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 31 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 596 506 641
Rank change year-on-year -90 +135 +134
Permanent jobs citing Performance Analysis 108 116 216
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.28% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.30% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 53 84 175
10th Percentile £32,760 £41,450 -
25th Percentile £40,500 £46,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,527
Median % change year-on-year - +8.85% -15.79%
75th Percentile £63,750 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £102,500 £94,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% +11.11%

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 60,590 38,104 77,432
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 76.71% 93.07% 86.51%
Number of salaries quoted 37,239 22,363 57,730
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -7.83%

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 31 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Performance Analysis in the UK

Performance Analysis
Top 13 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 31 March 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 -43 104 £55,000 -15.38% 58
UK excluding London -39 69 £55,000 - 43
South East -13 32 £58,750 +12.98% 11
London -39 32 £82,500 +18.83% 25
Work from Home -16 30 £55,000 -26.67% 27
West Midlands -4 20 £37,500 -50.00% 5
Midlands -22 20 £37,500 -50.00% 8
North of England -47 12 £36,255 -23.67% 10
North West -14 7 £31,255 -30.55% 7
South West -41 5 £32,630 -53.39% 2
Yorkshire -42 3 - - 3
East of England -29 2 - - 5
North East - 2 £37,500 -

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 2 (1.85%) CMS
1 2 (1.85%) Confluence
1 2 (1.85%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.93%) IIS
2 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.93%) Tomcat
Applications
1 18 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (11.11%) Spreadsheet
3 7 (6.48%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.85%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (4.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.78%) Magento
2 3 (2.78%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 21 (19.44%) Power Platform
2 11 (10.19%) AWS
2 11 (10.19%) Azure
3 10 (9.26%) Google Analytics
4 6 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (4.63%) SaaS
6 4 (3.70%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (3.70%) GCP
7 3 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (2.78%) Google Tag Manager
8 2 (1.85%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.85%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.93%) Contentsquare
9 1 (0.93%) GitHub
9 1 (0.93%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.93%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.93%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.93%) OpenShift
9 1 (0.93%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.93%) Viva Engage
Communications & Networking
1 9 (8.33%) Broadband
1 9 (8.33%) Firewall
2 6 (5.56%) DNS
3 4 (3.70%) WAN
3 4 (3.70%) Wireless
4 3 (2.78%) BGP
4 3 (2.78%) Cisco ASA
4 3 (2.78%) LAN
4 3 (2.78%) OSPF
4 3 (2.78%) Unified Communications
4 3 (2.78%) VLAN
4 3 (2.78%) VPN
5 2 (1.85%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (1.85%) DHCP
5 2 (1.85%) EIGRP
5 2 (1.85%) SMS
5 2 (1.85%) TACACS
5 2 (1.85%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.85%) WAAS
5 2 (1.85%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (23.15%) Looker
2 21 (19.44%) Power BI
3 7 (6.48%) MongoDB
3 7 (6.48%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (3.70%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (2.78%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.93%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.93%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.93%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.93%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.93%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.93%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (4.63%) JIRA
2 3 (2.78%) eCATT
2 3 (2.78%) NeoLoad
2 3 (2.78%) Rational DOORS
3 2 (1.85%) Bitbucket
3 2 (1.85%) Git
3 2 (1.85%) GitLab
3 2 (1.85%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.93%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (0.93%) JMeter
General
1 51 (47.22%) Analytical Skills
2 40 (37.04%) Marketing
3 36 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 25 (23.15%) Finance
5 15 (13.89%) Influencing Skills
6 7 (6.48%) Games
6 7 (6.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (5.56%) Manufacturing
8 5 (4.63%) Public Sector
9 4 (3.70%) French Language
9 4 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (2.78%) Arabic Language
10 3 (2.78%) Dutch Language
10 3 (2.78%) German Language
10 3 (2.78%) Italian Language
10 3 (2.78%) Japanese Language
10 3 (2.78%) Mandarin Language
10 3 (2.78%) Polish Language
10 3 (2.78%) Portuguese Language
10 3 (2.78%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 25 (23.15%) Analyst
2 15 (13.89%) Data Analyst
2 15 (13.89%) Lead
3 14 (12.96%) Financial Analyst
4 13 (12.04%) Senior
5 7 (6.48%) Developer
6 6 (5.56%) Performance Analyst
7 5 (4.63%) Customer Experience Manager
7 5 (4.63%) Data Manager
7 5 (4.63%) Digital Transformation
7 5 (4.63%) Insight Manager
7 5 (4.63%) Performance Manager
7 5 (4.63%) Systems Engineer
8 4 (3.70%) CRM Manager
8 4 (3.70%) Network Engineer
8 4 (3.70%) Senior Developer
9 3 (2.78%) 3rd Line Support
9 3 (2.78%) E-Commerce Specialist
9 3 (2.78%) Performance Test Analyst
9 3 (2.78%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (7.41%) REST
2 3 (2.78%) React
3 2 (1.85%) Kafka
4 1 (0.93%) JSON
4 1 (0.93%) Web Services
4 1 (0.93%) XML
4 1 (0.93%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 20 (18.52%) Onboarding
2 10 (9.26%) Product Ownership
3 9 (8.33%) Algorithms
4 8 (7.41%) Management Information System
4 8 (7.41%) Video\Live Streaming
5 7 (6.48%) Low-Code
6 6 (5.56%) Social Media
7 4 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (2.78%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (2.78%) Data Centre
8 3 (2.78%) Derivative
8 3 (2.78%) FMCG
8 3 (2.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (2.78%) IoT
9 2 (1.85%) Blog
9 2 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.93%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.93%) Marketing Technology
10 1 (0.93%) Podcast
10 1 (0.93%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 9 (8.33%) Windows
2 6 (5.56%) Windows Server
3 4 (3.70%) Linux
4 2 (1.85%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.93%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.93%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.93%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (39.81%) Analytics
2 39 (36.11%) Continuous Improvement
3 33 (30.56%) CRM
4 26 (24.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 26 (24.07%) Stakeholder Management
5 25 (23.15%) Agile
5 25 (23.15%) Customer Experience
5 25 (23.15%) Digital Marketing
6 24 (22.22%) Decision-Making
7 23 (21.30%) Business Intelligence
7 23 (21.30%) Coaching
8 22 (20.37%) B2B
9 21 (19.44%) Collaborative Working
9 21 (19.44%) E-Commerce
10 20 (18.52%) Dashboard Development
10 20 (18.52%) Digital Strategy
11 18 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
11 18 (16.67%) Digital Innovation
12 17 (15.74%) Digital Customer Experience
12 17 (15.74%) GTM Strategy
Programming Languages
1 29 (26.85%) Python
2 19 (17.59%) SQL
3 12 (11.11%) VBA
4 8 (7.41%) Go
5 7 (6.48%) PowerShell
6 5 (4.63%) Java
7 3 (2.78%) C#
7 3 (2.78%) TypeScript
8 2 (1.85%) Bash
9 1 (0.93%) Bicep
9 1 (0.93%) C++
9 1 (0.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.93%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.93%) Perl
9 1 (0.93%) R
9 1 (0.93%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 33 (30.56%) Degree
2 14 (12.96%) ACCA
2 14 (12.96%) CIMA
3 5 (4.63%) BPSS Clearance
3 5 (4.63%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (3.70%) CCIE
4 4 (3.70%) CCNP
4 4 (3.70%) Master's Degree
4 4 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.78%) SC Cleared
5 3 (2.78%) Security Cleared
6 2 (1.85%) CCNA
6 2 (1.85%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.85%) MBA
6 2 (1.85%) Postgraduate
7 1 (0.93%) City & Guilds
7 1 (0.93%) Numerate Degree
7 1 (0.93%) PhD
7 1 (0.93%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (9.26%) QA
2 7 (6.48%) Actionable Recommendations
2 7 (6.48%) Data Quality
3 4 (3.70%) Accessibility
4 3 (2.78%) PMO
5 1 (0.93%) GDPR
System Software
1 6 (5.56%) Active Directory
1 6 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (4.63%) Hyper-V
3 4 (3.70%) Firmware
4 3 (2.78%) Docker
5 1 (0.93%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.93%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (4.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (3.70%) Ansible
3 3 (2.78%) HP ALM
3 3 (2.78%) Kubernetes
3 3 (2.78%) Terraform
4 2 (1.85%) Grafana
4 2 (1.85%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.93%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.93%) Icinga
5 1 (0.93%) Nagios
5 1 (0.93%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 25 (23.15%) Microsoft
2 19 (17.59%) SAP
3 12 (11.11%) Google
4 7 (6.48%) Salesforce
4 7 (6.48%) VMware
5 6 (5.56%) Fortinet
6 5 (4.63%) Oracle
7 4 (3.70%) Cisco
7 4 (3.70%) ConnectWise
7 4 (3.70%) Draytek
7 4 (3.70%) HP
8 3 (2.78%) Adobe
8 3 (2.78%) ServiceNow
8 3 (2.78%) SolarWinds
9 2 (1.85%) Infoblox
9 2 (1.85%) Marketo
9 2 (1.85%) Motorola
9 2 (1.85%) Palo Alto
9 2 (1.85%) TikTok
9 2 (1.85%) YouTube