Performance Engineer Contract Job Trends in Swindon

Performance Engineer
Wiltshire > Swindon

The median Performance Engineer daily rate in Swindon is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 March 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
21 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 - 21
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Performance Engineer 6 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Swindon 4.96% - 1.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.06% - 1.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £500
75th Percentile £475 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Wiltshire median daily rate £450 - £500

All Contract IT Job Roles
Swindon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Swindon. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Swindon with a recognized job title 99 73 116
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 81.82% 97.33% 94.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 53 69
10th Percentile £305 £241 £150
25th Percentile £379 £413 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% - -3.61%
75th Percentile £550 £625 £600
90th Percentile £594 £699 £695
Wiltshire median daily rate £566 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +2.95% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 10
10th Percentile £20.86 - £14.12
25th Percentile £35.58 - £14.36
Median hourly rate £47.00 - £16.50
Median % change year-on-year - - -73.81%
75th Percentile £50.50 - £27.00
90th Percentile £65.10 - £30.25
Wiltshire median hourly rate £24.00 £60.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year -60.00% +263.64% -74.81%

Performance Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Swindon

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Performance Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Swindon.

Performance Engineer job vacancy trend in Swindon

Performance Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Swindon

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Performance Engineer job vacancies in Swindon.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Performance Engineer job vacancies in Swindon

Performance Engineer Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Swindon

For the 6 months to 21 March 2026, Performance Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Swindon region featuring Performance Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) AppDynamics
1 6 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 6 (100.00%) DevOps
1 6 (100.00%) Docker
1 6 (100.00%) Dynatrace
1 6 (100.00%) Gatling
1 6 (100.00%) JMeter
1 6 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 6 (100.00%) LoadRunner
1 6 (100.00%) New Relic
1 6 (100.00%) Performance Engineering
1 6 (100.00%) Splunk
1 6 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (33.33%) Capacity Planning
2 2 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) Database Tuning
2 2 (33.33%) Performance Metrics
2 2 (33.33%) Performance Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
2 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) Python
2 2 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) Scalability Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Scenario Testing
2 2 (33.33%) SDLC
2 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) Containerisation
3 1 (16.67%) Microservices
3 1 (16.67%) NoSQL

Performance Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Swindon 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (100.00%) Gatling
1 6 (100.00%) JMeter
1 6 (100.00%) LoadRunner
General
1 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 6 (100.00%) DevOps
1 6 (100.00%) Performance Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) Capacity Planning
2 2 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) Database Tuning
2 2 (33.33%) Performance Metrics
2 2 (33.33%) Performance Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
2 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) Scalability Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Scenario Testing
2 2 (33.33%) SDLC
3 1 (16.67%) Containerisation
3 1 (16.67%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 6 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (100.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) AppDynamics
1 6 (100.00%) Dynatrace
1 6 (100.00%) New Relic
1 6 (100.00%) Splunk
Performance Engineer jobs