Performance Optimisation Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Performance Optimisation
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Milton Keynes requiring Performance Optimisation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 46 55
Rank change year-on-year +3 +9 +33
Contract jobs citing Performance Optimisation 2 3 1
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 0.57% 1.08% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.68% 1.24% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 1
10th Percentile £430 £428 -
25th Percentile £438 £459 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -11.90% -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £500 £563 -
90th Percentile £515 £578 -
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £463 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -11.90% -4.55% -8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Milton Keynes

Performance Optimisation 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 Milton Keynes.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 294 242 465
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 84.24% 87.05% 92.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 216 173 355
10th Percentile £224 £250 £275
25th Percentile £363 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -1.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £550 £586 £600
90th Percentile £628 £656 £700
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 4 15
10th Percentile £16.35 £14.01 £14.30
25th Percentile £23.81 £17.03 £19.25
Median hourly rate £29.61 £26.35 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.37% +9.79% +43.28%
75th Percentile £32.81 £36.50 £28.50
90th Percentile £36.00 £37.40 £30.00
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £23.88
% change year-on-year -30.14% +50.79% +54.03%

Performance Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Performance Optimisation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes.

Performance Optimisation job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

Performance Optimisation
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Performance Optimisation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Performance Optimisation

Performance Optimisation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) CMS
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) OneDrive
1 1 (50.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (50.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (50.00%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Data Services
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Administrator
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Administrator
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (50.00%) High Availability
1 1 (50.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Monitoring
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Server Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) SAP