Performance Improvement Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Performance Improvement
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Performance Improvement skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 66 79
Rank change year-on-year +5 +13 -
Contract jobs citing Performance Improvement 3 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.51% 0.16% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.56% 0.18% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £862 £500 -
Median % change year-on-year +72.40% - -
75th Percentile £881 - -
90th Percentile £892 - -
Scotland median daily rate £862 £356 £400
% change year-on-year +142.13% -11.00% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Performance Improvement 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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 538 570 832
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 91.34% 92.08% 91.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 273 306 501
10th Percentile £233 £229 £200
25th Percentile £406 £390 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +7.78% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £555 £537 £550
90th Percentile £625 £638 £626
Scotland median daily rate £465 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +3.33% -10.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 25 10
10th Percentile £17.23 £20.30 £13.12
25th Percentile - £22.22 £16.00
Median hourly rate £17.87 £23.59 £17.61
Median % change year-on-year -24.25% +33.96% -17.17%
75th Percentile £31.50 £24.18 £31.97
90th Percentile £61.25 £26.70 £54.48
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £23.59 £18.59
% change year-on-year -15.22% +26.90% -0.19%

Performance Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Performance Improvement job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Performance Improvement
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Performance Improvement.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Performance Improvement

Performance Improvement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 3 (100.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 3 (100.00%) Data Acquisition
1 3 (100.00%) Data Management
1 3 (100.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Architectural Design
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
3 1 (33.33%) Fault Analysis
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) AVEVA
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft