Performance Specialist Contracts in England

Performance Specialist
UK > England

The median Performance Specialist daily rate in England is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 August 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
26 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 511 510 607
Rank change year-on-year -1 +97 +173
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Performance Specialist 6 8 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.022% 0.024% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.024% 0.026% 0.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 4
10th Percentile - - £616
25th Percentile - £425 £622
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £775
Median % change year-on-year - -41.94% +47.62%
75th Percentile - £475 £981
90th Percentile - - £1,038
UK median daily rate £450 £450 £775
% change year-on-year - -41.94% +47.62%

All DemandTrendContract 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 25,225 30,885 41,293
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.54% 92.97% 94.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,283 19,966 29,054
10th Percentile £280 £300 £306
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -2.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,379 1,700 1,337
10th Percentile £13.68 £14.16 £15.23
25th Percentile £17.44 £20.50 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £43.86
Median % change year-on-year -44.11% +2.60% +68.69%
75th Percentile £55.00 £66.61 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.05 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.63
% change year-on-year -41.51% -1.44% +67.81%

Performance Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Performance Specialist in England

Performance Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Performance Specialist job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Performance Specialist job vacancies in England

Performance Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Performance Specialist job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Performance Specialist job vacancies in England

Performance Specialist
DemandTrendContract 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 Specialist within the England region over the 6 months to 26 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South West - 3 £450 -
London +32 2 £450 - 2
Midlands - 1 - - 1
West Midlands - 1 - -
Performance Specialist
UK

Performance Specialist Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 26 August 2025, Performance Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.

1 4 (66.67%) 3GPP
1 4 (66.67%) Ericsson
1 4 (66.67%) Nokia
1 4 (66.67%) Telecoms
1 4 (66.67%) Network Design
1 4 (66.67%) Wireshark
1 4 (66.67%) LTE
1 4 (66.67%) Actix
1 4 (66.67%) 4G
1 4 (66.67%) High Availability
1 4 (66.67%) Radio Access Network
1 4 (66.67%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (16.67%) FactSet
2 1 (16.67%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (16.67%) Performance Attribution
2 1 (16.67%) Performance Measurement
2 1 (16.67%) Aladdin
2 1 (16.67%) ITIL
2 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (16.67%) Process Improvement
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Asset Management
2 1 (16.67%) Service Management

Performance Specialist 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Aladdin
Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) 3GPP
1 4 (66.67%) 4G
1 4 (66.67%) LTE
1 4 (66.67%) Radio Access Network
1 4 (66.67%) Wireshark
General
1 4 (66.67%) Telecoms
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) High Availability
1 4 (66.67%) Network Design
1 4 (66.67%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (16.67%) Asset Management
2 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (16.67%) ITIL
2 1 (16.67%) Performance Attribution
2 1 (16.67%) Performance Measurement
2 1 (16.67%) Process Improvement
2 1 (16.67%) Service Management
2 1 (16.67%) Translating Business Requirements
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Actix
1 4 (66.67%) Ericsson
1 4 (66.67%) Nokia
2 1 (16.67%) FactSet