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 8 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 616 519 670
Rank change year-on-year -97 +151 -27
Permanent jobs citing Performance Analysis 171 177 150
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.16% 0.36% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.40% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 127 101 78
10th Percentile £31,050 £31,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £31,250 £49,501
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -20.83% +5.26%
75th Percentile £83,750 £55,000 £64,688
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £84,974
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +22.22% -25.00% +39.32%

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 77,565 44,386 67,277
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.71% 89.40% 81.08%
Number of salaries quoted 53,403 25,236 43,866
10th Percentile £30,580 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,170 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £48,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +13.40% -3.00% -9.09%

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 8 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Performance Analysis in the UK

Performance Analysis
Top 15 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 8 August 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 -87 169 £55,000 +15.79% 170
UK excluding London -79 126 £55,000 +22.22% 110
Work from Home -18 68 £57,500 +37.72% 48
North of England -2 64 £62,500 +66.67% 17
North West +20 39 £85,000 +126.67% 10
London -41 37 £57,500 +21.05% 75
South East -31 34 £55,000 +11.11% 38
Yorkshire -27 15 £55,000 -26.67% 6
South West -65 14 £32,000 -54.29% 15
Midlands -54 11 £56,000 -6.67% 12
West Midlands -48 10 £56,000 -6.67% 6
North East - 10 £47,500 - 1
East of England -29 4 £85,000 +161.54% 30
Scotland +11 1 £27,000 -
East Midlands -23 1 - - 6

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 (1.75%) Confluence
2 1 (0.58%) IIS
2 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.58%) SharePoint
Applications
1 29 (16.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (4.09%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (4.09%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (1.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.75%) Simulink
4 1 (0.58%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.58%) MicroStation
4 1 (0.58%) Revit
4 1 (0.58%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 4 (2.34%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (2.34%) Magento
2 3 (1.75%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (1.17%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.58%) Odoo
4 1 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.58%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 41 (23.98%) Power Platform
2 29 (16.96%) Google Analytics
3 16 (9.36%) AWS
4 14 (8.19%) Azure
5 13 (7.60%) GCP
6 10 (5.85%) SaaS
7 9 (5.26%) Google Tag Manager
8 6 (3.51%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (2.34%) Dataform
9 4 (2.34%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (1.75%) Cloudflare
11 1 (0.58%) Entra ID
11 1 (0.58%) n8n
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.09%) Broadband
2 5 (2.92%) SMS
3 4 (2.34%) Firewall
4 3 (1.75%) DHCP
4 3 (1.75%) DNS
4 3 (1.75%) VLAN
5 2 (1.17%) Network Security
5 2 (1.17%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.58%) BGP
6 1 (0.58%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (0.58%) IGMP
6 1 (0.58%) Internet
6 1 (0.58%) Multicast
6 1 (0.58%) NAS
6 1 (0.58%) OSPF
6 1 (0.58%) SAN
6 1 (0.58%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (0.58%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.58%) VPN
6 1 (0.58%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (23.98%) Power BI
2 18 (10.53%) Looker
3 9 (5.26%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (4.09%) MongoDB
5 6 (3.51%) BigQuery
5 6 (3.51%) Power Query
6 5 (2.92%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (2.34%) Tableau
8 3 (1.75%) MariaDB
8 3 (1.75%) Metadata
9 1 (0.58%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.58%) Data Mining
9 1 (0.58%) SAP HANA
9 1 (0.58%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (1.75%) JIRA
1 3 (1.75%) PHPUnit
2 1 (0.58%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.58%) Git
2 1 (0.58%) JMeter
General
1 72 (42.11%) Finance
2 65 (38.01%) Analytical Skills
3 47 (27.49%) Social Skills
4 43 (25.15%) Marketing
5 27 (15.79%) Legal
6 26 (15.20%) Public Sector
7 25 (14.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 17 (9.94%) Manufacturing
9 16 (9.36%) Organisational Skills
10 13 (7.60%) Law
11 8 (4.68%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (4.09%) Games
12 7 (4.09%) Retail
13 4 (2.34%) Advertising
13 4 (2.34%) Aerospace
13 4 (2.34%) Telecoms
14 3 (1.75%) Automotive
14 3 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
15 2 (1.17%) Banking
15 2 (1.17%) Military
Job Titles
1 42 (24.56%) Analyst
2 29 (16.96%) CRM Manager
3 25 (14.62%) Analytics Manager
4 24 (14.04%) Business Analytics Manager
4 24 (14.04%) Business Manager
5 20 (11.70%) Performance Analyst
6 18 (10.53%) Senior
7 15 (8.77%) Report Analyst
8 13 (7.60%) Financial Analyst
9 12 (7.02%) Lead
10 10 (5.85%) Developer
11 8 (4.68%) Architect
12 7 (4.09%) Administrator
12 7 (4.09%) Senior Developer
12 7 (4.09%) Team Leader
13 5 (2.92%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 5 (2.92%) Data Analyst
13 5 (2.92%) Finance Manager
13 5 (2.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 5 (2.92%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.68%) REST
2 3 (1.75%) CSS
2 3 (1.75%) HTML
2 3 (1.75%) LAMP
2 3 (1.75%) Middleware
2 3 (1.75%) Sass
3 2 (1.17%) React
4 1 (0.58%) JSON
4 1 (0.58%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.58%) SAP Basis
4 1 (0.58%) XML
4 1 (0.58%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 16 (9.36%) Management Information System
2 13 (7.60%) Data Centre
3 12 (7.02%) Product Ownership
4 9 (5.26%) Algorithms
5 8 (4.68%) Low-Code
6 7 (4.09%) Video\Live Streaming
7 6 (3.51%) Reinsurance
8 5 (2.92%) Blog
8 5 (2.92%) NHS
8 5 (2.92%) Onboarding
8 5 (2.92%) Social Media
9 4 (2.34%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (2.34%) Educational Technology
9 4 (2.34%) Embedded Systems
10 3 (1.75%) CMDB
10 3 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 3 (1.75%) Replication
10 3 (1.75%) Web Conferencing
11 2 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.92%) Windows
2 4 (2.34%) Linux
3 3 (1.75%) Debian
3 3 (1.75%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.58%) VMS
4 1 (0.58%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (47.37%) Analytics
2 55 (32.16%) Actionable Insight
3 54 (31.58%) Decision-Making
4 46 (26.90%) CRM
5 45 (26.32%) AI
6 43 (25.15%) Business Intelligence
7 33 (19.30%) Agile
8 29 (16.96%) Continuous Improvement
8 29 (16.96%) Problem-Solving
9 28 (16.37%) Dashboard Development
10 26 (15.20%) Stakeholder Management
11 24 (14.04%) Business Analytics
11 24 (14.04%) Validation
12 23 (13.45%) ERP
13 20 (11.70%) Performance Metrics
14 19 (11.11%) Business Strategy
14 19 (11.11%) Performance Measurement
15 16 (9.36%) SEO
15 16 (9.36%) Test Automation
15 16 (9.36%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 32 (18.71%) SQL
2 28 (16.37%) Python
3 12 (7.02%) JavaScript
4 7 (4.09%) Go
5 6 (3.51%) R
6 4 (2.34%) C++
6 4 (2.34%) TypeScript
7 3 (1.75%) C
7 3 (1.75%) C#
7 3 (1.75%) MATLAB
7 3 (1.75%) PHP
7 3 (1.75%) PowerShell
8 2 (1.17%) Java
8 2 (1.17%) Perl
8 2 (1.17%) PL/SQL
8 2 (1.17%) VBA
9 1 (0.58%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 33 (19.30%) Degree
2 18 (10.53%) Security Cleared
3 17 (9.94%) ACCA
4 16 (9.36%) CIMA
5 14 (8.19%) SC Cleared
6 5 (2.92%) DV Cleared
7 4 (2.34%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (1.17%) CCNP
8 2 (1.17%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.17%) DBS Check
8 2 (1.17%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.17%) MBA
8 2 (1.17%) Postgraduate
9 1 (0.58%) CCIE
9 1 (0.58%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.58%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.58%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (8.77%) Data Quality
2 13 (7.60%) QA
3 9 (5.26%) Actionable Recommendations
4 6 (3.51%) GAAP
5 5 (2.92%) SLA
6 4 (2.34%) Accessibility
7 3 (1.75%) GDPR
7 3 (1.75%) PCI DSS
7 3 (1.75%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (1.75%) Active Directory
1 3 (1.75%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.17%) Firmware
2 2 (1.17%) Hyper-V
2 2 (1.17%) vSphere
3 1 (0.58%) Docker
3 1 (0.58%) UAG
3 1 (0.58%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (2.34%) Terraform
2 3 (1.75%) Puppet
3 2 (1.17%) Ansible
3 2 (1.17%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.58%) Autotask
4 1 (0.58%) Grafana
4 1 (0.58%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.58%) NetBackup
4 1 (0.58%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.58%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 41 (23.98%) Microsoft
2 33 (19.30%) Google
3 25 (14.62%) HubSpot
4 14 (8.19%) SAP
5 12 (7.02%) Salesforce
6 6 (3.51%) Cisco
7 5 (2.92%) ANSYS
8 4 (2.34%) Adobe
8 4 (2.34%) Meraki
8 4 (2.34%) Oracle
8 4 (2.34%) VMware
9 3 (1.75%) Braze
9 3 (1.75%) Fortinet
10 2 (1.17%) dotdigital
10 2 (1.17%) Screaming Frog
10 2 (1.17%) Veeam
11 1 (0.58%) Ahrefs
11 1 (0.58%) Aruba
11 1 (0.58%) Botify
11 1 (0.58%) ServiceNow