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

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 603 516 650
Rank change year-on-year -87 +134 0
Permanent jobs citing Performance Analysis 161 173 191
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.16% 0.35% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.39% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 119 97 115
10th Percentile £30,750 £31,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -20.83% +4.35%
75th Percentile £85,000 £55,000 £65,000
90th Percentile - £76,540 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £51,250 £59,000
% change year-on-year +7.32% -13.14% +37.00%

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 74,263 44,137 73,415
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.70% 89.84% 81.67%
Number of salaries quoted 51,228 24,998 49,763
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £93,750
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 25 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 25 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 -70 158 £55,000 +15.79% 101
UK excluding London -70 116 £55,000 +7.32% 66
Work from Home -2 65 £57,500 +27.78% 35
North of England +14 62 £62,500 +31.58% 16
North West +15 37 £85,000 +88.89% 9
London -38 36 £57,500 +21.05% 44
South East -33 33 £55,000 - 24
Yorkshire -26 17 £55,000 -26.67% 4
South West -65 9 £31,500 -55.00% 10
Midlands -67 9 £43,000 -33.85% 8
West Midlands -52 8 £43,000 -33.85% 3
North East - 8 £42,500 - 3
East of England -15 4 £85,000 +161.54% 11
Scotland +17 1 £27,000 -
East Midlands -32 1 - - 5

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 (1.86%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.24%) Confluence
3 1 (0.62%) IIS
3 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 32 (19.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (4.97%) Spreadsheet
3 7 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (3.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (2.48%) Magento
3 2 (1.24%) NetSuite
3 2 (1.24%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 42 (26.09%) Power Platform
2 27 (16.77%) Google Analytics
3 14 (8.70%) AWS
4 13 (8.07%) Azure
5 11 (6.83%) GCP
6 10 (6.21%) SaaS
7 8 (4.97%) Google Tag Manager
8 7 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (2.48%) Dataform
9 4 (2.48%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (1.24%) Cloudflare
10 2 (1.24%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.62%) Entra ID
11 1 (0.62%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.62%) PowerApps
11 1 (0.62%) Viva Engage
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.35%) Broadband
2 5 (3.11%) SMS
3 4 (2.48%) Firewall
4 3 (1.86%) DHCP
4 3 (1.86%) DNS
4 3 (1.86%) VLAN
5 2 (1.24%) Network Security
5 2 (1.24%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.62%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (0.62%) Cisco Firepower
6 1 (0.62%) IGMP
6 1 (0.62%) Internet
6 1 (0.62%) Multicast
6 1 (0.62%) OSPF
6 1 (0.62%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.62%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (0.62%) Spanning Tree
6 1 (0.62%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.62%) VPN
6 1 (0.62%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (26.09%) Power BI
2 16 (9.94%) Looker
3 9 (5.59%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (4.35%) MongoDB
5 6 (3.73%) BigQuery
5 6 (3.73%) Power Query
6 5 (3.11%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (1.86%) Tableau
8 2 (1.24%) MariaDB
9 1 (0.62%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.62%) Data Mining
9 1 (0.62%) Metadata
9 1 (0.62%) SAP HANA
9 1 (0.62%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.24%) JIRA
1 2 (1.24%) PHPUnit
2 1 (0.62%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.62%) Git
2 1 (0.62%) JMeter
General
1 71 (44.10%) Finance
2 62 (38.51%) Analytical Skills
3 44 (27.33%) Social Skills
4 39 (24.22%) Marketing
5 28 (17.39%) Legal
6 24 (14.91%) Public Sector
7 21 (13.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 14 (8.70%) Organisational Skills
9 13 (8.07%) Manufacturing
10 10 (6.21%) Law
11 8 (4.97%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (4.35%) Games
13 5 (3.11%) Retail
14 3 (1.86%) Advertising
14 3 (1.86%) Aerospace
14 3 (1.86%) Automotive
14 3 (1.86%) Telecoms
15 2 (1.24%) Front Office
15 2 (1.24%) Investment Banking
15 2 (1.24%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 43 (26.71%) Analyst
2 28 (17.39%) CRM Manager
3 25 (15.53%) Analytics Manager
4 24 (14.91%) Business Analytics Manager
4 24 (14.91%) Business Manager
5 20 (12.42%) Senior
6 19 (11.80%) Performance Analyst
7 15 (9.32%) Financial Analyst
7 15 (9.32%) Report Analyst
8 14 (8.70%) Lead
9 10 (6.21%) Developer
10 8 (4.97%) Senior Developer
11 7 (4.35%) Administrator
11 7 (4.35%) Data Analyst
11 7 (4.35%) Team Leader
12 6 (3.73%) Architect
13 5 (3.11%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 5 (3.11%) Head of Development
13 5 (3.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 5 (3.11%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.97%) REST
2 3 (1.86%) React
3 2 (1.24%) CSS
3 2 (1.24%) HTML
3 2 (1.24%) LAMP
3 2 (1.24%) Sass
4 1 (0.62%) JSON
4 1 (0.62%) Middleware
4 1 (0.62%) SAP Basis
4 1 (0.62%) XML
4 1 (0.62%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 19 (11.80%) Management Information System
2 11 (6.83%) Product Ownership
3 9 (5.59%) Data Centre
4 8 (4.97%) Algorithms
5 7 (4.35%) Low-Code
5 7 (4.35%) Video\Live Streaming
6 6 (3.73%) Reinsurance
7 5 (3.11%) Blog
7 5 (3.11%) NHS
7 5 (3.11%) Onboarding
7 5 (3.11%) Social Media
8 3 (1.86%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.86%) CMDB
8 3 (1.86%) Educational Technology
8 3 (1.86%) Web Conferencing
9 2 (1.24%) Acoustics
9 2 (1.24%) Derivative
9 2 (1.24%) Driving Licence
9 2 (1.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (1.24%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.11%) Windows
2 3 (1.86%) Linux
2 3 (1.86%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.24%) Debian
4 1 (0.62%) VMS
4 1 (0.62%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (49.69%) Analytics
2 54 (33.54%) Actionable Insight
2 54 (33.54%) Decision-Making
3 48 (29.81%) CRM
4 43 (26.71%) Business Intelligence
5 40 (24.84%) AI
6 31 (19.25%) Agile
7 30 (18.63%) Continuous Improvement
8 25 (15.53%) Dashboard Development
9 24 (14.91%) Business Analytics
9 24 (14.91%) Problem-Solving
10 23 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
11 22 (13.66%) ERP
12 19 (11.80%) Business Strategy
12 19 (11.80%) Validation
13 17 (10.56%) Marketing Strategy
13 17 (10.56%) Performance Measurement
13 17 (10.56%) Performance Metrics
14 16 (9.94%) Planning and Forecasting
15 15 (9.32%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 32 (19.88%) SQL
2 27 (16.77%) Python
3 11 (6.83%) JavaScript
4 7 (4.35%) Go
4 7 (4.35%) R
5 5 (3.11%) TypeScript
6 4 (2.48%) C#
6 4 (2.48%) VBA
7 2 (1.24%) C
7 2 (1.24%) C++
7 2 (1.24%) Java
7 2 (1.24%) PHP
7 2 (1.24%) PL/SQL
7 2 (1.24%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.62%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 31 (19.25%) Degree
2 18 (11.18%) Security Cleared
3 17 (10.56%) ACCA
4 16 (9.94%) CIMA
5 14 (8.70%) SC Cleared
6 5 (3.11%) DV Cleared
7 4 (2.48%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (1.24%) CCNP
8 2 (1.24%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.24%) DBS Check
8 2 (1.24%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.24%) MBA
8 2 (1.24%) Postgraduate
9 1 (0.62%) CCIE
9 1 (0.62%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.62%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.62%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.62%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (9.32%) Data Quality
2 13 (8.07%) QA
3 8 (4.97%) Actionable Recommendations
4 6 (3.73%) GAAP
5 5 (3.11%) SLA
6 4 (2.48%) Accessibility
7 3 (1.86%) PMO
8 2 (1.24%) GDPR
8 2 (1.24%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (1.86%) Active Directory
1 3 (1.86%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.24%) Hyper-V
2 2 (1.24%) vSphere
3 1 (0.62%) Docker
3 1 (0.62%) Firmware
3 1 (0.62%) UAG
3 1 (0.62%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 3 (1.86%) Terraform
2 2 (1.24%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.24%) Puppet
3 1 (0.62%) Ansible
3 1 (0.62%) Autotask
3 1 (0.62%) Grafana
3 1 (0.62%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.62%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.62%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 42 (26.09%) Microsoft
2 28 (17.39%) Google
3 24 (14.91%) HubSpot
4 14 (8.70%) Salesforce
4 14 (8.70%) SAP
5 6 (3.73%) Cisco
6 4 (2.48%) Adobe
6 4 (2.48%) ANSYS
6 4 (2.48%) Meraki
6 4 (2.48%) Oracle
6 4 (2.48%) VMware
7 3 (1.86%) Braze
7 3 (1.86%) Fortinet
8 2 (1.24%) dotdigital
8 2 (1.24%) Veeam
9 1 (0.62%) Aruba
9 1 (0.62%) Botify
9 1 (0.62%) Marketo
9 1 (0.62%) Pardot
9 1 (0.62%) ServiceNow