Performance Measurement Contracts

Performance Measurement
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Performance Measurement skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Performance Measurement over the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 473 520 601
Rank change year-on-year +47 +81 +173
Contract jobs citing Performance Measurement 49 56 83
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.13% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.15% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 24 57
10th Percentile £408 £43 £412
25th Percentile £425 £400 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -6.40%
75th Percentile £631 £569 £556
90th Percentile £742 £595 £588
UK excluding London median daily rate £560 £425 £518
% change year-on-year +31.82% -17.87% +10.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 16 10
10th Percentile - £25.38 £46.29
25th Percentile £22.14 £37.47 -
Median hourly rate £39.82 £50.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.36% +2.04% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £60.00 -
90th Percentile - £61.25 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £39.82 £50.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year -20.36% +2.04% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Performance Measurement falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,772 36,679 51,168
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.96% 86.19% 89.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,185 23,608 35,479
10th Percentile £305 £300 £325
25th Percentile £410 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% +3.77%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +4.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,093 2,436 1,692
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.75 £10.64
25th Percentile £18.13 £15.94 £16.10
Median hourly rate £28.00 £36.27 £35.65
Median % change year-on-year -22.81% +1.75% +38.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -32.93% +7.14% +75.00%

Performance Measurement
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Performance Measurement as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Performance Measurement in the UK

Performance Measurement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Performance Measurement in the UK

Performance Measurement
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Performance Measurement over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Performance Measurement in the UK

Performance Measurement
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Performance Measurement in the UK

Performance Measurement
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Performance Measurement over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Performance Measurement in the UK

Performance Measurement
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Measurement within the UK over the 6 months to 17 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 +52 43 £475 +5.56% 100
UK excluding London +48 29 £560 +31.82% 43
London +30 18 £450 -10.00% 61
Work from Home +37 15 £621 +46.00% 52
North of England +31 13 £463 - 14
Yorkshire - 7 £463 - 6
North West +22 6 - - 6
Midlands +19 5 £234 - 15
Scotland +10 4 £621 +41.83% 3
West Midlands - 4 - - 12
South East +41 3 £500 -0.20% 10
East of England +29 3 £800 - 1
South West +30 1 - -
East Midlands +8 1 £234 - 3

Performance Measurement
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 1 (2.04%) CMS
1 1 (2.04%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (16.33%) Spreadsheet
2 4 (8.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (4.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (2.04%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (12.24%) Primavera
1 6 (12.24%) SAP PS
2 2 (4.08%) Workday HCM
3 1 (2.04%) Aladdin
3 1 (2.04%) PeopleSoft Financials
3 1 (2.04%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 7 (14.29%) Google Analytics
2 6 (12.24%) Power Platform
3 5 (10.20%) Azure
4 4 (8.16%) Adobe Analytics
5 2 (4.08%) Google Data Studio
5 2 (4.08%) Lucidchart
5 2 (4.08%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (2.04%) AWS
6 1 (2.04%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (2.04%) GCP
6 1 (2.04%) Google Tag Manager
6 1 (2.04%) IaaS
6 1 (2.04%) Nutanix
6 1 (2.04%) PaaS
6 1 (2.04%) Rubrik
6 1 (2.04%) SaaS
6 1 (2.04%) Snowflake
6 1 (2.04%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.04%) DHCP
1 1 (2.04%) DNS
1 1 (2.04%) Kerberos
1 1 (2.04%) NAS
1 1 (2.04%) SAN
1 1 (2.04%) TCP/IP
1 1 (2.04%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (14.29%) Tableau
2 6 (12.24%) Power BI
3 5 (10.20%) SQL Server
4 4 (8.16%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (8.16%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 4 (8.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (8.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (2.04%) Metadata
5 1 (2.04%) MongoDB
5 1 (2.04%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 1 (2.04%) Git
1 1 (2.04%) Jenkins
1 1 (2.04%) JIRA
1 1 (2.04%) TeamCity
General
1 32 (65.31%) Social Skills
2 23 (46.94%) Finance
3 17 (34.69%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (24.49%) Marketing
5 7 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (12.24%) Police
6 6 (12.24%) Public Sector
7 5 (10.20%) Brand Awareness
8 4 (8.16%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (8.16%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (4.08%) Advertising
9 2 (4.08%) Aerospace
9 2 (4.08%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (2.04%) Banking
10 1 (2.04%) Financial Institution
10 1 (2.04%) General Ledger
10 1 (2.04%) Investment Banking
10 1 (2.04%) Law
10 1 (2.04%) Retail
10 1 (2.04%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 13 (26.53%) Analyst
2 6 (12.24%) Support Analyst
3 5 (10.20%) Project Planner
4 4 (8.16%) Campaign Manager
4 4 (8.16%) Head of Business Intelligence
4 4 (8.16%) Lead
4 4 (8.16%) Performance Analyst
4 4 (8.16%) Project Controller
5 3 (6.12%) Business Manager
5 3 (6.12%) Business Operations Manager
5 3 (6.12%) Operations Manager
5 3 (6.12%) Product Manager
6 2 (4.08%) Architect
6 2 (4.08%) Business Analyst
6 2 (4.08%) Business Process Analyst
6 2 (4.08%) Consultant
6 2 (4.08%) Enterprise Architect
6 2 (4.08%) Process Analyst
6 2 (4.08%) SEO Manager
6 2 (4.08%) Workday Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.16%) REST
1 4 (8.16%) SOAP
2 1 (2.04%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.24%) Social Media
2 4 (8.16%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (6.12%) Taxonomies
4 2 (4.08%) Digital Media
4 2 (4.08%) Life Science
4 2 (4.08%) Podcast
5 1 (2.04%) Clustering
5 1 (2.04%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.04%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.04%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.04%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.04%) Replication
5 1 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.12%) Linux
2 1 (2.04%) Oracle Linux
2 1 (2.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (2.04%) Solaris
2 1 (2.04%) Windows
2 1 (2.04%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (44.90%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (34.69%) Decision-Making
3 13 (26.53%) Analytics
4 12 (24.49%) Stakeholder Management
5 11 (22.45%) Project Management
6 10 (20.41%) Performance Management
6 10 (20.41%) Strategic Thinking
7 9 (18.37%) Strategic Planning
8 8 (16.33%) Collaborative Working
8 8 (16.33%) Data Analysis
8 8 (16.33%) Storytelling
9 7 (14.29%) Service Management
10 6 (12.24%) Business Intelligence
10 6 (12.24%) Business Performance Management
10 6 (12.24%) Critical Path Analysis
10 6 (12.24%) Data Analytics
10 6 (12.24%) Earned Value Management
10 6 (12.24%) Information Security
10 6 (12.24%) Migration
10 6 (12.24%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 8 (16.33%) SQL
2 4 (8.16%) T-SQL
3 1 (2.04%) C#
3 1 (2.04%) PeopleCode
3 1 (2.04%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.04%) Python
Qualifications
1 18 (36.73%) Degree
2 6 (12.24%) SC Cleared
2 6 (12.24%) Security Cleared
3 3 (6.12%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.04%) MBA
4 1 (2.04%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.04%) PMP
4 1 (2.04%) Six Sigma Black Belt
4 1 (2.04%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 1 (2.04%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (12.24%) Data Quality
1 6 (12.24%) SLA
2 5 (10.20%) Accessibility
2 5 (10.20%) GDPR
3 2 (4.08%) Actionable Recommendations
3 2 (4.08%) MiFID
3 2 (4.08%) QA
4 1 (2.04%) PMO
4 1 (2.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (4.08%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.04%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.04%) Docker
2 1 (2.04%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (2.04%) Ansible
1 1 (2.04%) EMC NetWorker
1 1 (2.04%) Kubernetes
1 1 (2.04%) Netcool
1 1 (2.04%) Terraform
1 1 (2.04%) Tivoli
1 1 (2.04%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 8 (16.33%) Microsoft
2 7 (14.29%) Google
2 7 (14.29%) SAP
3 4 (8.16%) Adobe
4 2 (4.08%) Citrix
4 2 (4.08%) Salesforce
4 2 (4.08%) VMware
4 2 (4.08%) Workday
5 1 (2.04%) Cisco
5 1 (2.04%) CyberArk
5 1 (2.04%) EMC
5 1 (2.04%) Facebook
5 1 (2.04%) FactSet
5 1 (2.04%) Instagram
5 1 (2.04%) Isilon
5 1 (2.04%) Qualys
5 1 (2.04%) Serena
5 1 (2.04%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.04%) SimCorp
5 1 (2.04%) Splunk