Performance Engineer
UK
The median Performance Engineer salary in the UK is £50,124 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 May 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 7 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 688 | 894 | 927 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +206 | +33 | +171 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Performance Engineer | 12 | 18 | 53 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.022% | 0.018% | 0.051% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.024% | 0.019% | 0.056% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 5 | 15 | 38 |
| 10th Percentile | £42,732 | £40,000 | £46,033 |
| 25th Percentile | £44,956 | £44,154 | £53,375 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,124 | £62,000 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -19.15% | -4.62% | -1.89% |
| 75th Percentile | £53,762 | £63,750 | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | £82,500 | £78,382 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,124 | £62,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -19.15% | +12.73% | +5.77% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.
| Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title | 49,015 | 93,487 | 94,651 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.41% | 94.63% | 91.53% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,518 | 67,038 | 59,603 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,000 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £52,550 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.42% | -12.42% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £71,250 | £81,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,000 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.00% | -5.66% | +6.00% |
Performance Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Performance Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Performance Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Performance Engineer.
Performance Engineer
Top 8 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 7 May 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK excluding London | +193 | 12 | £50,124 | -19.15% | 84 |
| England | +161 | 8 | £42,500 | -32.00% | 81 |
| South East | +97 | 5 | - | - | 19 |
| Work from Home | +149 | 4 | £50,124 | -19.15% | 7 |
| Wales | +38 | 4 | £50,124 | +25.31% | 2 |
| Midlands | +57 | 2 | - | - | 16 |
| East Midlands | +49 | 2 | - | - | 6 |
| East of England | +33 | 1 | £42,500 | -31.45% | 21 |
Performance Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 7 May 2025, Performance Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Performance Engineer in the job title.
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Performance Engineer Skill Set
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: