Performance Metrics Job Trends in the South East

Performance Metrics
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Performance Metrics skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 206 206 282
Rank change year-on-year 0 +76 +81
Permanent jobs citing Performance Metrics 66 61 78
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.54% 0.85% 0.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.71% 0.94% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 28 23 34
10th Percentile £31,250 - £32,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £50,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £60,000 £43,750
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +37.14% -11.62%
75th Percentile £65,285 £65,000 £64,438
90th Percentile £97,500 £70,750 £71,375
England median annual salary £56,500 £62,500 £54,250
% change year-on-year -9.60% +15.21% -1.36%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,329 6,492 12,247
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 75.99% 90.09% 85.55%
Number of salaries quoted 5,918 3,309 9,061
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £56,673 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.77% +13.35% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

Performance Metrics
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Performance Metrics job vacancy trend in the South East

Performance Metrics
Salary Trend in the South East

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

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

Performance Metrics
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Performance Metrics in the South East over the 6 months to 15 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Performance Metrics in the South East

Performance Metrics
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 Metrics within the South East region over the 6 months to 15 March 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
Kent -5 28 £32,500 -65.79% 9
Surrey -19 14 £40,000 -33.33% 10
Thames Valley -3 13 £90,000 - 11
Buckinghamshire -7 9 - - 2
Hampshire -7 8 £60,000 +20.00% 8
Berkshire -4 4 £90,000 - 7
Middlesex +20 1 - - 7
West Sussex - 1 £45,000 - 2
Performance Metrics
England

Performance Metrics
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 8 (12.12%) CMS
2 1 (1.52%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (1.52%) Confluence
Applications
1 24 (36.36%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (6.06%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 4 (6.06%) Adobe Premiere
2 4 (6.06%) InDesign
2 4 (6.06%) Photoshop
3 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 22 (33.33%) AWS
2 20 (30.30%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (7.58%) Google Analytics
4 4 (6.06%) MailChimp
5 3 (4.55%) Amazon EKS
5 3 (4.55%) AWS CloudFormation
5 3 (4.55%) Azure AKS
5 3 (4.55%) Google Data Studio
5 3 (4.55%) Google Tag Manager
5 3 (4.55%) OpenShift
5 3 (4.55%) SaaS
6 2 (3.03%) Google Ads
6 2 (3.03%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.52%) Adobe Analytics
7 1 (1.52%) Amazon S3
7 1 (1.52%) Azure
7 1 (1.52%) dbt
7 1 (1.52%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.55%) Looker
2 2 (3.03%) Power BI
3 1 (1.52%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (1.52%) Data Mining
3 1 (1.52%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (4.55%) GitLab
1 3 (4.55%) Jenkins
2 2 (3.03%) JIRA
General
1 56 (84.85%) Social Skills
2 25 (37.88%) Marketing
3 24 (36.36%) Finance
4 20 (30.30%) French Language
5 16 (24.24%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (21.21%) Swedish Language
7 10 (15.15%) Telecoms
8 5 (7.58%) Advertising
9 4 (6.06%) Aerospace
10 3 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (3.03%) Brand Awareness
12 1 (1.52%) Digital Economy
12 1 (1.52%) Electronics
12 1 (1.52%) Financial Institution
12 1 (1.52%) Manufacturing
12 1 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (1.52%) Publishing
12 1 (1.52%) Retail
Job Titles
1 22 (33.33%) Analyst
2 20 (30.30%) Service Analyst
2 20 (30.30%) Service Desk Analyst
3 8 (12.12%) Account Manager
3 8 (12.12%) Client Account Manager
3 8 (12.12%) Incident Manager
3 8 (12.12%) Major Incident Manager
4 5 (7.58%) Lead
4 5 (7.58%) Marketing Executive
5 3 (4.55%) Client Services Manager
5 3 (4.55%) DevOps Engineer
5 3 (4.55%) Head of IT
5 3 (4.55%) Senior
5 3 (4.55%) Senior Manager
5 3 (4.55%) Service Manager
6 2 (3.03%) Digital Marketing Manager
6 2 (3.03%) Head of Delivery
6 2 (3.03%) Marketing Manager
6 2 (3.03%) Sales Director
6 2 (3.03%) Senior Digital Marketing Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.09%) Social Media
2 3 (4.55%) Marketing Technology
3 2 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (3.03%) Tandem
4 1 (1.52%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.52%) e-Learning
4 1 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.52%) Learning Management System
4 1 (1.52%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.06%) Linux
2 1 (1.52%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (45.45%) ITIL
2 22 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 22 (33.33%) ITSM
3 20 (30.30%) Analytics
4 17 (25.76%) Continuous Improvement
5 14 (21.21%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (19.70%) Collaborative Working
7 12 (18.18%) Service Delivery
8 11 (16.67%) Data Analysis
9 10 (15.15%) Data Protection
9 10 (15.15%) Process Improvement
9 10 (15.15%) Service Management
10 8 (12.12%) Incident Management
10 8 (12.12%) Major Incident Management
11 7 (10.61%) Marketing Strategy
12 6 (9.09%) Customer Experience
12 6 (9.09%) Digital Marketing
12 6 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
13 5 (7.58%) Agile
13 5 (7.58%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.03%) SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (42.42%) Degree
2 20 (30.30%) AWS Certification
2 20 (30.30%) MCSE
2 20 (30.30%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (6.06%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.52%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.52%) HNC
4 1 (1.52%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (1.52%) PMP
4 1 (1.52%) Postgraduate
4 1 (1.52%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (31.82%) QA
2 10 (15.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (4.55%) Data Quality
3 3 (4.55%) GDPR
3 3 (4.55%) PERC
4 1 (1.52%) PMO
Systems Management
1 3 (4.55%) Ansible
1 3 (4.55%) Kubernetes
1 3 (4.55%) Terraform
Vendors
1 26 (39.39%) Microsoft
2 21 (31.82%) ServiceNow
3 11 (16.67%) Google
4 5 (7.58%) Adobe
5 4 (6.06%) Facebook
5 4 (6.06%) Instagram
6 2 (3.03%) HubSpot
7 1 (1.52%) Oracle