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 5 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 237 180 307
Rank change year-on-year -57 +127 +26
Permanent jobs citing Performance Metrics 60 84 74
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.41% 1.15% 0.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.56% 1.28% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 24 24 36
10th Percentile £36,250 £43,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £50,000 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,750 £52,500 £43,750
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +20.00% -12.50%
75th Percentile £57,500 £68,438 £67,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £73,700 £72,500
England median annual salary £56,500 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -9.60% +8.70% +4.55%

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 10,670 6,579 13,757
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 72.71% 89.84% 84.39%
Number of salaries quoted 6,894 3,384 9,857
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £37,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,250 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.18% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +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 5 May 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 5 May 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 -18 20 £55,000 - 16
Buckinghamshire -1 17 £55,000 - 4
Kent -27 17 £95,000 - 4
Surrey -9 16 £40,000 -33.33% 5
Hampshire -48 5 £40,000 -20.00% 5
Berkshire -28 3 £80,000 +77.78% 10
Middlesex +41 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 4 (6.67%) CMS
2 1 (1.67%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 13 (21.67%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 15 (25.00%) AWS
2 14 (23.33%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (10.00%) Power Platform
4 5 (8.33%) Google Analytics
5 4 (6.67%) Amazon EKS
5 4 (6.67%) AWS CloudFormation
5 4 (6.67%) Azure AKS
5 4 (6.67%) OpenShift
6 3 (5.00%) Google Data Studio
6 3 (5.00%) Google Tag Manager
7 1 (1.67%) Adobe Analytics
7 1 (1.67%) Amazon S3
7 1 (1.67%) Azure
7 1 (1.67%) dbt
7 1 (1.67%) GCP
7 1 (1.67%) Google Ads
7 1 (1.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.67%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (10.00%) Power BI
2 3 (5.00%) Looker
3 1 (1.67%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (1.67%) Data Mining
3 1 (1.67%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (6.67%) GitLab
1 4 (6.67%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.67%) JIRA
General
1 46 (76.67%) Social Skills
2 25 (41.67%) Finance
3 22 (36.67%) Marketing
4 19 (31.67%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (18.33%) French Language
6 10 (16.67%) Telecoms
7 6 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (8.33%) Aerospace
8 5 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (8.33%) Retail
9 4 (6.67%) Law
9 4 (6.67%) Public Sector
9 4 (6.67%) Swedish Language
10 1 (1.67%) Advertising
10 1 (1.67%) Digital Economy
10 1 (1.67%) Electronics
10 1 (1.67%) Financial Institution
10 1 (1.67%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.67%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 18 (30.00%) Analyst
2 13 (21.67%) Service Analyst
2 13 (21.67%) Service Desk Analyst
3 9 (15.00%) Account Manager
4 8 (13.33%) Client Account Manager
4 8 (13.33%) Incident Manager
4 8 (13.33%) Major Incident Manager
5 6 (10.00%) Programme Manager
6 5 (8.33%) Senior
6 5 (8.33%) Senior Manager
6 5 (8.33%) Senior Programme Manager
7 4 (6.67%) DevOps Engineer
7 4 (6.67%) Lead
7 4 (6.67%) Performance Analyst
8 3 (5.00%) Client Services Manager
8 3 (5.00%) Head of IT
8 3 (5.00%) Service Manager
9 2 (3.33%) Finance Manager
9 2 (3.33%) Head of Delivery
10 1 (1.67%) Marketing Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.00%) Marketing Technology
2 2 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.67%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.67%) e-Learning
3 1 (1.67%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.67%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (1.67%) Learning Management System
3 1 (1.67%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.67%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 5 (8.33%) Linux
2 1 (1.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (40.00%) ITIL
2 19 (31.67%) Analytics
3 15 (25.00%) Customer Service
4 14 (23.33%) Collaborative Working
4 14 (23.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 14 (23.33%) ITSM
5 13 (21.67%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (20.00%) Decision-Making
6 12 (20.00%) Service Delivery
7 11 (18.33%) Data Protection
7 11 (18.33%) Service Management
8 10 (16.67%) Data Analysis
8 10 (16.67%) Process Improvement
8 10 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
9 9 (15.00%) Actionable Insight
10 8 (13.33%) Agile
10 8 (13.33%) Incident Management
10 8 (13.33%) Major Incident Management
11 6 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
11 6 (10.00%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 6 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (33.33%) Degree
2 13 (21.67%) AWS Certification
2 13 (21.67%) MCSE
2 13 (21.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 8 (13.33%) Security Cleared
4 5 (8.33%) PMP
5 4 (6.67%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.67%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.67%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.67%) HNC
6 1 (1.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (23.33%) QA
2 10 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (8.33%) PMO
4 3 (5.00%) Data Quality
4 3 (5.00%) GDPR
4 3 (5.00%) PERC
Systems Management
1 4 (6.67%) Ansible
1 4 (6.67%) Kubernetes
1 4 (6.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 18 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 14 (23.33%) ServiceNow
3 10 (16.67%) Google
4 3 (5.00%) Braze
5 1 (1.67%) Adobe
5 1 (1.67%) Oracle
5 1 (1.67%) YouTube