Performance Management Contracts

Performance Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Performance Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Performance Management over the 6 months to 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 339 447 473
Rank change year-on-year +108 +26 -4
Contract jobs citing Performance Management 257 263 443
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.60% 0.45% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.69% 0.50% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 143 290
10th Percentile £303 £253 £290
25th Percentile £390 £428 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £531
Median % change year-on-year - -1.18% +25.00%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £669
90th Percentile £775 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £523 £550
% change year-on-year +0.48% -5.00% +35.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 21 21
10th Percentile £15.39 £18.63 £13.25
25th Percentile £25.12 - £24.35
Median hourly rate £47.00 £49.00 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.08% +58.06% +43.60%
75th Percentile £60.63 £65.00 £33.15
90th Percentile £70.00 £65.75 £37.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £49.00 £65.00 £31.00
% change year-on-year -24.62% +109.68% +34.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Performance Management 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 37,097 52,247 79,383
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.26% 89.81% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,888 36,212 55,718
10th Percentile £300 £325 £343
25th Percentile £413 £438 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.48%
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% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,438 1,719 1,895
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.23 £15.58
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +4.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.06 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.74% +75.00% -6.98%

Performance Management
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Performance Management in the UK

Performance Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Performance Management in the UK

Performance Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Performance Management over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Performance Management in the UK

Performance Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Performance Management in the UK

Performance Management
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Performance Management over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Performance Management in the UK

Performance Management
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 Management within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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
England +104 227 £525 -3.45% 301
UK excluding London +68 138 £525 +0.48% 207
Work from Home +106 109 £494 -10.20% 115
London +87 99 £525 - 95
South East +9 39 £525 +2.69% 45
Midlands +39 25 £525 -19.23% 32
West Midlands +31 22 £538 - 19
North of England +18 21 £600 -14.29% 69
East of England +10 20 £525 +23.53% 32
Scotland +44 17 £435 -13.00% 9
South West +15 17 £45 -91.43% 21
North West +21 15 £600 - 42
Yorkshire +14 4 £563 -19.64% 13
East Midlands +17 2 - - 13
North East +16 2 £666 +2.38% 14
Wales +20 1 £1,000 +185.71% 7

Performance Management
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 9 (3.50%) Confluence
2 8 (3.11%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.39%) Anypoint
3 1 (0.39%) OpenStack
3 1 (0.39%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 13 (5.06%) Spreadsheet
2 11 (4.28%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (3.50%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (1.17%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.78%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (1.56%) iTrent
1 4 (1.56%) Primavera
1 4 (1.56%) SAP PS
2 3 (1.17%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.78%) Oracle Applications
3 2 (0.78%) SAP EHS
3 2 (0.78%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.39%) HFM
4 1 (0.39%) Hyperion Planning
4 1 (0.39%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.39%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.39%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.39%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.39%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.39%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.39%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 22 (8.56%) Azure
1 22 (8.56%) SaaS
2 12 (4.67%) Power Platform
3 10 (3.89%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (3.11%) AWS
4 8 (3.11%) SuccessFactors
5 6 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (1.56%) IaaS
6 4 (1.56%) PaaS
7 3 (1.17%) AWS Lambda
7 3 (1.17%) Azure Key Vault
7 3 (1.17%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (1.17%) GCP
7 3 (1.17%) Serverless
8 2 (0.78%) Amazon Kinesis
8 2 (0.78%) Asana
8 2 (0.78%) GitHub
8 2 (0.78%) Miro
9 1 (0.39%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.39%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 15 (5.84%) LAN
2 14 (5.45%) WAN
3 13 (5.06%) Firewall
4 11 (4.28%) MPLS
4 11 (4.28%) VoIP
5 10 (3.89%) WLAN
6 9 (3.50%) 3G
6 9 (3.50%) 4G
6 9 (3.50%) 5G
6 9 (3.50%) Cisco ASA
6 9 (3.50%) PBX
6 9 (3.50%) Radio Access Network
6 9 (3.50%) VPN
7 6 (2.33%) Internet
7 6 (2.33%) SD-WAN
7 6 (2.33%) Wireless
8 5 (1.95%) Cisco Firepower
8 5 (1.95%) Cisco ISE
8 5 (1.95%) DHCP
8 5 (1.95%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.28%) Power BI
2 4 (1.56%) Big Data
2 4 (1.56%) Electronic Patient Records
2 4 (1.56%) NonStop SQL
3 3 (1.17%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.78%) Amazon Redshift
4 2 (0.78%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (0.78%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.78%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (0.78%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (0.78%) Tableau
5 1 (0.39%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.39%) DB2
5 1 (0.39%) Essbase
5 1 (0.39%) HDInsight
5 1 (0.39%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.39%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.39%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 15 (5.84%) JIRA
2 7 (2.72%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.95%) Git
4 4 (1.56%) Artifactory
4 4 (1.56%) Bitbucket
4 4 (1.56%) Oracle APEX
5 2 (0.78%) Postman
5 2 (0.78%) Selenium
5 2 (0.78%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.39%) GitLab
6 1 (0.39%) JMeter
6 1 (0.39%) JUnit
6 1 (0.39%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.39%) RStudio
6 1 (0.39%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.39%) WebDriver
General
1 79 (30.74%) Finance
2 71 (27.63%) Social Skills
3 40 (15.56%) Public Sector
4 31 (12.06%) Local Government
5 28 (10.89%) Legal
6 25 (9.73%) Analytical Skills
7 24 (9.34%) Telecoms
8 15 (5.84%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (3.11%) Retail
10 7 (2.72%) Banking
10 7 (2.72%) Marketing
10 7 (2.72%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (2.72%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.95%) Military
11 5 (1.95%) Police
12 4 (1.56%) Aerospace
13 3 (1.17%) Law
13 3 (1.17%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.78%) Advertising
14 2 (0.78%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 29 (11.28%) Lead
2 27 (10.51%) Analyst
3 24 (9.34%) Consultant
4 22 (8.56%) Project Manager
5 19 (7.39%) Senior
6 18 (7.00%) Architect
7 10 (3.89%) Performance Analyst
8 9 (3.50%) Procurement Officer
8 9 (3.50%) Programme Manager
9 8 (3.11%) Enterprise Architect
10 7 (2.72%) Delivery Manager
10 7 (2.72%) Development Manager
10 7 (2.72%) IT Manager
11 6 (2.33%) Desktop Support
11 6 (2.33%) Performance Consultant
11 6 (2.33%) Senior Manager
12 5 (1.95%) Incident Analyst
12 5 (1.95%) Senior Consultant
12 5 (1.95%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
12 5 (1.95%) Senior Performance Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.67%) Web Services
2 6 (2.33%) XML
3 4 (1.56%) EDI
3 4 (1.56%) RESTful
3 4 (1.56%) SOAP
4 3 (1.17%) Elastic Stack
4 3 (1.17%) React
5 2 (0.78%) ADO
5 2 (0.78%) HTML
5 2 (0.78%) Swagger
6 1 (0.39%) .NET
6 1 (0.39%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.39%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.39%) Flash
6 1 (0.39%) JSON
6 1 (0.39%) LDAP
6 1 (0.39%) Middleware
6 1 (0.39%) Node.js
6 1 (0.39%) SQLAlchemy
6 1 (0.39%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 35 (13.62%) Management Information System
2 16 (6.23%) Data Centre
3 9 (3.50%) Onboarding
4 8 (3.11%) NHS
5 7 (2.72%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (2.72%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (2.33%) Hybrid Cloud
6 6 (2.33%) Operational Technology
6 6 (2.33%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.17%) Wiki
8 2 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.78%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (0.78%) IoT
8 2 (0.78%) Life Science
9 1 (0.39%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.39%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 1 (0.39%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.39%) Legacy Applications
9 1 (0.39%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.39%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 18 (7.00%) Windows
2 10 (3.89%) Linux
3 5 (1.95%) Unix
4 4 (1.56%) Embedded Linux
4 4 (1.56%) Solaris
5 3 (1.17%) VMS
6 2 (0.78%) Android
6 2 (0.78%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.78%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (20.23%) Project Management
2 49 (19.07%) Agile
3 45 (17.51%) Stakeholder Management
4 43 (16.73%) Change Management
5 40 (15.56%) Decision-Making
5 40 (15.56%) Problem-Solving
6 34 (13.23%) Risk Management
7 31 (12.06%) Continuous Improvement
8 30 (11.67%) Programme Management
9 29 (11.28%) Roadmaps
10 28 (10.89%) Analytics
11 24 (9.34%) ITIL
12 21 (8.17%) Business Case
12 21 (8.17%) Service Delivery
13 20 (7.78%) Project Planning
14 19 (7.39%) Contract Management
14 19 (7.39%) Project Delivery
14 19 (7.39%) Service Management
15 18 (7.00%) Cybersecurity
15 18 (7.00%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 15 (5.84%) SQL
2 13 (5.06%) Python
3 5 (1.95%) C++
4 4 (1.56%) Java
4 4 (1.56%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.78%) C#
5 2 (0.78%) PowerShell
5 2 (0.78%) R
6 1 (0.39%) C
6 1 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.39%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.39%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.39%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 40 (15.56%) Security Cleared
2 35 (13.62%) Degree
3 25 (9.73%) SC Cleared
4 12 (4.67%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (3.50%) CCIE
5 9 (3.50%) CCIE Data Center
6 8 (3.11%) CTC Cleared
6 8 (3.11%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.56%) CCNP
7 4 (1.56%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 3 (1.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (1.17%) CCSK
8 3 (1.17%) CISSP
8 3 (1.17%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.78%) HNC
9 2 (0.78%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.78%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.78%) PMP
9 2 (0.78%) SAP Certification
10 1 (0.39%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (5.84%) Data Quality
1 15 (5.84%) QA
2 13 (5.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (4.67%) NIST
4 11 (4.28%) PMO
5 7 (2.72%) SLA
6 5 (1.95%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 4 (1.56%) Accessibility
7 4 (1.56%) ISO 22301
8 3 (1.17%) GRC
8 3 (1.17%) NCSC
9 2 (0.78%) COBIT
9 2 (0.78%) Disclosure Scotland
9 2 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 12207
10 1 (0.39%) GDPR
System Software
1 4 (1.56%) Virtual Machines
1 4 (1.56%) VirtualBox
2 3 (1.17%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.39%) Docker
3 1 (0.39%) Firmware
3 1 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (1.56%) Nagios
1 4 (1.56%) OpenView
2 3 (1.17%) Terraform
3 2 (0.78%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.39%) Ansible
4 1 (0.39%) Grafana
4 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 36 (14.01%) Microsoft
2 27 (10.51%) Oracle
2 27 (10.51%) SAP
3 16 (6.23%) Cisco
4 7 (2.72%) HP
4 7 (2.72%) ServiceNow
5 6 (2.33%) Citrix
5 6 (2.33%) Palo Alto
6 5 (1.95%) Cadence
6 5 (1.95%) CheckPoint
6 5 (1.95%) Fortinet
6 5 (1.95%) Infoblox
6 5 (1.95%) Symantec
6 5 (1.95%) Zscaler
7 4 (1.56%) SolarWinds
8 3 (1.17%) AlienVault
8 3 (1.17%) Dynatrace
8 3 (1.17%) Google
8 3 (1.17%) Phenom
8 3 (1.17%) Workday