Performance Monitoring Contracts in England

Performance Monitoring
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Performance Monitoring skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Performance Monitoring over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 347 378 467
Rank change year-on-year +31 +89 +124
Contract jobs citing Performance Monitoring 129 161 171
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.54% 0.44% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.59% 0.51% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 109 97
10th Percentile £392 £382 £335
25th Percentile £404 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% +9.52% +7.97%
75th Percentile £591 £638 £650
90th Percentile £758 £713 £707
UK median daily rate £475 £538 £504
% change year-on-year -11.63% +6.65% +3.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 9
10th Percentile £34.66 - £24.62
25th Percentile £52.15 £6.57 -
Median hourly rate £63.75 £7.85 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +712.04% -87.92% +182.61%
75th Percentile £67.34 £9.14 -
90th Percentile £70.44 - £65.75
UK median hourly rate £63.75 £31.43 £65.00
% change year-on-year +102.85% -51.65% +182.61%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Performance Monitoring 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 21,947 31,578 42,765
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.31% 85.86% 89.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,275 20,635 30,003
10th Percentile £305 £300 £325
25th Percentile £410 £413 £449
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 £766
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 956 2,303 1,521
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.84 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.87 £16.00 £15.81
Median hourly rate £28.17 £37.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -24.89% - +50.00%
75th Percentile £59.93 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £36.50 £37.00
% change year-on-year -24.66% -1.35% +44.08%

Performance Monitoring
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Performance Monitoring in England

Performance Monitoring
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Performance Monitoring in England

Performance Monitoring
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Performance Monitoring in England over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Performance Monitoring in England

Performance Monitoring
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Performance Monitoring in England

Performance Monitoring
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Performance Monitoring in England over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Performance Monitoring in England

Performance Monitoring
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 Monitoring within the England region over the 6 months to 30 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 +53 69 £475 -15.56% 102
North of England +2 24 £475 +1.06% 158
South East +54 16 £350 -42.15% 214
Yorkshire +10 16 £478 +11.16% 64
North West +12 8 £450 +9.09% 75
Midlands +12 7 £500 +25.00% 121
South West +21 4 £550 -7.37% 74
East Midlands +8 4 £476 -29.48% 48
East of England - 4 £613 - 96
West Midlands +13 3 £500 +29.03% 65
Performance Monitoring
UK

Performance Monitoring
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 9 (6.98%) Confluence
2 6 (4.65%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (3.88%) Apache
3 5 (3.88%) Apache Spark
3 5 (3.88%) SAS
4 4 (3.10%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (3.10%) Skype for Business
4 4 (3.10%) WebSphere
5 2 (1.55%) Drupal
5 2 (1.55%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.78%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.78%) CICS
6 1 (0.78%) JBoss
6 1 (0.78%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.78%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 4 (3.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.55%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.78%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.78%) Sketch
3 1 (0.78%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.78%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (1.55%) Oracle ERP
1 2 (1.55%) Remedy ITSM
1 2 (1.55%) Workday HCM
2 1 (0.78%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (0.78%) Oracle iProcurement
Cloud Services
1 28 (21.71%) AWS
2 21 (16.28%) Azure
3 11 (8.53%) Serverless
4 9 (6.98%) GitHub
5 8 (6.20%) AWS Lambda
5 8 (6.20%) GCP
6 6 (4.65%) Amazon S3
6 6 (4.65%) Azure Monitor
6 6 (4.65%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (4.65%) Power Platform
6 6 (4.65%) SaaS
7 5 (3.88%) AWS CloudFormation
7 5 (3.88%) OpenShift
8 4 (3.10%) Amazon EMR
8 4 (3.10%) Amazon Kinesis
8 4 (3.10%) GitHub Actions
9 3 (2.33%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 3 (2.33%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (2.33%) Entra ID
9 3 (2.33%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.43%) DNS
1 7 (5.43%) SMTP
2 6 (4.65%) DHCP
2 6 (4.65%) VPN
3 5 (3.88%) Skype
3 5 (3.88%) TCP/IP
4 4 (3.10%) PSTN
4 4 (3.10%) WAN
5 3 (2.33%) BGP
5 3 (2.33%) MPLS
5 3 (2.33%) Multicast
5 3 (2.33%) NAS
5 3 (2.33%) OSPF
5 3 (2.33%) SAN
5 3 (2.33%) SSH
6 2 (1.55%) FTP
6 2 (1.55%) HTTPS
6 2 (1.55%) SSL
6 2 (1.55%) tcpdump
6 2 (1.55%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.20%) SQL Server
2 7 (5.43%) Amazon RDS
2 7 (5.43%) Relational Database
3 6 (4.65%) Power BI
4 5 (3.88%) Oracle Database
5 4 (3.10%) MongoDB
5 4 (3.10%) NoSQL
6 3 (2.33%) MySQL
6 3 (2.33%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (1.55%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.55%) Tableau
8 1 (0.78%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.78%) Big Data
8 1 (0.78%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.78%) DB2
8 1 (0.78%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.78%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (0.78%) Oracle Discoverer
8 1 (0.78%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.78%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 15 (11.63%) JIRA
2 11 (8.53%) Jenkins
3 5 (3.88%) IBM UrbanCode
4 4 (3.10%) Artifactory
4 4 (3.10%) Cucumber
4 4 (3.10%) Cypress.io
4 4 (3.10%) Git
4 4 (3.10%) git-flow
4 4 (3.10%) GitLab
4 4 (3.10%) Gradle
4 4 (3.10%) JMeter
4 4 (3.10%) LoadRunner
5 3 (2.33%) REST Assured
5 3 (2.33%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.78%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.78%) Poetry
6 1 (0.78%) Serenity BDD
6 1 (0.78%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.78%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.78%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 51 (39.53%) Social Skills
2 27 (20.93%) Finance
3 24 (18.60%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (10.08%) Public Sector
5 9 (6.98%) Banking
6 4 (3.10%) Front Office
7 3 (2.33%) Marketing
7 3 (2.33%) Military
8 2 (1.55%) Aviation
8 2 (1.55%) Legal
8 2 (1.55%) Local Government
8 2 (1.55%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.78%) Back Office
9 1 (0.78%) Brand Awareness
9 1 (0.78%) Electronics
9 1 (0.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.78%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.78%) Police
9 1 (0.78%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 24 (18.60%) Analyst
2 17 (13.18%) Senior
3 12 (9.30%) DBA
3 12 (9.30%) Developer
4 9 (6.98%) Administrator
4 9 (6.98%) Lead
5 7 (5.43%) Network Analyst
5 7 (5.43%) Programmer
5 7 (5.43%) Systems Programmer
5 7 (5.43%) z/OS Systems Programmer
6 5 (3.88%) Business IT Analyst
6 5 (3.88%) Business Support Analyst
6 5 (3.88%) Business Systems Analyst
6 5 (3.88%) IT Support Analyst
6 5 (3.88%) Java Developer
6 5 (3.88%) Support Analyst
6 5 (3.88%) Systems Analyst
6 5 (3.88%) Systems Support
6 5 (3.88%) Systems Support Analyst
6 5 (3.88%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.43%) ISPF
2 6 (4.65%) Kafka
2 6 (4.65%) Spring
3 5 (3.88%) Spring Boot
4 4 (3.10%) Playwright
4 4 (3.10%) RabbitMQ
5 3 (2.33%) .NET
5 3 (2.33%) LDAP
5 3 (2.33%) REST
5 3 (2.33%) RESTful
6 2 (1.55%) FastAPI
6 2 (1.55%) GraphQL
6 2 (1.55%) OpenTelemetry
6 2 (1.55%) React
6 2 (1.55%) SOAP
6 2 (1.55%) Web Services
6 2 (1.55%) XML
7 1 (0.78%) Lightning Web Components
7 1 (0.78%) OpenAPI
7 1 (0.78%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.43%) Data Centre
1 7 (5.43%) Mainframe
2 6 (4.65%) Onboarding
2 6 (4.65%) Product Ownership
3 5 (3.88%) Cloud Native
4 4 (3.10%) Blackberry
4 4 (3.10%) Credit Risk
4 4 (3.10%) Handset
4 4 (3.10%) Management Information System
4 4 (3.10%) Replication
4 4 (3.10%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 3 (2.33%) Clustering
5 3 (2.33%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (2.33%) PKI
6 2 (1.55%) NHS
7 1 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.78%) CMDB
7 1 (0.78%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.78%) PMI
7 1 (0.78%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 9 (6.98%) Linux
1 9 (6.98%) Windows
2 7 (5.43%) zOS
3 6 (4.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (3.10%) Android
4 4 (3.10%) Windows Server
4 4 (3.10%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (2.33%) Unix
6 2 (1.55%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.78%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (0.78%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (26.36%) Problem-Solving
2 28 (21.71%) Agile
3 23 (17.83%) Performance Tuning
4 20 (15.50%) CI/CD
4 20 (15.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 19 (14.73%) Analytics
6 17 (13.18%) Disaster Recovery
6 17 (13.18%) Risk Management
7 14 (10.85%) Data Analysis
7 14 (10.85%) High Availability
7 14 (10.85%) ITIL
8 13 (10.08%) Continuous Improvement
9 12 (9.30%) Migration
10 11 (8.53%) Business Continuity
10 11 (8.53%) DevOps
10 11 (8.53%) Performance Metrics
10 11 (8.53%) Process Improvement
10 11 (8.53%) Service Delivery
11 10 (7.75%) Capacity Planning
11 10 (7.75%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (18.60%) SQL
2 23 (17.83%) Python
3 13 (10.08%) Java
4 7 (5.43%) Assembly Language
4 7 (5.43%) CLIST
4 7 (5.43%) JCL
4 7 (5.43%) PowerShell
4 7 (5.43%) REXX
5 5 (3.88%) C#
5 5 (3.88%) JavaScript
6 4 (3.10%) TypeScript
7 3 (2.33%) C++
8 2 (1.55%) ActionScript
8 2 (1.55%) ActionScript 2.0
8 2 (1.55%) Bash
8 2 (1.55%) PHP
8 2 (1.55%) PL/SQL
8 2 (1.55%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.78%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.78%) R
Qualifications
1 28 (21.71%) Security Cleared
2 18 (13.95%) SC Cleared
3 12 (9.30%) Degree
4 5 (3.88%) DV Cleared
5 3 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.55%) PMP
7 1 (0.78%) CSPO
7 1 (0.78%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.78%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.78%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (9.30%) SLA
2 9 (6.98%) Data Quality
3 8 (6.20%) QA
4 5 (3.88%) Accessibility
5 4 (3.10%) ISO 20022
5 4 (3.10%) PCI DSS
5 4 (3.10%) SEPA
6 3 (2.33%) GDPR
7 2 (1.55%) NCSC
7 2 (1.55%) PMO
8 1 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.78%) NIST
8 1 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 10 (7.75%) Docker
2 7 (5.43%) Time Sharing Option
3 5 (3.88%) Active Directory
3 5 (3.88%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
4 3 (2.33%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (2.33%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (1.55%) NFS
5 2 (1.55%) Samba
5 2 (1.55%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (1.55%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.78%) Ceph
6 1 (0.78%) Firmware
6 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (0.78%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 1 (0.78%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.78%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 15 (11.63%) Ansible
1 15 (11.63%) Terraform
2 12 (9.30%) Kubernetes
3 7 (5.43%) OMEGAMON
4 6 (4.65%) Tivoli
5 4 (3.10%) yum
6 3 (2.33%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (1.55%) Grafana
7 2 (1.55%) Kibana
7 2 (1.55%) Perfmon
7 2 (1.55%) Prometheus
7 2 (1.55%) SCCM
8 1 (0.78%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.78%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.78%) Nagios
8 1 (0.78%) Netcool
8 1 (0.78%) SCOM
8 1 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.78%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 1 (0.78%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 17 (13.18%) Microsoft
2 15 (11.63%) IBM
3 14 (10.85%) Oracle
4 8 (6.20%) SolarWinds
5 6 (4.65%) ServiceNow
5 6 (4.65%) VMware
6 5 (3.88%) Liquidlogic
7 4 (3.10%) Clearswift
7 4 (3.10%) Google
7 4 (3.10%) Red Hat
7 4 (3.10%) Ribbon
8 3 (2.33%) Databricks
8 3 (2.33%) HP
8 3 (2.33%) Splunk
9 2 (1.55%) Cisco
9 2 (1.55%) IBM Sterling
9 2 (1.55%) QAD
9 2 (1.55%) Remedy
9 2 (1.55%) Workday
10 1 (0.78%) Civica