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

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 116 178
Rank change year-on-year -4 +62 +42
Contract jobs citing Performance Tuning 321 225 177
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.38% 2.22% 1.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.65% 2.42% 1.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 238 134 124
10th Percentile £383 £375 £350
25th Percentile £430 £438 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £683 £775 £684
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 £52.75 £70.00 £61.60
% change year-on-year -24.64% +13.64% -13.54%

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 12,106 9,291 12,132
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 89.71% 91.63% 87.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,701 6,282 8,215
10th Percentile £354 £325 £325
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% -2.86% -2.33%
75th Percentile £620 £626 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 657 272 467
10th Percentile £16.79 £12.62 £16.15
25th Percentile £32.25 £18.53 £26.94
Median hourly rate £57.50 £34.18 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.21% -20.51% -14.00%
75th Percentile £71.91 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.25 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +74.79% -34.02% -10.31%

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 21 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 21 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 12 (3.74%) Apache Airflow
1 12 (3.74%) Confluence
2 10 (3.12%) Oracle Application Server
3 7 (2.18%) CICS
3 7 (2.18%) SAS
4 6 (1.87%) Apache
5 4 (1.25%) Apache Spark
5 4 (1.25%) NetWeaver
5 4 (1.25%) Oracle Workflow
5 4 (1.25%) WebSphere
6 3 (0.93%) IIS
6 3 (0.93%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.93%) WebSphere Application Server
7 2 (0.62%) IBM HTTP Server
7 2 (0.62%) nginx
7 2 (0.62%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 2 (0.62%) WebLogic
7 2 (0.62%) WebSphere Portal
8 1 (0.31%) FileNet
8 1 (0.31%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.62%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 19 (5.92%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.56%) SAP MDG
3 4 (1.25%) SAP CRM
4 3 (0.93%) Aladdin
4 3 (0.93%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.93%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.93%) SimCorp Dimension
5 2 (0.62%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.31%) Distributed Ledger
6 1 (0.31%) FIS Private Capital Suite
6 1 (0.31%) Magento
6 1 (0.31%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.31%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.31%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.31%) SAP Travel Management
6 1 (0.31%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 101 (31.46%) Azure
2 90 (28.04%) AWS
3 33 (10.28%) GCP
4 30 (9.35%) Power Platform
5 24 (7.48%) Amazon S3
6 23 (7.17%) Serverless
7 21 (6.54%) Azure DevOps
8 20 (6.23%) AWS Lambda
8 20 (6.23%) dbt
9 19 (5.92%) Amazon EC2
10 18 (5.61%) Snowflake
11 16 (4.98%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 15 (4.67%) GitHub
13 14 (4.36%) Azure Data Factory
13 14 (4.36%) GitHub Actions
14 10 (3.12%) Amazon EMR
15 8 (2.49%) Microsoft 365
16 7 (2.18%) Azure Monitor
16 7 (2.18%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
17 6 (1.87%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 15 (4.67%) Firewall
2 13 (4.05%) Network Security
3 11 (3.43%) DNS
4 9 (2.80%) VPN
5 7 (2.18%) SSL
6 6 (1.87%) BGP
6 6 (1.87%) HTTP
6 6 (1.87%) OSPF
6 6 (1.87%) TCP/IP
7 5 (1.56%) DHCP
7 5 (1.56%) Software-Defined Networking
8 4 (1.25%) Ethernet VPN
8 4 (1.25%) ICMP
8 4 (1.25%) Internet
8 4 (1.25%) SD-WAN
8 4 (1.25%) SNMP
8 4 (1.25%) VXLAN
8 4 (1.25%) WAN
8 4 (1.25%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.93%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (16.82%) SQL Server
2 44 (13.71%) Data Warehouse
3 28 (8.72%) Relational Database
4 26 (8.10%) PostgreSQL
4 26 (8.10%) Power BI
5 18 (5.61%) Oracle Reports
6 15 (4.67%) Oracle Database
7 14 (4.36%) Star Schema
8 12 (3.74%) Amazon RDS
8 12 (3.74%) Amazon Redshift
8 12 (3.74%) Azure SQL Database
8 12 (3.74%) Db2
8 12 (3.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 11 (3.43%) DynamoDB
9 11 (3.43%) Snowflake Schema
10 10 (3.12%) Data Lake
10 10 (3.12%) Oracle ODI
10 10 (3.12%) SAP HANA
11 9 (2.80%) MySQL
12 7 (2.18%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 46 (14.33%) Git
2 19 (5.92%) GitLab
2 19 (5.92%) JIRA
3 17 (5.30%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.87%) Bitbucket
5 5 (1.56%) JMeter
5 5 (1.56%) JUnit
5 5 (1.56%) Maven
5 5 (1.56%) Oracle Forms
5 5 (1.56%) Postman
6 3 (0.93%) Mockito
6 3 (0.93%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.62%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.62%) DbUnit
7 2 (0.62%) Gradle
7 2 (0.62%) Introscope
7 2 (0.62%) Octopus Deploy
7 2 (0.62%) Oracle APEX
7 2 (0.62%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.62%) TeamCity
General
1 86 (26.79%) Social Skills
2 70 (21.81%) Finance
3 44 (13.71%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (8.72%) Banking
5 24 (7.48%) Public Sector
6 8 (2.49%) Retail
7 6 (1.87%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (1.87%) Marketing
8 5 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (1.25%) Legal
9 4 (1.25%) Military
9 4 (1.25%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (1.25%) Publishing
10 2 (0.62%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.62%) Law
10 2 (0.62%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.31%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.31%) Games
11 1 (0.31%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 84 (26.17%) Developer
2 44 (13.71%) Data Engineer
3 40 (12.46%) Senior
4 29 (9.03%) DBA
5 23 (7.17%) Architect
5 23 (7.17%) Lead
6 21 (6.54%) SQL Developer
7 17 (5.30%) Administrator
8 16 (4.98%) SQL DBA
9 15 (4.67%) Oracle Developer
10 13 (4.05%) AWS Engineer
10 13 (4.05%) Consultant
11 12 (3.74%) Senior Data Engineer
12 11 (3.43%) Python Engineer
13 9 (2.80%) .NET Developer
13 9 (2.80%) Network Engineer
13 9 (2.80%) Snowflake Engineer
14 8 (2.49%) Oracle DBA
14 8 (2.49%) Python Data Engineer
14 8 (2.49%) Snowflake Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (9.66%) REST
2 23 (7.17%) .NET
3 22 (6.85%) SOAP
4 21 (6.54%) Web Services
5 19 (5.92%) JSON
5 19 (5.92%) Kafka
5 19 (5.92%) RESTful
6 18 (5.61%) Middleware
7 13 (4.05%) PySpark
8 11 (3.43%) React
8 11 (3.43%) Spring
8 11 (3.43%) XML
9 10 (3.12%) Node.js
9 10 (3.12%) Spring Boot
10 9 (2.80%) BAPI
11 7 (2.18%) .NET Framework
11 7 (2.18%) SAP Basis
12 6 (1.87%) Flask
12 6 (1.87%) IDoc
12 6 (1.87%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 22 (6.85%) Replication
2 19 (5.92%) Cloud Native
2 19 (5.92%) Data Centre
2 19 (5.92%) Distributed Systems
3 17 (5.30%) Clustering
4 12 (3.74%) Onboarding
5 11 (3.43%) Data Structures
5 11 (3.43%) Mainframe
6 10 (3.12%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (2.80%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (2.49%) Management Information System
9 7 (2.18%) CUDA
9 7 (2.18%) Hybrid Cloud
9 7 (2.18%) Product Ownership
10 6 (1.87%) Algorithms
10 6 (1.87%) Legacy Code
10 6 (1.87%) Online Banking
11 5 (1.56%) DataPower
11 5 (1.56%) NHS
11 5 (1.56%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 61 (19.00%) Linux
2 33 (10.28%) Windows
3 20 (6.23%) Unix
4 18 (5.61%) Windows Server
5 12 (3.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (3.12%) zOS
7 4 (1.25%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.93%) Oracle Linux
8 3 (0.93%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.93%) VMS
9 2 (0.62%) Amazon Linux
9 2 (0.62%) Android
9 2 (0.62%) CentOS
9 2 (0.62%) Data ONTAP
9 2 (0.62%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.62%) MVS
9 2 (0.62%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (30.22%) CI/CD
2 79 (24.61%) Data Modelling
2 79 (24.61%) DevOps
3 60 (18.69%) ETL
4 59 (18.38%) Problem-Solving
5 56 (17.45%) Migration
6 53 (16.51%) Analytics
6 53 (16.51%) High Availability
7 50 (15.58%) Agile
8 47 (14.64%) Data Pipeline
9 39 (12.15%) Data Engineering
10 36 (11.21%) AI
10 36 (11.21%) Root Cause Analysis
11 32 (9.97%) Business Intelligence
11 32 (9.97%) Capacity Planning
12 31 (9.66%) Infrastructure as Code
12 31 (9.66%) Observability
13 30 (9.35%) Disaster Recovery
13 30 (9.35%) Performance Optimisation
14 28 (8.72%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 134 (41.74%) SQL
2 95 (29.60%) Python
3 30 (9.35%) Java
4 25 (7.79%) PowerShell
5 24 (7.48%) T-SQL
6 21 (6.54%) C#
7 17 (5.30%) PL/SQL
8 16 (4.98%) Bash
9 15 (4.67%) Shell Script
10 11 (3.43%) JavaScript
11 8 (2.49%) ABAP
12 7 (2.18%) JCL
12 7 (2.18%) Perl
13 6 (1.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 5 (1.56%) C
14 5 (1.56%) TypeScript
15 4 (1.25%) Bicep
15 4 (1.25%) C++
15 4 (1.25%) Rust
16 3 (0.93%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 88 (27.41%) Security Cleared
2 80 (24.92%) SC Cleared
3 13 (4.05%) Degree
4 11 (3.43%) BPSS Clearance
5 10 (3.12%) AWS Certification
6 9 (2.80%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (2.80%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 8 (2.49%) Azure Certification
8 6 (1.87%) DV Cleared
9 5 (1.56%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 5 (1.56%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (1.25%) SnowPro
11 3 (0.93%) OCP
11 3 (0.93%) Oracle Certification
12 2 (0.62%) CCA
12 2 (0.62%) CESG Certified Professional
12 2 (0.62%) CISM
12 2 (0.62%) CISSP
12 2 (0.62%) Citrix Certification
12 2 (0.62%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (12.77%) Data Quality
2 16 (4.98%) QA
3 12 (3.74%) GDPR
4 4 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.25%) PCI DSS
4 4 (1.25%) SLA
5 3 (0.93%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 3 (0.93%) GMP
5 3 (0.93%) GxP
5 3 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 17025
6 2 (0.62%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.62%) NIST
6 2 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.31%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.31%) COBIT
7 1 (0.31%) GRC
System Software
1 32 (9.97%) Docker
2 16 (4.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (4.67%) vSphere
4 14 (4.36%) Active Directory
5 10 (3.12%) VMware NSX
6 9 (2.80%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (2.80%) VMware ESXi
7 7 (2.18%) Oracle RAC
8 6 (1.87%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 4 (1.25%) RACF
10 3 (0.93%) ACF2
10 3 (0.93%) Hyper-V
10 3 (0.93%) KVM
11 2 (0.62%) Firmware
11 2 (0.62%) NFS
11 2 (0.62%) OpenSSH
11 2 (0.62%) Postfix
11 2 (0.62%) SRDF
11 2 (0.62%) Varnish
11 2 (0.62%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 33 (10.28%) Terraform
2 31 (9.66%) Kubernetes
3 30 (9.35%) Ansible
4 13 (4.05%) Grafana
5 12 (3.74%) Prometheus
6 10 (3.12%) PowerCLI
7 8 (2.49%) vCenter Server
8 7 (2.18%) Data Guard
9 6 (1.87%) Puppet
10 5 (1.56%) vMotion
11 3 (0.93%) Control-M
11 3 (0.93%) Kibana
11 3 (0.93%) Oracle RMAN
11 3 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.62%) Argo
12 2 (0.62%) CA Wily
12 2 (0.62%) Docker Swarm
12 2 (0.62%) Failover Clustering
12 2 (0.62%) SnapMirror
12 2 (0.62%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 63 (19.63%) Oracle
2 51 (15.89%) Microsoft
3 29 (9.03%) SAP
4 28 (8.72%) VMware
5 15 (4.67%) Informatica
5 15 (4.67%) ServiceNow
6 12 (3.74%) Databricks
7 11 (3.43%) Google
8 9 (2.80%) IBM
8 9 (2.80%) MuleSoft
8 9 (2.80%) Red Hat
9 8 (2.49%) Salesforce
10 7 (2.18%) Adobe
10 7 (2.18%) Dell
10 7 (2.18%) Sybase
11 6 (1.87%) Cisco
11 6 (1.87%) NVIDIA
11 6 (1.87%) Splunk
12 5 (1.56%) 3PAR
12 5 (1.56%) RedGate