Performance Metrics Contracts

Performance Metrics
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 407 581 681
Rank change year-on-year +174 +100 -58
Contract jobs citing Performance Metrics 197 114 175
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.45% 0.21% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.53% 0.23% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 79 99
10th Percentile £300 £363 £360
25th Percentile £411 £477 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £540
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +6.48% +37.14%
75th Percentile £616 £653 £600
90th Percentile £738 £700 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -7.14% +10.53% +26.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 10 4
10th Percentile £24.40 £40.73 £22.38
25th Percentile £48.13 £76.38 £27.44
Median hourly rate £67.50 £78.50 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.01% +118.06% -47.06%
75th Percentile £71.25 £81.00 £54.04
90th Percentile £78.63 £85.05 £76.16
UK excluding London median hourly rate £66.78 £78.50 -
% change year-on-year -14.94% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,914 49,809 79,437
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.21% 89.64% 90.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,592 34,469 55,846
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £438 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £649
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 2,564 1,687 1,868
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.70 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.75 £15.75
Median hourly rate £36.50 £35.80 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% +39.41% +11.65%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.51
% change year-on-year +8.91% +70.69% -2.36%

Performance Metrics
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Performance Metrics in the UK

Performance Metrics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Performance Metrics in the UK

Performance Metrics
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Performance Metrics over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Performance Metrics in the UK

Performance Metrics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Performance Metrics in the UK

Performance Metrics
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Performance Metrics over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Performance Metrics in the UK

Performance Metrics
Top 16 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 9 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 +149 158 £475 -17.39% 261
UK excluding London +121 110 £488 -7.14% 171
London +92 74 £500 -13.04% 89
Work from Home +113 59 £450 -25.00% 100
North of England +43 34 £445 -11.00% 54
Scotland +64 25 £631 +281.42% 9
Yorkshire +33 25 £435 -37.86% 22
Midlands +37 18 £600 -4.00% 31
South East +29 18 £444 -30.66% 45
South West +20 13 £450 -5.75% 17
East Midlands - 10 £400 - 10
North West +10 9 £475 -5.00% 25
West Midlands +18 8 £600 -4.00% 21
Wales - 2 £145 - 3
East of England 0 1 - - 18
Northern Ireland - 1 £225 -

Performance Metrics
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 26 (13.20%) Confluence
2 3 (1.52%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 2 (1.02%) CMS
3 2 (1.02%) Drupal
3 2 (1.02%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.51%) SAS
4 1 (0.51%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (0.51%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 16 (8.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (4.57%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.02%) AutoCAD
3 2 (1.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.02%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.02%) Revit
4 1 (0.51%) Adobe Captivate
4 1 (0.51%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.51%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (2.54%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (1.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.52%) Shopify
3 1 (0.51%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 23 (11.68%) AWS
2 22 (11.17%) Azure
2 22 (11.17%) Power Platform
3 13 (6.60%) SaaS
4 9 (4.57%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (4.06%) GCP
6 6 (3.05%) Power Automate
7 3 (1.52%) BigCommerce
8 2 (1.02%) Adobe Analytics
8 2 (1.02%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.02%) GitHub
8 2 (1.02%) SuccessFactors
9 1 (0.51%) Akamai
9 1 (0.51%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (0.51%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.51%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.51%) Google Analytics
9 1 (0.51%) IaaS
9 1 (0.51%) PaaS
9 1 (0.51%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.05%) Firewall
2 4 (2.03%) TCP/IP
2 4 (2.03%) VPN
3 3 (1.52%) Broadband
3 3 (1.52%) DNS
3 3 (1.52%) FabricPath
3 3 (1.52%) LAN
3 3 (1.52%) NX-OS
3 3 (1.52%) VSAN
4 2 (1.02%) DHCP
4 2 (1.02%) InfiniBand
5 1 (0.51%) Internet
5 1 (0.51%) Network Security
5 1 (0.51%) SSL
5 1 (0.51%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (0.51%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (11.17%) Power BI
2 7 (3.55%) MongoDB
3 6 (3.05%) Big Data
4 5 (2.54%) Data Mining
4 5 (2.54%) Tableau
5 4 (2.03%) SAP HANA
5 4 (2.03%) SQL Server
6 3 (1.52%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.52%) DB2
6 3 (1.52%) Metadata
6 3 (1.52%) MySQL
7 2 (1.02%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.51%) Data Mart
8 1 (0.51%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.51%) Looker
8 1 (0.51%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (0.51%) Power Query
8 1 (0.51%) PowerPivot
8 1 (0.51%) Sisense
8 1 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 36 (18.27%) JIRA
2 5 (2.54%) Bitbucket
2 5 (2.54%) Bitbucket Server
3 3 (1.52%) JMeter
3 3 (1.52%) LoadRunner
3 3 (1.52%) Maven
3 3 (1.52%) Selenium
4 1 (0.51%) Git
4 1 (0.51%) GoCD
4 1 (0.51%) XCUITest
General
1 85 (43.15%) Social Skills
2 51 (25.89%) Finance
3 43 (21.83%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (15.74%) Marketing
5 17 (8.63%) Banking
6 15 (7.61%) Legal
7 14 (7.11%) Telecoms
8 12 (6.09%) Public Sector
9 11 (5.58%) Presentation Skills
10 9 (4.57%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (4.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (2.54%) Retail
13 4 (2.03%) Advertising
13 4 (2.03%) Electronics
13 4 (2.03%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (2.03%) Manufacturing
13 4 (2.03%) Military
14 2 (1.02%) German Language
14 2 (1.02%) Law
14 2 (1.02%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 22 (11.17%) Analyst
2 16 (8.12%) Project Manager
2 16 (8.12%) Service Manager
3 15 (7.61%) IT Manager
4 14 (7.11%) Applications Engineer
4 14 (7.11%) Consultant
4 14 (7.11%) JIRA Engineer
5 13 (6.60%) Lead
6 12 (6.09%) Applications Support
6 12 (6.09%) Applications Support Engineer
6 12 (6.09%) Delivery Manager
6 12 (6.09%) Support Engineer
7 11 (5.58%) Senior
7 11 (5.58%) Service Delivery Manager
8 10 (5.08%) Administrator
9 9 (4.57%) IT Services Manager
9 9 (4.57%) Product Manager
10 8 (4.06%) IT Services Delivery Manager
11 7 (3.55%) Developer
12 6 (3.05%) Digital Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (8.12%) Web Services
2 15 (7.61%) REST
3 6 (3.05%) CSS
4 5 (2.54%) jQuery
5 4 (2.03%) AngularJS
6 3 (1.52%) HTML
6 3 (1.52%) J2EE
6 3 (1.52%) Sass
6 3 (1.52%) Spring
6 3 (1.52%) Spring MVC
6 3 (1.52%) Twitter Bootstrap
6 3 (1.52%) VML
7 1 (0.51%) CSS3
7 1 (0.51%) HTML5
7 1 (0.51%) JSON
7 1 (0.51%) Next.js
7 1 (0.51%) Oracle Fusion
7 1 (0.51%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 18 (9.14%) Data Centre
2 16 (8.12%) Management Information System
3 12 (6.09%) Linux Command Line
4 8 (4.06%) Over-the-Top Content
4 8 (4.06%) Replication
4 8 (4.06%) Video\Live Streaming
5 7 (3.55%) Product Ownership
5 7 (3.55%) VxBlock/Vblock
6 5 (2.54%) Social Media
7 3 (1.52%) Algorithms
7 3 (1.52%) Podcast
7 3 (1.52%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.02%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.02%) FMCG
8 2 (1.02%) Grid Computing
8 2 (1.02%) LPAR
8 2 (1.02%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.02%) Tandem
9 1 (0.51%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.51%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 28 (14.21%) Linux
2 11 (5.58%) Apple iOS
2 11 (5.58%) Unix
3 9 (4.57%) Windows
4 5 (2.54%) Android
5 3 (1.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.52%) zOS
6 2 (1.02%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.51%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.51%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (28.43%) Problem-Solving
2 52 (26.40%) Agile
3 45 (22.84%) Service Management
4 38 (19.29%) Project Management
5 37 (18.78%) Migration
6 36 (18.27%) Analytics
7 32 (16.24%) Decision-Making
8 28 (14.21%) Business Intelligence
9 27 (13.71%) Service Delivery
10 26 (13.20%) Mentoring
11 25 (12.69%) Roadmaps
12 24 (12.18%) Stakeholder Management
13 23 (11.68%) Data Analysis
14 20 (10.15%) Continuous Improvement
15 18 (9.14%) ITIL
16 17 (8.63%) Data Migration
16 17 (8.63%) ITSM
16 17 (8.63%) Project Delivery
17 16 (8.12%) Digital Marketing
17 16 (8.12%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 14 (7.11%) Python
2 11 (5.58%) SQL
3 10 (5.08%) Swift
4 8 (4.06%) Bash
5 7 (3.55%) JavaScript
6 5 (2.54%) Groovy
6 5 (2.54%) Java
6 5 (2.54%) Kotlin
7 3 (1.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (1.02%) PHP
8 2 (1.02%) PowerShell
8 2 (1.02%) TypeScript
8 2 (1.02%) VBA
9 1 (0.51%) Perl
9 1 (0.51%) R
Qualifications
1 31 (15.74%) Degree
2 30 (15.23%) Security Cleared
3 18 (9.14%) SC Cleared
4 8 (4.06%) Master's Degree
5 7 (3.55%) DV Cleared
6 5 (2.54%) PMI Certification
6 5 (2.54%) PMP
7 3 (1.52%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.02%) CBAP
9 1 (0.51%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.51%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 1 (0.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.51%) CTC Cleared
9 1 (0.51%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.51%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.51%) MBA
9 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.58%) PMO
1 11 (5.58%) SLA
2 8 (4.06%) QA
3 5 (2.54%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.52%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.51%) COBIT
5 1 (0.51%) GDPR
5 1 (0.51%) ISO 22301
5 1 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 10 (5.08%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (1.52%) Firmware
2 3 (1.52%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (1.52%) VMware NSX
2 3 (1.52%) vSphere
3 2 (1.02%) Docker
3 2 (1.02%) Slurm Workload Manager
4 1 (0.51%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.51%) NFS
4 1 (0.51%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 7 (3.55%) VxRail
2 4 (2.03%) PowerCLI
3 3 (1.52%) MOM
3 3 (1.52%) NetBackup
3 3 (1.52%) vCenter Server
4 2 (1.02%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.51%) Ansible
5 1 (0.51%) CFEngine
5 1 (0.51%) Puppet
5 1 (0.51%) Terraform
Vendors
1 30 (15.23%) Microsoft
2 19 (9.64%) Atlassian
3 17 (8.63%) SAP
4 16 (8.12%) VMware
5 10 (5.08%) Dell
6 8 (4.06%) Okta
7 7 (3.55%) Adobe
7 7 (3.55%) ServiceNow
8 5 (2.54%) Google
8 5 (2.54%) Remedy
9 4 (2.03%) Cisco
9 4 (2.03%) Salesforce
9 4 (2.03%) Splunk
10 3 (1.52%) IBM
10 3 (1.52%) Intel
10 3 (1.52%) Sitecore
11 2 (1.02%) Dynatrace
11 2 (1.02%) Oracle
12 1 (0.51%) ForeScout
12 1 (0.51%) Workday