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 30 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 611 515 673
Rank change year-on-year -96 +158 +86
Permanent jobs citing Performance Analysis 132 143 226
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.33% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% 0.35% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 97 102 168
10th Percentile £30,750 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £42,500 £35,195
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +27.71%

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 68,833 40,438 84,237
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.92% 93.25% 83.74%
Number of salaries quoted 44,981 21,310 60,621
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £29,200
25th Percentile £41,000 £40,871 £39,885
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,610 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.15% +4.75% -9.69%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £51,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.94% +2.00% -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 30 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Performance Analysis in the UK

Performance Analysis
Top 14 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 30 May 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 -59 128 £57,500 +10.58% 108
UK excluding London -27 98 £55,000 +4.76% 80
Work from Home +14 55 £56,250 +7.66% 56
North of England -26 42 £52,500 +5.00% 20
South East -8 38 £55,000 +5.77% 25
North West +17 28 £85,000 +88.89% 11
London -58 28 £77,500 +19.23% 32
Yorkshire -36 12 £38,750 -48.33% 7
South West -49 10 £31,500 -55.00% 8
West Midlands -39 5 £42,000 -44.00% 9
Midlands -42 5 £42,000 -44.00% 12
East of England -20 4 £85,000 +161.54% 20
North East - 2 £37,500 - 2
Scotland - 1 £27,000 - 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 (1.52%) Confluence
1 2 (1.52%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.76%) CMS
2 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 23 (17.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (7.58%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (3.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (3.03%) Magento
3 2 (1.52%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.76%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 33 (25.00%) Power Platform
2 21 (15.91%) Google Analytics
3 14 (10.61%) Azure
4 10 (7.58%) AWS
5 9 (6.82%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (5.30%) SaaS
7 4 (3.03%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (3.03%) GCP
8 2 (1.52%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.52%) Google Tag Manager
8 2 (1.52%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.76%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.76%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.76%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.76%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.76%) Viva Engage
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.06%) Broadband
2 7 (5.30%) DNS
2 7 (5.30%) Firewall
3 6 (4.55%) SMS
4 3 (2.27%) DHCP
4 3 (2.27%) Unified Communications
4 3 (2.27%) VLAN
5 2 (1.52%) Internet
5 2 (1.52%) Network Security
5 2 (1.52%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.52%) VPN
5 2 (1.52%) WAN
5 2 (1.52%) Wireless
6 1 (0.76%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (0.76%) Cisco Firepower
6 1 (0.76%) IGMP
6 1 (0.76%) Multicast
6 1 (0.76%) OSPF
6 1 (0.76%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.76%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (25.00%) Power BI
2 9 (6.82%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (5.30%) Looker
3 7 (5.30%) MongoDB
4 4 (3.03%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (1.52%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.76%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.76%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (1.52%) JIRA
2 1 (0.76%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.76%) Git
2 1 (0.76%) JMeter
General
1 53 (40.15%) Finance
2 49 (37.12%) Analytical Skills
3 35 (26.52%) Marketing
3 35 (26.52%) Social Skills
4 19 (14.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 19 (14.39%) Public Sector
5 18 (13.64%) Legal
6 13 (9.85%) Organisational Skills
7 12 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
8 10 (7.58%) Law
9 7 (5.30%) Games
10 4 (3.03%) Manufacturing
11 3 (2.27%) Advertising
11 3 (2.27%) Retail
11 3 (2.27%) Telecoms
12 2 (1.52%) Banking
12 2 (1.52%) Front Office
12 2 (1.52%) Investment Banking
12 2 (1.52%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 29 (21.97%) Analyst
2 20 (15.15%) CRM Manager
3 18 (13.64%) Senior
4 16 (12.12%) Analytics Manager
4 16 (12.12%) Business Analytics Manager
4 16 (12.12%) Business Manager
5 14 (10.61%) Lead
5 14 (10.61%) Performance Analyst
6 12 (9.09%) Data Analyst
7 10 (7.58%) Financial Analyst
8 8 (6.06%) Developer
9 7 (5.30%) Administrator
10 6 (4.55%) Senior Developer
10 6 (4.55%) Team Leader
11 5 (3.79%) CRM Executive
11 5 (3.79%) Finance Manager
11 5 (3.79%) Head of Development
11 5 (3.79%) Head of Sales
12 4 (3.03%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
12 4 (3.03%) E-Commerce Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.06%) REST
2 3 (2.27%) React
3 1 (0.76%) JSON
3 1 (0.76%) SAP Basis
3 1 (0.76%) XML
3 1 (0.76%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 15 (11.36%) Management Information System
2 10 (7.58%) Product Ownership
3 9 (6.82%) Algorithms
4 7 (5.30%) Low-Code
4 7 (5.30%) Video\Live Streaming
5 5 (3.79%) NHS
6 4 (3.03%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (3.03%) Data Centre
6 4 (3.03%) Web Conferencing
7 3 (2.27%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (2.27%) IoT
7 3 (2.27%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.52%) Acoustics
8 2 (1.52%) CMDB
8 2 (1.52%) Derivative
8 2 (1.52%) Embedded Systems
8 2 (1.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.76%) Blog
9 1 (0.76%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.30%) Windows
2 6 (4.55%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.52%) Linux
4 1 (0.76%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (43.18%) Analytics
2 45 (34.09%) Decision-Making
3 41 (31.06%) CRM
4 40 (30.30%) Actionable Insight
5 34 (25.76%) Business Intelligence
6 33 (25.00%) Agile
7 27 (20.45%) AI
8 21 (15.91%) Continuous Improvement
9 20 (15.15%) ERP
10 18 (13.64%) Marketing Strategy
10 18 (13.64%) Stakeholder Management
11 17 (12.88%) Budgeting and Forecasting
11 17 (12.88%) Business Strategy
12 16 (12.12%) Business Analytics
12 16 (12.12%) Financial Analysis
12 16 (12.12%) Performance Management
13 15 (11.36%) Dashboard Development
14 14 (10.61%) Performance Measurement
14 14 (10.61%) Performance Metrics
14 14 (10.61%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 30 (22.73%) Python
2 26 (19.70%) SQL
3 10 (7.58%) VBA
4 9 (6.82%) JavaScript
5 7 (5.30%) Go
5 7 (5.30%) R
6 6 (4.55%) PowerShell
7 5 (3.79%) TypeScript
8 4 (3.03%) C#
9 3 (2.27%) Java
10 2 (1.52%) C
10 2 (1.52%) C++
10 2 (1.52%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.76%) Bicep
11 1 (0.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.76%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 24 (18.18%) Degree
2 15 (11.36%) Security Cleared
3 14 (10.61%) ACCA
4 13 (9.85%) CIMA
4 13 (9.85%) SC Cleared
5 6 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (2.27%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (2.27%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.52%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.52%) CCIE
7 2 (1.52%) CCNP
7 2 (1.52%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.52%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.52%) MBA
7 2 (1.52%) Postgraduate
8 1 (0.76%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.76%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.76%) PhD
8 1 (0.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (9.09%) Data Quality
2 9 (6.82%) QA
3 6 (4.55%) Actionable Recommendations
4 4 (3.03%) Accessibility
4 4 (3.03%) SLA
5 3 (2.27%) GDPR
6 1 (0.76%) PMO
System Software
1 6 (4.55%) Active Directory
1 6 (4.55%) Hyper-V
2 5 (3.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (3.03%) Firmware
4 1 (0.76%) Docker
4 1 (0.76%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.76%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (3.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.52%) Terraform
3 1 (0.76%) Ansible
3 1 (0.76%) Autotask
3 1 (0.76%) Grafana
3 1 (0.76%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.76%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.76%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 43 (32.58%) Microsoft
2 20 (15.15%) Google
3 17 (12.88%) HubSpot
3 17 (12.88%) SAP
4 14 (10.61%) Salesforce
5 6 (4.55%) Fortinet
5 6 (4.55%) VMware
6 5 (3.79%) Cisco
7 4 (3.03%) Adobe
7 4 (3.03%) ConnectWise
7 4 (3.03%) Draytek
7 4 (3.03%) Oracle
7 4 (3.03%) ServiceNow
8 3 (2.27%) Braze
8 3 (2.27%) Meraki
9 2 (1.52%) dotdigital
9 2 (1.52%) Marketo
9 2 (1.52%) Palo Alto
9 2 (1.52%) TikTok
9 2 (1.52%) YouTube