Performance Analysis
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Performance Analysis skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Performance Analysis over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 692 725 771
Rank change year-on-year +33 +46 -14
Permanent jobs citing Performance Analysis 210 258 467
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.21% 0.26% 0.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.27% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 170 89 144
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £38,973
25th Percentile £34,299 £43,067 £47,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £57,500 £59,313
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% -3.06% +10.35%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £91,250 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,514 £43,067 £55,000
% change year-on-year +19.61% -21.70% +29.41%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Performance Analysis is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,917 96,578 150,488
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.59% 95.61% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 59,883 56,844 82,330
10th Percentile £29,008 £34,000 £33,515
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,190 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.12% +1.98% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Performance Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Performance Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Performance Analysis in the UK

Performance Analysis
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Performance Analysis.

Salary trend for Performance Analysis in the UK

Performance Analysis
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Performance Analysis over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Performance Analysis in the UK

Performance Analysis
Top 17 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 10 May 2024. 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
UK excluding London +16 179 £51,514 +19.61% 79
England +62 172 £58,000 -3.33% 98
Work from Home +105 90 £60,000 +16.50% 64
South East +22 41 £62,500 +58.23% 13
East of England +35 40 £65,000 -21.21% 18
Midlands +7 32 £32,500 - 9
London +66 28 £75,000 +7.14% 29
North of England +31 28 £50,000 -1.48% 16
West Midlands +26 28 £32,500 - 6
North West 0 23 £47,500 -5.00% 5
Scotland -56 18 £32,500 -67.50% 8
Wales +9 13 £36,476 -15.31% 3
Yorkshire +76 4 £79,932 +55.21% 7
Northern Ireland +20 4 - - 2
East Midlands -19 4 £85,000 - 3
South West -30 3 £55,000 +37.50% 12
North East -8 1 £41,774 -16.45% 4

Performance Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 29 (13.81%) IIS
2 2 (0.95%) CMS
Applications
1 7 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (3.33%) Simulink
2 3 (1.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.48%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.48%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.48%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 69 (32.86%) Azure
2 40 (19.05%) AWS
3 31 (14.76%) Cloud Computing
4 23 (10.95%) IaaS
5 18 (8.57%) SaaS
6 15 (7.14%) Nutanix
7 11 (5.24%) GitHub
8 10 (4.76%) Google Analytics
9 9 (4.29%) GitHub Actions
9 9 (4.29%) Microsoft 365
10 8 (3.81%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (3.81%) Google Ads
10 8 (3.81%) PaaS
11 7 (3.33%) Azure Monitor
11 7 (3.33%) Azure Sentinel
11 7 (3.33%) Power Platform
12 5 (2.38%) Power Automate
13 4 (1.90%) Entra ID
14 3 (1.43%) GCP
15 2 (0.95%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 29 (13.81%) WAN
2 20 (9.52%) DNS
3 14 (6.67%) 5G
4 11 (5.24%) Wireless
5 9 (4.29%) Ethernet
6 8 (3.81%) Broadband
6 8 (3.81%) Firewall
7 6 (2.86%) 5G NR
7 6 (2.86%) 802.11
7 6 (2.86%) LTE
7 6 (2.86%) Software-Defined Radio
8 5 (2.38%) DHCP
8 5 (2.38%) Network Security
9 3 (1.43%) LAN
9 3 (1.43%) VPN
10 2 (0.95%) Intrusion Detection
10 2 (0.95%) NetScaler
10 2 (0.95%) SAN
10 2 (0.95%) TCP/IP
10 2 (0.95%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (15.24%) SQL Server
2 26 (12.38%) NoSQL
3 7 (3.33%) Power BI
4 6 (2.86%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (2.86%) RDBMS
4 6 (2.86%) Relational Database
5 4 (1.90%) Big Data
6 2 (0.95%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.95%) Hadoop
6 2 (0.95%) Metadata
6 2 (0.95%) Tableau
7 1 (0.48%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.48%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 8 (3.81%) SonarQube
2 6 (2.86%) Rational Rhapsody
3 5 (2.38%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.43%) CircleCI
4 3 (1.43%) Rational DOORS
4 3 (1.43%) Rational Team Concert
5 1 (0.48%) GitLab
5 1 (0.48%) XCTest
5 1 (0.48%) XCUITest
General
1 44 (20.95%) Analytical Skills
1 44 (20.95%) Finance
2 43 (20.48%) Social Skills
3 21 (10.00%) Marketing
4 16 (7.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (5.24%) Telecoms
6 7 (3.33%) Advertising
6 7 (3.33%) Aerospace
6 7 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (3.33%) Public Sector
7 6 (2.86%) Electronics
7 6 (2.86%) Local Government
7 6 (2.86%) Police
8 5 (2.38%) Games
8 5 (2.38%) Legal
8 5 (2.38%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.90%) Banking
10 3 (1.43%) Italian Language
11 2 (0.95%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.95%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 33 (15.71%) Systems Engineer
2 31 (14.76%) Senior
3 21 (10.00%) Lead
4 16 (7.62%) Software Engineer
5 15 (7.14%) Architect
6 14 (6.67%) Analyst
7 13 (6.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 13 (6.19%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 10 (4.76%) Network Engineer
9 8 (3.81%) Administrator
9 8 (3.81%) Senior Manager
10 7 (3.33%) Principal Architect
10 7 (3.33%) Research Engineer
10 7 (3.33%) Research Software Engineer
10 7 (3.33%) Team Leader
11 6 (2.86%) Database Analyst
11 6 (2.86%) ICT Analyst
11 6 (2.86%) Senior Software Engineer
11 6 (2.86%) SEO Specialist
12 5 (2.38%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.76%) ARM Templates
2 8 (3.81%) Azure Blueprints
3 7 (3.33%) Microsoft Graph
3 7 (3.33%) OpenGL
3 7 (3.33%) OpenGL ES
3 7 (3.33%) Vulkan
4 6 (2.86%) 802.1X
4 6 (2.86%) Flash
5 5 (2.38%) DirectX
6 4 (1.90%) PyTorch
6 4 (1.90%) TensorFlow
7 3 (1.43%) OpenCL
7 3 (1.43%) Qt
7 3 (1.43%) RAML
7 3 (1.43%) REST
7 3 (1.43%) UIKit
8 2 (0.95%) .NET
8 2 (0.95%) Flask
8 2 (0.95%) Middleware
8 2 (0.95%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 32 (15.24%) Algorithms
2 28 (13.33%) Distributed Systems
3 26 (12.38%) Clustering
3 26 (12.38%) Public Cloud
4 13 (6.19%) IoT
5 11 (5.24%) Data Structures
6 10 (4.76%) Onboarding
6 10 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (4.29%) PCIe
8 8 (3.81%) Management Information System
9 5 (2.38%) Distributed Computing
9 5 (2.38%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (2.38%) Product Ownership
10 4 (1.90%) Social Media
10 4 (1.90%) Verilog
10 4 (1.90%) VHDL
11 3 (1.43%) 3D Graphics
11 3 (1.43%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (1.43%) Ray Tracing
11 3 (1.43%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 29 (13.81%) Linux
2 25 (11.90%) Windows
3 8 (3.81%) Android
3 8 (3.81%) Unix
4 4 (1.90%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.43%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.95%) CentOS
6 2 (0.95%) Debian
6 2 (0.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.95%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.95%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.95%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (28.10%) Problem-Solving
2 55 (26.19%) Capacity Planning
3 38 (18.10%) Software Testing
4 36 (17.14%) Software Engineering
5 34 (16.19%) Continuous Delivery
6 32 (15.24%) Continuous Integration
7 31 (14.76%) TDD
8 30 (14.29%) High Availability
9 29 (13.81%) CI/CD
9 29 (13.81%) Prototyping
10 28 (13.33%) API Design
10 28 (13.33%) API Development
11 26 (12.38%) Analytics
11 26 (12.38%) DevOps
11 26 (12.38%) Project Management
12 25 (11.90%) Computer Science
13 21 (10.00%) Data Analysis
14 20 (9.52%) Decision-Making
15 19 (9.05%) Agile
15 19 (9.05%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 44 (20.95%) Python
2 42 (20.00%) SQL
3 37 (17.62%) Java
4 33 (15.71%) C
5 20 (9.52%) Bash
6 17 (8.10%) Perl
7 15 (7.14%) C++
8 9 (4.29%) MATLAB
9 7 (3.33%) Fortran
9 7 (3.33%) Go
9 7 (3.33%) Rust
10 5 (2.38%) VB
11 4 (1.90%) Ruby
12 3 (1.43%) JavaScript
12 3 (1.43%) Objective-C
12 3 (1.43%) Swift
13 2 (0.95%) C#
14 1 (0.48%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 64 (30.48%) Security Cleared
2 61 (29.05%) Degree
3 26 (12.38%) BPSS Clearance
4 22 (10.48%) Master's Degree
5 14 (6.67%) PhD
6 10 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (3.81%) MBA
8 7 (3.33%) CCNA
8 7 (3.33%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (2.38%) CCNP
9 5 (2.38%) SC Cleared
10 4 (1.90%) DBS Check
11 3 (1.43%) Analytics IQ
12 2 (0.95%) MCSE
12 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.95%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 1 (0.48%) CISMP
13 1 (0.48%) CISSP
13 1 (0.48%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.19%) Data Quality
2 9 (4.29%) Actionable Recommendations
3 8 (3.81%) NCSC
4 3 (1.43%) Def Stans
4 3 (1.43%) MISRA
4 3 (1.43%) PMO
5 2 (0.95%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.48%) GDPR
6 1 (0.48%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.48%) QA
System Software
1 26 (12.38%) VMware NSX
2 17 (8.10%) Active Directory
3 15 (7.14%) Virtual Machines
3 15 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (6.19%) Docker
4 13 (6.19%) Firmware
5 8 (3.81%) Embedded Firmware
6 2 (0.95%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.95%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.95%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.48%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 17 (8.10%) Kubernetes
2 11 (5.24%) Terraform
3 10 (4.76%) Ansible
4 7 (3.33%) SysTrack
5 2 (0.95%) HP SIM
5 2 (0.95%) Kustomize
5 2 (0.95%) PowerCLI
5 2 (0.95%) SCCM
5 2 (0.95%) SCOM
5 2 (0.95%) SCOrch
5 2 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.95%) vCenter Server
5 2 (0.95%) vRealize
5 2 (0.95%) vRealize Orchestrator
5 2 (0.95%) WSUS
6 1 (0.48%) Grafana
6 1 (0.48%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 57 (27.14%) Microsoft
2 41 (19.52%) VMware
3 11 (5.24%) Google
4 8 (3.81%) Cisco
4 8 (3.81%) Virgin Media
5 7 (3.33%) ServiceNow
5 7 (3.33%) Snow
6 4 (1.90%) Citrix
6 4 (1.90%) Juniper
6 4 (1.90%) Thales
7 3 (1.43%) Aruba
7 3 (1.43%) Fortinet
7 3 (1.43%) IBM
7 3 (1.43%) Kenshoo
8 2 (0.95%) 3PAR
8 2 (0.95%) Dynatrace
8 2 (0.95%) Nimble Storage
8 2 (0.95%) Screaming Frog
8 2 (0.95%) SolarWinds
8 2 (0.95%) Veeam