Performance Tuning Jobs in the South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Performance Tuning skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Performance Tuning over the 3 months to 25 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Performance Tuning England / South East
Location	3 months to 25 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	192	234	155
Rank change year-on-year	+42	-79
Permanent jobs citing Performance Tuning	216	237	434
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East	1.49%	1.30%	2.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	1.72%	1.50%	2.36%
Number of salaries quoted	166	185	361
Median salary	£47,000	£50,000	£45,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	-6.00%	+11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than	£40,000	£35,000	£37,500
10% offered a salary of more than	£65,000	£62,500	£57,500
UK excluding London median salary	£47,000	£45,000	£45,000
% change year-on-year	+4.44%	-

Performance Tuning is in the process and methodology skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for process and methodology skills.

Process & Methodology Skills South East
Permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process and methodology skills	12571	15796	18401
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East	86.82%	86.66%	86.36%
Number of salaries quoted	10388	13263	14737
Median salary	£47,500	£47,500	£45,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	-	+5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than	£30,500	£31,000	£30,000
10% offered a salary of more than	£68,400	£65,000	£68,000
UK excluding London median salary	£45,000	£45,000	£44,000
% change year-on-year	-	+2.27%

Performance Tuning
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in the South East citing Performance Tuning as a proportion of all permanent or contract IT jobs with a match in the Processes & Methodologies category.

Job vacancy trend for Performance Tuning in the South East

Performance Tuning
Salary Trend in the South East

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Performance Tuning in the South East.

Salary trend for Performance Tuning in the South East

Performance Tuning
Salary Histogram in the South East

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Performance Tuning in the South East over the 3 months to 25 June 2017.

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 3 months to 25 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
East Sussex	+33	47	£45,000	+9.09%
Hampshire	+32	44	£42,500	-15.00%	8
Surrey	+25	38	£56,250	+7.14%	2
Kent	+8	26	£42,500	-22.72%
Buckinghamshire	-14	25	£47,000	-6.00%	2
Berkshire	-18	21	£50,000	-4.76%	4
Oxfordshire	+18	13	£45,000	-18.18%	2
West Sussex	-	2	£53,750	-
Performance Tuning England

Performance Tuning
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the South East

For the 6 months to 25 June 2017, IT jobs citing Performance Tuning also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads across the South East region with a requirement for Performance Tuning.

1	351 (74.84%)	SQL
2	294 (62.69%)	SQL Server
3	188 (40.09%)	Windows
4	175 (37.31%)	Microsoft
5	149 (31.77%)	T-SQL
6	138 (29.42%)	Linux
7	134 (28.57%)	SQL Server Integration Services
8	129 (27.51%)	Windows Server
9	121 (25.80%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
10	116 (24.73%)	Oracle
11	100 (21.32%)	Business Intelligence
12	92 (19.62%)	High Availability
13	91 (19.40%)	Agile Software Development
14	85 (18.12%)	SQL Server Analysis Services
15	83 (17.70%)	SQL Server 2008

15	83 (17.70%)	Oracle Database
16	79 (16.84%)	Windows Server 2008
17	76 (16.20%)	Replication
18	75 (15.99%)	Unix
19	74 (15.78%)	Analytical Skills
20	71 (15.14%)	Disaster Recovery
21	68 (14.50%)	Clustering
21	68 (14.50%)	.NET
22	67 (14.29%)	PL/SQL
23	66 (14.07%)	SQL Server 2012
24	65 (13.86%)	Performance Monitoring
24	65 (13.86%)	Microsoft Certification
25	63 (13.43%)	SQL Server 2014
26	62 (13.22%)	Data Warehouse
27	60 (12.79%)	PowerShell

Performance Tuning
Co-occurring IT Skills in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	39 (8.32%)	SharePoint
2	33 (7.04%)	IIS
3	23 (4.90%)	SharePoint 2013
4	19 (4.05%)	Oracle SOA Suite
5	17 (3.62%)	Apache
6	16 (3.41%)	SharePoint Server
6	16 (3.41%)	Tomcat
6	16 (3.41%)	WebLogic
7	11 (2.35%)	Exchange Server 2010
7	11 (2.35%)	Exchange Server 2013
7	11 (2.35%)	MS Exchange
8	10 (2.13%)	JBoss
9	9 (1.92%)	Apache Solr
9	9 (1.92%)	Oracle Service Bus
10	8 (1.71%)	Elasticsearch
10	8 (1.71%)	WebSphere
11	7 (1.49%)	BizTalk Server
11	7 (1.49%)	SAS
12	5 (1.07%)	Apache Spark
12	5 (1.07%)	Cloud Foundry

Applications
1	8 (1.71%)	Microsoft Excel
2	6 (1.28%)	Microsoft Office
3	1 (0.21%)	Microsoft PowerPoint

Business Applications
1	3 (0.64%)	Dynamics CRM
2	2 (0.43%)	Dynamics NAV
2	2 (0.43%)	Oracle EBS
2	2 (0.43%)	Remedy ITSM
3	1 (0.21%)	FastStats
3	1 (0.21%)	SAP ERP
3	1 (0.21%)	SAP GRC

Cloud Services
1	27 (5.76%)	Microsoft Azure
2	14 (2.99%)	Amazon AWS
3	10 (2.13%)	SaaS
4	7 (1.49%)	PaaS
5	5 (1.07%)	IaaS
6	4 (0.85%)	GitHub
7	3 (0.64%)	Firebase
7	3 (0.64%)	Office 365
8	2 (0.43%)	Boomi
8	2 (0.43%)	iPaaS
9	1 (0.21%)	Amazon CloudWatch
9	1 (0.21%)	Amazon EC2
9	1 (0.21%)	Amazon S3
9	1 (0.21%)	AWS CloudFormation
9	1 (0.21%)	AWS Elastic Beanstalk
9	1 (0.21%)	AWS Lambda
9	1 (0.21%)	IBM Cloud
9	1 (0.21%)	SoftLayer
9	1 (0.21%)	Sumo Logic
9	1 (0.21%)	Virtual Private Cloud

Communications & Networking
1	27 (5.76%)	Firewall
2	21 (4.48%)	SAN
3	20 (4.26%)	DNS
4	16 (3.41%)	DHCP
4	16 (3.41%)	TCP/IP
5	13 (2.77%)	NAS
5	13 (2.77%)	Network Security
6	12 (2.56%)	SMTP
6	12 (2.56%)	SNMP
7	11 (2.35%)	VoIP
8	9 (1.92%)	Internet
9	8 (1.71%)	Kerberos
9	8 (1.71%)	LAN
9	8 (1.71%)	LDAP
10	6 (1.28%)	HTTP
10	6 (1.28%)	Intranet
10	6 (1.28%)	WAN
11	5 (1.07%)	VPN
12	4 (0.85%)	SSH
12	4 (0.85%)	SSL

Database & Business Intelligence
1	294 (62.69%)	SQL Server
2	134 (28.57%)	SQL Server Integration Services
3	121 (25.80%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
4	85 (18.12%)	SQL Server Analysis Services
5	83 (17.70%)	Oracle Database
5	83 (17.70%)	SQL Server 2008
6	66 (14.07%)	SQL Server 2012
7	63 (13.43%)	SQL Server 2014
8	62 (13.22%)	Data Warehouse
9	55 (11.73%)	Microsoft Analysis Services
10	54 (11.51%)	Oracle Database 11g
11	50 (10.66%)	Oracle Database 12c
12	33 (7.04%)	Hadoop
13	30 (6.40%)	SQL Server 2016
14	29 (6.18%)	Relational Database
14	29 (6.18%)	SQL Server 2005
15	26 (5.54%)	MySQL
16	24 (5.12%)	NoSQL
17	22 (4.69%)	RDBMS
18	19 (4.05%)	Big Data

Development Applications
1	23 (4.90%)	Team Foundation Server
2	21 (4.48%)	Git (software)
2	21 (4.48%)	JIRA
3	16 (3.41%)	Jenkins
3	16 (3.41%)	Visual Studio
4	14 (2.99%)	Oracle APEX
5	12 (2.56%)	Eclipse
6	11 (2.35%)	WinDbg
7	10 (2.13%)	Talend Open Studio
8	9 (1.92%)	Subversion
9	5 (1.07%)	Gradle
10	4 (0.85%)	JUnit
10	4 (0.85%)	NUnit
10	4 (0.85%)	Oracle Forms
10	4 (0.85%)	TeamCity
11	3 (0.64%)	CruiseControl
11	3 (0.64%)	JSUnit
11	3 (0.64%)	LoadRunner
12	2 (0.43%)	HP UFT
12	2 (0.43%)	Toad

General
1	42 (8.96%)	Finance
2	26 (5.54%)	Marketing
3	17 (3.62%)	Advertising
3	17 (3.62%)	Retail
4	11 (2.35%)	Automotive
4	11 (2.35%)	Back Office
5	9 (1.92%)	Publishing
6	6 (1.28%)	Music Industry
7	4 (0.85%)	Multimedia
8	3 (0.64%)	Games
8	3 (0.64%)	Manufacturing
9	2 (0.43%)	Banking
9	2 (0.43%)	Legal
9	2 (0.43%)	Telecoms
10	1 (0.21%)	Aerospace
10	1 (0.21%)	German Language
10	1 (0.21%)	Spanish Language

Job Titles
1	220 (46.91%)	DBA
2	150 (31.98%)	Administrator
3	138 (29.42%)	SQL DBA
4	112 (23.88%)	Developer
5	62 (13.22%)	SQL Server DBA
6	61 (13.01%)	SQL Developer
7	48 (10.23%)	Oracle DBA
8	33 (7.04%)	Systems Administrator
9	26 (5.54%)	Infrastructure Engineer
9	26 (5.54%)	Senior DBA
10	25 (5.33%)	Senior Developer
11	24 (5.12%)	SharePoint Administrator
12	23 (4.90%)	Consultant
13	22 (4.69%)	C# Developer
14	21 (4.48%)	Business Intelligence Developer
14	21 (4.48%)	Senior SQL DBA
15	20 (4.26%)	.NET Developer
16	18 (3.84%)	Analyst
17	16 (3.41%)	DevOps Engineer
18	15 (3.20%)	Database Developer

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	68 (14.50%)	.NET
2	31 (6.61%)	Middleware
2	31 (6.61%)	Web Services
3	29 (6.18%)	CSS
4	26 (5.54%)	ASP.NET
5	25 (5.33%)	.NET Framework
6	22 (4.69%)	HTML
7	21 (4.48%)	XML
8	20 (4.26%)	XSLT
9	19 (4.05%)	Entity Framework
10	16 (3.41%)	WCF
11	14 (2.99%)	ASP.NET Web API
11	14 (2.99%)	Kafka
12	13 (2.77%)	J2EE
13	12 (2.56%)	Oracle Fusion
14	11 (2.35%)	Oracle GoldenGate
14	11 (2.35%)	REST
15	10 (2.13%)	HTML5
15	10 (2.13%)	JSON
16	9 (1.92%)	Sensu

Miscellaneous
1	76 (16.20%)	Replication
2	74 (15.78%)	Analytical Skills
3	68 (14.50%)	Clustering
4	17 (3.62%)	Computer Science
5	10 (2.13%)	Data Centre
6	9 (1.92%)	Blog
7	6 (1.28%)	Fintech
7	6 (1.28%)	Linux Command Line
8	5 (1.07%)	Client/Server
8	5 (1.07%)	Foreign Exchange (FX)
8	5 (1.07%)	User Experience
8	5 (1.07%)	Virtual Team
9	4 (0.85%)	Data Protection Act
9	4 (0.85%)	Graphic Design
9	4 (0.85%)	Greenfield Project
9	4 (0.85%)	Reinsurance
10	3 (0.64%)	Enterprise Software
10	3 (0.64%)	iPad
10	3 (0.64%)	Management Information System
10	3 (0.64%)	Social Gaming

Operating Systems
1	188 (40.09%)	Windows
2	138 (29.42%)	Linux
3	129 (27.51%)	Windows Server
4	79 (16.84%)	Windows Server 2008
5	75 (15.99%)	Unix
6	37 (7.89%)	Windows Server 2012
7	15 (3.20%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8	8 (1.71%)	Android
9	6 (1.28%)	AIX
9	6 (1.28%)	Solaris
10	5 (1.07%)	Windows Server 2003
11	3 (0.64%)	CentOS
11	3 (0.64%)	Ubuntu

Processes & Methodologies
1	100 (21.32%)	Business Intelligence
2	92 (19.62%)	High Availability
3	91 (19.40%)	Agile Software Development
4	71 (15.14%)	Disaster Recovery
5	65 (13.86%)	Performance Monitoring
6	57 (12.15%)	ETL
7	44 (9.38%)	Statistics
8	39 (8.32%)	Capacity Planning
9	38 (8.10%)	Data Modelling
10	35 (7.46%)	Migration
11	34 (7.25%)	Software Engineering
12	33 (7.04%)	Database Tuning
13	30 (6.40%)	DevOps
14	26 (5.54%)	ITIL
15	25 (5.33%)	SOA
15	25 (5.33%)	TDD
16	23 (4.90%)	Analytics
17	22 (4.69%)	Database Security
18	21 (4.48%)	Unit Testing
19	20 (4.26%)	Waterfall

Programming Languages
1	351 (74.84%)	SQL
2	149 (31.77%)	T-SQL
3	67 (14.29%)	PL/SQL
4	60 (12.79%)	PowerShell
5	47 (10.02%)	Java
6	43 (9.17%)	C#
7	42 (8.96%)	Shell Script
8	37 (7.89%)	JavaScript
9	19 (4.05%)	Perl
10	18 (3.84%)	Python
11	13 (2.77%)	C
11	13 (2.77%)	VBScript
12	10 (2.13%)	Korn
13	7 (1.49%)	Ruby
14	6 (1.28%)	C++
15	5 (1.07%)	Bash Shell
16	4 (0.85%)	XPath
17	3 (0.64%)	VB.NET
18	2 (0.43%)	ABAP
18	2 (0.43%)	REXX

Qualifications
1	65 (13.86%)	Microsoft Certification
2	43 (9.17%)	MCSE
3	33 (7.04%)	Degree
4	21 (4.48%)	Oracle Certification
5	19 (4.05%)	OCP
6	17 (3.62%)	MCSA
6	17 (3.62%)	OCA
7	16 (3.41%)	Cisco Certification
8	13 (2.77%)	CCNP
9	12 (2.56%)	MCITP
9	12 (2.56%)	MCTS
10	11 (2.35%)	CCVP
10	11 (2.35%)	Security Cleared
11	10 (2.13%)	Computer Science Degree
12	5 (1.07%)	CCNA
12	5 (1.07%)	CCSP
12	5 (1.07%)	MCP
13	4 (0.85%)	ITIL Certification
13	4 (0.85%)	SC Cleared
14	3 (0.64%)	DBS Check

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	22 (4.69%)	PCI DSS
1	22 (4.69%)	QA
2	17 (3.62%)	ISO/IEC 27001
3	11 (2.35%)	SLA
4	10 (2.13%)	Data Quality
5	3 (0.64%)	Sarbanes-Oxley
6	1 (0.21%)	GDPR

System Software
1	45 (9.59%)	Oracle RAC
2	26 (5.54%)	Active Directory
3	14 (2.99%)	ISA Server
4	13 (2.77%)	Apache ZooKeeper
5	10 (2.13%)	VMware Infrastructure
6	8 (1.71%)	Virtual Servers
7	6 (1.28%)	Docker
8	5 (1.07%)	Firmware
8	5 (1.07%)	Oracle Clusterware
9	4 (0.85%)	HDFS
9	4 (0.85%)	iptables
9	4 (0.85%)	Job Entry Subsystem
9	4 (0.85%)	Samba
10	3 (0.64%)	Forefront TMG
10	3 (0.64%)	Hyper-V
10	3 (0.64%)	UAG
11	1 (0.21%)	DFS Replication

Systems Management
1	41 (8.74%)	Oracle RMAN
2	36 (7.68%)	Oracle Enterprise Manager
3	35 (7.46%)	Data Guard
4	18 (3.84%)	Puppet
5	13 (2.77%)	Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
6	10 (2.13%)	Opscode Chef
6	10 (2.13%)	Red Hat Satellite
7	9 (1.92%)	logstash
7	9 (1.92%)	Nagios
8	8 (1.71%)	Oracle Identity Management
9	7 (1.49%)	Galera Cluster
10	4 (0.85%)	Cacti
10	4 (0.85%)	HP Data Protector
10	4 (0.85%)	NetBackup
10	4 (0.85%)	Oracle ZFS
10	4 (0.85%)	SCCM
11	3 (0.64%)	Ansible
11	3 (0.64%)	Oracle Flashback
11	3 (0.64%)	SmoothWall
12	2 (0.43%)	SELinux

Vendors
1	175 (37.31%)	Microsoft
2	116 (24.73%)	Oracle
3	24 (5.12%)	HP
3	24 (5.12%)	Red Hat
4	17 (3.62%)	Dell
4	17 (3.62%)	IBM
5	16 (3.41%)	Facebook
6	15 (3.20%)	SolarWinds
7	11 (2.35%)	MicroStrategy
7	11 (2.35%)	VMware
8	10 (2.13%)	Talend
9	8 (1.71%)	SAP
10	6 (1.28%)	Cisco
10	6 (1.28%)	NetApp
10	6 (1.28%)	Sun
11	5 (1.07%)	LANDesk
11	5 (1.07%)	Vertica
12	4 (0.85%)	Percona
13	3 (0.64%)	F5
13	3 (0.64%)	WatchGuard