Performance Metrics Contract Job Trends in Reading

Performance Metrics
Berkshire > Reading

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

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 90 76
Rank change year-on-year +27 -14 +22
Contract jobs citing Performance Metrics 7 3 12
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 1.07% 0.28% 1.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.19% 0.31% 1.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 1
10th Percentile £227 £315 -
25th Percentile £306 £365 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £479 £600
Median % change year-on-year -34.66% -20.17% +14.29%
75th Percentile - £554 -
90th Percentile £440 £582 -
Berkshire median daily rate £313 £490 £475
% change year-on-year -36.06% +3.05% -9.52%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 588 959 964
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 90.05% 88.55% 90.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 396 529 633
10th Percentile £352 £350 £240
25th Percentile £450 £450 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +1.94%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £625
90th Percentile £650 £700 £700
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £538 £501
% change year-on-year -6.98% +7.34% +0.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 20 14
10th Percentile £14.55 £14.50 £29.04
25th Percentile £14.75 £38.44 £59.32
Median hourly rate £37.28 £60.53 £63.40
Median % change year-on-year -38.41% -4.52% +15.26%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.74 £67.42
90th Percentile £74.40 £76.13 £75.18
Berkshire median hourly rate £27.50 £58.49 £61.79
% change year-on-year -52.98% -5.34% +23.58%

Performance Metrics
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Performance Metrics job vacancy trend in Reading

Performance Metrics
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

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

Performance Metrics
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Performance Metrics in Reading over the 6 months to 6 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Performance Metrics in Reading

Performance Metrics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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 5 (71.43%) AWS
1 5 (71.43%) Azure
1 5 (71.43%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) 5G
1 2 (28.57%) Wireless
General
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Lead
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Cloud Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Senior
2 1 (14.29%) Support Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Technology Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) ITIL
2 6 (85.71%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (71.43%) Change Management
3 5 (71.43%) ITSM
3 5 (71.43%) Service Management
4 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
5 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure Management
5 2 (28.57%) PRINCE2
5 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (14.29%) Business Strategy
6 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
6 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
6 1 (14.29%) Product Strategy
6 1 (14.29%) Programme Management
6 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
6 1 (14.29%) Project Governance
6 1 (14.29%) Project Management
6 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
1 2 (28.57%) PMI Certification
1 2 (28.57%) PMP
1 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Google