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

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 129 181
Rank change year-on-year +12 +52 +50
Contract jobs citing Performance Tuning 309 218 175
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.27% 2.12% 1.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.53% 2.31% 1.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 227 128 123
10th Percentile £370 £389 £350
25th Percentile £429 £450 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £575 £620 £594
90th Percentile £685 £775 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 2 2
10th Percentile £35.00 £70.25 £48.33
25th Percentile £42.50 £70.63 £50.69
Median hourly rate £53.00 £72.50 £61.75
Median % change year-on-year -26.90% +17.41% -14.83%
75th Percentile £54.00 £75.63 £78.19
90th Percentile £95.00 £76.75 £83.78
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £70.00 £61.60
% change year-on-year -25.00% +13.64% -12.00%

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 12,219 9,446 12,590
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 89.64% 91.72% 87.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,817 6,417 8,497
10th Percentile £350 £325 £325
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £512 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% -2.48% -2.78%
75th Percentile £619 £630 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £518 £501 £525
% change year-on-year +3.40% -4.67% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 650 272 535
10th Percentile £16.84 £12.62 £15.50
25th Percentile £32.44 £19.07 £25.50
Median hourly rate £57.50 £34.83 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +65.11% -19.01% -18.10%
75th Percentile £71.91 £65.00 £62.00
90th Percentile £85.33 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +74.79% -34.02% -4.70%

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 12 July 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 12 July 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 13 (4.21%) Apache Airflow
2 11 (3.56%) Confluence
3 9 (2.91%) Oracle Application Server
4 7 (2.27%) CICS
5 5 (1.62%) Apache
6 4 (1.29%) Apache Spark
6 4 (1.29%) NetWeaver
6 4 (1.29%) Oracle Workflow
6 4 (1.29%) SAS
6 4 (1.29%) WebSphere
7 3 (0.97%) IIS
7 3 (0.97%) WebSphere Application Server
8 2 (0.65%) IBM HTTP Server
8 2 (0.65%) Oracle HTTP Server
8 2 (0.65%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.65%) WebSphere Portal
9 1 (0.32%) ColdFusion
9 1 (0.32%) Documentum
9 1 (0.32%) FileNet
9 1 (0.32%) nginx
Applications
1 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 19 (6.15%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.62%) SAP MDG
3 4 (1.29%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.97%) Aladdin
4 3 (0.97%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.97%) SAP CRM
4 3 (0.97%) SimCorp Dimension
5 2 (0.65%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.32%) BASE24
6 1 (0.32%) Distributed Ledger
6 1 (0.32%) FIS Private Capital Suite
6 1 (0.32%) Magento
6 1 (0.32%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.32%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.32%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.32%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 102 (33.01%) Azure
2 89 (28.80%) AWS
3 32 (10.36%) GCP
3 32 (10.36%) Power Platform
4 25 (8.09%) Amazon S3
5 23 (7.44%) Serverless
6 21 (6.80%) dbt
7 20 (6.47%) AWS Lambda
7 20 (6.47%) Azure DevOps
8 18 (5.83%) Amazon EC2
8 18 (5.83%) Snowflake
9 16 (5.18%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 15 (4.85%) Azure Data Factory
10 15 (4.85%) GitHub
11 14 (4.53%) GitHub Actions
12 10 (3.24%) Amazon EMR
13 7 (2.27%) Azure Monitor
14 6 (1.94%) Microsoft 365
14 6 (1.94%) OpenShift
14 6 (1.94%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.21%) Network Security
2 12 (3.88%) Firewall
3 11 (3.56%) DNS
4 10 (3.24%) VPN
5 7 (2.27%) BGP
5 7 (2.27%) OSPF
6 6 (1.94%) HTTP
6 6 (1.94%) SSL
7 5 (1.62%) DHCP
7 5 (1.62%) Ethernet VPN
7 5 (1.62%) SD-WAN
7 5 (1.62%) Software-Defined Networking
7 5 (1.62%) TCP/IP
7 5 (1.62%) VXLAN
7 5 (1.62%) WAN
8 4 (1.29%) Internet
8 4 (1.29%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.97%) LAN
9 3 (0.97%) NAS
9 3 (0.97%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (16.83%) SQL Server
2 40 (12.94%) Data Warehouse
3 28 (9.06%) Power BI
4 25 (8.09%) Relational Database
5 24 (7.77%) PostgreSQL
6 17 (5.50%) Oracle Reports
7 14 (4.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 13 (4.21%) Star Schema
9 12 (3.88%) Amazon RDS
9 12 (3.88%) Amazon Redshift
9 12 (3.88%) Azure SQL Database
10 11 (3.56%) Data Lake
10 11 (3.56%) DynamoDB
10 11 (3.56%) Snowflake Schema
11 10 (3.24%) Db2
11 10 (3.24%) SAP HANA
12 9 (2.91%) Oracle Database
12 9 (2.91%) Oracle ODI
13 7 (2.27%) Amazon Athena
13 7 (2.27%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 44 (14.24%) Git
2 19 (6.15%) GitLab
2 19 (6.15%) JIRA
3 16 (5.18%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.94%) Bitbucket
5 5 (1.62%) JMeter
5 5 (1.62%) JUnit
5 5 (1.62%) Maven
5 5 (1.62%) Oracle Forms
5 5 (1.62%) Postman
6 3 (0.97%) Mockito
6 3 (0.97%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.65%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.65%) DbUnit
7 2 (0.65%) Gradle
7 2 (0.65%) Introscope
7 2 (0.65%) Octopus Deploy
7 2 (0.65%) Oracle APEX
7 2 (0.65%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.32%) LoadRunner
General
1 84 (27.18%) Social Skills
2 68 (22.01%) Finance
3 44 (14.24%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (8.74%) Banking
5 22 (7.12%) Public Sector
6 7 (2.27%) Retail
7 6 (1.94%) Marketing
7 6 (1.94%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (1.62%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (1.62%) Military
8 5 (1.62%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (1.29%) Publishing
10 3 (0.97%) Legal
11 2 (0.65%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.65%) Law
11 2 (0.65%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.32%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.32%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.32%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 85 (27.51%) Developer
2 44 (14.24%) Data Engineer
3 37 (11.97%) Senior
4 25 (8.09%) DBA
5 23 (7.44%) Architect
5 23 (7.44%) Lead
6 20 (6.47%) SQL Developer
7 15 (4.85%) Administrator
7 15 (4.85%) SQL DBA
8 14 (4.53%) Oracle Developer
9 12 (3.88%) Consultant
10 11 (3.56%) AWS Engineer
10 11 (3.56%) Python Engineer
11 10 (3.24%) Network Engineer
12 9 (2.91%) .NET Developer
12 9 (2.91%) Senior Data Engineer
12 9 (2.91%) Snowflake Engineer
13 8 (2.59%) Azure Engineer
13 8 (2.59%) Python Data Engineer
13 8 (2.59%) Snowflake Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (10.03%) REST
2 22 (7.12%) .NET
2 22 (7.12%) SOAP
3 21 (6.80%) Web Services
4 19 (6.15%) JSON
4 19 (6.15%) RESTful
5 18 (5.83%) Kafka
5 18 (5.83%) Middleware
6 13 (4.21%) PySpark
7 12 (3.88%) Spring
8 11 (3.56%) Spring Boot
8 11 (3.56%) XML
9 9 (2.91%) BAPI
9 9 (2.91%) Node.js
9 9 (2.91%) React
10 7 (2.27%) SAP Basis
11 6 (1.94%) .NET Framework
11 6 (1.94%) Flask
11 6 (1.94%) IDoc
11 6 (1.94%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 19 (6.15%) Cloud Native
1 19 (6.15%) Replication
2 18 (5.83%) Data Centre
2 18 (5.83%) Distributed Systems
3 17 (5.50%) Clustering
4 12 (3.88%) Onboarding
5 10 (3.24%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (2.91%) Data Structures
6 9 (2.91%) Legacy Systems
6 9 (2.91%) Mainframe
7 8 (2.59%) Management Information System
8 7 (2.27%) Algorithms
8 7 (2.27%) CUDA
8 7 (2.27%) Hybrid Cloud
8 7 (2.27%) Product Ownership
9 6 (1.94%) Legacy Code
9 6 (1.94%) Online Banking
10 5 (1.62%) DataPower
10 5 (1.62%) NHS
10 5 (1.62%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 55 (17.80%) Linux
2 31 (10.03%) Windows
3 17 (5.50%) Unix
3 17 (5.50%) Windows Server
4 11 (3.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (2.91%) zOS
6 4 (1.29%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.97%) Oracle Linux
7 3 (0.97%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.65%) Amazon Linux
8 2 (0.65%) Android
8 2 (0.65%) CentOS
8 2 (0.65%) Data ONTAP
8 2 (0.65%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.65%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.32%) AIX
9 1 (0.32%) MVS
9 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (31.39%) CI/CD
2 77 (24.92%) DevOps
3 76 (24.60%) Data Modelling
4 58 (18.77%) ETL
4 58 (18.77%) Problem-Solving
5 53 (17.15%) Analytics
6 52 (16.83%) Migration
7 50 (16.18%) Agile
8 49 (15.86%) High Availability
9 43 (13.92%) Data Pipeline
10 40 (12.94%) Data Engineering
11 36 (11.65%) AI
12 34 (11.00%) Business Intelligence
13 29 (9.39%) Infrastructure as Code
14 28 (9.06%) Root Cause Analysis
14 28 (9.06%) Validation
15 27 (8.74%) Performance Optimisation
15 27 (8.74%) Test Automation
16 26 (8.41%) Microservices
16 26 (8.41%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 130 (42.07%) SQL
2 97 (31.39%) Python
3 31 (10.03%) Java
4 24 (7.77%) PowerShell
5 22 (7.12%) T-SQL
6 21 (6.80%) C#
7 16 (5.18%) Bash
8 12 (3.88%) PL/SQL
9 11 (3.56%) Shell Script
10 10 (3.24%) JavaScript
11 8 (2.59%) ABAP
12 6 (1.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 6 (1.94%) JCL
13 5 (1.62%) C
13 5 (1.62%) Perl
13 5 (1.62%) TypeScript
14 4 (1.29%) Bicep
14 4 (1.29%) Rust
15 3 (0.97%) C++
15 3 (0.97%) Scala
Qualifications
1 78 (25.24%) Security Cleared
2 70 (22.65%) SC Cleared
3 13 (4.21%) Degree
4 12 (3.88%) BPSS Clearance
5 10 (3.24%) AWS Certification
6 9 (2.91%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 8 (2.59%) Azure Certification
7 8 (2.59%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (1.94%) DV Cleared
9 5 (1.62%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 5 (1.62%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (1.29%) SnowPro
11 3 (0.97%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.97%) OCP
11 3 (0.97%) Oracle Certification
12 2 (0.65%) CCA
12 2 (0.65%) CESG Certified Professional
12 2 (0.65%) CISM
12 2 (0.65%) CISSP
12 2 (0.65%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (11.65%) Data Quality
2 15 (4.85%) QA
3 12 (3.88%) GDPR
4 5 (1.62%) PCI DSS
5 4 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.97%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 3 (0.97%) GMP
6 3 (0.97%) GxP
6 3 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 17025
6 3 (0.97%) SLA
7 2 (0.65%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.65%) NIST
7 2 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.32%) COBIT
8 1 (0.32%) GRC
8 1 (0.32%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 32 (10.36%) Docker
2 15 (4.85%) vSphere
3 14 (4.53%) Active Directory
4 12 (3.88%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (2.91%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (2.27%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (1.94%) Oracle RAC
7 6 (1.94%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 6 (1.94%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.97%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.97%) KVM
9 2 (0.65%) NFS
9 2 (0.65%) OpenSSH
9 2 (0.65%) Postfix
9 2 (0.65%) RACF
9 2 (0.65%) SRDF
9 2 (0.65%) Varnish
9 2 (0.65%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.32%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 1 (0.32%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 32 (10.36%) Terraform
2 31 (10.03%) Kubernetes
3 30 (9.71%) Ansible
4 12 (3.88%) Grafana
5 11 (3.56%) Prometheus
6 10 (3.24%) PowerCLI
7 8 (2.59%) vCenter Server
8 6 (1.94%) Data Guard
8 6 (1.94%) Puppet
9 5 (1.62%) vMotion
10 3 (0.97%) Kibana
11 2 (0.65%) Argo
11 2 (0.65%) CA Wily
11 2 (0.65%) Failover Clustering
11 2 (0.65%) Oracle RMAN
11 2 (0.65%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.65%) SnapMirror
11 2 (0.65%) Tivoli
12 1 (0.32%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 56 (18.12%) Oracle
2 49 (15.86%) Microsoft
3 27 (8.74%) SAP
4 24 (7.77%) VMware
5 15 (4.85%) Databricks
6 14 (4.53%) ServiceNow
7 12 (3.88%) Informatica
8 11 (3.56%) Google
9 8 (2.59%) MuleSoft
10 7 (2.27%) Adobe
10 7 (2.27%) Cisco
10 7 (2.27%) Dell
10 7 (2.27%) IBM
10 7 (2.27%) Red Hat
10 7 (2.27%) Salesforce
10 7 (2.27%) Splunk
11 6 (1.94%) NVIDIA
11 6 (1.94%) Sybase
12 5 (1.62%) 3PAR
13 4 (1.29%) SolarWinds