Performance Optimisation Jobs

Performance Optimisation
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Performance Optimisation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Performance Optimisation over the 6 months to 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 511 712 763
Rank change year-on-year +201 +51 -72
Permanent jobs citing Performance Optimisation 418 267 514
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.42% 0.26% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.49% 0.28% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 320 142 184
10th Percentile £39,200 £44,000 £42,494
25th Percentile £48,750 £53,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £70,000 £62,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +12.90% +3.33%
75th Percentile £81,250 £83,750 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £94,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,750 £62,500 £61,040
% change year-on-year -6.00% +2.39% +10.98%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Performance Optimisation 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 84,735 96,775 152,013
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.60% 95.70%
Number of salaries quoted 59,708 57,079 82,921
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,740
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +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 Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Performance Optimisation in the UK

Performance Optimisation
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Performance Optimisation in the UK

Performance Optimisation
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Performance Optimisation over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Performance Optimisation in the UK

Performance Optimisation
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 Optimisation within the UK over the 6 months to 13 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
England +209 361 £62,500 -10.71% 127
UK excluding London +162 276 £58,750 -6.00% 72
Work from Home +147 174 £66,250 -5.36% 73
London +81 127 £70,000 -9.68% 62
North of England +75 63 £60,000 +4.35% 28
South East +61 63 £60,000 -5.88% 7
South West +28 51 £52,500 -30.00% 9
Midlands +31 34 £62,500 +25.00% 13
North West +15 34 £67,500 +14.89% 13
Scotland -31 34 £52,500 -2.93% 6
West Midlands +43 28 £62,500 +25.00% 8
East of England +19 16 £55,000 +4.76% 4
North East +11 16 £55,000 +29.41% 9
Yorkshire +82 13 £57,500 +55.41% 6
Wales - 10 £46,604 - 2
East Midlands - 6 £87,500 - 5
Northern Ireland +29 5 - - 4

Performance Optimisation
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 13 (3.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (2.87%) WordPress
3 8 (1.91%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.20%) Apache
5 4 (0.96%) IIS
6 3 (0.72%) JBoss
6 3 (0.72%) Tomcat
6 3 (0.72%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.72%) WebSphere
6 3 (0.72%) WildFly
7 2 (0.48%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.48%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.24%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.24%) CMS
8 1 (0.24%) Confluence
8 1 (0.24%) Drupal
8 1 (0.24%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.24%) TYPO3
Applications
1 2 (0.48%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (1.44%) Magento
2 4 (0.96%) Shopify
3 3 (0.72%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.24%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 111 (26.56%) Azure
2 69 (16.51%) AWS
2 69 (16.51%) Power Platform
3 42 (10.05%) PowerApps
4 41 (9.81%) Power Automate
5 29 (6.94%) Serverless
6 26 (6.22%) SaaS
7 25 (5.98%) AWS Lambda
8 24 (5.74%) Microsoft 365
9 21 (5.02%) Dynamics 365
9 21 (5.02%) GCP
10 20 (4.78%) Amazon S3
11 19 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
12 16 (3.83%) Entra ID
12 16 (3.83%) GitHub
13 15 (3.59%) Azure Functions
14 13 (3.11%) IaaS
15 12 (2.87%) PaaS
16 11 (2.63%) Cloud Computing
17 10 (2.39%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.07%) Firewall
2 16 (3.83%) HTTP
3 13 (3.11%) DNS
4 11 (2.63%) VPN
5 8 (1.91%) MQTT
6 7 (1.67%) DHCP
7 5 (1.20%) SAN
7 5 (1.20%) VLAN
8 4 (0.96%) NAS
8 4 (0.96%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.72%) Network Security
9 3 (0.72%) Wireless
10 2 (0.48%) BGP
10 2 (0.48%) Fibre Channel
10 2 (0.48%) Intrusion Detection
10 2 (0.48%) iSCSI
10 2 (0.48%) OSPF
10 2 (0.48%) SSH
10 2 (0.48%) SSL
11 1 (0.24%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (16.03%) Power BI
2 46 (11.00%) MySQL
3 41 (9.81%) Relational Database
4 36 (8.61%) SQL Server
5 30 (7.18%) Data Warehouse
6 18 (4.31%) Amazon RDS
7 16 (3.83%) NoSQL
8 10 (2.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 9 (2.15%) DynamoDB
9 9 (2.15%) Hadoop
9 9 (2.15%) Snowflake Schema
10 8 (1.91%) Azure SQL Database
10 8 (1.91%) CockroachDB
11 7 (1.67%) BigQuery
11 7 (1.67%) PostgreSQL
11 7 (1.67%) Star Schema
12 6 (1.44%) MariaDB
12 6 (1.44%) RDBMS
12 6 (1.44%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 6 (1.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 56 (13.40%) Git
2 19 (4.55%) Jenkins
3 8 (1.91%) Jaeger
3 8 (1.91%) Maven
3 8 (1.91%) Sonatype Nexus
4 7 (1.67%) GitLab
4 7 (1.67%) JIRA
5 6 (1.44%) Cypress.io
5 6 (1.44%) webpack
6 4 (0.96%) Selenium
6 4 (0.96%) TeamCity
7 3 (0.72%) Babel
7 3 (0.72%) ERwin
7 3 (0.72%) JUnit
7 3 (0.72%) WebDriver
8 2 (0.48%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.48%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.24%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.24%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.24%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 141 (33.73%) Social Skills
2 65 (15.55%) Finance
3 60 (14.35%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (10.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 39 (9.33%) Public Sector
6 27 (6.46%) Manufacturing
7 20 (4.78%) Organisational Skills
8 18 (4.31%) Law
9 15 (3.59%) Marketing
10 13 (3.11%) Banking
10 13 (3.11%) Electronics
11 12 (2.87%) Legal
11 12 (2.87%) Telecoms
12 10 (2.39%) Financial Institution
12 10 (2.39%) Front Office
12 10 (2.39%) Retail
13 7 (1.67%) Games
14 6 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
15 5 (1.20%) Investment Banking
16 4 (0.96%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 212 (50.72%) Developer
2 96 (22.97%) Senior
3 80 (19.14%) Architect
4 53 (12.68%) Senior Developer
5 47 (11.24%) Lead
6 41 (9.81%) .NET Developer
7 39 (9.33%) Platform Architect
7 39 (9.33%) Power Platform Architect
8 32 (7.66%) Technical Architect
9 30 (7.18%) Full Stack Developer
10 28 (6.70%) Web Developer
11 27 (6.46%) Lead Developer
11 27 (6.46%) Solutions Architect
12 23 (5.50%) Senior Architect
13 20 (4.78%) Dynamics 365 Architect
13 20 (4.78%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
13 20 (4.78%) Power Platform Developer
13 20 (4.78%) Senior Solutions Architect
13 20 (4.78%) Software Engineer
14 19 (4.55%) Dynamics 365 Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 103 (24.64%) HTML
2 95 (22.73%) CSS
3 84 (20.10%) .NET
4 47 (11.24%) RESTful
5 45 (10.77%) React
6 30 (7.18%) .NET Core
7 23 (5.50%) AngularJS
8 20 (4.78%) Web Services
9 19 (4.55%) jQuery
9 19 (4.55%) Kafka
9 19 (4.55%) Laravel
9 19 (4.55%) Vue
10 16 (3.83%) .NET Framework
10 16 (3.83%) LAMP
10 16 (3.83%) React Native
11 11 (2.63%) RabbitMQ
11 11 (2.63%) REST
12 10 (2.39%) JSON
12 10 (2.39%) Node.js
12 10 (2.39%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 31 (7.42%) Cloud Native
2 25 (5.98%) Mobile App
3 24 (5.74%) Algorithms
4 19 (4.55%) Distributed Systems
4 19 (4.55%) Video\Live Streaming
5 16 (3.83%) Management Information System
6 14 (3.35%) Hybrid Cloud
7 12 (2.87%) Virtual Team
8 10 (2.39%) Product Ownership
9 9 (2.15%) IoT
10 8 (1.91%) Blockchain
10 8 (1.91%) e-Learning
10 8 (1.91%) Replication
11 7 (1.67%) Arduino
11 7 (1.67%) Greenfield Project
11 7 (1.67%) Raspberry Pi
12 5 (1.20%) Animation
12 5 (1.20%) Driving Licence
12 5 (1.20%) Hedge funds
12 5 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 53 (12.68%) Windows
2 50 (11.96%) Linux
3 21 (5.02%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.91%) Mac OS
5 6 (1.44%) Android
6 5 (1.20%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.20%) Unix
7 2 (0.48%) Oracle Linux
7 2 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.24%) Amazon Linux
8 1 (0.24%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.24%) Solaris
8 1 (0.24%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (33.97%) Problem-Solving
2 99 (23.68%) Computer Science
3 94 (22.49%) Data Modelling
4 92 (22.01%) Mentoring
5 77 (18.42%) Business Intelligence
6 76 (18.18%) Analytics
7 75 (17.94%) User Experience
8 70 (16.75%) Artificial Intelligence
8 70 (16.75%) DevOps
9 68 (16.27%) Agile
10 67 (16.03%) Full Stack Development
11 63 (15.07%) Machine Learning
12 54 (12.92%) Front End Development
13 50 (11.96%) Software Engineering
14 47 (11.24%) CI/CD
14 47 (11.24%) Visualisation
15 45 (10.77%) ETL
15 45 (10.77%) Web Development
16 44 (10.53%) Design Patterns
17 42 (10.05%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 120 (28.71%) JavaScript
2 112 (26.79%) C#
3 101 (24.16%) SQL
4 55 (13.16%) Python
5 35 (8.37%) PHP
6 33 (7.89%) Java
7 31 (7.42%) TypeScript
8 24 (5.74%) C++
9 16 (3.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 9 (2.15%) Go
11 7 (1.67%) Bash
12 6 (1.44%) PowerShell
12 6 (1.44%) R
13 5 (1.20%) Dart
13 5 (1.20%) Rust
13 5 (1.20%) T-SQL
14 4 (0.96%) Scala
15 3 (0.72%) C
16 2 (0.48%) Perl
16 2 (0.48%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 106 (25.36%) Degree
2 86 (20.57%) Computer Science Degree
3 49 (11.72%) Microsoft Certification
4 38 (9.09%) Master's Degree
5 24 (5.74%) Security Cleared
6 21 (5.02%) SC Cleared
7 18 (4.31%) Azure Certification
7 18 (4.31%) CCNP
7 18 (4.31%) Cisco Certification
8 14 (3.35%) AWS Certification
9 13 (3.11%) MCSE
10 9 (2.15%) PhD
11 6 (1.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 5 (1.20%) CCNA
13 2 (0.48%) JNCIA
14 1 (0.24%) CCIE
14 1 (0.24%) ISEB
14 1 (0.24%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (5.50%) QA
2 17 (4.07%) Data Quality
3 14 (3.35%) Accessibility
4 11 (2.63%) GDPR
5 10 (2.39%) HIPAA
6 4 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.96%) Solvency II
7 1 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.24%) WCAG
System Software
1 37 (8.85%) Docker
2 34 (8.13%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.67%) Firmware
3 7 (1.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.44%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.72%) Ceph
5 3 (0.72%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.48%) HDFS
6 2 (0.48%) NFS
7 1 (0.24%) PowerDNS
7 1 (0.24%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 39 (9.33%) Kubernetes
2 17 (4.07%) Terraform
3 15 (3.59%) Ansible
3 15 (3.59%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (1.91%) Kiali
5 7 (1.67%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.96%) Istio
7 3 (0.72%) Grafana
7 3 (0.72%) Kibana
8 1 (0.24%) Iperf
8 1 (0.24%) Nmap
8 1 (0.24%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.24%) Puppet
8 1 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 114 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 20 (4.78%) VMware
3 16 (3.83%) Cisco
4 12 (2.87%) Dell
4 12 (2.87%) SAP
5 11 (2.63%) IBM
6 9 (2.15%) Splunk
7 8 (1.91%) AppDynamics
7 8 (1.91%) Databricks
7 8 (1.91%) Oracle
7 8 (1.91%) Red Hat
8 7 (1.67%) Google
8 7 (1.67%) NVIDIA
9 5 (1.20%) Apple
9 5 (1.20%) Mapbox
9 5 (1.20%) Veeam
9 5 (1.20%) Xamarin
10 4 (0.96%) BiZZdesign
10 4 (0.96%) NetApp
11 3 (0.72%) Informatica