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 19 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 137 201
Rank change year-on-year +10 +64 +55
Contract jobs citing Performance Tuning 244 186 160
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.12% 1.82% 0.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.38% 2.02% 1.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 157 109 113
10th Percentile £379 £369 £350
25th Percentile £425 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £501 £500
% change year-on-year -0.25% +0.25% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 3
10th Percentile - - £49.40
25th Percentile £53.00 - £53.38
Median hourly rate £53.50 - £60.00
75th Percentile £84.75 - -
90th Percentile £95.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £54.00 £67.50 £54.25
% change year-on-year -20.00% +24.42% -23.86%

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 10,257 9,223 14,122
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 88.96% 90.37% 87.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,688 6,284 9,434
10th Percentile £350 £331 £335
25th Percentile £415 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.37%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 465 200 543
10th Percentile £17.00 £15.23 £15.17
25th Percentile £25.38 £21.25 £23.54
Median hourly rate £55.00 £39.02 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +40.95% -2.45% -28.56%
75th Percentile £67.50 £65.25 £62.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.00 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £32.12
% change year-on-year -7.69% +1.20% -8.24%

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 19 March 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 19 March 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 12 (4.92%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (1.64%) Apache Spark
2 4 (1.64%) NetWeaver
3 3 (1.23%) IIS
3 3 (1.23%) Oracle Workflow
3 3 (1.23%) SAS
3 3 (1.23%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.82%) CICS
4 2 (0.82%) Confluence
4 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.82%) OpenStack
4 2 (0.82%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 2 (0.82%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.41%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.41%) Apache
5 1 (0.41%) Oracle HTTP Server
5 1 (0.41%) SugarCRM
5 1 (0.41%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.41%) WebSphere Application Server
5 1 (0.41%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 3 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (2.46%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.64%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (1.23%) BASE24
3 3 (1.23%) Oracle EBS R12
3 3 (1.23%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.82%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.41%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.41%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.41%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.41%) Magento
5 1 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.41%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.41%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.41%) Shopify
5 1 (0.41%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 84 (34.43%) Azure
2 80 (32.79%) AWS
3 23 (9.43%) GCP
3 23 (9.43%) Power Platform
4 20 (8.20%) Amazon S3
5 18 (7.38%) Snowflake
6 16 (6.56%) Azure DevOps
7 15 (6.15%) dbt
7 15 (6.15%) Serverless
8 13 (5.33%) AWS Lambda
8 13 (5.33%) Azure Data Factory
9 12 (4.92%) GitHub
10 10 (4.10%) GitHub Actions
11 9 (3.69%) Amazon EC2
12 8 (3.28%) Microsoft 365
12 8 (3.28%) SaaS
13 7 (2.87%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 6 (2.46%) Amazon EMR
14 6 (2.46%) Dynamics 365
14 6 (2.46%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (6.15%) Firewall
2 11 (4.51%) VPN
3 7 (2.87%) Network Security
3 7 (2.87%) TCP/IP
4 6 (2.46%) BGP
5 5 (2.05%) OSPF
5 5 (2.05%) SD-WAN
5 5 (2.05%) WAN
6 4 (1.64%) Internet
6 4 (1.64%) SSL
6 4 (1.64%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (1.64%) Wireless
7 3 (1.23%) DNS
7 3 (1.23%) HTTP
7 3 (1.23%) LAN
8 2 (0.82%) 802.11
8 2 (0.82%) DHCP
8 2 (0.82%) MPLS
8 2 (0.82%) SAN
8 2 (0.82%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (15.16%) SQL Server
2 25 (10.25%) PostgreSQL
3 23 (9.43%) Data Warehouse
4 19 (7.79%) Relational Database
5 17 (6.97%) Power BI
6 15 (6.15%) Oracle Database
7 13 (5.33%) MongoDB
8 11 (4.51%) Amazon RDS
8 11 (4.51%) DB2
9 10 (4.10%) Azure SQL Database
9 10 (4.10%) Data Lake
9 10 (4.10%) Star Schema
10 9 (3.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 8 (3.28%) DynamoDB
11 8 (3.28%) Oracle Reports
12 7 (2.87%) NoSQL
12 7 (2.87%) Snowflake Schema
13 6 (2.46%) Elasticsearch
14 5 (2.05%) Amazon Aurora
14 5 (2.05%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 27 (11.07%) Git
2 15 (6.15%) Jenkins
3 13 (5.33%) JUnit
4 11 (4.51%) GitLab
5 4 (1.64%) Cypress.io
5 4 (1.64%) JIRA
5 4 (1.64%) JMeter
6 3 (1.23%) Maven
7 2 (0.82%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.82%) Gatling
7 2 (0.82%) Gradle
7 2 (0.82%) Mockito
7 2 (0.82%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.41%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.41%) Liquibase
8 1 (0.41%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.41%) Postman
8 1 (0.41%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.41%) Toad
General
1 69 (28.28%) Social Skills
2 65 (26.64%) Finance
3 32 (13.11%) Analytical Skills
3 32 (13.11%) Banking
4 21 (8.61%) Public Sector
5 10 (4.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (2.87%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (2.87%) Investment Banking
7 5 (2.05%) Financial Institution
7 5 (2.05%) Marketing
8 4 (1.64%) Legal
8 4 (1.64%) Pharmaceutical
8 4 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.23%) Front Office
9 3 (1.23%) Retail
10 2 (0.82%) Billing
10 2 (0.82%) Publishing
11 1 (0.41%) Law
11 1 (0.41%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.41%) Military
Job Titles
1 63 (25.82%) Developer
2 41 (16.80%) Data Engineer
3 29 (11.89%) Senior
4 27 (11.07%) Architect
5 22 (9.02%) Lead
6 19 (7.79%) DBA
7 15 (6.15%) Java Developer
8 13 (5.33%) Senior Developer
9 12 (4.92%) Consultant
10 11 (4.51%) SQL DBA
11 10 (4.10%) Oracle Developer
11 10 (4.10%) SQL Developer
12 9 (3.69%) Administrator
13 8 (3.28%) Snowflake Engineer
14 7 (2.87%) Data Architect
14 7 (2.87%) Oracle DBA
14 7 (2.87%) Senior Java Developer
15 6 (2.46%) C# Developer
15 6 (2.46%) Network Engineer
15 6 (2.46%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (7.79%) Kafka
1 19 (7.79%) Spring
2 16 (6.56%) RESTful
3 13 (5.33%) Spring Boot
4 11 (4.51%) .NET
4 11 (4.51%) JSON
4 11 (4.51%) PySpark
5 9 (3.69%) React
5 9 (3.69%) REST
6 7 (2.87%) JMS
7 6 (2.46%) SOAP
8 5 (2.05%) AngularJS
8 5 (2.05%) Elastic Stack
8 5 (2.05%) Jest
8 5 (2.05%) Oracle Fusion
8 5 (2.05%) SAP Basis
9 4 (1.64%) .NET Framework
9 4 (1.64%) 802.1X
9 4 (1.64%) Node.js
9 4 (1.64%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 14 (5.74%) Cloud Native
2 13 (5.33%) Data Structures
3 11 (4.51%) Distributed Systems
4 10 (4.10%) Data Centre
5 9 (3.69%) Replication
6 8 (3.28%) Clustering
6 8 (3.28%) Mainframe
6 8 (3.28%) Onboarding
7 7 (2.87%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (2.87%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (2.46%) Equities
9 5 (2.05%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (2.05%) Security Posture
10 4 (1.64%) Algorithms
10 4 (1.64%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (1.64%) NHS
10 4 (1.64%) Product Ownership
11 3 (1.23%) DataPower
11 3 (1.23%) EMV
11 3 (1.23%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 34 (13.93%) Linux
2 23 (9.43%) Windows
3 14 (5.74%) Unix
4 10 (4.10%) Windows Server
5 7 (2.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (2.46%) zOS
7 4 (1.64%) Apple iOS
8 3 (1.23%) Android
9 2 (0.82%) AIX
9 2 (0.82%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.82%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.41%) Data ONTAP
10 1 (0.41%) Rocky
10 1 (0.41%) Solaris
10 1 (0.41%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.41%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (31.97%) CI/CD
2 63 (25.82%) DevOps
3 57 (23.36%) Data Modelling
4 53 (21.72%) Migration
5 40 (16.39%) Problem-Solving
6 39 (15.98%) Agile
7 38 (15.57%) Data Pipeline
8 36 (14.75%) Data Engineering
9 35 (14.34%) Analytics
10 34 (13.93%) ETL
11 32 (13.11%) High Availability
12 30 (12.30%) Performance Optimisation
13 27 (11.07%) Business Intelligence
14 25 (10.25%) Infrastructure as Code
15 22 (9.02%) AI
15 22 (9.02%) Containerisation
15 22 (9.02%) Data Integration
15 22 (9.02%) Technical Leadership
16 21 (8.61%) Observability
17 19 (7.79%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 107 (43.85%) SQL
2 78 (31.97%) Python
3 37 (15.16%) Java
4 20 (8.20%) PowerShell
5 15 (6.15%) Shell Script
6 14 (5.74%) PL/SQL
7 13 (5.33%) C#
8 9 (3.69%) T-SQL
9 7 (2.87%) Bash
10 6 (2.46%) C
10 6 (2.46%) JavaScript
11 5 (2.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 5 (2.05%) JCL
11 5 (2.05%) Perl
11 5 (2.05%) TypeScript
12 3 (1.23%) CLIST
12 3 (1.23%) COBOL
12 3 (1.23%) PHP
12 3 (1.23%) REXX
12 3 (1.23%) Rust
Qualifications
1 47 (19.26%) Security Cleared
2 40 (16.39%) SC Cleared
3 15 (6.15%) Degree
4 6 (2.46%) Azure Certification
4 6 (2.46%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (2.05%) DV Cleared
5 5 (2.05%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 4 (1.64%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (1.23%) AWS Certification
7 3 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.23%) CCIE
7 3 (1.23%) CCNP
7 3 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.23%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.23%) OCP
7 3 (1.23%) Oracle Certification
7 3 (1.23%) VCAP
8 2 (0.82%) CESG Certified Professional
8 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.82%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (11.48%) Data Quality
2 17 (6.97%) QA
3 10 (4.10%) GDPR
4 9 (3.69%) Accessibility
5 6 (2.46%) PCI DSS
6 5 (2.05%) ISO 8583
6 5 (2.05%) SLA
7 3 (1.23%) HIPAA
7 3 (1.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.82%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.82%) PSD2
8 2 (0.82%) SEPA
9 1 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.41%) COBIT
9 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.41%) NIST
System Software
1 29 (11.89%) Docker
2 13 (5.33%) Active Directory
3 12 (4.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (2.46%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (2.05%) KVM
5 5 (2.05%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (1.64%) Hyper-V
6 4 (1.64%) vSphere
7 3 (1.23%) Job Entry Subsystem
7 3 (1.23%) RACF
7 3 (1.23%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (1.23%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.82%) NDS
8 2 (0.82%) NetIQ eDirectory
8 2 (0.82%) NFS
8 2 (0.82%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.41%) Firmware
9 1 (0.41%) Lustre
9 1 (0.41%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 34 (13.93%) Terraform
2 24 (9.84%) Ansible
2 24 (9.84%) Kubernetes
3 9 (3.69%) Grafana
4 6 (2.46%) Prometheus
5 4 (1.64%) Argo
5 4 (1.64%) Kibana
5 4 (1.64%) logstash
5 4 (1.64%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 4 (1.64%) Oracle RMAN
5 4 (1.64%) PowerCLI
5 4 (1.64%) vCenter Server
6 3 (1.23%) Progress Chef
6 3 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.82%) Cisco CUCM
7 2 (0.82%) Data Guard
7 2 (0.82%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
7 2 (0.82%) NetBackup
7 2 (0.82%) SCCM
7 2 (0.82%) SCOM
Vendors
1 40 (16.39%) Oracle
2 36 (14.75%) Microsoft
3 16 (6.56%) Databricks
4 15 (6.15%) VMware
5 12 (4.92%) Google
5 12 (4.92%) SAP
6 11 (4.51%) Sybase
7 10 (4.10%) ServiceNow
8 8 (3.28%) Cisco
8 8 (3.28%) Red Hat
9 7 (2.87%) IBM
10 6 (2.46%) Citrix
11 5 (2.05%) Broadcom
11 5 (2.05%) Palo Alto
11 5 (2.05%) Salesforce
12 4 (1.64%) Fortinet
12 4 (1.64%) Informatica
12 4 (1.64%) Juniper
12 4 (1.64%) Zscaler
13 3 (1.23%) Splunk