Performance Metrics Contracts in the West Midlands

Performance Metrics
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring Performance Metrics skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Performance Metrics over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 104 136
Rank change year-on-year +27 +32 +32
Contract jobs citing Performance Metrics 20 7 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.49% 0.36% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.68% 0.43% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 7 3
10th Percentile £398 £525 £533
25th Percentile £437 £538 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -4.00% +15.74%
75th Percentile £695 £728 £638
90th Percentile £704 £750 -
England median daily rate £495 £450 £550
% change year-on-year +10.00% -18.18% +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Performance Metrics 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 1,188 1,636 2,114
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 88.33% 84.03% 88.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 786 1,083 1,452
10th Percentile £195 £275 £263
25th Percentile £381 £375 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £512
Median % change year-on-year - -2.34% +5.03%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £600
90th Percentile £675 £750 £694
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 115 45
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.09 £12.20
25th Percentile £14.14 £14.00 £13.31
Median hourly rate £18.00 £22.50 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +26.98% +4.24%
75th Percentile £23.99 £41.13 £23.75
90th Percentile £38.19 £57.75 £51.25
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Performance Metrics
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Performance Metrics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Performance Metrics in the West Midlands

Performance Metrics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Performance Metrics in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Performance Metrics in the West Midlands

Performance Metrics
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Performance Metrics in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Performance Metrics in the West Midlands

Performance Metrics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Performance Metrics in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Performance Metrics in the West Midlands

Performance Metrics
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 Metrics within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 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
Birmingham +31 17 £632 -9.71% 10
Warwickshire +4 3 £393 -28.55% 6
Performance Metrics
England

Performance Metrics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 4 (20.00%) Adobe Analytics
1 4 (20.00%) Google Analytics
2 3 (15.00%) Power Platform
3 2 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (10.00%) OCI
4 1 (5.00%) AWS
4 1 (5.00%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (5.00%) MongoDB
1 1 (5.00%) Power BI
1 1 (5.00%) Relational Database
1 1 (5.00%) Sybase IQ
Development Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Ant
1 1 (5.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (5.00%) Gradle
1 1 (5.00%) JIRA
1 1 (5.00%) JUnit
1 1 (5.00%) Maven
1 1 (5.00%) Mockito
General
1 12 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (30.00%) Finance
2 6 (30.00%) Public Sector
3 5 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (20.00%) Brand Awareness
4 4 (20.00%) Marketing
5 3 (15.00%) Telecoms
6 1 (5.00%) Financial Institution
6 1 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (25.00%) Architect
2 4 (20.00%) Campaign Manager
3 2 (10.00%) Change Manager
3 2 (10.00%) Developer
3 2 (10.00%) QA Manager
3 2 (10.00%) Telecoms Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Business Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Implementation Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Java Developer
4 1 (5.00%) Lead
4 1 (5.00%) PMO Manager
4 1 (5.00%) PMO Specialist
4 1 (5.00%) Product Developer
4 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) J2EE
1 1 (5.00%) RESTful
1 1 (5.00%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Social Media
2 2 (10.00%) SCADA
3 1 (5.00%) Algorithms
3 1 (5.00%) Data Structures
3 1 (5.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (5.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (30.00%) Software Engineering
2 5 (25.00%) Network Monitoring
2 5 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (20.00%) Agile
3 4 (20.00%) Analytics
3 4 (20.00%) B2B
3 4 (20.00%) Campaign Management
3 4 (20.00%) Content Development
3 4 (20.00%) Data Analytics
3 4 (20.00%) Demand Generation
3 4 (20.00%) Intelligent Automation
3 4 (20.00%) Lead Generation
3 4 (20.00%) Marketing Automation
3 4 (20.00%) Multichannel Marketing
3 4 (20.00%) Performance Measurement
3 4 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (20.00%) Storytelling
3 4 (20.00%) Strategic Planning
4 3 (15.00%) Change Management
4 3 (15.00%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.00%) Python
2 1 (5.00%) Java
2 1 (5.00%) Shell Script
2 1 (5.00%) SQL
2 1 (5.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 7 (35.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (30.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (15.00%) Degree
4 1 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (5.00%) PMI Certification
4 1 (5.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) PMO
1 2 (10.00%) QA
2 1 (5.00%) Data Quality
System Software
1 5 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 5 (25.00%) SolarWinds
1 5 (25.00%) VMware
2 4 (20.00%) Adobe
2 4 (20.00%) Google
3 2 (10.00%) Foundry
3 2 (10.00%) Oracle
3 2 (10.00%) ServiceNow
4 1 (5.00%) Planview
4 1 (5.00%) Sybase