Performance Optimisation Contracts

Performance Optimisation
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Performance Optimisation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Performance Optimisation over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 380 510 667
Rank change year-on-year +130 +157 -71
Contract jobs citing Performance Optimisation 209 188 181
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.48% 0.34% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.56% 0.38% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 127 133
10th Percentile £413 £330 £412
25th Percentile £513 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year +17.50% -16.67% +15.94%
75th Percentile £691 £650 £663
90th Percentile £781 £738 £694
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £450 £625
% change year-on-year +22.22% -28.00% +26.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 2
10th Percentile £32.50 £42.24 £45.98
25th Percentile £36.25 £48.60 £47.06
Median hourly rate £42.50 £52.13 £50.75
Median % change year-on-year -18.47% +2.72% +57.35%
75th Percentile £48.75 £58.47 £55.06
90th Percentile £52.50 £69.89 £56.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £52.13 -
% change year-on-year -18.47% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Performance Optimisation 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,178 49,770 79,013
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.13% 89.61% 90.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,737 34,458 55,587
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £438 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,579 1,678 1,852
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.96 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.75 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%
75th Percentile £61.28 £65.00 £50.15
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £34.90 £21.00
% change year-on-year +9.23% +66.18% -

Performance Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Performance Optimisation in the UK

Performance Optimisation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Performance Optimisation in the UK

Performance Optimisation
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Performance Optimisation over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Performance Optimisation in the UK

Performance Optimisation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Performance Optimisation in the UK

Performance Optimisation
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Performance Optimisation over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Performance Optimisation in the UK

Performance Optimisation
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Optimisation within the UK over the 6 months to 12 June 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 +92 179 £575 +15.00% 130
London +73 100 £600 +20.00% 66
UK excluding London +63 71 £550 +22.22% 66
Work from Home +108 67 £600 +27.66% 64
South East +34 28 £600 +45.45% 13
South West +17 20 £538 +19.44% 2
North of England +15 12 £425 -5.56% 25
Midlands +14 8 £588 -9.62% 14
North West +12 8 £425 -5.56% 11
Yorkshire +15 4 £550 +10.00% 6
West Midlands +12 4 £360 -44.62% 11
East Midlands +10 4 £594 - 3
East of England - 3 £525 - 5

Performance Optimisation
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 9 (4.31%) CMS
2 7 (3.35%) Headless CMS
3 5 (2.39%) Confluence
4 4 (1.91%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.91%) Apache Spark
5 3 (1.44%) Jupyter
5 3 (1.44%) nginx
6 2 (0.96%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.48%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.48%) Apache
7 1 (0.48%) Apache Pulsar
7 1 (0.48%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.48%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (4.31%) Chatbot
2 3 (1.44%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (2.87%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.96%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.48%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.48%) Cloudability
3 1 (0.48%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.48%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (0.48%) Markit EDM
3 1 (0.48%) SAP CAR
3 1 (0.48%) SAP POS DM
3 1 (0.48%) SAP Retail
3 1 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.48%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 85 (40.67%) Azure
2 56 (26.79%) AWS
3 31 (14.83%) GCP
4 27 (12.92%) Power Platform
5 19 (9.09%) Azure Data Factory
6 14 (6.70%) Azure DevOps
7 13 (6.22%) GitHub
8 11 (5.26%) Cloud Computing
9 9 (4.31%) Twilio
10 8 (3.83%) Amazon S3
10 8 (3.83%) Dynamics 365
10 8 (3.83%) Snowflake
11 7 (3.35%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 7 (3.35%) OpenShift
12 6 (2.87%) PowerApps
12 6 (2.87%) Serverless
13 5 (2.39%) Amazon EC2
13 5 (2.39%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 5 (2.39%) Power Automate
14 4 (1.91%) CloudBees
Communications & Networking
1 14 (6.70%) CTI
1 14 (6.70%) VoIP
2 11 (5.26%) Firewall
3 10 (4.78%) Network Security
4 9 (4.31%) SSH
5 7 (3.35%) VSAN
6 6 (2.87%) HTTP
6 6 (2.87%) MPLS
7 5 (2.39%) BGP
7 5 (2.39%) OSPF
7 5 (2.39%) Wideband
8 4 (1.91%) LAN
8 4 (1.91%) WAN
9 3 (1.44%) EIGRP
9 3 (1.44%) Internet
9 3 (1.44%) Multicast
10 2 (0.96%) Intrusion Detection
10 2 (0.96%) TCP/IP
10 2 (0.96%) VPN
11 1 (0.48%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (14.83%) NoSQL
2 24 (11.48%) Power BI
3 22 (10.53%) Data Warehouse
4 21 (10.05%) Relational Database
5 19 (9.09%) SQL Server
6 13 (6.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 13 (6.22%) Tableau
7 12 (5.74%) Data Lake
7 12 (5.74%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 12 (5.74%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 10 (4.78%) KDB
9 9 (4.31%) MongoDB
10 8 (3.83%) Big Data
11 6 (2.87%) Amazon RDS
11 6 (2.87%) Apache Cassandra
11 6 (2.87%) Snowflake Schema
12 4 (1.91%) Azure SQL Database
12 4 (1.91%) PostgreSQL
13 3 (1.44%) MariaDB
13 3 (1.44%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 16 (7.66%) JIRA
2 10 (4.78%) Cucumber
2 10 (4.78%) Jenkins
3 9 (4.31%) JUnit
4 6 (2.87%) webpack
5 4 (1.91%) Git
5 4 (1.91%) GitLab
6 2 (0.96%) Ant
6 2 (0.96%) Babel
6 2 (0.96%) ERwin
6 2 (0.96%) rollup.js
6 2 (0.96%) Storybook
6 2 (0.96%) TeamCity
6 2 (0.96%) Vite
7 1 (0.48%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.48%) JMeter
7 1 (0.48%) NeoLoad
7 1 (0.48%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.48%) VersionOne
7 1 (0.48%) Visual Studio
General
1 73 (34.93%) Social Skills
2 57 (27.27%) Finance
3 54 (25.84%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (10.05%) Banking
5 12 (5.74%) Telecoms
6 11 (5.26%) Retail
7 10 (4.78%) Front Office
8 9 (4.31%) Public Sector
9 7 (3.35%) Investment Banking
10 6 (2.87%) Marketing
11 5 (2.39%) Financial Institution
12 4 (1.91%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.48%) Billing
13 1 (0.48%) Multimedia
13 1 (0.48%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 66 (31.58%) Developer
2 48 (22.97%) Architect
3 30 (14.35%) Data Engineer
4 24 (11.48%) Senior
5 20 (9.57%) Solutions Architect
6 19 (9.09%) Senior Developer
7 16 (7.66%) Java Developer
8 9 (4.31%) Administrator
8 9 (4.31%) Software Developer
9 8 (3.83%) Lead
10 7 (3.35%) Azure Architect
10 7 (3.35%) Azure Data Engineer
10 7 (3.35%) Azure Engineer
10 7 (3.35%) VMware Expert
11 6 (2.87%) Data Architect
11 6 (2.87%) Quantitative Developer
11 6 (2.87%) React Developer
11 6 (2.87%) Senior Quantitative Developer
12 5 (2.39%) Data Modeller
12 5 (2.39%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (14.83%) Web Services
2 20 (9.57%) HTML
3 18 (8.61%) CSS
4 17 (8.13%) REST
5 15 (7.18%) Middleware
6 13 (6.22%) JSON
7 12 (5.74%) .NET
7 12 (5.74%) React
7 12 (5.74%) SOAP
8 10 (4.78%) HTML5
8 10 (4.78%) J2EE
8 10 (4.78%) Spring
8 10 (4.78%) XML
9 9 (4.31%) Hibernate
9 9 (4.31%) JPA
9 9 (4.31%) Node.js
9 9 (4.31%) NumPy
9 9 (4.31%) Pandas
9 9 (4.31%) SciPy
10 8 (3.83%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.57%) Management Information System
2 14 (6.70%) IVR
3 11 (5.26%) Cloud Native
3 11 (5.26%) Onboarding
3 11 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (4.31%) Derivative
4 9 (4.31%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (4.31%) Linux Command Line
5 8 (3.83%) Data Structures
6 5 (2.39%) Algorithms
6 5 (2.39%) Data Centre
6 5 (2.39%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (2.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 5 (2.39%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.44%) Distributed Computing
7 3 (1.44%) Grid Computing
7 3 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.96%) Contactless
8 2 (0.96%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.96%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 29 (13.88%) Linux
2 19 (9.09%) Unix
3 5 (2.39%) Windows
4 4 (1.91%) Android
5 2 (0.96%) Amazon Linux
5 2 (0.96%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.96%) CentOS
5 2 (0.96%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.48%) Tizen
6 1 (0.48%) tvOS
6 1 (0.48%) webOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (26.79%) DevOps
2 52 (24.88%) Problem-Solving
3 48 (22.97%) Data Modelling
4 43 (20.57%) Analytics
5 42 (20.10%) Agile
6 41 (19.62%) CI/CD
7 35 (16.75%) Computer Science
8 32 (15.31%) Data Pipeline
9 28 (13.40%) ETL
9 28 (13.40%) Migration
9 28 (13.40%) Translating Business Requirements
10 25 (11.96%) Capacity Planning
11 24 (11.48%) Business Intelligence
12 23 (11.00%) SDLC
13 21 (10.05%) Continuous Integration
13 21 (10.05%) Data Integration
13 21 (10.05%) Roadmaps
13 21 (10.05%) Stakeholder Management
14 20 (9.57%) Collaborative Working
15 19 (9.09%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 72 (34.45%) SQL
2 42 (20.10%) Java
2 42 (20.10%) Python
3 29 (13.88%) JavaScript
4 16 (7.66%) TypeScript
5 13 (6.22%) T-SQL
6 10 (4.78%) C#
7 8 (3.83%) C++
7 8 (3.83%) Rust
8 6 (2.87%) Perl
8 6 (2.87%) Scala
9 4 (1.91%) Go
9 4 (1.91%) Groovy
9 4 (1.91%) Ruby
10 2 (0.96%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.96%) PHP
10 2 (0.96%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.96%) Search Processing Language
11 1 (0.48%) ABAP
11 1 (0.48%) VB
Qualifications
1 36 (17.22%) Degree
2 29 (13.88%) Computer Science Degree
3 24 (11.48%) Security Cleared
4 22 (10.53%) Master's Degree
5 18 (8.61%) Azure Certification
6 17 (8.13%) SC Cleared
7 13 (6.22%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (5.74%) AWS Certification
8 12 (5.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 8 (3.83%) DV Cleared
10 6 (2.87%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (1.44%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (0.96%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 2 (0.96%) CCNP
12 2 (0.96%) Cisco Certification
13 1 (0.48%) CCNA
13 1 (0.48%) CompTIA Security+
13 1 (0.48%) JNCIP
13 1 (0.48%) Network+ Certification
13 1 (0.48%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (14.83%) QA
2 13 (6.22%) GDPR
3 12 (5.74%) Data Quality
3 12 (5.74%) PCI DSS
4 10 (4.78%) HIPAA
5 8 (3.83%) SOC 2
6 5 (2.39%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.96%) PSD2
System Software
1 20 (9.57%) Docker
2 10 (4.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (3.35%) vCloud
3 7 (3.35%) VMware NSX
4 3 (1.44%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 2 (0.96%) Firmware
5 2 (0.96%) KVM
5 2 (0.96%) QEMU
5 2 (0.96%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.48%) Apache Flume
6 1 (0.48%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 24 (11.48%) Kubernetes
2 13 (6.22%) Terraform
3 8 (3.83%) Istio
4 7 (3.35%) Rancher
4 7 (3.35%) vCenter Server
5 5 (2.39%) Ansible
6 4 (1.91%) Grafana
7 2 (0.96%) Kibana
7 2 (0.96%) logstash
8 1 (0.48%) Argo
8 1 (0.48%) Matomo
8 1 (0.48%) Nagios
8 1 (0.48%) QRadar
8 1 (0.48%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 39 (18.66%) Microsoft
2 20 (9.57%) Google
3 14 (6.70%) Genesys
4 13 (6.22%) Cisco
5 11 (5.26%) VMware
6 9 (4.31%) Avaya
6 9 (4.31%) Databricks
7 5 (2.39%) Oracle
7 5 (2.39%) Solace
7 5 (2.39%) Splunk
7 5 (2.39%) TIBCO
8 3 (1.44%) CheckPoint
8 3 (1.44%) IBM
8 3 (1.44%) Palo Alto
8 3 (1.44%) SAP
9 2 (0.96%) Cloudera
9 2 (0.96%) F5
9 2 (0.96%) Informatica
9 2 (0.96%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.96%) ServiceNow