Performance Measurement Contract Job Trends in the South East

Performance Measurement
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Performance Measurement skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 206 151 192
Rank change year-on-year -55 +41 +8
Contract jobs citing Performance Measurement 3 1 12
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.050% 0.034% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.061% 0.037% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 5
10th Percentile £358 - £458
25th Percentile £367 - £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -23.93% - -
75th Percentile £388 - £501
90th Percentile £392 - £562
England median daily rate £450 £469 £450
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -5.26%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

Performance Measurement 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 4,887 2,717 4,711
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 80.87% 91.30% 82.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,120 1,731 2,713
10th Percentile £280 £250 £255
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -1.96% +0.99%
75th Percentile £610 £600 £625
90th Percentile £700 £660 £700
England median daily rate £515 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 468 188 465
10th Percentile £15.05 £13.20 £13.00
25th Percentile £22.59 £15.00 £18.32
Median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +108.75% -47.05% -9.52%
75th Percentile £82.25 £58.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £76.94
England median hourly rate £47.25 £28.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year +65.79% -24.00% +4.17%

Performance Measurement
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Performance Measurement job vacancy trend in the South East

Performance Measurement
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Performance Measurement
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Performance Measurement
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 Measurement within the South East region over the 6 months to 9 June 2026. 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
West Sussex - 3 £380 -
Performance Measurement
England

Performance Measurement
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 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) GCP
1 1 (33.33%) Google Sheets
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Performance Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) Digital Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Digital Performance Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Web Services
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) User Research
2 2 (66.67%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (33.33%) API Integration
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Microservices
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Google
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft