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 10 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 615 517 657
Rank change year-on-year -98 +140 +112
Permanent jobs citing Performance Analysis 98 115 221
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.28% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.30% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 56 86 181
10th Percentile £32,005 £41,750 -
25th Percentile £39,637 £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 £64,483 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £109,375 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -

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 63,393 38,022 79,332
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 76.08% 92.93% 86.08%
Number of salaries quoted 39,190 22,514 58,792
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,008
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,688 £50,000
% change year-on-year -6.87% +7.38% -7.94%

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 10 April 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 10 April 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 -72 94 £55,000 -12.93% 58
UK excluding London -78 61 £55,000 - 43
South East -17 31 £57,500 +10.58% 11
Work from Home -18 30 £55,000 -26.67% 27
London -32 30 £82,500 +22.95% 25
North of England -58 14 £35,009 -26.30% 10
West Midlands -21 9 £37,500 -50.00% 5
Midlands -55 9 £37,500 -50.00% 8
North West -26 8 £27,500 -38.89% 7
South West -49 5 £32,630 -53.39% 2
East of England -37 4 £85,000 +54.55% 5
Yorkshire -51 4 - - 3
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 (2.04%) CMS
1 2 (2.04%) Confluence
1 2 (2.04%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.02%) IIS
2 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.02%) Tomcat
Applications
1 19 (19.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (12.24%) Spreadsheet
3 7 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (2.04%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (5.10%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (4.08%) Magento
3 2 (2.04%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 23 (23.47%) Power Platform
2 12 (12.24%) Google Analytics
3 11 (11.22%) AWS
3 11 (11.22%) Azure
4 6 (6.12%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (4.08%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (4.08%) GCP
5 4 (4.08%) SaaS
6 3 (3.06%) Google Tag Manager
7 2 (2.04%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (2.04%) Power Automate
8 1 (1.02%) Contentsquare
8 1 (1.02%) Entra ID
8 1 (1.02%) GitHub
8 1 (1.02%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (1.02%) Mimecast
8 1 (1.02%) OneDrive
8 1 (1.02%) OpenShift
8 1 (1.02%) PowerApps
8 1 (1.02%) Viva Engage
Communications & Networking
1 9 (9.18%) Broadband
1 9 (9.18%) Firewall
2 6 (6.12%) DNS
3 4 (4.08%) WAN
3 4 (4.08%) Wireless
4 3 (3.06%) BGP
4 3 (3.06%) Cisco ASA
4 3 (3.06%) LAN
4 3 (3.06%) OSPF
4 3 (3.06%) Unified Communications
4 3 (3.06%) VLAN
4 3 (3.06%) VPN
5 2 (2.04%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (2.04%) DHCP
5 2 (2.04%) EIGRP
5 2 (2.04%) SMS
5 2 (2.04%) TACACS
5 2 (2.04%) TCP/IP
5 2 (2.04%) WAAS
5 2 (2.04%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (23.47%) Power BI
2 15 (15.31%) Looker
3 7 (7.14%) MongoDB
3 7 (7.14%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (4.08%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (3.06%) BigQuery
6 1 (1.02%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (1.02%) Data Mining
6 1 (1.02%) NoSQL
6 1 (1.02%) Oracle Database
6 1 (1.02%) SQL Server
6 1 (1.02%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (3.06%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (2.04%) Bitbucket
2 2 (2.04%) Git
2 2 (2.04%) GitLab
2 2 (2.04%) Jenkins
2 2 (2.04%) JIRA
3 1 (1.02%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (1.02%) JMeter
General
1 44 (44.90%) Analytical Skills
2 37 (37.76%) Social Skills
3 28 (28.57%) Marketing
4 26 (26.53%) Finance
5 12 (12.24%) Influencing Skills
6 10 (10.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (7.14%) Games
8 6 (6.12%) Public Sector
9 4 (4.08%) Manufacturing
10 3 (3.06%) Banking
10 3 (3.06%) French Language
10 3 (3.06%) Investment Banking
10 3 (3.06%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (2.04%) German Language
11 2 (2.04%) Italian Language
11 2 (2.04%) Japanese Language
11 2 (2.04%) Polish Language
11 2 (2.04%) Portuguese Language
11 2 (2.04%) Retail
11 2 (2.04%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 24 (24.49%) Analyst
2 15 (15.31%) Data Analyst
3 14 (14.29%) Financial Analyst
4 13 (13.27%) Senior
5 9 (9.18%) Lead
6 7 (7.14%) Developer
7 5 (5.10%) Data Manager
7 5 (5.10%) Insight Manager
7 5 (5.10%) Performance Manager
7 5 (5.10%) Systems Engineer
8 4 (4.08%) CRM Manager
8 4 (4.08%) E-Commerce Specialist
8 4 (4.08%) Network Engineer
8 4 (4.08%) Performance Analyst
8 4 (4.08%) Senior Developer
9 3 (3.06%) 3rd Line Support
9 3 (3.06%) Architect
9 3 (3.06%) Associate Engineer
9 3 (3.06%) Python Developer
9 3 (3.06%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (8.16%) REST
2 3 (3.06%) React
3 2 (2.04%) Kafka
4 1 (1.02%) JSON
4 1 (1.02%) Web Services
4 1 (1.02%) XML
4 1 (1.02%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 10 (10.20%) Product Ownership
2 9 (9.18%) Algorithms
2 9 (9.18%) Management Information System
3 8 (8.16%) Onboarding
3 8 (8.16%) Video\Live Streaming
4 7 (7.14%) Low-Code
5 5 (5.10%) Data Centre
5 5 (5.10%) Social Media
6 3 (3.06%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (3.06%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (3.06%) Derivative
6 3 (3.06%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 3 (3.06%) IoT
7 2 (2.04%) Blog
7 2 (2.04%) FMCG
7 2 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (1.02%) Cloud Native
8 1 (1.02%) Data Structures
8 1 (1.02%) Driving Licence
8 1 (1.02%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 9 (9.18%) Windows
2 6 (6.12%) Windows Server
3 4 (4.08%) Linux
4 2 (2.04%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (1.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (1.02%) Ubuntu
5 1 (1.02%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (1.02%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (34.69%) Analytics
2 27 (27.55%) Decision-Making
3 26 (26.53%) Agile
4 25 (25.51%) Business Intelligence
4 25 (25.51%) Continuous Improvement
4 25 (25.51%) CRM
5 23 (23.47%) Actionable Insight
6 17 (17.35%) ERP
7 16 (16.33%) Stakeholder Management
8 15 (15.31%) AI
8 15 (15.31%) Budgeting
8 15 (15.31%) Budgeting and Forecasting
8 15 (15.31%) Financial Analysis
9 14 (14.29%) Customer Experience
9 14 (14.29%) Digital Marketing
10 13 (13.27%) Business Strategy
10 13 (13.27%) Coaching
10 13 (13.27%) ETL
10 13 (13.27%) Problem-Solving
11 12 (12.24%) Cost Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 29 (29.59%) Python
2 21 (21.43%) SQL
3 12 (12.24%) VBA
4 8 (8.16%) Go
5 7 (7.14%) PowerShell
6 5 (5.10%) Java
7 3 (3.06%) C#
7 3 (3.06%) TypeScript
8 2 (2.04%) Bash
9 1 (1.02%) Bicep
9 1 (1.02%) C++
9 1 (1.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (1.02%) JavaScript
9 1 (1.02%) Perl
9 1 (1.02%) R
9 1 (1.02%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 23 (23.47%) Degree
2 16 (16.33%) ACCA
2 16 (16.33%) CIMA
3 5 (5.10%) BPSS Clearance
3 5 (5.10%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (4.08%) CCIE
4 4 (4.08%) CCNP
4 4 (4.08%) Master's Degree
4 4 (4.08%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (4.08%) SC Cleared
4 4 (4.08%) Security Cleared
5 3 (3.06%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (2.04%) CCNA
6 2 (2.04%) DBS Check
6 2 (2.04%) MBA
6 2 (2.04%) Postgraduate
7 1 (1.02%) City & Guilds
7 1 (1.02%) Numerate Degree
7 1 (1.02%) PhD
7 1 (1.02%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (10.20%) QA
2 7 (7.14%) Data Quality
3 6 (6.12%) Actionable Recommendations
4 4 (4.08%) Accessibility
5 3 (3.06%) PMO
6 1 (1.02%) GDPR
System Software
1 6 (6.12%) Active Directory
1 6 (6.12%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (5.10%) Hyper-V
3 4 (4.08%) Firmware
4 3 (3.06%) Docker
5 1 (1.02%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.02%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (5.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (4.08%) Ansible
3 3 (3.06%) Kubernetes
3 3 (3.06%) Terraform
4 2 (2.04%) Grafana
4 2 (2.04%) Prometheus
5 1 (1.02%) FortiGate
5 1 (1.02%) Icinga
5 1 (1.02%) Nagios
5 1 (1.02%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 28 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 18 (18.37%) SAP
3 14 (14.29%) Google
4 8 (8.16%) Salesforce
5 7 (7.14%) VMware
6 6 (6.12%) Fortinet
7 5 (5.10%) Oracle
8 4 (4.08%) Adobe
8 4 (4.08%) Cisco
8 4 (4.08%) ConnectWise
8 4 (4.08%) Draytek
9 3 (3.06%) ServiceNow
9 3 (3.06%) SolarWinds
10 2 (2.04%) Infoblox
10 2 (2.04%) Marketo
10 2 (2.04%) Motorola
10 2 (2.04%) Palo Alto
10 2 (2.04%) TikTok
10 2 (2.04%) YouTube
11 1 (1.02%) Hotjar