Performance Improvement Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Performance Improvement
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Performance Improvement skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 417 540 538
Rank change year-on-year +123 -2 -14
Permanent jobs citing Performance Improvement 105 18 30
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.25% 0.050% 0.087%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.056% 0.098%
Number of salaries quoted 31 9 25
10th Percentile £42,750 £40,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,552 £51,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,853 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.90% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £66,250 £87,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £86,000 £123,749
UK median annual salary £53,927 £55,000 £66,000
% change year-on-year -1.95% -16.67% +5.60%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Performance Improvement 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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 33,410 32,047 30,462
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 78.40% 89.07% 88.63%
Number of salaries quoted 19,288 14,407 22,672
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £51,971
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +5.83% -5.51%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Performance Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Performance Improvement relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Performance Improvement job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Performance Improvement
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Performance Improvement.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Performance Improvement

Performance Improvement
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Performance Improvement in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Performance Improvement in the UK excluding London

Performance Improvement
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Improvement within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 15 January 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
Scotland +65 65 - - 1
South East +43 18 £52,853 +10.69% 13
North of England +16 7 £56,500 +7.62% 4
Midlands +25 6 £77,500 +14.81% 3
West Midlands +24 6 £77,500 +14.81% 2
Yorkshire - 6 £56,500 - 1
East of England +28 5 £80,000 - 6
South West +3 4 £38,875 -25.95% 4
North West +20 1 £75,000 +42.86% 2
Performance Improvement
UK

Performance Improvement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 65 (61.90%) SharePoint
Applications
1 66 (62.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 64 (60.95%) Microsoft Office
2 64 (60.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.95%) Dynamics GP
1 1 (0.95%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 3 (2.86%) SaaS
2 2 (1.90%) AWS
2 2 (1.90%) Azure
2 2 (1.90%) GitHub
2 2 (1.90%) Serverless
3 1 (0.95%) GCP
3 1 (0.95%) Google Ads
3 1 (0.95%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (0.95%) Mimecast
3 1 (0.95%) Power Platform
3 1 (0.95%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.95%) Broadband
1 1 (0.95%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.90%) MS Access
1 2 (1.90%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.95%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (0.95%) BigQuery
2 1 (0.95%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.95%) Power BI
2 1 (0.95%) Tableau
General
1 72 (68.57%) Social Skills
2 13 (12.38%) Finance
3 7 (6.67%) Marketing
4 5 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (4.76%) Retail
5 2 (1.90%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (1.90%) Local Government
5 2 (1.90%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (1.90%) Telecoms
6 1 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (0.95%) Legal
6 1 (0.95%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 70 (66.67%) Senior
2 68 (64.76%) Senior Manager
3 64 (60.95%) QA Manager
3 64 (60.95%) Quality Manager
3 64 (60.95%) Senior QA Manager
3 64 (60.95%) Senior Quality Manager
4 5 (4.76%) Analyst
5 4 (3.81%) Commercial Finance Manager
5 4 (3.81%) Commercial Manager
5 4 (3.81%) Finance Manager
5 4 (3.81%) Senior Commercial Manager
6 3 (2.86%) Data Analyst
6 3 (2.86%) Lead
7 2 (1.90%) Account Manager
7 2 (1.90%) Consultant
7 2 (1.90%) Developer
7 2 (1.90%) Infrastructure Manager
7 2 (1.90%) Python Developer
7 2 (1.90%) Support Manager
7 2 (1.90%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.90%) CSS
1 2 (1.90%) Django
1 2 (1.90%) FastAPI
1 2 (1.90%) Flask
1 2 (1.90%) HTML
1 2 (1.90%) React
1 2 (1.90%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 3 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (1.90%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (1.90%) Culture of Ownership
2 2 (1.90%) Data Structures
2 2 (1.90%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (1.90%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.95%) Windows
1 1 (0.95%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (82.86%) Continuous Improvement
2 73 (69.52%) Customer Experience
3 68 (64.76%) Coaching
3 68 (64.76%) Project Management
4 66 (62.86%) Six Sigma
5 64 (60.95%) Due Diligence
5 64 (60.95%) Lean Six Sigma
5 64 (60.95%) Quality Management
6 19 (18.10%) Stakeholder Management
7 12 (11.43%) Agile
8 10 (9.52%) Analytics
8 10 (9.52%) Decision-Making
9 6 (5.71%) Financial Modelling
9 6 (5.71%) Roadmaps
10 5 (4.76%) E-Commerce
10 5 (4.76%) Personalization
10 5 (4.76%) Service Delivery
10 5 (4.76%) Strategic Thinking
11 4 (3.81%) Data-Driven Decision Making
11 4 (3.81%) Planning and Forecasting
Programming Languages
1 5 (4.76%) SQL
2 2 (1.90%) JavaScript
2 2 (1.90%) PL/SQL
2 2 (1.90%) Python
2 2 (1.90%) VBA
Qualifications
1 64 (60.95%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
2 6 (5.71%) ACCA
2 6 (5.71%) CIMA
3 4 (3.81%) Degree
4 1 (0.95%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.95%) MBA
4 1 (0.95%) MCP
4 1 (0.95%) MCSE
4 1 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.95%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (62.86%) QA
2 2 (1.90%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.90%) GRC
2 2 (1.90%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (1.90%) Docker
1 2 (1.90%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.95%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.90%) Terraform
2 1 (0.95%) SCCM
Vendors
1 64 (60.95%) Microsoft
2 15 (14.29%) Siemens
3 2 (1.90%) Adaptive Insights
3 2 (1.90%) Anaplan
3 2 (1.90%) VMware
4 1 (0.95%) Ariba
4 1 (0.95%) Citrix
4 1 (0.95%) Google
4 1 (0.95%) SAP
4 1 (0.95%) ServiceNow