Performance Optimisation Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Performance Optimisation
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire requiring Performance Optimisation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 50 60
Rank change year-on-year +4 +10 +39
Contract jobs citing Performance Optimisation 2 3 1
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 0.47% 0.82% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.55% 0.95% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 1
10th Percentile £430 £428 -
25th Percentile £438 £459 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -11.90% -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £500 £563 -
90th Percentile £515 £578 -
South East median daily rate £550 £505 £405
% change year-on-year +8.91% +24.69% -32.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 362 315 508
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 84.78% 86.07% 92.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 238 227 380
10th Percentile £212 £234 £275
25th Percentile £350 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
75th Percentile £550 £588 £600
90th Percentile £632 £656 £704
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £520
% change year-on-year -2.01% -1.88% +1.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 6 18
10th Percentile - £15.35 £15.15
25th Percentile £15.91 £22.03 £19.44
Median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £23.88
Median % change year-on-year -30.14% +50.79% +54.03%
75th Percentile £29.61 £49.81 £29.25
90th Percentile £30.89 £55.63 £30.00
South East median hourly rate £22.38 £47.51 £54.56
% change year-on-year -52.89% -12.92% +45.49%

Performance Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Performance Optimisation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire.

Performance Optimisation job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

Performance Optimisation
Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Performance Optimisation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Performance Optimisation

Performance Optimisation
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 21 December 2025. 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
Milton Keynes +3 2 £463 -11.90% 1
Performance Optimisation
South East

Performance Optimisation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) CMS
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) OneDrive
1 1 (50.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (50.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (50.00%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Data Services
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Administrator
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Administrator
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (50.00%) High Availability
1 1 (50.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Monitoring
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Server Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) SAP