Senior Performance Engineer Contract Job Trends in Leeds

Senior Performance Engineer
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Senior Performance Engineer daily rate in Leeds is £305, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
29 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Performance Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 0.093% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.099% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £305 - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £305 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Leeds

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Leeds. 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.

Contract vacancies in Leeds with a recognized job title 1,013 595 673
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.67% 97.70% 92.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 608 399 437
10th Percentile £363 £312 £350
25th Percentile £420 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.41%
75th Percentile £588 £556 £575
90th Percentile £650 £640 £650
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 4 29
10th Percentile £18.39 £25.15 £17.65
25th Percentile £25.88 £25.38 £19.50
Median hourly rate £26.25 £29.56 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year -11.18% +22.23% +27.26%
75th Percentile £35.00 £50.48 £48.75
90th Percentile - £79.33 -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.89 £50.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -48.23% +100.00% +36.46%

Senior Performance Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior Performance Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds.

Senior Performance Engineer job vacancy trend in Leeds

Senior Performance Engineer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds

For the 6 months to 29 August 2026, Senior Performance Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Leeds region featuring Senior Performance Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Dynatrace
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
1 1 (100.00%) Grafana
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) LoadRunner
1 1 (100.00%) New Relic
1 1 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk

Senior Performance Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) LoadRunner
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Grafana
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Dynatrace
1 1 (100.00%) New Relic
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk
Senior Performance Engineer jobs