Performance Optimisation Contract Job Trends in Herefordshire

Performance Optimisation
West Midlands > Herefordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Herefordshire requiring Performance Optimisation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Performance Optimisation 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Herefordshire 2.08% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £588 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - -
75th Percentile £663 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £575 £360
% change year-on-year -13.04% +59.72% -39.92%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Herefordshire

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 Herefordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 43 33 66
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Herefordshire 89.58% 84.62% 86.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 23 46
10th Percentile £500 £410 £541
25th Percentile £588 £490 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £700 £612
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +14.38% +11.27%
75th Percentile £663 - £685
90th Percentile £750 £880 £850
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 5 0
10th Percentile - £20.99 -
25th Percentile £58.43 - -
Median hourly rate £63.14 £25.15 -
Median % change year-on-year +151.03% - -
75th Percentile £70.59 - -
90th Percentile £72.54 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £30.73 £24.34 £21.75
% change year-on-year +26.25% +11.91% -19.44%

Performance Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend in Herefordshire

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

Performance Optimisation job vacancy trend in Herefordshire

Performance Optimisation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Herefordshire 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Storage Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Storage Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Storage
1 1 (100.00%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) EMC
1 1 (100.00%) NetApp
1 1 (100.00%) Pure Storage
1 1 (100.00%) Veeam