Performance Metrics Contract Job Trends in the South West

Performance Metrics
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Performance Metrics skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 123 142
Rank change year-on-year +15 +19 +37
Contract jobs citing Performance Metrics 21 3 9
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.91% 0.14% 0.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.08% 0.16% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 1 9
10th Percentile £313 - £158
25th Percentile £384 £488 £159
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £495 £195
Median % change year-on-year +13.13% +153.85% -54.65%
75th Percentile £579 £503 £475
90th Percentile £609 - £644
England median daily rate £449 £475 £413
% change year-on-year -5.58% +15.15% -28.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £34.78 - -
25th Percentile £55.96 - -
Median hourly rate £92.50 - -
75th Percentile £93.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £40.00 £44.86 £14.00
% change year-on-year -10.84% +220.43% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Performance Metrics 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 1,938 1,835 2,588
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 83.64% 86.88% 86.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,135 1,124 1,725
10th Percentile £263 £280 £300
25th Percentile £413 £420 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £733 £718
England median daily rate £505 £525 £544
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.49% -1.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 291 126 270
10th Percentile £15.25 £21.16 £20.48
25th Percentile £19.26 £48.50 £45.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £65.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £67.25 £75.00 £83.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.70%

Performance Metrics
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Performance Metrics job vacancy trend in the South West

Performance Metrics
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Performance Metrics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Performance Metrics

Performance Metrics
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Performance Metrics in the South West over the 6 months to 18 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Performance Metrics in the South West

Performance Metrics
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Performance Metrics.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Performance Metrics

Performance Metrics
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Performance Metrics in the South West over the 6 months to 18 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Performance Metrics in the South West

Performance Metrics
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 Metrics within the South West region over the 6 months to 18 December 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 -6 10 £560 - 5
Bristol - 5 £575 - 6
Gloucestershire - 5 £325 -
Somerset -3 1 £447 -9.70%
Performance Metrics
England

Performance Metrics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (38.10%) Confluence
2 1 (4.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (14.29%) assyst
2 2 (9.52%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 4 (19.05%) Azure
1 4 (19.05%) Azure DevOps
1 4 (19.05%) Power Platform
2 1 (4.76%) AWS
2 1 (4.76%) GCP
2 1 (4.76%) Google Analytics
2 1 (4.76%) Google Tag Manager
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (23.81%) Metadata
2 4 (19.05%) Power BI
3 2 (9.52%) Tableau
4 1 (4.76%) BigQuery
4 1 (4.76%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (4.76%) Looker
Development Applications
1 9 (42.86%) JIRA
General
1 5 (23.81%) Finance
1 5 (23.81%) Social Skills
2 2 (9.52%) Public Sector
2 2 (9.52%) Telecoms
3 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (4.76%) Local Government
3 1 (4.76%) Military
3 1 (4.76%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 4 (19.05%) Analyst
1 4 (19.05%) Service Management Specialist
1 4 (19.05%) Service Manager
2 3 (14.29%) Senior
2 3 (14.29%) Service Desk Manager
3 2 (9.52%) Data Analyst
3 2 (9.52%) Project Manager
3 2 (9.52%) Senior Manager
3 2 (9.52%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (4.76%) Administrator
4 1 (4.76%) Coordinator
4 1 (4.76%) Engineering Manager
4 1 (4.76%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (4.76%) IT Manager
4 1 (4.76%) IT Programme Manager
4 1 (4.76%) Performance Analyst
4 1 (4.76%) Project Coordinator
4 1 (4.76%) Report Analyst
4 1 (4.76%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (4.76%) Software Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (33.33%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.52%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (9.52%) Product Ownership
2 1 (4.76%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (57.14%) Service Delivery
2 11 (52.38%) Agile
2 11 (52.38%) ITIL
2 11 (52.38%) ITSM
3 10 (47.62%) Service Management
4 9 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
5 8 (38.10%) DevOps
6 7 (33.33%) Dashboard Development
7 6 (28.57%) Incident Response
8 5 (23.81%) Configuration Management
8 5 (23.81%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (19.05%) Analytics
9 4 (19.05%) Business Intelligence
9 4 (19.05%) Change Management
9 4 (19.05%) Continuous Delivery
9 4 (19.05%) Knowledge Management
9 4 (19.05%) Problem Management
9 4 (19.05%) Stakeholder Management
9 4 (19.05%) User Experience
9 4 (19.05%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 7 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 7 (33.33%) Python
2 2 (9.52%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (71.43%) Security Cleared
2 13 (61.90%) SC Cleared
3 4 (19.05%) DV Cleared
4 3 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (9.52%) Degree
6 1 (4.76%) AWS Certification
6 1 (4.76%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.52%) GDPR
2 1 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (4.76%) Data Quality
2 1 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.76%) PERC
2 1 (4.76%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (4.76%) Ansible
1 1 (4.76%) Puppet
1 1 (4.76%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (33.33%) Atlassian
2 3 (14.29%) IFS
3 1 (4.76%) Facebook
3 1 (4.76%) Foundry
3 1 (4.76%) Google
3 1 (4.76%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.76%) ServiceNow