Performance Metrics Contract Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Performance Metrics
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Oxfordshire requiring Performance Metrics skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 14 -
Rank change year-on-year -15 - -
Contract jobs citing Performance Metrics 1 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 0.53% 2.73% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.61% 3.33% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £313 £475 £388
% change year-on-year -34.11% +22.58% -7.19%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 163 90 167
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 86.70% 81.82% 88.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 58 121
10th Percentile £206 £213 £180
25th Percentile £306 £392 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £493 £450
Median % change year-on-year -8.63% +9.44% -
75th Percentile £550 £584 £575
90th Percentile £603 £650 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £520
% change year-on-year -2.44% -1.44% +1.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 5 15
10th Percentile £15.62 £15.99 £19.75
25th Percentile £18.87 £22.50 £25.13
Median hourly rate £22.00 £25.99 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.35% -0.04% +8.33%
75th Percentile £25.15 £47.50 £33.66
90th Percentile £86.32 £59.50 £49.50
South East median hourly rate £22.27 £47.51 £54.39
% change year-on-year -53.14% -12.64% +45.03%

Performance Metrics
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Performance Metrics job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Performance Metrics
Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Performance Metrics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Performance Metrics

Performance Metrics
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Performance Metrics.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Performance Metrics

Performance Metrics
Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 20 December 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
Oxford - 1 £525 - 1
Performance Metrics
South East

Performance Metrics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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 (100.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce Manager
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Budget Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Matrix Organization
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Re-Platforming
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Retrospective
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Review
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (100.00%) PMP