optimisation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Performance Optimisation

Performance Optimisation
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Optimisation within the East of England region over the 6 months to 9 January 2026. 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
Hertfordshire +18 9 £75,000 +20.00% 18
Cambridgeshire +2 3 - - 18
Performance Optimisation
England

Performance Optimisation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 7 (58.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 7 (58.33%) Azure
1 7 (58.33%) Azure Logic Apps
2 6 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 6 (50.00%) PowerApps
3 1 (8.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (8.33%) SAP BW
1 1 (8.33%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) GitLab
1 1 (8.33%) Jenkins
General
1 2 (16.67%) Finance
1 2 (16.67%) Marketing
1 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (8.33%) Electronics
2 1 (8.33%) Law
2 1 (8.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (8.33%) Publishing
2 1 (8.33%) Retail
2 1 (8.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Azure Engineer
1 7 (58.33%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
1 7 (58.33%) Cloud Engineer
1 7 (58.33%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
1 7 (58.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Senior
3 1 (8.33%) Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) Content Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Content Marketing Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Designer
3 1 (8.33%) Embedded Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) FPGA Designer
3 1 (8.33%) Marketing Manager
3 1 (8.33%) SAP BW Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) SAP Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) Senior Designer
3 1 (8.33%) Senior Embedded Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) AngularJS
1 1 (8.33%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 1 (8.33%) CSS
1 1 (8.33%) HTML
1 1 (8.33%) HTML5
1 1 (8.33%) React
1 1 (8.33%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Algorithms
1 1 (8.33%) Blog
1 1 (8.33%) Data Structures
1 1 (8.33%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (8.33%) FPGA
1 1 (8.33%) Mobile App
1 1 (8.33%) Verilog
1 1 (8.33%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 8 (66.67%) Windows
2 7 (58.33%) Windows Server
3 1 (8.33%) Android
3 1 (8.33%) Apple iOS
3 1 (8.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Roadmaps
1 8 (66.67%) Technology Roadmap
2 7 (58.33%) Cloud Security
2 7 (58.33%) Cost Management
2 7 (58.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (16.67%) Agile
3 2 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (16.67%) Computer Science
3 2 (16.67%) Decision-Making
4 1 (8.33%) AI
4 1 (8.33%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (8.33%) Embedded Software Development
4 1 (8.33%) Image Processing
4 1 (8.33%) Physics
4 1 (8.33%) Product Marketing
4 1 (8.33%) Resource Management
4 1 (8.33%) Signal Processing
4 1 (8.33%) Software Engineering
4 1 (8.33%) UX Design
4 1 (8.33%) WFM
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) C++
1 2 (16.67%) Python
2 1 (8.33%) C
2 1 (8.33%) Java
2 1 (8.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (8.33%) Rust
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (8.33%) Master's Degree
2 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 7 (58.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (8.33%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) SAP
2 1 (8.33%) Huawei