Performance Metrics Job Trends in the North West

Performance Metrics
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Performance Metrics skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 168 167 179
Rank change year-on-year -1 +12 +111
Permanent jobs citing Performance Metrics 18 38 24
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.28% 0.75% 0.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.82% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 14 21 21
10th Percentile £37,500 £45,628 -
25th Percentile £39,619 £50,000 £23,850
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +46.67% -26.83%
75th Percentile £73,438 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £85,572 £75,772 £70,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +8.11%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

Performance Metrics 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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,173 4,612 3,922
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 81.20% 91.25% 87.58%
Number of salaries quoted 2,546 2,263 3,047
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,114 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,084 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -0.79% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,445 £68,750
90th Percentile £81,250 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Performance Metrics
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Performance Metrics job vacancy trend in the North West

Performance Metrics
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Performance Metrics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Performance Metrics

Performance Metrics
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Performance Metrics in the North West over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Performance Metrics in the North West

Performance Metrics
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Metrics within the North West region over the 6 months to 14 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
Manchester +12 9 £75,000 +27.12% 10
Cheshire - 7 £57,500 - 2
Cumbria +1 1 - -
Merseyside - 1 - - 1
Performance Metrics
England

Performance Metrics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 (16.67%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (16.67%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 3 (16.67%) Adobe Illustrator
2 3 (16.67%) Elementor
2 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (16.67%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (5.56%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (27.78%) Power Platform
2 4 (22.22%) Google Ads
3 1 (5.56%) Azure
3 1 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (5.56%) Azure Stack
3 1 (5.56%) Entra ID
3 1 (5.56%) Google Analytics
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Advertising
3 1 (5.56%) PaaS
3 1 (5.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) Broadband
1 1 (5.56%) Ethernet
1 1 (5.56%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (27.78%) Power BI
2 1 (5.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) JIRA
General
1 15 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 11 (61.11%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (22.22%) Finance
4 3 (16.67%) Brand Awareness
4 3 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (16.67%) Marketing
4 3 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (11.11%) Banking
5 2 (11.11%) Telecoms
6 1 (5.56%) Advertising
6 1 (5.56%) Agriculture
6 1 (5.56%) Law
6 1 (5.56%) Military
6 1 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) Help Desk Manager
1 5 (27.78%) Infrastructure Manager
1 5 (27.78%) IT Infrastructure Manager
1 5 (27.78%) IT Manager
2 3 (16.67%) Digital Marketing Manager
2 3 (16.67%) Marketing Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Systems Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Data Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Finance Systems Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Performance Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Product Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Project Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Sales Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Senior Performance Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Service Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Service Delivery Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (27.78%) Social Media
2 1 (5.56%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (5.56%) Cloud Native
2 1 (5.56%) Data Structures
2 1 (5.56%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (55.56%) Continuous Improvement
1 10 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (44.44%) Computer Science
3 7 (38.89%) Service Delivery
3 7 (38.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 6 (33.33%) Coaching
4 6 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (33.33%) Service Delivery Management
5 5 (27.78%) Agile
5 5 (27.78%) Business Intelligence
5 5 (27.78%) Customer-Centricity
5 5 (27.78%) Facilities Management
5 5 (27.78%) Thought Leadership
5 5 (27.78%) User Experience
6 4 (22.22%) B2B
6 4 (22.22%) Copywriting
6 4 (22.22%) Pay per click
7 3 (16.67%) Digital Marketing
7 3 (16.67%) Email Marketing
7 3 (16.67%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.56%) PowerShell
1 1 (5.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (55.56%) Degree
2 3 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (5.56%) Azure Certification
3 1 (5.56%) DBS Check
3 1 (5.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (5.56%) Numerate Degree
3 1 (5.56%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) GDPR
1 1 (5.56%) ISO 14001
1 1 (5.56%) ISO 9001
1 1 (5.56%) QA
1 1 (5.56%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (38.89%) Microsoft
2 4 (22.22%) Google
3 3 (16.67%) Adobe
4 2 (11.11%) Salesforce
4 2 (11.11%) UiPath
5 1 (5.56%) Alteryx
5 1 (5.56%) Concur
5 1 (5.56%) Databricks
5 1 (5.56%) SAP