Performance Analysis Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Performance Analysis
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Performance Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 - 122
Rank change year-on-year - - +27
Contract jobs citing Performance Analysis 5 0 14
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.17% - 0.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% - 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £509 - -
25th Percentile £514 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 - -
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £512 £650 £538
% change year-on-year -21.23% +20.93% +7.50%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Performance Analysis 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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,439 1,395 2,272
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 80.57% 93.44% 85.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,583 856 1,237
10th Percentile £306 £298 £225
25th Percentile £407 £402 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% - -1.96%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £600
90th Percentile £688 £681 £675
South East median daily rate £520 £500 £501
% change year-on-year +4.00% -0.15% -1.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 219 72 171
10th Percentile £16.35 £14.20 £14.50
25th Percentile £30.19 £15.03 £19.25
Median hourly rate £81.50 £25.23 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +223.09% -46.89% -11.26%
75th Percentile £88.00 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £104.50 £86.35 £85.65
South East median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £50.00
% change year-on-year +108.75% -49.70% -4.76%

Performance Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Performance Analysis relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Performance Analysis job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Performance Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Performance Analysis.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Performance Analysis

Performance Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Performance Analysis.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Performance Analysis

Performance Analysis
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Analysis within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 15 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
Berkshire - 4 £548 - 3
Buckinghamshire - 1 £514 - 2
Performance Analysis
South East

Performance Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (40.00%) OneDrive
1 2 (40.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco ISE
1 2 (40.00%) Firewall
1 2 (40.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Power BI
General
1 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Monitoring Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Report Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) SCCM Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) SCCM Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
1 1 (20.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) ITIL
2 2 (40.00%) Actionable Insight
2 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (40.00%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (40.00%) Data Visualisation
2 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Scorecard
2 2 (40.00%) Service Management
2 2 (40.00%) Visualisation
3 1 (20.00%) Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 1 (20.00%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (20.00%) Log Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (20.00%) Task Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) SLA
2 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) SCCM
2 1 (20.00%) SCOM
2 1 (20.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) Cisco
2 2 (40.00%) Juniper
2 2 (40.00%) Palo Alto
3 1 (20.00%) VMware