Performance Analyst Contracts

Performance Analyst
UK

The median Performance Analyst daily rate in the UK is £513, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 493 541 625
Rank change year-on-year +48 +84 +90
Contract jobs requiring a Performance Analyst 27 41 93
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.092% 0.094% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.100% 0.10% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 26 80
10th Percentile £409 £100 £245
25th Percentile £433 £363 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £437 £459
Median % change year-on-year +17.28% -4.74% -3.42%
75th Percentile £612 £482 £525
90th Percentile £613 £529 £588
UK excluding London median daily rate £469 £100 £433
% change year-on-year +368.75% -76.88% +0.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 3
10th Percentile - - £17.52
25th Percentile - £15.39 £17.98
Median hourly rate - £15.79 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year - -19.03% -19.92%
75th Percentile - £16.20 £20.92
90th Percentile - - £21.31
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £15.79 £19.50
% change year-on-year - -19.03% +2.09%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Performance Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Performance Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Performance Analyst in the UK

Performance Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Performance Analyst.

Daily rate trend for Performance Analyst in the UK

Performance Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Performance Analyst over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Performance Analyst in the UK

Performance Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Performance Analyst.

Hourly rate trend for Performance Analyst in the UK

Performance Analyst
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Analyst within the UK 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
England +46 22 £475 +13.10% 21
Work from Home +42 16 £550 +20.88% 8
UK excluding London +60 13 £469 +368.75% 8
London +42 12 £575 +26.37% 14
North of England +21 8 £463 +362.50% 2
Yorkshire +11 4 £469 - 1
North East - 3 £450 -
Scotland - 3 £605 -
Midlands +23 2 £400 +23.08% 5
North West +13 1 - - 1
East Midlands +10 1 - - 2
West Midlands - 1 £400 - 3

Performance Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Performance Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Performance Analyst in the job title.

1 17 (62.96%) SQL
2 15 (55.56%) Business Intelligence
3 13 (48.15%) Analytics
4 11 (40.74%) Performance Analysis
5 10 (37.04%) Hedge funds
6 9 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
7 8 (29.63%) Power BI
7 8 (29.63%) Power Platform
7 8 (29.63%) Visualisation
7 8 (29.63%) Data Analysis
7 8 (29.63%) Agile
8 7 (25.93%) Finance
8 7 (25.93%) SC Cleared
8 7 (25.93%) Security Cleared
9 6 (22.22%) Google
9 6 (22.22%) Derivative
9 6 (22.22%) Google Analytics
9 6 (22.22%) Investment Management
9 6 (22.22%) Front Office
9 6 (22.22%) Fixed Income
9 6 (22.22%) Asset Management
9 6 (22.22%) Python
9 6 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
9 6 (22.22%) Aladdin
9 6 (22.22%) BISAM
9 6 (22.22%) Tableau
10 5 (18.52%) Data Visualisation
10 5 (18.52%) Performance Metrics
10 5 (18.52%) Public Sector
10 5 (18.52%) Data Warehouse

Performance Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 1 (3.70%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (11.11%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (3.70%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (22.22%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 8 (29.63%) Power Platform
2 6 (22.22%) Google Analytics
3 5 (18.52%) AWS
4 4 (14.81%) Google Data Studio
5 2 (7.41%) GCP
5 2 (7.41%) GitHub
5 2 (7.41%) Google Tag Manager
6 1 (3.70%) Azure
6 1 (3.70%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 1 (3.70%) Google Sheets
6 1 (3.70%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.41%) MPLS
2 1 (3.70%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (29.63%) Power BI
2 6 (22.22%) Tableau
3 5 (18.52%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (7.41%) Star Schema
5 1 (3.70%) Amazon QuickSight
5 1 (3.70%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (3.70%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (3.70%) BigQuery
5 1 (3.70%) Looker
5 1 (3.70%) Power Query
5 1 (3.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.70%) JIRA
1 1 (3.70%) Visual Studio
General
1 9 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (25.93%) Finance
3 6 (22.22%) Front Office
4 5 (18.52%) Public Sector
5 4 (14.81%) Banking
5 4 (14.81%) Investment Banking
6 3 (11.11%) Social Skills
7 1 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (3.70%) Local Government
7 1 (3.70%) Marketing
7 1 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 10 (37.04%) Hedge funds
2 6 (22.22%) Derivative
2 6 (22.22%) Fixed Income
3 4 (14.81%) Reference Data
4 1 (3.70%) NHS
4 1 (3.70%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.70%) Product Ownership
4 1 (3.70%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (55.56%) Business Intelligence
2 13 (48.15%) Analytics
3 11 (40.74%) Performance Analysis
4 8 (29.63%) Agile
4 8 (29.63%) Data Analysis
4 8 (29.63%) Visualisation
5 6 (22.22%) Asset Management
5 6 (22.22%) Investment Management
6 5 (18.52%) Data Visualisation
6 5 (18.52%) Performance Metrics
7 4 (14.81%) Data Collection
7 4 (14.81%) Database Tuning
7 4 (14.81%) Digital Analytics
7 4 (14.81%) Migration
7 4 (14.81%) Performance Tuning
7 4 (14.81%) Test Automation
7 4 (14.81%) Validation
8 3 (11.11%) Data Architecture
8 3 (11.11%) Data Security
8 3 (11.11%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 17 (62.96%) SQL
2 6 (22.22%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (25.93%) SC Cleared
1 7 (25.93%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (3.70%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.41%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.70%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (3.70%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 6 (22.22%) BISAM
1 6 (22.22%) Google
2 3 (11.11%) Oracle
2 3 (11.11%) Virgin Media
3 2 (7.41%) Cisco
3 2 (7.41%) Meraki
3 2 (7.41%) Palo Alto
4 1 (3.70%) Mercator
4 1 (3.70%) ServiceNow