Performance Optimisation Contracts in Central London

Performance Optimisation
London > Central London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for Performance Optimisation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Performance Optimisation over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 111 168 199
Rank change year-on-year +57 +31 -41
Contract jobs citing Performance Optimisation 17 12 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.71% 0.32% 0.044%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.78% 0.35% 0.048%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 1
10th Percentile £370 £485 -
25th Percentile £531 £519 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -14.29%
75th Percentile £750 £650 £650
90th Percentile £780 £665 -
London median daily rate £597 £500 £600
% change year-on-year +19.40% -16.67% +17.65%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central 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 contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,172 3,421 4,145
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 90.58% 91.32% 91.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,542 2,326 3,171
10th Percentile £350 £325 £369
25th Percentile £450 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £676
90th Percentile £800 £819 £775
London median daily rate £550 £593 £575
% change year-on-year -7.17% +3.04% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 29 44
10th Percentile £20.22 £15.05 £18.50
25th Percentile £22.63 £18.50 £23.44
Median hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 £41.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.54% -14.63% +105.00%
75th Percentile £28.98 £53.75 £55.38
90th Percentile £40.00 £88.30 £64.78
London median hourly rate £27.84 £38.25 £37.50
% change year-on-year -27.22% +2.00% +15.38%

Performance Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Performance Optimisation in Central London

Performance Optimisation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Performance Optimisation in Central London.

Daily rate trend for Performance Optimisation in Central London

Performance Optimisation
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Performance Optimisation in Central London over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Performance Optimisation in Central London

Performance Optimisation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Performance Optimisation in Central London.

Hourly rate trend for Performance Optimisation in Central London

Performance Optimisation
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Optimisation within the Central London region over the 6 months to 17 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +44 15 £581 -3.13% 5
Performance Optimisation
London

Performance Optimisation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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:

Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Chatbot
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 12 (70.59%) Azure
2 11 (64.71%) AWS
3 3 (17.65%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (17.65%) Cloud Computing
3 3 (17.65%) GCP
4 2 (11.76%) GitHub
4 2 (11.76%) Twilio
5 1 (5.88%) Azure API Management
5 1 (5.88%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (5.88%) Azure Event Grid
5 1 (5.88%) Azure Functions
5 1 (5.88%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (5.88%) Azure Service Bus
5 1 (5.88%) npm
5 1 (5.88%) Power Platform
5 1 (5.88%) Serverless
5 1 (5.88%) WhatsApp
5 1 (5.88%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 3 (17.65%) CTI
1 3 (17.65%) VoIP
2 1 (5.88%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (52.94%) NoSQL
2 1 (5.88%) Looker
2 1 (5.88%) MongoDB
2 1 (5.88%) Power BI
2 1 (5.88%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Ant
1 1 (5.88%) Babel
1 1 (5.88%) Jenkins
1 1 (5.88%) TeamCity
1 1 (5.88%) webpack
General
1 7 (41.18%) Finance
2 3 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (11.76%) Public Sector
3 2 (11.76%) Retail
3 2 (11.76%) Social Skills
3 2 (11.76%) Telecoms
4 1 (5.88%) Banking
4 1 (5.88%) Marketing
4 1 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 9 (52.94%) Developer
2 6 (35.29%) Software Developer
3 5 (29.41%) Architect
4 3 (17.65%) Senior
5 2 (11.76%) Enterprise Architect
5 2 (11.76%) Quantitative Developer
5 2 (11.76%) Senior Developer
5 2 (11.76%) Senior Quantitative Developer
5 2 (11.76%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (5.88%) Administrator
6 1 (5.88%) Analyst
6 1 (5.88%) Azure Architect
6 1 (5.88%) Data Analyst
6 1 (5.88%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 1 (5.88%) React Developer
6 1 (5.88%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (5.88%) Senior Data Analyst
6 1 (5.88%) Systems Administrator
6 1 (5.88%) UI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (17.65%) NumPy
1 3 (17.65%) Pandas
1 3 (17.65%) SciPy
1 3 (17.65%) Web Services
2 2 (11.76%) .NET
2 2 (11.76%) Middleware
3 1 (5.88%) CSS
3 1 (5.88%) CSS3
3 1 (5.88%) HTML
3 1 (5.88%) HTML5
3 1 (5.88%) Material-UI
3 1 (5.88%) MobX
3 1 (5.88%) React
3 1 (5.88%) Redux
3 1 (5.88%) RESTful
3 1 (5.88%) Semantic UI
3 1 (5.88%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) Derivative
2 3 (17.65%) IVR
2 3 (17.65%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (47.06%) Data Pipeline
2 5 (29.41%) Computer Science
2 5 (29.41%) DevOps
3 4 (23.53%) Agile
3 4 (23.53%) Quantitative Trading
4 3 (17.65%) Analytics
4 3 (17.65%) Capacity Planning
4 3 (17.65%) CI/CD
4 3 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (17.65%) Customer Experience
4 3 (17.65%) Knowledge Transfer
4 3 (17.65%) Mathematics
4 3 (17.65%) Performance Testing
4 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (17.65%) Roadmaps
4 3 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (11.76%) Community of Practice
5 2 (11.76%) Conversational UI
5 2 (11.76%) Product Requirements
5 2 (11.76%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 10 (58.82%) SQL
2 9 (52.94%) Python
3 3 (17.65%) C++
3 3 (17.65%) Java
3 3 (17.65%) Rust
4 1 (5.88%) C#
4 1 (5.88%) JavaScript
4 1 (5.88%) PowerShell
4 1 (5.88%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 6 (35.29%) Degree
2 5 (29.41%) Computer Science Degree
2 5 (29.41%) Master's Degree
3 4 (23.53%) Azure Certification
4 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (11.76%) AWS Certification
5 2 (11.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (5.88%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (5.88%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (5.88%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (23.53%) GDPR
2 2 (11.76%) HIPAA
2 2 (11.76%) PCI DSS
2 2 (11.76%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Hyper-V
1 1 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) Nagios
1 1 (5.88%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft
2 3 (17.65%) Genesys
3 2 (11.76%) Avaya
3 2 (11.76%) Cisco
3 2 (11.76%) Google
4 1 (5.88%) Adobe
4 1 (5.88%) Alteryx
4 1 (5.88%) Brandwatch
4 1 (5.88%) VMware