Performance Metrics Contracts in England

Performance Metrics
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Performance Metrics skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Performance Metrics 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 315 398 551
Rank change year-on-year +83 +153 +91
Contract jobs citing Performance Metrics 174 144 102
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.71% 0.39% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.78% 0.45% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 90 73
10th Percentile £260 £279 £364
25th Percentile £333 £400 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -18.18% +4.76%
75th Percentile £583 £579 £660
90th Percentile £638 £678 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £463 £552
% change year-on-year +8.11% -16.14% +5.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 12 7
10th Percentile £21.15 £24.73 £39.15
25th Percentile £24.89 £49.06 £59.00
Median hourly rate £28.75 £67.50 £78.50
Median % change year-on-year -57.41% -14.01% +24.21%
75th Percentile £32.14 £71.25 £80.63
90th Percentile £43.58 - £81.00
UK median hourly rate £28.75 £67.50 £78.50
% change year-on-year -57.41% -14.01% +121.13%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Performance Metrics 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 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Performance Metrics
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Performance Metrics in England

Performance Metrics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Performance Metrics in England

Performance Metrics
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for Performance Metrics in England

Performance Metrics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Performance Metrics in England

Performance Metrics
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Performance Metrics in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Performance Metrics in England

Performance Metrics
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 Metrics 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 +44 76 £525 +5.00% 428
North of England +19 31 £363 -14.71% 102
Midlands +31 24 £449 -25.21% 53
North West +31 21 £325 -18.75% 60
West Midlands +27 20 £575 -4.17% 29
South East +47 19 £325 -23.53% 129
South West +49 13 £450 - 41
Yorkshire -8 8 £463 +8.82% 27
East of England +33 4 £406 - 29
East Midlands +6 4 £300 - 16
North East - 2 £669 - 16
Performance Metrics
UK

Performance Metrics
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 5 (2.87%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (2.30%) Confluence
3 2 (1.15%) CMS
3 2 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.15%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.15%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.57%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.57%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (0.57%) WordPress
Applications
1 22 (12.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.45%) Trello
3 5 (2.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (2.30%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (1.72%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 3 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (1.15%) Chatbot
6 2 (1.15%) LightWave 3D
6 2 (1.15%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.57%) Camtasia
7 1 (0.57%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 4 (2.30%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (2.30%) Teamcenter
2 3 (1.72%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.15%) Magento
3 2 (1.15%) SAP ERP
3 2 (1.15%) SAP PLM
3 2 (1.15%) SAP SRM
4 1 (0.57%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.57%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.57%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.57%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.57%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.57%) SAP GTS
4 1 (0.57%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.57%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.57%) SAP PP
4 1 (0.57%) SAP QM
4 1 (0.57%) SAP SCM
4 1 (0.57%) Shopify
4 1 (0.57%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 24 (13.79%) Power Platform
2 18 (10.34%) AWS
3 10 (5.75%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (4.60%) Azure
4 8 (4.60%) GCP
4 8 (4.60%) Google Analytics
4 8 (4.60%) SaaS
5 7 (4.02%) Adobe Analytics
5 7 (4.02%) GitHub
6 4 (2.30%) Snowflake
7 3 (1.72%) Veeva
8 2 (1.15%) Amazon EventBridge
8 2 (1.15%) Amazon S3
8 2 (1.15%) Asana
8 2 (1.15%) AWS Fargate
8 2 (1.15%) AWS KMS
8 2 (1.15%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (1.15%) Google Data Studio
8 2 (1.15%) Google Tag Manager
8 2 (1.15%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.45%) Wireless
2 5 (2.87%) LAN
2 5 (2.87%) WAN
2 5 (2.87%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (2.87%) WLAN
3 2 (1.15%) DHCP
3 2 (1.15%) DNS
3 2 (1.15%) HTTP
4 1 (0.57%) Cisco Wireless
4 1 (0.57%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (12.64%) Power BI
2 11 (6.32%) Data Warehouse
3 10 (5.75%) Data Lake
3 10 (5.75%) Tableau
4 3 (1.72%) Amazon Redshift
4 3 (1.72%) MongoDB
4 3 (1.72%) Power Query
4 3 (1.72%) SQL Server
5 2 (1.15%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (1.15%) BigQuery
5 2 (1.15%) Looker
5 2 (1.15%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.15%) Star Schema
6 1 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.57%) Metadata
6 1 (0.57%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.57%) QlikView
6 1 (0.57%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.57%) SAP Data Services
6 1 (0.57%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 19 (10.92%) JIRA
2 8 (4.60%) GitLab
3 3 (1.72%) LoadRunner
4 2 (1.15%) Introscope
4 2 (1.15%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.57%) Ant
5 1 (0.57%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.57%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.57%) Gatling
5 1 (0.57%) Git
5 1 (0.57%) Gradle
5 1 (0.57%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.57%) JMeter
5 1 (0.57%) JUnit
5 1 (0.57%) LSMW
5 1 (0.57%) Maven
5 1 (0.57%) Mockito
General
1 68 (39.08%) Social Skills
2 48 (27.59%) Analytical Skills
3 37 (21.26%) Marketing
4 36 (20.69%) Finance
5 18 (10.34%) Public Sector
6 13 (7.47%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (5.75%) Banking
7 10 (5.75%) Legal
8 9 (5.17%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (4.60%) Telecoms
10 7 (4.02%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (3.45%) Retail
12 5 (2.87%) Brand Awareness
12 5 (2.87%) Electronics
12 5 (2.87%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (2.30%) Billing
13 4 (2.30%) Investment Banking
13 4 (2.30%) Local Government
13 4 (2.30%) Manufacturing
14 3 (1.72%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 27 (15.52%) Analyst
2 15 (8.62%) Lead
3 14 (8.05%) Product Manager
4 12 (6.90%) Project Manager
5 10 (5.75%) Architect
6 9 (5.17%) Business Analyst
7 8 (4.60%) DevOps Engineer
8 6 (3.45%) Consultant
9 5 (2.87%) Administrator
9 5 (2.87%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 5 (2.87%) Change Manager
9 5 (2.87%) Cloud Engineer
9 5 (2.87%) IT Manager
9 5 (2.87%) Microsoft 365 Administrator
9 5 (2.87%) Network Engineer
9 5 (2.87%) Service Manager
10 4 (2.30%) AWS Engineer
10 4 (2.30%) Campaign Manager
10 4 (2.30%) Designer
10 4 (2.30%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.45%) HTML
1 6 (3.45%) PySpark
2 3 (1.72%) .NET
2 3 (1.72%) CSS
2 3 (1.72%) J2EE
3 2 (1.15%) Elastic Stack
3 2 (1.15%) RESTful
3 2 (1.15%) Web Services
4 1 (0.57%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.57%) Bootstrap
4 1 (0.57%) Node.js
4 1 (0.57%) React
4 1 (0.57%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (0.57%) SAP PI
4 1 (0.57%) Spring
4 1 (0.57%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (5.17%) Management Information System
2 7 (4.02%) Social Media
3 6 (3.45%) CMDB
3 6 (3.45%) Security Posture
4 5 (2.87%) IoT
4 5 (2.87%) Onboarding
4 5 (2.87%) Product Ownership
4 5 (2.87%) Video Conferencing
5 3 (1.72%) Data Centre
5 3 (1.72%) e-Learning
6 2 (1.15%) Algorithms
6 2 (1.15%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.15%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.15%) LIMS
6 2 (1.15%) SCADA
6 2 (1.15%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 2 (1.15%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.57%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.57%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.87%) Linux
2 4 (2.30%) Windows
3 2 (1.15%) AIX
3 2 (1.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (1.15%) Rocky
3 2 (1.15%) Unix
4 1 (0.57%) SUSE
4 1 (0.57%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (29.89%) Problem-Solving
2 47 (27.01%) Continuous Improvement
3 39 (22.41%) Agile
4 33 (18.97%) Project Management
5 28 (16.09%) ITIL
6 27 (15.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 25 (14.37%) Process Improvement
8 24 (13.79%) Actionable Insight
8 24 (13.79%) Business Intelligence
8 24 (13.79%) Stakeholder Management
9 23 (13.22%) Analytics
10 20 (11.49%) Data Analysis
10 20 (11.49%) User Experience
11 19 (10.92%) Service Delivery
12 18 (10.34%) Decision-Making
12 18 (10.34%) Roadmaps
13 17 (9.77%) Change Management
13 17 (9.77%) Visualisation
14 16 (9.20%) Budget Management
14 16 (9.20%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (13.22%) SQL
2 15 (8.62%) Python
3 4 (2.30%) JavaScript
4 3 (1.72%) C
4 3 (1.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 3 (1.72%) Java
4 3 (1.72%) VB
5 2 (1.15%) Bash
5 2 (1.15%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.57%) C#
6 1 (0.57%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.57%) R
6 1 (0.57%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (17.82%) Security Cleared
2 28 (16.09%) SC Cleared
3 24 (13.79%) Degree
4 5 (2.87%) CCNA
4 5 (2.87%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (2.87%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (2.87%) PMI Certification
5 4 (2.30%) DV Cleared
5 4 (2.30%) PMP
6 3 (1.72%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 3 (1.72%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.15%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.15%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 1 (0.57%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.57%) CBAP
8 1 (0.57%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.57%) MBA
8 1 (0.57%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.57%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.75%) Data Quality
2 8 (4.60%) Accessibility
2 8 (4.60%) QA
3 7 (4.02%) PMO
4 6 (3.45%) GDPR
5 4 (2.30%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 3 (1.72%) GxP
7 2 (1.15%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (1.15%) GRC
7 2 (1.15%) ISO 13485
7 2 (1.15%) ISO 9001
7 2 (1.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (1.15%) SLA
8 1 (0.57%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 1 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.57%) GLP
8 1 (0.57%) GMP
8 1 (0.57%) Good Clinical Practice
8 1 (0.57%) PSD2
8 1 (0.57%) SOX 404
System Software
1 7 (4.02%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (2.30%) Docker
3 2 (1.15%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (2.87%) Terraform
2 4 (2.30%) Ansible
2 4 (2.30%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.15%) CA Wily
3 2 (1.15%) OPNET
3 2 (1.15%) Progress Chef
3 2 (1.15%) Puppet
4 1 (0.57%) Rancher
4 1 (0.57%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (0.57%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 23 (13.22%) Microsoft
2 18 (10.34%) SAP
3 14 (8.05%) Google
4 12 (6.90%) ServiceNow
5 11 (6.32%) Adobe
6 10 (5.75%) Cisco
7 8 (4.60%) Salesforce
7 8 (4.60%) VMware
8 7 (4.02%) Oracle
9 6 (3.45%) SolarWinds
10 4 (2.30%) Siemens
10 4 (2.30%) Splunk
11 3 (1.72%) AppDynamics
11 3 (1.72%) Ariba
11 3 (1.72%) Foundry
11 3 (1.72%) Juniper
12 2 (1.15%) Marketo
12 2 (1.15%) Meraki
12 2 (1.15%) Planview
12 2 (1.15%) Remedy