Performance Optimisation Jobs

Performance Optimisation
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 519 715 757
Rank change year-on-year +196 +42 -49
Permanent jobs citing Performance Optimisation 417 264 544
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.42% 0.27% 0.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.49% 0.28% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 321 144 184
10th Percentile £38,750 £41,475 £42,494
25th Percentile £48,750 £53,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 £62,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +12.90% +3.33%
75th Percentile £81,250 £83,750 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £94,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £61,040
% change year-on-year -4.00% +2.39% +10.98%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85,108 95,066 155,930
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.18% 95.58% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 59,794 56,135 83,138
10th Percentile £29,071 £34,000 £33,645
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £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% +10.53%

Performance Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Performance Optimisation in the UK

Performance Optimisation
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Performance Optimisation in the UK

Performance Optimisation
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Performance Optimisation over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Performance Optimisation in the UK

Performance Optimisation
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 Optimisation within the UK over the 6 months to 20 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
England +197 363 £62,500 -10.71% 153
UK excluding London +164 274 £60,000 -4.00% 90
Work from Home +152 176 £67,500 -3.57% 79
London +83 130 £73,750 -7.81% 82
North of England +63 64 £60,000 +4.35% 29
South East +60 63 £60,000 -9.09% 19
South West +22 51 £50,000 -11.89% 7
North West +11 35 £67,500 +14.89% 14
Midlands +25 33 £62,500 +78.57% 15
Scotland -43 32 £52,500 -2.93% 10
West Midlands +39 27 £62,500 +78.57% 11
North East +14 16 £55,000 +29.41% 10
East of England +9 16 £55,000 +4.76% 6
Yorkshire +82 13 £57,500 +55.41% 5
Wales - 10 £46,604 - 1
East Midlands - 6 £87,500 - 4
Northern Ireland +35 5 - - 4

Performance Optimisation
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 13 (3.12%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (2.88%) WordPress
3 8 (1.92%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.20%) Apache
5 4 (0.96%) IIS
6 3 (0.72%) JBoss
6 3 (0.72%) Tomcat
6 3 (0.72%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.72%) WebSphere
6 3 (0.72%) WildFly
7 2 (0.48%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.48%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.24%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.24%) CMS
8 1 (0.24%) Confluence
8 1 (0.24%) Drupal
8 1 (0.24%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.24%) TYPO3
Applications
1 2 (0.48%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (1.44%) Magento
2 4 (0.96%) Shopify
3 3 (0.72%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.24%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 112 (26.86%) Azure
2 72 (17.27%) AWS
3 69 (16.55%) Power Platform
4 43 (10.31%) PowerApps
5 42 (10.07%) Power Automate
6 29 (6.95%) Serverless
7 26 (6.24%) Microsoft 365
8 25 (6.00%) AWS Lambda
9 24 (5.76%) SaaS
10 21 (5.04%) Dynamics 365
10 21 (5.04%) GCP
11 20 (4.80%) Amazon S3
12 17 (4.08%) Azure DevOps
13 16 (3.84%) Entra ID
13 16 (3.84%) GitHub
14 15 (3.60%) Azure Functions
15 13 (3.12%) IaaS
16 12 (2.88%) PaaS
17 11 (2.64%) Cloud Computing
18 10 (2.40%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.08%) Firewall
2 16 (3.84%) HTTP
3 14 (3.36%) DNS
4 12 (2.88%) VPN
5 8 (1.92%) MQTT
6 7 (1.68%) DHCP
7 6 (1.44%) VLAN
8 5 (1.20%) TCP/IP
9 4 (0.96%) SAN
10 3 (0.72%) NAS
10 3 (0.72%) Network Security
10 3 (0.72%) Wireless
11 2 (0.48%) BGP
11 2 (0.48%) DNSSEC
11 2 (0.48%) Fibre Channel
11 2 (0.48%) Intrusion Detection
11 2 (0.48%) iSCSI
11 2 (0.48%) OSPF
11 2 (0.48%) SSH
11 2 (0.48%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (16.07%) Power BI
2 44 (10.55%) MySQL
3 41 (9.83%) Relational Database
4 35 (8.39%) SQL Server
5 27 (6.47%) Data Warehouse
6 18 (4.32%) NoSQL
7 17 (4.08%) Amazon RDS
8 10 (2.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 9 (2.16%) DynamoDB
9 9 (2.16%) Snowflake Schema
10 8 (1.92%) Azure SQL Database
10 8 (1.92%) CockroachDB
10 8 (1.92%) Hadoop
11 7 (1.68%) BigQuery
11 7 (1.68%) Star Schema
12 6 (1.44%) Data Vault
12 6 (1.44%) Delta Lake
12 6 (1.44%) PostgreSQL
12 6 (1.44%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 6 (1.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 54 (12.95%) Git
2 19 (4.56%) Jenkins
3 8 (1.92%) Jaeger
3 8 (1.92%) Maven
3 8 (1.92%) Sonatype Nexus
4 7 (1.68%) GitLab
4 7 (1.68%) JIRA
5 6 (1.44%) Cypress.io
5 6 (1.44%) webpack
6 4 (0.96%) Selenium
6 4 (0.96%) TeamCity
7 3 (0.72%) Babel
7 3 (0.72%) ERwin
7 3 (0.72%) JUnit
7 3 (0.72%) WebDriver
8 2 (0.48%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.48%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.24%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.24%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.24%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 142 (34.05%) Social Skills
2 62 (14.87%) Analytical Skills
2 62 (14.87%) Finance
3 44 (10.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 41 (9.83%) Public Sector
5 27 (6.47%) Manufacturing
6 20 (4.80%) Organisational Skills
7 18 (4.32%) Law
8 15 (3.60%) Marketing
9 13 (3.12%) Banking
9 13 (3.12%) Electronics
10 12 (2.88%) Telecoms
11 11 (2.64%) Legal
12 10 (2.40%) Financial Institution
12 10 (2.40%) Front Office
12 10 (2.40%) Retail
13 6 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (1.44%) Games
14 5 (1.20%) Investment Banking
15 4 (0.96%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 211 (50.60%) Developer
2 97 (23.26%) Senior
3 82 (19.66%) Architect
4 56 (13.43%) Senior Developer
5 46 (11.03%) Lead
6 42 (10.07%) .NET Developer
7 40 (9.59%) Platform Architect
7 40 (9.59%) Power Platform Architect
8 33 (7.91%) Technical Architect
9 30 (7.19%) Full Stack Developer
10 28 (6.71%) Solutions Architect
11 27 (6.47%) Web Developer
12 26 (6.24%) Lead Developer
13 23 (5.52%) Senior Architect
14 20 (4.80%) Dynamics 365 Architect
14 20 (4.80%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
14 20 (4.80%) Power Platform Developer
14 20 (4.80%) Senior Solutions Architect
15 19 (4.56%) Dynamics 365 Developer
15 19 (4.56%) Senior Dynamics 365 Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 102 (24.46%) HTML
2 94 (22.54%) CSS
3 84 (20.14%) .NET
4 46 (11.03%) React
4 46 (11.03%) RESTful
5 29 (6.95%) .NET Core
6 23 (5.52%) AngularJS
7 20 (4.80%) Web Services
8 19 (4.56%) jQuery
8 19 (4.56%) Kafka
8 19 (4.56%) Laravel
8 19 (4.56%) Vue
9 16 (3.84%) .NET Framework
9 16 (3.84%) LAMP
9 16 (3.84%) React Native
10 12 (2.88%) RabbitMQ
11 11 (2.64%) Node.js
11 11 (2.64%) REST
12 10 (2.40%) JSON
12 10 (2.40%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 27 (6.47%) Cloud Native
2 25 (6.00%) Mobile App
3 24 (5.76%) Algorithms
4 21 (5.04%) Video\Live Streaming
5 19 (4.56%) Distributed Systems
6 16 (3.84%) Management Information System
7 14 (3.36%) Hybrid Cloud
8 13 (3.12%) Product Ownership
9 10 (2.40%) Greenfield Project
9 10 (2.40%) Virtual Team
10 9 (2.16%) IoT
11 8 (1.92%) Blockchain
11 8 (1.92%) e-Learning
12 7 (1.68%) Arduino
12 7 (1.68%) Raspberry Pi
13 6 (1.44%) Replication
14 5 (1.20%) 3D Graphics
14 5 (1.20%) Animation
14 5 (1.20%) Fixed Income
14 5 (1.20%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 50 (11.99%) Windows
2 48 (11.51%) Linux
3 21 (5.04%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.44%) Android
5 5 (1.20%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.20%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.96%) Unix
7 2 (0.48%) Oracle Linux
7 2 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.24%) Amazon Linux
8 1 (0.24%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.24%) Solaris
8 1 (0.24%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (34.05%) Problem-Solving
2 101 (24.22%) Computer Science
3 93 (22.30%) Data Modelling
4 89 (21.34%) Mentoring
5 75 (17.99%) Business Intelligence
6 73 (17.51%) User Experience
7 70 (16.79%) Analytics
7 70 (16.79%) Artificial Intelligence
7 70 (16.79%) DevOps
8 66 (15.83%) Full Stack Development
9 65 (15.59%) Agile
10 63 (15.11%) Machine Learning
11 53 (12.71%) Front End Development
12 48 (11.51%) Software Engineering
13 47 (11.27%) CI/CD
14 46 (11.03%) Design Patterns
15 44 (10.55%) Visualisation
15 44 (10.55%) Web Development
16 42 (10.07%) ETL
17 41 (9.83%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 122 (29.26%) JavaScript
2 113 (27.10%) C#
3 99 (23.74%) SQL
4 57 (13.67%) Python
5 36 (8.63%) PHP
6 33 (7.91%) Java
6 33 (7.91%) TypeScript
7 25 (6.00%) C++
8 14 (3.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 9 (2.16%) Go
10 8 (1.92%) Bash
11 6 (1.44%) PowerShell
12 5 (1.20%) R
12 5 (1.20%) Rust
12 5 (1.20%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.72%) C
13 3 (0.72%) Dart
13 3 (0.72%) Scala
14 2 (0.48%) Perl
14 2 (0.48%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 108 (25.90%) Degree
2 88 (21.10%) Computer Science Degree
3 50 (11.99%) Microsoft Certification
4 38 (9.11%) Master's Degree
5 25 (6.00%) Security Cleared
6 22 (5.28%) SC Cleared
7 18 (4.32%) Azure Certification
7 18 (4.32%) CCNP
7 18 (4.32%) Cisco Certification
8 16 (3.84%) AWS Certification
9 13 (3.12%) MCSE
10 9 (2.16%) PhD
11 8 (1.92%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 5 (1.20%) CCNA
13 2 (0.48%) ISTQB
13 2 (0.48%) JNCIA
14 1 (0.24%) CCIE
14 1 (0.24%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (5.04%) QA
2 17 (4.08%) Data Quality
3 13 (3.12%) Accessibility
4 12 (2.88%) GDPR
5 10 (2.40%) HIPAA
6 4 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.96%) Solvency II
7 1 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.24%) WCAG
System Software
1 40 (9.59%) Docker
2 33 (7.91%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.68%) Firmware
3 7 (1.68%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (1.44%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.72%) Ceph
6 2 (0.48%) HDFS
6 2 (0.48%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.48%) NFS
6 2 (0.48%) PowerDNS
7 1 (0.24%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 41 (9.83%) Kubernetes
2 20 (4.80%) Terraform
3 16 (3.84%) Ansible
4 15 (3.60%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (1.92%) Kiali
6 7 (1.68%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.96%) Istio
8 3 (0.72%) Grafana
8 3 (0.72%) Kibana
9 2 (0.48%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.48%) Puppet
10 1 (0.24%) Iperf
10 1 (0.24%) Nmap
10 1 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 115 (27.58%) Microsoft
2 19 (4.56%) VMware
3 16 (3.84%) Cisco
4 12 (2.88%) SAP
5 11 (2.64%) IBM
6 8 (1.92%) AppDynamics
6 8 (1.92%) Databricks
6 8 (1.92%) Dell
6 8 (1.92%) Red Hat
6 8 (1.92%) Splunk
7 7 (1.68%) Google
7 7 (1.68%) NVIDIA
8 6 (1.44%) Oracle
9 5 (1.20%) Apple
9 5 (1.20%) Mapbox
9 5 (1.20%) Xamarin
10 4 (0.96%) BiZZdesign
10 4 (0.96%) Veeam
11 3 (0.72%) Cloudera
11 3 (0.72%) Informatica