Performance Improvement Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Performance Improvement
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Performance Improvement skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 - 105
Rank change year-on-year - - +60
Contract jobs citing Performance Improvement 4 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.17% - 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% - 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 5
10th Percentile £469 - -
25th Percentile £489 - £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £500
75th Percentile £525 - £550
90th Percentile £570 - -
England median daily rate £470 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -10.43% +10.53% -20.83%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Performance Improvement 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 in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,957 1,356 1,504
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 85.61% 86.92% 85.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,238 845 999
10th Percentile £263 £223 £275
25th Percentile £405 £400 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £495
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +6.06% -1.00%
75th Percentile £588 £612 £600
90th Percentile £675 £725 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 88 46 62
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.70 £14.97
25th Percentile £16.22 £16.38 £17.94
Median hourly rate £20.25 £21.59 £28.34
Median % change year-on-year -6.21% -23.80% +63.62%
75th Percentile £27.21 £33.70 £50.94
90th Percentile £35.60 £52.50 £68.63
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -26.03% -20.00% +21.43%

Performance Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Performance Improvement relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Performance Improvement job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Performance Improvement
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Performance Improvement.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Performance Improvement

Performance Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Performance Improvement in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Performance Improvement in the West Midlands

Performance Improvement
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Performance Improvement.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Performance Improvement

Performance Improvement
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Improvement within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 January 2026. 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
Warwickshire - 3 £500 - 1
Staffordshire - 1 £463 -
Performance Improvement
England

Performance Improvement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Azure Logic Apps
1 1 (25.00%) Azure Service Bus
1 1 (25.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (25.00%) IaaS
1 1 (25.00%) PaaS
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Lead
1 1 (25.00%) Performance Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) .NET
1 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Driving Licence
1 2 (50.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (50.00%) Data Interpretation
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Project Governance
2 2 (50.00%) Project Management
2 2 (50.00%) QMS
2 2 (50.00%) Quality Management
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) AI
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (25.00%) CRM
3 1 (25.00%) Data Integration
3 1 (25.00%) E-Procurement
3 1 (25.00%) Generative AI
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Register
3 1 (25.00%) System Testing
3 1 (25.00%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C#
1 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
1 1 (25.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) ISO 9001
1 2 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle
2 1 (25.00%) SAP