Performance Analysis Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Performance Analysis
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring Performance Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 67 51
Rank change year-on-year -11 -16 -
Contract jobs citing Performance Analysis 2 5 3
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 0.24% 0.80% 0.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.88% 0.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 1
10th Percentile - £259 -
25th Percentile £513 £265 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £269 £375
Median % change year-on-year +95.17% -28.27% -
75th Percentile £538 £294 £388
90th Percentile - £338 -
North West median daily rate £492 £268 £463
% change year-on-year +83.58% -42.05% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cheshire

Performance Analysis 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 Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 717 569 426
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 85.26% 91.48% 86.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 411 432 276
10th Percentile £313 £305 £327
25th Percentile £402 £358 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £430 £488
Median % change year-on-year +10.47% -11.93% -2.35%
75th Percentile £575 £501 £575
90th Percentile £638 £638 £678
North West median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 19 16
10th Percentile £16.01 £12.81 £16.00
25th Percentile £17.25 £12.82 £30.31
Median hourly rate £35.82 £17.75 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +101.80% -49.29% +14.60%
75th Percentile £85.00 £32.75 £43.75
90th Percentile £86.00 £45.45 £47.50
North West median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £40.33
% change year-on-year +88.87% -37.63% +18.60%

Performance Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Performance Analysis job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Performance Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Performance Analysis.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Performance Analysis

Performance Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Performance Analysis.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Performance Analysis

Performance Analysis
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Analysis within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 5 September 2026. 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
Chester -5 2 £525 - 5
Performance Analysis
North West

Performance Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 2 (100.00%) SNMP
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Network Support
1 1 (50.00%) Network Support Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Splunk Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Dashboard Development
1 2 (100.00%) Data Ingestion
1 2 (100.00%) Observability
1 2 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Visualisation
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Generative AI
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Situational Awareness
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Splunk