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 21 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 552 572 576
Rank change year-on-year +20 +4 +213
Permanent jobs citing Performance Analysis 125 98 231
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.18% 0.20% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% 0.22% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 57 61 170
10th Percentile £34,104 £41,250 £29,629
25th Percentile £48,750 £52,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,430 £75,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.76% +50.00% -28.57%
75th Percentile £67,000 £102,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £118,500 £125,000 £84,967
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +33.33% -24.37%

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 54,494 44,927 66,578
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 79.19% 92.59% 88.37%
Number of salaries quoted 32,685 22,191 51,489
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £29,448
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,001 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £76,000 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.90%

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 21 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Performance Analysis in the UK

Performance Analysis
Top 13 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 21 February 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 +54 118 £56,430 -24.76% 47
UK excluding London +28 77 £55,000 -8.33% 32
South East +10 42 £56,430 +8.52% 10
London +33 37 £72,500 -23.68% 22
Work from Home +17 34 £52,500 -30.00% 18
West Midlands +6 18 £37,500 -50.00% 6
Midlands +2 18 £37,500 -50.00% 6
North of England -21 8 £46,250 -7.50% 7
East of England +15 5 - - 4
South West -7 5 £32,760 +4.00% 4
North West -1 4 £55,000 +10.00% 5
Yorkshire - 3 - - 1
North East - 1 £37,500 - 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 2 (1.60%) CMS
1 2 (1.60%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (1.60%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.80%) Confluence
2 1 (0.80%) IIS
2 1 (0.80%) Tomcat
Applications
1 20 (16.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (9.60%) Spreadsheet
3 7 (5.60%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.60%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.80%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 12 (9.60%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (2.40%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 20 (16.00%) Power Platform
2 12 (9.60%) Azure DevOps
3 10 (8.00%) Azure
4 7 (5.60%) Google Analytics
5 6 (4.80%) GCP
5 6 (4.80%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (4.80%) SaaS
6 4 (3.20%) AWS
6 4 (3.20%) Google Tag Manager
7 2 (1.60%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (1.60%) Contentsquare
7 2 (1.60%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (1.60%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.80%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.80%) GitHub
8 1 (0.80%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.80%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.80%) OpenShift
8 1 (0.80%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.80%) Viva Engage
Communications & Networking
1 9 (7.20%) Firewall
2 6 (4.80%) DNS
3 5 (4.00%) Wireless
4 4 (3.20%) WAN
5 3 (2.40%) BGP
5 3 (2.40%) Cisco ASA
5 3 (2.40%) LAN
5 3 (2.40%) OSPF
5 3 (2.40%) Unified Communications
5 3 (2.40%) VLAN
5 3 (2.40%) VPN
6 2 (1.60%) Broadband
6 2 (1.60%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (1.60%) DHCP
6 2 (1.60%) EIGRP
6 2 (1.60%) SMS
6 2 (1.60%) TACACS
6 2 (1.60%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.60%) WAAS
6 2 (1.60%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (19.20%) Looker
2 20 (16.00%) Power BI
3 5 (4.00%) BigQuery
4 4 (3.20%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (3.20%) Tableau
5 1 (0.80%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.80%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.80%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.80%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.80%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 14 (11.20%) JIRA
2 12 (9.60%) eCATT
2 12 (9.60%) NeoLoad
3 3 (2.40%) Rational DOORS
4 2 (1.60%) GitLab
4 2 (1.60%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.80%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.80%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.80%) GCC
5 1 (0.80%) Git
5 1 (0.80%) JMeter
General
1 56 (44.80%) Analytical Skills
2 48 (38.40%) Marketing
3 39 (31.20%) Social Skills
4 38 (30.40%) Finance
5 24 (19.20%) Influencing Skills
6 15 (12.00%) Presentation Skills
7 13 (10.40%) Manufacturing
8 5 (4.00%) French Language
8 5 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (3.20%) Arabic Language
9 4 (3.20%) Dutch Language
9 4 (3.20%) Front Office
9 4 (3.20%) German Language
9 4 (3.20%) Italian Language
9 4 (3.20%) Japanese Language
9 4 (3.20%) Mandarin Language
9 4 (3.20%) Polish Language
9 4 (3.20%) Portuguese Language
9 4 (3.20%) Retail
9 4 (3.20%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 35 (28.00%) Analyst
2 16 (12.80%) Data Analyst
3 14 (11.20%) Financial Analyst
3 14 (11.20%) Lead
3 14 (11.20%) Performance Analyst
4 12 (9.60%) Performance Test Analyst
4 12 (9.60%) Test Analyst
4 12 (9.60%) Testing Analyst
5 10 (8.00%) Senior
6 6 (4.80%) Data Manager
6 6 (4.80%) Developer
6 6 (4.80%) Insight Manager
6 6 (4.80%) Performance Manager
6 6 (4.80%) Systems Engineer
7 5 (4.00%) Customer Experience Manager
7 5 (4.00%) Digital Transformation
8 4 (3.20%) Campaign Manager
8 4 (3.20%) Digital Campaign Manager
8 4 (3.20%) Hardware Engineer
8 4 (3.20%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.60%) Java Concurrency
1 2 (1.60%) Kafka
2 1 (0.80%) React
2 1 (0.80%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 22 (17.60%) Onboarding
2 9 (7.20%) Management Information System
3 8 (6.40%) Social Media
4 6 (4.80%) Algorithms
4 6 (4.80%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (3.20%) FMCG
6 3 (2.40%) Blog
6 3 (2.40%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (2.40%) Data Centre
6 3 (2.40%) Equities
6 3 (2.40%) IoT
6 3 (2.40%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.60%) Derivative
7 2 (1.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.80%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.80%) Digital Media
8 1 (0.80%) PCIe
8 1 (0.80%) Podcast
8 1 (0.80%) Video on Demand
Operating Systems
1 11 (8.80%) Linux
2 9 (7.20%) Windows
3 6 (4.80%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.40%) Unix
5 2 (1.60%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.80%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.80%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.80%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (35.20%) Analytics
2 40 (32.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 37 (29.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 30 (24.00%) CRM
5 28 (22.40%) Decision-Making
5 28 (22.40%) Stakeholder Management
6 26 (20.80%) ERP
7 25 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
8 24 (19.20%) Customer Experience
8 24 (19.20%) Digital Marketing
9 23 (18.40%) Agile
9 23 (18.40%) Digital Strategy
10 22 (17.60%) Coaching
11 21 (16.80%) B2B
11 21 (16.80%) Collaborative Working
12 20 (16.00%) E-Commerce
13 19 (15.20%) Dashboard Development
13 19 (15.20%) Roadmaps
14 18 (14.40%) Digital Innovation
15 17 (13.60%) GTM Strategy
Programming Languages
1 30 (24.00%) Python
2 22 (17.60%) SQL
3 12 (9.60%) VBA
4 9 (7.20%) C++
5 7 (5.60%) C
5 7 (5.60%) Java
5 7 (5.60%) PowerShell
6 5 (4.00%) Bash
7 3 (2.40%) Fortran
8 2 (1.60%) C#
8 2 (1.60%) R
9 1 (0.80%) Bicep
9 1 (0.80%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.80%) Go
9 1 (0.80%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.80%) Perl
9 1 (0.80%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.80%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.80%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.80%) VB
Qualifications
1 35 (28.00%) Degree
2 14 (11.20%) ACCA
2 14 (11.20%) CIMA
3 7 (5.60%) Master's Degree
4 6 (4.80%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (4.00%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (4.00%) Security Cleared
6 4 (3.20%) CCIE
6 4 (3.20%) CCNP
6 4 (3.20%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (3.20%) PhD
7 2 (1.60%) CCNA
7 2 (1.60%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.60%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.60%) MBA
7 2 (1.60%) Postgraduate
7 2 (1.60%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.80%) City & Guilds
8 1 (0.80%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.80%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.60%) Data Quality
2 6 (4.80%) Actionable Recommendations
3 4 (3.20%) Accessibility
4 3 (2.40%) PMO
5 2 (1.60%) QA
6 1 (0.80%) GDPR
System Software
1 6 (4.80%) Active Directory
1 6 (4.80%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (4.00%) Hyper-V
3 4 (3.20%) Firmware
4 2 (1.60%) Docker
5 1 (0.80%) GPFS
5 1 (0.80%) Lustre
5 1 (0.80%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.80%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (9.60%) HP ALM
2 5 (4.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (3.20%) Ansible
4 3 (2.40%) Terraform
5 2 (1.60%) Grafana
5 2 (1.60%) Kubernetes
5 2 (1.60%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.80%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.80%) Icinga
6 1 (0.80%) Nagios
6 1 (0.80%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 26 (20.80%) SAP
2 19 (15.20%) Microsoft
3 13 (10.40%) HP
4 11 (8.80%) Google
5 7 (5.60%) Salesforce
5 7 (5.60%) VMware
6 6 (4.80%) Fortinet
7 4 (3.20%) Cisco
7 4 (3.20%) ConnectWise
7 4 (3.20%) Draytek
8 3 (2.40%) Oracle
8 3 (2.40%) ServiceNow
8 3 (2.40%) SolarWinds
9 2 (1.60%) Infoblox
9 2 (1.60%) Marketo
9 2 (1.60%) Motorola
9 2 (1.60%) Palo Alto
9 2 (1.60%) Pardot
9 2 (1.60%) TikTok
9 2 (1.60%) YouTube