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 22 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 613 485 675
Rank change year-on-year -128 +190 -54
Permanent jobs citing Performance Analysis 166 204 143
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.15% 0.41% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.46% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 125 108 70
10th Percentile £30,950 £31,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £33,500 £49,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -20.83% +16.50%
75th Percentile £85,000 £58,313 £64,688
90th Percentile - £77,875 £85,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +22.22% -25.00% +46.75%

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 79,126 44,376 67,104
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.31% 89.04% 80.77%
Number of salaries quoted 54,636 25,137 42,574
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -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 22 August 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 22 August 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 -111 164 £55,000 +15.79% 109
UK excluding London -90 122 £55,000 +22.22% 87
Work from Home -23 68 £57,500 +37.72% 44
North of England -14 63 £62,500 +66.67% 18
North West +11 38 £85,000 +126.67% 9
London -57 38 £57,500 +21.05% 38
South East -28 29 £55,000 +25.00% 38
Yorkshire -27 16 £62,500 -10.71% 8
South West -64 15 £32,000 -54.29% 11
Midlands -82 10 £73,000 +32.73% 6
West Midlands -68 9 £73,000 +32.73% 4
North East - 9 £52,500 - 1
East of England -28 5 £68,750 +111.54% 17
Scotland +8 1 £27,000 - 2
East Midlands -24 1 - - 2

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 (1.20%) Confluence
2 1 (0.60%) IIS
2 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.60%) SharePoint
Applications
1 28 (16.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.61%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (3.01%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (2.41%) Simulink
5 3 (1.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.60%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.60%) MicroStation
6 1 (0.60%) Revit
6 1 (0.60%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 4 (2.41%) Magento
2 3 (1.81%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.20%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.60%) Odoo
4 1 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.60%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 40 (24.10%) Power Platform
2 30 (18.07%) Google Analytics
3 17 (10.24%) AWS
4 14 (8.43%) GCP
5 13 (7.83%) Azure
6 9 (5.42%) Google Tag Manager
6 9 (5.42%) SaaS
7 5 (3.01%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (2.41%) Dataform
9 3 (1.81%) Cloudflare
10 2 (1.20%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.60%) Entra ID
11 1 (0.60%) n8n
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.22%) Broadband
2 4 (2.41%) SMS
3 2 (1.20%) DHCP
3 2 (1.20%) Firewall
3 2 (1.20%) Network Security
3 2 (1.20%) TCP/IP
3 2 (1.20%) VLAN
4 1 (0.60%) BGP
4 1 (0.60%) DNS
4 1 (0.60%) IGMP
4 1 (0.60%) Internet
4 1 (0.60%) Multicast
4 1 (0.60%) NAS
4 1 (0.60%) OSPF
4 1 (0.60%) SAN
4 1 (0.60%) Software-Defined Networking
4 1 (0.60%) Spanning Tree
4 1 (0.60%) VPN
4 1 (0.60%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (24.10%) Power BI
2 18 (10.84%) Looker
3 9 (5.42%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (4.22%) MongoDB
5 6 (3.61%) BigQuery
5 6 (3.61%) Power Query
6 5 (3.01%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (3.01%) Tableau
7 4 (2.41%) Data Mining
7 4 (2.41%) Metadata
8 3 (1.81%) MariaDB
9 1 (0.60%) GIS
9 1 (0.60%) SAP HANA
9 1 (0.60%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (1.81%) PHPUnit
2 2 (1.20%) JIRA
3 1 (0.60%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.60%) Git
General
1 74 (44.58%) Finance
2 69 (41.57%) Analytical Skills
3 49 (29.52%) Social Skills
4 40 (24.10%) Marketing
5 27 (16.27%) Legal
6 25 (15.06%) Public Sector
7 23 (13.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 17 (10.24%) Manufacturing
9 16 (9.64%) Organisational Skills
10 14 (8.43%) Law
11 8 (4.82%) Retail
12 7 (4.22%) Games
13 6 (3.61%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (2.41%) Advertising
14 4 (2.41%) Aerospace
14 4 (2.41%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (2.41%) Telecoms
15 3 (1.81%) Automotive
16 2 (1.20%) Electronics
16 2 (1.20%) Military
Job Titles
1 40 (24.10%) Analyst
2 27 (16.27%) CRM Manager
3 25 (15.06%) Analytics Manager
4 24 (14.46%) Business Analytics Manager
4 24 (14.46%) Business Manager
5 20 (12.05%) Performance Analyst
6 17 (10.24%) Senior
7 15 (9.04%) Report Analyst
8 12 (7.23%) Lead
9 11 (6.63%) Financial Analyst
10 10 (6.02%) Developer
11 9 (5.42%) Architect
12 7 (4.22%) Administrator
12 7 (4.22%) Senior Developer
12 7 (4.22%) Team Leader
13 5 (3.01%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 5 (3.01%) Digital Analyst
13 5 (3.01%) Finance Manager
13 5 (3.01%) Head of Development
13 5 (3.01%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.82%) REST
2 4 (2.41%) Middleware
3 3 (1.81%) CSS
3 3 (1.81%) HTML
3 3 (1.81%) LAMP
3 3 (1.81%) Sass
3 3 (1.81%) Terraform
4 2 (1.20%) React
5 1 (0.60%) JSON
5 1 (0.60%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.60%) SAP Basis
5 1 (0.60%) XML
5 1 (0.60%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 16 (9.64%) Management Information System
2 13 (7.83%) Data Centre
3 12 (7.23%) Product Ownership
4 9 (5.42%) Algorithms
5 8 (4.82%) Low-Code
6 7 (4.22%) Video\Live Streaming
7 6 (3.61%) Reinsurance
8 5 (3.01%) Educational Technology
8 5 (3.01%) NHS
8 5 (3.01%) Onboarding
8 5 (3.01%) Social Media
9 4 (2.41%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (2.41%) Blog
9 4 (2.41%) Embedded Systems
9 4 (2.41%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (2.41%) Replication
10 3 (1.81%) CMDB
10 3 (1.81%) Credit Risk
10 3 (1.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 3 (1.81%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.41%) Linux
2 3 (1.81%) Debian
2 3 (1.81%) Windows
3 2 (1.20%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.60%) VMS
4 1 (0.60%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (49.40%) Analytics
2 58 (34.94%) Decision-Making
3 54 (32.53%) Actionable Insight
4 46 (27.71%) AI
5 43 (25.90%) Business Intelligence
5 43 (25.90%) CRM
6 32 (19.28%) Problem-Solving
7 31 (18.67%) Agile
8 30 (18.07%) Continuous Improvement
9 29 (17.47%) Dashboard Development
10 28 (16.87%) Stakeholder Management
11 24 (14.46%) Business Analytics
11 24 (14.46%) Validation
12 22 (13.25%) Performance Metrics
13 21 (12.65%) ERP
14 19 (11.45%) Performance Measurement
15 18 (10.84%) Visualisation
16 17 (10.24%) Business Strategy
17 15 (9.04%) SEO
17 15 (9.04%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 35 (21.08%) SQL
2 27 (16.27%) Python
3 12 (7.23%) JavaScript
4 7 (4.22%) Go
5 6 (3.61%) R
6 4 (2.41%) C++
6 4 (2.41%) MATLAB
6 4 (2.41%) TypeScript
7 3 (1.81%) C
7 3 (1.81%) C#
7 3 (1.81%) PHP
8 2 (1.20%) Perl
8 2 (1.20%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.60%) Java
9 1 (0.60%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 34 (20.48%) Degree
2 17 (10.24%) Security Cleared
3 15 (9.04%) ACCA
4 14 (8.43%) CIMA
5 13 (7.83%) SC Cleared
6 5 (3.01%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.81%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.81%) Numerate Degree
8 2 (1.20%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.60%) CCNP
9 1 (0.60%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.60%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.60%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (9.04%) Data Quality
2 12 (7.23%) QA
3 8 (4.82%) Actionable Recommendations
4 6 (3.61%) GAAP
5 5 (3.01%) SLA
6 3 (1.81%) GDPR
6 3 (1.81%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.81%) PMO
7 1 (0.60%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (1.20%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.60%) Docker
2 1 (0.60%) Firmware
2 1 (0.60%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.60%) UAG
2 1 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.60%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (1.81%) Puppet
2 1 (0.60%) Ansible
2 1 (0.60%) Autotask
2 1 (0.60%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.60%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 37 (22.29%) Microsoft
2 34 (20.48%) Google
3 25 (15.06%) HubSpot
4 10 (6.02%) SAP
5 9 (5.42%) Salesforce
6 5 (3.01%) ANSYS
6 5 (3.01%) Cisco
7 4 (2.41%) Adobe
7 4 (2.41%) Meraki
8 2 (1.20%) Braze
8 2 (1.20%) dotdigital
8 2 (1.20%) Oracle
8 2 (1.20%) Screaming Frog
8 2 (1.20%) Veeam
8 2 (1.20%) VMware
9 1 (0.60%) Ahrefs
9 1 (0.60%) Aruba
9 1 (0.60%) Botify
9 1 (0.60%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.60%) ServiceNow