Performance Optimisation Contract Job Trends in Portsmouth

Performance Optimisation
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Portsmouth requiring Performance Optimisation skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Performance Optimisation 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Portsmouth 1.63% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.13% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £511 - -
25th Percentile £511 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £544 - -
90th Percentile £548 - -
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £575 £413
% change year-on-year -4.35% +39.39% -30.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 141 162 255
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth 76.63% 86.17% 91.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 84 146
10th Percentile £258 £360 £273
25th Percentile £430 £438 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £563 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.78% +12.50% +1.92%
75th Percentile £556 £688 £584
90th Percentile £593 £835 £665
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 59 35
10th Percentile £25.14 £51.06 £19.85
25th Percentile £27.10 £53.40 £38.08
Median hourly rate £48.75 £57.35 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% -0.26% -8.24%
75th Percentile £55.00 £70.21 £61.25
90th Percentile £58.88 £76.86 £69.50
Hampshire median hourly rate £25.15 £58.68 £55.00
% change year-on-year -57.14% +6.68% +39.24%

Performance Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

Job postings citing Performance Optimisation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth.

Job vacancy trend for Performance Optimisation in Portsmouth

Performance Optimisation
Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Performance Optimisation

Performance Optimisation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Portsmouth 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 (33.33%) Gunicorn
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) GitHub
1 1 (33.33%) MinIO
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) PCoIP
1 2 (66.67%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (33.33%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (33.33%) Redis
1 1 (33.33%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Poetry
General
1 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Python Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Architect
2 1 (33.33%) VMware Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Celery
1 1 (33.33%) Flask
1 1 (33.33%) Keycloak
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Dependency Management
1 1 (33.33%) Identity Management
1 1 (33.33%) Migration
1 1 (33.33%) Security Patching
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (66.67%) vSphere
2 1 (33.33%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) VMware