Performance Metrics Contracts

Performance Metrics
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Performance Metrics skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Performance Metrics over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 421 609 666
Rank change year-on-year +188 +57 -66
Contract jobs citing Performance Metrics 177 110 185
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.41% 0.18% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.47% 0.20% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 76 101
10th Percentile £277 £366 £235
25th Percentile £380 £479 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £552 £525
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +5.05% +40.00%
75th Percentile £600 £657 £600
90th Percentile £729 £700 £703
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £477 £470
% change year-on-year -0.51% +1.59% +34.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 10 3
10th Percentile £24.73 £40.73 £22.05
25th Percentile £49.06 £76.38 £26.63
Median hourly rate £67.50 £78.50 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.01% +121.13% -36.89%
75th Percentile £71.25 £81.00 £63.83
90th Percentile - £85.05 £80.07
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £78.50 -
% change year-on-year -36.31% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Performance Metrics 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,374 53,774 80,482
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.31% 89.91% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,095 37,304 56,474
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,422 1,763 1,928
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.00 £36.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year - +80.00% -8.17%

Performance Metrics
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Performance Metrics in the UK

Performance Metrics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Performance Metrics.

Daily rate trend for Performance Metrics in the UK

Performance Metrics
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Performance Metrics over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Performance Metrics in the UK

Performance Metrics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Performance Metrics.

Hourly rate trend for Performance Metrics in the UK

Performance Metrics
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Performance Metrics over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Performance Metrics in the UK

Performance Metrics
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Metrics within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 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
England +171 143 £450 -18.18% 252
UK excluding London +133 97 £475 -0.51% 160
London +102 68 £500 -16.67% 109
Work from Home +135 58 £450 -25.00% 108
North of England +53 31 £425 - 50
Yorkshire +40 24 £425 -39.29% 16
Scotland - 21 £625 - 13
South East +38 19 £425 +37.10% 24
Midlands +35 15 £600 -4.00% 37
South West +26 10 £450 -5.26% 17
East Midlands - 8 - - 11
West Midlands +34 7 £600 -4.00% 26
North West +16 7 £400 - 30
East of England +16 1 - - 13
Northern Ireland - 1 £225 - 5
Wales - 1 £145 - 5

Performance Metrics
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 24 (13.56%) Confluence
2 3 (1.69%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 2 (1.13%) CMS
3 2 (1.13%) Drupal
3 2 (1.13%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.56%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (0.56%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 14 (7.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.39%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (1.13%) AutoCAD
3 2 (1.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.13%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.13%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.13%) Revit
3 2 (1.13%) Sketch
4 1 (0.56%) Adobe Captivate
4 1 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.56%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (2.82%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (1.69%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 25 (14.12%) AWS
1 25 (14.12%) Azure
2 20 (11.30%) Power Platform
3 10 (5.65%) GCP
3 10 (5.65%) SaaS
4 9 (5.08%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (3.39%) Power Automate
6 3 (1.69%) BigCommerce
6 3 (1.69%) Google Analytics
7 2 (1.13%) Adobe Analytics
7 2 (1.13%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.13%) Figma
7 2 (1.13%) GitHub
7 2 (1.13%) SuccessFactors
8 1 (0.56%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (0.56%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.56%) IaaS
8 1 (0.56%) IBM Blueworks
8 1 (0.56%) PaaS
8 1 (0.56%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.39%) Firewall
2 4 (2.26%) VPN
3 3 (1.69%) FabricPath
3 3 (1.69%) LAN
3 3 (1.69%) NX-OS
3 3 (1.69%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.69%) VSAN
4 2 (1.13%) DNS
4 2 (1.13%) InfiniBand
5 1 (0.56%) DHCP
5 1 (0.56%) Internet
5 1 (0.56%) Network Security
5 1 (0.56%) SMS
5 1 (0.56%) SSL
5 1 (0.56%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (11.30%) Power BI
2 7 (3.95%) MongoDB
3 5 (2.82%) Big Data
3 5 (2.82%) Data Mining
4 3 (1.69%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.69%) MySQL
4 3 (1.69%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.69%) Tableau
5 2 (1.13%) Amazon Redshift
5 2 (1.13%) Metadata
5 2 (1.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.56%) Data Mart
6 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 1 (0.56%) OLAP
6 1 (0.56%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 1 (0.56%) Power Query
6 1 (0.56%) PowerPivot
6 1 (0.56%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.56%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 34 (19.21%) JIRA
2 5 (2.82%) Bitbucket
2 5 (2.82%) Bitbucket Server
2 5 (2.82%) JMeter
2 5 (2.82%) LoadRunner
3 3 (1.69%) Maven
3 3 (1.69%) Selenium
4 2 (1.13%) Git
5 1 (0.56%) GoCD
5 1 (0.56%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.56%) XCUITest
General
1 77 (43.50%) Social Skills
2 47 (26.55%) Finance
3 35 (19.77%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (15.25%) Marketing
5 15 (8.47%) Legal
6 13 (7.34%) Banking
6 13 (7.34%) Presentation Skills
7 11 (6.21%) Public Sector
8 10 (5.65%) Telecoms
9 8 (4.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (4.52%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (3.39%) Retail
11 4 (2.26%) Electronics
11 4 (2.26%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (2.26%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.69%) Advertising
12 3 (1.69%) Military
13 2 (1.13%) German Language
13 2 (1.13%) Local Government
13 2 (1.13%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 20 (11.30%) Analyst
2 17 (9.60%) Service Manager
3 12 (6.78%) Delivery Manager
4 11 (6.21%) Administrator
4 11 (6.21%) Applications Engineer
4 11 (6.21%) IT Manager
4 11 (6.21%) JIRA Engineer
4 11 (6.21%) Lead
4 11 (6.21%) Project Manager
4 11 (6.21%) Service Delivery Manager
5 10 (5.65%) Consultant
5 10 (5.65%) Product Manager
6 9 (5.08%) Applications Support
6 9 (5.08%) Applications Support Engineer
6 9 (5.08%) IT Services Manager
6 9 (5.08%) Support Engineer
7 8 (4.52%) IT Services Delivery Manager
7 8 (4.52%) Senior
8 6 (3.39%) Digital Project Manager
9 5 (2.82%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (7.34%) Web Services
2 12 (6.78%) REST
3 7 (3.95%) CSS
4 5 (2.82%) jQuery
5 4 (2.26%) AngularJS
5 4 (2.26%) HTML
6 3 (1.69%) J2EE
6 3 (1.69%) Sass
6 3 (1.69%) Spring
6 3 (1.69%) Spring MVC
6 3 (1.69%) Twitter Bootstrap
6 3 (1.69%) VML
7 2 (1.13%) Elastic Stack
7 2 (1.13%) Java EE
7 2 (1.13%) Kafka
7 2 (1.13%) RabbitMQ
8 1 (0.56%) CSS3
8 1 (0.56%) Next.js
8 1 (0.56%) Node.js
8 1 (0.56%) React
Miscellaneous
1 15 (8.47%) Management Information System
2 14 (7.91%) Data Centre
3 9 (5.08%) Linux Command Line
4 8 (4.52%) Over-the-Top Content
4 8 (4.52%) Product Ownership
4 8 (4.52%) Video\Live Streaming
5 7 (3.95%) Replication
5 7 (3.95%) VxBlock/Vblock
6 3 (1.69%) Algorithms
6 3 (1.69%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.13%) FMCG
7 2 (1.13%) Graphic Design
7 2 (1.13%) Grid Computing
7 2 (1.13%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.13%) Social Media
8 1 (0.56%) Biopharmaceutical
8 1 (0.56%) CMDB
8 1 (0.56%) Housing Association
8 1 (0.56%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.56%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 23 (12.99%) Linux
2 12 (6.78%) Apple iOS
3 11 (6.21%) Unix
4 7 (3.95%) Windows
5 5 (2.82%) Android
6 1 (0.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (29.38%) Agile
2 50 (28.25%) Problem-Solving
3 39 (22.03%) Service Management
4 34 (19.21%) Analytics
4 34 (19.21%) Decision-Making
5 33 (18.64%) Migration
6 29 (16.38%) Project Management
7 25 (14.12%) Service Delivery
8 24 (13.56%) Business Intelligence
9 23 (12.99%) Mentoring
10 22 (12.43%) Data Analysis
11 21 (11.86%) Roadmaps
12 20 (11.30%) Stakeholder Management
13 18 (10.17%) Continuous Improvement
14 17 (9.60%) ITIL
15 16 (9.04%) Data Science
15 16 (9.04%) DevOps
16 15 (8.47%) Capacity Planning
16 15 (8.47%) Digital Marketing
17 14 (7.91%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (7.91%) Python
2 10 (5.65%) Swift
3 8 (4.52%) Bash
3 8 (4.52%) Java
3 8 (4.52%) JavaScript
3 8 (4.52%) SQL
4 5 (2.82%) Groovy
5 4 (2.26%) Kotlin
6 3 (1.69%) PHP
7 2 (1.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (1.13%) PowerShell
7 2 (1.13%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.56%) Perl
8 1 (0.56%) VBA
Qualifications
1 28 (15.82%) Degree
1 28 (15.82%) Security Cleared
2 17 (9.60%) SC Cleared
3 7 (3.95%) DV Cleared
3 7 (3.95%) Master's Degree
4 4 (2.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (1.69%) PMI Certification
5 3 (1.69%) PMP
6 2 (1.13%) CBAP
7 1 (0.56%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.56%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 1 (0.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.56%) CTC Cleared
7 1 (0.56%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.56%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.21%) SLA
2 9 (5.08%) QA
3 8 (4.52%) PMO
4 6 (3.39%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.69%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.56%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 7 (3.95%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (2.26%) Docker
3 3 (1.69%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (1.69%) VMware NSX
3 3 (1.69%) vSphere
4 2 (1.13%) Firmware
4 2 (1.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 1 (0.56%) NFS
Systems Management
1 7 (3.95%) VxRail
2 4 (2.26%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.26%) PowerCLI
3 3 (1.69%) MOM
3 3 (1.69%) NetBackup
3 3 (1.69%) vCenter Server
4 2 (1.13%) Grafana
4 2 (1.13%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.56%) Ansible
5 1 (0.56%) CFEngine
5 1 (0.56%) Puppet
5 1 (0.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 28 (15.82%) Microsoft
2 16 (9.04%) Atlassian
3 13 (7.34%) VMware
4 11 (6.21%) SAP
5 10 (5.65%) Adobe
5 10 (5.65%) Dell
6 9 (5.08%) Google
7 8 (4.52%) Okta
8 6 (3.39%) ServiceNow
9 5 (2.82%) Remedy
10 4 (2.26%) Cisco
11 3 (1.69%) Intel
11 3 (1.69%) Salesforce
11 3 (1.69%) Sitecore
11 3 (1.69%) Splunk
12 2 (1.13%) Cadence
12 2 (1.13%) Dynatrace
12 2 (1.13%) Omniture
12 2 (1.13%) Oracle
13 1 (0.56%) TIBCO