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

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 466 631 540
Rank change year-on-year +165 -91 +270
Permanent jobs citing Performance Analysis 190 125 190
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.36% 0.19% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.42% 0.22% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 67 50 116
10th Percentile £31,000 £38,975 £27,234
25th Percentile £33,500 £55,764 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,877 £42,943
Median % change year-on-year -17.87% +41.76% -28.43%
75th Percentile £61,933 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £93,000 £82,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £41,750 £60,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -30.42% +71.43% -36.59%

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 45,394 56,021 48,891
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.81% 83.52% 93.81%
Number of salaries quoted 27,423 29,005 37,472
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,404 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,128 £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 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £98,475
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -

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 19 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 19 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 +162 175 £45,000 -25.00% 112
UK excluding London +126 132 £41,750 -30.42% 72
Midlands +97 65 £45,000 -25.00% 9
West Midlands +89 64 £45,000 -25.00% 7
Work from Home +79 50 £41,750 -32.39% 53
London +70 39 £65,000 -18.75% 50
South East +28 38 £41,880 -32.99% 27
North of England +62 16 £37,500 -53.13% 13
North West +40 11 £37,500 -53.13% 9
South West +33 5 £41,005 +30.17% 10
East of England +15 5 £32,500 +9.69% 13
Yorkshire +8 5 £63,150 - 3
Scotland - 3 - - 2
East Midlands +23 1 £42,500 - 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 6 (3.16%) CMS
2 2 (1.05%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.53%) nginx
Applications
1 17 (8.95%) Simulink
2 13 (6.84%) Mathcad
2 13 (6.84%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.58%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 3 (1.58%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.58%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (1.05%) AutoCAD
4 2 (1.05%) Autodesk Inventor
4 2 (1.05%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.53%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 12 (6.32%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (2.63%) Shopify
3 1 (0.53%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 14 (7.37%) Azure DevOps
2 12 (6.32%) Google Analytics
3 9 (4.74%) Power Platform
4 8 (4.21%) Azure
4 8 (4.21%) GCP
5 6 (3.16%) AWS
6 5 (2.63%) SaaS
7 4 (2.11%) Google Tag Manager
8 2 (1.05%) Contentsquare
8 2 (1.05%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (1.05%) GitHub
8 2 (1.05%) Google Ads
8 2 (1.05%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (0.53%) AppsFlyer
9 1 (0.53%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (0.53%) Azure Monitor
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
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.11%) Firewall
1 4 (2.11%) Wireless
2 3 (1.58%) BGP
2 3 (1.58%) InfiniBand
2 3 (1.58%) OSPF
3 2 (1.05%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (1.05%) Cisco Nexus
3 2 (1.05%) EIGRP
3 2 (1.05%) LAN
3 2 (1.05%) TACACS
3 2 (1.05%) TCP/IP
3 2 (1.05%) VPN
3 2 (1.05%) WAAS
3 2 (1.05%) WAN
3 2 (1.05%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.53%) Network Security
4 1 (0.53%) NGN
4 1 (0.53%) SNMP
4 1 (0.53%) VLAN
4 1 (0.53%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (13.68%) Looker
2 9 (4.74%) Power BI
3 5 (2.63%) BigQuery
3 5 (2.63%) Tableau
4 3 (1.58%) 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 (8.42%) JIRA
2 12 (6.32%) eCATT
2 12 (6.32%) NeoLoad
3 3 (1.58%) Git
4 1 (0.53%) GCC
4 1 (0.53%) GitLab
4 1 (0.53%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.53%) JUnit
4 1 (0.53%) Selenium
4 1 (0.53%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.53%) TestComplete
4 1 (0.53%) WaveMaker
General
1 111 (58.42%) Analytical Skills
2 106 (55.79%) Marketing
3 39 (20.53%) Social Skills
4 36 (18.95%) Finance
5 19 (10.00%) Manufacturing
6 18 (9.47%) Advertising
6 18 (9.47%) Presentation Skills
7 12 (6.32%) Influencing Skills
8 9 (4.74%) Retail
9 7 (3.68%) Games
10 5 (2.63%) French Language
11 4 (2.11%) Arabic Language
11 4 (2.11%) Dutch Language
11 4 (2.11%) German Language
11 4 (2.11%) Italian Language
11 4 (2.11%) Japanese Language
11 4 (2.11%) Mandarin Language
11 4 (2.11%) Polish Language
11 4 (2.11%) Portuguese Language
11 4 (2.11%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 38 (20.00%) Lead
2 28 (14.74%) Senior
3 26 (13.68%) Analyst
4 16 (8.42%) Customer Experience Manager
4 16 (8.42%) Digital Transformation
5 15 (7.89%) Performance Analyst
6 12 (6.32%) E-Commerce Manager
6 12 (6.32%) Performance Test Analyst
6 12 (6.32%) Test Analyst
6 12 (6.32%) Testing Analyst
7 9 (4.74%) Developer
8 8 (4.21%) Mathematical Modeller
9 6 (3.16%) Data Analyst
10 5 (2.63%) Architect
10 5 (2.63%) PPC Executive
11 4 (2.11%) Campaign Manager
11 4 (2.11%) Coordinator
11 4 (2.11%) Digital Campaign Manager
11 4 (2.11%) Hardware Engineer
11 4 (2.11%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.58%) Java Concurrency
1 3 (1.58%) Node.js
2 2 (1.05%) 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%) Laravel
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%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 66 (34.74%) Onboarding
2 14 (7.37%) Social Media
3 13 (6.84%) Algorithms
4 9 (4.74%) Analytical Mindset
5 8 (4.21%) Blog
6 6 (3.16%) Virtual Team
7 4 (2.11%) Data Centre
7 4 (2.11%) FMCG
7 4 (2.11%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.58%) Equities
8 3 (1.58%) NVMe
8 3 (1.58%) PCIe
9 2 (1.05%) Cloud Native
9 2 (1.05%) Legacy Applications
9 2 (1.05%) Taxonomies
10 1 (0.53%) Digital Media
10 1 (0.53%) Driving Licence
10 1 (0.53%) Robotics
10 1 (0.53%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.53%) SystemC
Operating Systems
1 11 (5.79%) Linux
2 4 (2.11%) Unix
3 3 (1.58%) Windows
4 1 (0.53%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (42.63%) Continuous Improvement
2 78 (41.05%) Digital Marketing
3 75 (39.47%) E-Commerce
4 72 (37.89%) Customer Experience
5 70 (36.84%) CRM
5 70 (36.84%) Dashboard Development
5 70 (36.84%) Stakeholder Management
6 67 (35.26%) B2B
7 64 (33.68%) Coaching
7 64 (33.68%) Collaborative Working
8 63 (33.16%) Digital Innovation
9 61 (32.11%) Commercialisation
9 61 (32.11%) GTM Strategy
10 50 (26.32%) Analytics
11 37 (19.47%) Digital Customer Experience
12 33 (17.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 27 (14.21%) Problem-Solving
14 25 (13.16%) Digital Strategy
15 24 (12.63%) User Experience
15 24 (12.63%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 32 (16.84%) Python
2 16 (8.42%) MATLAB
3 11 (5.79%) C++
4 8 (4.21%) C
4 8 (4.21%) SQL
5 7 (3.68%) Java
6 6 (3.16%) Bash
7 4 (2.11%) Fortran
8 2 (1.05%) C#
8 2 (1.05%) 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 81 (42.63%) Degree
2 14 (7.37%) BPSS Clearance
3 6 (3.16%) ACCA
3 6 (3.16%) CIMA
3 6 (3.16%) Master's Degree
4 5 (2.63%) PhD
4 5 (2.63%) Security Cleared
5 3 (1.58%) CCNP
5 3 (1.58%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (1.58%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.05%) CCIE
6 2 (1.05%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.05%) HND
6 2 (1.05%) 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 (6.32%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 4 (2.11%) Actionable Recommendations
2 4 (2.11%) Data Quality
2 4 (2.11%) SLA
3 3 (1.58%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.58%) QA
4 2 (1.05%) IFRS
4 2 (1.05%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (2.11%) Docker
2 3 (1.58%) GPFS
2 3 (1.58%) Lustre
3 2 (1.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.53%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 12 (6.32%) HP ALM
2 4 (2.11%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.58%) Prometheus
3 3 (1.58%) Terraform
4 2 (1.05%) Ansible
4 2 (1.05%) 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 25 (13.16%) Google
2 15 (7.89%) SAP
3 13 (6.84%) MathWorks
4 12 (6.32%) HP
5 11 (5.79%) Microsoft
6 6 (3.16%) TikTok
7 5 (2.63%) Ahrefs
8 4 (2.11%) Adobe
9 3 (1.58%) Cisco
9 3 (1.58%) IBM
9 3 (1.58%) NVIDIA
9 3 (1.58%) Salesforce
10 2 (1.05%) Hotjar
10 2 (1.05%) Infoblox
10 2 (1.05%) Motorola
10 2 (1.05%) Screaming Frog
10 2 (1.05%) SolarWinds
10 2 (1.05%) VMware
10 2 (1.05%) Xero
11 1 (0.53%) F5