Performance Analysis Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Performance Analysis
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Performance Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 119 147
Rank change year-on-year +8 +28 +54
Contract jobs citing Performance Analysis 8 9 2
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.47% 0.43% 0.070%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.50% 0.46% 0.078%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 1
10th Percentile £355 - -
25th Percentile - £454 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £458 £520
Median % change year-on-year -12.57% -12.02% -15.96%
75th Percentile - £461 -
90th Percentile £414 - -
Central London median daily rate £400 £458 £520
% change year-on-year -12.57% -12.02% -15.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £77.50 -
Central London median hourly rate - £77.50 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

Performance Analysis 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 in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,593 1,943 2,550
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 94.48% 91.91% 89.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,098 1,192 1,777
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £419 £463 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £595
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -3.36% +3.48%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £767 £783 £811
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £585
% change year-on-year -4.35% -1.71% +1.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 17 17
10th Percentile £16.85 £16.70 £14.25
25th Percentile £20.18 £23.13 £17.00
Median hourly rate £26.57 £42.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.48% +54.55% -36.05%
75th Percentile £36.00 £112.00 £46.75
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £59.30
Central London median hourly rate £26.57 £35.00 £26.75
% change year-on-year -24.09% +30.84% -37.06%

Performance Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Performance Analysis relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Performance Analysis job vacancy trend in the City of London

Performance Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Performance Analysis.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Performance Analysis

Performance Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Performance Analysis.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Performance Analysis

Performance Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Google Analytics
1 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) DB2
1 3 (37.50%) Hadoop
1 3 (37.50%) MemSQL
1 3 (37.50%) MongoDB
1 3 (37.50%) NoSQL
1 3 (37.50%) Sybase IQ
2 2 (25.00%) Tableau
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle Database
3 1 (12.50%) Power BI
General
1 6 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Finance
4 1 (12.50%) Banking
4 1 (12.50%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Analyst
1 3 (37.50%) Developer
1 3 (37.50%) Java Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Commercial Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Data Insight Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Data Scientist
2 1 (12.50%) Google Analytics Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Insight Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Insight Data Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Performance Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Senior
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Technical Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Technical Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Algorithms
1 3 (37.50%) Data Structures
1 3 (37.50%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (12.50%) Equities
2 1 (12.50%) Fixed Income
2 1 (12.50%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (50.00%) Software Engineering
3 3 (37.50%) Performance Engineering
4 2 (25.00%) Analytics
4 2 (25.00%) Data Modelling
4 2 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
4 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (25.00%) Visualisation
5 1 (12.50%) Asset Management
5 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (12.50%) Data Governance
5 1 (12.50%) Data Integration
5 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Architecture
5 1 (12.50%) Fund Management
5 1 (12.50%) Investment Management
5 1 (12.50%) Microservices
5 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
5 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (12.50%) Validation
5 1 (12.50%) Yield Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) Java
1 4 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (12.50%) C#
2 1 (12.50%) Go
2 1 (12.50%) PL/SQL
2 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (12.50%) CFA
1 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 3 (37.50%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Google
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle