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 4 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 235 206 317
Rank change year-on-year -29 +111 +20
Permanent jobs citing Performance Metrics 62 69 74
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.43% 0.89% 0.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% 0.98% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 28 22 34
10th Percentile £28,700 £31,425 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,125 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £43,750
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +25.71% -2.78%
75th Percentile £57,500 £70,313 £65,375
90th Percentile £97,500 £73,900 £72,500
England median annual salary £56,500 £56,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -1.74% +5.26%

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 10,399 7,043 14,420
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 71.96% 90.56% 82.53%
Number of salaries quoted 7,155 3,300 10,091
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £39,280 £35,335 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,325 £78,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -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 4 June 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 4 June 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 -3 25 £55,000 - 17
Buckinghamshire +14 17 £55,000 - 3
Surrey -12 15 £40,000 -33.33% 9
Kent - 15 £95,000 - 2
Berkshire -20 8 £27,500 -38.89% 11
Hampshire -36 5 £40,000 -40.74% 7
Middlesex +38 1 - - 4
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 5 (8.06%) CMS
2 1 (1.61%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 11 (17.74%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (4.84%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 15 (24.19%) AWS
1 15 (24.19%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (9.68%) Power Platform
3 5 (8.06%) Google Analytics
4 3 (4.84%) Amazon EKS
4 3 (4.84%) AWS CloudFormation
4 3 (4.84%) Azure
4 3 (4.84%) Azure AKS
4 3 (4.84%) GCP
4 3 (4.84%) Google Ads
4 3 (4.84%) Google Data Studio
4 3 (4.84%) Google Tag Manager
4 3 (4.84%) OpenShift
5 2 (3.23%) SaaS
6 1 (1.61%) Adobe Analytics
6 1 (1.61%) Amazon S3
6 1 (1.61%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.84%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (9.68%) Power BI
2 3 (4.84%) Looker
3 1 (1.61%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (1.61%) Data Mining
3 1 (1.61%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (4.84%) GitLab
1 3 (4.84%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.61%) JIRA
General
1 46 (74.19%) Social Skills
2 24 (38.71%) Finance
2 24 (38.71%) Marketing
3 21 (33.87%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (16.13%) Telecoms
5 9 (14.52%) French Language
6 7 (11.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (11.29%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (8.06%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (8.06%) Retail
8 4 (6.45%) Aerospace
8 4 (6.45%) Law
8 4 (6.45%) Public Sector
9 2 (3.23%) Swedish Language
10 1 (1.61%) Advertising
10 1 (1.61%) Electronics
10 1 (1.61%) Financial Institution
10 1 (1.61%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.61%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 17 (27.42%) Analyst
2 12 (19.35%) Service Analyst
3 11 (17.74%) Account Manager
3 11 (17.74%) Service Desk Analyst
4 8 (12.90%) Client Account Manager
5 6 (9.68%) Incident Manager
5 6 (9.68%) Major Incident Manager
5 6 (9.68%) Programme Manager
6 5 (8.06%) Senior
6 5 (8.06%) Senior Manager
6 5 (8.06%) Senior Programme Manager
7 4 (6.45%) Lead
7 4 (6.45%) Performance Analyst
8 3 (4.84%) Client Services Manager
8 3 (4.84%) DevOps Engineer
8 3 (4.84%) Digital Marketing Specialist
8 3 (4.84%) Head of IT
8 3 (4.84%) IT Manager
8 3 (4.84%) Marketing Specialist
8 3 (4.84%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.84%) Hybrid Cloud
1 3 (4.84%) Management Information System
1 3 (4.84%) Marketing Technology
2 2 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.61%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.61%) e-Learning
3 1 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.61%) Learning Management System
3 1 (1.61%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.61%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.45%) Linux
2 1 (1.61%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (37.10%) ITIL
2 20 (32.26%) Analytics
3 16 (25.81%) Decision-Making
4 15 (24.19%) Customer Service
4 15 (24.19%) Problem-Solving
5 14 (22.58%) Continuous Improvement
6 13 (20.97%) Collaborative Working
6 13 (20.97%) Data Protection
6 13 (20.97%) ITSM
6 13 (20.97%) Service Delivery
7 12 (19.35%) Service Management
8 11 (17.74%) Process Improvement
9 10 (16.13%) Stakeholder Management
10 9 (14.52%) Actionable Insight
10 9 (14.52%) CRM
11 8 (12.90%) Data Analysis
12 7 (11.29%) Agile
12 7 (11.29%) Digital Marketing
12 7 (11.29%) E-Commerce
12 7 (11.29%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 6 (9.68%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (32.26%) Degree
2 11 (17.74%) AWS Certification
2 11 (17.74%) MCSE
2 11 (17.74%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (11.29%) Security Cleared
4 5 (8.06%) PMP
5 4 (6.45%) SC Cleared
6 3 (4.84%) DBS Check
7 2 (3.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (1.61%) ACCA
8 1 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (1.61%) CIMA
8 1 (1.61%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (20.97%) QA
2 10 (16.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (8.06%) PMO
4 4 (6.45%) GDPR
5 3 (4.84%) Data Quality
5 3 (4.84%) PERC
6 1 (1.61%) Accessibility
6 1 (1.61%) GAAP
6 1 (1.61%) IFRS
6 1 (1.61%) SLA
Systems Management
1 3 (4.84%) Ansible
1 3 (4.84%) Kubernetes
1 3 (4.84%) Terraform
2 1 (1.61%) Autotask
Vendors
1 19 (30.65%) Microsoft
2 14 (22.58%) Google
3 13 (20.97%) ServiceNow
4 3 (4.84%) Braze
4 3 (4.84%) YouTube
5 1 (1.61%) Adobe
5 1 (1.61%) Oracle