Performance Engineer
UK
The median Performance Engineer daily rate in the UK is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 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 5 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 514 | 573 | 702 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +59 | +129 | +127 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Performance Engineer | 16 | 27 | 14 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.055% | 0.063% | 0.024% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.060% | 0.067% | 0.025% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 7 | 23 | 9 |
| 10th Percentile | £379 | £399 | £454 |
| 25th Percentile | £462 | £444 | £500 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £500 | £513 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -2.44% | +7.89% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £538 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £626 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £550 | £525 | £625 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -16.00% | +47.06% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £37.35 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £51.47 | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £75.00 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £75.00 | - | - |
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 | 26,887 | 40,034 | 55,895 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.47% | 92.76% | 94.62% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17,565 | 26,064 | 39,048 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £280 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £406 | £409 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £515 | £525 | £540 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.97% | -2.78% | +2.86% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £740 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £490 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.06% | -2.00% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,046 | 2,665 | 1,566 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.08 | £12.86 | £14.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.50 | £16.30 | £19.11 |
| Median hourly rate | £28.88 | £36.50 | £45.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -20.89% | -18.89% | +90.68% |
| 75th Percentile | £62.50 | £61.30 | £65.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £72.50 | £76.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £28.00 | £40.00 | £42.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -30.00% | -4.76% | +115.16% |
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 5 May 2025.
Performance Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Performance Engineer.
Performance Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Performance Engineer over the 6 months to 5 May 2025.
Performance Engineer
Top 7 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 5 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 | +48 | 11 | £600 | +20.00% | 170 |
| UK excluding London | +51 | 9 | £550 | +4.76% | 177 |
| Work from Home | +37 | 6 | £500 | -2.44% | 28 |
| London | +38 | 4 | - | - | 7 |
| East of England | - | 4 | £600 | - | 50 |
| South West | +36 | 3 | £325 | -35.00% | 22 |
| Scotland | - | 2 | £474 | - | 6 |
Performance Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 5 May 2025, 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: