Performance Optimisation Contracts in Cheshire

Performance Optimisation
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire requiring Performance Optimisation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Performance Optimisation over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 - 62
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Performance Optimisation 11 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 2.45% - 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.52% - 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 0 1
10th Percentile £445 - -
25th Percentile £457 - £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - £375
75th Percentile £492 - £388
90th Percentile £591 - -
North West median daily rate £492 £425 £420
% change year-on-year +15.76% +1.19% -32.80%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 436 425 483
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 97.10% 84.33% 91.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 294 285 328
10th Percentile £317 £276 £275
25th Percentile £358 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -9.05% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £550 £580 £575
90th Percentile £638 £635 £660
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 30 23
10th Percentile £19.00 £13.70 £19.06
25th Percentile £25.94 £16.61 £23.15
Median hourly rate £35.20 £26.66 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year +32.03% -12.70% +29.96%
75th Percentile £85.44 £42.31 £35.00
90th Percentile £86.00 £44.13 £39.20
North West median hourly rate £31.88 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +51.81% -40.00% +70.82%

Performance Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Job postings citing Performance Optimisation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Job vacancy trend for Performance Optimisation in Cheshire

Performance Optimisation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Daily rate trend for Performance Optimisation in Cheshire

Performance Optimisation
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Performance Optimisation in Cheshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Performance Optimisation in Cheshire

Performance Optimisation
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 Optimisation within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Knutsford - 7 £475 - 2
Warrington - 1 £550 -
Performance Optimisation
North West

Performance Optimisation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 5 (45.45%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (63.64%) Azure
2 5 (45.45%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (45.45%) Microsoft Purview
2 5 (45.45%) OneDrive
3 2 (18.18%) AWS
3 2 (18.18%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (27.27%) HTTPS
2 2 (18.18%) BGP
2 2 (18.18%) Firewall
2 2 (18.18%) MPLS
2 2 (18.18%) Network Security
2 2 (18.18%) OSPF
2 2 (18.18%) VLAN
2 2 (18.18%) VPN
General
1 5 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
3 1 (9.09%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Architect
2 3 (27.27%) ForgeRock Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Software Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Designer
3 2 (18.18%) Network Designer
3 2 (18.18%) Solutions Designer
4 1 (9.09%) Business Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Data Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Senior
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (27.27%) JDBC
1 3 (27.27%) OAuth
1 3 (27.27%) OAuth2
1 3 (27.27%) OpenID
1 3 (27.27%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) PKI
1 3 (27.27%) Taxonomies
2 2 (18.18%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Mentoring
2 6 (54.55%) Data Governance
3 5 (45.45%) Cloud Security
3 5 (45.45%) Data Loss Prevention
3 5 (45.45%) Data Protection
3 5 (45.45%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (45.45%) Technical Architecture
3 5 (45.45%) Technical Leadership
3 5 (45.45%) Zero Trust
4 3 (27.27%) Agile
4 3 (27.27%) API Integration
4 3 (27.27%) Coaching
4 3 (27.27%) DevSecOps
4 3 (27.27%) Identity Access Management
4 3 (27.27%) Identity Management
4 3 (27.27%) Kalman Filter
4 3 (27.27%) Open Source
4 3 (27.27%) Roadmaps
4 3 (27.27%) Scrum
4 3 (27.27%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 5 (45.45%) PowerShell
2 3 (27.27%) Java
2 3 (27.27%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) Degree
2 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
3 2 (18.18%) CCIE
3 2 (18.18%) CCNP
3 2 (18.18%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (18.18%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (18.18%) JNCIE
3 2 (18.18%) Master's Degree
4 1 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) GDPR
1 1 (9.09%) HIPAA
Systems Management
1 3 (27.27%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
2 3 (27.27%) ForgeRock
2 3 (27.27%) Ping Identity
3 2 (18.18%) Cisco
3 2 (18.18%) F5
3 2 (18.18%) Fortinet