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 11 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 583 516 666
Rank change year-on-year -67 +150 +24
Permanent jobs citing Performance Analysis 165 166 227
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.17% 0.34% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% 0.37% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 118 98 147
10th Percentile £30,750 £31,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,438 £40,219 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,750 £48,320 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.45% -16.69% +0.87%
75th Percentile £85,000 £59,438 £65,000
90th Percentile - £76,380 £93,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £58,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -9.48% +34.67%

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 72,639 44,292 83,457
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.85% 90.34% 82.30%
Number of salaries quoted 50,181 24,710 58,516
10th Percentile £30,250 £28,822 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.72%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,777 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -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 11 July 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 11 July 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 -53 160 £57,500 +21.05% 83
UK excluding London -32 118 £55,000 +4.76% 63
Work from Home -2 66 £57,500 +17.01% 27
North of England +13 60 £62,500 +25.00% 23
South East -21 37 £55,000 +2.80% 16
North West +19 36 £85,000 +88.89% 11
London -32 35 £57,500 +21.05% 27
Yorkshire -11 18 £55,000 -26.67% 9
Midlands -56 9 £43,000 -36.30% 11
South West -60 9 £31,500 -55.00% 3
West Midlands -41 8 £43,000 -36.30% 7
North East - 6 £40,000 - 3
East of England -18 4 £85,000 +161.54% 13
East Midlands -30 1 - - 4
Scotland - 1 £27,000 -

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 (1.21%) Confluence
1 2 (1.21%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.61%) CMS
2 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 28 (16.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (6.06%) Spreadsheet
3 8 (4.85%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (3.03%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (2.42%) Magento
3 2 (1.21%) NetSuite
3 2 (1.21%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 39 (23.64%) Power Platform
2 27 (16.36%) Google Analytics
3 14 (8.48%) Azure
4 12 (7.27%) AWS
5 9 (5.45%) GCP
5 9 (5.45%) SaaS
6 8 (4.85%) Google Tag Manager
6 8 (4.85%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (2.42%) Dataform
7 4 (2.42%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (1.21%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.21%) Cloudflare
8 2 (1.21%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.61%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.61%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.61%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.61%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.61%) Viva Engage
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.85%) Broadband
2 6 (3.64%) SMS
3 5 (3.03%) DNS
3 5 (3.03%) Firewall
4 3 (1.82%) DHCP
4 3 (1.82%) VLAN
5 2 (1.21%) Internet
5 2 (1.21%) Network Security
5 2 (1.21%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.21%) Unified Communications
5 2 (1.21%) VPN
5 2 (1.21%) WAN
5 2 (1.21%) Wireless
6 1 (0.61%) BGP
6 1 (0.61%) Cisco Firepower
6 1 (0.61%) IGMP
6 1 (0.61%) Multicast
6 1 (0.61%) OSPF
6 1 (0.61%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.61%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (23.64%) Power BI
2 13 (7.88%) Looker
3 9 (5.45%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (4.24%) MongoDB
5 6 (3.64%) BigQuery
5 6 (3.64%) Power Query
6 5 (3.03%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.21%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (1.21%) MariaDB
8 1 (0.61%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.61%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (1.21%) JIRA
1 2 (1.21%) PHPUnit
2 1 (0.61%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.61%) Git
2 1 (0.61%) JMeter
General
1 70 (42.42%) Finance
2 62 (37.58%) Analytical Skills
3 43 (26.06%) Social Skills
4 39 (23.64%) Marketing
5 27 (16.36%) Legal
6 25 (15.15%) Public Sector
7 21 (12.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 14 (8.48%) Organisational Skills
9 12 (7.27%) Manufacturing
10 10 (6.06%) Influencing Skills
10 10 (6.06%) Law
11 7 (4.24%) Games
12 5 (3.03%) Retail
13 3 (1.82%) Advertising
13 3 (1.82%) Aerospace
13 3 (1.82%) Automotive
13 3 (1.82%) Telecoms
14 2 (1.21%) Front Office
14 2 (1.21%) Investment Banking
14 2 (1.21%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 44 (26.67%) Analyst
2 27 (16.36%) CRM Manager
3 23 (13.94%) Analytics Manager
3 23 (13.94%) Business Analytics Manager
3 23 (13.94%) Business Manager
4 20 (12.12%) Performance Analyst
4 20 (12.12%) Senior
5 17 (10.30%) Financial Analyst
6 16 (9.70%) Lead
7 14 (8.48%) Report Analyst
8 9 (5.45%) Developer
9 8 (4.85%) Data Analyst
9 8 (4.85%) Senior Developer
10 7 (4.24%) Administrator
10 7 (4.24%) Team Leader
11 5 (3.03%) Architect
11 5 (3.03%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 5 (3.03%) Head of Development
11 5 (3.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 5 (3.03%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.85%) REST
2 3 (1.82%) React
3 2 (1.21%) CSS
3 2 (1.21%) HTML
3 2 (1.21%) LAMP
3 2 (1.21%) Sass
4 1 (0.61%) JSON
4 1 (0.61%) SAP Basis
4 1 (0.61%) XML
4 1 (0.61%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 17 (10.30%) Management Information System
2 12 (7.27%) Product Ownership
3 8 (4.85%) Algorithms
3 8 (4.85%) Data Centre
4 7 (4.24%) Low-Code
4 7 (4.24%) Video\Live Streaming
5 6 (3.64%) Reinsurance
6 5 (3.03%) Blog
6 5 (3.03%) NHS
6 5 (3.03%) Social Media
7 4 (2.42%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (2.42%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.42%) Web Conferencing
8 3 (1.82%) CMDB
9 2 (1.21%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (1.21%) Derivative
9 2 (1.21%) Driving Licence
9 2 (1.21%) Embedded Systems
9 2 (1.21%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (1.21%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.64%) Windows
2 4 (2.42%) Linux
2 4 (2.42%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.21%) Debian
4 1 (0.61%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (46.67%) Analytics
2 53 (32.12%) Decision-Making
3 51 (30.91%) Actionable Insight
4 49 (29.70%) CRM
5 40 (24.24%) Business Intelligence
6 38 (23.03%) AI
7 34 (20.61%) Agile
8 29 (17.58%) Continuous Improvement
9 24 (14.55%) ERP
10 23 (13.94%) Business Analytics
11 22 (13.33%) Dashboard Development
11 22 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
12 19 (11.52%) Stakeholder Management
12 19 (11.52%) Validation
13 18 (10.91%) Business Strategy
13 18 (10.91%) Marketing Strategy
14 16 (9.70%) Performance Measurement
14 16 (9.70%) Planning and Forecasting
14 16 (9.70%) Test Automation
15 15 (9.09%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 30 (18.18%) SQL
2 29 (17.58%) Python
3 11 (6.67%) JavaScript
4 7 (4.24%) Go
4 7 (4.24%) R
5 6 (3.64%) VBA
6 5 (3.03%) TypeScript
7 4 (2.42%) C#
7 4 (2.42%) PowerShell
8 2 (1.21%) C
8 2 (1.21%) C++
8 2 (1.21%) Java
8 2 (1.21%) PHP
8 2 (1.21%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.61%) Bicep
9 1 (0.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.61%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 30 (18.18%) Degree
2 18 (10.91%) Security Cleared
3 17 (10.30%) ACCA
4 16 (9.70%) CIMA
5 14 (8.48%) SC Cleared
6 5 (3.03%) DV Cleared
6 5 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.82%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.21%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.21%) CCIE
8 2 (1.21%) CCNP
8 2 (1.21%) DBS Check
8 2 (1.21%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.21%) MBA
8 2 (1.21%) Postgraduate
9 1 (0.61%) CCNA
9 1 (0.61%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.61%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.61%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (7.88%) QA
2 11 (6.67%) Data Quality
3 6 (3.64%) Actionable Recommendations
3 6 (3.64%) GAAP
4 5 (3.03%) SLA
5 4 (2.42%) Accessibility
5 4 (2.42%) PMO
6 3 (1.82%) GDPR
7 2 (1.21%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (2.42%) Active Directory
1 4 (2.42%) Hyper-V
1 4 (2.42%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.21%) Firmware
2 2 (1.21%) vSphere
3 1 (0.61%) Docker
3 1 (0.61%) UAG
3 1 (0.61%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (2.42%) Terraform
2 3 (1.82%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.21%) Puppet
4 1 (0.61%) Ansible
4 1 (0.61%) Autotask
4 1 (0.61%) Grafana
4 1 (0.61%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.61%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.61%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 47 (28.48%) Microsoft
2 29 (17.58%) Google
3 24 (14.55%) HubSpot
4 16 (9.70%) SAP
5 14 (8.48%) Salesforce
6 6 (3.64%) Cisco
7 5 (3.03%) VMware
8 4 (2.42%) Adobe
8 4 (2.42%) ANSYS
8 4 (2.42%) Fortinet
8 4 (2.42%) Meraki
8 4 (2.42%) Oracle
9 3 (1.82%) Braze
10 2 (1.21%) ConnectWise
10 2 (1.21%) Draytek
10 2 (1.21%) Marketo
10 2 (1.21%) Palo Alto
10 2 (1.21%) ServiceNow
10 2 (1.21%) Veeam
10 2 (1.21%) YouTube