Performance Improvement Contracts in the North of England

Performance Improvement
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 162 184 205
Rank change year-on-year +22 +21 +16
Contract jobs citing Performance Improvement 4 1 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.12% 0.021% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.024% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 10
10th Percentile £133 - £292
25th Percentile £134 - £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £140 - £440
Median % change year-on-year - - +25.71%
75th Percentile £423 - £598
90th Percentile £589 - £650
England median daily rate £575 £425 £540
% change year-on-year +35.29% -21.30% +4.85%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,966 4,089 5,288
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 90.02% 85.76% 90.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,908 2,506 3,674
10th Percentile £263 £300 £302
25th Percentile £378 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £563 £588 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 154 355 207
10th Percentile £13.83 £11.03 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.20 £12.45 £15.25
Median hourly rate £28.75 £17.50 £27.70
Median % change year-on-year +64.29% -36.82% +49.73%
75th Percentile £55.76 £44.41 £45.05
90th Percentile £82.56 £53.90 £65.00
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 North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Performance Improvement in the North of England

Performance Improvement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Performance Improvement in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Performance Improvement in the North of England

Performance Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Performance Improvement in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Performance Improvement in the North of England

Performance Improvement
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Performance Improvement in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Performance Improvement in the North of England

Performance Improvement
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England 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
Yorkshire +10 3 £140 - 3
North West - 1 - - 8
Performance Improvement
England

Performance Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (25.00%) MS Visio
3 1 (25.00%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Coordinator
2 1 (25.00%) Information Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (25.00%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Asset Management
1 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) IT Asset Management
2 2 (50.00%) Performance Metrics
2 2 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (50.00%) Time Management
3 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Change Management
3 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Management
3 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (25.00%) Process Management
3 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (25.00%) Resource Allocation
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Strategic Planning
3 1 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (25.00%) PMP
1 1 (25.00%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Autodesk