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

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 578 539 631
Rank change year-on-year -39 +92 +161
Permanent jobs citing Performance Analysis 116 109 214
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.15% 0.26% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.28% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 51 79 175
10th Percentile £32,760 £40,800 -
25th Percentile £38,774 £46,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,339 £50,527
Median % change year-on-year -10.33% +21.40% -15.79%
75th Percentile £63,750 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £104,250 £89,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,750 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.27% +10.00% +13.55%

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 59,482 38,652 75,963
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 77.48% 93.43% 86.89%
Number of salaries quoted 36,105 22,218 57,058
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
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% -11.29%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.41%

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 24 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 24 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 -37 111 £55,000 -16.67% 54
UK excluding London -27 77 £53,750 -2.27% 41
South East -3 40 £62,500 +20.19% 10
London -9 31 £82,500 +18.83% 22
Work from Home -16 31 £50,000 -33.33% 22
West Midlands +2 20 £37,500 -50.00% 5
Midlands -22 20 £37,500 -50.00% 8
North of England -34 11 £37,500 -16.67% 10
North West -16 6 £35,009 -22.20% 6
South West -28 6 £32,760 -53.20% 1
Yorkshire - 3 - - 3
East of England -19 2 - - 5
North East - 2 £37,500 - 1

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 (1.72%) CMS
1 2 (1.72%) Confluence
1 2 (1.72%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.86%) IIS
2 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.86%) Tomcat
Applications
1 17 (14.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (10.34%) Spreadsheet
3 7 (6.03%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.72%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (10.34%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (4.31%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.72%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 19 (16.38%) Power Platform
2 12 (10.34%) Azure DevOps
3 11 (9.48%) AWS
3 11 (9.48%) Azure
4 7 (6.03%) Google Analytics
5 6 (5.17%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (4.31%) SaaS
7 4 (3.45%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (3.45%) GCP
8 3 (2.59%) Google Tag Manager
9 2 (1.72%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (1.72%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.86%) Contentsquare
10 1 (0.86%) GitHub
10 1 (0.86%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.86%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.86%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.86%) OpenShift
10 1 (0.86%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.86%) Viva Engage
Communications & Networking
1 9 (7.76%) Broadband
1 9 (7.76%) Firewall
2 6 (5.17%) DNS
3 4 (3.45%) WAN
3 4 (3.45%) Wireless
4 3 (2.59%) BGP
4 3 (2.59%) Cisco ASA
4 3 (2.59%) LAN
4 3 (2.59%) OSPF
4 3 (2.59%) Unified Communications
4 3 (2.59%) VLAN
4 3 (2.59%) VPN
5 2 (1.72%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (1.72%) DHCP
5 2 (1.72%) EIGRP
5 2 (1.72%) SMS
5 2 (1.72%) TACACS
5 2 (1.72%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.72%) WAAS
5 2 (1.72%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (19.83%) Looker
2 19 (16.38%) Power BI
3 7 (6.03%) MongoDB
3 7 (6.03%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (3.45%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (2.59%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.86%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.86%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.86%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.86%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.86%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.86%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 14 (12.07%) JIRA
2 12 (10.34%) eCATT
2 12 (10.34%) NeoLoad
3 3 (2.59%) Rational DOORS
4 2 (1.72%) Bitbucket
4 2 (1.72%) Git
4 2 (1.72%) GitLab
4 2 (1.72%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.86%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.86%) JMeter
General
1 49 (42.24%) Analytical Skills
2 48 (41.38%) Marketing
3 37 (31.90%) Social Skills
4 34 (29.31%) Finance
5 24 (20.69%) Influencing Skills
6 14 (12.07%) Manufacturing
7 13 (11.21%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (6.03%) Games
9 6 (5.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (3.45%) French Language
11 3 (2.59%) Banking
11 3 (2.59%) German Language
11 3 (2.59%) Italian Language
11 3 (2.59%) Japanese Language
11 3 (2.59%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (2.59%) Polish Language
11 3 (2.59%) Portuguese Language
11 3 (2.59%) Public Sector
11 3 (2.59%) Retail
11 3 (2.59%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 32 (27.59%) Analyst
2 15 (12.93%) Data Analyst
2 15 (12.93%) Lead
3 14 (12.07%) Financial Analyst
4 13 (11.21%) Performance Analyst
4 13 (11.21%) Senior
5 12 (10.34%) Performance Test Analyst
5 12 (10.34%) Test Analyst
5 12 (10.34%) Testing Analyst
6 7 (6.03%) Developer
7 6 (5.17%) Data Manager
7 6 (5.17%) Insight Manager
7 6 (5.17%) Performance Manager
8 5 (4.31%) Customer Experience Manager
8 5 (4.31%) Digital Transformation
8 5 (4.31%) Systems Engineer
9 4 (3.45%) CRM Manager
9 4 (3.45%) Network Engineer
9 4 (3.45%) Senior Developer
10 3 (2.59%) Campaign Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.90%) REST
2 3 (2.59%) React
3 2 (1.72%) Kafka
4 1 (0.86%) JSON
4 1 (0.86%) Web Services
4 1 (0.86%) XML
4 1 (0.86%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 20 (17.24%) Onboarding
2 10 (8.62%) Product Ownership
3 9 (7.76%) Algorithms
3 9 (7.76%) Management Information System
4 8 (6.90%) Video\Live Streaming
5 7 (6.03%) Low-Code
6 6 (5.17%) Social Media
7 4 (3.45%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (2.59%) Blog
8 3 (2.59%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (2.59%) Data Centre
8 3 (2.59%) Derivative
8 3 (2.59%) FMCG
8 3 (2.59%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (2.59%) IoT
9 2 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.86%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.86%) Driving Licence
10 1 (0.86%) Marketing Technology
10 1 (0.86%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 9 (7.76%) Windows
2 6 (5.17%) Windows Server
3 4 (3.45%) Linux
4 2 (1.72%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.86%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.86%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.86%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (41.38%) Continuous Improvement
2 41 (35.34%) Analytics
3 35 (30.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 32 (27.59%) CRM
5 26 (22.41%) ERP
5 26 (22.41%) Stakeholder Management
6 24 (20.69%) Agile
6 24 (20.69%) Customer Experience
6 24 (20.69%) Digital Marketing
7 23 (19.83%) Coaching
7 23 (19.83%) Decision-Making
8 22 (18.97%) B2B
9 21 (18.10%) Business Intelligence
9 21 (18.10%) Collaborative Working
9 21 (18.10%) Digital Strategy
10 20 (17.24%) E-Commerce
10 20 (17.24%) Roadmaps
11 19 (16.38%) Dashboard Development
12 18 (15.52%) Digital Innovation
13 17 (14.66%) Digital Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 28 (24.14%) Python
2 17 (14.66%) SQL
3 12 (10.34%) VBA
4 8 (6.90%) Go
5 7 (6.03%) PowerShell
6 5 (4.31%) Java
7 3 (2.59%) C#
7 3 (2.59%) TypeScript
8 2 (1.72%) Bash
9 1 (0.86%) Bicep
9 1 (0.86%) C++
9 1 (0.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.86%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.86%) Perl
9 1 (0.86%) R
9 1 (0.86%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 32 (27.59%) Degree
2 14 (12.07%) ACCA
2 14 (12.07%) CIMA
3 5 (4.31%) BPSS Clearance
3 5 (4.31%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (3.45%) CCIE
4 4 (3.45%) CCNP
4 4 (3.45%) Master's Degree
4 4 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (2.59%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.72%) CCNA
6 2 (1.72%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.72%) MBA
6 2 (1.72%) Postgraduate
7 1 (0.86%) City & Guilds
7 1 (0.86%) Numerate Degree
7 1 (0.86%) PhD
7 1 (0.86%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.86%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.86%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (8.62%) QA
2 8 (6.90%) Data Quality
3 7 (6.03%) Actionable Recommendations
4 5 (4.31%) Accessibility
5 3 (2.59%) PMO
6 1 (0.86%) GDPR
System Software
1 6 (5.17%) Active Directory
1 6 (5.17%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (4.31%) Hyper-V
3 4 (3.45%) Firmware
4 3 (2.59%) Docker
5 1 (0.86%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.86%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (10.34%) HP ALM
2 5 (4.31%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (3.45%) Ansible
4 3 (2.59%) Kubernetes
4 3 (2.59%) Terraform
5 2 (1.72%) Grafana
5 2 (1.72%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.86%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.86%) Icinga
6 1 (0.86%) Nagios
6 1 (0.86%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 28 (24.14%) SAP
2 23 (19.83%) Microsoft
3 13 (11.21%) HP
4 9 (7.76%) Google
5 7 (6.03%) Salesforce
5 7 (6.03%) VMware
6 6 (5.17%) Fortinet
7 5 (4.31%) Oracle
8 4 (3.45%) Cisco
8 4 (3.45%) ConnectWise
8 4 (3.45%) Draytek
9 3 (2.59%) ServiceNow
9 3 (2.59%) SolarWinds
10 2 (1.72%) Adobe
10 2 (1.72%) Infoblox
10 2 (1.72%) Marketo
10 2 (1.72%) Motorola
10 2 (1.72%) Palo Alto
10 2 (1.72%) TikTok
10 2 (1.72%) YouTube