Performance Metrics Contract Job Trends in the Highlands

Performance Metrics
Scotland > Highlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Highlands requiring Performance Metrics skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Performance Metrics 15 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Highlands 11.45% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.61% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 11 0 0
10th Percentile £483 - -
25th Percentile £493 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £581 - -
75th Percentile £590 - -
90th Percentile £600 - -
Scotland median daily rate £533 £500 £750
% change year-on-year +6.50% -33.33% +39.53%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Highlands

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 the Highlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 119 16 3
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Highlands 90.84% 80.00% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 3 1
10th Percentile £423 £306 -
25th Percentile £447 £327 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 £375 £110
Median % change year-on-year +29.07% +240.91% -26.67%
75th Percentile £581 £413 -
90th Percentile £700 £428 -
Scotland median daily rate £470 £470 £450
% change year-on-year - +4.44% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 10 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £13.45 £25.15 -
Median % change year-on-year -46.52% - -
75th Percentile £14.12 - -
90th Percentile £16.11 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £16.86 £19.97 £19.59
% change year-on-year -15.57% +1.94% +3.49%

Performance Metrics
Job Vacancy Trend in the Highlands

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

Performance Metrics job vacancy trend in the Highlands

Performance Metrics
Daily Rate Histogram in the Highlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Performance Metrics in the Highlands over the 6 months to 1 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Performance Metrics in the Highlands

Performance Metrics
Contract Job Locations in the Highlands

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 Highlands region over the 6 months to 1 October 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
Inverness - 15 £581 - 4
Performance Metrics
Scotland

Performance Metrics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Highlands 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:

General
1 8 (53.33%) Organisational Skills
2 7 (46.67%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (53.33%) Analyst
1 8 (53.33%) Incident Analyst
1 8 (53.33%) Security Analyst
1 8 (53.33%) Security Incident Analyst
2 7 (46.67%) Consultant
2 7 (46.67%) Management Consultant
2 7 (46.67%) Vulnerability Consultant
2 7 (46.67%) Vulnerability Management Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 8 (53.33%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 15 (100.00%) Service Management
1 15 (100.00%) SIAM
1 15 (100.00%) Validation
2 8 (53.33%) Incident Management
2 8 (53.33%) Incident Response
2 8 (53.33%) ITIL
2 8 (53.33%) Major Incident Management
2 8 (53.33%) Security Operations
3 7 (46.67%) Dashboard Development
3 7 (46.67%) Information Security
3 7 (46.67%) Penetration Testing
3 7 (46.67%) Security Testing
3 7 (46.67%) Vulnerability Management
3 7 (46.67%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 7 (46.67%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 13 (86.67%) SC Cleared
1 13 (86.67%) Security Cleared
2 9 (60.00%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (100.00%) SLA