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 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 524 677 683
Rank change year-on-year +153 +6 +12
Permanent jobs citing Performance Improvement 118 30 52
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.20% 0.056% 0.093%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.062% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 35 11 43
10th Percentile £44,650 £42,750 £40,000
25th Percentile - £48,125 £49,519
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,853 £55,000 £66,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.90% -16.67% +1.54%
75th Percentile £78,750 £65,125 £110,000
90th Percentile £85,074 £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 48,033 48,451 50,427
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.00% 90.60% 89.96%
Number of salaries quoted 28,230 23,579 38,463
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
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 £78,479
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%

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 12 January 2026.

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 12 January 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
UK excluding London +130 103 £52,853 -3.90% 37
Scotland +63 64 - - 2
England +103 43 £52,853 -3.90% 35
South East +42 17 £52,853 +10.69% 16
Work from Home +62 13 £56,500 +2.73% 30
North of England +14 7 £56,500 +7.62% 4
West Midlands +27 6 £77,500 +14.81% 2
Midlands +24 6 £77,500 +14.81% 3
Yorkshire - 6 £56,500 - 1
East of England +25 5 £80,000 - 6
London +54 4 £97,500 +59.84% 9
South West +16 4 £38,875 -25.95% 3
North West +30 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 (54.24%) SharePoint
Applications
1 67 (56.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 65 (55.08%) Microsoft Office
3 64 (54.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (2.54%) BPCS
2 1 (0.85%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.85%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 5 (4.24%) SaaS
2 3 (2.54%) Power Platform
3 2 (1.69%) AWS
3 2 (1.69%) Contentsquare
3 2 (1.69%) GitHub
3 2 (1.69%) Google Analytics
3 2 (1.69%) Google Tag Manager
3 2 (1.69%) Serverless
4 1 (0.85%) Azure
4 1 (0.85%) GCP
4 1 (0.85%) Google Ads
4 1 (0.85%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.85%) Broadband
1 1 (0.85%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.54%) Power BI
2 2 (1.69%) Looker
2 2 (1.69%) MS Access
2 2 (1.69%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.85%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (0.85%) BigQuery
3 1 (0.85%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.85%) Tableau
General
1 77 (65.25%) Social Skills
2 16 (13.56%) Finance
3 11 (9.32%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (9.32%) Marketing
4 5 (4.24%) Retail
5 3 (2.54%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (2.54%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (1.69%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.85%) Law
7 1 (0.85%) Legal
7 1 (0.85%) Local Government
7 1 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 72 (61.02%) Senior
2 68 (57.63%) Senior Manager
3 64 (54.24%) QA Manager
3 64 (54.24%) Quality Manager
3 64 (54.24%) Senior QA Manager
3 64 (54.24%) Senior Quality Manager
4 5 (4.24%) Commercial Manager
5 4 (3.39%) Analyst
5 4 (3.39%) Commercial Finance Manager
5 4 (3.39%) Finance Manager
5 4 (3.39%) Senior Commercial Manager
6 3 (2.54%) Consultant
6 3 (2.54%) Data Analyst
6 3 (2.54%) Lead
7 2 (1.69%) Account Manager
7 2 (1.69%) Delivery Manager
7 2 (1.69%) Infrastructure Manager
7 2 (1.69%) Support Manager
7 2 (1.69%) Systems Accountant
7 2 (1.69%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.69%) CSS
1 2 (1.69%) Django
1 2 (1.69%) FastAPI
1 2 (1.69%) Flask
1 2 (1.69%) HTML
1 2 (1.69%) React
1 2 (1.69%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 3 (2.54%) Analytical Mindset
1 3 (2.54%) SCADA
1 3 (2.54%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (1.69%) Culture of Ownership
2 2 (1.69%) Data Structures
2 2 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (1.69%) Social Media
3 1 (0.85%) e-Learning
3 1 (0.85%) Learning Management System
3 1 (0.85%) Onboarding
3 1 (0.85%) Web Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (76.27%) Continuous Improvement
2 72 (61.02%) Customer Experience
3 69 (58.47%) Coaching
3 69 (58.47%) Project Management
4 66 (55.93%) Six Sigma
5 64 (54.24%) Due Diligence
5 64 (54.24%) Lean Six Sigma
5 64 (54.24%) Quality Management
6 24 (20.34%) Stakeholder Management
7 17 (14.41%) Decision-Making
8 13 (11.02%) Analytics
9 12 (10.17%) Agile
10 7 (5.93%) E-Commerce
10 7 (5.93%) Strategic Thinking
11 6 (5.08%) Actionable Insight
11 6 (5.08%) AI
11 6 (5.08%) Financial Modelling
11 6 (5.08%) Roadmaps
12 5 (4.24%) Budgeting
12 5 (4.24%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 5 (4.24%) SQL
2 2 (1.69%) JavaScript
2 2 (1.69%) PL/SQL
2 2 (1.69%) Python
2 2 (1.69%) VBA
Qualifications
1 64 (54.24%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
2 8 (6.78%) ACCA
2 8 (6.78%) CIMA
3 6 (5.08%) Degree
4 2 (1.69%) CCAB
4 2 (1.69%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.85%) CIPD
5 1 (0.85%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.85%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (55.93%) QA
2 2 (1.69%) Actionable Recommendations
2 2 (1.69%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.69%) SLA
3 1 (0.85%) GRC
System Software
1 2 (1.69%) Docker
1 2 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (1.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 64 (54.24%) Microsoft
2 15 (12.71%) Siemens
3 3 (2.54%) Google
4 2 (1.69%) Adaptive Insights
4 2 (1.69%) Anaplan
4 2 (1.69%) Hotjar
4 2 (1.69%) VMware
5 1 (0.85%) Ariba
5 1 (0.85%) SAP