Performance Measurement Contracts

Performance Measurement
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Performance Measurement skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Performance Measurement over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 530 618 749
Rank change year-on-year +88 +131 -89
Contract jobs citing Performance Measurement 57 88 82
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.15% 0.093%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.17% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 60 44
10th Percentile £43 £412 £379
25th Percentile £400 £441 £429
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £478 £484
Median % change year-on-year -5.76% -1.29% +7.50%
75th Percentile £569 £552 £650
90th Percentile £595 £588 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £518 £450
% change year-on-year -17.87% +15.00% -18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 10 1
10th Percentile £25.38 £46.29 -
25th Percentile £41.50 - £25.63
Median hourly rate £50.00 £49.00 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% +86.67% -35.98%
75th Percentile £60.00 - £26.88
90th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £49.00 -
% change year-on-year +2.04% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Performance Measurement 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 requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,783 51,773 79,870
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.20% 89.81% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,675 35,887 56,073
10th Percentile £300 £325 £343
25th Percentile £413 £438 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,434 1,710 1,920
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.99 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.22 £15.52
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.40 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.29% +41.73% +4.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.98%

Performance Measurement
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Performance Measurement as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Performance Measurement in the UK

Performance Measurement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Performance Measurement in the UK

Performance Measurement
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Performance Measurement over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Performance Measurement in the UK

Performance Measurement
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Performance Measurement in the UK

Performance Measurement
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Performance Measurement over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Performance Measurement in the UK

Performance Measurement
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Measurement within the UK over the 6 months to 14 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 +85 54 £450 -5.26% 63
UK excluding London +59 29 £425 -17.87% 38
London +61 24 £500 +9.59% 23
Work from Home +107 23 £425 -20.75% 19
South West +21 14 £45 -92.34% 4
South East +10 7 £501 +4.38% 8
Midlands +23 4 - - 7
East Midlands - 4 - - 4
Scotland +39 2 £438 -2.78% 1
East of England +9 2 - - 3
North West +28 1 - - 7
North of England +25 1 - - 13

Performance Measurement
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 2 (3.51%) CMS
1 2 (3.51%) Sitecore CMS
2 1 (1.75%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (14.04%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (7.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (7.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (5.26%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (5.26%) Primavera
1 3 (5.26%) SAP PS
1 3 (5.26%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 6 (10.53%) Azure
2 3 (5.26%) Google Analytics
2 3 (5.26%) Power Platform
3 2 (3.51%) AWS
4 1 (1.75%) GCP
4 1 (1.75%) Google Data Studio
4 1 (1.75%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.02%) PSTN
1 4 (7.02%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (10.53%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (5.26%) Power BI
3 2 (3.51%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 6 (10.53%) GitLab
General
1 15 (26.32%) Social Skills
2 14 (24.56%) Finance
3 8 (14.04%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (14.04%) Public Sector
4 4 (7.02%) Marketing
5 3 (5.26%) Banking
6 2 (3.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (3.51%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.75%) Advertising
7 1 (1.75%) Legal
7 1 (1.75%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.75%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 7 (12.28%) Project Manager
2 5 (8.77%) Help Desk Technician
2 5 (8.77%) Senior
3 4 (7.02%) Analyst
3 4 (7.02%) Developer
3 4 (7.02%) Full Stack Developer
3 4 (7.02%) Senior Manager
4 3 (5.26%) .NET Developer
4 3 (5.26%) Business Manager
4 3 (5.26%) C# .NET Developer
4 3 (5.26%) C# Developer
4 3 (5.26%) Change Manager
4 3 (5.26%) Consultant
4 3 (5.26%) Full Stack .NET Developer
4 3 (5.26%) Full-Stack C# Developer
4 3 (5.26%) Implementation Consultant
4 3 (5.26%) Migration Consultant
4 3 (5.26%) Project Controller
5 2 (3.51%) IT Engineer
5 2 (3.51%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (10.53%) .NET
1 6 (10.53%) .NET Framework
1 6 (10.53%) ASP.NET
1 6 (10.53%) ASP.NET Core
1 6 (10.53%) React
Miscellaneous
1 8 (14.04%) Management Information System
2 3 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (3.51%) CMDB
4 1 (1.75%) Life Science
4 1 (1.75%) Social Media
4 1 (1.75%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.75%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (33.33%) Change Management
2 17 (29.82%) Earned Value Management
3 15 (26.32%) Risk Management
4 13 (22.81%) Performance Management
5 12 (21.05%) Cost Management
5 12 (21.05%) Project Management
6 11 (19.30%) ERP
7 10 (17.54%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (15.79%) Asset Management
8 9 (15.79%) Decision-Making
8 9 (15.79%) Performance Analysis
8 9 (15.79%) Performance Attribution
8 9 (15.79%) Project Planning
9 8 (14.04%) SDLC
10 7 (12.28%) Risk Analysis
10 7 (12.28%) Stakeholder Management
11 6 (10.53%) BDD
11 6 (10.53%) DevOps
11 6 (10.53%) Document Management
11 6 (10.53%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 7 (12.28%) SQL
2 6 (10.53%) C#
2 6 (10.53%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.75%) Python
Qualifications
1 18 (31.58%) Security Cleared
2 15 (26.32%) Degree
3 11 (19.30%) SC Cleared
4 3 (5.26%) DV Cleared
5 2 (3.51%) APMP
5 2 (3.51%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.75%) ACCA
6 1 (1.75%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.75%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (14.04%) SLA
2 2 (3.51%) PMO
3 1 (1.75%) COBIT
3 1 (1.75%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.75%) IFRS
3 1 (1.75%) IFRS 17
Systems Management
1 5 (8.77%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 14 (24.56%) SAP
2 8 (14.04%) Microsoft
3 7 (12.28%) Oracle
4 4 (7.02%) ServiceNow
5 3 (5.26%) NEC
5 3 (5.26%) SimCorp
6 2 (3.51%) Google
6 2 (3.51%) Optimizely
6 2 (3.51%) Salesforce
6 2 (3.51%) Sitecore
7 1 (1.75%) Ariba
7 1 (1.75%) Remedy
7 1 (1.75%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud