Performance Optimisation Contracts in the South West

Performance Optimisation
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring Performance Optimisation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Performance Optimisation 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 103 137 165
Rank change year-on-year +34 +28 +9
Contract jobs citing Performance Optimisation 8 20 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.48% 0.63% 0.055%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.53% 0.75% 0.062%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 20 0
10th Percentile £443 £463 -
25th Percentile £469 £513 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 -
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% - -
75th Percentile £638 £561 -
90th Percentile - £594 -
England median daily rate £523 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% +10.00% -16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25.26 - -
Median hourly rate £27.13 - -
75th Percentile £28.99 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £27.13 £57.57 £52.13
% change year-on-year -52.88% +10.44% +7.48%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Performance Optimisation 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 Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Performance Optimisation in the South West

Performance Optimisation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Performance Optimisation in the South West

Performance Optimisation
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Daily rate histogram for Performance Optimisation in the South West

Performance Optimisation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Performance Optimisation in the South West

Performance Optimisation
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 Optimisation 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
Somerset - 3 £625 - 5
Bristol +20 2 £500 +100.00% 3
Devon - 1 £425 - 4
Wiltshire - 1 £550 -
Performance Optimisation
England

Performance Optimisation
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:

Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) GCP
2 1 (12.50%) AWS
2 1 (12.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Figma
2 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (50.00%) Tableau
2 3 (37.50%) Data Mining
3 1 (12.50%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Git
1 1 (12.50%) Storybook
1 1 (12.50%) Vite
1 1 (12.50%) webpack
General
1 4 (50.00%) Banking
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Architect
1 3 (37.50%) Data Architect
1 3 (37.50%) Senior
1 3 (37.50%) Senior Architect
1 3 (37.50%) Senior Data Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Administrator
2 1 (12.50%) Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) Data Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Linux Administrator
2 1 (12.50%) Linux Systems Administrator
2 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Software Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) Systems Administrator
2 1 (12.50%) UI Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (37.50%) D3.js
2 1 (12.50%) AngularJS
2 1 (12.50%) CSS
2 1 (12.50%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (12.50%) HTML
2 1 (12.50%) React
2 1 (12.50%) Redux
2 1 (12.50%) REST
2 1 (12.50%) RESTful
2 1 (12.50%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Legacy Systems
1 3 (37.50%) Management Information System
2 1 (12.50%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 3 (37.50%) Conceptual Models
2 3 (37.50%) Data Architecture
2 3 (37.50%) Data Science
2 3 (37.50%) Data Strategy
2 3 (37.50%) Data Visualisation
2 3 (37.50%) Database Optimisation
2 3 (37.50%) Logical Data Model
2 3 (37.50%) Migration
2 3 (37.50%) Visualisation
3 2 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (25.00%) User Experience
4 1 (12.50%) Containerisation
4 1 (12.50%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
4 1 (12.50%) Dashboard Development
4 1 (12.50%) Digital Banking
4 1 (12.50%) Inclusive Design
4 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure as Code
4 1 (12.50%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) Bash
2 1 (12.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
2 1 (12.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) CISSP
2 1 (12.50%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (12.50%) Linux+ Certification
2 1 (12.50%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Accessibility
1 1 (12.50%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Docker
1 1 (12.50%) NFS
1 1 (12.50%) Samba
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Ansible
1 1 (12.50%) Kubernetes
1 1 (12.50%) Nagios
1 1 (12.50%) SELinux
1 1 (12.50%) Terraform
1 1 (12.50%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Oracle
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Red Hat
2 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow