Performance Improvement Contracts in Scotland

Performance Improvement
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Performance Improvement skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Performance Improvement over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 118 122 155
Rank change year-on-year +4 +33 -
Contract jobs citing Performance Improvement 1 2 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.060% 0.094% 0.037%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.065% 0.11% 0.041%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £650 -
UK median daily rate £450 £425 £550
% change year-on-year +5.88% -22.73% -12.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,549 1,859 2,465
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 93.48% 87.24% 92.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 894 1,152 1,723
10th Percentile £263 £219 £251
25th Percentile £370 £363 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £461 £463 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.38% -2.53% -
75th Percentile £538 £566 £550
90th Percentile £600 £638 £638
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 96 54
10th Percentile £16.00 £12.30 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.53 £11.25
Median hourly rate £19.97 £19.34 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.28% +33.34% -61.26%
75th Percentile £25.15 £40.94 £35.00
90th Percentile £61.00 £60.75 £66.09
UK median hourly rate £27.85 £36.50 £36.77
% change year-on-year -23.70% -0.73% +43.19%

Performance Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Performance Improvement as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Performance Improvement in Scotland

Performance Improvement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Performance Improvement in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Performance Improvement in Scotland

Performance Improvement
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Improvement within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
Lanarkshire - 1 - - 1
Performance Improvement
UK

Performance Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) 4G
General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management