Performance Optimisation Jobs in Scotland

Performance Optimisation
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Performance Optimisation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Performance Optimisation over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 119 250 218
Rank change year-on-year +131 -32 +31
Permanent jobs citing Performance Optimisation 31 34 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.08% 0.50% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.17% 0.54% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 7 12 4
10th Percentile £46,750 £38,250 -
25th Percentile £49,375 £45,188 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,250 £54,085
Median % change year-on-year +7.32% -5.24% -25.40%
75th Percentile £79,375 £76,250 £82,548
90th Percentile £100,000 £89,000 -
UK median annual salary £69,315 £60,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +15.53% -14.29% +12.90%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,642 6,252 4,458
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.25% 92.81% 94.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1,350 2,422 2,244
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £32,321
25th Percentile £44,000 £40,500 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £57,654
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -8.94% +9.82%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £73,875
90th Percentile £83,074 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%

Performance Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Performance Optimisation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Performance Optimisation in Scotland

Performance Optimisation
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Performance Optimisation in Scotland.

Salary trend for Performance Optimisation in Scotland

Performance Optimisation
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Performance Optimisation in Scotland over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Performance Optimisation in Scotland

Performance Optimisation
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Optimisation within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 3 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Lanarkshire +1 12 - - 2
Edinburgh +12 7 £56,250 +19.68% 2
Glasgow +178 4 £52,500 -32.26% 4
Renfrewshire - 2 - - 3
Strathclyde - 1 - -
West Dunbartonshire - 1 - -
Performance Optimisation
UK

Performance Optimisation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Application Platforms
1 21 (67.74%) Confluence
2 1 (3.23%) CMS
2 1 (3.23%) Headless CMS
2 1 (3.23%) Umbraco
Cloud Services
1 27 (87.10%) Azure
2 24 (77.42%) AWS
3 22 (70.97%) GCP
4 3 (9.68%) GitHub
5 2 (6.45%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (3.23%) Adobe Analytics
6 1 (3.23%) Azure Stack
6 1 (3.23%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (3.23%) Firebase
6 1 (3.23%) Google Analytics
6 1 (3.23%) Stripe
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (70.97%) SQL Server
2 2 (6.45%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (3.23%) MySQL
3 1 (3.23%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 23 (74.19%) GitLab
2 21 (67.74%) Bitbucket
2 21 (67.74%) Cucumber
2 21 (67.74%) JIRA
2 21 (67.74%) Maven
2 21 (67.74%) Selenium
2 21 (67.74%) SonarQube
2 21 (67.74%) Sonatype Nexus
3 2 (6.45%) Git
4 1 (3.23%) Jenkins
General
1 22 (70.97%) Finance
1 22 (70.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 21 (67.74%) Banking
3 2 (6.45%) Social Skills
4 1 (3.23%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 22 (70.97%) Software Engineer
2 4 (12.90%) Developer
3 2 (6.45%) Architect
3 2 (6.45%) Azure Architect
3 2 (6.45%) Azure Data Architect
3 2 (6.45%) Data Architect
3 2 (6.45%) Full-Stack Developer
4 1 (3.23%) Analyst
4 1 (3.23%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
4 1 (3.23%) Computer Engineer
4 1 (3.23%) Computer Vision Engineer
4 1 (3.23%) Digital Analyst
4 1 (3.23%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 1 (3.23%) Lead
4 1 (3.23%) React Developer
4 1 (3.23%) Security Architect
4 1 (3.23%) Senior
4 1 (3.23%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (3.23%) Senior Digital Analyst
4 1 (3.23%) Umbraco Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (80.65%) React
2 24 (77.42%) CSS
3 23 (74.19%) HTML
4 22 (70.97%) Redux
5 21 (67.74%) Hibernate
5 21 (67.74%) JPA
5 21 (67.74%) Kafka
5 21 (67.74%) Spring
5 21 (67.74%) Spring Boot
6 4 (12.90%) RESTful
7 3 (9.68%) .NET
8 2 (6.45%) AngularJS
8 2 (6.45%) Next.js
8 2 (6.45%) React Native
9 1 (3.23%) Apollo GraphQL
9 1 (3.23%) GraphQL
9 1 (3.23%) HTML5
9 1 (3.23%) OpenCV
9 1 (3.23%) OpenVINO
9 1 (3.23%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 22 (70.97%) Product Ownership
2 21 (67.74%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (6.45%) Mobile App
4 1 (3.23%) Algorithms
4 1 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (3.23%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.23%) Android
1 1 (3.23%) Apple iOS
1 1 (3.23%) Linux
1 1 (3.23%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (83.87%) Agile
1 26 (83.87%) CI/CD
2 25 (80.65%) Full-Stack Development
3 24 (77.42%) DevOps
3 24 (77.42%) Front End Development
4 23 (74.19%) Continuous Improvement
4 23 (74.19%) Software Engineering
5 22 (70.97%) Clean Code
6 21 (67.74%) Containerisation
6 21 (67.74%) Microservices
6 21 (67.74%) SDLC
6 21 (67.74%) TDD
6 21 (67.74%) Test Automation
7 4 (12.90%) User Experience
8 3 (9.68%) Analytics
8 3 (9.68%) Data Security
8 3 (9.68%) Problem-Solving
9 2 (6.45%) Code Quality
9 2 (6.45%) Deployment Automation
9 2 (6.45%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 25 (80.65%) JavaScript
2 24 (77.42%) SQL
3 23 (74.19%) Java
4 3 (9.68%) C#
5 2 (6.45%) TypeScript
6 1 (3.23%) Bash
6 1 (3.23%) C++
6 1 (3.23%) Kotlin
6 1 (3.23%) Objective-C
6 1 (3.23%) Python
6 1 (3.23%) Swift
Qualifications
1 1 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (3.23%) Degree
1 1 (3.23%) Master's Degree
1 1 (3.23%) PhD
1 1 (3.23%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (70.97%) QA
System Software
1 22 (70.97%) Docker
Systems Management
1 23 (74.19%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 21 (67.74%) Solace
2 2 (6.45%) Google
3 1 (3.23%) Adobe
3 1 (3.23%) Databricks
3 1 (3.23%) Maxymiser
3 1 (3.23%) Medallia
3 1 (3.23%) Microsoft