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 16 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 104 174 242
Rank change year-on-year +70 +68 +37
Contract jobs citing Performance Tuning 246 160 169
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.53% 1.29% 0.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.75% 1.46% 0.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 143 98 118
10th Percentile £375 £392 £371
25th Percentile £429 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £502
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.36% -8.73%
75th Percentile £580 £600 £573
90th Percentile £675 £654 £620
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 5
10th Percentile £46.63 - £67.75
25th Percentile £50.94 £62.50 £70.00
Median hourly rate £61.25 £75.00 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.33% +3.45% -
75th Percentile £70.94 £87.50 £73.75
90th Percentile £74.88 - £74.50
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £61.60 £65.25
% change year-on-year +21.75% -5.59% +8.75%

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 8,934 10,940 16,988
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.95% 87.99% 89.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,923 6,883 11,955
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -1.69% -2.91%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £732 £750 £745
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.42% -2.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 286 251 414
10th Percentile £13.63 £19.30 £18.50
25th Percentile £20.50 £27.78 £26.25
Median hourly rate £35.95 £43.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.41% -18.10% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -37.13% -10.11% +36.92%

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 16 October 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 16 October 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 18 (7.32%) Apache Airflow
2 11 (4.47%) Apache Spark
3 10 (4.07%) Apache
4 8 (3.25%) Confluence
5 5 (2.03%) CICS
6 4 (1.63%) Oracle Workflow
6 4 (1.63%) WebLogic
7 3 (1.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 3 (1.22%) SAS
8 2 (0.81%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.81%) OpenEdge
8 2 (0.81%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.41%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.41%) CMS
9 1 (0.41%) IIS
9 1 (0.41%) MQSeries
9 1 (0.41%) nginx
9 1 (0.41%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.41%) Umbraco
Applications
1 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.81%) 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 (4.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (2.03%) Oracle EBS R12
3 4 (1.63%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (1.63%) SAP MDG
3 4 (1.63%) SAP PLM
3 4 (1.63%) SAP VC
4 3 (1.22%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.81%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.41%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.41%) BASE24
6 1 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.41%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.41%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.41%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 66 (26.83%) AWS
1 66 (26.83%) Azure
2 17 (6.91%) Amazon S3
2 17 (6.91%) GitHub
3 16 (6.50%) GCP
3 16 (6.50%) Snowflake
4 15 (6.10%) Azure DevOps
5 14 (5.69%) Serverless
6 13 (5.28%) Amazon EC2
6 13 (5.28%) GitHub Actions
6 13 (5.28%) Power Platform
7 11 (4.47%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 10 (4.07%) Datadog
9 9 (3.66%) AWS CloudFormation
10 8 (3.25%) AWS Lambda
10 8 (3.25%) Azure Data Factory
10 8 (3.25%) dbt
10 8 (3.25%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 7 (2.85%) Amazon ECS
11 7 (2.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.85%) Firewall
2 5 (2.03%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.63%) DNS
3 4 (1.63%) HTTP
4 3 (1.22%) Internet
4 3 (1.22%) SSL
5 2 (0.81%) DHCP
5 2 (0.81%) Network Security
5 2 (0.81%) VPN
6 1 (0.41%) ATM
6 1 (0.41%) BGP
6 1 (0.41%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.41%) FTP
6 1 (0.41%) IMAP
6 1 (0.41%) LAN
6 1 (0.41%) OpenLDAP
6 1 (0.41%) OSPF
6 1 (0.41%) SMTP
6 1 (0.41%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.41%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (19.51%) Relational Database
2 47 (19.11%) DB2
3 45 (18.29%) MongoDB
4 30 (12.20%) SQL Server
5 25 (10.16%) Data Warehouse
6 22 (8.94%) Oracle Database
7 21 (8.54%) PostgreSQL
8 13 (5.28%) Amazon RDS
9 12 (4.88%) Power BI
10 11 (4.47%) MySQL
10 11 (4.47%) Oracle Reports
11 10 (4.07%) Azure SQL Database
11 10 (4.07%) Big Data
11 10 (4.07%) Data Lake
12 9 (3.66%) Amazon Aurora
12 9 (3.66%) Hadoop
13 7 (2.85%) NoSQL
13 7 (2.85%) Snowflake Schema
14 6 (2.44%) Amazon Redshift
14 6 (2.44%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 43 (17.48%) JUnit
2 26 (10.57%) Git
3 15 (6.10%) Jenkins
4 8 (3.25%) GitLab
4 8 (3.25%) JIRA
5 5 (2.03%) Cypress.io
6 3 (1.22%) Maven
7 2 (0.81%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.81%) GCC
7 2 (0.81%) git-flow
7 2 (0.81%) IntelliJ
7 2 (0.81%) ScriptRunner
7 2 (0.81%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.81%) Storybook
7 2 (0.81%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.81%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.41%) Gatling
8 1 (0.41%) Postman
8 1 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.41%) tSQLt
General
1 105 (42.68%) Social Skills
2 85 (34.55%) Finance
3 66 (26.83%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (23.17%) Banking
5 43 (17.48%) Investment Banking
6 22 (8.94%) Front Office
7 18 (7.32%) Public Sector
8 7 (2.85%) Manufacturing
9 6 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.63%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (1.22%) Games
11 3 (1.22%) Marketing
12 2 (0.81%) Automotive
12 2 (0.81%) Electronics
12 2 (0.81%) French Language
12 2 (0.81%) German Language
12 2 (0.81%) Legal
12 2 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.81%) Retail
12 2 (0.81%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 90 (36.59%) Developer
2 50 (20.33%) Java Developer
3 44 (17.89%) Senior
4 41 (16.67%) SQL Developer
5 40 (16.26%) Investment Banking Java Developer
6 27 (10.98%) Senior Developer
7 26 (10.57%) DBA
8 22 (8.94%) Data Engineer
9 20 (8.13%) Senior SQL Developer
10 19 (7.72%) Senior Java Developer
11 18 (7.32%) Consultant
11 18 (7.32%) Linux Developer
11 18 (7.32%) Senior Investment Banking Java Developer
11 18 (7.32%) Sybase Developer
12 14 (5.69%) Administrator
12 14 (5.69%) Lead
13 13 (5.28%) Architect
14 11 (4.47%) Oracle DBA
15 8 (3.25%) Java Engineer
15 8 (3.25%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (23.17%) Kafka
2 51 (20.73%) Spring
3 39 (15.85%) JMS
4 20 (8.13%) RESTful
5 15 (6.10%) REST
6 12 (4.88%) React
7 11 (4.47%) Spring Boot
8 9 (3.66%) .NET
8 9 (3.66%) AngularJS
9 8 (3.25%) Elastic Stack
9 8 (3.25%) FIX Protocol
9 8 (3.25%) Oracle GoldenGate
10 7 (2.85%) AWS CDK
10 7 (2.85%) CSS
10 7 (2.85%) HTML
10 7 (2.85%) OAuth
11 6 (2.44%) Web Services
12 5 (2.03%) Middleware
12 5 (2.03%) Oracle Fusion
12 5 (2.03%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 44 (17.89%) Data Structures
2 38 (15.45%) Equities
3 23 (9.35%) Replication
4 18 (7.32%) Clustering
5 16 (6.50%) Distributed Systems
6 15 (6.10%) Cloud Native
7 11 (4.47%) Mainframe
8 10 (4.07%) Legacy Systems
9 8 (3.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 7 (2.85%) Distributed Computing
11 6 (2.44%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (2.44%) Data Protection Act
12 5 (2.03%) Data Centre
13 4 (1.63%) Algorithms
13 4 (1.63%) Onboarding
14 3 (1.22%) Derivative
14 3 (1.22%) Legacy Code
14 3 (1.22%) Linux Command Line
14 3 (1.22%) Renewable Energy
14 3 (1.22%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 73 (29.67%) Linux
2 10 (4.07%) Windows
3 9 (3.66%) Unix
4 7 (2.85%) zOS
5 4 (1.63%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.22%) VMS
7 2 (0.81%) OS/2
7 2 (0.81%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.41%) AIX
8 1 (0.41%) Amazon Linux
8 1 (0.41%) CentOS
8 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (36.59%) Problem-Solving
2 81 (32.93%) Agile
3 66 (26.83%) DevOps
4 62 (25.20%) CI/CD
5 50 (20.33%) Database Tuning
6 42 (17.07%) Multithreading
6 42 (17.07%) SDLC
7 40 (16.26%) Data Modelling
8 39 (15.85%) Migration
8 39 (15.85%) Open Source
9 31 (12.60%) ETL
9 31 (12.60%) Infrastructure as Code
10 27 (10.98%) Data Pipeline
11 26 (10.57%) Analytics
11 26 (10.57%) Business Intelligence
11 26 (10.57%) High Availability
12 24 (9.76%) Disaster Recovery
13 21 (8.54%) Microservices
14 20 (8.13%) Containerisation
15 19 (7.72%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 109 (44.31%) SQL
2 81 (32.93%) Python
3 74 (30.08%) Java
4 39 (15.85%) Shell Script
5 14 (5.69%) PL/SQL
6 13 (5.28%) PowerShell
7 12 (4.88%) JavaScript
8 11 (4.47%) C#
9 10 (4.07%) ABAP
10 9 (3.66%) Perl
10 9 (3.66%) TypeScript
11 6 (2.44%) Bash
12 5 (2.03%) REXX
12 5 (2.03%) T-SQL
13 4 (1.63%) Assembly Language
13 4 (1.63%) COBOL
13 4 (1.63%) JCL
14 3 (1.22%) C++
14 3 (1.22%) PL/1
14 3 (1.22%) Scala
Qualifications
1 28 (11.38%) Security Cleared
2 25 (10.16%) SC Cleared
3 17 (6.91%) Degree
4 8 (3.25%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (2.44%) Azure Certification
5 6 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.22%) OCP
6 3 (1.22%) Oracle Certification
7 2 (0.81%) AWS Certification
7 2 (0.81%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.81%) OCA
7 2 (0.81%) VCAP
7 2 (0.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (0.41%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.41%) CISSP
8 1 (0.41%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.41%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.41%) RHCE
8 1 (0.41%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (7.72%) QA
2 15 (6.10%) Data Quality
3 7 (2.85%) GDPR
4 6 (2.44%) Accessibility
4 6 (2.44%) PCI DSS
5 5 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 4 (1.63%) SLA
7 3 (1.22%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.81%) COBIT
8 2 (0.81%) HL7
8 2 (0.81%) NIST
9 1 (0.41%) Government Security Classifications
9 1 (0.41%) ISO 8583
9 1 (0.41%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.41%) NCSC
System Software
1 30 (12.20%) Docker
2 10 (4.07%) Oracle RAC
3 9 (3.66%) Active Directory
4 5 (2.03%) RACF
4 5 (2.03%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (1.63%) Job Entry Subsystem
6 3 (1.22%) NDS
6 3 (1.22%) NetIQ eDirectory
6 3 (1.22%) Time Sharing Option
6 3 (1.22%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (1.22%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.81%) HDFS
7 2 (0.81%) vSphere
8 1 (0.41%) DFS Replication
8 1 (0.41%) Dovecot
8 1 (0.41%) GPFS
8 1 (0.41%) KVM
8 1 (0.41%) Postfix
8 1 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.41%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 31 (12.60%) Terraform
2 20 (8.13%) Kubernetes
3 12 (4.88%) Ansible
4 11 (4.47%) Oracle RMAN
5 8 (3.25%) Prometheus
6 6 (2.44%) Data Guard
6 6 (2.44%) ITRS Geneos
6 6 (2.44%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 4 (1.63%) Grafana
7 4 (1.63%) Progress Chef
8 3 (1.22%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
8 3 (1.22%) Kibana
8 3 (1.22%) logstash
8 3 (1.22%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.81%) Argo
9 2 (0.81%) Hadoop YARN
9 2 (0.81%) OMEGAMON
9 2 (0.81%) Oozie
9 2 (0.81%) Puppet
9 2 (0.81%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 39 (15.85%) Sybase
2 37 (15.04%) Oracle
3 17 (6.91%) Microsoft
4 16 (6.50%) SAP
5 14 (5.69%) Databricks
6 8 (3.25%) Informatica
7 7 (2.85%) IBM
8 6 (2.44%) Google
8 6 (2.44%) ServiceNow
8 6 (2.44%) Solace
9 5 (2.03%) Commvault
9 5 (2.03%) VMware
10 4 (1.63%) Bloomberg
10 4 (1.63%) Okta
10 4 (1.63%) Refinitiv
10 4 (1.63%) Teradata
11 3 (1.22%) Adobe
11 3 (1.22%) NetIQ
11 3 (1.22%) Zscaler
12 2 (0.81%) Hitachi