Performance Management Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

Performance Management
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Sheffield requiring Performance Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 37 41
Rank change year-on-year -58 +4 +11
Contract jobs citing Performance Management 5 2 8
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 0.56% 0.83% 2.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.59% 0.85% 2.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 8
10th Percentile £430 - £531
25th Percentile £444 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £600 £587
Median % change year-on-year -22.00% +2.13% +27.02%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £591
South Yorkshire median daily rate £468 £600 £587
% change year-on-year -22.00% +2.13% +27.02%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Sheffield

Performance Management 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 Sheffield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 845 234 330
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 94.31% 96.69% 94.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 574 146 200
10th Percentile £351 £220 £334
25th Percentile £413 £409 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% -2.58% -6.68%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £588
90th Percentile £675 £653 £675
South Yorkshire median daily rate £490 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.00% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 8
10th Percentile £16.54 - -
25th Percentile £18.34 £15.22 £10.90
Median hourly rate £22.25 £16.19 £17.63
Median % change year-on-year +37.40% -8.14% -31.55%
75th Percentile £25.15 £17.16 £23.75
90th Percentile - - -
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £19.34 £16.19 £13.23
% change year-on-year +19.46% +22.37% +24.46%

Performance Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Performance Management job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Performance Management
Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Performance Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Performance Management

Performance Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Sheffield

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Performance Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Performance Management

Performance Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Banking
2 2 (40.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Programme Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Lead
1 2 (40.00%) Programme Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Change Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Change Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Programme Change Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Transformation Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Transformation Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 5 (100.00%) Programme Governance
2 3 (60.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 3 (60.00%) Cutover Planning
2 3 (60.00%) Dependency Management
2 3 (60.00%) High Availability
2 3 (60.00%) ITIL
2 3 (60.00%) PRINCE2
2 3 (60.00%) Release Management
2 3 (60.00%) Service Management
2 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (40.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 2 (40.00%) Programme Delivery
3 2 (40.00%) Project Governance
3 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (40.00%) Storytelling
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) PMI Certification
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft