Performance Tuning
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Performance Tuning skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Performance Tuning over the 6 months to 28 November 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 339 338 393
Rank change year-on-year -1 +55 -95
Permanent jobs citing Performance Tuning 471 1,353 1,076
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.87% 1.08% 0.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.92% 1.13% 0.88%
Number of salaries quoted 331 764 721
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.09%
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,934 £97,437 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,250 £50,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% -3.85% +9.47%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Performance Tuning 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 51,121 120,104 122,523
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 94.09% 95.72% 95.43%
Number of salaries quoted 36,956 73,203 81,032
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,313 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year - +1.69% +7.27%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.94% +6.00% +4.17%

Performance Tuning
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Performance Tuning in the UK

Performance Tuning
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Performance Tuning in the UK

Performance Tuning
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Performance Tuning over the 6 months to 28 November 2023.

Salary histogram for Performance Tuning in the UK

Performance Tuning
Top 18 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 28 November 2023. 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 -24 399 £60,000 - 149
UK excluding London +43 321 £56,250 +12.50% 84
Work from Home +22 268 £60,000 +4.35% 79
London -59 122 £72,500 -3.33% 76
North of England +74 86 £59,250 +7.73% 35
South East +90 84 £52,500 +4.12% 27
Midlands +72 59 £57,500 +15.00% 12
North West +97 45 £55,000 -4.35% 20
Yorkshire +64 37 £62,533 +25.07% 11
East Midlands +41 34 £55,000 +15.79% 6
South West -19 29 £52,700 +8.66% 2
West Midlands +63 25 £70,000 +40.00% 6
Scotland +39 18 £62,533 -3.80% 4
Wales +11 18 £43,095 -20.56% 3
Isle of Man +3 10 £60,000 -17.24%
East of England +73 9 £39,000 -22.00%
Northern Ireland +40 8 £72,500 +65.71% 1
North East +28 4 £59,000 +47.50% 4

Performance Tuning
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 12 (2.55%) Confluence
1 12 (2.55%) WebLogic
2 8 (1.70%) Apache Spark
2 8 (1.70%) Oracle Service Bus
3 6 (1.27%) Apache
3 6 (1.27%) IIS
4 5 (1.06%) nginx
4 5 (1.06%) SharePoint
5 4 (0.85%) IBM Domino
5 4 (0.85%) JBoss
5 4 (0.85%) NetWeaver
6 3 (0.64%) MS Exchange
7 2 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.42%) CICS
7 2 (0.42%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.21%) Apache Pulsar
8 1 (0.21%) CMS
8 1 (0.21%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.21%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.21%) Tomcat
Applications
1 17 (3.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.70%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.70%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (1.91%) Remedy ITSM
2 7 (1.49%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.06%) Dynamics GP
3 5 (1.06%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.64%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.64%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.21%) Academy Housing
5 1 (0.21%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 1 (0.21%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.21%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.21%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.21%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.21%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 168 (35.67%) AWS
2 150 (31.85%) Azure
3 50 (10.62%) GCP
4 47 (9.98%) Power Platform
5 21 (4.46%) Amazon S3
6 20 (4.25%) Azure DevOps
7 19 (4.03%) Dynamics 365
7 19 (4.03%) SaaS
8 18 (3.82%) Azure Data Factory
9 16 (3.40%) Microsoft 365
10 14 (2.97%) Cloud Computing
11 9 (1.91%) Azure Monitor
11 9 (1.91%) PaaS
11 9 (1.91%) Serverless
12 7 (1.49%) AWS Lambda
12 7 (1.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 7 (1.49%) IaaS
13 6 (1.27%) Amazon EC2
14 5 (1.06%) Entra ID
14 5 (1.06%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 25 (5.31%) Firewall
2 24 (5.10%) DNS
3 19 (4.03%) SAN
4 18 (3.82%) DHCP
5 14 (2.97%) TCP/IP
6 13 (2.76%) WAN
7 12 (2.55%) Internet
8 11 (2.34%) LAN
9 10 (2.12%) VPN
10 9 (1.91%) VLAN
10 9 (1.91%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (1.06%) Network Security
11 5 (1.06%) SSL
12 4 (0.85%) FTP
12 4 (0.85%) Unified Communications
13 3 (0.64%) NAS
13 3 (0.64%) tcpdump
14 2 (0.42%) Cisco Nexus
14 2 (0.42%) VPLS
14 2 (0.42%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 146 (31.00%) Oracle Database
2 138 (29.30%) SQL Server
3 100 (21.23%) Oracle Database 11g
4 95 (20.17%) PostgreSQL
5 45 (9.55%) Power BI
6 42 (8.92%) Data Warehouse
7 36 (7.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 32 (6.79%) Oracle Database 10g
8 32 (6.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 30 (6.37%) Oracle Database 12c
10 29 (6.16%) Amazon Redshift
11 27 (5.73%) Relational Database
12 23 (4.88%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 22 (4.67%) Data Lake
14 21 (4.46%) Amazon RDS
15 17 (3.61%) Azure SQL Database
15 17 (3.61%) BusinessObjects
16 15 (3.18%) Amazon Athena
17 13 (2.76%) Amazon QuickSight
17 13 (2.76%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 34 (7.22%) Git
2 21 (4.46%) JIRA
3 7 (1.49%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 4 (0.85%) GitLab
4 4 (0.85%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.64%) Liquibase
5 3 (0.64%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (0.42%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.21%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.21%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.21%) Flyway
7 1 (0.21%) LSMW
7 1 (0.21%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.21%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.21%) Postman
7 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 114 (24.20%) Social Skills
2 80 (16.99%) Finance
3 50 (10.62%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (7.43%) Banking
4 35 (7.43%) Law
5 23 (4.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 18 (3.82%) Retail
7 14 (2.97%) Manufacturing
8 12 (2.55%) Organisational Skills
9 11 (2.34%) Legal
10 9 (1.91%) Public Sector
11 8 (1.70%) Marketing
12 7 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (1.49%) Games
12 7 (1.49%) Investment Banking
12 7 (1.49%) Local Government
13 6 (1.27%) Back Office
13 6 (1.27%) Front Office
13 6 (1.27%) Police
14 5 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 135 (28.66%) Senior
2 133 (28.24%) Developer
3 124 (26.33%) DBA
4 95 (20.17%) Administrator
5 61 (12.95%) Senior Developer
6 56 (11.89%) Database Developer
7 54 (11.46%) Senior Database Developer
8 53 (11.25%) PostgreSQL Developer
9 50 (10.62%) SQL DBA
10 30 (6.37%) Oracle DBA
11 27 (5.73%) Analyst
11 27 (5.73%) SQL Developer
12 25 (5.31%) Database Engineer
13 21 (4.46%) Data Engineer
14 20 (4.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 20 (4.25%) Senior Database Engineer
15 19 (4.03%) Applications Support
15 19 (4.03%) Lead
16 17 (3.61%) Senior DBA
17 16 (3.40%) Applications Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (7.86%) .NET
2 31 (6.58%) Middleware
3 26 (5.52%) HTML
4 23 (4.88%) CSS
5 18 (3.82%) AngularJS
5 18 (3.82%) CSS3
6 16 (3.40%) HTML5
7 15 (3.18%) RESTful
7 15 (3.18%) Web Services
8 14 (2.97%) REST
9 13 (2.76%) Android SDK
9 13 (2.76%) Dagger
9 13 (2.76%) Kafka
9 13 (2.76%) React
9 13 (2.76%) Retrofit
10 12 (2.55%) XML
11 8 (1.70%) Elastic Stack
12 6 (1.27%) .NET Core
12 6 (1.27%) Vue
13 5 (1.06%) SignalR
Miscellaneous
1 45 (9.55%) Replication
2 27 (5.73%) Clustering
3 23 (4.88%) Data Centre
3 23 (4.88%) Self-Motivation
4 19 (4.03%) Enterprise Software
4 19 (4.03%) Public Cloud
5 17 (3.61%) Distributed Systems
5 17 (3.61%) Renewable Energy
6 12 (2.55%) Product Ownership
7 10 (2.12%) CMDB
7 10 (2.12%) Mainframe
7 10 (2.12%) Robotics
8 9 (1.91%) Private Cloud
9 7 (1.49%) Hedge funds
9 7 (1.49%) Management Information System
10 5 (1.06%) Algorithms
10 5 (1.06%) Data Structures
10 5 (1.06%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 5 (1.06%) Hackathon
11 4 (0.85%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 75 (15.92%) Windows
2 63 (13.38%) Linux
3 29 (6.16%) Windows Server
4 23 (4.88%) Unix
5 16 (3.40%) Android
6 12 (2.55%) zOS
7 9 (1.91%) Solaris
7 9 (1.91%) Windows 10
8 7 (1.49%) Windows Server 2012
9 6 (1.27%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (1.27%) Windows Server 2019
10 5 (1.06%) Windows XP
11 3 (0.64%) AIX
11 3 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (0.42%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.21%) Debian
13 1 (0.21%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (24.42%) Migration
2 91 (19.32%) Artificial Intelligence
3 84 (17.83%) Agile
4 83 (17.62%) Actionable Insight
4 83 (17.62%) Problem-Solving
5 81 (17.20%) Disaster Recovery
6 78 (16.56%) Data Migration
7 75 (15.92%) Unit Testing
8 71 (15.07%) Secure Coding
9 67 (14.23%) High Availability
10 61 (12.95%) Data Modelling
11 58 (12.31%) Business Intelligence
12 51 (10.83%) CI/CD
13 49 (10.40%) Computer Science
13 49 (10.40%) DevOps
13 49 (10.40%) ETL
14 43 (9.13%) Capacity Planning
15 41 (8.70%) Incident Management
16 36 (7.64%) Performance Monitoring
17 35 (7.43%) Database Mirroring
Programming Languages
1 308 (65.39%) SQL
2 104 (22.08%) PL/SQL
3 77 (16.35%) Python
4 70 (14.86%) T-SQL
5 56 (11.89%) PowerShell
6 38 (8.07%) C#
6 38 (8.07%) JavaScript
7 35 (7.43%) Java
8 20 (4.25%) Bash
9 14 (2.97%) Shell Script
10 11 (2.34%) TypeScript
11 9 (1.91%) Scala
12 8 (1.70%) R
13 5 (1.06%) ABAP
14 4 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 4 (0.85%) Korn
14 4 (0.85%) Kotlin
14 4 (0.85%) VBA
15 3 (0.64%) C++
16 2 (0.42%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 77 (16.35%) Degree
2 31 (6.58%) Computer Science Degree
3 26 (5.52%) Security Cleared
4 21 (4.46%) SC Cleared
5 14 (2.97%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (2.55%) Cisco Certification
7 11 (2.34%) CCNA
8 9 (1.91%) ITIL Certification
9 8 (1.70%) OCA
9 8 (1.70%) OCP
9 8 (1.70%) Oracle Certification
10 6 (1.27%) CCNP
11 5 (1.06%) Azure Certification
11 5 (1.06%) DV Cleared
12 4 (0.85%) MCSA
12 4 (0.85%) Numerate Degree
13 3 (0.64%) Chartered Engineer
13 3 (0.64%) Master's Degree
13 3 (0.64%) MCP
14 1 (0.21%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (4.67%) Data Quality
2 19 (4.03%) SLA
3 4 (0.85%) QA
4 3 (0.64%) GDPR
4 3 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.64%) NIST
5 2 (0.42%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.21%) HIPAA
System Software
1 22 (4.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 20 (4.25%) Oracle RAC
3 18 (3.82%) Hyper-V
4 17 (3.61%) Active Directory
4 17 (3.61%) Docker
5 16 (3.40%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (2.76%) Firmware
7 7 (1.49%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.85%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.42%) RACF
9 2 (0.42%) Time Sharing Option
9 2 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.21%) Apache Flume
10 1 (0.21%) Ceph
10 1 (0.21%) GPFS
10 1 (0.21%) KVM
10 1 (0.21%) Lustre
10 1 (0.21%) PowerHA
10 1 (0.21%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 33 (7.01%) Kubernetes
2 29 (6.16%) Oracle RMAN
3 20 (4.25%) Data Guard
4 17 (3.61%) Failover Clustering
5 13 (2.76%) Grafana
6 12 (2.55%) Ansible
6 12 (2.55%) Terraform
7 10 (2.12%) SCCM
8 9 (1.91%) SCOM
9 7 (1.49%) Argo
9 7 (1.49%) Oracle Statspack
9 7 (1.49%) vCenter Server
10 6 (1.27%) Microsoft Clustering
10 6 (1.27%) Prometheus
10 6 (1.27%) WSUS
11 5 (1.06%) EMC NetWorker
11 5 (1.06%) NetBackup
11 5 (1.06%) Puppet
12 4 (0.85%) Microsoft Intune
13 3 (0.64%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 175 (37.15%) Oracle
2 134 (28.45%) Microsoft
3 33 (7.01%) VMware
4 28 (5.94%) Google
5 18 (3.82%) SAP
6 14 (2.97%) Databricks
6 14 (2.97%) IBM
7 10 (2.12%) TOWER Software
8 9 (1.91%) Cisco
8 9 (1.91%) HP
8 9 (1.91%) Remedy
9 8 (1.70%) Sun
9 8 (1.70%) Veeam
10 7 (1.49%) EMC
11 6 (1.27%) 3PAR
11 6 (1.27%) Citrix
11 6 (1.27%) Palo Alto
12 5 (1.06%) Extreme Networks
12 5 (1.06%) Juniper
12 5 (1.06%) Symantec