Performance Engineer
England > London
The median Performance Engineer daily rate in London is £488, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 August 2025.
The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 361 | 372 | 459 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +11 | +87 | +148 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Performance Engineer | 3 | 11 | 6 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in London | 0.022% | 0.068% | 0.026% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.024% | 0.072% | 0.027% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 7 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £373 | £423 |
| 25th Percentile | £469 | £388 | £438 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £488 | £460 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.98% | -3.16% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £506 | £515 | £553 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £558 | £593 |
| England median daily rate | £390 | £460 | £488 |
| % change year-on-year | -15.22% | -5.64% | +8.33% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title | 12,605 | 15,202 | 22,076 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.94% | 94.07% | 94.52% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 8,486 | 10,678 | 16,198 |
| 10th Percentile | £325 | £350 | £357 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £450 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £540 | £550 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.82% | -4.35% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £675 | £688 | £700 |
| 90th Percentile | £775 | £800 | £800 |
| England median daily rate | £510 | £525 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.86% | -4.55% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 208 | 198 | 233 |
| 10th Percentile | £17.98 | £17.25 | £18.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £22.98 | £22.00 | £22.90 |
| Median hourly rate | £29.07 | £33.29 | £37.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.66% | -11.24% | +15.03% |
| 75th Percentile | £49.81 | £54.69 | £64.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £65.00 | £71.88 | £80.00 |
| England median hourly rate | £25.23 | £45.00 | £41.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -43.94% | +8.43% | +61.60% |
Performance Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London
Job postings that featured Performance Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.
Performance Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Performance Engineer in London.
Performance Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London
For the 6 months to 17 August 2025, Performance Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Performance Engineer in the job title.
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Performance Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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: