Performance Optimisation Job Trends in the North East

Performance Optimisation
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North East requiring Performance Optimisation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 79 69
Rank change year-on-year +7 -10 -
Permanent jobs citing Performance Optimisation 7 6 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 0.70% 0.65% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.88% 0.73% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 3 6 2
10th Percentile - £46,125 -
25th Percentile £38,750 £48,125 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £67,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -37.04% +22.73% -
75th Percentile £46,250 £88,125 £57,500
90th Percentile - £101,250 -
England median annual salary £80,000 £72,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +10.34% +20.83% -14.29%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North East

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 North East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 792 824 671
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 78.88% 88.60% 89.47%
Number of salaries quoted 534 340 578
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,675 £29,500
25th Percentile £30,875 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,445 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.11% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £61,445
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £75,188
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 North East

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

Performance Optimisation job vacancy trend in the North East

Performance Optimisation
Salary Trend in the North East

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Performance Optimisation

Performance Optimisation
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Optimisation within the North East region over the 6 months to 11 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
Tyne and Wear +11 7 £42,500 -37.04% 14
Performance Optimisation
England

Performance Optimisation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) SaaS
2 1 (14.29%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (14.29%) Data Lake
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (42.86%) Marketing
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Animator
1 3 (42.86%) Developer
1 3 (42.86%) Mobile Developer
2 1 (14.29%) DBA
2 1 (14.29%) SQL DBA
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Server DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (42.86%) .NET
1 3 (42.86%) React Native
1 3 (42.86%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Animation
1 3 (42.86%) Data Protection Act
1 3 (42.86%) Mobile App
1 3 (42.86%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Android
1 3 (42.86%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Analytics
1 3 (42.86%) Android Development
1 3 (42.86%) Business Development
1 3 (42.86%) Data Protection
1 3 (42.86%) iOS Development
1 3 (42.86%) Mobile Development
1 3 (42.86%) Push Notifications
1 3 (42.86%) Roadmaps
1 3 (42.86%) Storyboarding
1 3 (42.86%) Storytelling
2 2 (28.57%) Value Proposition
3 1 (14.29%) Change Data Capture
3 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
3 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement Process
3 1 (14.29%) DevOps
3 1 (14.29%) High Availability
3 1 (14.29%) ITIL
3 1 (14.29%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) JavaScript
1 3 (42.86%) TypeScript
2 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
2 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 1 (14.29%) Nimble Storage