Performance Optimisation Jobs with Work from Home Options

Performance Optimisation
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Performance Optimisation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Performance Optimisation over the 6 months to 27 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 417 541 533
Rank change year-on-year +124 -8 -61
Permanent jobs citing Performance Optimisation 178 104 357
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.52% 0.26% 0.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.57% 0.27% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 146 74 128
10th Percentile £46,250 £53,750 £45,000
25th Percentile £55,313 £55,313 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £61,040
Median % change year-on-year - +14.68% +1.73%
75th Percentile £85,000 £77,188 £81,250
90th Percentile £110,625 £83,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £70,000 £62,000
% change year-on-year -10.71% +12.90% +3.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Performance Optimisation 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 WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 30,975 38,432 70,849
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 90.61% 96.05% 97.11%
Number of salaries quoted 23,429 26,704 41,843
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

Performance Optimisation
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Performance Optimisation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Performance Optimisation trend for jobs with a WFH option

Performance Optimisation
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Performance Optimisation.

Performance Optimisation salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Performance Optimisation
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Performance Optimisation over the 6 months to 27 May 2024.

Performance Optimisation salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Performance Optimisation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 13 (7.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.81%) Apache
2 5 (2.81%) Apache Spark
3 2 (1.12%) ArcGIS
3 2 (1.12%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.12%) WordPress
4 1 (0.56%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (0.56%) CMS
4 1 (0.56%) Drupal
4 1 (0.56%) SharePoint Server
Business Applications
1 1 (0.56%) Magento
1 1 (0.56%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 70 (39.33%) Azure
2 38 (21.35%) AWS
3 26 (14.61%) Power Platform
4 24 (13.48%) Microsoft 365
5 22 (12.36%) Power Automate
5 22 (12.36%) PowerApps
6 14 (7.87%) GCP
7 13 (7.30%) Entra ID
8 12 (6.74%) SaaS
9 11 (6.18%) Amazon S3
10 9 (5.06%) Serverless
11 8 (4.49%) Azure DevOps
11 8 (4.49%) Cloud Computing
12 7 (3.93%) AWS Lambda
13 6 (3.37%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 6 (3.37%) Azure Data Factory
13 6 (3.37%) Azure Functions
13 6 (3.37%) Azure Monitor
13 6 (3.37%) Google Compute Engine
13 6 (3.37%) Stackdriver
Communications & Networking
1 10 (5.62%) VPN
2 8 (4.49%) MQTT
3 7 (3.93%) HTTP
4 6 (3.37%) DNS
5 5 (2.81%) Firewall
5 5 (2.81%) Network Security
6 4 (2.25%) DHCP
7 3 (1.69%) Intrusion Detection
7 3 (1.69%) VLAN
8 2 (1.12%) DNSSEC
8 2 (1.12%) Fibre Channel
8 2 (1.12%) IPv4
8 2 (1.12%) IPv6
8 2 (1.12%) iSCSI
8 2 (1.12%) LAN
8 2 (1.12%) OSPF
8 2 (1.12%) SAN
8 2 (1.12%) TCP/IP
8 2 (1.12%) WAN
8 2 (1.12%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (14.61%) Power BI
2 21 (11.80%) Relational Database
3 14 (7.87%) MySQL
4 10 (5.62%) NoSQL
4 10 (5.62%) SQL Server
5 9 (5.06%) Amazon RDS
6 7 (3.93%) BigQuery
7 5 (2.81%) Geospatial Data
7 5 (2.81%) Hadoop
8 3 (1.69%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (1.12%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (1.12%) Dremio
9 2 (1.12%) GIS
9 2 (1.12%) InfluxDB
9 2 (1.12%) MariaDB
9 2 (1.12%) Spatial Data
10 1 (0.56%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.56%) Elasticsearch
10 1 (0.56%) Redis
Development Applications
1 17 (9.55%) Git
2 6 (3.37%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.12%) JIRA
3 2 (1.12%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.56%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.56%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.56%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.56%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 60 (33.71%) Social Skills
2 30 (16.85%) Public Sector
3 27 (15.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 16 (8.99%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (8.43%) Finance
6 8 (4.49%) Marketing
7 7 (3.93%) Electronics
7 7 (3.93%) Manufacturing
7 7 (3.93%) Telecoms
8 6 (3.37%) Retail
9 3 (1.69%) Games
9 3 (1.69%) Law
9 3 (1.69%) Legal
10 2 (1.12%) Aviation
10 2 (1.12%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.56%) Front Office
11 1 (0.56%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 93 (52.25%) Developer
2 43 (24.16%) Senior
3 34 (19.10%) Architect
4 31 (17.42%) .NET Developer
5 28 (15.73%) Lead
5 28 (15.73%) Senior Developer
6 27 (15.17%) Lead Developer
7 21 (11.80%) Platform Architect
7 21 (11.80%) Power Platform Architect
8 17 (9.55%) Senior .NET Developer
8 17 (9.55%) Technical Architect
9 13 (7.30%) Full Stack Developer
9 13 (7.30%) Infrastructure Specialist
10 12 (6.74%) Cloud Specialist
10 12 (6.74%) ICT Specialist
11 10 (5.62%) React Developer
12 9 (5.06%) Web Developer
13 8 (4.49%) Lead Full Stack Developer
14 7 (3.93%) Lead .NET Developer
14 7 (3.93%) PHP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (31.46%) .NET
2 43 (24.16%) HTML
3 41 (23.03%) CSS
4 25 (14.04%) .NET Core
5 23 (12.92%) React
6 14 (7.87%) .NET Framework
7 12 (6.74%) RabbitMQ
8 10 (5.62%) Web Services
9 9 (5.06%) GraphQL
9 9 (5.06%) RESTful
10 8 (4.49%) Kafka
10 8 (4.49%) MSMQ
11 7 (3.93%) Django
11 7 (3.93%) Flask
11 7 (3.93%) Laravel
11 7 (3.93%) REST
12 6 (3.37%) AngularJS
12 6 (3.37%) React Native
13 5 (2.81%) Redux
13 5 (2.81%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 15 (8.43%) Mobile App
1 15 (8.43%) Video\Live Streaming
2 9 (5.06%) Cloud Native
3 8 (4.49%) IoT
3 8 (4.49%) Product Ownership
4 7 (3.93%) Arduino
4 7 (3.93%) Greenfield Project
4 7 (3.93%) Raspberry Pi
4 7 (3.93%) Virtual Team
5 6 (3.37%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (2.81%) 3D Graphics
6 5 (2.81%) Animation
6 5 (2.81%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.69%) Legacy Code
8 2 (1.12%) ASIC
8 2 (1.12%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.12%) Lidar
8 2 (1.12%) Replication
8 2 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 20 (11.24%) Windows
2 17 (9.55%) Windows Server
3 10 (5.62%) Linux
4 5 (2.81%) Android
4 5 (2.81%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.56%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.56%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.56%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.56%) Solaris
5 1 (0.56%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (26.97%) Computer Science
2 46 (25.84%) Problem-Solving
3 39 (21.91%) Mentoring
4 37 (20.79%) Full Stack Development
5 34 (19.10%) Front End Development
6 32 (17.98%) Agile
6 32 (17.98%) Business Intelligence
7 31 (17.42%) Data Modelling
8 30 (16.85%) Machine Learning
9 28 (15.73%) Artificial Intelligence
9 28 (15.73%) Translating Business Requirements
10 27 (15.17%) E-Commerce
11 26 (14.61%) Technical Leadership
12 25 (14.04%) Roadmaps
13 24 (13.48%) Migration
14 23 (12.92%) Design Patterns
15 18 (10.11%) OOP
15 18 (10.11%) Software Engineering
15 18 (10.11%) TDD
15 18 (10.11%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 80 (44.94%) C#
2 57 (32.02%) JavaScript
3 37 (20.79%) SQL
4 29 (16.29%) Python
5 21 (11.80%) TypeScript
6 9 (5.06%) PHP
7 6 (3.37%) PowerShell
8 4 (2.25%) C++
9 3 (1.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (1.12%) C
10 2 (1.12%) Java
11 1 (0.56%) Bash
11 1 (0.56%) Go
11 1 (0.56%) R
11 1 (0.56%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.56%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 48 (26.97%) Degree
2 46 (25.84%) Computer Science Degree
3 33 (18.54%) Microsoft Certification
4 23 (12.92%) SC Cleared
4 23 (12.92%) Security Cleared
5 11 (6.18%) AWS Certification
6 7 (3.93%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 3 (1.69%) CISM
7 3 (1.69%) CISSP
8 2 (1.12%) CCNA
8 2 (1.12%) CCNP
8 2 (1.12%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.12%) ISTQB
8 2 (1.12%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.56%) CCIE
9 1 (0.56%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.62%) QA
2 4 (2.25%) Solvency II
3 3 (1.69%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.12%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.56%) GDPR
System Software
1 15 (8.43%) Active Directory
2 12 (6.74%) Docker
3 7 (3.93%) Firmware
3 7 (3.93%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (2.25%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (1.12%) Ceph
5 2 (1.12%) NFS
5 2 (1.12%) PowerDNS
6 1 (0.56%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.56%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 15 (8.43%) Kubernetes
1 15 (8.43%) Terraform
2 13 (7.30%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (3.93%) Ansible
4 3 (1.69%) Progress Chef
4 3 (1.69%) Puppet
5 2 (1.12%) Grafana
5 2 (1.12%) Kibana
5 2 (1.12%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 54 (30.34%) Microsoft
2 17 (9.55%) VMware
3 7 (3.93%) NVIDIA
3 7 (3.93%) SAP
4 6 (3.37%) Google
5 5 (2.81%) Apple
5 5 (2.81%) Mapbox
5 5 (2.81%) Xamarin
6 4 (2.25%) Dell
7 3 (1.69%) ServiceNow
7 3 (1.69%) Splunk
8 2 (1.12%) Brocade
8 2 (1.12%) Dynatrace
8 2 (1.12%) IBM
9 1 (0.56%) Aruba
9 1 (0.56%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.56%) Huawei
9 1 (0.56%) NetApp
9 1 (0.56%) SonicWALL
9 1 (0.56%) Veeam