Performance Improvement Contract Job Trends in the South East

Performance Improvement
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Performance Improvement skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 169 178 208
Rank change year-on-year +9 +30 +42
Contract jobs citing Performance Improvement 3 4 5
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.083% 0.094% 0.091%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.094% 0.11% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 4
10th Percentile - - £417
25th Percentile £406 £456 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £463 £598
Median % change year-on-year -10.81% -22.59% +19.50%
75th Percentile £419 £469 £775
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £450 £500 £600
% change year-on-year -10.00% -16.67% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,207 3,569 4,933
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 88.66% 84.15% 89.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,013 2,158 3,292
10th Percentile £218 £261 £230
25th Percentile £385 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +2.44%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £625
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 335 181 261
10th Percentile £13.50 £16.25 £15.50
25th Percentile £16.17 £30.00 £24.00
Median hourly rate £20.71 £58.30 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -64.48% +11.05% +48.05%
75th Percentile £38.42 £70.00 £66.25
90th Percentile £69.29 £75.00 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £41.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -39.40% -6.74% +27.14%

Performance Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Performance Improvement job vacancy trend in the South East

Performance Improvement
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Performance Improvement.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Performance Improvement

Performance Improvement
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Performance Improvement.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Performance Improvement

Performance Improvement
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 20 October 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
Berkshire +12 3 £413 - 2
Thames Valley +8 3 £413 - 3
Performance Improvement
England

Performance Improvement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Power BI
General
1 3 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Financial Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Telecoms Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Telecoms Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Cost Optimisation
1 2 (66.67%) Dashboard Development
1 2 (66.67%) Data Visualisation
1 2 (66.67%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
1 2 (66.67%) Financial Analysis
1 2 (66.67%) Financial Modelling
1 2 (66.67%) Planning and Forecasting
1 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (66.67%) Visualisation
2 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
2 1 (33.33%) Defect Management
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) ACCA
1 2 (66.67%) CIMA
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Hyperion
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle
1 2 (66.67%) SAP