Performance Test Analyst Job Trends

Performance Test Analyst
UK

The median Performance Test Analyst salary in the UK is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 October 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 656 746 748
Rank change year-on-year +90 +2 +421
Permanent jobs requiring a Performance Test Analyst 15 2 6
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.031% 0.003% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.034% 0.003% 0.011%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 5
10th Percentile - - £41,750
25th Percentile - - £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £90,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -44.44% +80.00% -8.65%
75th Percentile - - £57,500
90th Percentile - - £66,500
UK excluding London median annual salary - - £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -4.20%

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 43,999 66,430 54,180
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.87% 95.35% 95.61%
Number of salaries quoted 25,900 38,038 41,924
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £56,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -6.67% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,390 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.22% -4.76% -

Performance Test Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Performance Test Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Performance Test Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

Performance Test Analyst
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Performance Test Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Performance Test Analyst job vacancies in the UK

Performance Test Analyst
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Test Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 18 October 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
England +125 15 £50,000 -44.44%
South East - 13 - -
UK excluding London - 13 - -
London +61 2 £50,000 -44.44%
Work from Home +60 2 £50,000 -44.44%

Performance Test Analyst Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 18 October 2025, Performance Test Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Performance Test Analyst in the job title.

1 13 (86.67%) Performance Testing
1 13 (86.67%) SAP
1 13 (86.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (80.00%) Azure DevOps
2 12 (80.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 12 (80.00%) eCATT
2 12 (80.00%) ERP
2 12 (80.00%) HP
2 12 (80.00%) HP ALM
2 12 (80.00%) JIRA
2 12 (80.00%) Load Testing
2 12 (80.00%) NeoLoad
2 12 (80.00%) Performance Analysis
2 12 (80.00%) Product Roadmap
2 12 (80.00%) Programme Management
2 12 (80.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 12 (80.00%) Risk Management
2 12 (80.00%) Roadmaps
2 12 (80.00%) Source to Pay
2 12 (80.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 12 (80.00%) Test Management
2 12 (80.00%) Test Strategy
2 12 (80.00%) User Experience
2 12 (80.00%) Visualisation
3 2 (13.33%) CI/CD
3 2 (13.33%) JavaScript
3 2 (13.33%) JMeter
3 2 (13.33%) Playwright
3 2 (13.33%) TypeScript

Performance Test Analyst Skill Set
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:

Business Applications
1 13 (86.67%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 12 (80.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 12 (80.00%) eCATT
1 12 (80.00%) JIRA
1 12 (80.00%) NeoLoad
2 2 (13.33%) JMeter
General
1 12 (80.00%) Finance
1 12 (80.00%) Influencing Skills
1 12 (80.00%) Manufacturing
1 12 (80.00%) Marketing
1 12 (80.00%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (13.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) Playwright
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (86.67%) Performance Testing
2 12 (80.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 12 (80.00%) ERP
2 12 (80.00%) Load Testing
2 12 (80.00%) Performance Analysis
2 12 (80.00%) Product Roadmap
2 12 (80.00%) Programme Management
2 12 (80.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 12 (80.00%) Risk Management
2 12 (80.00%) Roadmaps
2 12 (80.00%) Source to Pay
2 12 (80.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 12 (80.00%) Test Management
2 12 (80.00%) Test Strategy
2 12 (80.00%) User Experience
2 12 (80.00%) Visualisation
3 2 (13.33%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 2 (13.33%) JavaScript
1 2 (13.33%) TypeScript
Systems Management
1 12 (80.00%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 13 (86.67%) SAP
2 12 (80.00%) HP