Performance Optimisation Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Performance Optimisation
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Gloucestershire requiring Performance Optimisation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 - 117
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Performance Optimisation 6 0 10
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 0.77% - 0.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.98% - 0.83%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 10
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £43,750 - £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 - £52,500
75th Percentile £51,250 - £56,250
90th Percentile - - £60,125
South West median annual salary £48,750 £65,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -25.00% +23.81% -37.31%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 610 532 1,200
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 77.81% 93.17% 89.96%
Number of salaries quoted 416 214 839
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £29,440
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £37,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £55,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +7.84% -7.27%
75th Percentile £70,000 £69,313 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,425 £79,000
South West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -2.91%

Performance Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Performance Optimisation job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

Performance Optimisation
Salary Trend in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Performance Optimisation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Performance Optimisation

Performance Optimisation
Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Optimisation within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 15 February 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
Gloucester - 5 - - 4
Stroud - 1 £47,500 - 2
Performance Optimisation
South West

Performance Optimisation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 1 (16.67%) CMS
1 1 (16.67%) Headless CMS
1 1 (16.67%) nginx
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (16.67%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) DigitalOcean
2 1 (16.67%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (16.67%) Software-Defined Networking
1 1 (16.67%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) MongoDB
1 1 (16.67%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Git
1 1 (16.67%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 5 (83.33%) Aerospace
2 4 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (66.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) C++ Software Engineer
1 4 (66.67%) Software Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Developer
2 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Full-Stack Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (66.67%) Middleware
1 4 (66.67%) ZeroMQ
2 1 (16.67%) Laravel
2 1 (16.67%) LEMP Stack
2 1 (16.67%) LoopBack
2 1 (16.67%) Node.js
2 1 (16.67%) Nuxt
2 1 (16.67%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
1 1 (16.67%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Agile
1 5 (83.33%) CI/CD
1 5 (83.33%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (83.33%) Software Engineering
2 4 (66.67%) Collaborative Culture
2 4 (66.67%) Concurrent Programming
2 4 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (66.67%) Cross-Platform Development
2 4 (66.67%) Multithreading
2 4 (66.67%) OOD
2 4 (66.67%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 4 (66.67%) Scrum
2 4 (66.67%) Secure Coding
2 4 (66.67%) Unit Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Analytics
3 1 (16.67%) API Design
3 1 (16.67%) API Development
3 1 (16.67%) DevOps
3 1 (16.67%) Network Monitoring
3 1 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) Bash
1 4 (66.67%) C++
1 4 (66.67%) Python
2 1 (16.67%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) CCIE
1 1 (16.67%) CCIE Data Center
1 1 (16.67%) CCNP
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Docker
1 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (16.67%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Ansible
1 1 (16.67%) Terraform
1 1 (16.67%) vRealize
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco
1 1 (16.67%) VMware