Performance Improvement Contracts in the UK excluding London

Performance Improvement
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Performance Improvement skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Performance Improvement over the 6 months leading up to 9 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 360 341 380
Rank change year-on-year -19 +39 +100
Contract jobs citing Performance Improvement 12 29 39
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.078% 0.16% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.087% 0.19% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 11 28
10th Percentile - £396 £311
25th Percentile £406 £398 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £425 £487
Median % change year-on-year +7.35% -12.73% -2.60%
75th Percentile £550 £474 £600
90th Percentile £640 £500 £775
UK median daily rate £450 £450 £600
% change year-on-year - -25.00% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £70.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Performance Improvement 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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,741 15,172 19,527
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 89.27% 83.09% 88.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,257 9,134 13,075
10th Percentile £241 £250 £263
25th Percentile £369 £388 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £547
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.07% -0.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,344 1,556 1,197
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.69 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.95 £16.65 £17.50
Median hourly rate £22.63 £42.27 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -46.47% +12.73% +72.18%
75th Percentile £44.26 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £75.99
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.94 £42.50
% change year-on-year -38.57% -3.67% +60.38%

Performance Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Performance Improvement as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Performance Improvement in the UK excluding London

Performance Improvement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Performance Improvement in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Performance Improvement in the UK excluding London

Performance Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Performance Improvement in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Performance Improvement in the UK excluding London

Performance Improvement
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Performance Improvement in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Performance Improvement in the UK excluding London

Performance Improvement
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Improvement within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 August 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
South East +15 5 £413 -2.94% 9
South West +32 4 - - 10
Scotland -8 1 - - 11
Yorkshire -17 1 £700 - 3
North of England -23 1 £700 - 19
East Midlands - 1 - - 2
Midlands - 1 - - 5
Performance Improvement
UK

Performance Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (8.33%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 4 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 1 (8.33%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) 4G
2 1 (8.33%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (33.33%) Power BI
2 2 (16.67%) Qlik Sense
3 1 (8.33%) SAP HANA
3 1 (8.33%) Tableau
General
1 6 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Telecoms
3 3 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (16.67%) Finance
5 1 (8.33%) Aerospace
5 1 (8.33%) Local Government
5 1 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (16.67%) Analyst
1 2 (16.67%) Availability Manager
1 2 (16.67%) Capacity and Availability Manager
1 2 (16.67%) Capacity Manager
1 2 (16.67%) Financial Analyst
1 2 (16.67%) Network Engineer
1 2 (16.67%) Telecoms Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Desktop Specialist
2 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Specialist
2 1 (8.33%) Lead
2 1 (8.33%) Performance Manager
2 1 (8.33%) Report Specialist
2 1 (8.33%) Technologist
2 1 (8.33%) Telecoms Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Management Information System
2 2 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (8.33%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Windows
2 1 (8.33%) Windows 10
2 1 (8.33%) Windows Server
2 1 (8.33%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 4 (33.33%) Planning and Forecasting
2 4 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (25.00%) Asset Management
3 3 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
3 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (25.00%) Statistics
3 3 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 3 (25.00%) Visualisation
4 2 (16.67%) Agile
4 2 (16.67%) Capacity Planning
4 2 (16.67%) Data Migration
4 2 (16.67%) Financial Analysis
4 2 (16.67%) Financial Modelling
4 2 (16.67%) Performance Management
4 2 (16.67%) Problem Management
4 2 (16.67%) Time Management
4 2 (16.67%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) SQL
2 1 (8.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) ACCA
1 2 (16.67%) CIMA
1 2 (16.67%) ITIL Certification
1 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) PMI Certification
2 1 (8.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) Data Quality
1 1 (8.33%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (8.33%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (8.33%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (8.33%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (8.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) SAP
2 2 (16.67%) Alteryx
2 2 (16.67%) Hyperion
2 2 (16.67%) Oracle
3 1 (8.33%) Citrix
3 1 (8.33%) Ivanti