Performance Analyst Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Performance Analyst
North West > Manchester

The median Performance Analyst daily rate in Manchester is £325, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 84 96
Rank change year-on-year +3 +12 +34
Contract jobs requiring a Performance Analyst 12 3 5
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 1.03% 0.28% 0.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.12% 0.30% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 0 3
10th Percentile £255 - £183
25th Percentile £300 - £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 - £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -10.64%
75th Percentile £600 - £553
90th Percentile £638 - £563
North West median daily rate £325 - £488
% change year-on-year - - -17.02%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 1,067 1,012 1,444
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.59% 93.88% 93.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 703 610 1,045
10th Percentile £306 £313 £306
25th Percentile £381 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £580 £575 £588
90th Percentile £650 £675 £675
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 84 40 58
10th Percentile £17.30 £15.99 £15.42
25th Percentile £19.42 £21.25 £17.20
Median hourly rate £22.63 £32.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.37% +66.67% -26.88%
75th Percentile £37.25 £44.06 £53.75
90th Percentile £63.50 £65.00 £74.28
North West median hourly rate £30.99 £27.13 £35.00
% change year-on-year +14.25% -22.50% +62.79%

Performance Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Performance Analyst job vacancy trend in Manchester

Performance Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Performance Analyst job vacancies in Manchester.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Performance Analyst job vacancies in Manchester

Performance Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Performance Analyst in Manchester over the 6 months to 16 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Performance Analyst in Manchester

Performance Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 16 December 2025, Performance Analyst 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 Manchester region featuring Performance Analyst in the job title.

1 12 (100.00%) Analytics
2 9 (75.00%) Google
2 9 (75.00%) Google Analytics
2 9 (75.00%) Google Tag Manager
2 9 (75.00%) Performance Measurement
3 8 (66.67%) Actionable Insight
3 8 (66.67%) Data Privacy
3 8 (66.67%) Validation
4 7 (58.33%) Azure
4 7 (58.33%) Business Intelligence
4 7 (58.33%) Data Analysis
4 7 (58.33%) Looker
4 7 (58.33%) Power BI
4 7 (58.33%) Power Platform
4 7 (58.33%) User Experience
5 6 (50.00%) Microsoft
5 6 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (50.00%) QA
5 6 (50.00%) User Research
6 5 (41.67%) Agile
6 5 (41.67%) BigQuery
6 5 (41.67%) Dashboard Development
6 5 (41.67%) Data Quality
6 5 (41.67%) GCP
6 5 (41.67%) Performance Analysis
6 5 (41.67%) Service Design
6 5 (41.67%) Statistical Analysis
7 4 (33.33%) Accessibility
7 4 (33.33%) Digital Analytics
7 4 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme

Performance Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Applications
1 6 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (75.00%) Google Analytics
1 9 (75.00%) Google Tag Manager
2 7 (58.33%) Azure
2 7 (58.33%) Power Platform
3 5 (41.67%) GCP
4 1 (8.33%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (58.33%) Looker
1 7 (58.33%) Power BI
2 5 (41.67%) BigQuery
3 1 (8.33%) Tableau
General
1 6 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 6 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Analytics
2 9 (75.00%) Performance Measurement
3 8 (66.67%) Actionable Insight
3 8 (66.67%) Data Privacy
3 8 (66.67%) Validation
4 7 (58.33%) Business Intelligence
4 7 (58.33%) Data Analysis
4 7 (58.33%) User Experience
5 6 (50.00%) User Research
6 5 (41.67%) Agile
6 5 (41.67%) Dashboard Development
6 5 (41.67%) Performance Analysis
6 5 (41.67%) Service Design
6 5 (41.67%) Statistical Analysis
7 4 (33.33%) Digital Analytics
7 4 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
8 3 (25.00%) Decision-Making
8 3 (25.00%) Objectives and Key Results
8 3 (25.00%) Performance Management
8 3 (25.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (50.00%) QA
2 5 (41.67%) Data Quality
3 4 (33.33%) Accessibility
4 1 (8.33%) GDPR
4 1 (8.33%) PERC
Vendors
1 9 (75.00%) Google
2 6 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (8.33%) Facebook