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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 122 149
Rank change year-on-year +17 +27 +46
Contract jobs citing Performance Metrics 20 16 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.97% 0.57% 0.093%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.10% 0.71% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 8 3
10th Percentile £365 £473 £533
25th Percentile £406 £525 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -4.00% +26.26%
75th Percentile £689 £717 £638
90th Percentile £702 £750 -
England median daily rate £493 £469 £575
% change year-on-year +5.07% -18.48% +9.52%

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 1,818 2,267 2,842
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 88.42% 81.46% 87.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,192 1,531 1,990
10th Percentile £205 £231 £260
25th Percentile £358 £357 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £600
90th Percentile £643 £688 £694
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 173 97
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.07 £12.30
25th Percentile £13.81 £14.00 £14.50
Median hourly rate £18.75 £19.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.30% -15.56% +28.13%
75th Percentile £26.93 £35.00 £46.25
90th Percentile £50.00 £55.00 £60.50
England median hourly rate £28.53 £37.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -23.93% - +50.00%

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 31 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

Performance Metrics
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 31 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 +24 18 £663 +10.42% 34
East Midlands +2 2 £326 -18.63% 26
Performance Metrics
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 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (10.00%) SharePoint
1 2 (10.00%) Tomcat
2 1 (5.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 4 (20.00%) Adobe Analytics
1 4 (20.00%) Google Analytics
1 4 (20.00%) Power Platform
2 3 (15.00%) AWS
3 2 (10.00%) Azure
3 2 (10.00%) GCP
3 2 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (5.00%) OCI
4 1 (5.00%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.00%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.00%) MongoDB
2 2 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (10.00%) Power BI
2 2 (10.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (5.00%) Oracle Database
3 1 (5.00%) Relational Database
3 1 (5.00%) Sybase IQ
Development Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Introscope
1 2 (10.00%) LoadRunner
2 1 (5.00%) Ant
2 1 (5.00%) Cucumber
2 1 (5.00%) Gradle
2 1 (5.00%) JIRA
2 1 (5.00%) JUnit
2 1 (5.00%) Maven
2 1 (5.00%) Mockito
General
1 12 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (35.00%) Finance
3 6 (30.00%) Public Sector
4 4 (20.00%) Brand Awareness
4 4 (20.00%) Marketing
5 3 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (10.00%) Banking
7 1 (5.00%) Automotive
7 1 (5.00%) Financial Institution
7 1 (5.00%) Legal
7 1 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (5.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (25.00%) Architect
2 4 (20.00%) Campaign Manager
3 2 (10.00%) Developer
3 2 (10.00%) Test Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Analytics Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Business Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Business Intelligence Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Business Intelligence Project Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Change Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Data Analytics Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Java Developer
4 1 (5.00%) PMO Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Product Developer
4 1 (5.00%) Project Manager
4 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Scrum Master
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.00%) J2EE
2 2 (10.00%) .NET
2 2 (10.00%) HTML
2 2 (10.00%) Web Services
3 1 (5.00%) RESTful
3 1 (5.00%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Social Media
2 2 (10.00%) SCADA
3 1 (5.00%) Algorithms
3 1 (5.00%) Data Structures
3 1 (5.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (5.00%) Product Ownership
3 1 (5.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.00%) AIX
1 2 (10.00%) Unix
2 1 (5.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (25.00%) Agile
1 5 (25.00%) Analytics
1 5 (25.00%) Data Analytics
1 5 (25.00%) Network Monitoring
1 5 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 5 (25.00%) Strategic Planning
2 4 (20.00%) B2B
2 4 (20.00%) Campaign Management
2 4 (20.00%) Content Development
2 4 (20.00%) Demand Generation
2 4 (20.00%) Intelligent Automation
2 4 (20.00%) Lead Generation
2 4 (20.00%) Marketing Automation
2 4 (20.00%) Multichannel Marketing
2 4 (20.00%) Performance Measurement
2 4 (20.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (20.00%) Storytelling
3 3 (15.00%) Change Management
3 3 (15.00%) Project Management
3 3 (15.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 4 (20.00%) Python
2 3 (15.00%) Java
3 2 (10.00%) C
3 2 (10.00%) SQL
4 1 (5.00%) Shell Script
4 1 (5.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 7 (35.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (30.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (10.00%) Degree
4 1 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.00%) Automotive SPICE
1 1 (5.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (5.00%) ISO 26262
1 1 (5.00%) PMO
System Software
1 6 (30.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (10.00%) CA Wily
Vendors
1 7 (35.00%) VMware
2 6 (30.00%) Google
3 5 (25.00%) SolarWinds
4 4 (20.00%) Adobe
5 3 (15.00%) Microsoft
6 2 (10.00%) AppDynamics
6 2 (10.00%) Foundry
6 2 (10.00%) Oracle
6 2 (10.00%) ServiceNow
6 2 (10.00%) Splunk
7 1 (5.00%) HP
7 1 (5.00%) Sybase