Performance Metrics Contracts in the UK excluding London

Performance Metrics
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with 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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 277 405 445
Rank change year-on-year +128 +40 -42
Contract jobs citing Performance Metrics 101 30 61
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.50% 0.13% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.59% 0.15% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 22 35
10th Percentile £284 £304 £193
25th Percentile £411 £414 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £513 £475
Median % change year-on-year -7.32% +7.89% +26.67%
75th Percentile £594 £636 £574
90th Percentile £721 £659 £578
UK median daily rate £488 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -15.22% +9.52% +18.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 0
10th Percentile £47.38 £51.90 -
25th Percentile £49.06 £67.88 -
Median hourly rate £66.78 £78.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -14.94% - -
75th Percentile £84.11 £80.44 -
90th Percentile £85.11 £80.78 -
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £78.50 £35.50
% change year-on-year -14.01% +121.13% -47.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,095 20,476 27,091
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.93% 89.37% 89.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,219 14,070 18,908
10th Percentile £250 £260 £235
25th Percentile £377 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £483
Median % change year-on-year - +3.63% +9.66%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £656
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +8.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,090 1,248 1,358
10th Percentile £12.37 £10.63 £12.29
25th Percentile £15.31 £15.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £37.75 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.86% +75.00% -4.99%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £47.40
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.63 £62.18
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year - +40.19% +7.00%

Performance Metrics
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Performance Metrics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Performance Metrics in the UK excluding London

Performance Metrics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Performance Metrics in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Performance Metrics in the UK excluding London

Performance Metrics
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Performance Metrics in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Performance Metrics in the UK excluding London

Performance Metrics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Performance Metrics in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Performance Metrics in the UK excluding London

Performance Metrics
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Performance Metrics in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Performance Metrics in the UK excluding London

Performance Metrics
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 23 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
North of England +46 34 £435 -13.00% 39
Yorkshire +39 25 £435 -37.86% 13
Scotland - 23 £625 - 13
South East +30 17 £425 -33.59% 36
Midlands +46 15 £600 -4.00% 27
South West +19 11 £450 -5.75% 11
North West +20 9 £438 -12.50% 21
East Midlands - 8 - - 11
West Midlands +21 7 £600 -4.00% 16
East of England +11 1 - - 16
Northern Ireland - 1 £225 -
Wales - 1 £145 - 5
Performance Metrics
UK

Performance Metrics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 16 (15.84%) Confluence
2 2 (1.98%) CMS
2 2 (1.98%) Drupal
3 1 (0.99%) SAS
3 1 (0.99%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.99%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (0.99%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 5 (4.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.99%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (3.96%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.99%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 16 (15.84%) AWS
2 14 (13.86%) Azure
3 9 (8.91%) Power Platform
3 9 (8.91%) SaaS
4 8 (7.92%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (6.93%) GCP
6 2 (1.98%) Power Automate
6 2 (1.98%) SuccessFactors
7 1 (0.99%) OCI
7 1 (0.99%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.96%) Firewall
2 3 (2.97%) TCP/IP
3 2 (1.98%) DHCP
3 2 (1.98%) DNS
3 2 (1.98%) FabricPath
3 2 (1.98%) InfiniBand
3 2 (1.98%) LAN
3 2 (1.98%) NX-OS
3 2 (1.98%) VPN
3 2 (1.98%) VSAN
4 1 (0.99%) SMS
4 1 (0.99%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (8.91%) Power BI
2 6 (5.94%) MongoDB
3 5 (4.95%) Data Mining
4 4 (3.96%) Big Data
5 3 (2.97%) SQL Server
6 2 (1.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.99%) DB2
7 1 (0.99%) Looker
7 1 (0.99%) Metadata
7 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 1 (0.99%) OLAP
7 1 (0.99%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (0.99%) PowerPivot
7 1 (0.99%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.99%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.99%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 18 (17.82%) JIRA
2 3 (2.97%) JMeter
2 3 (2.97%) LoadRunner
2 3 (2.97%) Selenium
3 2 (1.98%) Bitbucket
3 2 (1.98%) Bitbucket Server
4 1 (0.99%) XCUITest
General
1 37 (36.63%) Social Skills
2 25 (24.75%) Finance
3 21 (20.79%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (10.89%) Legal
5 10 (9.90%) Public Sector
6 9 (8.91%) Marketing
6 9 (8.91%) Telecoms
7 8 (7.92%) Banking
8 5 (4.95%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (4.95%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (3.96%) Electronics
9 4 (3.96%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.98%) Local Government
10 2 (1.98%) Retail
11 1 (0.99%) Advertising
11 1 (0.99%) Military
Job Titles
1 12 (11.88%) Service Manager
2 10 (9.90%) Analyst
3 9 (8.91%) IT Manager
4 8 (7.92%) Delivery Manager
4 8 (7.92%) IT Services Delivery Manager
4 8 (7.92%) IT Services Manager
4 8 (7.92%) Service Delivery Manager
5 7 (6.93%) Applications Engineer
5 7 (6.93%) JIRA Engineer
5 7 (6.93%) Lead
6 6 (5.94%) Administrator
6 6 (5.94%) Consultant
6 6 (5.94%) Product Manager
7 5 (4.95%) Applications Support
7 5 (4.95%) Applications Support Engineer
7 5 (4.95%) Data Scientist
7 5 (4.95%) Developer
7 5 (4.95%) Support Engineer
8 4 (3.96%) Database Specialist
8 4 (3.96%) Service Level Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (6.93%) REST
1 7 (6.93%) Web Services
2 3 (2.97%) CSS
2 3 (2.97%) HTML
3 2 (1.98%) jQuery
4 1 (0.99%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.99%) CSS3
4 1 (0.99%) HTML5
4 1 (0.99%) JSON
4 1 (0.99%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 9 (8.91%) Data Centre
2 8 (7.92%) Management Information System
3 7 (6.93%) Replication
4 6 (5.94%) Linux Command Line
5 4 (3.96%) Product Ownership
6 3 (2.97%) Algorithms
6 3 (2.97%) Public Cloud
6 3 (2.97%) Social Media
7 2 (1.98%) FMCG
7 2 (1.98%) Grid Computing
7 2 (1.98%) VxBlock/Vblock
8 1 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.99%) Housing Association
8 1 (0.99%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.99%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.99%) Over-the-Top Content
8 1 (0.99%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 15 (14.85%) Linux
2 11 (10.89%) Apple iOS
3 7 (6.93%) Unix
4 5 (4.95%) Android
5 1 (0.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.99%) VMS
5 1 (0.99%) Windows
5 1 (0.99%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.99%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (29.70%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (26.73%) Agile
2 27 (26.73%) Service Management
3 23 (22.77%) Migration
4 22 (21.78%) Decision-Making
5 18 (17.82%) Mentoring
6 17 (16.83%) Analytics
7 16 (15.84%) Project Management
7 16 (15.84%) Roadmaps
7 16 (15.84%) Service Delivery
8 14 (13.86%) Business Intelligence
9 13 (12.87%) ITSM
9 13 (12.87%) Problem Management
10 12 (11.88%) Data Analysis
10 12 (11.88%) Information Security
10 12 (11.88%) ITIL
10 12 (11.88%) Stakeholder Management
11 11 (10.89%) Business Analysis
11 11 (10.89%) Capacity Planning
11 11 (10.89%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (9.90%) Swift
2 9 (8.91%) Python
3 6 (5.94%) Bash
4 5 (4.95%) Kotlin
4 5 (4.95%) SQL
5 4 (3.96%) JavaScript
6 3 (2.97%) PowerShell
7 2 (1.98%) Groovy
7 2 (1.98%) Java
7 2 (1.98%) PHP
7 2 (1.98%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.99%) Perl
8 1 (0.99%) R
Qualifications
1 23 (22.77%) Security Cleared
2 14 (13.86%) SC Cleared
3 12 (11.88%) Degree
4 5 (4.95%) DV Cleared
5 3 (2.97%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (2.97%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.98%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.95%) Accessibility
1 5 (4.95%) PMO
2 2 (1.98%) QA
2 2 (1.98%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (5.94%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (2.97%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.98%) Slurm Workload Manager
3 2 (1.98%) VMware NSX
3 2 (1.98%) vSphere
4 1 (0.99%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.99%) Docker
4 1 (0.99%) Firmware
4 1 (0.99%) NFS
4 1 (0.99%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 3 (2.97%) MOM
1 3 (2.97%) NetBackup
2 2 (1.98%) vCenter Server
2 2 (1.98%) VxRail
3 1 (0.99%) Ansible
3 1 (0.99%) CFEngine
3 1 (0.99%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.99%) Puppet
Vendors
1 16 (15.84%) Microsoft
2 9 (8.91%) Atlassian
3 8 (7.92%) Okta
3 8 (7.92%) SAP
4 6 (5.94%) VMware
5 5 (4.95%) ServiceNow
6 4 (3.96%) Remedy
7 2 (1.98%) Cisco
7 2 (1.98%) Dell
7 2 (1.98%) Oracle
8 1 (0.99%) Adobe
8 1 (0.99%) Ariba
8 1 (0.99%) Cadence
8 1 (0.99%) Google
8 1 (0.99%) IBM
8 1 (0.99%) LogRhythm
8 1 (0.99%) Splunk