Performance Analyst Contracts

Performance Analyst
UK

The median Performance Analyst daily rate in the UK is £453 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 562 624 717
Rank change year-on-year +62 +93 -58
Contract jobs requiring a Performance Analyst 38 92 146
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.088% 0.16% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.095% 0.16% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 79 96
10th Percentile £100 £220 £363
25th Percentile £348 £343 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £450 £489
Median % change year-on-year +0.56% -7.93% +8.61%
75th Percentile £488 £522 £538
90th Percentile £529 £553 £575
UK excluding London median daily rate £100 £433 £450
% change year-on-year -76.88% -3.89% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 5
10th Percentile - £17.52 £13.72
25th Percentile £15.39 £17.98 £14.50
Median hourly rate £15.79 £19.50 £24.35
Median % change year-on-year -19.03% -19.92% +21.75%
75th Percentile £16.20 £20.92 -
90th Percentile - £21.31 £24.74
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.79 £19.50 £19.10
% change year-on-year -19.03% +2.09% +0.69%

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 40,029 55,895 84,701
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 94.62% 95.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,060 39,048 59,505
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £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 2,665 1,566 2,078
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.11 £15.72
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.60
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +90.68% +4.89%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.00 £19.52
% change year-on-year -4.76% +115.16% +2.74%

Performance Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Performance Analyst in the UK

Performance Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Performance Analyst in the UK

Performance Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Performance Analyst over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Performance Analyst in the UK

Performance Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Performance Analyst in the UK

Performance Analyst
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 Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 5 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 +67 30 £424 -5.78% 22
UK excluding London +53 15 £100 -76.88% 9
Work from Home +107 14 £460 -3.67% 10
London +57 8 £455 +1.11% 11
East of England +23 7 - -
North of England +34 6 £100 -78.95% 5
North West +31 5 £100 -75.00% 1
Midlands +20 1 £325 -26.14% 2
Yorkshire +18 1 - - 4
East Midlands +17 1 £325 -13.33% 2
South East - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Performance Analyst 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 Analyst in the job title.

1 17 (44.74%) Public Sector
2 14 (36.84%) SQL
2 14 (36.84%) Analytics
3 12 (31.58%) Google
3 12 (31.58%) Google Analytics
4 10 (26.32%) Python
4 10 (26.32%) Performance Management
5 9 (23.68%) Agile
5 9 (23.68%) Data Collection
6 8 (21.05%) Power Platform
6 8 (21.05%) Social Skills
6 8 (21.05%) Statistics
6 8 (21.05%) Business Intelligence
6 8 (21.05%) Finance
6 8 (21.05%) Performance Analysis
6 8 (21.05%) Data Quality
6 8 (21.05%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (21.05%) Dashboard Development
6 8 (21.05%) Power BI
7 7 (18.42%) GCP
7 7 (18.42%) Data Protection
7 7 (18.42%) Spreadsheet
7 7 (18.42%) Management Information System
7 7 (18.42%) Benchmarking
7 7 (18.42%) Local Government
7 7 (18.42%) Web Analytics
7 7 (18.42%) Mathematics
7 7 (18.42%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (15.79%) Security Cleared
8 6 (15.79%) BigQuery

Performance Analyst 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.63%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (18.42%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (2.63%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (2.63%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 12 (31.58%) Google Analytics
2 8 (21.05%) Power Platform
3 7 (18.42%) GCP
4 5 (13.16%) Google Data Studio
5 3 (7.89%) Google Tag Manager
6 2 (5.26%) Adobe Analytics
6 2 (5.26%) Azure
7 1 (2.63%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 1 (2.63%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (2.63%) GitHub
7 1 (2.63%) Google Sheets
7 1 (2.63%) Google Workspace
7 1 (2.63%) PaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (21.05%) Power BI
2 6 (15.79%) BigQuery
3 3 (7.89%) Looker
4 2 (5.26%) Power Query
5 1 (2.63%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (2.63%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (2.63%) DB2
5 1 (2.63%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (2.63%) JIRA
1 1 (2.63%) LoadRunner
1 1 (2.63%) Rational Team Concert
1 1 (2.63%) Visual Studio
General
1 17 (44.74%) Public Sector
2 8 (21.05%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (21.05%) Finance
2 8 (21.05%) Social Skills
3 7 (18.42%) Local Government
4 2 (5.26%) Marketing
5 1 (2.63%) Banking
5 1 (2.63%) Electronics
5 1 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (2.63%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.63%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.89%) Django
2 1 (2.63%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 7 (18.42%) Legacy Systems
1 7 (18.42%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.63%) CMDB
2 1 (2.63%) Equities
2 1 (2.63%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.63%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (36.84%) Analytics
2 10 (26.32%) Performance Management
3 9 (23.68%) Agile
3 9 (23.68%) Data Collection
4 8 (21.05%) Business Intelligence
4 8 (21.05%) Dashboard Development
4 8 (21.05%) Performance Analysis
4 8 (21.05%) Statistics
5 7 (18.42%) Benchmarking
5 7 (18.42%) Data Protection
5 7 (18.42%) Mathematics
5 7 (18.42%) Web Analytics
6 5 (13.16%) Decision-Making
7 4 (10.53%) Performance Testing
7 4 (10.53%) Visualisation
8 3 (7.89%) Business Analysis
8 3 (7.89%) Cost Reduction
8 3 (7.89%) Data Analytics
9 2 (5.26%) Business Case
9 2 (5.26%) Scenario Testing
Programming Languages
1 14 (36.84%) SQL
2 10 (26.32%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (15.79%) Security Cleared
2 4 (10.53%) SC Cleared
3 2 (5.26%) Degree
4 1 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.63%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (2.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (2.63%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.63%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (21.05%) Data Quality
2 5 (13.16%) QA
3 2 (5.26%) SLA
4 1 (2.63%) PMO
Vendors
1 12 (31.58%) Google
2 3 (7.89%) Microsoft
3 2 (5.26%) Adobe
4 1 (2.63%) Bloomberg
4 1 (2.63%) BMC
4 1 (2.63%) Remedy
4 1 (2.63%) SAP
4 1 (2.63%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.63%) Splunk