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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 298 391 401
Rank change year-on-year +93 +10 -14
Permanent jobs citing Performance Tuning 944 885 1,410
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.96% 0.84% 0.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.12% 0.88% 0.96%
Number of salaries quoted 450 443 862
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,971 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £46,967 £49,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,125 £108,750 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £52,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.58% -5.45% +15.79%

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 84,460 100,219 147,325
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.03% 95.64% 95.59%
Number of salaries quoted 59,759 58,822 83,132
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £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 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 26 April 2024.

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 26 April 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
UK excluding London +163 719 £57,500 +10.58% 79
England -8 566 £59,000 -5.60% 131
Work from Home +102 390 £57,500 -4.17% 69
Scotland +118 283 £57,500 -10.20% 8
London -34 194 £77,500 -0.41% 54
North of England +60 136 £57,500 +10.58% 15
South East +54 100 £57,500 -11.54% 18
North West +34 77 £55,000 +8.37% 12
Midlands +38 75 £57,500 +15.00% 23
Wales +51 58 £46,604 +18.74% 1
West Midlands +36 44 £60,000 +20.00% 10
South West -38 40 £57,500 +91.67% 5
East Midlands +5 31 £57,500 +27.78% 13
Yorkshire +69 30 £55,000 -8.33% 3
North East +17 29 £57,500 +43.75%
East of England +5 14 £57,500 +15.00% 12
Northern Ireland +36 13 £77,500 +6.90%

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
1 235 (24.89%) Apache Spark
2 59 (6.25%) Apache
3 54 (5.72%) WebLogic
4 45 (4.77%) Oracle Service Bus
5 27 (2.86%) CMS
6 18 (1.91%) IIS
7 13 (1.38%) Apache Airflow
8 11 (1.17%) SharePoint
9 8 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
10 7 (0.74%) nginx
11 4 (0.42%) SAS
12 3 (0.32%) CICS
12 3 (0.32%) GlassFish
12 3 (0.32%) IBM Domino
12 3 (0.32%) JBoss
12 3 (0.32%) MQSeries
12 3 (0.32%) Oracle HTTP Server
12 3 (0.32%) Tomcat
12 3 (0.32%) WebSphere
13 2 (0.21%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 67 (7.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 60 (6.36%) Microsoft Office
3 45 (4.77%) MS Visio
4 14 (1.48%) Photoshop
5 3 (0.32%) Siemens NX
6 1 (0.11%) Weka
Business Applications
1 45 (4.77%) Remedy ITSM
2 27 (2.86%) SDL Web 8
3 14 (1.48%) Dynamics CRM
4 13 (1.38%) Dynamics NAV
5 10 (1.06%) NEC Housing
6 8 (0.85%) Dynamics AX
7 5 (0.53%) Elite 3E
7 5 (0.53%) SAP ERP
8 3 (0.32%) Maximo
8 3 (0.32%) Teamcenter
9 2 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
9 2 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
10 1 (0.11%) Academy Housing
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle Applications
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 1 (0.11%) SAP CRM
10 1 (0.11%) SAP GRC
10 1 (0.11%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 361 (38.24%) AWS
2 252 (26.69%) Azure
3 143 (15.15%) Power Platform
4 71 (7.52%) Serverless
5 57 (6.04%) AWS Lambda
6 52 (5.51%) Amazon ECS
6 52 (5.51%) Amazon EKS
7 51 (5.40%) Amazon EC2
7 51 (5.40%) Amazon EMR
7 51 (5.40%) Amazon SQS
8 36 (3.81%) GCP
9 33 (3.50%) SaaS
10 30 (3.18%) OCI
11 22 (2.33%) Amazon S3
11 22 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
12 16 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
13 15 (1.59%) GitHub
13 15 (1.59%) Microsoft 365
14 14 (1.48%) Adobe Creative Cloud
14 14 (1.48%) NuGet
Communications & Networking
1 74 (7.84%) Broadband
2 46 (4.87%) DNS
3 44 (4.66%) Firewall
4 32 (3.39%) DHCP
5 22 (2.33%) SAN
6 19 (2.01%) TCP/IP
7 18 (1.91%) DSL
8 17 (1.80%) Internet
9 10 (1.06%) SNMP
9 10 (1.06%) tcpdump
10 7 (0.74%) AMQP
11 6 (0.64%) VLAN
11 6 (0.64%) VPN
12 5 (0.53%) SSL
13 4 (0.42%) Fibre Channel
13 4 (0.42%) NAS
14 3 (0.32%) HTTP
14 3 (0.32%) Reverse Proxy
14 3 (0.32%) Wireless
14 3 (0.32%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 299 (31.67%) SQL Server
2 238 (25.21%) Big Data
3 233 (24.68%) NoSQL
4 209 (22.14%) Oracle Database
5 165 (17.48%) PostgreSQL
6 153 (16.21%) Oracle Database 11g
7 141 (14.94%) Power BI
8 89 (9.43%) Azure SQL Database
9 74 (7.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 65 (6.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 59 (6.25%) MongoDB
12 54 (5.72%) Hadoop
13 51 (5.40%) Electronic Patient Records
14 46 (4.87%) Data Warehouse
15 45 (4.77%) Oracle Database 10g
15 45 (4.77%) VLDB
16 38 (4.03%) Relational Database
17 35 (3.71%) MySQL
18 34 (3.60%) Data Lake
19 31 (3.28%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 66 (6.99%) Git
2 51 (5.40%) JIRA
3 45 (4.77%) TeamCity
4 36 (3.81%) GitLab
5 34 (3.60%) Jenkins
6 27 (2.86%) Moq
6 27 (2.86%) NUnit
7 25 (2.65%) Visual Studio
8 20 (2.12%) Octopus Deploy
9 14 (1.48%) git-flow
9 14 (1.48%) Sourcetree
9 14 (1.48%) SpecFlow
10 9 (0.95%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 7 (0.74%) Cypress.io
11 7 (0.74%) Mocha
12 2 (0.21%) Bitbucket
12 2 (0.21%) Mercurial
13 1 (0.11%) Liquibase
13 1 (0.11%) Toad
General
1 347 (36.76%) Finance
2 280 (29.66%) Law
3 265 (28.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 256 (27.12%) Social Skills
5 211 (22.35%) Marketing
6 161 (17.06%) Influencing Skills
7 135 (14.30%) Analytical Skills
8 75 (7.94%) Legal
9 71 (7.52%) Financial Institution
10 54 (5.72%) Banking
11 40 (4.24%) Investment Banking
12 27 (2.86%) Retail
13 22 (2.33%) Police
14 21 (2.22%) Local Government
15 18 (1.91%) Public Sector
16 17 (1.80%) Games
17 15 (1.59%) Telecoms
18 13 (1.38%) Manufacturing
19 10 (1.06%) Back Office
19 10 (1.06%) Prime Brokerage
Job Titles
1 231 (24.47%) Senior
2 221 (23.41%) Developer
3 188 (19.92%) DBA
3 188 (19.92%) Software Engineer
4 170 (18.01%) Lead
5 160 (16.95%) Big Data Engineer
6 159 (16.84%) Big Data Software Engineer
6 159 (16.84%) Scala Engineer
6 159 (16.84%) Scala Software Engineer
7 122 (12.92%) Lead Software Engineer
8 121 (12.82%) Senior Developer
9 118 (12.50%) Java Engineer
9 118 (12.50%) Java Software Engineer
10 113 (11.97%) SQL DBA
11 108 (11.44%) Lead Big Data Engineer
12 107 (11.33%) Java Scala Software Engineer
13 106 (11.23%) Database Developer
13 106 (11.23%) Lead Java Engineer
14 105 (11.12%) PostgreSQL Developer
15 94 (9.96%) Senior Database Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (7.73%) .NET
2 55 (5.83%) RESTful
3 54 (5.72%) Kafka
4 50 (5.30%) CSS
5 43 (4.56%) Web Services
6 42 (4.45%) React
7 41 (4.34%) HTML
8 36 (3.81%) ASP.NET
9 34 (3.60%) SOAP
10 29 (3.07%) .NET Framework
10 29 (3.07%) jQuery
11 27 (2.86%) ASP.NET MVC
11 27 (2.86%) ASP.NET MVC 5
11 27 (2.86%) Entity Framework
12 26 (2.75%) Semantic HTML
13 21 (2.22%) XML
14 20 (2.12%) AngularJS
14 20 (2.12%) RabbitMQ
15 17 (1.80%) Spring
16 15 (1.59%) Ninject
Miscellaneous
1 97 (10.28%) Cloud Native
2 61 (6.46%) Replication
3 59 (6.25%) Algorithms
4 49 (5.19%) Clustering
5 38 (4.03%) Management Information System
6 34 (3.60%) Self-Motivation
7 26 (2.75%) Legacy Code
7 26 (2.75%) Product Ownership
8 25 (2.65%) Data Centre
8 25 (2.65%) Public Cloud
9 20 (2.12%) Greenfield Project
10 13 (1.38%) Client/Server
10 13 (1.38%) Online Games
11 12 (1.27%) Data Structures
12 10 (1.06%) Driving Licence
13 7 (0.74%) Onboarding
14 6 (0.64%) AS400
14 6 (0.64%) Enterprise Software
14 6 (0.64%) Legacy Systems
14 6 (0.64%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 151 (16.00%) Linux
2 102 (10.81%) Windows
3 78 (8.26%) VMS
4 74 (7.84%) Unix
5 58 (6.14%) Solaris
6 40 (4.24%) Windows Server
7 20 (2.12%) Windows 10
8 18 (1.91%) Windows Server 2016
9 15 (1.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 15 (1.59%) Windows Server 2019
10 14 (1.48%) Oracle Linux
11 13 (1.38%) Android
12 12 (1.27%) Windows Server 2012
12 12 (1.27%) Windows XP
13 6 (0.64%) Apple iOS
14 5 (0.53%) AIX
15 4 (0.42%) Ubuntu
15 4 (0.42%) zOS
16 3 (0.32%) Windows 7
16 3 (0.32%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 322 (34.11%) Agile
2 294 (31.14%) Software Engineering
3 259 (27.44%) CI/CD
4 250 (26.48%) SDLC
5 240 (25.42%) Artificial Intelligence
6 188 (19.92%) Disaster Recovery
6 188 (19.92%) Operational Stability
7 179 (18.96%) Business Intelligence
8 169 (17.90%) Problem-Solving
9 162 (17.16%) High Availability
10 149 (15.78%) Actionable Insight
11 137 (14.51%) Unit Testing
12 136 (14.41%) Migration
13 113 (11.97%) Mentoring
14 112 (11.86%) Data Migration
15 111 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
16 105 (11.12%) Secure Coding
17 92 (9.75%) Computer Science
18 91 (9.64%) DevOps
19 89 (9.43%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 763 (80.83%) SQL
2 278 (29.45%) Java
3 234 (24.79%) Scala
4 216 (22.88%) T-SQL
5 203 (21.50%) PL/SQL
6 95 (10.06%) Python
7 83 (8.79%) C#
8 82 (8.69%) PowerShell
9 78 (8.26%) JavaScript
10 25 (2.65%) Bash
11 20 (2.12%) C
12 14 (1.48%) XPath
13 13 (1.38%) TypeScript
14 12 (1.27%) Kotlin
15 11 (1.17%) Perl
16 10 (1.06%) RPG
17 9 (0.95%) Shell Script
18 7 (0.74%) ABAP
18 7 (0.74%) VBA
19 4 (0.42%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 172 (18.22%) Degree
2 99 (10.49%) Microsoft Certification
3 79 (8.37%) Security Cleared
4 58 (6.14%) SC Cleared
5 55 (5.83%) Computer Science Degree
6 36 (3.81%) Oracle Certification
7 26 (2.75%) OCP
8 22 (2.33%) Cisco Certification
9 18 (1.91%) CCNA
10 17 (1.80%) DV Cleared
11 16 (1.69%) CCNP
12 15 (1.59%) MCSE
13 14 (1.48%) Azure Certification
14 9 (0.95%) OCA
15 8 (0.85%) MCP
16 6 (0.64%) MCSA
16 6 (0.64%) PMI Certification
17 4 (0.42%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 4 (0.42%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
18 3 (0.32%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (6.99%) SLA
2 29 (3.07%) QA
3 23 (2.44%) Data Quality
4 12 (1.27%) Accessibility
5 11 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.32%) GDPR
8 1 (0.11%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.11%) ITGC
System Software
1 78 (8.26%) Virtual Machines
2 60 (6.36%) Docker
3 57 (6.04%) Oracle RAC
4 49 (5.19%) Active Directory
5 37 (3.92%) VMware Infrastructure
6 36 (3.81%) VMware ESXi
7 19 (2.01%) Hyper-V
8 12 (1.27%) Firmware
9 6 (0.64%) vSphere
10 5 (0.53%) Virtual Servers
11 3 (0.32%) NFS
11 3 (0.32%) RACF
11 3 (0.32%) Time Sharing Option
11 3 (0.32%) XenApp
12 2 (0.21%) Ceph
12 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.11%) Apache ZooKeeper
13 1 (0.11%) GridGain
13 1 (0.11%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 66 (6.99%) Kubernetes
2 57 (6.04%) Oracle RMAN
3 55 (5.83%) Data Guard
4 36 (3.81%) Ansible
5 27 (2.86%) Terraform
6 26 (2.75%) SCOM
7 24 (2.54%) vCenter Server
8 23 (2.44%) Grafana
9 20 (2.12%) Nagios
10 19 (2.01%) SCCM
11 18 (1.91%) WSUS
12 13 (1.38%) HAProxy
12 13 (1.38%) Prometheus
13 12 (1.27%) EMC NetWorker
13 12 (1.27%) NetBackup
13 12 (1.27%) Puppet
14 10 (1.06%) Graphite
15 7 (0.74%) Foglight
15 7 (0.74%) Microsoft Clustering
16 6 (0.64%) Oracle Statspack
Vendors
1 288 (30.51%) Oracle
2 227 (24.05%) Microsoft
3 45 (4.77%) Remedy
3 45 (4.77%) Sun
4 38 (4.03%) VMware
5 31 (3.28%) Veeam
6 30 (3.18%) Databricks
7 29 (3.07%) Sybase
8 25 (2.65%) Dell
8 25 (2.65%) IBM
9 23 (2.44%) HP
10 21 (2.22%) Cisco
11 20 (2.12%) Cognos
12 18 (1.91%) Alteryx
13 15 (1.59%) Adobe
13 15 (1.59%) EMC
14 14 (1.48%) 3PAR
14 14 (1.48%) Cognizant
14 14 (1.48%) Palo Alto
15 12 (1.27%) Extreme Networks