Performance Optimisation Jobs in the UK excluding London

Performance Optimisation
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 498 657 714
Rank change year-on-year +159 +57 -77
Permanent jobs citing Performance Optimisation 277 89 137
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.39% 0.15% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.46% 0.16% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 196 58 93
10th Percentile £35,625 £37,000 £41,350
25th Percentile £43,068 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £61,040
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +2.39% +10.98%
75th Percentile £70,313 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £79,000 £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
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59,715 56,667 67,467
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.64% 95.62% 94.13%
Number of salaries quoted 41,241 29,107 41,040
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
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 the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Performance Optimisation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Performance Optimisation in the UK excluding London

Performance Optimisation
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Performance Optimisation in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Performance Optimisation in the UK excluding London

Performance Optimisation
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Performance Optimisation in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Performance Optimisation in the UK excluding London

Performance Optimisation
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Optimisation within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 16 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
North of England +69 65 £60,000 +4.35% 27
South East +51 63 £60,000 -9.09% 6
South West +16 50 £51,250 -9.69% 5
North West +14 36 £67,500 +14.89% 14
Scotland -43 35 £52,500 -2.93% 5
Midlands +28 33 £62,500 +25.00% 14
West Midlands +37 27 £62,500 +25.00% 10
North East +8 16 £55,000 +29.41% 9
East of England +7 16 £55,000 +4.76% 5
Yorkshire +77 13 £57,500 +55.41% 4
Wales - 10 £46,604 - 1
East Midlands - 6 £87,500 - 4
Northern Ireland +29 5 - - 3
Performance Optimisation
UK

Performance Optimisation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (4.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (3.97%) WordPress
3 2 (0.72%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.72%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.36%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (0.36%) CMS
4 1 (0.36%) Drupal
4 1 (0.36%) IIS
4 1 (0.36%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.36%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (0.36%) TYPO3
Applications
1 2 (0.72%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 6 (2.17%) Magento
2 3 (1.08%) Shopify
3 1 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.36%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 65 (23.47%) Azure
2 55 (19.86%) AWS
3 30 (10.83%) Power Platform
4 26 (9.39%) Serverless
5 23 (8.30%) AWS Lambda
5 23 (8.30%) PowerApps
6 22 (7.94%) Power Automate
7 21 (7.58%) Dynamics 365
8 18 (6.50%) SaaS
9 17 (6.14%) GCP
10 14 (5.05%) Entra ID
10 14 (5.05%) GitHub
10 14 (5.05%) Microsoft 365
11 13 (4.69%) Amazon S3
12 12 (4.33%) Azure Functions
13 11 (3.97%) Azure DevOps
14 10 (3.61%) IaaS
14 10 (3.61%) PaaS
15 9 (3.25%) Cloud Computing
16 8 (2.89%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 16 (5.78%) HTTP
2 9 (3.25%) DNS
3 8 (2.89%) MQTT
4 7 (2.53%) Firewall
4 7 (2.53%) VPN
5 4 (1.44%) DHCP
6 3 (1.08%) VLAN
7 2 (0.72%) BGP
7 2 (0.72%) Fibre Channel
7 2 (0.72%) iSCSI
7 2 (0.72%) OSPF
7 2 (0.72%) SAN
7 2 (0.72%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.36%) NAS
8 1 (0.36%) Network Security
8 1 (0.36%) RS-485
8 1 (0.36%) SSL
8 1 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.36%) Wireless
8 1 (0.36%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (15.88%) MySQL
2 28 (10.11%) Power BI
3 21 (7.58%) SQL Server
4 17 (6.14%) Relational Database
5 16 (5.78%) NoSQL
6 14 (5.05%) Amazon RDS
7 10 (3.61%) Data Warehouse
8 9 (3.25%) DynamoDB
9 8 (2.89%) Snowflake Schema
10 6 (2.17%) Data Vault
10 6 (2.17%) RDBMS
10 6 (2.17%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 6 (2.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 6 (2.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 6 (2.17%) Star Schema
11 5 (1.81%) Geospatial Data
12 4 (1.44%) Azure SQL Database
12 4 (1.44%) BigQuery
12 4 (1.44%) PostgreSQL
13 3 (1.08%) Impala
Development Applications
1 46 (16.61%) Git
2 9 (3.25%) Jenkins
3 8 (2.89%) Maven
4 6 (2.17%) Cypress.io
4 6 (2.17%) GitLab
4 6 (2.17%) webpack
5 4 (1.44%) Selenium
6 3 (1.08%) Babel
6 3 (1.08%) WebDriver
7 2 (0.72%) ERwin
7 2 (0.72%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.36%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.36%) gulp
8 1 (0.36%) JUnit
8 1 (0.36%) NUnit
8 1 (0.36%) Snyk
8 1 (0.36%) SonarQube
General
1 88 (31.77%) Social Skills
2 29 (10.47%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (9.03%) Finance
4 23 (8.30%) Manufacturing
5 20 (7.22%) Organisational Skills
5 20 (7.22%) Public Sector
6 15 (5.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (5.05%) Marketing
8 13 (4.69%) Electronics
8 13 (4.69%) Law
9 12 (4.33%) Telecoms
10 9 (3.25%) Retail
11 8 (2.89%) Legal
12 6 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (2.17%) Games
13 4 (1.44%) Banking
13 4 (1.44%) Local Government
13 4 (1.44%) Police
14 2 (0.72%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 141 (50.90%) Developer
2 75 (27.08%) Senior
3 43 (15.52%) Architect
4 41 (14.80%) Senior Developer
5 30 (10.83%) Lead
6 27 (9.75%) .NET Developer
7 23 (8.30%) Solutions Architect
8 22 (7.94%) Senior Architect
9 21 (7.58%) Full Stack Developer
10 20 (7.22%) Dynamics 365 Architect
10 20 (7.22%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
10 20 (7.22%) Platform Architect
10 20 (7.22%) Power Platform Architect
10 20 (7.22%) Power Platform Developer
10 20 (7.22%) Senior Solutions Architect
11 19 (6.86%) Dynamics 365 Developer
11 19 (6.86%) Senior Dynamics 365 Developer
11 19 (6.86%) Software Engineer
12 17 (6.14%) Web Developer
13 16 (5.78%) ICT Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (28.16%) HTML
2 71 (25.63%) CSS
3 54 (19.49%) .NET
4 40 (14.44%) RESTful
5 38 (13.72%) React
6 19 (6.86%) AngularJS
6 19 (6.86%) jQuery
7 18 (6.50%) Laravel
8 17 (6.14%) Vue
8 17 (6.14%) Web Services
9 16 (5.78%) LAMP
10 14 (5.05%) .NET Framework
11 11 (3.97%) RabbitMQ
12 10 (3.61%) Kafka
12 10 (3.61%) Node.js
13 9 (3.25%) CSS3
13 9 (3.25%) MSMQ
14 8 (2.89%) ASP.NET
14 8 (2.89%) HTML5
14 8 (2.89%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 28 (10.11%) Cloud Native
2 23 (8.30%) Algorithms
3 21 (7.58%) Video\Live Streaming
4 16 (5.78%) Mobile App
5 12 (4.33%) Hybrid Cloud
5 12 (4.33%) Virtual Team
6 11 (3.97%) Distributed Systems
7 9 (3.25%) IoT
8 8 (2.89%) Blockchain
8 8 (2.89%) e-Learning
9 7 (2.53%) Arduino
9 7 (2.53%) Product Ownership
9 7 (2.53%) Raspberry Pi
10 6 (2.17%) Management Information System
11 5 (1.81%) 3D Graphics
11 5 (1.81%) Animation
11 5 (1.81%) Driving Licence
12 4 (1.44%) N-Tier
12 4 (1.44%) Public Cloud
12 4 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 45 (16.25%) Windows
2 29 (10.47%) Linux
3 18 (6.50%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.89%) Mac OS
5 6 (2.17%) Android
6 5 (1.81%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.36%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.36%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (35.38%) Problem-Solving
2 69 (24.91%) Computer Science
2 69 (24.91%) User Experience
3 56 (20.22%) Agile
3 56 (20.22%) Analytics
4 55 (19.86%) Mentoring
5 50 (18.05%) Artificial Intelligence
5 50 (18.05%) DevOps
6 47 (16.97%) Software Engineering
7 43 (15.52%) Machine Learning
8 42 (15.16%) Design Patterns
9 41 (14.80%) Data Modelling
10 40 (14.44%) Business Intelligence
11 35 (12.64%) OOP
12 34 (12.27%) TDD
13 32 (11.55%) CI/CD
13 32 (11.55%) Full Stack Development
13 32 (11.55%) Project Management
13 32 (11.55%) Web Development
14 30 (10.83%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 86 (31.05%) JavaScript
2 59 (21.30%) C#
3 55 (19.86%) SQL
4 32 (11.55%) PHP
5 27 (9.75%) Python
6 26 (9.39%) TypeScript
7 17 (6.14%) C++
8 15 (5.42%) Java
9 9 (3.25%) Go
10 5 (1.81%) Bash
11 4 (1.44%) Rust
12 3 (1.08%) C
12 3 (1.08%) PowerShell
12 3 (1.08%) Scala
13 2 (0.72%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.36%) AWK
14 1 (0.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.36%) R
14 1 (0.36%) sed
14 1 (0.36%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 76 (27.44%) Degree
2 57 (20.58%) Computer Science Degree
3 32 (11.55%) Master's Degree
4 29 (10.47%) Microsoft Certification
5 17 (6.14%) Azure Certification
6 16 (5.78%) CCNP
6 16 (5.78%) Cisco Certification
7 14 (5.05%) AWS Certification
8 13 (4.69%) MCSE
9 9 (3.25%) PhD
10 6 (2.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 4 (1.44%) Security Cleared
12 3 (1.08%) CCNA
13 2 (0.72%) JNCIA
14 1 (0.36%) CCIE
14 1 (0.36%) ISEB
14 1 (0.36%) ISTQB
14 1 (0.36%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.33%) Data Quality
2 11 (3.97%) GDPR
2 11 (3.97%) QA
3 10 (3.61%) HIPAA
4 9 (3.25%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.36%) WCAG
System Software
1 30 (10.83%) Active Directory
2 24 (8.66%) Docker
3 7 (2.53%) Firmware
4 4 (1.44%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.08%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.72%) HDFS
6 2 (0.72%) NFS
7 1 (0.36%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 20 (7.22%) Kubernetes
2 14 (5.05%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (3.61%) Terraform
4 4 (1.44%) Istio
4 4 (1.44%) Prometheus
5 3 (1.08%) Ansible
6 1 (0.36%) Iperf
6 1 (0.36%) Nmap
Vendors
1 79 (28.52%) Microsoft
2 16 (5.78%) Cisco
2 16 (5.78%) VMware
3 12 (4.33%) SAP
4 10 (3.61%) IBM
5 9 (3.25%) Dell
6 8 (2.89%) Red Hat
7 7 (2.53%) NVIDIA
8 5 (1.81%) Apple
8 5 (1.81%) Google
8 5 (1.81%) Mapbox
8 5 (1.81%) Xamarin
9 4 (1.44%) BiZZdesign
10 3 (1.08%) Cloudera
11 2 (0.72%) Autodesk
11 2 (0.72%) Brocade
11 2 (0.72%) Databricks
11 2 (0.72%) Informatica
11 2 (0.72%) Veeam
11 2 (0.72%) WooCommerce