Performance Management Contracts in England

Performance Management
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Performance Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Performance Management over the 6 months leading up to 7 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 374 333 433
Rank change year-on-year -41 +100 +15
Contract jobs citing Performance Management 104 230 218
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.43% 0.62% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.47% 0.72% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 129 121
10th Percentile £413 £325 £319
25th Percentile £447 £400 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £647 £638 £650
90th Percentile £786 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £520 £533
% change year-on-year +0.96% -2.35% -3.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 33 15
10th Percentile £28.45 £15.39 £18.63
25th Percentile £42.53 £18.97 £25.88
Median hourly rate £60.00 £35.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year +71.43% -28.57% +58.06%
75th Percentile - £61.25 -
90th Percentile - £70.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £35.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year +71.43% -28.57% +58.06%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Performance Management 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,224 31,896 42,584
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.30% 85.63% 89.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,377 20,753 29,899
10th Percentile £303 £300 £325
25th Percentile £408 £413 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +0.46%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £775
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 996 2,340 1,520
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.82 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.04 £16.00 £15.50
Median hourly rate £28.46 £37.50 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.12% +4.17% +44.00%
75th Percentile £59.08 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.38 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £27.52 £36.50 £35.90
% change year-on-year -24.62% +1.67% +39.80%

Performance Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Performance Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Performance Management in England

Performance Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Performance Management in England

Performance Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Performance Management in England over the 6 months to 7 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Performance Management in England

Performance Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Performance Management in England

Performance Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Performance Management in England over the 6 months to 7 June 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Performance Management in England

Performance Management
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 Management within the England region over the 6 months to 7 June 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 +13 53 £500 -4.76% 317
North of England +9 20 £500 -16.67% 85
North West +9 15 £450 -25.00% 41
South West +33 9 £500 +1011.11% 30
East of England +18 9 £500 -2.44% 23
South East +8 8 £738 +47.50% 130
Midlands -14 4 - - 49
Yorkshire +8 3 £625 +19.05% 31
East Midlands +10 2 - - 20
North East -2 2 £600 -9.84% 13
West Midlands -3 2 - - 28
Performance Management
UK

Performance Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (3.85%) WebSphere
2 3 (2.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.88%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.92%) CICS
3 2 (1.92%) JBoss
3 2 (1.92%) WebSphere Application Server
4 1 (0.96%) Anypoint
4 1 (0.96%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (0.96%) Confluence
4 1 (0.96%) SAS
4 1 (0.96%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 10 (9.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (6.73%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (3.85%) Oracle Smart View
4 2 (1.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.96%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 9 (8.65%) Primavera
2 7 (6.73%) SAP PS
3 5 (4.81%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (3.85%) Workday HCM
5 2 (1.92%) HFM
5 2 (1.92%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (1.92%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.96%) Actimize
6 1 (0.96%) Hyperion Planning
6 1 (0.96%) Maximo
6 1 (0.96%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.96%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.96%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.96%) SAP R/3
Cloud Services
1 14 (13.46%) Azure
2 11 (10.58%) AWS
3 6 (5.77%) Google Sheets
3 6 (5.77%) SaaS
4 5 (4.81%) Azure Monitor
4 5 (4.81%) GitHub
5 4 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (3.85%) OCI
5 4 (3.85%) Power Platform
6 3 (2.88%) Azure Data Factory
6 3 (2.88%) GCP
7 2 (1.92%) AWS Lambda
7 2 (1.92%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 2 (1.92%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 2 (1.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (1.92%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (1.92%) Entra ID
7 2 (1.92%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (1.92%) OneDrive
7 2 (1.92%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 9 (8.65%) Firewall
2 7 (6.73%) VPN
3 5 (4.81%) Network Security
4 4 (3.85%) DNS
4 4 (3.85%) TCP/IP
4 4 (3.85%) WAN
5 3 (2.88%) BGP
5 3 (2.88%) HTTP
6 2 (1.92%) DHCP
6 2 (1.92%) Intranet
6 2 (1.92%) SD-WAN
6 2 (1.92%) SSL
6 2 (1.92%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.96%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (0.96%) FTP
7 1 (0.96%) HSRP
7 1 (0.96%) IPsec
7 1 (0.96%) Multicast
7 1 (0.96%) Unicast
7 1 (0.96%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (3.85%) DB2
1 4 (3.85%) Power BI
2 3 (2.88%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (2.88%) GIS
2 3 (2.88%) Hadoop
2 3 (2.88%) Tableau
3 2 (1.92%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (1.92%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (1.92%) Delta Lake
3 2 (1.92%) Essbase
3 2 (1.92%) IMS/DB
3 2 (1.92%) Metadata
3 2 (1.92%) NoSQL
3 2 (1.92%) Oracle Database
3 2 (1.92%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.96%) MSDE
4 1 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.96%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (6.73%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.92%) Bitbucket
2 2 (1.92%) Git
2 2 (1.92%) GitLab
2 2 (1.92%) Selenium
2 2 (1.92%) SOAtest
3 1 (0.96%) ERwin
3 1 (0.96%) Maven
3 1 (0.96%) Rational DOORS
General
1 40 (38.46%) Finance
2 34 (32.69%) Social Skills
3 20 (19.23%) Public Sector
4 16 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (5.77%) Banking
5 6 (5.77%) Law
5 6 (5.77%) Legal
5 6 (5.77%) Local Government
6 4 (3.85%) Manufacturing
6 4 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (2.88%) Back Office
8 2 (1.92%) Aerospace
8 2 (1.92%) Billing
8 2 (1.92%) General Ledger
8 2 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.92%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.92%) Retail Banking
8 2 (1.92%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.96%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 10 (9.62%) Consultant
2 9 (8.65%) Architect
3 8 (7.69%) Lead
3 8 (7.69%) Senior
4 7 (6.73%) Oracle Consultant
4 7 (6.73%) Project Manager
4 7 (6.73%) Project Planner
5 6 (5.77%) Operations Manager
6 5 (4.81%) Analyst
6 5 (4.81%) Network Engineer
6 5 (4.81%) Project Controller
7 4 (3.85%) Delivery Manager
7 4 (3.85%) Oracle Payroll Consultant
7 4 (3.85%) Payroll Consultant
7 4 (3.85%) Performance Manager
7 4 (3.85%) Solutions Architect
8 3 (2.88%) Data Architect
8 3 (2.88%) IT Manager
8 3 (2.88%) Programme Manager
8 3 (2.88%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (6.73%) Middleware
1 7 (6.73%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (4.81%) XML
3 4 (3.85%) J2EE
3 4 (3.85%) Web Services
4 3 (2.88%) JSON
4 3 (2.88%) REST
5 2 (1.92%) .NET
5 2 (1.92%) EJB
5 2 (1.92%) JDBC
5 2 (1.92%) Kafka
5 2 (1.92%) RESTful
5 2 (1.92%) SOAP
5 2 (1.92%) WebSphere MQ
5 2 (1.92%) XSLT
6 1 (0.96%) .NET Core
6 1 (0.96%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.96%) FIX Protocol
6 1 (0.96%) RAML
6 1 (0.96%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.81%) Data Protection Act
1 5 (4.81%) Management Information System
2 4 (3.85%) Cloud Native
2 4 (3.85%) Data Centre
3 3 (2.88%) IoT
3 3 (2.88%) SCADA
4 2 (1.92%) Hedge funds
4 2 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (1.92%) Mainframe
4 2 (1.92%) Mobile Payment
4 2 (1.92%) PKI
4 2 (1.92%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (1.92%) VSAM
5 1 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.96%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (0.96%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (0.96%) Industrial Internet of Things
5 1 (0.96%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.96%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 8 (7.69%) Windows
2 6 (5.77%) Linux
3 5 (4.81%) Unix
4 3 (2.88%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.96%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (25.00%) Project Management
2 20 (19.23%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (19.23%) Stakeholder Management
3 17 (16.35%) Decision-Making
4 15 (14.42%) Agile
4 15 (14.42%) Analytics
5 13 (12.50%) Coaching
6 12 (11.54%) Change Management
6 12 (11.54%) Continuous Improvement
7 11 (10.58%) Data Analysis
7 11 (10.58%) ERP
8 10 (9.62%) Business Intelligence
8 10 (9.62%) Business Performance Management
8 10 (9.62%) CI/CD
8 10 (9.62%) Contract Management
8 10 (9.62%) Project Planning
9 9 (8.65%) Incident Management
9 9 (8.65%) Performance Measurement
9 9 (8.65%) Programme Management
9 9 (8.65%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 12 (11.54%) Python
2 11 (10.58%) SQL
3 7 (6.73%) Java
4 5 (4.81%) PowerShell
5 4 (3.85%) REXX
6 2 (1.92%) Bicep
6 2 (1.92%) COBOL
6 2 (1.92%) Groovy
6 2 (1.92%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.92%) JCL
6 2 (1.92%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (1.92%) PL/SQL
6 2 (1.92%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.96%) ABAP
7 1 (0.96%) Bash
7 1 (0.96%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 36 (34.62%) Security Cleared
2 35 (33.65%) SC Cleared
3 5 (4.81%) Degree
4 3 (2.88%) PMI Certification
4 3 (2.88%) PMP
5 1 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.96%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.96%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.96%) HNC
5 1 (0.96%) HND
5 1 (0.96%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.96%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.73%) Data Quality
2 6 (5.77%) QA
3 4 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (3.85%) PMO
4 3 (2.88%) GDPR
5 2 (1.92%) NCSC
6 1 (0.96%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.96%) NIST
6 1 (0.96%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.96%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (5.77%) Docker
2 2 (1.92%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.92%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.96%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (7.69%) Terraform
2 7 (6.73%) Ansible
3 3 (2.88%) Automic
3 3 (2.88%) Kubernetes
3 3 (2.88%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (2.88%) Puppet
4 2 (1.92%) Grafana
4 2 (1.92%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.96%) CloudHub
5 1 (0.96%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 1 (0.96%) Docker Swarm
5 1 (0.96%) Perfmon
5 1 (0.96%) SCOM
5 1 (0.96%) VxRail
Vendors
1 27 (25.96%) Oracle
2 19 (18.27%) Microsoft
3 15 (14.42%) SAP
4 8 (7.69%) Google
5 6 (5.77%) Workday
6 5 (4.81%) Cisco
6 5 (4.81%) Informatica
7 4 (3.85%) Meraki
7 4 (3.85%) MuleSoft
8 2 (1.92%) Ab Initio
8 2 (1.92%) Arista
8 2 (1.92%) Databricks
8 2 (1.92%) Facebook
8 2 (1.92%) Fortinet
8 2 (1.92%) Hyperion
8 2 (1.92%) IBM
8 2 (1.92%) Instagram
8 2 (1.92%) Palo Alto
8 2 (1.92%) Parasoft
8 2 (1.92%) Sun