Performance Improvement Contracts in the South West

Performance Improvement
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 98 152 -
Rank change year-on-year +54 - -
Contract jobs citing Performance Improvement 13 5 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.77% 0.16% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.86% 0.19% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £600 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £601 £396 -
Median % change year-on-year +51.64% - -
75th Percentile £775 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £575 £425 £540
% change year-on-year +35.29% -21.30% +4.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 0
Median hourly rate £70.00 £15.99 -
Median % change year-on-year +337.91% - -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £15.99 -
% change year-on-year +337.91% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,516 2,656 3,250
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 90.35% 83.03% 89.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 965 1,696 2,395
10th Percentile £235 £220 £313
25th Percentile £400 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £549
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.37% +9.80%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £644
90th Percentile £688 £700 £719
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 145 336 335
10th Percentile £18.33 £13.86 £9.80
25th Percentile £20.48 £27.50 £17.00
Median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.00% -18.70% +26.16%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.30
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.50 £83.36
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Performance Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Performance Improvement as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Performance Improvement in the South West

Performance Improvement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Performance Improvement in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Performance Improvement in the South West

Performance Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Performance Improvement in the South West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Performance Improvement in the South West

Performance Improvement
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Performance Improvement in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Performance Improvement in the South West

Performance Improvement
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 1 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
Wiltshire - 9 £601 -
Somerset - 2 £750 -
Bristol +16 1 - - 4
Gloucestershire - 1 - - 4
Performance Improvement
England

Performance Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) SAP HANA
General
1 12 (92.31%) Social Skills
2 11 (84.62%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (46.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (15.38%) Finance
4 2 (15.38%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (15.38%) Legal
4 2 (15.38%) Military
5 1 (7.69%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 9 (69.23%) Availability Manager
1 9 (69.23%) Capacity and Availability Manager
1 9 (69.23%) Capacity Manager
2 1 (7.69%) Technologist
Miscellaneous
1 9 (69.23%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) Availability Management
1 9 (69.23%) Capacity Management
1 9 (69.23%) Capacity Planning
1 9 (69.23%) ITIL
1 9 (69.23%) Mentoring
1 9 (69.23%) Planning and Forecasting
1 9 (69.23%) Problem Management
1 9 (69.23%) Problem-Solving
1 9 (69.23%) Quality Management
1 9 (69.23%) Service Management
1 9 (69.23%) Statistics
1 9 (69.23%) Time Management
2 2 (15.38%) Business Case
2 2 (15.38%) Business Strategy
2 2 (15.38%) Collaborative Culture
2 2 (15.38%) Contract Negotiation
2 2 (15.38%) Incident Management
2 2 (15.38%) Service Design
2 2 (15.38%) Strategic Planning
2 2 (15.38%) Technical Architecture
Qualifications
1 9 (69.23%) ITIL Certification
1 9 (69.23%) Security Cleared
2 8 (61.54%) SC Cleared
3 2 (15.38%) Degree
3 2 (15.38%) DV Cleared
3 2 (15.38%) Master's Degree
3 2 (15.38%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) SAP