Performance Improvement Contract Job Trends in Reading

Performance Improvement
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Performance Improvement skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 89 87
Rank change year-on-year - -2 +8
Contract jobs citing Performance Improvement 0 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in Reading - 0.19% 0.097%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.21% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +179.41%
75th Percentile - - £488
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median daily rate - £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% +179.41%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

Performance Improvement 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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 656 945 951
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 90.48% 91.04% 92.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 456 536 621
10th Percentile £350 £325 £213
25th Percentile £431 £459 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% -
75th Percentile £614 £650 £615
90th Percentile £650 £700 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 9 17
10th Percentile £14.75 £28.45 £41.24
25th Percentile £17.50 £42.50 £59.89
Median hourly rate £59.50 £61.76 £63.29
Median % change year-on-year -3.66% -2.42% -2.63%
75th Percentile £86.00 £69.69 £65.25
90th Percentile £97.50 £77.39 £66.96
Berkshire median hourly rate £37.28 £59.00 £61.45
% change year-on-year -36.81% -3.98% +26.05%

Performance Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Performance Improvement job vacancy trend in Reading

Performance Improvement
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Performance Improvement.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Performance Improvement