Performance Consultant Contract Job Trends in the North West

Performance Consultant
England > North West

The median Performance Consultant daily rate in the North West is £586, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 July 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 171 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Performance Consultant 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.13% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £439 - -
25th Percentile £493 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £586 - -
75th Percentile £648 - -
90th Percentile £667 - -
England median daily rate £548 £488 £475
% change year-on-year +12.31% +2.63% -13.64%

All Contract IT Job Roles
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North West. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the North West with a recognized job title 3,418 2,000 2,292
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.15% 92.25% 94.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,922 1,281 1,407
10th Percentile £295 £255 £252
25th Percentile £400 £363 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £499 £450 £489
Median % change year-on-year +10.94% -7.98% -2.20%
75th Percentile £595 £553 £585
90th Percentile £675 £665 £675
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 396 159 224
10th Percentile £17.25 £13.00 £11.35
25th Percentile £25.38 £17.30 £16.58
Median hourly rate £50.00 £27.00 £32.90
Median % change year-on-year +85.19% -17.92% +12.27%
75th Percentile £73.25 £50.00 £54.00
90th Percentile £83.75 £73.75 £71.76
England median hourly rate £45.00 £26.30 £43.00
% change year-on-year +71.10% -38.84% -

Performance Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Performance Consultant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Performance Consultant job vacancy trend in the North West

Performance Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Performance Consultant job vacancies in the North West.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Performance Consultant job vacancies in the North West

Performance Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Performance Consultant in the North West over the 6 months to 31 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Performance Consultant in the North West

Performance Consultant
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Consultant within the North West region over the 6 months to 31 July 2026. 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
Lancashire - 3 £648 - 5
Manchester - 2 £475 -
Performance Consultant
England

Performance Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 31 July 2026, Performance Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the North West region featuring Performance Consultant in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (40.00%) Actionable Insight
2 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (40.00%) Presales
2 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (40.00%) SAP
2 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) SuccessFactors
3 1 (20.00%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (20.00%) Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) AppDynamics
3 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (20.00%) Business Development
3 1 (20.00%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (20.00%) Coaching
3 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (20.00%) Dashboard Development
3 1 (20.00%) Data Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (20.00%) DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) Dynatrace
3 1 (20.00%) Grafana
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) ITSM
3 1 (20.00%) JMeter
3 1 (20.00%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (20.00%) LoadRunner
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) Non-Functional Testing

Performance Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JMeter
1 1 (20.00%) LoadRunner
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (40.00%) Actionable Insight
2 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (40.00%) Presales
2 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (20.00%) Business Development
3 1 (20.00%) Coaching
3 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (20.00%) Dashboard Development
3 1 (20.00%) Data Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (20.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Optimisation
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Predictive Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Scalability Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Scorecard
3 1 (20.00%) Statistics
3 1 (20.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Actionable Recommendations
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Grafana
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) SAP
2 1 (20.00%) AppDynamics
2 1 (20.00%) Dynatrace
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Qualtrics
2 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (20.00%) Splunk