Performance Manager Contracts

Performance Manager
UK

The median Performance Manager daily rate in the UK is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 April 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
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 492 587 688
Rank change year-on-year +95 +101 +141
Contract jobs requiring a Performance Manager 27 13 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.092% 0.030% 0.042%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.100% 0.032% 0.044%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 10 6
10th Percentile £463 £307 £236
25th Percentile £500 £311 £278
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £425 £334
Median % change year-on-year +35.29% +27.44% -31.59%
75th Percentile £613 £438 £441
90th Percentile £631 £634 £576
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £370 £198
% change year-on-year +41.99% +87.17% -60.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 15
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £28.00 £22.61 -
Median hourly rate £29.00 £23.22 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +24.92% -64.28% +155.80%
75th Percentile £30.00 £24.13 £65.75
90th Percentile - £24.31 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £23.22 £65.00
% change year-on-year - -64.28% +155.80%

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 27,050 40,453 56,471
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.79% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,687 26,352 39,474
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £409 £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 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.55% -1.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,031 2,658 1,569
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -20.00% +91.86%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.75 £38.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -25.32% -9.41% +117.95%

Performance Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Performance Manager in the UK

Performance Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Performance Manager in the UK

Performance Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Performance Manager over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Performance Manager in the UK

Performance Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Performance Manager in the UK

Performance Manager
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 Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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 +74 24 £575 +35.29% 27
UK excluding London +62 19 £525 +41.99% 11
Work from Home +64 16 £575 - 11
South East +51 11 - - 2
London +41 8 £575 -17.86% 18
Midlands +20 4 £400 +8.18% 4
West Midlands +15 3 £400 -5.88% 2
Scotland - 3 - -
East Midlands +7 1 - - 2
North East - 1 £650 -
North of England - 1 £650 - 4

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

For the 6 months to 30 April 2025, Performance Manager 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 Manager in the job title.

1 17 (62.96%) Finance
2 13 (48.15%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (40.74%) Telecoms
3 11 (40.74%) Retail
4 10 (37.04%) Business Intelligence
5 9 (33.33%) Performance Analysis
5 9 (33.33%) Splunk
6 8 (29.63%) Data Analysis
7 6 (22.22%) Agile
7 6 (22.22%) Investment Management
7 6 (22.22%) Performance Management
7 6 (22.22%) Derivative
7 6 (22.22%) Hedge funds
7 6 (22.22%) BISAM
7 6 (22.22%) Analytics
7 6 (22.22%) SQL
7 6 (22.22%) Python
7 6 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
7 6 (22.22%) Front Office
7 6 (22.22%) Asset Management
7 6 (22.22%) Fixed Income
7 6 (22.22%) Dynatrace
7 6 (22.22%) Actionable Insight
7 6 (22.22%) DataOps
7 6 (22.22%) Aladdin
8 5 (18.52%) Customer Experience
8 5 (18.52%) Scorecard
8 5 (18.52%) Decision-Making
8 5 (18.52%) Balanced Scorecard
8 5 (18.52%) Quality Management

Performance Manager 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:

Applications
1 6 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (14.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (3.70%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (3.70%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 6 (22.22%) Aladdin
2 1 (3.70%) Maximo
2 1 (3.70%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 3 (11.11%) Power Platform
2 1 (3.70%) Google Ads
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.11%) Power BI
2 1 (3.70%) Tableau
General
1 17 (62.96%) Finance
2 13 (48.15%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (40.74%) Retail
3 11 (40.74%) Telecoms
4 6 (22.22%) Front Office
5 4 (14.81%) Social Skills
6 3 (11.11%) Banking
6 3 (11.11%) Billing
7 1 (3.70%) Advertising
7 1 (3.70%) Local Government
7 1 (3.70%) Marketing
7 1 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 6 (22.22%) Derivative
1 6 (22.22%) Fixed Income
1 6 (22.22%) Hedge funds
2 2 (7.41%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (37.04%) Business Intelligence
2 9 (33.33%) Performance Analysis
3 8 (29.63%) Data Analysis
4 6 (22.22%) Actionable Insight
4 6 (22.22%) Agile
4 6 (22.22%) Analytics
4 6 (22.22%) Asset Management
4 6 (22.22%) DataOps
4 6 (22.22%) Investment Management
4 6 (22.22%) Performance Management
5 5 (18.52%) Balanced Scorecard
5 5 (18.52%) Customer Experience
5 5 (18.52%) Decision-Making
5 5 (18.52%) Quality Management
5 5 (18.52%) Scorecard
6 4 (14.81%) Data Visualisation
6 4 (14.81%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (14.81%) Visualisation
7 3 (11.11%) Budgeting
7 3 (11.11%) Contract Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (22.22%) Python
1 6 (22.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (3.70%) SC Cleared
1 1 (3.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.11%) QA
2 1 (3.70%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 9 (33.33%) Splunk
2 6 (22.22%) BISAM
2 6 (22.22%) Dynatrace
3 4 (14.81%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.70%) Google
4 1 (3.70%) Oracle