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

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 153 108 191
Rank change year-on-year -45 +83 +51
Contract jobs citing Performance Tuning 271 237 158
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.01% 2.46% 1.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.22% 2.67% 1.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 197 139 96
10th Percentile £400 £375 £385
25th Percentile £429 £427 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -12.54%
75th Percentile £550 £580 £600
90th Percentile £653 £680 £656
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £535
% change year-on-year - -6.59% +1.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 1
10th Percentile £26.88 £46.63 -
25th Percentile £34.19 £50.94 £62.50
Median hourly rate £41.63 £61.25 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.04% -18.33% +3.45%
75th Percentile £45.63 £70.94 £87.50
90th Percentile £46.75 £74.88 -
UK median hourly rate £41.63 £75.00 £61.60
% change year-on-year -44.50% +21.75% -8.74%

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 12,225 8,860 11,018
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 90.59% 91.91% 88.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,666 5,882 6,941
10th Percentile £358 £325 £325
25th Percentile £429 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -1.69%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 781 278 261
10th Percentile £15.81 £13.25 £19.59
25th Percentile £28.75 £20.50 £30.00
Median hourly rate £48.84 £35.95 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +35.87% -16.41% -18.10%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £82.25 £68.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +49.11% -37.13% -9.60%

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 October 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 October 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 (4.43%) Oracle Application Server
2 11 (4.06%) Confluence
3 7 (2.58%) CICS
4 5 (1.85%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (1.48%) Apache
5 4 (1.48%) Apache Spark
5 4 (1.48%) Oracle Workflow
5 4 (1.48%) SAS
5 4 (1.48%) SharePoint
6 3 (1.11%) IIS
6 3 (1.11%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.74%) nginx
7 2 (0.74%) SharePoint Server
7 2 (0.74%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.37%) ColdFusion
8 1 (0.37%) Documentum
8 1 (0.37%) JBoss
8 1 (0.37%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.37%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 18 (6.64%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (2.58%) SAP MDG
3 4 (1.48%) SAP CRM
4 2 (0.74%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.74%) Cerner Millennium
4 2 (0.74%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.74%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.74%) SimCorp Dimension
5 1 (0.37%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.37%) Finacle
5 1 (0.37%) FIS Private Capital Suite
5 1 (0.37%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.37%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.37%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.37%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.37%) SAP Travel Management
5 1 (0.37%) Temenos T24
5 1 (0.37%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 83 (30.63%) Azure
2 69 (25.46%) AWS
3 26 (9.59%) GCP
4 25 (9.23%) Azure DevOps
5 21 (7.75%) GitHub
6 17 (6.27%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 16 (5.90%) Power Platform
8 15 (5.54%) GitHub Actions
9 14 (5.17%) Amazon EC2
9 14 (5.17%) Amazon S3
10 13 (4.80%) dbt
10 13 (4.80%) Serverless
11 12 (4.43%) Azure Data Factory
12 10 (3.69%) AWS Lambda
12 10 (3.69%) Snowflake
13 9 (3.32%) Azure Monitor
14 8 (2.95%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 7 (2.58%) AWS KMS
15 7 (2.58%) Boomi
15 7 (2.58%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.69%) Network Security
2 8 (2.95%) DNS
2 8 (2.95%) Firewall
2 8 (2.95%) SSL
3 5 (1.85%) HTTP
4 4 (1.48%) HTTPS
4 4 (1.48%) ICMP
4 4 (1.48%) SNMP
5 3 (1.11%) BGP
5 3 (1.11%) Bluetooth
5 3 (1.11%) OSPF
5 3 (1.11%) Software-Defined Networking
5 3 (1.11%) VPN
6 2 (0.74%) DKIM
6 2 (0.74%) DMARC
6 2 (0.74%) Ethernet VPN
6 2 (0.74%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.74%) SMTP
6 2 (0.74%) VSAN
6 2 (0.74%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (17.34%) SQL Server
2 43 (15.87%) Data Warehouse
3 35 (12.92%) PostgreSQL
4 25 (9.23%) Relational Database
5 22 (8.12%) Oracle Database
6 18 (6.64%) Oracle Reports
7 17 (6.27%) MySQL
8 16 (5.90%) Power BI
9 14 (5.17%) Amazon RDS
10 13 (4.80%) Amazon Aurora
10 13 (4.80%) Oracle ODI
11 12 (4.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 11 (4.06%) Db2
13 9 (3.32%) Azure SQL Database
14 8 (2.95%) Amazon Redshift
14 8 (2.95%) BigQuery
14 8 (2.95%) MongoDB
15 7 (2.58%) RDBMS
15 7 (2.58%) SAP HANA
16 6 (2.21%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 42 (15.50%) Git
2 21 (7.75%) Jenkins
3 18 (6.64%) GitLab
3 18 (6.64%) JIRA
4 6 (2.21%) Postman
5 5 (1.85%) Oracle Forms
6 4 (1.48%) Bitbucket
6 4 (1.48%) Maven
7 3 (1.11%) Liquibase
7 3 (1.11%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.74%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.74%) Claude Code
8 2 (0.74%) Flyway
8 2 (0.74%) IBM UrbanCode
8 2 (0.74%) JUnit
8 2 (0.74%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.74%) SpecFlow
8 2 (0.74%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.74%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.37%) Toad
General
1 84 (31.00%) Social Skills
2 60 (22.14%) Finance
3 46 (16.97%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (9.96%) Banking
5 22 (8.12%) Public Sector
6 9 (3.32%) Retail
7 6 (2.21%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (1.85%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (1.48%) Legal
9 4 (1.48%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.48%) Military
9 4 (1.48%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.11%) Aerospace
10 3 (1.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.11%) Marketing
11 2 (0.74%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.74%) Publishing
11 2 (0.74%) Spanish Language
11 2 (0.74%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.37%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 74 (27.31%) Developer
2 36 (13.28%) DBA
2 36 (13.28%) Senior
3 33 (12.18%) Data Engineer
4 23 (8.49%) Architect
5 20 (7.38%) Administrator
6 19 (7.01%) SQL Developer
7 13 (4.80%) Lead
8 12 (4.43%) Oracle Developer
8 12 (4.43%) SQL DBA
9 11 (4.06%) AWS Engineer
9 11 (4.06%) Consultant
9 11 (4.06%) SC Cleared DBA
9 11 (4.06%) Senior Data Engineer
10 10 (3.69%) Oracle DBA
10 10 (3.69%) Senior Developer
11 9 (3.32%) Data Warehouse Developer
11 9 (3.32%) DevOps Engineer
11 9 (3.32%) Linux Engineer
12 8 (2.95%) PostgreSQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (12.18%) REST
1 33 (12.18%) Terraform
2 21 (7.75%) .NET
3 19 (7.01%) SOAP
4 18 (6.64%) Kafka
5 17 (6.27%) Middleware
5 17 (6.27%) Web Services
6 15 (5.54%) JSON
7 13 (4.80%) XML
8 12 (4.43%) PySpark
9 11 (4.06%) BAPI
9 11 (4.06%) Spring
10 10 (3.69%) Node.js
10 10 (3.69%) React
10 10 (3.69%) Spring Boot
11 9 (3.32%) RESTful
12 8 (2.95%) IDoc
12 8 (2.95%) SAP Fiori
13 7 (2.58%) .NET Framework
13 7 (2.58%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 24 (8.86%) Replication
2 19 (7.01%) Cloud Native
3 18 (6.64%) Distributed Systems
4 13 (4.80%) Data Structures
4 13 (4.80%) Onboarding
5 12 (4.43%) Data Centre
5 12 (4.43%) Mainframe
6 10 (3.69%) Clustering
7 7 (2.58%) CUDA
7 7 (2.58%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (2.58%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (2.21%) Management Information System
8 6 (2.21%) Product Ownership
9 5 (1.85%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (1.85%) PKI
9 5 (1.85%) Private Cloud
10 4 (1.48%) Algorithms
10 4 (1.48%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 55 (20.30%) Linux
2 22 (8.12%) Windows
3 17 (6.27%) Windows Server
4 15 (5.54%) Unix
5 10 (3.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (3.32%) zOS
7 3 (1.11%) Amazon Linux
7 3 (1.11%) Embedded Linux
7 3 (1.11%) Ubuntu
7 3 (1.11%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.74%) AIX
8 2 (0.74%) CentOS
8 2 (0.74%) VMS
9 1 (0.37%) Data ONTAP
9 1 (0.37%) MVS
9 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (33.95%) CI/CD
2 72 (26.57%) DevOps
3 68 (25.09%) Data Modelling
4 67 (24.72%) Problem-Solving
5 57 (21.03%) ETL
6 50 (18.45%) Agile
7 48 (17.71%) High Availability
8 47 (17.34%) Analytics
9 46 (16.97%) Migration
10 41 (15.13%) Root Cause Analysis
11 40 (14.76%) Stakeholder Management
12 36 (13.28%) Data Pipeline
12 36 (13.28%) Infrastructure as Code
13 35 (12.92%) Observability
14 34 (12.55%) Capacity Planning
15 33 (12.18%) Disaster Recovery
16 32 (11.81%) Validation
17 30 (11.07%) Microservices
18 25 (9.23%) AI
19 24 (8.86%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 119 (43.91%) SQL
2 67 (24.72%) Python
3 23 (8.49%) T-SQL
4 22 (8.12%) Java
5 21 (7.75%) PowerShell
6 19 (7.01%) PL/SQL
7 18 (6.64%) C#
8 16 (5.90%) Bash
9 13 (4.80%) Shell Script
10 11 (4.06%) JavaScript
11 10 (3.69%) ABAP
12 7 (2.58%) C++
13 6 (2.21%) Perl
14 5 (1.85%) C
14 5 (1.85%) COBOL
15 4 (1.48%) JCL
15 4 (1.48%) Korn
15 4 (1.48%) TypeScript
16 3 (1.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 3 (1.11%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 81 (29.89%) Security Cleared
2 75 (27.68%) SC Cleared
3 18 (6.64%) BPSS Clearance
4 15 (5.54%) AWS Certification
5 12 (4.43%) Degree
6 8 (2.95%) Azure Certification
7 7 (2.58%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (2.58%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (2.21%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 6 (2.21%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 5 (1.85%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 4 (1.48%) DV Cleared
10 4 (1.48%) OCP
10 4 (1.48%) Oracle Certification
11 3 (1.11%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 1 (0.37%) CESG Certified Professional
12 1 (0.37%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.37%) PMP
12 1 (0.37%) RHCSA
12 1 (0.37%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (15.13%) Data Quality
2 14 (5.17%) QA
3 8 (2.95%) GDPR
4 4 (1.48%) 21 CFR Part 11
4 4 (1.48%) GMP
4 4 (1.48%) GxP
4 4 (1.48%) ISO 20022
4 4 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 17025
5 3 (1.11%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.74%) GRC
6 2 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.74%) SLA
7 1 (0.37%) ISO 15022
7 1 (0.37%) PSD2
7 1 (0.37%) SEPA
System Software
1 24 (8.86%) Docker
2 12 (4.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (2.95%) vSphere
4 7 (2.58%) Active Directory
4 7 (2.58%) Oracle RAC
4 7 (2.58%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (2.21%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 5 (1.85%) RACF
6 5 (1.85%) VMware NSX
7 4 (1.48%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (1.11%) Firmware
9 2 (0.74%) ACF2
9 2 (0.74%) OpenSSH
9 2 (0.74%) SRDF
9 2 (0.74%) Time Sharing Option
9 2 (0.74%) Varnish
10 1 (0.37%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 1 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.37%) XenApp
10 1 (0.37%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 29 (10.70%) Kubernetes
2 21 (7.75%) Ansible
3 11 (4.06%) Prometheus
4 10 (3.69%) Grafana
5 8 (2.95%) Data Guard
6 6 (2.21%) Puppet
7 5 (1.85%) Control-M
7 5 (1.85%) PowerCLI
8 4 (1.48%) Oracle RMAN
8 4 (1.48%) vMotion
9 3 (1.11%) Kibana
9 3 (1.11%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (1.11%) vCenter Server
10 2 (0.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.74%) Argo
10 2 (0.74%) Docker Swarm
10 2 (0.74%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.74%) Nagios
10 2 (0.74%) QRadar
10 2 (0.74%) SCOM
Vendors
1 59 (21.77%) Oracle
2 44 (16.24%) Microsoft
3 25 (9.23%) SAP
4 22 (8.12%) VMware
5 14 (5.17%) ServiceNow
6 13 (4.80%) Splunk
7 11 (4.06%) Databricks
7 11 (4.06%) IBM
7 11 (4.06%) MuleSoft
8 10 (3.69%) Informatica
9 9 (3.32%) Dell
10 7 (2.58%) Red Hat
11 6 (2.21%) NVIDIA
11 6 (2.21%) Salesforce
12 5 (1.85%) 3PAR
12 5 (1.85%) Adobe
13 4 (1.48%) Google
13 4 (1.48%) Nimble Storage
14 3 (1.11%) Broadcom
14 3 (1.11%) Tagetik