Performance Analysis Job Trends

Performance Analysis
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Performance Analysis skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 591 491 641
Rank change year-on-year -100 +150 -40
Permanent jobs citing Performance Analysis 204 188 151
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.18% 0.38% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.43% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 140 89 69
10th Percentile £30,750 £31,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £31,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £49,140 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.93% -18.10% +9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £60,715 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £89,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £42,010 £60,000
% change year-on-year +30.92% -29.98% +50.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Performance Analysis 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,848 43,853 63,499
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.08% 88.72% 81.26%
Number of salaries quoted 58,707 24,746 35,929
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £41,585 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%

Performance Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Performance Analysis relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Performance Analysis job vacancy trend in the UK

Performance Analysis
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Performance Analysis.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Performance Analysis

Performance Analysis
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Performance Analysis over the 6 months to 19 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Performance Analysis in the UK

Performance Analysis
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Analysis within the UK over the 6 months to 19 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
England -94 193 £55,000 +22.22% 313
UK excluding London -107 153 £55,000 +30.92% 176
Work from Home -24 78 £57,500 +37.72% 121
North of England -14 77 £62,500 +66.67% 24
North West +17 49 £85,000 +137.76% 16
London -64 41 £57,500 -8.00% 165
South East -48 30 £54,250 +29.14% 52
South West -60 19 £32,500 -34.01% 27
Yorkshire -33 17 £62,500 -10.71% 5
Midlands -86 14 £56,385 +2.52% 22
West Midlands -82 13 £56,385 +2.52% 21
North East - 11 £52,500 - 3
East of England -30 8 £56,250 +73.08% 36
Scotland +8 5 £27,000 - 10
East Midlands -37 1 - - 1
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 7

Performance Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 3 (1.47%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (1.47%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.98%) CMS
2 2 (0.98%) SAS
3 1 (0.49%) Confluence
3 1 (0.49%) IIS
Applications
1 32 (15.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (4.90%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (2.94%) Simulink
4 5 (2.45%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (1.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (1.47%) Revit
6 2 (0.98%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.98%) MicroStation
6 2 (0.98%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.98%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 6 (2.94%) Magento
2 5 (2.45%) Salesforce CRM
3 4 (1.96%) Shopify
4 3 (1.47%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.98%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.98%) Primavera
6 1 (0.49%) Odoo
6 1 (0.49%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 43 (21.08%) Power Platform
2 29 (14.22%) Google Analytics
3 17 (8.33%) Azure
4 15 (7.35%) GCP
5 13 (6.37%) AWS
6 9 (4.41%) Google Tag Manager
7 8 (3.92%) SaaS
8 7 (3.43%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (1.96%) Dataform
10 3 (1.47%) Cloudflare
10 3 (1.47%) Entra ID
11 2 (0.98%) Microsoft Purview
11 2 (0.98%) OneDrive
12 1 (0.49%) Azure Monitor
12 1 (0.49%) Meta Ads
12 1 (0.49%) n8n
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.41%) SMS
2 5 (2.45%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.96%) DHCP
3 4 (1.96%) DNS
3 4 (1.96%) Firewall
3 4 (1.96%) VLAN
3 4 (1.96%) VPN
3 4 (1.96%) Wireless
4 2 (0.98%) Ethernet
4 2 (0.98%) Network Security
4 2 (0.98%) VoIP
5 1 (0.49%) Broadband
5 1 (0.49%) Multicast
5 1 (0.49%) NAS
5 1 (0.49%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.49%) SNMP
5 1 (0.49%) Software-Defined Networking
5 1 (0.49%) Spanning Tree
5 1 (0.49%) tcpdump
5 1 (0.49%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (21.08%) Power BI
2 17 (8.33%) Looker
3 6 (2.94%) BigQuery
3 6 (2.94%) Data Mining
3 6 (2.94%) Power Query
4 5 (2.45%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (2.45%) Tableau
5 4 (1.96%) Metadata
5 4 (1.96%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (1.47%) MariaDB
7 2 (0.98%) SAS Enterprise Guide
7 2 (0.98%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.49%) Db2
8 1 (0.49%) GIS
8 1 (0.49%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.49%) MySQL
8 1 (0.49%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 3 (1.47%) JIRA
1 3 (1.47%) PHPUnit
2 2 (0.98%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.49%) Fiddler
3 1 (0.49%) Git
3 1 (0.49%) Postman
General
1 97 (47.55%) Finance
2 92 (45.10%) Analytical Skills
3 64 (31.37%) Social Skills
4 49 (24.02%) Marketing
5 29 (14.22%) Legal
6 25 (12.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 25 (12.25%) Public Sector
7 22 (10.78%) Manufacturing
8 19 (9.31%) Organisational Skills
9 16 (7.84%) Law
10 14 (6.86%) Retail
11 7 (3.43%) Aerospace
12 6 (2.94%) Advertising
12 6 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (2.45%) Military
14 4 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (1.96%) Telecoms
15 3 (1.47%) Automotive
15 3 (1.47%) Electronics
16 2 (0.98%) Banking
Job Titles
1 44 (21.57%) Analyst
2 26 (12.75%) Business Manager
3 25 (12.25%) Analytics Manager
3 25 (12.25%) CRM Manager
4 24 (11.76%) Business Analytics Manager
5 21 (10.29%) Performance Analyst
6 19 (9.31%) Senior
7 15 (7.35%) Report Analyst
8 13 (6.37%) Lead
9 11 (5.39%) Financial Analyst
9 11 (5.39%) Marketing Manager
10 8 (3.92%) Consultant
11 7 (3.43%) Administrator
11 7 (3.43%) Architect
11 7 (3.43%) Developer
11 7 (3.43%) Finance Manager
11 7 (3.43%) Team Leader
12 6 (2.94%) Analytics Consultant
12 6 (2.94%) Risk Consultant
13 5 (2.45%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.96%) Middleware
2 3 (1.47%) CSS
2 3 (1.47%) HTML
2 3 (1.47%) LAMP
2 3 (1.47%) Sass
2 3 (1.47%) Terraform
3 2 (0.98%) REST
4 1 (0.49%) JSON
4 1 (0.49%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.49%) SAP Basis
4 1 (0.49%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (10.78%) Management Information System
2 13 (6.37%) Data Centre
3 11 (5.39%) Onboarding
4 7 (3.43%) AI Agents
4 7 (3.43%) Analytical Mindset
4 7 (3.43%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (2.94%) Credit Risk
5 6 (2.94%) Driving Licence
5 6 (2.94%) Product Ownership
5 6 (2.94%) Reinsurance
6 5 (2.45%) Educational Technology
6 5 (2.45%) Embedded Systems
6 5 (2.45%) Marketing Technology
6 5 (2.45%) NHS
6 5 (2.45%) Replication
6 5 (2.45%) Social Media
7 4 (1.96%) Acoustics
7 4 (1.96%) Algorithms
7 4 (1.96%) Blog
7 4 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.43%) Linux
2 6 (2.94%) Windows
3 5 (2.45%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.47%) Debian
5 1 (0.49%) VMS
5 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (42.65%) Analytics
2 75 (36.76%) Decision-Making
3 59 (28.92%) AI
4 58 (28.43%) Actionable Insight
5 52 (25.49%) Business Intelligence
6 51 (25.00%) CRM
7 42 (20.59%) Problem-Solving
7 42 (20.59%) Stakeholder Management
8 36 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
9 32 (15.69%) Dashboard Development
10 30 (14.71%) Agile
11 25 (12.25%) ERP
12 24 (11.76%) Business Analytics
13 23 (11.27%) Performance Metrics
13 23 (11.27%) Visualisation
14 21 (10.29%) Budgeting and Forecasting
14 21 (10.29%) Performance Measurement
14 21 (10.29%) Validation
15 20 (9.80%) Customer Experience
15 20 (9.80%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 46 (22.55%) SQL
2 29 (14.22%) Python
3 11 (5.39%) JavaScript
4 8 (3.92%) MATLAB
5 7 (3.43%) C++
6 6 (2.94%) R
7 5 (2.45%) C
7 5 (2.45%) Perl
8 4 (1.96%) PowerShell
9 3 (1.47%) PHP
10 2 (0.98%) C#
10 2 (0.98%) Embedded C
10 2 (0.98%) Embedded C++
10 2 (0.98%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.98%) Tcl
10 2 (0.98%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.98%) VB
10 2 (0.98%) VBA
11 1 (0.49%) Bash
11 1 (0.49%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 48 (23.53%) Degree
2 24 (11.76%) Security Cleared
3 20 (9.80%) SC Cleared
4 19 (9.31%) ACCA
5 18 (8.82%) CIMA
6 6 (2.94%) Numerate Degree
7 5 (2.45%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.47%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.98%) CIPD
9 2 (0.98%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.98%) HND
10 1 (0.49%) CCNP
10 1 (0.49%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.49%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.49%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.49%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (11.27%) Data Quality
2 10 (4.90%) Actionable Recommendations
3 7 (3.43%) QA
4 6 (2.94%) GAAP
5 5 (2.45%) GDPR
5 5 (2.45%) PMO
5 5 (2.45%) SLA
6 4 (1.96%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.49%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.49%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 1 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (1.96%) Active Directory
1 4 (1.96%) Firmware
1 4 (1.96%) Hyper-V
1 4 (1.96%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.98%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (0.98%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.49%) UAG
3 1 (0.49%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (1.47%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (1.47%) Puppet
2 1 (0.49%) Ansible
2 1 (0.49%) Autotask
2 1 (0.49%) Failover Clustering
2 1 (0.49%) Kibana
2 1 (0.49%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 41 (20.10%) Microsoft
2 33 (16.18%) Google
3 26 (12.75%) HubSpot
4 12 (5.88%) Salesforce
5 8 (3.92%) SAP
6 6 (2.94%) YouTube
7 5 (2.45%) ANSYS
7 5 (2.45%) Cisco
7 5 (2.45%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 5 (2.45%) VMware
8 4 (1.96%) Meraki
9 3 (1.47%) Adobe
9 3 (1.47%) Thales
10 2 (0.98%) Braze
10 2 (0.98%) dotdigital
10 2 (0.98%) EMC
10 2 (0.98%) Screaming Frog
10 2 (0.98%) Splunk
10 2 (0.98%) Veeam
11 1 (0.49%) Ahrefs