Performance Optimisation Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Performance Optimisation
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring Performance Optimisation skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Performance Optimisation 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire 0.61% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.71% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
North West median daily rate £460 £425 £475
% change year-on-year +8.12% -10.53% +28.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 141 146 230
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 86.50% 69.52% 90.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 59 134
10th Percentile £363 £259 £356
25th Percentile £425 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £493 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.42% -10.36% +10.00%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £645
90th Percentile £678 £646 £720
North West median daily rate £454 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -8.01% -1.40% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 27 53
10th Percentile £18.87 £25.87 £20.58
25th Percentile £23.32 £35.36 £37.75
Median hourly rate £47.12 £40.33 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +16.85% -12.68% +22.18%
75th Percentile £63.40 £46.18 £50.00
90th Percentile £73.36 £51.35 £71.80
North West median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -40.82% +21.43% +57.30%

Performance Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

Job postings citing Performance Optimisation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.

Job vacancy trend for Performance Optimisation in Lancashire

Performance Optimisation
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

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

Performance Optimisation
Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Performance Optimisation.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Performance Optimisation

Performance Optimisation
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

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 Lancashire region over the 6 months to 21 September 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
Preston - 1 £400 -
Performance Optimisation
North West

Performance Optimisation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Automation Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Industrial Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Industrial Internet of Things
1 1 (100.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) MOM
1 1 (100.00%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) AVEVA
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) Wonderware