Performance Analysis Job Trends

Performance Analysis
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs citing Performance Analysis skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 15 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	574	481	627
Rank change year-on-year	-93	+146	-87
Permanent jobs citing Performance Analysis	261	189	125
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK	0.21%	0.36%	0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	0.29%	0.42%	0.22%
Number of salaries quoted	158	65	50
10^th Percentile	£36,175	£31,000	£38,975
25^th Percentile	£42,500	£33,500	£55,764
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£54,250	£50,000	£60,877
Median % change year-on-year	+8.50%	-17.87%	+33.80%
75^th Percentile	£75,000	£63,150	£75,000
90^th Percentile	£85,000	£95,750	£82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary	£52,500	£41,750	£60,000
% change year-on-year	+25.75%	-30.42%	+71.43%

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 citing process or methodology skills.

	6 months to 15 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing process or methodology skills	90,291	45,350	56,349
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK	73.65%	86.06%	83.11%
Number of salaries quoted	59,673	27,263	29,385
10^th Percentile	£31,250	£28,250	£34,112
25^th Percentile	£42,000	£35,750	£45,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£60,000	£55,000	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	+9.09%	-8.33%	-
75^th Percentile	£77,500	£75,000	£79,600
90^th Percentile	£100,000	£95,000	£97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary	£55,000	£47,500	£54,714
% change year-on-year	+15.79%	-13.18%	+4.22%

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 Salary Trend

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 15 November 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 15 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
England	-120	233	£55,000	+22.22%	303
UK excluding London	-132	183	£52,500	+25.75%	165
Work from Home	-45	104	£57,500	+37.72%	124
North of England	-32	76	£57,500	+53.33%	30
London	-53	61	£62,500	-3.85%	129
North West	-48	39	£85,000	+134.45%	22
South East	-73	35	£51,750	+23.95%	41
Midlands	-108	27	£50,000	+11.11%	26
West Midlands	-94	26	£50,000	+11.11%	23
Yorkshire	-27	21	£55,000	-12.91%	6
South West	-60	20	£45,000	+9.74%	14
North East	-	16	£56,250	-	2
Scotland	+7	11	£36,000	-	10
East of England	-57	8	£52,500	+61.54%	45
Northern Ireland	-	7	-	-	2
East Midlands	-49	1	-	-	3

Performance Analysis Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 15 November 2026, job vacancies citing Performance Analysis also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads citing Performance Analysis.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Analytics	34.1%	89
1	Decision-Making	34.1%	89
3	AI	32.2%	84
4	Degree	27.6%	72
5	SQL	24.9%	65
6	Problem-Solving	23.4%	61
7	Continuous Improvement	23.0%	60
8	Business Intelligence	22.2%	58
8	Stakeholder Management	22.2%	58
10	Actionable Insight	19.2%	50
11	Microsoft Excel	18.4%	48
11	Power Platform	18.4%	48
13	Power BI	18.0%	47
14	Python	17.6%	46
15	Data Analysis	16.1%	42
16	Microsoft	14.2%	37
17	Budgeting and Forecasting	13.4%	35
18	Dashboard Development	13.0%	34
19	Google	12.6%	33
19	Mentoring	12.6%	33
21	CRM	12.3%	32
22	Security Cleared	11.9%	31
23	Process Improvement	11.5%	30
24	Agile	11.1%	29
24	Azure	11.1%	29
26	Digital Marketing	10.7%	28
26	SC Cleared	10.7%	28
26	SEO	10.7%	28
29	Coaching	10.3%	27
29	Visualisation	10.3%	27

Performance Analysis Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Analytics	34.1%	89
1	Decision-Making	34.1%	89
3	AI	32.2%	84
4	Problem-Solving	23.4%	61
5	Continuous Improvement	23.0%	60
6	Business Intelligence	22.2%	58
6	Stakeholder Management	22.2%	58
8	Actionable Insight	19.2%	50
9	Data Analysis	16.1%	42
10	Budgeting and Forecasting	13.4%	35
11	Dashboard Development	13.0%	34
12	Mentoring	12.6%	33
13	CRM	12.3%	32
14	Process Improvement	11.5%	30
15	Agile	11.1%	29
16	Digital Marketing	10.7%	28
16	SEO	10.7%	28
18	Coaching	10.3%	27
18	Visualisation	10.3%	27
20	ERP	10.0%	26