Performance Improvement Job Trends

Performance Improvement
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Performance Improvement skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 524 686 653
Rank change year-on-year +162 -33 +61
Permanent jobs citing Performance Improvement 120 30 48
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.20% 0.054% 0.094%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.060% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 36 11 40
10th Percentile £42,750 £42,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,702 £48,125 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,853 £55,000 £76,250
Median % change year-on-year -3.90% -27.87% +17.31%
75th Percentile £78,750 £65,125 £110,000
90th Percentile £84,645 £82,500 £123,749
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,853 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.90% +4.76% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Performance Improvement 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 48,537 49,891 46,757
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 82.05% 89.96% 91.45%
Number of salaries quoted 28,419 24,819 35,711
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £36,532 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.34%

Performance Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Performance Improvement relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Performance Improvement job vacancy trend in the UK

Performance Improvement
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Performance Improvement.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Performance Improvement

Performance Improvement
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Performance Improvement over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Performance Improvement in the UK

Performance Improvement
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 Improvement within the UK over the 6 months to 31 December 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 +139 105 £52,853 -3.90% 22
Scotland +67 64 - - 1
England +91 45 £52,853 -3.90% 31
South East +46 17 £52,853 +10.69% 10
Work from Home +73 12 £70,715 +28.57% 14
East of England +27 7 £80,000 - 1
West Midlands +34 6 £77,500 +14.81%
Midlands +31 6 £77,500 +14.81%
South West +21 6 £42,750 -18.57% 6
North of England +13 5 £65,750 +25.24% 3
London +54 4 £97,500 +59.84% 18
Yorkshire - 4 £56,500 - 1
North West +22 1 £75,000 +42.86% 2

Performance Improvement
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 64 (53.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 66 (55.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 65 (54.17%) Microsoft Office
3 64 (53.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (2.50%) BPCS
2 1 (0.83%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 5 (4.17%) SaaS
2 3 (2.50%) Power Platform
3 2 (1.67%) AWS
3 2 (1.67%) Contentsquare
3 2 (1.67%) GitHub
3 2 (1.67%) Google Analytics
3 2 (1.67%) Google Tag Manager
3 2 (1.67%) Serverless
4 1 (0.83%) Azure
4 1 (0.83%) GCP
4 1 (0.83%) Google Ads
4 1 (0.83%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.33%) MS Access
1 4 (3.33%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.50%) Power BI
3 2 (1.67%) Looker
4 1 (0.83%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.83%) BigQuery
4 1 (0.83%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.83%) Tableau
General
1 79 (65.83%) Social Skills
2 17 (14.17%) Finance
3 13 (10.83%) Marketing
4 10 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (4.17%) Retail
6 3 (2.50%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (2.50%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.83%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.83%) Law
8 1 (0.83%) Legal
8 1 (0.83%) Local Government
8 1 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.83%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 71 (59.17%) Senior
2 68 (56.67%) Senior Manager
3 64 (53.33%) QA Manager
3 64 (53.33%) Quality Manager
3 64 (53.33%) Senior QA Manager
3 64 (53.33%) Senior Quality Manager
4 5 (4.17%) Commercial Manager
4 5 (4.17%) Consultant
5 4 (3.33%) Account Manager
5 4 (3.33%) Analyst
5 4 (3.33%) Commercial Finance Manager
5 4 (3.33%) Finance Manager
5 4 (3.33%) IT Manager
5 4 (3.33%) Senior Commercial Manager
5 4 (3.33%) Technical Consultant
6 3 (2.50%) Data Analyst
6 3 (2.50%) IT Support
6 3 (2.50%) IT Support Manager
7 2 (1.67%) Delivery Manager
7 2 (1.67%) Infrastructure Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.67%) CSS
1 2 (1.67%) Django
1 2 (1.67%) FastAPI
1 2 (1.67%) Flask
1 2 (1.67%) HTML
1 2 (1.67%) React
1 2 (1.67%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (2.50%) SCADA
3 2 (1.67%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (1.67%) Culture of Ownership
3 2 (1.67%) Data Structures
3 2 (1.67%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (1.67%) Social Media
4 1 (0.83%) e-Learning
4 1 (0.83%) Learning Management System
4 1 (0.83%) Onboarding
4 1 (0.83%) Web Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 73 (60.83%) Project Management
3 72 (60.00%) Customer Experience
4 68 (56.67%) Coaching
5 66 (55.00%) Six Sigma
6 64 (53.33%) Due Diligence
6 64 (53.33%) Lean Six Sigma
6 64 (53.33%) Quality Management
7 23 (19.17%) Stakeholder Management
8 16 (13.33%) Decision-Making
9 15 (12.50%) Analytics
10 11 (9.17%) Agile
11 7 (5.83%) E-Commerce
11 7 (5.83%) Strategic Thinking
12 6 (5.00%) Actionable Insight
12 6 (5.00%) AI
12 6 (5.00%) Data Analysis
12 6 (5.00%) Roadmaps
13 5 (4.17%) Financial Modelling
13 5 (4.17%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 7 (5.83%) SQL
2 4 (3.33%) PL/SQL
2 4 (3.33%) VBA
3 2 (1.67%) JavaScript
3 2 (1.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 64 (53.33%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
2 7 (5.83%) ACCA
2 7 (5.83%) CIMA
3 6 (5.00%) Degree
4 2 (1.67%) CCAB
4 2 (1.67%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.83%) CIPD
5 1 (0.83%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.83%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (56.67%) QA
2 4 (3.33%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.67%) Actionable Recommendations
3 2 (1.67%) SLA
4 1 (0.83%) GRC
System Software
1 2 (1.67%) Docker
1 2 (1.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (1.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 64 (53.33%) Microsoft
2 15 (12.50%) Siemens
3 3 (2.50%) Google
4 2 (1.67%) Hotjar
4 2 (1.67%) VMware
5 1 (0.83%) Adaptive Insights
5 1 (0.83%) Anaplan
5 1 (0.83%) Ariba
5 1 (0.83%) SAP