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 4 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 590 484 648
Rank change year-on-year -106 +164 -85
Permanent jobs citing Performance Analysis 223 191 134
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.19% 0.38% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.43% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 152 83 59
10th Percentile £31,750 £31,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £31,250 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -25.00% +20.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £61,933 £70,625
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £84,700
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £40,875 £60,000
% change year-on-year +34.56% -31.88% +50.00%

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 86,432 44,324 60,758
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.12% 89.10% 81.90%
Number of salaries quoted 59,358 24,582 33,017
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -6.78% -1.67%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%

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 4 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Performance Analysis in the UK

Performance Analysis
Top 16 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 4 October 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 -97 207 £55,000 +29.41% 412
UK excluding London -103 162 £55,000 +34.56% 244
Work from Home -8 90 £62,500 +49.70% 158
North of England -2 80 £62,500 +66.67% 40
North West +15 49 £85,000 +137.76% 24
London -53 49 £57,500 -11.54% 205
South East -53 30 £53,500 +28.14% 62
South West -54 21 £37,500 -8.55% 26
Yorkshire -31 18 £62,500 -12.68% 11
Midlands -86 13 £73,193 +36.17% 33
North East - 13 £52,500 - 5
West Midlands -80 12 £73,193 +36.17% 26
Scotland +8 9 £36,000 - 17
East of England -38 8 £52,500 +61.54% 58
East Midlands -46 1 - - 7
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 8

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 (1.35%) CMS
1 3 (1.35%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (1.35%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.90%) SAS
3 1 (0.45%) Confluence
3 1 (0.45%) IIS
3 1 (0.45%) WordPress
Applications
1 34 (15.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (4.04%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (2.69%) Simulink
4 5 (2.24%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (1.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (1.35%) Revit
6 2 (0.90%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.90%) MicroStation
6 2 (0.90%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.90%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 5 (2.24%) Salesforce CRM
2 4 (1.79%) Magento
2 4 (1.79%) Shopify
3 3 (1.35%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (1.35%) Primavera
4 2 (0.90%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.45%) Odoo
5 1 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 45 (20.18%) Power Platform
2 25 (11.21%) Google Analytics
3 18 (8.07%) Azure
4 14 (6.28%) GCP
5 12 (5.38%) AWS
6 11 (4.93%) SaaS
7 8 (3.59%) Google Tag Manager
8 7 (3.14%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (1.79%) Dataform
10 3 (1.35%) Azure Monitor
10 3 (1.35%) Cloudflare
10 3 (1.35%) Entra ID
11 2 (0.90%) MailChimp
11 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Purview
11 2 (0.90%) OneDrive
12 1 (0.45%) Canva
12 1 (0.45%) Meta Ads
12 1 (0.45%) n8n
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.04%) SMS
2 5 (2.24%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.79%) DHCP
3 4 (1.79%) DNS
3 4 (1.79%) Firewall
3 4 (1.79%) VLAN
3 4 (1.79%) VPN
3 4 (1.79%) Wireless
4 3 (1.35%) Ethernet
5 2 (0.90%) Network Security
5 2 (0.90%) VoIP
6 1 (0.45%) BGP
6 1 (0.45%) IGMP
6 1 (0.45%) Internet
6 1 (0.45%) NAS
6 1 (0.45%) OSPF
6 1 (0.45%) SAN
6 1 (0.45%) SNMP
6 1 (0.45%) WAN
6 1 (0.45%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (20.18%) Power BI
2 16 (7.17%) Looker
3 10 (4.48%) Data Mining
4 7 (3.14%) Tableau
5 6 (2.69%) Power Query
6 5 (2.24%) BigQuery
6 5 (2.24%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (1.79%) Metadata
8 3 (1.35%) MariaDB
8 3 (1.35%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.90%) SAS Enterprise Guide
9 2 (0.90%) SQL Server
10 1 (0.45%) Db2
10 1 (0.45%) GIS
10 1 (0.45%) MySQL
10 1 (0.45%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 3 (1.35%) JIRA
1 3 (1.35%) PHPUnit
2 2 (0.90%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.45%) Fiddler
3 1 (0.45%) Git
3 1 (0.45%) Postman
General
1 113 (50.67%) Finance
2 101 (45.29%) Analytical Skills
3 75 (33.63%) Social Skills
4 54 (24.22%) Marketing
5 29 (13.00%) Legal
6 24 (10.76%) Public Sector
7 23 (10.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 23 (10.31%) Manufacturing
8 22 (9.87%) Organisational Skills
9 15 (6.73%) Law
9 15 (6.73%) Retail
10 7 (3.14%) Aerospace
10 7 (3.14%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (2.69%) Advertising
12 5 (2.24%) Military
13 4 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (1.35%) Automotive
14 3 (1.35%) Electronics
14 3 (1.35%) Telecoms
15 2 (0.90%) Banking
Job Titles
1 44 (19.73%) Analyst
2 28 (12.56%) Business Manager
3 26 (11.66%) Analytics Manager
4 25 (11.21%) CRM Manager
5 24 (10.76%) Business Analytics Manager
6 21 (9.42%) Senior
7 20 (8.97%) Performance Analyst
8 15 (6.73%) Report Analyst
9 13 (5.83%) Lead
10 12 (5.38%) Consultant
10 12 (5.38%) Marketing Manager
11 11 (4.93%) Financial Analyst
12 10 (4.48%) Finance Manager
13 9 (4.04%) Analytics Consultant
13 9 (4.04%) Risk Consultant
14 7 (3.14%) Administrator
14 7 (3.14%) Architect
14 7 (3.14%) Team Leader
15 6 (2.69%) Accountant
15 6 (2.69%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.79%) Middleware
2 3 (1.35%) CSS
2 3 (1.35%) HTML
2 3 (1.35%) LAMP
2 3 (1.35%) Sass
2 3 (1.35%) Terraform
3 1 (0.45%) JSON
3 1 (0.45%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.45%) REST
3 1 (0.45%) SAP Basis
3 1 (0.45%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (11.21%) Management Information System
2 13 (5.83%) Onboarding
3 12 (5.38%) Data Centre
4 10 (4.48%) Credit Risk
5 9 (4.04%) Analytical Mindset
6 7 (3.14%) AI Agents
6 7 (3.14%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (3.14%) Social Media
7 6 (2.69%) Blog
7 6 (2.69%) Driving Licence
7 6 (2.69%) Educational Technology
7 6 (2.69%) Reinsurance
8 5 (2.24%) Embedded Systems
8 5 (2.24%) Marketing Technology
8 5 (2.24%) NHS
8 5 (2.24%) Product Ownership
8 5 (2.24%) Replication
8 5 (2.24%) Web Conferencing
9 4 (1.79%) Acoustics
9 4 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.14%) Linux
2 6 (2.69%) Windows
3 5 (2.24%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.35%) Debian
5 1 (0.45%) VMS
5 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (41.26%) Analytics
2 85 (38.12%) Decision-Making
3 66 (29.60%) AI
4 55 (24.66%) Actionable Insight
5 54 (24.22%) Business Intelligence
6 53 (23.77%) Stakeholder Management
7 49 (21.97%) CRM
8 43 (19.28%) Problem-Solving
9 41 (18.39%) Continuous Improvement
10 35 (15.70%) Dashboard Development
11 30 (13.45%) Budgeting and Forecasting
12 29 (13.00%) Agile
13 28 (12.56%) Data Analysis
14 26 (11.66%) ERP
15 25 (11.21%) Visualisation
16 24 (10.76%) Business Analytics
17 23 (10.31%) Coaching
17 23 (10.31%) Mentoring
18 22 (9.87%) Performance Metrics
19 21 (9.42%) Performance Measurement
Programming Languages
1 53 (23.77%) SQL
2 32 (14.35%) Python
3 11 (4.93%) JavaScript
4 8 (3.59%) C++
4 8 (3.59%) MATLAB
5 6 (2.69%) C
5 6 (2.69%) Perl
5 6 (2.69%) R
6 4 (1.79%) PowerShell
7 3 (1.35%) Embedded C
7 3 (1.35%) Embedded C++
7 3 (1.35%) Kusto Query Language
7 3 (1.35%) PHP
7 3 (1.35%) Tcl
8 2 (0.90%) C#
8 2 (0.90%) PL/SQL
8 2 (0.90%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.90%) VB
8 2 (0.90%) VBA
9 1 (0.45%) Bash
Qualifications
1 53 (23.77%) Degree
2 24 (10.76%) ACCA
2 24 (10.76%) Security Cleared
3 23 (10.31%) CIMA
4 20 (8.97%) SC Cleared
5 10 (4.48%) Numerate Degree
6 5 (2.24%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.79%) CIPD
8 3 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.90%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.90%) HND
9 2 (0.90%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.45%) CCNP
10 1 (0.45%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.45%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.45%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (10.31%) Data Quality
2 10 (4.48%) Actionable Recommendations
3 6 (2.69%) GAAP
4 5 (2.24%) GDPR
4 5 (2.24%) PMO
4 5 (2.24%) QA
4 5 (2.24%) SLA
5 4 (1.79%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.45%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 1 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (2.24%) Firmware
2 4 (1.79%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.79%) Hyper-V
2 4 (1.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.90%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.45%) UAG
4 1 (0.45%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (1.35%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (1.35%) Puppet
2 1 (0.45%) Ansible
2 1 (0.45%) Autotask
2 1 (0.45%) Failover Clustering
2 1 (0.45%) Kibana
2 1 (0.45%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 38 (17.04%) Microsoft
2 29 (13.00%) Google
3 27 (12.11%) HubSpot
4 12 (5.38%) Salesforce
5 9 (4.04%) YouTube
6 7 (3.14%) SAP
7 5 (2.24%) ANSYS
7 5 (2.24%) Cisco
7 5 (2.24%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 5 (2.24%) VMware
8 4 (1.79%) Meraki
9 3 (1.35%) Thales
10 2 (0.90%) Braze
10 2 (0.90%) dotdigital
10 2 (0.90%) EMC
10 2 (0.90%) Screaming Frog
10 2 (0.90%) Splunk
10 2 (0.90%) Veeam
10 2 (0.90%) Xero
11 1 (0.45%) Ahrefs