Performance Optimisation Contract Job Trends in Essex

Performance Optimisation
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Essex requiring Performance Optimisation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 19 -
Rank change year-on-year -12 - -
Contract jobs citing Performance Optimisation 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Essex 0.45% 1.23% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.61% 1.30% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £325 -
Median % change year-on-year +76.92% - -
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 -
% change year-on-year +11.11% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Essex

Performance Optimisation 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 Essex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 164 77 179
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 73.21% 95.06% 81.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 41 95
10th Percentile £300 £189 £216
25th Percentile £328 £315 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £400 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -15.79% +2.70%
75th Percentile £506 £488 £563
90th Percentile £591 £525 £600
East of England median daily rate £494 £500 £458
% change year-on-year -1.30% +9.29% -3.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 11 46
10th Percentile £14.25 £13.25 £10.42
25th Percentile £15.99 £17.13 £14.57
Median hourly rate £20.00 £30.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% -45.45% +27.91%
75th Percentile £34.94 £85.00 £80.00
90th Percentile £70.60 £200.00 -
East of England median hourly rate £22.68 £41.25 £40.14
% change year-on-year -45.02% +2.77% +63.03%

Performance Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Performance Optimisation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex.

Performance Optimisation job vacancy trend in Essex

Performance Optimisation
Daily Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Performance Optimisation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Performance Optimisation

Performance Optimisation
Contract Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Optimisation within the Essex region over the 6 months to 7 May 2026. 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
Basildon - 1 £575 - 1
Performance Optimisation
East of England

Performance Optimisation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (100.00%) Git
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript Developer
1 1 (100.00%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) Jest
1 1 (100.00%) React
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Pair Programming
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility