Performance Improvement Contracts in the Midlands

Performance Improvement
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring Performance Improvement skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Performance Improvement over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 110 129 159
Rank change year-on-year +19 +30 +47
Contract jobs citing Performance Improvement 1 4 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.052% 0.15% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.060% 0.18% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 5
10th Percentile - - £249
25th Percentile - £306 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £406 £300
Median % change year-on-year - +35.42% -41.18%
75th Percentile - £525 £500
90th Percentile - - £523
England median daily rate £575 £425 £540
% change year-on-year +35.29% -21.30% +4.85%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Performance Improvement 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 Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,676 2,266 3,045
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 87.57% 82.19% 88.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,099 1,510 2,125
10th Percentile £200 £237 £250
25th Percentile £358 £356 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £495
Median % change year-on-year - -4.04% +4.21%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £588
90th Percentile £650 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 172 119
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.07 £11.96
25th Percentile £13.81 £13.81 £15.05
Median hourly rate £18.13 £19.00 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -4.58% +7.22% +1.37%
75th Percentile £24.22 £35.00 £26.81
90th Percentile £36.55 £55.00 £55.50
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Performance Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Performance Improvement as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Performance Improvement in the Midlands

Performance Improvement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Performance Improvement in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Performance Improvement in the Midlands

Performance Improvement
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Performance Improvement in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Performance Improvement in the Midlands

Performance Improvement
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Improvement within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
East Midlands - 1 - - 2
Performance Improvement
England

Performance Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (100.00%) SPSS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Tableau
General
1 1 (100.00%) Local Government
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Interpretation
1 1 (100.00%) Data Visualisation
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Statistics
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality