Performance Optimisation Contracts in the Midlands

Performance Optimisation
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 124 154 183
Rank change year-on-year +30 +29 -37
Contract jobs citing Performance Optimisation 7 10 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.26% 0.30% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.33% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 7 5
10th Percentile £441 £587 £397
25th Percentile £563 £625 £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £650 £475
Median % change year-on-year -9.62% +36.84% -5.00%
75th Percentile £606 £675 £488
90th Percentile £715 £686 £578
England median daily rate £575 £500 £600
% change year-on-year +15.00% -16.67% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £55.00 - -
England median hourly rate £57.57 £52.13 £48.50
% change year-on-year +10.44% +7.48% +50.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,225 2,990 4,391
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 82.22% 88.54% 88.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,479 2,094 3,250
10th Percentile £250 £250 £250
25th Percentile £356 £370 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £498 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.52% +4.74% +15.85%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £566
90th Percentile £700 £685 £653
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 115 143
10th Percentile £11.06 £11.88 £10.50
25th Percentile £13.71 £15.00 £13.73
Median hourly rate £19.00 £18.75 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +1.33% +7.14% +10.34%
75th Percentile £35.00 £29.38 £22.50
90th Percentile £55.00 £54.50 £34.90
England median hourly rate £36.50 £37.34 £24.30
% change year-on-year -2.25% +53.69% +3.38%

Performance Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Performance Optimisation in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Performance Optimisation in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Performance Optimisation in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Performance Optimisation in the Midlands over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Performance Optimisation in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Performance Optimisation in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Performance Optimisation in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 7 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
East Midlands +23 4 £594 - 6
West Midlands +19 3 £360 -44.62% 8
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (14.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
1 1 (14.29%) CMS
1 1 (14.29%) Headless CMS
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) AWS
1 2 (28.57%) Azure
1 2 (28.57%) Dynamics 365
1 2 (28.57%) Power Platform
2 1 (14.29%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) BGP
1 2 (28.57%) Firewall
1 2 (28.57%) Intrusion Detection
1 2 (28.57%) MPLS
1 2 (28.57%) Network Security
1 2 (28.57%) OSPF
1 2 (28.57%) TCP/IP
1 2 (28.57%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) NoSQL
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) webpack
General
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Architect
2 3 (42.86%) Developer
3 2 (28.57%) IT Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Azure Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Backend Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Dynamics 365 Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 1 (14.29%) Full Stack Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Power Platform Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) Next.js
1 2 (28.57%) React
1 2 (28.57%) RESTful
2 1 (14.29%) Apache Sling
2 1 (14.29%) GraphQL
2 1 (14.29%) Node.js
2 1 (14.29%) OSGi
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
1 1 (14.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (28.57%) Capacity Planning
2 2 (28.57%) Network Design
2 2 (28.57%) Project Management
2 2 (28.57%) Web Accessibility
3 1 (14.29%) Analytics
3 1 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (14.29%) Business Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) Creative Thinking
3 1 (14.29%) Data Analytics
3 1 (14.29%) Data Management
3 1 (14.29%) ERP
3 1 (14.29%) Innovative Thinking
3 1 (14.29%) Migration
3 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
3 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (14.29%) Task-Oriented
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (14.29%) Test Strategy
3 1 (14.29%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) Java
1 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
1 2 (28.57%) Python
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
1 2 (28.57%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) Accessibility
1 2 (28.57%) HIPAA
1 2 (28.57%) PCI DSS
2 1 (14.29%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft