Performance Management Job Trends in England

Performance Management
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Performance Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 399 289 339
Rank change year-on-year -110 +50 +94
Permanent jobs citing Performance Management 230 556 407
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.52% 0.92% 0.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% 1.10% 0.91%
Number of salaries quoted 107 198 244
10th Percentile £40,150 £40,000 £39,763
25th Percentile £51,125 £53,000 £49,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £64,178
Median % change year-on-year - +1.28% -6.53%
75th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £73,000
90th Percentile £108,750 £101,250 £92,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £64,827
% change year-on-year - +0.27% -7.39%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Performance Management 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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 38,350 50,346 44,797
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 86.62% 83.04% 93.77%
Number of salaries quoted 23,795 26,459 34,381
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £81,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -

Performance Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Performance Management job vacancy trend in England

Performance Management
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Performance Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Performance Management

Performance Management
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Performance Management in England over the 6 months to 8 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Performance Management in England

Performance Management
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Management within the England region over the 6 months to 8 November 2025. 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
London -58 73 £100,000 +25.00% 149
South East +33 45 £55,000 -8.33% 142
East of England +33 34 £62,500 -10.71% 23
North of England -65 31 £52,500 - 52
Midlands +30 23 £75,000 +38.89% 28
South West -25 19 £85,000 +9.68% 30
North West -51 19 £53,000 -2.75% 36
West Midlands +15 13 £87,500 +62.04% 19
East Midlands +15 10 £75,000 +7.14% 9
Yorkshire -9 9 £52,500 +2.44% 11
North East +14 3 - - 5
Performance Management
UK

Performance Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 3 (1.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.87%) nginx
3 1 (0.43%) Appian
3 1 (0.43%) LiveLink
3 1 (0.43%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (0.43%) SharePoint
Applications
1 30 (13.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (10.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 14 (6.09%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (2.17%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.43%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.74%) Maximo
1 4 (1.74%) Salesforce CRM
1 4 (1.74%) Unit4 Business World
2 3 (1.30%) Magento
2 3 (1.30%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (1.30%) Shopify
3 2 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.87%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.87%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (0.87%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (0.87%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.87%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.43%) Cognos Controller
4 1 (0.43%) HFM
4 1 (0.43%) Primavera
4 1 (0.43%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 47 (20.43%) SaaS
2 30 (13.04%) Azure
3 26 (11.30%) Power Platform
4 17 (7.39%) AWS
5 10 (4.35%) OCI
6 5 (2.17%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (1.74%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (1.74%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (1.30%) Amazon Alexa
8 3 (1.30%) Azure Monitor
8 3 (1.30%) BigCommerce
8 3 (1.30%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.87%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 2 (0.87%) AWS CloudFormation
9 2 (0.87%) GCP
9 2 (0.87%) Google Workspace
9 2 (0.87%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.43%) IaaS
10 1 (0.43%) PaaS
10 1 (0.43%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.74%) SSL
2 3 (1.30%) Firewall
2 3 (1.30%) Internet
2 3 (1.30%) Network Security
3 2 (0.87%) Broadband
3 2 (0.87%) DNS
3 2 (0.87%) NAS
3 2 (0.87%) SAN
3 2 (0.87%) SNMP
3 2 (0.87%) Wireshark
4 1 (0.43%) BGP
4 1 (0.43%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (0.43%) EIGRP
4 1 (0.43%) IKE
4 1 (0.43%) IPsec
4 1 (0.43%) LAN
4 1 (0.43%) OSPF
4 1 (0.43%) VPN
4 1 (0.43%) WAN
4 1 (0.43%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (10.43%) Power BI
2 13 (5.65%) BusinessObjects
2 13 (5.65%) Data Mining
3 4 (1.74%) DB2
3 4 (1.74%) SAP BW
4 3 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (1.30%) Tableau
5 2 (0.87%) Data Mart
5 2 (0.87%) Redis
5 2 (0.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.43%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.43%) Metadata
6 1 (0.43%) MySQL
6 1 (0.43%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (1.30%) JIRA
2 1 (0.43%) Selenium
2 1 (0.43%) TestRail
General
1 114 (49.57%) Finance
2 85 (36.96%) Social Skills
3 52 (22.61%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (14.35%) Law
4 33 (14.35%) Marketing
5 27 (11.74%) Retail
6 23 (10.00%) Legal
7 20 (8.70%) Public Sector
8 18 (7.83%) Banking
9 16 (6.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 13 (5.65%) Organisational Skills
10 13 (5.65%) Presentation Skills
11 12 (5.22%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (3.48%) Local Government
13 6 (2.61%) Telecoms
14 5 (2.17%) General Ledger
15 4 (1.74%) Italian Language
15 4 (1.74%) Pharmaceutical
16 3 (1.30%) Financial Institution
16 3 (1.30%) Games
Job Titles
1 29 (12.61%) Lead
2 25 (10.87%) Business Manager
2 25 (10.87%) Senior
3 20 (8.70%) Architect
4 18 (7.83%) Developer
5 13 (5.65%) Solutions Architect
6 12 (5.22%) Analyst
7 10 (4.35%) Senior Manager
7 10 (4.35%) Service Manager
8 9 (3.91%) Junior
8 9 (3.91%) Junior Developer
8 9 (3.91%) Oracle Architect
8 9 (3.91%) Oracle Solutions Architect
8 9 (3.91%) Software Engineer
9 8 (3.48%) Consultant
9 8 (3.48%) Lead Developer
9 8 (3.48%) Operations Manager
10 6 (2.61%) Procurement Manager
10 6 (2.61%) Senior Procurement Manager
10 6 (2.61%) Vendor Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.91%) Spring
2 8 (3.48%) React
2 8 (3.48%) REST
2 8 (3.48%) RESTful
3 5 (2.17%) Kafka
4 4 (1.74%) Hibernate
4 4 (1.74%) Node.js
4 4 (1.74%) Web Services
5 3 (1.30%) .NET
5 3 (1.30%) Flash
5 3 (1.30%) HTML
5 3 (1.30%) SOAP
6 2 (0.87%) AngularJS
6 2 (0.87%) Gherkin
6 2 (0.87%) Laravel
6 2 (0.87%) Lightning Web Components
6 2 (0.87%) Middleware
6 2 (0.87%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (0.87%) Visualforce
6 2 (0.87%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 28 (12.17%) Onboarding
2 16 (6.96%) Product Ownership
3 14 (6.09%) Data Structures
4 10 (4.35%) Cloud Native
4 10 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (4.35%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 8 (3.48%) Management Information System
6 7 (3.04%) Greenfield Project
7 5 (2.17%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (2.17%) Public Cloud
7 5 (2.17%) Virtual Team
8 4 (1.74%) Driving Licence
8 4 (1.74%) Mobile Banking
8 4 (1.74%) Reference Data
8 4 (1.74%) Robotics
8 4 (1.74%) Spread Betting
9 3 (1.30%) e-Learning
9 3 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.30%) EPoS
9 3 (1.30%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.30%) Windows
2 2 (0.87%) Android
2 2 (0.87%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.43%) Linux
3 1 (0.43%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (28.70%) Coaching
2 64 (27.83%) Decision-Making
3 56 (24.35%) Continuous Improvement
4 46 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 44 (19.13%) Mentoring
5 44 (19.13%) Roadmaps
6 43 (18.70%) Project Management
7 38 (16.52%) Customer Service
8 37 (16.09%) Business Strategy
8 37 (16.09%) Stakeholder Management
9 36 (15.65%) Agile
10 33 (14.35%) Performance Metrics
11 31 (13.48%) Service Delivery
12 30 (13.04%) Business Development
12 30 (13.04%) Customer Experience
12 30 (13.04%) Risk Management
13 29 (12.61%) People Management
14 24 (10.43%) Analytics
14 24 (10.43%) Business Enablement
14 24 (10.43%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (10.43%) SQL
2 19 (8.26%) Java
3 13 (5.65%) VBA
4 7 (3.04%) C#
5 6 (2.61%) Kotlin
6 5 (2.17%) JavaScript
6 5 (2.17%) Python
7 4 (1.74%) Groovy
8 3 (1.30%) Delphi
8 3 (1.30%) PHP
8 3 (1.30%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.87%) Apex Code
9 2 (0.87%) Bash
9 2 (0.87%) SOQL
9 2 (0.87%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 43 (18.70%) Degree
2 13 (5.65%) CIPD
3 12 (5.22%) Master's Degree
4 11 (4.78%) PMI Certification
4 11 (4.78%) PMP
5 10 (4.35%) Security Cleared
6 9 (3.91%) SC Cleared
7 6 (2.61%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (2.61%) DV Cleared
7 6 (2.61%) MBA
8 3 (1.30%) ACCA
8 3 (1.30%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.30%) CIMA
8 3 (1.30%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.87%) CCNA
9 2 (0.87%) CCNP
9 2 (0.87%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.87%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.87%) MCSE
9 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (8.70%) QA
2 7 (3.04%) Data Quality
3 6 (2.61%) SLA
4 4 (1.74%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.74%) GDPR
5 2 (0.87%) COSHH
6 1 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.43%) NIST
6 1 (0.43%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (1.74%) Docker
1 4 (1.74%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (1.30%) Hyper-V
2 3 (1.30%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.87%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.43%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (3.91%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.30%) Terraform
2 3 (1.30%) ZABBIX
3 2 (0.87%) Grafana
3 2 (0.87%) HAProxy
3 2 (0.87%) Istio
3 2 (0.87%) linkerd
3 2 (0.87%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.43%) Netcool
4 1 (0.43%) Netcool/OMNIbus
4 1 (0.43%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 46 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 23 (10.00%) YouTube
3 13 (5.65%) Facebook
4 12 (5.22%) Oracle
4 12 (5.22%) SAP
5 9 (3.91%) IBM
6 6 (2.61%) Salesforce
7 5 (2.17%) Google
8 4 (1.74%) HubSpot
8 4 (1.74%) VMware
9 3 (1.30%) Anaplan
9 3 (1.30%) F5
9 3 (1.30%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.87%) BT
10 2 (0.87%) Cisco
10 2 (0.87%) Splunk
10 2 (0.87%) Workday
11 1 (0.43%) CheckPoint
11 1 (0.43%) TikTok
11 1 (0.43%) UiPath