Performance Optimisation Jobs in Scotland

Performance Optimisation
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with 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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 255 218 263
Rank change year-on-year -37 +45 -
Permanent jobs citing Performance Optimisation 29 10 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.43% 0.22% 0.033%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.47% 0.24% 0.036%
Number of salaries quoted 12 4 2
10th Percentile £38,250 - -
25th Percentile £45,188 £31,250 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £54,085 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.93% -25.40% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £82,548 £81,250
90th Percentile £90,000 - -
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
Scotland

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 advertised in Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,197 4,226 5,521
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 91.25% 94.48% 91.15%
Number of salaries quoted 2,442 2,092 2,855
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,000 £31,133
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +14.58%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

Performance Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Performance Optimisation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Performance Optimisation in Scotland

Performance Optimisation
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Performance Optimisation in Scotland

Performance Optimisation
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Performance Optimisation in Scotland over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Performance Optimisation in Scotland

Performance Optimisation
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Optimisation within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 28 May 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
Glasgow - 13 £85,000 - 3
Dundee - 7 £50,000 -
Edinburgh +33 6 £47,000 -37.89% 2
Lanarkshire - 3 £80,000 - 2
Performance Optimisation
UK

Performance Optimisation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (24.14%) Cloud Computing
2 6 (20.69%) AWS
3 4 (13.79%) Amazon EC2
3 4 (13.79%) Amazon S3
3 4 (13.79%) AWS Lambda
3 4 (13.79%) SaaS
3 4 (13.79%) Serverless
4 3 (10.34%) Azure
5 1 (3.45%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 1 (3.45%) Azure Functions
5 1 (3.45%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (3.45%) GCP
5 1 (3.45%) Google Compute Engine
5 1 (3.45%) Stackdriver
Communications & Networking
1 7 (24.14%) HTTP
1 7 (24.14%) MQTT
2 1 (3.45%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (13.79%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (3.45%) BigQuery
2 1 (3.45%) MySQL
2 1 (3.45%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 12 (41.38%) Git
2 3 (10.34%) GitLab
2 3 (10.34%) Jenkins
3 1 (3.45%) Artifactory
General
1 23 (79.31%) Social Skills
2 7 (24.14%) Electronics
2 7 (24.14%) Finance
2 7 (24.14%) Law
2 7 (24.14%) Legal
2 7 (24.14%) Manufacturing
2 7 (24.14%) Marketing
2 7 (24.14%) Public Sector
2 7 (24.14%) Telecoms
3 2 (6.90%) Banking
3 2 (6.90%) Front Office
3 2 (6.90%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 11 (37.93%) Developer
2 7 (24.14%) Data Engineer
3 5 (17.24%) Computer Vision Engineer
3 5 (17.24%) Principal Data Engineer
3 5 (17.24%) Principal Engineer
4 4 (13.79%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 4 (13.79%) JavaScript Developer
4 4 (13.79%) React Developer
4 4 (13.79%) Software Engineer
5 3 (10.34%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
5 3 (10.34%) Full Stack Developer
5 3 (10.34%) Full Stack Python Developer
5 3 (10.34%) Python Developer
6 2 (6.90%) Front Office Developer
6 2 (6.90%) Java Developer
6 2 (6.90%) Lead
6 2 (6.90%) Lead Data Engineer
6 2 (6.90%) PHP Developer
6 2 (6.90%) Senior
6 2 (6.90%) Senior PHP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (31.03%) CSS
1 9 (31.03%) HTML
2 7 (24.14%) Django
2 7 (24.14%) Flask
2 7 (24.14%) OpenCV
2 7 (24.14%) OpenVINO
2 7 (24.14%) React
3 3 (10.34%) ONNX
3 3 (10.34%) RESTful
4 2 (6.90%) Laravel
4 2 (6.90%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 10 (34.48%) Algorithms
2 8 (27.59%) IoT
3 7 (24.14%) Arduino
3 7 (24.14%) Raspberry Pi
4 6 (20.69%) Video\Live Streaming
5 1 (3.45%) Cloud Native
5 1 (3.45%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (3.45%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (17.24%) Linux
1 5 (17.24%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (62.07%) Computer Science
2 16 (55.17%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (48.28%) Analytics
3 14 (48.28%) Artificial Intelligence
3 14 (48.28%) Computer Vision
3 14 (48.28%) Machine Learning
4 11 (37.93%) Software Engineering
5 9 (31.03%) SDLC
6 7 (24.14%) Data Analytics
6 7 (24.14%) Data Architecture
6 7 (24.14%) Data Governance
6 7 (24.14%) Data Integration
6 7 (24.14%) Data Strategy
6 7 (24.14%) Deep Learning
6 7 (24.14%) Digital Marketing
6 7 (24.14%) Front End Development
6 7 (24.14%) Image Processing
6 7 (24.14%) Parallel Computing
6 7 (24.14%) Programme Management
6 7 (24.14%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 17 (58.62%) Python
2 10 (34.48%) SQL
3 9 (31.03%) C++
3 9 (31.03%) JavaScript
4 7 (24.14%) TypeScript
5 5 (17.24%) Java
6 4 (13.79%) Bash
7 3 (10.34%) Go
7 3 (10.34%) Rust
8 2 (6.90%) PHP
Qualifications
1 18 (62.07%) Computer Science Degree
1 18 (62.07%) Degree
2 5 (17.24%) Master's Degree
3 3 (10.34%) PhD
3 3 (10.34%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.45%) GDPR
System Software
1 7 (24.14%) Firmware
2 5 (17.24%) Docker
3 1 (3.45%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (3.45%) Kubernetes
1 1 (3.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (24.14%) NVIDIA
1 7 (24.14%) SAP
2 1 (3.45%) Google
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft