Performance Metrics Contracts with Work from Home Options

Performance Metrics
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Performance Metrics skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Performance Metrics over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 283 416 544
Rank change year-on-year +133 +128 -86
Contract jobs citing Performance Metrics 61 58 75
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.40% 0.23% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.46% 0.25% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 42 38
10th Percentile £312 £413 £413
25th Percentile £403 £505 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +9.09% +46.67%
75th Percentile £557 £700 £606
90th Percentile £646 - £644
UK median daily rate £475 £552 £525
% change year-on-year -13.87% +5.05% +40.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 1
10th Percentile £83.77 £62.25 -
25th Percentile £84.11 £76.50 £19.00
Median hourly rate £84.67 £78.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.85% +292.50% -64.44%
75th Percentile £85.22 £80.63 £21.00
90th Percentile £85.56 £81.00 -
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £78.50 £35.50
% change year-on-year -14.01% +121.13% -36.89%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Performance Metrics is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,387 22,922 40,601
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.93% 89.77% 91.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,971 16,192 29,477
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £630
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 576 528 542
10th Percentile £15.08 £18.68 £13.75
25th Percentile £24.25 £30.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +57.14% +40.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.81 £55.63
90th Percentile £75.13 £80.25 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £35.96 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.11% +44.00% +2.04%

Performance Metrics
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Performance Metrics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Performance Metrics trend for jobs with a WFH option

Performance Metrics
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Performance Metrics.

Performance Metrics daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Performance Metrics
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Performance Metrics over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Performance Metrics daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Performance Metrics
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Performance Metrics.

Performance Metrics hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Performance Metrics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 6 (9.84%) Confluence
2 2 (3.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 2 (3.28%) Drupal
3 1 (1.64%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.64%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (1.64%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 7 (11.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (8.20%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (3.28%) AutoCAD
3 2 (3.28%) Revit
4 1 (1.64%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (1.64%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 3 (4.92%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (3.28%) Shopify
3 1 (1.64%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 11 (18.03%) Power Platform
2 6 (9.84%) AWS
3 5 (8.20%) Power Automate
4 4 (6.56%) Azure
5 3 (4.92%) Google Analytics
6 2 (3.28%) BigCommerce
6 2 (3.28%) GCP
7 1 (1.64%) Adobe Analytics
7 1 (1.64%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.92%) Firewall
2 2 (3.28%) FabricPath
2 2 (3.28%) LAN
2 2 (3.28%) NX-OS
2 2 (3.28%) TCP/IP
2 2 (3.28%) VPN
2 2 (3.28%) VSAN
3 1 (1.64%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (18.03%) Power BI
2 2 (3.28%) Big Data
2 2 (3.28%) Data Mining
2 2 (3.28%) MongoDB
2 2 (3.28%) MySQL
2 2 (3.28%) Tableau
3 1 (1.64%) Metadata
3 1 (1.64%) PowerPivot
3 1 (1.64%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (13.11%) JIRA
2 3 (4.92%) Bitbucket
2 3 (4.92%) Bitbucket Server
2 3 (4.92%) JMeter
2 3 (4.92%) LoadRunner
3 2 (3.28%) Maven
4 1 (1.64%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.64%) Selenium
General
1 32 (52.46%) Social Skills
2 19 (31.15%) Finance
3 15 (24.59%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (24.59%) Marketing
4 8 (13.11%) Presentation Skills
5 7 (11.48%) Banking
6 5 (8.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (8.20%) Retail
7 4 (6.56%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (3.28%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (3.28%) Legal
8 2 (3.28%) Public Sector
8 2 (3.28%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.64%) Advertising
9 1 (1.64%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.64%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.64%) Police
Job Titles
1 8 (13.11%) Project Manager
2 6 (9.84%) Analyst
3 5 (8.20%) Consultant
3 5 (8.20%) Service Manager
4 4 (6.56%) Digital Project Manager
4 4 (6.56%) Insight Analyst
5 3 (4.92%) Administrator
5 3 (4.92%) Architect
5 3 (4.92%) JIRA Administrator
5 3 (4.92%) Resource Analyst
5 3 (4.92%) Resource Planner
5 3 (4.92%) Senior
5 3 (4.92%) Service Level Manager
5 3 (4.92%) Software Engineer
6 2 (3.28%) DBA
6 2 (3.28%) Lead
6 2 (3.28%) Migration Architect
6 2 (3.28%) Senior Delivery Manager
6 2 (3.28%) Senior Manager
6 2 (3.28%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.20%) CSS
1 5 (8.20%) Web Services
2 4 (6.56%) jQuery
3 3 (4.92%) AngularJS
3 3 (4.92%) HTML
3 3 (4.92%) REST
4 2 (3.28%) J2EE
4 2 (3.28%) Java EE
4 2 (3.28%) Sass
4 2 (3.28%) Spring
4 2 (3.28%) Spring MVC
4 2 (3.28%) Twitter Bootstrap
4 2 (3.28%) VML
5 1 (1.64%) CSS3
5 1 (1.64%) HTML5
5 1 (1.64%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 9 (14.75%) Management Information System
2 8 (13.11%) Over-the-Top Content
2 8 (13.11%) Video\Live Streaming
3 3 (4.92%) Data Centre
4 2 (3.28%) FMCG
4 2 (3.28%) Replication
4 2 (3.28%) VxBlock/Vblock
5 1 (1.64%) Biopharmaceutical
5 1 (1.64%) Graphic Design
5 1 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.64%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (1.64%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (8.20%) Linux
2 4 (6.56%) Unix
2 4 (6.56%) Windows
3 1 (1.64%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (37.70%) Agile
2 12 (19.67%) Service Management
3 11 (18.03%) Analytics
3 11 (18.03%) Business Intelligence
3 11 (18.03%) User Experience
4 10 (16.39%) Decision-Making
4 10 (16.39%) Mentoring
4 10 (16.39%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (14.75%) Data Science
5 9 (14.75%) Service Delivery
6 8 (13.11%) B2C
6 8 (13.11%) Digital Marketing
6 8 (13.11%) ITIL
6 8 (13.11%) Scrum
6 8 (13.11%) SDLC
7 7 (11.48%) Data Analysis
7 7 (11.48%) Project Management
7 7 (11.48%) Roadmaps
8 6 (9.84%) Customer Requirements
8 6 (9.84%) Planning and Forecasting
Programming Languages
1 5 (8.20%) JavaScript
2 4 (6.56%) Java
3 3 (4.92%) Groovy
4 2 (3.28%) Bash
4 2 (3.28%) PHP
4 2 (3.28%) Python
4 2 (3.28%) SQL
5 1 (1.64%) Kotlin
5 1 (1.64%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (18.03%) Degree
2 9 (14.75%) Security Cleared
3 6 (9.84%) SC Cleared
4 3 (4.92%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.64%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.64%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.64%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.64%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (11.48%) SLA
2 4 (6.56%) Accessibility
3 2 (3.28%) Data Quality
3 2 (3.28%) PMO
3 2 (3.28%) QA
System Software
1 5 (8.20%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (6.56%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (3.28%) VMware NSX
3 2 (3.28%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (3.28%) vCenter Server
1 2 (3.28%) VxRail
Vendors
1 8 (13.11%) Microsoft
2 6 (9.84%) Adobe
3 5 (8.20%) Google
3 5 (8.20%) VMware
4 4 (6.56%) Atlassian
4 4 (6.56%) Dell
4 4 (6.56%) SAP
5 3 (4.92%) Remedy
6 2 (3.28%) Cisco
6 2 (3.28%) Dynatrace
6 2 (3.28%) Intel
6 2 (3.28%) Omniture
6 2 (3.28%) Salesforce
6 2 (3.28%) ServiceNow
6 2 (3.28%) Sitecore
6 2 (3.28%) Splunk
7 1 (1.64%) Cadence
7 1 (1.64%) Oracle