Performance Tuning Job Trends in the South East

Performance Tuning
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Performance Tuning skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 287 252 243
Rank change year-on-year -35 -9 +10
Permanent jobs citing Performance Tuning 45 39 91
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.24% 0.44% 0.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 0.49% 0.87%
Number of salaries quoted 37 17 48
10th Percentile - £47,250 £52,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £53,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% +13.04%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £67,500 £92,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +7.69% +8.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

Performance Tuning 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 13,347 7,884 10,519
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 71.85% 88.02% 81.07%
Number of salaries quoted 9,525 4,225 5,885
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,750 £41,220
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -8.00%

Performance Tuning
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Performance Tuning job vacancy trend in the South East

Performance Tuning
Salary Trend in the South East

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

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

Performance Tuning
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Performance Tuning in the South East over the 6 months to 18 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Performance Tuning in the South East

Performance Tuning
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 Tuning within the South East region over the 6 months to 18 September 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 -6 21 £52,500 -12.50% 27
Buckinghamshire +2 15 £52,500 -12.50% 4
Surrey -23 9 £65,000 - 2
Hampshire -45 6 £65,000 +18.18% 6
Berkshire +5 5 £57,500 -34.29% 17
West Sussex - 4 £85,000 - 1
Kent -23 3 £57,500 - 1
Oxfordshire -27 1 £65,000 +13.04% 6
East Sussex - 1 £85,000 - 2
Home Counties - 1 - -
Performance Tuning
England

Performance Tuning
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 (11.11%) IIS
1 5 (11.11%) nginx
2 1 (2.22%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 2 (4.44%) JDE EnterpriseOne
2 1 (2.22%) Adobe Campaign
2 1 (2.22%) HFM
Cloud Services
1 37 (82.22%) Azure
2 9 (20.00%) SaaS
3 7 (15.56%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (13.33%) AWS
4 6 (13.33%) Cloudflare
5 5 (11.11%) Azure AKS
5 5 (11.11%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 5 (11.11%) Azure Databricks
5 5 (11.11%) Azure Monitor
5 5 (11.11%) Azure Pipelines
5 5 (11.11%) Azure Service Bus
5 5 (11.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 4 (8.89%) GCP
7 3 (6.67%) Power Platform
8 2 (4.44%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (4.44%) GitHub
8 2 (4.44%) PowerApps
9 1 (2.22%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (2.22%) iPaaS
9 1 (2.22%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.67%) DNS
1 3 (6.67%) Firewall
1 3 (6.67%) LAN
1 3 (6.67%) VPN
1 3 (6.67%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (53.33%) SQL Server
2 9 (20.00%) Azure SQL Database
3 8 (17.78%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (8.89%) MySQL
4 4 (8.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (4.44%) MS Access
5 2 (4.44%) Oracle Database
5 2 (4.44%) Oracle Database 11g
5 2 (4.44%) Oracle Database 12c
5 2 (4.44%) Relational Database
5 2 (4.44%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (2.22%) Metadata
6 1 (2.22%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (2.22%) Power BI
6 1 (2.22%) Snowflake Schema
6 1 (2.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (13.33%) Git
1 6 (13.33%) Octopus Deploy
2 1 (2.22%) GitLab
2 1 (2.22%) JIRA
General
1 9 (20.00%) Finance
2 7 (15.56%) Social Skills
3 4 (8.89%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.22%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 13 (28.89%) Senior
2 9 (20.00%) Developer
3 8 (17.78%) Software Support Engineer
3 8 (17.78%) Support Engineer
4 7 (15.56%) Architect
4 7 (15.56%) DBA
5 6 (13.33%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 6 (13.33%) 3rd Line Support
5 6 (13.33%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 5 (11.11%) Azure Architect
6 5 (11.11%) Azure Data Architect
6 5 (11.11%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 5 (11.11%) Azure Engineer
6 5 (11.11%) Data Architect
6 5 (11.11%) DevOps Engineer
6 5 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (11.11%) Senior Developer
7 4 (8.89%) PHP Developer
7 4 (8.89%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (8.89%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (31.11%) .NET
2 5 (11.11%) ARM Templates
2 5 (11.11%) Loki
2 5 (11.11%) RESTful
3 4 (8.89%) CakePHP
3 4 (8.89%) CSS
3 4 (8.89%) HTML
3 4 (8.89%) HTML5
3 4 (8.89%) Laravel
3 4 (8.89%) Nuxt
3 4 (8.89%) Symfony
3 4 (8.89%) Terraform
3 4 (8.89%) Vue
4 1 (2.22%) .NET Framework
4 1 (2.22%) ASP.NET
4 1 (2.22%) EDI
4 1 (2.22%) JSON
4 1 (2.22%) OAuth
4 1 (2.22%) XML
4 1 (2.22%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 8 (17.78%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (8.89%) Product Ownership
3 2 (4.44%) Data Structures
4 1 (2.22%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (2.22%) Marketing Technology
4 1 (2.22%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.22%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 11 (24.44%) Linux
2 9 (20.00%) Windows
3 4 (8.89%) Windows Server
4 2 (4.44%) Unix
5 1 (2.22%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (35.56%) CI/CD
1 16 (35.56%) DevOps
2 11 (24.44%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (24.44%) Root Cause Analysis
2 11 (24.44%) Stakeholder Management
3 9 (20.00%) Agile
3 9 (20.00%) Data Modelling
3 9 (20.00%) Microservices
4 8 (17.78%) Continuous Improvement
4 8 (17.78%) Data Governance
4 8 (17.78%) High Availability
4 8 (17.78%) Software Engineering
5 7 (15.56%) ETL
5 7 (15.56%) Technical Leadership
6 6 (13.33%) Performance Optimisation
6 6 (13.33%) Test Automation
7 5 (11.11%) Continuous Deployment
7 5 (11.11%) CRM
7 5 (11.11%) Data Security
7 5 (11.11%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 29 (64.44%) SQL
2 16 (35.56%) C#
3 15 (33.33%) T-SQL
4 8 (17.78%) Python
5 7 (15.56%) PowerShell
6 5 (11.11%) Bicep
7 4 (8.89%) JavaScript
7 4 (8.89%) PHP
8 1 (2.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (2.22%) Shell Script
8 1 (2.22%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 3 (6.67%) Degree
1 3 (6.67%) DV Cleared
1 3 (6.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.22%) AWS Certification
2 1 (2.22%) Azure Certification
2 1 (2.22%) CCA
2 1 (2.22%) CESG Certified Professional
2 1 (2.22%) Citrix Certification
2 1 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (2.22%) DBS Check
2 1 (2.22%) PMI Certification
2 1 (2.22%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (22.22%) QA
2 6 (13.33%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.22%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (2.22%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (22.22%) Docker
2 5 (11.11%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (2.22%) Active Directory
3 1 (2.22%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.22%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 7 (15.56%) Kubernetes
2 5 (11.11%) Grafana
2 5 (11.11%) Prometheus
3 2 (4.44%) Oracle RMAN
4 1 (2.22%) Ansible
4 1 (2.22%) Argo
Vendors
1 19 (42.22%) Microsoft
2 6 (13.33%) Databricks
2 6 (13.33%) Oracle
3 4 (8.89%) VMware
4 2 (4.44%) JD Edwards
4 2 (4.44%) RedGate
5 1 (2.22%) Adobe
5 1 (2.22%) Callidus
5 1 (2.22%) Citrix
5 1 (2.22%) EMC
5 1 (2.22%) Google
5 1 (2.22%) IBM
5 1 (2.22%) Informatica
5 1 (2.22%) MuleSoft
5 1 (2.22%) New Relic
5 1 (2.22%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.22%) SAP
5 1 (2.22%) webMethods
5 1 (2.22%) Xamarin