Performance Optimisation Job Trends in Manchester

Performance Optimisation
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Performance Optimisation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 114 129
Rank change year-on-year +11 +15 +99
Permanent jobs citing Performance Optimisation 28 43 24
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.96% 1.62% 0.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.21% 1.73% 1.04%
Number of salaries quoted 22 19 19
10th Percentile £41,250 - £44,750
25th Percentile £51,438 £47,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% +6.15%
75th Percentile £72,500 £87,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £78,125 - £64,250
North West median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +18.18% +8.35%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,312 2,490 2,318
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 79.67% 93.86% 90.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,396 1,165 1,857
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,200 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,000 £84,056
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%

Performance Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Performance Optimisation job vacancy trend in Manchester

Performance Optimisation
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Performance Optimisation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Performance Optimisation

Performance Optimisation
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Performance Optimisation in Manchester over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Performance Optimisation in Manchester

Performance Optimisation
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Optimisation within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 13 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
Bury - 2 - -
Performance Optimisation
North West

Performance Optimisation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 2 (7.14%) nginx
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.57%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (3.57%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (3.57%) Adobe XD
1 1 (3.57%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Advent Geneva
Cloud Services
1 11 (39.29%) Azure
2 9 (32.14%) AWS
3 8 (28.57%) GCP
4 2 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (3.57%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 1 (3.57%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (3.57%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (3.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (3.57%) Cloudflare
5 1 (3.57%) GitHub
5 1 (3.57%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.57%) HTTP
1 1 (3.57%) SAN
1 1 (3.57%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (25.00%) MySQL
1 7 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 6 (21.43%) MongoDB
3 3 (10.71%) NoSQL
4 1 (3.57%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (3.57%) Data Lake
4 1 (3.57%) DB2
4 1 (3.57%) Redis
4 1 (3.57%) Relational Database
4 1 (3.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (21.43%) Git
2 1 (3.57%) Octopus Deploy
2 1 (3.57%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (10.71%) Documentation Skills
1 3 (10.71%) Social Skills
2 2 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (7.14%) Retail
3 1 (3.57%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 17 (60.71%) Developer
2 7 (25.00%) Senior
2 7 (25.00%) Senior Developer
3 6 (21.43%) .NET Developer
4 5 (17.86%) Java Developer
5 4 (14.29%) Lead
5 4 (14.29%) Senior .NET Developer
6 3 (10.71%) Lead Software Engineer
6 3 (10.71%) PHP Developer
6 3 (10.71%) Senior Java Developer
6 3 (10.71%) Software Engineer
7 2 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (7.14%) IT Manager
7 2 (7.14%) Software Developer
8 1 (3.57%) Analyst
8 1 (3.57%) Architect
8 1 (3.57%) C++ Developer
8 1 (3.57%) HTML Developer
8 1 (3.57%) Infrastructure Architect
8 1 (3.57%) MySQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (35.71%) .NET
2 7 (25.00%) CSS
2 7 (25.00%) HTML
3 6 (21.43%) .NET Core
3 6 (21.43%) ASP.NET Web API
3 6 (21.43%) Hibernate
3 6 (21.43%) Spring
3 6 (21.43%) Spring Boot
4 5 (17.86%) Akka
4 5 (17.86%) Akka.NET
5 3 (10.71%) .NET Framework
5 3 (10.71%) React
5 3 (10.71%) Web Services
6 2 (7.14%) jQuery
6 2 (7.14%) Laravel
6 2 (7.14%) REST
7 1 (3.57%) Node.js
7 1 (3.57%) Qt
7 1 (3.57%) Software Packaging
7 1 (3.57%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 9 (32.14%) Distributed Systems
2 3 (10.71%) Cloud Native
2 3 (10.71%) Distributed Computing
3 1 (3.57%) Client/Server
3 1 (3.57%) Enterprise Storage
3 1 (3.57%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (3.57%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (64.29%) Containerisation
2 17 (60.71%) CI/CD
2 17 (60.71%) Microservices
3 14 (50.00%) Agile
4 12 (42.86%) Clean Code
5 9 (32.14%) DevOps
6 8 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (28.57%) Roadmaps
7 6 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (21.43%) Decision-Making
7 6 (21.43%) Low Latency
7 6 (21.43%) Open Source
7 6 (21.43%) Product Roadmap
7 6 (21.43%) Scrum
8 5 (17.86%) API Testing
8 5 (17.86%) End-to-End Testing
8 5 (17.86%) Functional Testing
8 5 (17.86%) Unit Testing
9 4 (14.29%) Platform Engineering
9 4 (14.29%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 9 (32.14%) C#
2 7 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 6 (21.43%) Java
3 6 (21.43%) SQL
4 4 (14.29%) TypeScript
5 3 (10.71%) Erlang
5 3 (10.71%) PHP
5 3 (10.71%) PowerShell
6 1 (3.57%) Bicep
6 1 (3.57%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (3.57%) Azure Certification
1 1 (3.57%) Degree
1 1 (3.57%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.71%) QA
2 2 (7.14%) GDPR
System Software
1 13 (46.43%) Docker
2 2 (7.14%) Active Directory
3 1 (3.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (39.29%) Kubernetes
2 3 (10.71%) Terraform
3 2 (7.14%) Ansible
3 2 (7.14%) Progress Chef
3 2 (7.14%) Puppet
Vendors
1 4 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 4 (14.29%) VMware
2 1 (3.57%) Adobe
2 1 (3.57%) Advent
2 1 (3.57%) Databricks
2 1 (3.57%) Google
2 1 (3.57%) HubSpot
2 1 (3.57%) Oracle