Performance Engineer Jobs in the North of England

Performance Engineer
England > North of England

The median Performance Engineer salary in the North of England is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 August 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 346 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
DemandTrendPermanent jobs requiring a Performance Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.007% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.009% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 - -
75th Percentile £73,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £67,500 £50,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +35.00% -23.08% -5.33%

All DemandTrendPermanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

DemandTrendPermanent vacancies in the North of England with a recognized job title 11,571 15,282 9,911
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 85.99% 95.11% 89.12%
Number of salaries quoted 6,050 9,764 6,722
10th Percentile £25,087 £29,000 £30,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £50,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.63% -8.26% +6.86%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £69,725
90th Percentile £75,900 £77,500 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Performance Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings that featured Performance Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Performance Engineer in the North of England

Performance Engineer
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for Performance Engineer job vacancies in the North of England.

Salary distribution trend for Performance Engineer job vacancies in the North of England

Performance Engineer
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Engineer within the North of England region over the 6 months to 24 August 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
DemandTrendPermanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West - 1 £67,500 - 3
Performance Engineer
England

Performance Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 24 August 2025, Performance Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North of England region featuring Performance Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) LoadRunner
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Load Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Gatling
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Transformation

Performance Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Gatling
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) LoadRunner
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Load Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Transformation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP