Performance Optimisation Contract Job Trends in Basildon

Performance Optimisation
Essex > Basildon

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Basildon requiring Performance Optimisation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Performance Optimisation 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Basildon 3.03% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.23% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Essex median daily rate £575 £325 -
% change year-on-year +76.92% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Basildon

Performance Optimisation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Basildon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31 17 41
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Basildon 93.94% 89.47% 85.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 10 15
10th Percentile £308 £315 £102
25th Percentile £471 £319 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £394 £575
Median % change year-on-year +28.25% -31.52% +13.86%
75th Percentile £561 £487 £600
90th Percentile £599 £488 £645
Essex median daily rate £375 £400 £475
% change year-on-year -6.25% -15.79% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 24
10th Percentile £12.55 £32.00 £52.50
25th Percentile £31.90 £35.00 £54.19
Median hourly rate £55.00 £40.00 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -46.67% +19.52%
75th Percentile £62.50 £45.00 £80.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £48.00 -
Essex median hourly rate £22.00 £42.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -48.24% -19.05% +22.09%

Performance Optimisation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Basildon by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (100.00%) Git
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript Developer
1 1 (100.00%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) Jest
1 1 (100.00%) React
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Pair Programming
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility