Performance Engineer
UK
The median Performance Engineer daily rate in the UK is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 May 2024.
The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 10 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 556 | 689 | 808 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +133 | +119 | -148 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Performance Engineer | 26 | 14 | 31 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.060% | 0.024% | 0.036% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.065% | 0.026% | 0.037% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 23 | 9 | 19 |
| 10th Percentile | £399 | £454 | £410 |
| 25th Percentile | £444 | £500 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £613 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.37% | +28.95% | +11.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £538 | £625 | £508 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £626 | £555 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £525 | £625 | £425 |
| % change year-on-year | -16.00% | +47.06% | -19.05% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 | 39,888 | 54,783 | 83,316 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.76% | 94.63% | 95.43% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 25,953 | 38,247 | 58,493 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £410 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £540 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.78% | +2.86% | +10.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.00% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,674 | 1,534 | 2,048 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.25 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.06 | £15.75 |
| Median hourly rate | £37.34 | £45.00 | £23.91 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -17.02% | +88.21% | +6.27% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.30 | £65.75 | £49.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.90 | £76.00 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £42.50 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.88% | +112.50% | +5.26% |
Performance Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Performance Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Performance Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Performance Engineer.
Performance Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Performance Engineer over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.
Performance Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Performance Engineer.
Performance Engineer
Top 10 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 10 May 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 | +114 | 25 | £500 | -10.11% | 14 |
| Work from Home | +127 | 15 | £513 | +4.59% | 8 |
| London | +107 | 15 | £475 | -22.45% | 1 |
| UK excluding London | +61 | 10 | £525 | -16.00% | 13 |
| Midlands | +30 | 5 | £525 | +5.00% | 1 |
| East Midlands | - | 5 | £525 | - | |
| South West | +18 | 2 | £500 | -19.48% | |
| South East | - | 2 | - | - | 5 |
| North West | - | 1 | £475 | - | 1 |
| North of England | - | 1 | £475 | - | 1 |
Performance Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 10 May 2024, Performance Engineer 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 Engineer in the job title.
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Performance Engineer 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: