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 19 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 205 227 270
Rank change year-on-year +22 +43 +96
Permanent jobs citing Performance Metrics 75 61 74
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.66% 0.75% 0.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.84% 0.84% 0.70%
Number of salaries quoted 34 22 33
10th Percentile £31,250 - £33,100
25th Percentile £36,563 £50,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £60,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +33.33% -9.09%
75th Percentile £62,500 £66,875 £67,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £56,250
% change year-on-year -12.00% +11.11% +2.27%

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 8,953 7,248 10,620
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 78.24% 89.57% 85.94%
Number of salaries quoted 5,537 3,326 7,851
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,000 £27,965
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,750 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -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 19 February 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 19 February 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 +3 32 £32,500 -65.79% 3
Thames Valley +16 15 £73,000 -27.00% 7
Surrey -10 13 £40,000 -33.33% 5
Hampshire +12 12 £60,000 +20.00% 4
Buckinghamshire +10 10 £45,000 -55.00% 2
Berkshire +5 5 £90,000 - 4
Middlesex +11 1 - - 1
West Sussex - 1 £45,000 - 1
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 (10.67%) CMS
2 2 (2.67%) Confluence
3 1 (1.33%) HCL Domino
3 1 (1.33%) HCL Notes
3 1 (1.33%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 29 (38.67%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (5.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 4 (5.33%) Adobe Premiere
2 4 (5.33%) InDesign
2 4 (5.33%) Photoshop
3 3 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (1.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 26 (34.67%) AWS
2 25 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (9.33%) Google Analytics
4 5 (6.67%) Google Ads
5 4 (5.33%) Google Tag Manager
5 4 (5.33%) MailChimp
5 4 (5.33%) Power Platform
6 3 (4.00%) Amazon EKS
6 3 (4.00%) AWS CloudFormation
6 3 (4.00%) Azure AKS
6 3 (4.00%) Google Data Studio
6 3 (4.00%) OpenShift
6 3 (4.00%) SaaS
7 1 (1.33%) Adobe Analytics
7 1 (1.33%) Azure
7 1 (1.33%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.33%) Power BI
2 3 (4.00%) Looker
3 1 (1.33%) Data Mining
3 1 (1.33%) Power Query
3 1 (1.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (4.00%) GitLab
1 3 (4.00%) Jenkins
1 3 (4.00%) JIRA
General
1 61 (81.33%) Social Skills
2 26 (34.67%) Marketing
3 25 (33.33%) French Language
4 24 (32.00%) Finance
5 20 (26.67%) Swedish Language
6 18 (24.00%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (13.33%) Telecoms
8 6 (8.00%) Advertising
9 4 (5.33%) Aerospace
10 2 (2.67%) Brand Awareness
10 2 (2.67%) Games
10 2 (2.67%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (1.33%) Billing
11 1 (1.33%) Digital Economy
11 1 (1.33%) Electronics
11 1 (1.33%) Financial Institution
11 1 (1.33%) Manufacturing
11 1 (1.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 27 (36.00%) Analyst
2 25 (33.33%) Service Analyst
2 25 (33.33%) Service Desk Analyst
3 8 (10.67%) Account Manager
3 8 (10.67%) Client Account Manager
4 7 (9.33%) Incident Manager
4 7 (9.33%) Major Incident Manager
5 6 (8.00%) Lead
6 5 (6.67%) Marketing Executive
7 4 (5.33%) Marketing Manager
7 4 (5.33%) Service Manager
8 3 (4.00%) Client Services Manager
8 3 (4.00%) DevOps Engineer
8 3 (4.00%) Finance Manager
9 2 (2.67%) E-Commerce Marketing Manager
9 2 (2.67%) Head of Delivery
9 2 (2.67%) Sales Director
9 2 (2.67%) Senior
9 2 (2.67%) Senior Digital Marketing Manager
9 2 (2.67%) Senior Marketing Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.33%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.00%) Social Media
2 3 (4.00%) Marketing Technology
3 2 (2.67%) Blog
3 2 (2.67%) Tandem
4 1 (1.33%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.33%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.33%) e-Learning
4 1 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.33%) Learning Management System
4 1 (1.33%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.33%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.33%) Linux
2 1 (1.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (46.67%) ITIL
2 28 (37.33%) ITSM
3 27 (36.00%) Customer Service
4 22 (29.33%) Analytics
5 18 (24.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 15 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
7 13 (17.33%) Collaborative Working
7 13 (17.33%) Service Delivery
8 12 (16.00%) Process Improvement
9 11 (14.67%) Data Analysis
10 10 (13.33%) Data Protection
10 10 (13.33%) Service Management
11 9 (12.00%) Marketing Strategy
12 8 (10.67%) Digital Marketing
13 7 (9.33%) Incident Management
13 7 (9.33%) Major Incident Management
14 6 (8.00%) Agile
14 6 (8.00%) Customer Experience
14 6 (8.00%) Stakeholder Management
15 5 (6.67%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 36 (48.00%) Degree
2 25 (33.33%) AWS Certification
2 25 (33.33%) MCSE
2 25 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (5.33%) Security Cleared
4 2 (2.67%) HNC
5 1 (1.33%) ACCA
5 1 (1.33%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.33%) CIMA
5 1 (1.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (1.33%) Postgraduate
5 1 (1.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (36.00%) QA
2 11 (14.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (5.33%) Data Quality
4 3 (4.00%) GDPR
4 3 (4.00%) PERC
5 1 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.33%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 3 (4.00%) Ansible
1 3 (4.00%) Kubernetes
1 3 (4.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 32 (42.67%) Microsoft
2 26 (34.67%) ServiceNow
3 14 (18.67%) Google
4 5 (6.67%) Adobe
5 4 (5.33%) Facebook
5 4 (5.33%) Instagram
6 2 (2.67%) HubSpot
7 1 (1.33%) IBM
7 1 (1.33%) Lotus
7 1 (1.33%) Oracle
7 1 (1.33%) TikTok