Performance Analysis Job Trends in the South East

Performance Analysis
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Performance Analysis skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 244 281 252
Rank change year-on-year +37 -29 +147
Permanent jobs citing Performance Analysis 31 21 17
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.30% 0.23% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 0.26% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 15 6 14
10th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £50,275
25th Percentile £35,633 £41,500 £58,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% -16.80% +16.12%
75th Percentile £58,483 £70,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £62,536 £76,875 £92,900
England median annual salary £52,500 £75,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -30.00% +50.00% -28.57%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

Performance Analysis 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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,378 8,110 6,969
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 80.85% 87.72% 89.80%
Number of salaries quoted 4,956 3,982 4,915
10th Percentile £27,750 £32,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £44,253 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +7.48% -2.73%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Performance Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Performance Analysis job vacancy trend in the South East

Performance Analysis
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Performance Analysis.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Performance Analysis

Performance Analysis
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Performance Analysis in the South East over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Performance Analysis in the South East

Performance Analysis
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Analysis within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 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
Thames Valley +14 21 £52,500 +11.70% 7
Berkshire +3 17 £49,220 +4.72% 4
Hampshire +39 6 £47,500 - 2
Buckinghamshire - 4 £52,500 - 1
West Sussex +3 3 £32,500 -57.38% 1
Surrey - 1 - - 3
Performance Analysis
England

Performance Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (9.68%) CMS
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (12.90%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (12.90%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (3.23%) GNU Octave
3 1 (3.23%) Mathcad
3 1 (3.23%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 12 (38.71%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 12 (38.71%) Azure DevOps
2 4 (12.90%) Google Analytics
2 4 (12.90%) Power Platform
3 1 (3.23%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.45%) Wireless
2 1 (3.23%) 5G
2 1 (3.23%) BGP
2 1 (3.23%) Firewall
2 1 (3.23%) MIMO
2 1 (3.23%) NGN
2 1 (3.23%) OSPF
2 1 (3.23%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (3.23%) Software-Defined Radio
2 1 (3.23%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.90%) Power BI
2 3 (9.68%) Metadata
3 1 (3.23%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 13 (41.94%) JIRA
2 12 (38.71%) eCATT
2 12 (38.71%) NeoLoad
3 1 (3.23%) GCC
3 1 (3.23%) Rational DOORS
General
1 16 (51.61%) Finance
1 16 (51.61%) Influencing Skills
2 15 (48.39%) Marketing
3 13 (41.94%) Manufacturing
4 12 (38.71%) Presentation Skills
5 7 (22.58%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (19.35%) Social Skills
7 2 (6.45%) Aerospace
8 1 (3.23%) Retail
8 1 (3.23%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (54.84%) Analyst
2 12 (38.71%) Performance Analyst
2 12 (38.71%) Performance Test Analyst
2 12 (38.71%) Test Analyst
2 12 (38.71%) Testing Analyst
3 4 (12.90%) Data Analyst
3 4 (12.90%) Financial Analyst
3 4 (12.90%) Software Engineer
4 2 (6.45%) Senior
4 2 (6.45%) Senior Software Engineer
4 2 (6.45%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (3.23%) 1st/2nd Line Support
5 1 (3.23%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (3.23%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 1 (3.23%) Associate Engineer
5 1 (3.23%) Cisco Network Support Engineer
5 1 (3.23%) DBA
5 1 (3.23%) Graduate Analyst
5 1 (3.23%) Graduate Systems Analyst
5 1 (3.23%) Mathematical Modeller
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.13%) Algorithms
2 3 (9.68%) Blog
3 1 (3.23%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 5 (16.13%) Linux
2 4 (12.90%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (51.61%) ERP
2 15 (48.39%) User Experience
3 12 (38.71%) Continuous Improvement
3 12 (38.71%) Load Testing
3 12 (38.71%) Performance Testing
3 12 (38.71%) Product Roadmap
3 12 (38.71%) Programme Management
3 12 (38.71%) Requirements Gathering
3 12 (38.71%) Risk Management
3 12 (38.71%) Roadmaps
3 12 (38.71%) Source to Pay
3 12 (38.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 12 (38.71%) Test Management
3 12 (38.71%) Test Strategy
3 12 (38.71%) Visualisation
4 6 (19.35%) Mathematics
5 5 (16.13%) Business Intelligence
5 5 (16.13%) Computer Science
5 5 (16.13%) Physics
6 4 (12.90%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 12 (38.71%) Python
2 5 (16.13%) C++
2 5 (16.13%) SQL
3 4 (12.90%) Bash
3 4 (12.90%) C
3 4 (12.90%) Fortran
3 4 (12.90%) VBA
4 2 (6.45%) MATLAB
5 1 (3.23%) Java
5 1 (3.23%) PL/SQL
5 1 (3.23%) VB
Qualifications
1 7 (22.58%) Degree
2 4 (12.90%) ACCA
2 4 (12.90%) CIMA
2 4 (12.90%) Master's Degree
2 4 (12.90%) PhD
3 3 (9.68%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (9.68%) Security Cleared
4 1 (3.23%) CCNA
4 1 (3.23%) CCNP
4 1 (3.23%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (3.23%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 1 (3.23%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (38.71%) HP ALM
2 1 (3.23%) Ansible
2 1 (3.23%) FortiGate
2 1 (3.23%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 16 (51.61%) SAP
2 12 (38.71%) HP
3 4 (12.90%) Google
4 3 (9.68%) Microsoft
5 1 (3.23%) Ahrefs
5 1 (3.23%) ANSYS
5 1 (3.23%) Cisco
5 1 (3.23%) Fortinet
5 1 (3.23%) Keysight
5 1 (3.23%) MathWorks
5 1 (3.23%) Meraki
5 1 (3.23%) Pardot
5 1 (3.23%) Salesforce