Performance Analyst Contracts

Performance Analyst
UK

The median Performance Analyst daily rate in the UK is £455, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 June 2024.

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

6 months to
20 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 544 614 699
Rank change year-on-year +70 +85 -15
Contract jobs requiring a Performance Analyst 40 83 149
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.092% 0.15% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.099% 0.16% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 73 105
10th Percentile £100 £220 £381
25th Percentile £350 £311 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £425 £495
Median % change year-on-year +7.06% -14.14% +10.00%
75th Percentile £488 £500 £538
90th Percentile £530 £573 £625
UK excluding London median daily rate £100 £425 £432
% change year-on-year -76.47% -1.62% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 6
10th Percentile - £17.40 £12.23
25th Percentile £15.39 £17.67 £13.53
Median hourly rate £15.79 £18.77 £15.38
Median % change year-on-year -15.85% +22.05% -28.67%
75th Percentile £16.20 £20.49 £22.42
90th Percentile - £21.14 £24.35
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.79 £18.77 £14.48
% change year-on-year -15.85% +29.64% -23.70%

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 40,557 52,491 83,111
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 94.51% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,070 36,644 58,616
10th Percentile £280 £313 £318
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,936 1,486 1,938
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.75
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.42 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £61.81 £65.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +7.82%

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 20 June 2024.

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 11 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 20 June 2024. 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 +40 30 £450 +5.88% 13
UK excluding London +25 16 £100 -76.47% 9
Work from Home +96 13 £465 -5.11% 4
London +33 9 £453 +6.47% 6
East of England - 7 - -
North West +18 5 £100 -78.95% 1
North of England +14 5 £100 -78.95% 1
Midlands +11 2 £325 -32.29%
South East - 2 £600 - 2
West Midlands +14 1 - -
East Midlands +5 1 £325 -13.33%

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

For the 6 months to 20 June 2024, 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 18 (45.00%) Public Sector
2 15 (37.50%) SQL
2 15 (37.50%) Google
2 15 (37.50%) Analytics
3 14 (35.00%) Google Analytics
4 12 (30.00%) Agile
4 12 (30.00%) Python
5 11 (27.50%) Social Skills
5 11 (27.50%) Data Collection
6 9 (22.50%) Power Platform
6 9 (22.50%) Business Intelligence
6 9 (22.50%) Performance Management
6 9 (22.50%) Performance Analysis
6 9 (22.50%) GCP
6 9 (22.50%) Dashboard Development
6 9 (22.50%) Power BI
7 8 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
7 8 (20.00%) Data Quality
7 8 (20.00%) Finance
7 8 (20.00%) Web Analytics
7 8 (20.00%) Statistics
8 7 (17.50%) Mathematics
8 7 (17.50%) Local Government
8 7 (17.50%) Management Information System
8 7 (17.50%) Benchmarking
8 7 (17.50%) Data Protection
8 7 (17.50%) Spreadsheet
8 7 (17.50%) BigQuery
8 7 (17.50%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (15.00%) Google Data Studio

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 2 (5.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (17.50%) Spreadsheet
2 3 (7.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (5.00%) Trello
4 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 14 (35.00%) Google Analytics
2 9 (22.50%) GCP
2 9 (22.50%) Power Platform
3 6 (15.00%) Google Data Studio
4 5 (12.50%) Google Tag Manager
5 3 (7.50%) Azure
6 2 (5.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 2 (5.00%) GitHub
6 2 (5.00%) Google Sheets
6 2 (5.00%) PaaS
7 1 (2.50%) Adobe Analytics
7 1 (2.50%) Google Workspace
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (22.50%) Power BI
2 7 (17.50%) BigQuery
3 3 (7.50%) Looker
3 3 (7.50%) Power Query
4 2 (5.00%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (2.50%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (2.50%) DB2
5 1 (2.50%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (5.00%) JIRA
1 2 (5.00%) Visual Studio
2 1 (2.50%) Cucumber
2 1 (2.50%) JMeter
2 1 (2.50%) LoadRunner
2 1 (2.50%) Maven
2 1 (2.50%) Rational Team Concert
2 1 (2.50%) Selenium
General
1 18 (45.00%) Public Sector
2 11 (27.50%) Social Skills
3 8 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (20.00%) Finance
4 7 (17.50%) Local Government
5 2 (5.00%) Marketing
6 1 (2.50%) Banking
6 1 (2.50%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.50%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.50%) Django
2 2 (5.00%) JSON
3 1 (2.50%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 7 (17.50%) Legacy Systems
1 7 (17.50%) Management Information System
2 2 (5.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (5.00%) Social Media
3 1 (2.50%) CMDB
3 1 (2.50%) Equities
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (37.50%) Analytics
2 12 (30.00%) Agile
3 11 (27.50%) Data Collection
4 9 (22.50%) Business Intelligence
4 9 (22.50%) Dashboard Development
4 9 (22.50%) Performance Analysis
4 9 (22.50%) Performance Management
5 8 (20.00%) Statistics
5 8 (20.00%) Web Analytics
6 7 (17.50%) Benchmarking
6 7 (17.50%) Data Protection
6 7 (17.50%) Mathematics
7 6 (15.00%) Decision-Making
8 5 (12.50%) Visualisation
9 4 (10.00%) Cost Reduction
10 3 (7.50%) Actionable Insight
10 3 (7.50%) Data Analysis
10 3 (7.50%) Data Analytics
10 3 (7.50%) Data Visualisation
10 3 (7.50%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 15 (37.50%) SQL
2 12 (30.00%) Python
3 1 (2.50%) Java
3 1 (2.50%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.50%) R
Qualifications
1 6 (15.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (10.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (5.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (5.00%) Degree
4 1 (2.50%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (2.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (2.50%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.50%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (20.00%) Data Quality
2 4 (10.00%) QA
3 1 (2.50%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (2.50%) PMO
3 1 (2.50%) SLA
Vendors
1 15 (37.50%) Google
2 2 (5.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.50%) Adobe
3 1 (2.50%) Bloomberg
3 1 (2.50%) BMC
3 1 (2.50%) Kenna
3 1 (2.50%) Remedy
3 1 (2.50%) ServiceNow