Performance Tuning Job Trends

Performance Tuning
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Performance Tuning skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 362 409 326
Rank change year-on-year +47 -83 +17
Permanent jobs citing Performance Tuning 373 282 731
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.50% 0.65% 0.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.64% 0.69% 0.99%
Number of salaries quoted 248 198 471
10th Percentile £46,750 £32,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £59,375 £50,250 £50,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £93,750 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £126,250 £95,750 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £59,063 £57,500
% change year-on-year +10.05% +2.72% +16.68%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Performance Tuning 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 57,853 40,823 73,554
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 78.06% 93.60% 87.34%
Number of salaries quoted 35,092 22,156 55,922
10th Percentile £29,750 £32,366 £29,000
25th Percentile £39,911 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.86%
75th Percentile £76,674 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

Performance Tuning
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Performance Tuning job vacancy trend in the UK

Performance Tuning
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Performance Tuning

Performance Tuning
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Performance Tuning over the 6 months to 14 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Performance Tuning in the UK

Performance Tuning
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 Tuning within the UK over the 6 months to 14 March 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
England +41 342 £75,000 +25.00% 209
London +102 187 £87,500 +20.69% 89
UK excluding London -29 159 £65,000 +10.05% 151
Work from Home +31 129 £70,000 +16.67% 91
South East 0 50 £77,500 +29.17% 50
North of England -44 37 £60,000 -2.04% 34
East of England +19 28 £62,500 - 17
Midlands -34 27 £63,775 +82.21% 22
North West -7 20 £65,000 +4.00% 22
West Midlands -18 17 £58,750 +67.86% 17
Yorkshire -42 13 £60,000 +4.35% 10
East Midlands -23 10 £63,775 +21.48% 5
Scotland -23 7 £97,500 +95.00% 13
South West -41 6 £70,000 -3.45% 14
North East -20 4 £51,000 -15.00% 2
Northern Ireland - 3 - -
Wales - 1 £55,000 - 7

Performance Tuning
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 36 (9.65%) Apache Airflow
2 30 (8.04%) Apache Spark
3 19 (5.09%) Apache
4 15 (4.02%) SharePoint
5 7 (1.88%) IIS
6 6 (1.61%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.54%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.54%) CICS
7 2 (0.54%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.27%) JBoss
8 1 (0.27%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.27%) SAS
8 1 (0.27%) Tomcat
Applications
1 16 (4.29%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.54%) Weka
4 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.07%) Markit EDM
3 3 (0.80%) FLEXCUBE
3 3 (0.80%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (0.80%) Temenos T24
4 2 (0.54%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.54%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.54%) SAP GRC
4 2 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.27%) Cognos Business Intelligence
5 1 (0.27%) Endur
5 1 (0.27%) Magento
5 1 (0.27%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.27%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.27%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 176 (47.18%) Azure
2 120 (32.17%) AWS
3 46 (12.33%) GCP
4 38 (10.19%) Amazon S3
4 38 (10.19%) Power Platform
5 34 (9.12%) Azure DevOps
6 33 (8.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 28 (7.51%) dbt
8 25 (6.70%) Snowflake
9 22 (5.90%) Serverless
10 21 (5.63%) GitHub
11 20 (5.36%) Azure Data Factory
12 17 (4.56%) AWS Lambda
13 16 (4.29%) SaaS
14 14 (3.75%) OpenShift
15 12 (3.22%) Matillion
15 12 (3.22%) Microsoft 365
16 11 (2.95%) Amazon EKS
16 11 (2.95%) Azure AKS
16 11 (2.95%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 27 (7.24%) Firewall
2 23 (6.17%) DNS
3 18 (4.83%) TCP/IP
4 16 (4.29%) DHCP
5 13 (3.49%) VPN
6 12 (3.22%) WAN
7 11 (2.95%) VLAN
8 8 (2.14%) BGP
8 8 (2.14%) LAN
8 8 (2.14%) SAN
9 5 (1.34%) SD-WAN
10 3 (0.80%) SSL
10 3 (0.80%) VoIP
11 2 (0.54%) Broadband
11 2 (0.54%) EIGRP
11 2 (0.54%) IPsec
11 2 (0.54%) OSPF
11 2 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
11 2 (0.54%) Wireless
11 2 (0.54%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (20.91%) SQL Server
2 59 (15.82%) Data Warehouse
3 30 (8.04%) Power BI
4 28 (7.51%) Oracle Database
4 28 (7.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 27 (7.24%) PostgreSQL
6 25 (6.70%) Snowflake Schema
7 24 (6.43%) Tableau
8 22 (5.90%) NoSQL
9 20 (5.36%) Data Lake
9 20 (5.36%) Relational Database
10 18 (4.83%) Amazon RDS
10 18 (4.83%) Amazon Redshift
10 18 (4.83%) Elasticsearch
11 17 (4.56%) Azure SQL Database
12 16 (4.29%) MySQL
13 14 (3.75%) MongoDB
13 14 (3.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 13 (3.49%) Apache Hive
14 13 (3.49%) Impala
Development Applications
1 44 (11.80%) Git
2 13 (3.49%) IBM UrbanCode
3 9 (2.41%) MLflow
4 7 (1.88%) JIRA
5 5 (1.34%) TeamCity
6 4 (1.07%) Jenkins
6 4 (1.07%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.80%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.80%) NUnit
7 3 (0.80%) Storybook
8 2 (0.54%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.54%) GitLab
8 2 (0.54%) JUnit
8 2 (0.54%) Mockito
8 2 (0.54%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.54%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.54%) Subversion
8 2 (0.54%) XCUITest
9 1 (0.27%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.27%) Cypress.io
General
1 115 (30.83%) Social Skills
2 91 (24.40%) Finance
3 63 (16.89%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (9.92%) Banking
5 30 (8.04%) Law
6 28 (7.51%) Front Office
7 26 (6.97%) Public Sector
8 21 (5.63%) Investment Banking
9 19 (5.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 15 (4.02%) Legal
10 15 (4.02%) Retail
11 11 (2.95%) Financial Institution
11 11 (2.95%) Marketing
12 8 (2.14%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (1.88%) Back Office
13 7 (1.88%) Telecoms
14 4 (1.07%) Manufacturing
15 2 (0.54%) Automotive
16 1 (0.27%) Advertising
16 1 (0.27%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 92 (24.66%) Senior
2 87 (23.32%) Developer
3 43 (11.53%) Architect
4 35 (9.38%) DBA
4 35 (9.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 31 (8.31%) Lead
6 23 (6.17%) Data Architect
7 22 (5.90%) Data Engineer
8 21 (5.63%) Electronic Trading Developer
9 19 (5.09%) React Developer
10 18 (4.83%) AWS Engineer
10 18 (4.83%) Azure Architect
10 18 (4.83%) Azure Data Architect
10 18 (4.83%) Software Engineer
11 17 (4.56%) Java Developer
12 16 (4.29%) Administrator
12 16 (4.29%) Analyst
12 16 (4.29%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 16 (4.29%) SQL DBA
13 14 (3.75%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (12.87%) .NET
2 34 (9.12%) React
3 31 (8.31%) RESTful
4 30 (8.04%) Kafka
5 26 (6.97%) REST
6 25 (6.70%) FIX Protocol
6 25 (6.70%) WebSockets
7 23 (6.17%) PySpark
8 20 (5.36%) .NET Framework
9 19 (5.09%) Highcharts JS
9 19 (5.09%) OpenFin
10 15 (4.02%) Pandas
10 15 (4.02%) Spring
10 15 (4.02%) Spring Boot
11 13 (3.49%) .NET Core
12 11 (2.95%) CSS
12 11 (2.95%) HTML
12 11 (2.95%) OAuth
12 11 (2.95%) OAuth2
13 10 (2.68%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 76 (20.38%) Cloud Native
2 42 (11.26%) Distributed Systems
3 21 (5.63%) Fixed Income
4 20 (5.36%) Data Structures
5 18 (4.83%) Clustering
6 14 (3.75%) Replication
7 13 (3.49%) Legacy Systems
7 13 (3.49%) Management Information System
7 13 (3.49%) Public Cloud
8 10 (2.68%) Legacy Applications
9 8 (2.14%) Product Ownership
9 8 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (1.88%) Algorithms
10 7 (1.88%) Data Centre
10 7 (1.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 6 (1.61%) Hybrid Cloud
12 5 (1.34%) CMDB
12 5 (1.34%) Equities
12 5 (1.34%) Onboarding
13 4 (1.07%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 47 (12.60%) Windows
2 42 (11.26%) Linux
3 27 (7.24%) Windows Server
4 13 (3.49%) VMS
5 7 (1.88%) Windows Server 2012
5 7 (1.88%) Windows Server 2019
6 6 (1.61%) Android
6 6 (1.61%) Unix
7 5 (1.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (1.07%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.80%) AIX
9 3 (0.80%) CentOS
9 3 (0.80%) Oracle Linux
9 3 (0.80%) SUSE
9 3 (0.80%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 3 (0.80%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.54%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.54%) zOS
11 1 (0.27%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.27%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (32.17%) CI/CD
2 108 (28.95%) DevOps
3 92 (24.66%) Analytics
4 88 (23.59%) ETL
5 87 (23.32%) Problem-Solving
6 82 (21.98%) Data Modelling
7 81 (21.72%) Agile
8 73 (19.57%) Containerisation
9 68 (18.23%) AI
10 67 (17.96%) Continuous Improvement
11 66 (17.69%) Technical Leadership
12 63 (16.89%) Data Governance
13 56 (15.01%) Infrastructure as Code
14 55 (14.75%) Stakeholder Management
15 54 (14.48%) Disaster Recovery
16 49 (13.14%) Migration
17 48 (12.87%) High Availability
18 47 (12.60%) Data Pipeline
19 46 (12.33%) Microservices
20 45 (12.06%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 164 (43.97%) SQL
2 114 (30.56%) Python
3 51 (13.67%) C#
4 44 (11.80%) Java
5 35 (9.38%) PowerShell
6 32 (8.58%) JavaScript
7 25 (6.70%) T-SQL
8 16 (4.29%) Bash
9 13 (3.49%) Go
10 11 (2.95%) Bicep
11 10 (2.68%) Shell Script
12 8 (2.14%) PL/SQL
13 5 (1.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 5 (1.34%) Korn
13 5 (1.34%) R
13 5 (1.34%) TypeScript
14 3 (0.80%) C++
14 3 (0.80%) JCL
15 2 (0.54%) COBOL
15 2 (0.54%) Perl
Qualifications
1 48 (12.87%) Degree
2 28 (7.51%) Security Cleared
3 25 (6.70%) Computer Science Degree
4 20 (5.36%) SC Cleared
5 13 (3.49%) Azure Certification
6 11 (2.95%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (2.14%) AWS Certification
8 6 (1.61%) CISSP
8 6 (1.61%) Master's Degree
8 6 (1.61%) Oracle Certification
9 5 (1.34%) DV Cleared
9 5 (1.34%) Network+ Certification
9 5 (1.34%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 4 (1.07%) MCSE
10 4 (1.07%) OCP
11 3 (0.80%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (0.80%) CCIE
11 3 (0.80%) CCNP
11 3 (0.80%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.54%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (15.01%) Data Quality
2 24 (6.43%) GDPR
3 16 (4.29%) QA
4 12 (3.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (2.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 8 (2.14%) NIST
7 7 (1.88%) PCI DSS
7 7 (1.88%) SOC 2
8 6 (1.61%) Accessibility
9 5 (1.34%) HIPAA
9 5 (1.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.80%) SLA
11 2 (0.54%) GRC
11 2 (0.54%) IFRS
11 2 (0.54%) MiFID
11 2 (0.54%) PMO
12 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 53 (14.21%) Docker
2 23 (6.17%) Active Directory
3 12 (3.22%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (2.41%) VMware ESXi
5 8 (2.14%) Oracle RAC
5 8 (2.14%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (2.14%) vSphere
6 5 (1.34%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.80%) KVM
8 2 (0.54%) Ceph
8 2 (0.54%) Lustre
8 2 (0.54%) RACF
8 2 (0.54%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.27%) vCloud
9 1 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.27%) Xen
Systems Management
1 62 (16.62%) Kubernetes
2 55 (14.75%) Terraform
3 21 (5.63%) Ansible
4 13 (3.49%) vCenter Server
5 12 (3.22%) Grafana
6 10 (2.68%) Microsoft Intune
7 9 (2.41%) Data Guard
8 8 (2.14%) Oracle RMAN
8 8 (2.14%) Prometheus
9 7 (1.88%) SCCM
10 4 (1.07%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (1.07%) Nagios
10 4 (1.07%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 4 (1.07%) SolarWinds Orion
11 3 (0.80%) FortiGate
11 3 (0.80%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.54%) logstash
12 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
13 1 (0.27%) Kibana
13 1 (0.27%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 76 (20.38%) Microsoft
2 37 (9.92%) Oracle
3 29 (7.77%) Databricks
4 25 (6.70%) VMware
5 18 (4.83%) Red Hat
6 17 (4.56%) SolarWinds
7 11 (2.95%) Informatica
8 10 (2.68%) Veeam
9 9 (2.41%) Cloudera
9 9 (2.41%) Dell
9 9 (2.41%) IBM
9 9 (2.41%) New Relic
10 8 (2.14%) Google
10 8 (2.14%) SAP
10 8 (2.14%) Talend
11 7 (1.88%) 3PAR
11 7 (1.88%) NetApp
12 6 (1.61%) MuleSoft
13 5 (1.34%) AppDynamics
14 4 (1.07%) Delphix