Performance Optimisation Job Trends in Wales

Performance Optimisation
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Performance Optimisation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 - 91
Rank change year-on-year - - +28
Permanent jobs citing Performance Optimisation 6 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 0.57% - 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.76% - 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile £39,071 - £43,250
25th Percentile £39,178 - £44,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,370 - £47,500
75th Percentile £44,241 - £49,375
90th Percentile - - £49,750
UK median annual salary £80,000 £70,996 £60,000
% change year-on-year +12.68% +18.33% -14.29%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Wales

Performance Optimisation 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 in Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 790 737 857
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 75.45% 84.42% 89.83%
Number of salaries quoted 534 353 637
10th Percentile £25,087 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,122 £49,104 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +3.38% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £72,433
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Performance Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Performance Optimisation job vacancy trend in Wales

Performance Optimisation
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Performance Optimisation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Performance Optimisation

Performance Optimisation
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Optimisation within the Wales region over the 6 months to 15 January 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
South Wales - 6 £41,370 - 26
Performance Optimisation
UK

Performance Optimisation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Azure
2 2 (33.33%) Azure Functions
2 2 (33.33%) Azure Logic Apps
2 2 (33.33%) Azure Service Bus
2 2 (33.33%) Power Automate
2 2 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 2 (33.33%) PowerApps
2 2 (33.33%) Serverless
3 1 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) NetScaler
1 1 (16.67%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Selenium
1 3 (50.00%) SpecFlow
1 3 (50.00%) WebDriver
2 1 (16.67%) Git
General
1 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Automation Tester
2 2 (33.33%) Tester
3 1 (16.67%) Full-Stack Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Test Automation Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (50.00%) Web Services
2 2 (33.33%) REST
3 1 (16.67%) .NET
3 1 (16.67%) RESTful
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) DevOps
2 5 (83.33%) Acceptance Criteria
2 5 (83.33%) Agile
2 5 (83.33%) Scrum
3 3 (50.00%) BDD
3 3 (50.00%) Continuous Deployment
3 3 (50.00%) Test Automation
4 2 (33.33%) AI
4 2 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (33.33%) CRM
4 2 (33.33%) Machine Learning
4 2 (33.33%) User Experience
5 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
5 1 (16.67%) Continuous Delivery
5 1 (16.67%) Deployment Automation
5 1 (16.67%) Full-Stack Development
5 1 (16.67%) High Availability
5 1 (16.67%) Load Balancing
5 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) SQL
2 2 (33.33%) C#
3 1 (16.67%) Java
3 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
3 1 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft