Performance Metrics Contract Job Trends in Preston

Performance Metrics
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Preston requiring Performance Metrics skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 17 14
Rank change year-on-year -6 -3 +6
Contract jobs citing Performance Metrics 10 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 5.41% 1.39% 2.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.54% 1.49% 2.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 0 1
10th Percentile £461 - -
25th Percentile £483 - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 - £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +87.50%
75th Percentile £562 - £538
90th Percentile £581 - -
Lancashire median daily rate £493 - £525
% change year-on-year - - +87.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £70.16 -
Lancashire median hourly rate £18.27 £70.16 -
% change year-on-year -73.96% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Preston

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 Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 153 67 35
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 82.70% 93.06% 79.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 46 21
10th Percentile £310 £349 £200
25th Percentile £456 £407 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £478 £575
Median % change year-on-year +15.18% -16.96% +31.84%
75th Percentile £626 £638 £627
90th Percentile £671 £679 £975
Lancashire median daily rate £550 £500 £493
% change year-on-year +10.00% +1.42% -10.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 8 5
10th Percentile £37.25 £23.32 £24.31
25th Percentile £60.00 £34.35 £25.30
Median hourly rate £70.00 £44.53 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year +57.20% +20.35% -19.88%
75th Percentile £78.17 £50.17 £51.88
90th Percentile £80.00 £62.56 £61.25
Lancashire median hourly rate £45.00 £47.12 £40.33
% change year-on-year -4.50% +16.85% -12.68%

Performance Metrics
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Performance Metrics job vacancy trend in Preston

Performance Metrics
Daily Rate Trend in Preston

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

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

Performance Metrics
Hourly Rate Trend in Preston

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

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

Performance Metrics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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:

General
1 5 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Analyst
1 6 (60.00%) Incident Analyst
1 6 (60.00%) Security Analyst
1 6 (60.00%) Security Incident Analyst
2 4 (40.00%) Consultant
2 4 (40.00%) Management Consultant
2 4 (40.00%) Vulnerability Consultant
2 4 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 10 (100.00%) Service Management
1 10 (100.00%) SIAM
2 9 (90.00%) Validation
3 6 (60.00%) Incident Management
3 6 (60.00%) ITIL
4 5 (50.00%) Major Incident Management
5 4 (40.00%) Dashboard Development
5 4 (40.00%) Incident Response
5 4 (40.00%) Information Security
5 4 (40.00%) Security Operations
5 4 (40.00%) Security Testing
5 4 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 4 (40.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 4 (40.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
6 3 (30.00%) Penetration Testing
7 1 (10.00%) ITSM
7 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 1 (10.00%) Supplier Management
Qualifications
1 8 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (70.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (100.00%) SLA
2 1 (10.00%) Data Quality