Performance Management Contracts in the Thames Valley

Performance Management
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Performance Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Performance Management 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 92 130 126
Rank change year-on-year +38 -4 +19
Contract jobs citing Performance Management 10 15 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.66% 0.56% 0.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.71% 0.64% 0.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 7 19
10th Percentile £468 £516 £349
25th Percentile £475 £522 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £565 £510
Median % change year-on-year -7.08% +10.78% -
75th Percentile £538 £594 £550
90th Percentile £710 £600 £650
South East median daily rate £525 £525 £510
% change year-on-year - +2.94% -7.27%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Performance Management 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 1,403 2,340 2,682
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 92.85% 87.12% 91.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 851 1,306 1,860
10th Percentile £300 £213 £320
25th Percentile £413 £369 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £605 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 170 62
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.30 £18.60
25th Percentile £14.54 £19.48 £24.86
Median hourly rate £32.05 £45.00 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.78% -12.20% +192.86%
75th Percentile £62.44 £64.57 £66.21
90th Percentile £78.03 £85.65 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

Performance Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Performance Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Performance Management in the Thames Valley

Performance Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Performance Management in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Performance Management in the Thames Valley

Performance Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Performance Management in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Performance Management in the Thames Valley

Performance Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Performance Management in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Performance Management in the Thames Valley

Performance Management
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 Management within the Thames Valley 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
Berkshire +25 9 £525 -7.08% 26
Buckinghamshire - 1 £475 - 13
Performance Management
South East

Performance Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (20.00%) SAS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) FTP
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 4 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (40.00%) Legal
1 4 (40.00%) Telecoms
2 3 (30.00%) Finance
2 3 (30.00%) Retail
3 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Data Manager
1 3 (30.00%) IT Manager
1 3 (30.00%) IT Operations Manager
1 3 (30.00%) Operations Manager
1 3 (30.00%) Performance Manager
1 3 (30.00%) Procurement Officer
2 1 (10.00%) Category Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Consultant
2 1 (10.00%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Development Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Implementation Manager
2 1 (10.00%) IT Consultant
2 1 (10.00%) Management Consultant
2 1 (10.00%) Senior
2 1 (10.00%) Senior Category Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Senior Development Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Senior Implementation Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Senior Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Balanced Scorecard
1 3 (30.00%) Customer Experience
1 3 (30.00%) E-business
1 3 (30.00%) Quality Management
1 3 (30.00%) Scorecard
2 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (10.00%) Business Strategy
3 1 (10.00%) Contract Management
3 1 (10.00%) Cost Reduction
3 1 (10.00%) Creative Thinking
3 1 (10.00%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (10.00%) ITIL
3 1 (10.00%) Problem Management
3 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (10.00%) Process Management
3 1 (10.00%) SIAM
3 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (10.00%) Systems Engineering
3 1 (10.00%) Verification and Validation
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) HNC
2 1 (10.00%) HND
2 1 (10.00%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Dynatrace
1 3 (30.00%) Oracle
1 3 (30.00%) Splunk