Performance Measurement Contracts in the UK excluding London

Performance Measurement
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Performance Measurement skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Performance Measurement over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 309 371 414
Rank change year-on-year +62 +43 +65
Contract jobs citing Performance Measurement 30 28 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.23% 0.13% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.16% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 7 16
10th Percentile £337 - £440
25th Percentile £431 £43 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £45 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1011.11% -91.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £715 £444 £556
90th Percentile £800 £469 £572
UK median daily rate £550 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +22.22% -5.26% -3.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 16 9
10th Percentile - £25.38 £43.59
25th Percentile £22.14 £39.16 -
Median hourly rate £35.25 £50.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.50% +2.04% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £60.00 -
90th Percentile - £61.25 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £35.25 £50.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year -29.50% +2.04% +86.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Performance Measurement 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 11,562 17,588 21,473
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.38% 84.75% 89.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,253 10,507 14,891
10th Percentile £235 £250 £255
25th Percentile £375 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £663 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 821 2,055 1,305
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.32 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.22 £15.81
Median hourly rate £27.50 £36.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.66% +4.29% +75.00%
75th Percentile £64.52 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £72.98
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £36.42
% change year-on-year -18.31% -2.53% +45.69%

Performance Measurement
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Performance Measurement in the UK excluding London

Performance Measurement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Performance Measurement in the UK excluding London

Performance Measurement
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Performance Measurement in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Performance Measurement in the UK excluding London

Performance Measurement
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Performance Measurement in the UK excluding London

Performance Measurement
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Performance Measurement in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Performance Measurement in the UK excluding London

Performance Measurement
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 Measurement within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 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
North of England +33 12 £463 - 5
Yorkshire - 7 £463 - 3
Midlands +20 5 £234 - 11
North West +17 5 - - 2
Scotland +15 4 £621 +41.83% 1
West Midlands - 4 - - 5
South East +43 3 £500 +11.11% 16
East of England +30 3 £800 - 11
South West +32 2 £410 +811.11% 5
East Midlands +11 1 £234 - 5
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 1
Performance Measurement
UK

Performance Measurement
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 8 (26.67%) Spreadsheet
2 4 (13.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (3.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (20.00%) Primavera
1 6 (20.00%) SAP PS
2 2 (6.67%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 7 (23.33%) Google Analytics
2 4 (13.33%) Adobe Analytics
3 2 (6.67%) Google Data Studio
3 2 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (6.67%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.33%) Google Tag Manager
4 1 (3.33%) Lucidchart
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.00%) Tableau
2 2 (6.67%) Power BI
General
1 16 (53.33%) Social Skills
2 14 (46.67%) Finance
3 10 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (23.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 7 (23.33%) Marketing
5 6 (20.00%) Police
6 5 (16.67%) Public Sector
7 4 (13.33%) Brand Awareness
8 2 (6.67%) Aerospace
9 1 (3.33%) Electronics
9 1 (3.33%) Law
9 1 (3.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (36.67%) Analyst
2 6 (20.00%) Support Analyst
3 5 (16.67%) Project Planner
4 4 (13.33%) Campaign Manager
4 4 (13.33%) Lead
4 4 (13.33%) Project Controller
5 3 (10.00%) Performance Analyst
6 2 (6.67%) Architect
6 2 (6.67%) Enterprise Architect
6 2 (6.67%) Workday Manager
7 1 (3.33%) Business Analyst
7 1 (3.33%) Business Process Analyst
7 1 (3.33%) Cloud Security Architect
7 1 (3.33%) Data Analyst
7 1 (3.33%) Process Analyst
7 1 (3.33%) Product Manager
7 1 (3.33%) Project Manager
7 1 (3.33%) Security Architect
7 1 (3.33%) Technical Manager
7 1 (3.33%) Technical Product Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (20.00%) Social Media
2 2 (6.67%) Podcast
3 1 (3.33%) Algorithms
3 1 (3.33%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (3.33%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (36.67%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (33.33%) Analytics
2 10 (33.33%) Performance Management
2 10 (33.33%) Project Management
3 8 (26.67%) Decision-Making
4 7 (23.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (20.00%) Business Performance Management
5 6 (20.00%) Coaching
5 6 (20.00%) Critical Path Analysis
5 6 (20.00%) Earned Value Management
5 6 (20.00%) Information Security
5 6 (20.00%) Service Management
5 6 (20.00%) Strategic Planning
6 5 (16.67%) B2B
6 5 (16.67%) Data Analysis
6 5 (16.67%) Performance Metrics
6 5 (16.67%) Project Planning
7 4 (13.33%) Data Analytics
7 4 (13.33%) Software Engineering
7 4 (13.33%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (20.00%) Degree
1 6 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.33%) Master's Degree
2 1 (3.33%) MBA
2 1 (3.33%) PMI Certification
2 1 (3.33%) PMP
2 1 (3.33%) Six Sigma Black Belt
2 1 (3.33%) Six Sigma Green Belt
2 1 (3.33%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (20.00%) SLA
2 3 (10.00%) Data Quality
3 2 (6.67%) QA
4 1 (3.33%) Accessibility
4 1 (3.33%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 7 (23.33%) Google
1 7 (23.33%) SAP
2 4 (13.33%) Adobe
3 2 (6.67%) Citrix
3 2 (6.67%) Microsoft
3 2 (6.67%) Workday
4 1 (3.33%) Salesforce
4 1 (3.33%) VMware