Performance Manager Contracts

Performance Manager
UK

The median Performance Manager daily rate in the UK is £638, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 July 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
19 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 549 562 663
Rank change year-on-year +13 +101 +186
Contract jobs requiring a Performance Manager 7 19 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.021% 0.045% 0.022%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.023% 0.049% 0.023%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 10 7
10th Percentile - - £244
25th Percentile £613 £413 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £516 £300
Median % change year-on-year +23.49% +72.08% -38.78%
75th Percentile £656 £772 £469
90th Percentile £668 £1,045 £611
UK excluding London median daily rate £650 £425 £338
% change year-on-year +52.94% +25.93% -37.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £28.00 - -
Median hourly rate £29.00 £33.93 -
Median % change year-on-year -14.53% - -
75th Percentile £30.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £33.93 -

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 30,093 39,135 52,513
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.67% 93.03% 94.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,141 25,287 36,368
10th Percentile £285 £290 £310
25th Percentile £400 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,425 2,548 1,569
10th Percentile £13.75 £13.25 £14.48
25th Percentile £17.30 £17.72 £19.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -6.98% +67.45%
75th Percentile £55.00 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £74.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £40.33 £39.58
% change year-on-year -37.63% +1.90% +88.45%

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
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 8 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 19 July 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 +28 7 £638 +23.49% 56
UK excluding London +24 4 £650 +52.94% 21
London +40 3 £625 -24.24% 41
North of England - 3 £650 - 5
Yorkshire - 2 £638 - 1
Midlands -8 1 - - 2
North East - 1 £650 -
East Midlands - 1 - - 2

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

For the 6 months to 19 July 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 5 (71.43%) Performance Management
2 4 (57.14%) Project Management
3 3 (42.86%) Performance Analysis
3 3 (42.86%) Decision-Making
4 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
4 2 (28.57%) Business Strategy
4 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (28.57%) Scorecard
4 2 (28.57%) Portfolio Management
4 2 (28.57%) Resource Management
4 2 (28.57%) Data Analysis
4 2 (28.57%) Strategic Planning
4 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (28.57%) Balanced Scorecard
5 1 (14.29%) Advertising
5 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (14.29%) Maximo
5 1 (14.29%) Asset Management
5 1 (14.29%) Data Management
5 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
5 1 (14.29%) SPSS
5 1 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (14.29%) Google
5 1 (14.29%) Statistics
5 1 (14.29%) Marketing
5 1 (14.29%) CAFM
5 1 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence
5 1 (14.29%) Local Government
5 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery

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 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (14.29%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (14.29%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Google Ads
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Tableau
General
1 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Advertising
2 1 (14.29%) Local Government
2 1 (14.29%) Marketing
2 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Performance Management
2 4 (57.14%) Project Management
3 3 (42.86%) Decision-Making
3 3 (42.86%) Performance Analysis
4 2 (28.57%) Balanced Scorecard
4 2 (28.57%) Business Strategy
4 2 (28.57%) Data Analysis
4 2 (28.57%) Portfolio Management
4 2 (28.57%) Resource Management
4 2 (28.57%) Scorecard
4 2 (28.57%) Strategic Planning
5 1 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence
5 1 (14.29%) CAFM
5 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (14.29%) Data Visualisation
5 1 (14.29%) Marketing Strategy
5 1 (14.29%) Performance Improvement
5 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
5 1 (14.29%) Statistics
5 1 (14.29%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Google
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft