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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 306 384 534
Rank change year-on-year +78 +150 +113
Contract jobs citing Performance Metrics 180 152 104
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.74% 0.41% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.81% 0.48% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 92 74
10th Percentile £261 £300 £387
25th Percentile £325 £408 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £469 £575
Median % change year-on-year +5.07% -18.48% +9.52%
75th Percentile £586 £582 £656
90th Percentile £638 £686 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £488 £575
% change year-on-year +2.56% -15.22% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 14 7
10th Percentile £18.68 £29.51 £39.15
25th Percentile £21.43 £51.25 £59.00
Median hourly rate £28.75 £67.50 £78.50
Median % change year-on-year -57.41% -14.01% +106.58%
75th Percentile £32.14 £71.25 £80.63
90th Percentile £43.58 £79.86 £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 22,122 31,544 42,731
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.29% 85.81% 89.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,378 20,598 30,002
10th Percentile £305 £300 £325
25th Percentile £410 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £769
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 964 2,306 1,516
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.84 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.04 £16.00 £15.61
Median hourly rate £28.53 £37.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.93% - +50.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £27.85 £36.50 £36.77
% change year-on-year -23.70% -0.73% +43.19%

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 31 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 31 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 31 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 +51 73 £525 +5.00% 451
North of England +28 44 £325 -25.29% 127
North West +25 24 £325 -25.71% 56
South East +49 22 £425 -4.23% 79
Midlands +17 20 £575 -4.17% 61
West Midlands +24 18 £663 +10.42% 34
Yorkshire +6 17 £298 -31.61% 45
South West +45 12 £450 - 20
East of England +26 3 - - 33
North East - 3 £563 - 30
East Midlands +2 2 £326 -18.63% 26
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 8 (4.44%) Confluence
2 5 (2.78%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.11%) CMS
3 2 (1.11%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.11%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.11%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.56%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.56%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (0.56%) WordPress
Applications
1 26 (14.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (5.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (3.89%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (3.89%) MS Visio
4 6 (3.33%) Chatbot
4 6 (3.33%) Trello
5 2 (1.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (1.11%) LightWave 3D
5 2 (1.11%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.56%) Camtasia
6 1 (0.56%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 4 (2.22%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (2.22%) Teamcenter
2 3 (1.67%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.11%) Magento
3 2 (1.11%) SAP ERP
3 2 (1.11%) SAP PLM
3 2 (1.11%) SAP SRM
4 1 (0.56%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.56%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.56%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.56%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.56%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.56%) SAP GTS
4 1 (0.56%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.56%) SAP PP
4 1 (0.56%) SAP QM
4 1 (0.56%) SAP SCM
4 1 (0.56%) Shopify
4 1 (0.56%) TrackWise
4 1 (0.56%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 22 (12.22%) Power Platform
2 19 (10.56%) AWS
3 10 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (5.00%) Azure
4 9 (5.00%) GitHub
5 8 (4.44%) GCP
5 8 (4.44%) Google Analytics
6 7 (3.89%) SaaS
7 6 (3.33%) Figma
8 4 (2.22%) Adobe Analytics
8 4 (2.22%) AWS Fargate
8 4 (2.22%) AWS KMS
8 4 (2.22%) GitHub Actions
9 3 (1.67%) Amazon EKS
9 3 (1.67%) Snowflake
9 3 (1.67%) Veeva
10 2 (1.11%) Amazon ECS
10 2 (1.11%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (1.11%) Google Tag Manager
10 2 (1.11%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.78%) LAN
1 5 (2.78%) WAN
1 5 (2.78%) Wi-Fi
1 5 (2.78%) Wireless
1 5 (2.78%) WLAN
2 4 (2.22%) DNS
3 2 (1.11%) DHCP
3 2 (1.11%) Firewall
3 2 (1.11%) HTTP
3 2 (1.11%) Network Security
3 2 (1.11%) SSL
3 2 (1.11%) TCP/IP
3 2 (1.11%) VPN
4 1 (0.56%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (10.56%) Power BI
2 11 (6.11%) Data Warehouse
3 10 (5.56%) Data Lake
4 7 (3.89%) Tableau
5 4 (2.22%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (1.67%) Amazon Redshift
6 3 (1.67%) MongoDB
6 3 (1.67%) Power Query
6 3 (1.67%) SQL Server
7 2 (1.11%) BigQuery
7 2 (1.11%) DynamoDB
7 2 (1.11%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (1.11%) Looker
7 2 (1.11%) NoSQL
7 2 (1.11%) Star Schema
8 1 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.56%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.56%) QlikView
8 1 (0.56%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.56%) Sybase IQ
Development Applications
1 18 (10.00%) JIRA
2 10 (5.56%) GitLab
3 4 (2.22%) LoadRunner
4 3 (1.67%) Git
4 3 (1.67%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.11%) Gatling
5 2 (1.11%) Introscope
5 2 (1.11%) JMeter
5 2 (1.11%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.56%) Ant
6 1 (0.56%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.56%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.56%) Gradle
6 1 (0.56%) JUnit
6 1 (0.56%) LSMW
6 1 (0.56%) Maven
6 1 (0.56%) Mockito
General
1 70 (38.89%) Social Skills
2 48 (26.67%) Finance
3 46 (25.56%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (20.00%) Marketing
5 14 (7.78%) Public Sector
6 13 (7.22%) Legal
6 13 (7.22%) Organisational Skills
7 12 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
8 11 (6.11%) Banking
9 7 (3.89%) Retail
10 6 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (3.33%) Telecoms
11 5 (2.78%) Brand Awareness
11 5 (2.78%) Electronics
11 5 (2.78%) Investment Banking
12 4 (2.22%) Corporate Banking
12 4 (2.22%) Local Government
12 4 (2.22%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (2.22%) Retail Banking
13 3 (1.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 34 (18.89%) Analyst
2 14 (7.78%) Project Manager
3 13 (7.22%) Lead
4 10 (5.56%) Architect
4 10 (5.56%) Designer
4 10 (5.56%) DevOps Engineer
4 10 (5.56%) Product Manager
5 9 (5.00%) Business Analyst
6 7 (3.89%) Consultant
6 7 (3.89%) IT Analyst
7 6 (3.33%) Cloud Engineer
7 6 (3.33%) IT Support
7 6 (3.33%) IT Support Analyst
8 5 (2.78%) Administrator
8 5 (2.78%) Business IT Analyst
8 5 (2.78%) Business Systems Analyst
8 5 (2.78%) Network Engineer
8 5 (2.78%) Support Analyst
8 5 (2.78%) Systems Support
8 5 (2.78%) Systems Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.33%) PySpark
2 4 (2.22%) Elastic Stack
3 3 (1.67%) .NET
3 3 (1.67%) HTML
3 3 (1.67%) J2EE
3 3 (1.67%) RESTful
4 2 (1.11%) Web Services
5 1 (0.56%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.56%) Bootstrap
5 1 (0.56%) LDAP
5 1 (0.56%) Node.js
5 1 (0.56%) OAuth
5 1 (0.56%) OAuth2
5 1 (0.56%) OpenID
5 1 (0.56%) React
5 1 (0.56%) SAML
5 1 (0.56%) SAP Fiori
5 1 (0.56%) SAP PI
5 1 (0.56%) Spring
5 1 (0.56%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (5.56%) Management Information System
2 8 (4.44%) CMDB
2 8 (4.44%) Product Ownership
3 7 (3.89%) Social Media
4 6 (3.33%) Security Posture
5 5 (2.78%) Data Centre
5 5 (2.78%) Onboarding
5 5 (2.78%) Video Conferencing
6 3 (1.67%) e-Learning
6 3 (1.67%) IoT
7 2 (1.11%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.11%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.11%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.11%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.11%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.11%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 2 (1.11%) LIMS
7 2 (1.11%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.11%) SCADA
7 2 (1.11%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.78%) Linux
2 4 (2.22%) Windows
3 2 (1.11%) AIX
3 2 (1.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (1.11%) Rocky
3 2 (1.11%) Unix
4 1 (0.56%) SUSE
4 1 (0.56%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (28.89%) Problem-Solving
2 44 (24.44%) Continuous Improvement
3 38 (21.11%) Agile
4 33 (18.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 29 (16.11%) Analytics
5 29 (16.11%) Process Improvement
5 29 (16.11%) Project Management
6 28 (15.56%) ITIL
7 25 (13.89%) Actionable Insight
7 25 (13.89%) Business Intelligence
8 24 (13.33%) Data Analysis
9 23 (12.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 22 (12.22%) Decision-Making
10 22 (12.22%) Service Delivery
11 20 (11.11%) Roadmaps
11 20 (11.11%) User Experience
12 18 (10.00%) Visualisation
13 17 (9.44%) Change Management
13 17 (9.44%) DevOps
14 16 (8.89%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 23 (12.78%) SQL
2 16 (8.89%) Python
3 6 (3.33%) VB
4 4 (2.22%) Java
4 4 (2.22%) Shell Script
5 3 (1.67%) C
5 3 (1.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (1.11%) Bash
6 2 (1.11%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.56%) C#
7 1 (0.56%) Groovy
7 1 (0.56%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.56%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (16.11%) Security Cleared
2 25 (13.89%) SC Cleared
3 22 (12.22%) Degree
4 5 (2.78%) CCNA
4 5 (2.78%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (2.78%) DV Cleared
5 4 (2.22%) AWS Certification
5 4 (2.22%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 3 (1.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 3 (1.67%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.67%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (1.11%) PMP
8 1 (0.56%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.56%) CBAP
8 1 (0.56%) IIBA
8 1 (0.56%) MBA
8 1 (0.56%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.56%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (7.22%) Data Quality
2 9 (5.00%) PMO
3 8 (4.44%) Accessibility
4 5 (2.78%) GDPR
4 5 (2.78%) QA
5 3 (1.67%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.11%) GxP
6 2 (1.11%) NIST
6 2 (1.11%) SLA
6 2 (1.11%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.56%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 1 (0.56%) Automotive SPICE
7 1 (0.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.56%) ISO 13485
7 1 (0.56%) ISO 26262
7 1 (0.56%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.56%) PSD2
7 1 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 7 (3.89%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (3.33%) Docker
3 3 (1.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (4.44%) Terraform
2 7 (3.89%) Ansible
3 6 (3.33%) Kubernetes
4 4 (2.22%) Puppet
5 2 (1.11%) CA Wily
5 2 (1.11%) Grafana
5 2 (1.11%) Kustomize
5 2 (1.11%) OPNET
5 2 (1.11%) Progress Chef
5 2 (1.11%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.56%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.56%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.56%) Rancher
6 1 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.56%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 1 (0.56%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 29 (16.11%) Microsoft
2 15 (8.33%) SAP
3 14 (7.78%) Google
4 12 (6.67%) ServiceNow
5 9 (5.00%) Cisco
6 8 (4.44%) VMware
7 7 (3.89%) Adobe
8 6 (3.33%) Oracle
8 6 (3.33%) SolarWinds
8 6 (3.33%) Splunk
9 5 (2.78%) Liquidlogic
10 4 (2.22%) Siemens
11 3 (1.67%) AppDynamics
11 3 (1.67%) Ariba
11 3 (1.67%) Genesys
11 3 (1.67%) Juniper
11 3 (1.67%) Salesforce
12 2 (1.11%) Foundry
12 2 (1.11%) HP
12 2 (1.11%) Remedy