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 23 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 463 629 527
Rank change year-on-year +166 -102 +272
Permanent jobs citing Performance Analysis 188 129 186
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.35% 0.19% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.42% 0.22% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 65 53 116
10th Percentile £31,000 £40,000 £27,234
25th Percentile £33,500 £55,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £61,339 £40,885
Median % change year-on-year -18.49% +50.03% -31.86%
75th Percentile £63,150 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £95,750 £82,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,010 £60,000 £33,750
% change year-on-year -29.98% +77.78% -38.86%

All Process and 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 45,242 57,727 48,781
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.14% 83.98% 93.81%
Number of salaries quoted 27,567 30,431 37,438
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £54,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -12.04% +2.86% -

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 23 November 2025.

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 23 November 2025. 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 +157 173 £49,250 -19.71% 61
UK excluding London +145 130 £42,010 -29.98% 49
Midlands +102 65 £45,000 -25.00% 4
West Midlands +101 64 £45,000 -25.00% 3
Work from Home +87 49 £41,750 -32.80% 33
London +65 39 £65,000 -18.75% 19
South East +43 37 £42,010 -32.78% 18
North of England +45 16 £37,500 -53.13% 10
North West +59 11 £37,500 -53.13% 6
South West +34 5 £41,005 +30.17% 10
Yorkshire +12 5 £63,150 - 3
East of England +28 4 - - 8
Scotland - 3 - - 1
East Midlands +28 1 £42,500 - 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 6 (3.19%) CMS
2 2 (1.06%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.53%) nginx
Applications
1 17 (9.04%) Simulink
2 13 (6.91%) Mathcad
3 12 (6.38%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (2.66%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (1.60%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 3 (1.60%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (1.06%) AutoCAD
6 2 (1.06%) Autodesk Inventor
6 2 (1.06%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.53%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 12 (6.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (2.66%) Shopify
3 1 (0.53%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 14 (7.45%) Azure DevOps
2 12 (6.38%) Google Analytics
3 9 (4.79%) Power Platform
4 8 (4.26%) Azure
4 8 (4.26%) GCP
5 6 (3.19%) AWS
6 5 (2.66%) SaaS
7 4 (2.13%) Google Tag Manager
8 2 (1.06%) Contentsquare
8 2 (1.06%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (1.06%) GitHub
8 2 (1.06%) Google Ads
8 2 (1.06%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (0.53%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.53%) Azure Pipelines
9 1 (0.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (0.53%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Advertising
9 1 (0.53%) npm
9 1 (0.53%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.13%) Firewall
1 4 (2.13%) Wireless
2 3 (1.60%) BGP
2 3 (1.60%) InfiniBand
2 3 (1.60%) OSPF
3 2 (1.06%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (1.06%) Cisco Nexus
3 2 (1.06%) EIGRP
3 2 (1.06%) LAN
3 2 (1.06%) TACACS
3 2 (1.06%) TCP/IP
3 2 (1.06%) VPN
3 2 (1.06%) WAAS
3 2 (1.06%) WAN
3 2 (1.06%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.53%) NAS
4 1 (0.53%) Network Security
4 1 (0.53%) NGN
4 1 (0.53%) VLAN
4 1 (0.53%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (13.83%) Looker
2 9 (4.79%) Power BI
3 5 (2.66%) BigQuery
3 5 (2.66%) Tableau
4 3 (1.60%) Metadata
5 1 (0.53%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.53%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.53%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.53%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.53%) Redis
5 1 (0.53%) SAP BW
5 1 (0.53%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.53%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 16 (8.51%) JIRA
2 12 (6.38%) eCATT
2 12 (6.38%) NeoLoad
3 3 (1.60%) Git
4 2 (1.06%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.53%) GCC
5 1 (0.53%) GitLab
5 1 (0.53%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.53%) JUnit
5 1 (0.53%) Selenium
5 1 (0.53%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.53%) TestComplete
General
1 110 (58.51%) Analytical Skills
2 105 (55.85%) Marketing
3 37 (19.68%) Social Skills
4 35 (18.62%) Finance
5 19 (10.11%) Manufacturing
6 18 (9.57%) Advertising
6 18 (9.57%) Presentation Skills
7 12 (6.38%) Influencing Skills
8 9 (4.79%) Retail
9 7 (3.72%) Games
10 5 (2.66%) French Language
11 4 (2.13%) Arabic Language
11 4 (2.13%) Dutch Language
11 4 (2.13%) German Language
11 4 (2.13%) Italian Language
11 4 (2.13%) Japanese Language
11 4 (2.13%) Mandarin Language
11 4 (2.13%) Polish Language
11 4 (2.13%) Portuguese Language
11 4 (2.13%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 37 (19.68%) Lead
2 26 (13.83%) Senior
3 25 (13.30%) Analyst
4 16 (8.51%) Customer Experience Manager
4 16 (8.51%) Digital Transformation
5 15 (7.98%) Performance Analyst
6 12 (6.38%) E-Commerce Manager
6 12 (6.38%) Performance Test Analyst
6 12 (6.38%) Test Analyst
6 12 (6.38%) Testing Analyst
7 9 (4.79%) Developer
8 8 (4.26%) Mathematical Modeller
9 5 (2.66%) Architect
9 5 (2.66%) Data Analyst
9 5 (2.66%) PPC Executive
10 4 (2.13%) Campaign Manager
10 4 (2.13%) Coordinator
10 4 (2.13%) Hardware Engineer
10 4 (2.13%) Software Engineer
10 4 (2.13%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.60%) Java Concurrency
1 3 (1.60%) Node.js
2 2 (1.06%) React
3 1 (0.53%) Bootstrap
3 1 (0.53%) CSS3
3 1 (0.53%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.53%) Electron
3 1 (0.53%) Express.js
3 1 (0.53%) Google JAX
3 1 (0.53%) GraphQL
3 1 (0.53%) JAX
3 1 (0.53%) Kafka
3 1 (0.53%) Next.js
3 1 (0.53%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.53%) Redux
3 1 (0.53%) Sass
3 1 (0.53%) TensorFlow
3 1 (0.53%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 1 (0.53%) Unreal Engine
3 1 (0.53%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 66 (35.11%) Onboarding
2 14 (7.45%) Social Media
3 13 (6.91%) Algorithms
4 9 (4.79%) Analytical Mindset
5 8 (4.26%) Blog
6 6 (3.19%) Virtual Team
7 4 (2.13%) Data Centre
7 4 (2.13%) FMCG
8 3 (1.60%) Equities
8 3 (1.60%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.60%) NVMe
8 3 (1.60%) PCIe
9 2 (1.06%) Cloud Native
9 2 (1.06%) Legacy Applications
9 2 (1.06%) Taxonomies
10 1 (0.53%) Derivative
10 1 (0.53%) Fixed Income
10 1 (0.53%) Robotics
10 1 (0.53%) Video on Demand
10 1 (0.53%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 11 (5.85%) Linux
2 4 (2.13%) Unix
3 3 (1.60%) Windows
4 1 (0.53%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (42.55%) Continuous Improvement
2 78 (41.49%) Digital Marketing
3 75 (39.89%) E-Commerce
4 71 (37.77%) Customer Experience
5 70 (37.23%) CRM
5 70 (37.23%) Dashboard Development
5 70 (37.23%) Stakeholder Management
6 67 (35.64%) B2B
7 64 (34.04%) Collaborative Working
8 63 (33.51%) Coaching
8 63 (33.51%) Digital Innovation
9 61 (32.45%) Commercialisation
9 61 (32.45%) GTM Strategy
10 49 (26.06%) Analytics
11 37 (19.68%) Digital Customer Experience
12 33 (17.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 24 (12.77%) Digital Strategy
13 24 (12.77%) Problem-Solving
13 24 (12.77%) User Experience
13 24 (12.77%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 32 (17.02%) Python
2 16 (8.51%) MATLAB
3 11 (5.85%) C++
4 8 (4.26%) C
4 8 (4.26%) SQL
5 7 (3.72%) Java
6 6 (3.19%) Bash
7 4 (2.13%) Fortran
8 2 (1.06%) C#
8 2 (1.06%) Go
9 1 (0.53%) Bicep
9 1 (0.53%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.53%) PHP
9 1 (0.53%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.53%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.53%) R
9 1 (0.53%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.53%) VB
Qualifications
1 83 (44.15%) Degree
2 16 (8.51%) BPSS Clearance
3 6 (3.19%) ACCA
3 6 (3.19%) CIMA
3 6 (3.19%) Master's Degree
4 5 (2.66%) PhD
4 5 (2.66%) Security Cleared
5 3 (1.60%) CCNP
5 3 (1.60%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (1.60%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.06%) CCIE
6 2 (1.06%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.06%) HND
6 2 (1.06%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.53%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.53%) CCNA
7 1 (0.53%) City & Guilds
7 1 (0.53%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.38%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 4 (2.13%) Actionable Recommendations
2 4 (2.13%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.60%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.60%) QA
3 3 (1.60%) SLA
4 2 (1.06%) IFRS
4 2 (1.06%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (2.13%) Docker
2 3 (1.60%) GPFS
2 3 (1.60%) Lustre
3 2 (1.06%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.53%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 12 (6.38%) HP ALM
2 4 (2.13%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.60%) Prometheus
3 3 (1.60%) Terraform
4 2 (1.06%) Ansible
4 2 (1.06%) Grafana
5 1 (0.53%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.53%) HAProxy
5 1 (0.53%) Icinga
5 1 (0.53%) Istio
5 1 (0.53%) linkerd
5 1 (0.53%) Nagios
Vendors
1 24 (12.77%) Google
2 15 (7.98%) SAP
3 13 (6.91%) MathWorks
4 12 (6.38%) HP
4 12 (6.38%) Microsoft
5 6 (3.19%) TikTok
6 5 (2.66%) Ahrefs
7 3 (1.60%) Adobe
7 3 (1.60%) Cisco
7 3 (1.60%) IBM
7 3 (1.60%) NVIDIA
7 3 (1.60%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.06%) Hotjar
8 2 (1.06%) Infoblox
8 2 (1.06%) Motorola
8 2 (1.06%) Screaming Frog
8 2 (1.06%) SolarWinds
8 2 (1.06%) VMware
8 2 (1.06%) Xero
9 1 (0.53%) F5