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 7 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 110 171 249
Rank change year-on-year +61 +78 +25
Contract jobs citing Performance Tuning 242 164 154
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.39% 1.34% 0.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.61% 1.53% 0.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 145 93 108
10th Percentile £375 £385 £363
25th Percentile £440 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £488
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% - -11.36%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £538
90th Percentile £708 £663 £600
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £509
% change year-on-year -4.76% +3.19% -7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 4
10th Percentile £46.63 - -
25th Percentile £50.94 £62.50 £60.00
Median hourly rate £61.25 £75.00 £63.75
Median % change year-on-year -18.33% +17.65% -
75th Percentile £70.94 £87.50 £69.06
90th Percentile £74.88 - £69.63
UK median hourly rate £74.63 £61.60 £60.00
% change year-on-year +21.15% +2.67% -

All Process and 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 9,276 10,738 16,472
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.64% 87.94% 88.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,153 6,711 11,504
10th Percentile £325 £327 £350
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £528
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -0.57% -4.00%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £743
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 321 210 397
10th Percentile £14.78 £17.50 £18.95
25th Percentile £20.50 £24.26 £26.24
Median hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -23.81% -2.78%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.61 £70.00
90th Percentile £67.50 £75.00 £86.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.03 £43.90
% change year-on-year -28.20% -20.21% +25.43%

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 7 November 2025.

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 7 November 2025.

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 17 (7.02%) Apache Airflow
2 11 (4.55%) Apache Spark
3 8 (3.31%) Apache
4 5 (2.07%) CICS
5 4 (1.65%) Confluence
5 4 (1.65%) Oracle Workflow
5 4 (1.65%) WebLogic
6 3 (1.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 3 (1.24%) SAS
7 2 (0.83%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.83%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.41%) Alfresco
8 1 (0.41%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.41%) CMS
8 1 (0.41%) IIS
8 1 (0.41%) MQSeries
8 1 (0.41%) nginx
8 1 (0.41%) OpenEdge
8 1 (0.41%) Umbraco
Applications
1 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.41%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 1 (0.41%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 12 (4.96%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (2.07%) Oracle EBS R12
3 4 (1.65%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (1.65%) SAP MDG
3 4 (1.65%) SAP PLM
3 4 (1.65%) SAP VC
4 3 (1.24%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.83%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.83%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.41%) Magento
6 1 (0.41%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.41%) Shopify
6 1 (0.41%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 73 (30.17%) Azure
2 66 (27.27%) AWS
3 18 (7.44%) GitHub
4 17 (7.02%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (6.20%) GCP
5 15 (6.20%) Power Platform
5 15 (6.20%) Snowflake
6 14 (5.79%) Amazon S3
6 14 (5.79%) GitHub Actions
7 12 (4.96%) dbt
8 11 (4.55%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 11 (4.55%) Amazon EC2
8 11 (4.55%) Serverless
9 10 (4.13%) Datadog
10 9 (3.72%) Azure Data Factory
11 8 (3.31%) AWS CloudFormation
11 8 (3.31%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 7 (2.89%) Amazon ECS
12 7 (2.89%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 6 (2.48%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.31%) Firewall
2 6 (2.48%) TCP/IP
3 5 (2.07%) HTTP
4 4 (1.65%) DNS
4 4 (1.65%) SSL
5 3 (1.24%) Internet
6 2 (0.83%) DHCP
6 2 (0.83%) Network Security
6 2 (0.83%) Unified Communications
6 2 (0.83%) VPN
6 2 (0.83%) WebEx
7 1 (0.41%) Ethernet VPN
7 1 (0.41%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 1 (0.41%) IMAP
7 1 (0.41%) Multicast
7 1 (0.41%) NX-OS
7 1 (0.41%) OpenLDAP
7 1 (0.41%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (0.41%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.41%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (16.53%) DB2
1 40 (16.53%) MongoDB
1 40 (16.53%) Relational Database
2 29 (11.98%) SQL Server
3 25 (10.33%) Data Warehouse
4 23 (9.50%) PostgreSQL
5 19 (7.85%) Oracle Database
6 14 (5.79%) Power BI
7 11 (4.55%) Amazon RDS
7 11 (4.55%) Azure SQL Database
8 10 (4.13%) Data Lake
8 10 (4.13%) MySQL
9 9 (3.72%) Big Data
10 8 (3.31%) Amazon Aurora
10 8 (3.31%) Hadoop
10 8 (3.31%) NoSQL
10 8 (3.31%) Oracle Reports
11 7 (2.89%) Snowflake Schema
12 6 (2.48%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 5 (2.07%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 39 (16.12%) JUnit
2 28 (11.57%) Git
3 16 (6.61%) Jenkins
4 7 (2.89%) GitLab
4 7 (2.89%) JIRA
5 6 (2.48%) Cypress.io
6 3 (1.24%) Maven
7 2 (0.83%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.83%) GCC
7 2 (0.83%) git-flow
7 2 (0.83%) IntelliJ
7 2 (0.83%) LSMW
7 2 (0.83%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.83%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.83%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.41%) Liquibase
8 1 (0.41%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.41%) tSQLt
8 1 (0.41%) Vagrant
General
1 100 (41.32%) Social Skills
2 77 (31.82%) Finance
3 58 (23.97%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (21.49%) Banking
5 37 (15.29%) Investment Banking
6 20 (8.26%) Public Sector
7 18 (7.44%) Front Office
8 10 (4.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (2.89%) Manufacturing
10 6 (2.48%) Pharmaceutical
11 5 (2.07%) Marketing
12 3 (1.24%) German Language
13 2 (0.83%) Automotive
13 2 (0.83%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.83%) Electronics
13 2 (0.83%) Legal
13 2 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.83%) Retail
13 2 (0.83%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.41%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 86 (35.54%) Developer
2 47 (19.42%) Java Developer
3 37 (15.29%) SQL Developer
4 36 (14.88%) Investment Banking Java Developer
4 36 (14.88%) Senior
5 26 (10.74%) Data Engineer
5 26 (10.74%) Senior Developer
6 22 (9.09%) DBA
7 21 (8.68%) Consultant
8 19 (7.85%) Lead
8 19 (7.85%) Senior Java Developer
9 18 (7.44%) Senior SQL Developer
10 16 (6.61%) Linux Developer
10 16 (6.61%) Senior Investment Banking Java Developer
10 16 (6.61%) Sybase Developer
11 14 (5.79%) Administrator
11 14 (5.79%) Architect
12 10 (4.13%) Oracle DBA
13 9 (3.72%) SAP Consultant
14 8 (3.31%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (20.66%) Kafka
2 48 (19.83%) Spring
3 33 (13.64%) JMS
4 21 (8.68%) RESTful
5 15 (6.20%) REST
6 14 (5.79%) Spring Boot
7 11 (4.55%) React
8 9 (3.72%) .NET
8 9 (3.72%) AngularJS
9 8 (3.31%) Elastic Stack
9 8 (3.31%) FIX Protocol
9 8 (3.31%) Oracle GoldenGate
10 7 (2.89%) HTML
10 7 (2.89%) OAuth
11 6 (2.48%) AWS CDK
11 6 (2.48%) CSS
11 6 (2.48%) Web Services
12 5 (2.07%) Jest
12 5 (2.07%) OAuth2
12 5 (2.07%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 39 (16.12%) Data Structures
2 32 (13.22%) Equities
3 22 (9.09%) Replication
4 17 (7.02%) Distributed Systems
5 16 (6.61%) Clustering
6 14 (5.79%) Cloud Native
7 10 (4.13%) Legacy Systems
7 10 (4.13%) Mainframe
8 8 (3.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 7 (2.89%) Distributed Computing
10 6 (2.48%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (2.07%) Data Protection Act
12 4 (1.65%) Algorithms
12 4 (1.65%) Onboarding
13 3 (1.24%) Legacy Code
13 3 (1.24%) Linux Command Line
13 3 (1.24%) Product Ownership
13 3 (1.24%) Renewable Energy
14 2 (0.83%) Greenfield Project
14 2 (0.83%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 68 (28.10%) Linux
2 13 (5.37%) Windows
3 8 (3.31%) Unix
4 7 (2.89%) zOS
5 6 (2.48%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.24%) AIX
6 3 (1.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (1.24%) VMS
7 2 (0.83%) OS/2
7 2 (0.83%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.41%) Amazon Linux
8 1 (0.41%) CentOS
8 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (33.06%) Problem-Solving
2 72 (29.75%) Agile
2 72 (29.75%) DevOps
3 70 (28.93%) CI/CD
4 43 (17.77%) Data Modelling
4 43 (17.77%) Database Tuning
5 36 (14.88%) Multithreading
6 35 (14.46%) SDLC
7 34 (14.05%) Infrastructure as Code
7 34 (14.05%) Open Source
8 33 (13.64%) Migration
9 30 (12.40%) Data Pipeline
10 29 (11.98%) Analytics
10 29 (11.98%) ETL
11 28 (11.57%) Business Intelligence
12 25 (10.33%) Containerisation
13 23 (9.50%) Microservices
13 23 (9.50%) Observability
14 22 (9.09%) High Availability
15 21 (8.68%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 105 (43.39%) SQL
2 79 (32.64%) Python
3 74 (30.58%) Java
4 32 (13.22%) Shell Script
5 13 (5.37%) PL/SQL
6 12 (4.96%) PowerShell
7 11 (4.55%) ABAP
7 11 (4.55%) C#
8 10 (4.13%) JavaScript
9 9 (3.72%) Perl
10 5 (2.07%) Bash
10 5 (2.07%) REXX
10 5 (2.07%) T-SQL
10 5 (2.07%) TypeScript
11 4 (1.65%) Assembly Language
11 4 (1.65%) JCL
12 3 (1.24%) C++
12 3 (1.24%) COBOL
12 3 (1.24%) PL/1
12 3 (1.24%) Scala
Qualifications
1 27 (11.16%) Security Cleared
2 25 (10.33%) SC Cleared
3 17 (7.02%) Degree
4 7 (2.89%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (2.48%) Azure Certification
6 5 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.24%) OCP
7 3 (1.24%) Oracle Certification
8 2 (0.83%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.83%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.83%) OCA
8 2 (0.83%) VCAP
8 2 (0.83%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (0.41%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.41%) CISSP
9 1 (0.41%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.41%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.41%) RHCE
9 1 (0.41%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (9.09%) QA
2 19 (7.85%) Data Quality
3 9 (3.72%) GDPR
4 8 (3.31%) Accessibility
5 7 (2.89%) PCI DSS
6 5 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (2.07%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (1.65%) HIPAA
7 4 (1.65%) SLA
8 2 (0.83%) COBIT
8 2 (0.83%) HL7
8 2 (0.83%) NIST
9 1 (0.41%) Government Security Classifications
9 1 (0.41%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.41%) NCSC
System Software
1 34 (14.05%) Docker
2 10 (4.13%) Active Directory
3 9 (3.72%) Oracle RAC
4 7 (2.89%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (2.07%) RACF
6 4 (1.65%) Job Entry Subsystem
6 4 (1.65%) NDS
6 4 (1.65%) NetIQ eDirectory
7 3 (1.24%) Time Sharing Option
7 3 (1.24%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (1.24%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.83%) HDFS
8 2 (0.83%) vSphere
9 1 (0.41%) DFS Replication
9 1 (0.41%) Dovecot
9 1 (0.41%) GPFS
9 1 (0.41%) KVM
9 1 (0.41%) Postfix
9 1 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.41%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 34 (14.05%) Terraform
2 22 (9.09%) Kubernetes
3 15 (6.20%) Ansible
4 8 (3.31%) Oracle RMAN
5 7 (2.89%) Prometheus
6 6 (2.48%) Data Guard
6 6 (2.48%) ITRS Geneos
6 6 (2.48%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 5 (2.07%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (1.65%) Progress Chef
9 3 (1.24%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
9 3 (1.24%) Grafana
9 3 (1.24%) Kibana
9 3 (1.24%) logstash
10 2 (0.83%) Argo
10 2 (0.83%) Hadoop YARN
10 2 (0.83%) Oozie
10 2 (0.83%) SCCM
10 2 (0.83%) SCOM
10 2 (0.83%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 35 (14.46%) Oracle
2 33 (13.64%) Sybase
3 19 (7.85%) Microsoft
4 16 (6.61%) SAP
5 14 (5.79%) Databricks
6 7 (2.89%) IBM
6 7 (2.89%) ServiceNow
6 7 (2.89%) VMware
7 6 (2.48%) Informatica
7 6 (2.48%) Solace
8 4 (1.65%) Bloomberg
8 4 (1.65%) Google
8 4 (1.65%) NetIQ
8 4 (1.65%) Okta
8 4 (1.65%) Red Hat
8 4 (1.65%) Refinitiv
9 3 (1.24%) Adobe
9 3 (1.24%) Cisco
9 3 (1.24%) OpenText
9 3 (1.24%) Teradata