Performance Analyst Contracts in England

Performance Analyst
UK > England

The median Performance Analyst daily rate in England is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 463 509 571
Rank change year-on-year +46 +62 +104
Contract jobs requiring a Performance Analyst 22 33 82
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.090% 0.089% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.098% 0.096% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 19 71
10th Percentile £405 £100 £245
25th Percentile £425 £331 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £420 £450
Median % change year-on-year +13.10% -6.67% -2.70%
75th Percentile £606 £476 £525
90th Percentile £613 £496 £588
UK median daily rate £513 £437 £459
% change year-on-year +17.28% -4.74% -3.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 2
10th Percentile - - £18.78
25th Percentile - £15.39 £18.83
Median hourly rate - £15.79 £19.91
Median % change year-on-year - -20.69% +1.19%
75th Percentile - £16.20 £21.25
90th Percentile - - £21.45
UK median hourly rate - £15.79 £19.50
% change year-on-year - -19.03% -19.92%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Performance Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Performance Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Performance Analyst in England

Performance Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Performance Analyst in England.

Daily rate trend for Performance Analyst in England

Performance Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for Performance Analyst in England

Performance Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Performance Analyst in England.

Hourly rate trend for Performance Analyst in England

Performance Analyst
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Analyst within the England 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
London +42 12 £575 +26.37% 14
North of England +21 8 £463 +362.50% 1
Yorkshire +11 4 £469 - 1
North East - 3 £450 -
Midlands +23 2 £400 +23.08% 5
North West +13 1 - -
East Midlands +10 1 - - 2
West Midlands - 1 £400 - 3
Performance Analyst
UK

Performance Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Performance Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Performance Analyst in the job title.

1 16 (72.73%) SQL
2 14 (63.64%) Business Intelligence
3 10 (45.45%) Hedge funds
4 9 (40.91%) Analytics
4 9 (40.91%) Performance Analysis
5 8 (36.36%) Data Analysis
6 7 (31.82%) Visualisation
6 7 (31.82%) Finance
6 7 (31.82%) Agile
6 7 (31.82%) Power BI
6 7 (31.82%) Power Platform
7 6 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (27.27%) Aladdin
7 6 (27.27%) Asset Management
7 6 (27.27%) Front Office
7 6 (27.27%) Fixed Income
7 6 (27.27%) Python
7 6 (27.27%) BISAM
7 6 (27.27%) Derivative
7 6 (27.27%) Investment Management
7 6 (27.27%) SC Cleared
7 6 (27.27%) Security Cleared
8 5 (22.73%) AWS
8 5 (22.73%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (18.18%) Banking
9 4 (18.18%) Validation
9 4 (18.18%) Migration
9 4 (18.18%) Data Visualisation
9 4 (18.18%) Performance Tuning
9 4 (18.18%) Database Tuning

Performance Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (27.27%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 7 (31.82%) Power Platform
2 5 (22.73%) AWS
3 2 (9.09%) Google Analytics
4 1 (4.55%) GCP
4 1 (4.55%) GitHub
4 1 (4.55%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.55%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (31.82%) Power BI
2 5 (22.73%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (13.64%) Tableau
4 2 (9.09%) Star Schema
5 1 (4.55%) Amazon QuickSight
5 1 (4.55%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (4.55%) BigQuery
5 1 (4.55%) Looker
5 1 (4.55%) SQL Server
General
1 7 (31.82%) Finance
2 6 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (27.27%) Front Office
3 4 (18.18%) Banking
3 4 (18.18%) Investment Banking
4 2 (9.09%) Public Sector
4 2 (9.09%) Social Skills
5 1 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (4.55%) Local Government
5 1 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 10 (45.45%) Hedge funds
2 6 (27.27%) Derivative
2 6 (27.27%) Fixed Income
3 4 (18.18%) Reference Data
4 1 (4.55%) NHS
4 1 (4.55%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (63.64%) Business Intelligence
2 9 (40.91%) Analytics
2 9 (40.91%) Performance Analysis
3 8 (36.36%) Data Analysis
4 7 (31.82%) Agile
4 7 (31.82%) Visualisation
5 6 (27.27%) Asset Management
5 6 (27.27%) Investment Management
6 4 (18.18%) Data Visualisation
6 4 (18.18%) Database Tuning
6 4 (18.18%) Migration
6 4 (18.18%) Performance Metrics
6 4 (18.18%) Performance Tuning
6 4 (18.18%) Test Automation
6 4 (18.18%) Validation
7 3 (13.64%) Data Collection
8 2 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (9.09%) Data Extraction
8 2 (9.09%) Decision-Making
8 2 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 16 (72.73%) SQL
2 6 (27.27%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (27.27%) SC Cleared
1 6 (27.27%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.55%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.09%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 6 (27.27%) BISAM
2 3 (13.64%) Oracle
2 3 (13.64%) Virgin Media
3 2 (9.09%) Google
4 1 (4.55%) Cisco
4 1 (4.55%) Meraki
4 1 (4.55%) Palo Alto
4 1 (4.55%) ServiceNow