Performance Optimisation Jobs in the UK excluding London

Performance Optimisation
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Performance Optimisation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Performance Optimisation over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 495 661 717
Rank change year-on-year +166 +56 -98
Permanent jobs citing Performance Optimisation 276 90 134
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.39% 0.15% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.47% 0.16% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 196 56 95
10th Percentile £35,625 £37,000 £37,194
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £61,040
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +2.39% +10.98%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £62,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +12.90% +3.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Performance Optimisation is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59,266 57,626 66,862
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.13% 95.63% 94.05%
Number of salaries quoted 41,003 29,573 41,244
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

Performance Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Performance Optimisation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Performance Optimisation in the UK excluding London

Performance Optimisation
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Performance Optimisation in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Performance Optimisation in the UK excluding London

Performance Optimisation
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Performance Optimisation in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Performance Optimisation in the UK excluding London

Performance Optimisation
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 Optimisation within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 7 May 2024. 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
South East +71 63 £60,000 -4.00% 7
North of England +69 63 £60,000 +4.35% 25
South West +15 51 £52,500 -30.00% 9
Midlands +35 35 £62,500 +25.00% 14
North West +25 34 £67,500 +14.89% 11
Scotland -39 34 £52,500 -2.93% 5
West Midlands +44 29 £62,500 +25.00% 8
North East +12 16 £55,000 +29.41% 9
East of England +14 15 £55,000 +4.76% 5
Yorkshire +80 13 £57,500 +55.41% 5
Wales - 10 £46,604 - 1
East Midlands - 6 £87,500 - 6
Northern Ireland +33 5 - - 4
Performance Optimisation
UK

Performance Optimisation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 12 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
1 12 (4.35%) WordPress
2 2 (0.72%) Apache Spark
2 2 (0.72%) ArcGIS
3 1 (0.36%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (0.36%) CMS
3 1 (0.36%) Drupal
3 1 (0.36%) IIS
3 1 (0.36%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.36%) SharePoint Server
3 1 (0.36%) TYPO3
Applications
1 2 (0.72%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 6 (2.17%) Magento
2 3 (1.09%) Shopify
3 1 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.36%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 65 (23.55%) Azure
2 55 (19.93%) AWS
3 30 (10.87%) Power Platform
4 26 (9.42%) Serverless
5 23 (8.33%) AWS Lambda
5 23 (8.33%) PowerApps
6 22 (7.97%) Power Automate
7 21 (7.61%) Dynamics 365
8 17 (6.16%) GCP
8 17 (6.16%) SaaS
9 14 (5.07%) Entra ID
9 14 (5.07%) GitHub
9 14 (5.07%) Microsoft 365
10 13 (4.71%) Amazon S3
11 12 (4.35%) Azure Functions
12 11 (3.99%) Azure DevOps
13 10 (3.62%) IaaS
13 10 (3.62%) PaaS
14 9 (3.26%) Cloud Computing
15 8 (2.90%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 16 (5.80%) HTTP
2 10 (3.62%) DNS
3 8 (2.90%) MQTT
4 7 (2.54%) Firewall
4 7 (2.54%) VPN
5 5 (1.81%) DHCP
6 3 (1.09%) VLAN
7 2 (0.72%) BGP
7 2 (0.72%) Fibre Channel
7 2 (0.72%) iSCSI
7 2 (0.72%) OSPF
7 2 (0.72%) SAN
7 2 (0.72%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.36%) LAN
8 1 (0.36%) NAS
8 1 (0.36%) RS-485
8 1 (0.36%) VoIP
8 1 (0.36%) WAN
8 1 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.36%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (16.30%) MySQL
2 28 (10.14%) Power BI
3 22 (7.97%) SQL Server
4 17 (6.16%) Relational Database
5 15 (5.43%) Amazon RDS
5 15 (5.43%) NoSQL
6 11 (3.99%) Data Warehouse
7 9 (3.26%) DynamoDB
8 8 (2.90%) Snowflake Schema
9 6 (2.17%) Data Vault
9 6 (2.17%) RDBMS
9 6 (2.17%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 6 (2.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 6 (2.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 6 (2.17%) Star Schema
10 5 (1.81%) Geospatial Data
10 5 (1.81%) PostgreSQL
11 4 (1.45%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (1.45%) BigQuery
12 3 (1.09%) Impala
Development Applications
1 46 (16.67%) Git
2 9 (3.26%) Jenkins
3 8 (2.90%) Maven
4 6 (2.17%) GitLab
4 6 (2.17%) webpack
5 5 (1.81%) Cypress.io
6 4 (1.45%) Selenium
7 3 (1.09%) Babel
7 3 (1.09%) WebDriver
8 2 (0.72%) ERwin
8 2 (0.72%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.36%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.36%) gulp
9 1 (0.36%) JUnit
9 1 (0.36%) NUnit
9 1 (0.36%) Snyk
9 1 (0.36%) SonarQube
General
1 89 (32.25%) Social Skills
2 29 (10.51%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (9.06%) Finance
4 23 (8.33%) Manufacturing
5 20 (7.25%) Organisational Skills
5 20 (7.25%) Public Sector
6 16 (5.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (5.07%) Marketing
8 13 (4.71%) Electronics
8 13 (4.71%) Law
9 12 (4.35%) Telecoms
10 9 (3.26%) Retail
11 8 (2.90%) Legal
12 6 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (2.17%) Games
13 4 (1.45%) Banking
13 4 (1.45%) Local Government
13 4 (1.45%) Police
14 2 (0.72%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 139 (50.36%) Developer
2 73 (26.45%) Senior
3 43 (15.58%) Architect
4 38 (13.77%) Senior Developer
5 30 (10.87%) Lead
6 26 (9.42%) .NET Developer
7 23 (8.33%) Solutions Architect
8 22 (7.97%) Senior Architect
9 21 (7.61%) Full Stack Developer
10 20 (7.25%) Dynamics 365 Architect
10 20 (7.25%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
10 20 (7.25%) Platform Architect
10 20 (7.25%) Power Platform Architect
10 20 (7.25%) Power Platform Developer
10 20 (7.25%) Senior Solutions Architect
10 20 (7.25%) Software Engineer
11 19 (6.88%) Dynamics 365 Developer
11 19 (6.88%) Senior Dynamics 365 Developer
12 17 (6.16%) Web Developer
13 16 (5.80%) ICT Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (28.26%) HTML
2 71 (25.72%) CSS
3 53 (19.20%) .NET
4 40 (14.49%) RESTful
5 37 (13.41%) React
6 20 (7.25%) jQuery
7 19 (6.88%) AngularJS
8 18 (6.52%) Laravel
9 17 (6.16%) Vue
9 17 (6.16%) Web Services
10 16 (5.80%) LAMP
11 14 (5.07%) .NET Framework
12 10 (3.62%) Kafka
12 10 (3.62%) RabbitMQ
13 9 (3.26%) CSS3
13 9 (3.26%) JSON
13 9 (3.26%) Node.js
14 8 (2.90%) ASP.NET
14 8 (2.90%) Django
14 8 (2.90%) MSMQ
Miscellaneous
1 30 (10.87%) Cloud Native
2 23 (8.33%) Algorithms
3 18 (6.52%) Video\Live Streaming
4 16 (5.80%) Mobile App
5 13 (4.71%) Virtual Team
6 12 (4.35%) Hybrid Cloud
7 11 (3.99%) Distributed Systems
8 9 (3.26%) IoT
9 8 (2.90%) Blockchain
9 8 (2.90%) e-Learning
10 7 (2.54%) Arduino
10 7 (2.54%) Raspberry Pi
11 6 (2.17%) Management Information System
11 6 (2.17%) Product Ownership
12 5 (1.81%) 3D Graphics
12 5 (1.81%) Animation
12 5 (1.81%) Driving Licence
13 4 (1.45%) N-Tier
13 4 (1.45%) Public Cloud
13 4 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 45 (16.30%) Windows
2 28 (10.14%) Linux
3 19 (6.88%) Windows Server
4 9 (3.26%) Mac OS
5 6 (2.17%) Android
6 5 (1.81%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.36%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.36%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (35.51%) Problem-Solving
2 68 (24.64%) Computer Science
2 68 (24.64%) User Experience
3 58 (21.01%) Analytics
4 57 (20.65%) Agile
5 56 (20.29%) Mentoring
6 50 (18.12%) DevOps
7 49 (17.75%) Artificial Intelligence
8 47 (17.03%) Software Engineering
9 42 (15.22%) Machine Learning
10 41 (14.86%) Business Intelligence
10 41 (14.86%) Data Modelling
11 40 (14.49%) Design Patterns
12 34 (12.32%) OOP
12 34 (12.32%) TDD
13 33 (11.96%) CI/CD
13 33 (11.96%) Web Development
14 32 (11.59%) Full Stack Development
14 32 (11.59%) Project Management
15 30 (10.87%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 85 (30.80%) JavaScript
2 58 (21.01%) C#
3 56 (20.29%) SQL
4 33 (11.96%) PHP
5 25 (9.06%) Python
5 25 (9.06%) TypeScript
6 15 (5.43%) C++
6 15 (5.43%) Java
7 9 (3.26%) Go
8 4 (1.45%) Scala
9 3 (1.09%) Bash
9 3 (1.09%) C
9 3 (1.09%) PowerShell
9 3 (1.09%) Rust
10 2 (0.72%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.36%) AWK
11 1 (0.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.36%) R
11 1 (0.36%) sed
11 1 (0.36%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 75 (27.17%) Degree
2 57 (20.65%) Computer Science Degree
3 32 (11.59%) Master's Degree
4 29 (10.51%) Microsoft Certification
5 17 (6.16%) Azure Certification
6 16 (5.80%) CCNP
6 16 (5.80%) Cisco Certification
7 14 (5.07%) AWS Certification
8 13 (4.71%) MCSE
9 9 (3.26%) PhD
10 6 (2.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 4 (1.45%) Security Cleared
12 3 (1.09%) CCNA
13 2 (0.72%) JNCIA
14 1 (0.36%) CCIE
14 1 (0.36%) ISEB
14 1 (0.36%) ISTQB
14 1 (0.36%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.35%) Data Quality
2 11 (3.99%) GDPR
2 11 (3.99%) QA
3 10 (3.62%) HIPAA
4 8 (2.90%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.36%) WCAG
System Software
1 31 (11.23%) Active Directory
2 21 (7.61%) Docker
3 7 (2.54%) Firmware
4 4 (1.45%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (1.45%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.72%) HDFS
5 2 (0.72%) NFS
6 1 (0.36%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 20 (7.25%) Kubernetes
2 14 (5.07%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (3.62%) Terraform
4 4 (1.45%) Istio
4 4 (1.45%) Prometheus
5 3 (1.09%) Ansible
6 1 (0.36%) Iperf
6 1 (0.36%) Nmap
Vendors
1 80 (28.99%) Microsoft
2 17 (6.16%) VMware
3 16 (5.80%) Cisco
4 12 (4.35%) SAP
5 10 (3.62%) Dell
5 10 (3.62%) IBM
6 8 (2.90%) Red Hat
7 7 (2.54%) NVIDIA
8 5 (1.81%) Apple
8 5 (1.81%) Google
8 5 (1.81%) Mapbox
8 5 (1.81%) Xamarin
9 4 (1.45%) BiZZdesign
10 3 (1.09%) Cloudera
10 3 (1.09%) Databricks
11 2 (0.72%) Autodesk
11 2 (0.72%) Brocade
11 2 (0.72%) Informatica
11 2 (0.72%) Veeam
11 2 (0.72%) WooCommerce