Performance Engineering Contract Job Trends in Northampton

Performance Engineering
Northamptonshire > Northampton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Northampton requiring Performance Engineering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Performance Engineering 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Northampton 0.80% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.93% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £133 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £135 - -
75th Percentile £138 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Northamptonshire median daily rate £135 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Northampton

Performance Engineering 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 Northampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 108 271 195
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northampton 86.40% 96.44% 90.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 243 158
10th Percentile £358 £268 £355
25th Percentile £400 £340 £377
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £458 £375 £445
Median % change year-on-year +22.00% -15.73% +11.25%
75th Percentile £588 £447 £573
90th Percentile £636 £500 £619
Northamptonshire median daily rate £463 £375 £445
% change year-on-year +23.33% -15.73% -2.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 0
10th Percentile £15.22 £16.81 -
25th Percentile £15.55 - -
Median hourly rate £16.10 £21.39 -
Median % change year-on-year -24.73% - -
75th Percentile £16.65 - -
90th Percentile £16.98 - -
Northamptonshire median hourly rate £14.78 £21.39 £36.34
% change year-on-year -30.90% -41.14% -28.75%

Performance Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Northampton

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Performance Engineering relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Northampton.

Performance Engineering job vacancy trend in Northampton

Performance Engineering
Daily Rate Trend in Northampton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northampton citing Performance Engineering.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northampton citing Performance Engineering

Performance Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northampton 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) 1st Line Support
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft