Hybrid/Remote Performance Tuning Contract Job Trends

Performance Tuning
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Performance Tuning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 134 188
Rank change year-on-year +22 +54 +38
Contract jobs citing Performance Tuning 273 190 168
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.24% 1.93% 1.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.53% 2.11% 1.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 192 121 123
10th Percentile £358 £390 £328
25th Percentile £425 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £482
Median % change year-on-year - +3.84% -8.29%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £750 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £510
% change year-on-year - -1.96% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £53.00 - £46.75
Median hourly rate £53.50 £70.00 £48.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.57% +44.33% -33.10%
75th Percentile £84.75 - £50.25
90th Percentile £95.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £53.00 £70.00 £61.60
% change year-on-year -24.29% +13.64% -15.03%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Performance Tuning falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 10,772 9,008 13,244
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 88.44% 91.31% 88.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,947 6,198 8,878
10th Percentile £350 £338 £325
25th Percentile £420 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £774 £750
UK median daily rate £501 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.75% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 515 217 571
10th Percentile £17.34 £13.85 £15.00
25th Percentile £30.00 £19.00 £25.50
Median hourly rate £57.50 £35.89 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +60.21% -16.53% -21.82%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £83.55 £75.00 £75.25
UK median hourly rate £42.13 £28.75 £36.50
% change year-on-year +46.52% -21.23% +0.69%

Performance Tuning
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Performance Tuning and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Performance Tuning job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Performance Tuning
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Performance Tuning.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Performance Tuning

Performance Tuning
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Performance Tuning over the 6 months to 11 May 2026.

Performance Tuning daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Performance Tuning
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Performance Tuning.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Performance Tuning

Performance Tuning
Hourly Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Performance Tuning over the 6 months to 11 May 2026.

Performance Tuning hourly rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid working options

Performance Tuning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Application Platforms
1 11 (4.03%) Apache Airflow
2 8 (2.93%) Oracle Application Server
3 5 (1.83%) CICS
4 4 (1.47%) Apache
4 4 (1.47%) IIS
4 4 (1.47%) NetWeaver
4 4 (1.47%) SAS
4 4 (1.47%) WebSphere
5 3 (1.10%) Apache Spark
5 3 (1.10%) Confluence
5 3 (1.10%) Oracle Workflow
5 3 (1.10%) WebLogic
5 3 (1.10%) WebSphere Application Server
6 2 (0.73%) IBM HTTP Server
6 2 (0.73%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.73%) Oracle HTTP Server
6 2 (0.73%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.73%) WebSphere Portal
7 1 (0.37%) Documentum
7 1 (0.37%) nginx
Applications
1 4 (1.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.73%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (3.66%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.20%) Payment Gateway
3 4 (1.47%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (1.47%) SAP MDG
4 3 (1.10%) BASE24
4 3 (1.10%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.73%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.73%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.73%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.73%) SimCorp Dimension
6 1 (0.37%) Distributed Ledger
6 1 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.37%) Magento
6 1 (0.37%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.37%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 97 (35.53%) Azure
2 83 (30.40%) AWS
3 30 (10.99%) GCP
4 26 (9.52%) Power Platform
5 20 (7.33%) Amazon S3
6 18 (6.59%) Snowflake
7 17 (6.23%) Azure DevOps
8 16 (5.86%) Azure Data Factory
8 16 (5.86%) Serverless
9 15 (5.49%) Amazon EC2
10 13 (4.76%) AWS Lambda
10 13 (4.76%) dbt
11 11 (4.03%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 9 (3.30%) GitHub
12 9 (3.30%) GitHub Actions
13 8 (2.93%) OpenShift
14 7 (2.56%) PaaS
15 6 (2.20%) Amazon Kinesis
15 6 (2.20%) Azure Storage
15 6 (2.20%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 17 (6.23%) Firewall
2 13 (4.76%) Network Security
3 12 (4.40%) VPN
4 10 (3.66%) BGP
5 9 (3.30%) OSPF
6 8 (2.93%) DNS
7 7 (2.56%) SD-WAN
7 7 (2.56%) TCP/IP
7 7 (2.56%) WAN
8 6 (2.20%) Ethernet VPN
8 6 (2.20%) VXLAN
8 6 (2.20%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (1.83%) LAN
9 5 (1.83%) SSL
10 4 (1.47%) DHCP
10 4 (1.47%) Software-Defined Networking
10 4 (1.47%) Wireless
11 3 (1.10%) HTTP
11 3 (1.10%) SAN
12 2 (0.73%) 802.11
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (14.29%) SQL Server
2 35 (12.82%) Data Warehouse
3 20 (7.33%) Power BI
4 18 (6.59%) PostgreSQL
5 15 (5.49%) Oracle Database
5 15 (5.49%) Oracle Reports
6 14 (5.13%) Data Lake
7 13 (4.76%) Relational Database
7 13 (4.76%) Star Schema
8 11 (4.03%) Azure SQL Database
9 10 (3.66%) DB2
9 10 (3.66%) Snowflake Schema
9 10 (3.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 9 (3.30%) Amazon RDS
10 9 (3.30%) DynamoDB
11 8 (2.93%) Oracle ODI
12 7 (2.56%) Elasticsearch
13 6 (2.20%) Amazon Redshift
13 6 (2.20%) NoSQL
13 6 (2.20%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 28 (10.26%) Git
2 12 (4.40%) GitLab
2 12 (4.40%) Jenkins
3 9 (3.30%) JIRA
4 4 (1.47%) JMeter
4 4 (1.47%) JUnit
4 4 (1.47%) Postman
5 3 (1.10%) Maven
6 2 (0.73%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.73%) Gatling
6 2 (0.73%) Gradle
6 2 (0.73%) Introscope
6 2 (0.73%) Mockito
6 2 (0.73%) Oracle APEX
6 2 (0.73%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.37%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.37%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.37%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.37%) Toad
7 1 (0.37%) Visual Studio
General
1 77 (28.21%) Social Skills
2 62 (22.71%) Finance
3 33 (12.09%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (10.62%) Banking
5 19 (6.96%) Public Sector
6 8 (2.93%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (2.20%) Marketing
8 5 (1.83%) Financial Institution
8 5 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.10%) Publishing
9 3 (1.10%) Retail
10 2 (0.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.73%) Law
10 2 (0.73%) Legal
10 2 (0.73%) Military
10 2 (0.73%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.37%) Back Office
11 1 (0.37%) Billing
11 1 (0.37%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.37%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 62 (22.71%) Developer
2 38 (13.92%) Data Engineer
3 31 (11.36%) Architect
4 30 (10.99%) Senior
5 21 (7.69%) DBA
5 21 (7.69%) Lead
6 13 (4.76%) Oracle Developer
7 12 (4.40%) Network Engineer
8 11 (4.03%) SQL DBA
9 10 (3.66%) Administrator
9 10 (3.66%) Snowflake Engineer
10 9 (3.30%) Oracle DBA
11 8 (2.93%) .NET Developer
11 8 (2.93%) Snowflake Data Engineer
11 8 (2.93%) SQL Developer
11 8 (2.93%) Systems Engineer
12 7 (2.56%) Azure Engineer
12 7 (2.56%) C# Developer
12 7 (2.56%) Consultant
12 7 (2.56%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (7.33%) REST
2 16 (5.86%) JSON
2 16 (5.86%) Kafka
3 15 (5.49%) RESTful
4 13 (4.76%) .NET
5 11 (4.03%) SOAP
6 10 (3.66%) Middleware
6 10 (3.66%) Spring
6 10 (3.66%) Spring Boot
7 9 (3.30%) PySpark
8 7 (2.56%) Node.js
8 7 (2.56%) OAuth
8 7 (2.56%) Web Services
9 6 (2.20%) OAuth2
9 6 (2.20%) OpenTelemetry
9 6 (2.20%) React
9 6 (2.20%) SAP Basis
10 5 (1.83%) Elastic Stack
10 5 (1.83%) Oracle Fusion
11 4 (1.47%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 18 (6.59%) Data Centre
2 16 (5.86%) Distributed Systems
3 15 (5.49%) Clustering
4 14 (5.13%) Replication
5 13 (4.76%) Cloud Native
6 11 (4.03%) Mainframe
6 11 (4.03%) Onboarding
7 10 (3.66%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (2.56%) Data Structures
8 7 (2.56%) Hybrid Cloud
8 7 (2.56%) Security Posture
9 6 (2.20%) Algorithms
9 6 (2.20%) CUDA
9 6 (2.20%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (2.20%) Product Ownership
10 5 (1.83%) DataPower
10 5 (1.83%) NHS
10 5 (1.83%) Online Banking
11 4 (1.47%) Legacy Code
11 4 (1.47%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 45 (16.48%) Linux
2 33 (12.09%) Windows
3 17 (6.23%) Unix
3 17 (6.23%) Windows Server
4 11 (4.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (3.66%) zOS
6 4 (1.47%) Apple iOS
7 3 (1.10%) Android
7 3 (1.10%) Oracle Linux
7 3 (1.10%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.73%) Amazon Linux
8 2 (0.73%) CentOS
8 2 (0.73%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.73%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
8 2 (0.73%) VMS
9 1 (0.37%) Data ONTAP
9 1 (0.37%) Solaris
9 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (28.57%) CI/CD
2 65 (23.81%) Data Modelling
3 60 (21.98%) DevOps
4 56 (20.51%) Migration
5 50 (18.32%) ETL
6 49 (17.95%) High Availability
7 44 (16.12%) Analytics
8 39 (14.29%) Data Pipeline
9 38 (13.92%) Agile
9 38 (13.92%) Problem-Solving
10 34 (12.45%) Data Engineering
11 30 (10.99%) Performance Optimisation
12 28 (10.26%) AI
12 28 (10.26%) Business Intelligence
13 25 (9.16%) Capacity Planning
13 25 (9.16%) Technical Leadership
14 24 (8.79%) Observability
15 23 (8.42%) Infrastructure as Code
16 22 (8.06%) Disaster Recovery
16 22 (8.06%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 106 (38.83%) SQL
2 79 (28.94%) Python
3 27 (9.89%) Java
4 24 (8.79%) PowerShell
5 15 (5.49%) C#
5 15 (5.49%) PL/SQL
5 15 (5.49%) T-SQL
6 14 (5.13%) Shell Script
7 11 (4.03%) Bash
8 8 (2.93%) Perl
9 7 (2.56%) JavaScript
9 7 (2.56%) JCL
10 6 (2.20%) C
10 6 (2.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 4 (1.47%) Rust
11 4 (1.47%) TypeScript
12 3 (1.10%) Bicep
12 3 (1.10%) CLIST
12 3 (1.10%) COBOL
12 3 (1.10%) REXX
Qualifications
1 66 (24.18%) Security Cleared
2 55 (20.15%) SC Cleared
3 14 (5.13%) Degree
4 9 (3.30%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 8 (2.93%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (2.56%) Azure Certification
6 7 (2.56%) DV Cleared
7 5 (1.83%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.47%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.47%) SnowPro
9 3 (1.10%) AWS Certification
9 3 (1.10%) CCIE
9 3 (1.10%) CCNP
9 3 (1.10%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.10%) CISSP
9 3 (1.10%) OCP
9 3 (1.10%) Oracle Certification
9 3 (1.10%) VCAP
10 2 (0.73%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (10.26%) Data Quality
2 13 (4.76%) QA
3 11 (4.03%) GDPR
4 6 (2.20%) PCI DSS
5 5 (1.83%) ISO 8583
5 5 (1.83%) SLA
6 4 (1.47%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.73%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.73%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.73%) NIST
7 2 (0.73%) PSD2
7 2 (0.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.73%) SEPA
8 1 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.37%) COBIT
System Software
1 27 (9.89%) Docker
2 14 (5.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (4.76%) Active Directory
3 13 (4.76%) vSphere
4 9 (3.30%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (3.30%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (2.56%) VMware NSX
6 5 (1.83%) KVM
6 5 (1.83%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 4 (1.47%) Hyper-V
7 4 (1.47%) RACF
8 3 (1.10%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (0.73%) Job Entry Subsystem
9 2 (0.73%) NFS
9 2 (0.73%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.37%) ACF2
10 1 (0.37%) Ceph
10 1 (0.37%) etcd
10 1 (0.37%) Firmware
10 1 (0.37%) Lustre
Systems Management
1 37 (13.55%) Ansible
2 32 (11.72%) Terraform
3 27 (9.89%) Kubernetes
4 13 (4.76%) Grafana
5 11 (4.03%) Prometheus
6 9 (3.30%) PowerCLI
7 6 (2.20%) Puppet
7 6 (2.20%) vCenter Server
8 5 (1.83%) Kibana
8 5 (1.83%) Oracle RMAN
8 5 (1.83%) vMotion
9 4 (1.47%) Argo
9 4 (1.47%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 3 (1.10%) Data Guard
10 3 (1.10%) logstash
10 3 (1.10%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.73%) CA Wily
11 2 (0.73%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
11 2 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.73%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 47 (17.22%) Oracle
2 40 (14.65%) Microsoft
3 25 (9.16%) VMware
4 17 (6.23%) SAP
5 16 (5.86%) ServiceNow
6 15 (5.49%) Databricks
7 13 (4.76%) Google
8 11 (4.03%) IBM
9 8 (2.93%) Red Hat
9 8 (2.93%) Splunk
10 7 (2.56%) Cisco
10 7 (2.56%) Citrix
11 6 (2.20%) Informatica
11 6 (2.20%) Salesforce
12 5 (1.83%) Broadcom
12 5 (1.83%) Juniper
12 5 (1.83%) MuleSoft
12 5 (1.83%) NVIDIA
12 5 (1.83%) Palo Alto
12 5 (1.83%) Sybase