Performance Metrics Contracts in the Midlands

Performance Metrics
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring Performance Metrics skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Performance Metrics 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 87 118 164
Rank change year-on-year +31 +46 +38
Contract jobs citing Performance Metrics 24 15 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.25% 0.54% 0.087%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.43% 0.66% 0.099%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 7 3
10th Percentile £296 £525 £533
25th Percentile £388 £538 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £449 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year -25.21% -4.00% +15.74%
75th Percentile £664 £728 £638
90th Percentile £701 £750 -
England median daily rate £495 £450 £550
% change year-on-year +10.00% -18.18% +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Performance Metrics 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 Metrics
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Performance Metrics in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Performance Metrics in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Performance Metrics in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Performance Metrics in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Performance Metrics in the Midlands

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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 Metrics 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
West Midlands +27 20 £575 -4.17% 29
East Midlands +6 4 £300 - 16
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England

Performance Metrics
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (8.33%) SharePoint
1 2 (8.33%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 4 (16.67%) Adobe Analytics
1 4 (16.67%) Google Analytics
2 3 (12.50%) AWS
2 3 (12.50%) Power Platform
3 2 (8.33%) Azure
3 2 (8.33%) GCP
3 2 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (8.33%) OCI
4 1 (4.17%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.33%) HTTP
2 1 (4.17%) Cisco Wireless
2 1 (4.17%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.50%) MongoDB
2 2 (8.33%) SQL Server
3 1 (4.17%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (4.17%) Oracle Database
3 1 (4.17%) Power BI
3 1 (4.17%) Relational Database
3 1 (4.17%) Sybase IQ
Development Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Introscope
1 2 (8.33%) LoadRunner
2 1 (4.17%) Ant
2 1 (4.17%) Cucumber
2 1 (4.17%) Gradle
2 1 (4.17%) JIRA
2 1 (4.17%) JUnit
2 1 (4.17%) Maven
2 1 (4.17%) Mockito
General
1 13 (54.17%) Social Skills
2 6 (25.00%) Finance
2 6 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 5 (20.83%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (16.67%) Brand Awareness
4 4 (16.67%) Marketing
5 3 (12.50%) Telecoms
6 2 (8.33%) Banking
7 1 (4.17%) Financial Institution
7 1 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (20.83%) Architect
2 4 (16.67%) Campaign Manager
3 2 (8.33%) Change Manager
3 2 (8.33%) Developer
3 2 (8.33%) QA Manager
3 2 (8.33%) Telecoms Manager
3 2 (8.33%) Test Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) Analyst
4 1 (4.17%) Business Analyst
4 1 (4.17%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (4.17%) Implementation Manager
4 1 (4.17%) Java Developer
4 1 (4.17%) Lead
4 1 (4.17%) PMO Specialist
4 1 (4.17%) Product Developer
4 1 (4.17%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
4 1 (4.17%) Service Delivery Manager
4 1 (4.17%) Service Desk Manager
4 1 (4.17%) Service Manager
4 1 (4.17%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (12.50%) J2EE
2 2 (8.33%) .NET
2 2 (8.33%) HTML
2 2 (8.33%) Web Services
3 1 (4.17%) RESTful
3 1 (4.17%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.67%) Social Media
2 2 (8.33%) SCADA
3 1 (4.17%) Algorithms
3 1 (4.17%) Data Structures
3 1 (4.17%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.17%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.33%) AIX
1 2 (8.33%) Unix
2 1 (4.17%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (25.00%) Agile
1 6 (25.00%) Software Engineering
2 5 (20.83%) Network Monitoring
2 5 (20.83%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (16.67%) Analytics
3 4 (16.67%) B2B
3 4 (16.67%) Campaign Management
3 4 (16.67%) Content Development
3 4 (16.67%) Data Analytics
3 4 (16.67%) Demand Generation
3 4 (16.67%) Intelligent Automation
3 4 (16.67%) Lead Generation
3 4 (16.67%) Marketing Automation
3 4 (16.67%) Multichannel Marketing
3 4 (16.67%) Non-Functional Testing
3 4 (16.67%) Performance Measurement
3 4 (16.67%) Performance Testing
3 4 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (16.67%) Storytelling
3 4 (16.67%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 4 (16.67%) Python
2 3 (12.50%) Java
3 2 (8.33%) C
3 2 (8.33%) SQL
4 1 (4.17%) Shell Script
4 1 (4.17%) VB
Qualifications
1 7 (29.17%) Security Cleared
2 6 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (12.50%) Degree
4 1 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (4.17%) PMI Certification
4 1 (4.17%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.33%) PMO
1 2 (8.33%) QA
2 1 (4.17%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (4.17%) Data Quality
System Software
1 6 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (8.33%) CA Wily
Vendors
1 7 (29.17%) VMware
2 6 (25.00%) Google
3 5 (20.83%) SolarWinds
4 4 (16.67%) Adobe
5 3 (12.50%) Oracle
6 2 (8.33%) AppDynamics
6 2 (8.33%) Foundry
6 2 (8.33%) Microsoft
6 2 (8.33%) ServiceNow
6 2 (8.33%) Splunk
7 1 (4.17%) Cisco
7 1 (4.17%) HP
7 1 (4.17%) Meraki
7 1 (4.17%) Planview
7 1 (4.17%) Sybase