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

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 124 117 174
Rank change year-on-year -7 +57 +55
Contract jobs citing Performance Tuning 308 222 172
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.28% 2.21% 1.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.54% 2.40% 1.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 225 131 122
10th Percentile £400 £375 £375
25th Percentile £437 £434 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £575 £621 £600
90th Percentile £690 £775 £663
UK median daily rate £511 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.24% -4.76% +0.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 1
10th Percentile £31.75 £49.00 -
25th Percentile £40.38 £56.88 £62.50
Median hourly rate £53.00 £70.00 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.29% -6.67% +3.45%
75th Percentile - £73.75 £87.50
90th Percentile £53.40 £76.00 -
UK median hourly rate £38.25 £70.00 £61.60
% change year-on-year -45.36% +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 12,140 9,243 11,315
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 89.90% 91.93% 87.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,644 6,211 7,562
10th Percentile £356 £325 £325
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £507 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.55% -3.43% -2.33%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £638
90th Percentile £718 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 709 284 380
10th Percentile £16.62 £12.62 £18.48
25th Percentile £30.50 £18.89 £31.25
Median hourly rate £50.00 £34.48 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +45.01% -19.81% -14.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £65.01
90th Percentile £85.00 £70.11 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £40.97
% change year-on-year +67.00% -38.61% -1.28%

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 17 August 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 17 August 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 14 (4.55%) Oracle Application Server
2 11 (3.57%) Confluence
3 10 (3.25%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (2.60%) CICS
5 7 (2.27%) Apache
6 6 (1.95%) SAS
7 5 (1.62%) Apache Spark
7 5 (1.62%) WebSphere
8 4 (1.30%) NetWeaver
8 4 (1.30%) Oracle Workflow
9 3 (0.97%) IIS
9 3 (0.97%) nginx
9 3 (0.97%) SharePoint
9 3 (0.97%) WebSphere Application Server
10 2 (0.65%) IBM HTTP Server
10 2 (0.65%) Oracle HTTP Server
10 2 (0.65%) WebLogic
10 2 (0.65%) WebSphere Portal
11 1 (0.32%) ColdFusion
11 1 (0.32%) FileNet
Applications
1 3 (0.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 19 (6.17%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.62%) SAP MDG
3 4 (1.30%) SAP CRM
4 3 (0.97%) Aladdin
4 3 (0.97%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.97%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.97%) SimCorp Dimension
5 2 (0.65%) Oracle EBS
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
6 1 (0.32%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 102 (33.12%) Azure
2 81 (26.30%) AWS
3 30 (9.74%) GCP
4 29 (9.42%) Power Platform
5 24 (7.79%) Azure DevOps
6 20 (6.49%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 18 (5.84%) Amazon S3
7 18 (5.84%) dbt
7 18 (5.84%) Serverless
8 17 (5.52%) Amazon EC2
8 17 (5.52%) GitHub
9 15 (4.87%) AWS Lambda
10 14 (4.55%) Azure Data Factory
10 14 (4.55%) GitHub Actions
11 13 (4.22%) Snowflake
12 9 (2.92%) Azure Monitor
13 7 (2.27%) Amazon EMR
14 6 (1.95%) Microsoft 365
14 6 (1.95%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
14 6 (1.95%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 15 (4.87%) Firewall
2 12 (3.90%) Network Security
3 10 (3.25%) DNS
3 10 (3.25%) SSL
4 6 (1.95%) HTTP
5 5 (1.62%) BGP
5 5 (1.62%) OSPF
5 5 (1.62%) Software-Defined Networking
5 5 (1.62%) VPN
6 4 (1.30%) Ethernet VPN
6 4 (1.30%) ICMP
6 4 (1.30%) Internet
6 4 (1.30%) SD-WAN
6 4 (1.30%) SNMP
6 4 (1.30%) TCP/IP
6 4 (1.30%) VXLAN
6 4 (1.30%) WAN
7 3 (0.97%) Bluetooth
7 3 (0.97%) DHCP
7 3 (0.97%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (18.83%) SQL Server
2 51 (16.56%) Data Warehouse
3 32 (10.39%) PostgreSQL
4 27 (8.77%) Power BI
4 27 (8.77%) Relational Database
5 22 (7.14%) Oracle Reports
6 16 (5.19%) Oracle Database
7 15 (4.87%) Azure SQL Database
7 15 (4.87%) Db2
7 15 (4.87%) MySQL
8 14 (4.55%) Oracle ODI
8 14 (4.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 12 (3.90%) Star Schema
10 11 (3.57%) Amazon RDS
11 10 (3.25%) Amazon Redshift
11 10 (3.25%) Data Lake
11 10 (3.25%) SAP HANA
12 9 (2.92%) Amazon Aurora
12 9 (2.92%) Snowflake Schema
13 8 (2.60%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 44 (14.29%) Git
2 21 (6.82%) GitLab
3 18 (5.84%) JIRA
4 17 (5.52%) Jenkins
5 6 (1.95%) Bitbucket
6 5 (1.62%) Postman
7 4 (1.30%) JMeter
7 4 (1.30%) Oracle Forms
8 3 (0.97%) JUnit
8 3 (0.97%) Liquibase
8 3 (0.97%) Maven
8 3 (0.97%) Octopus Deploy
9 2 (0.65%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.65%) Flyway
9 2 (0.65%) Introscope
9 2 (0.65%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.65%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 2 (0.65%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.32%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.32%) WebDriver
General
1 79 (25.65%) Social Skills
2 66 (21.43%) Finance
3 43 (13.96%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (9.74%) Banking
5 20 (6.49%) Public Sector
6 7 (2.27%) Retail
7 6 (1.95%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (1.62%) Marketing
8 5 (1.62%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (1.30%) Legal
9 4 (1.30%) Military
10 3 (0.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (0.97%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (0.97%) Publishing
11 2 (0.65%) Law
11 2 (0.65%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.32%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.32%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.32%) Front Office
12 1 (0.32%) Games
Job Titles
1 85 (27.60%) Developer
2 40 (12.99%) Data Engineer
3 37 (12.01%) Senior
4 33 (10.71%) DBA
5 21 (6.82%) Architect
5 21 (6.82%) Lead
6 20 (6.49%) SQL Developer
7 18 (5.84%) Administrator
8 17 (5.52%) SQL DBA
9 16 (5.19%) Oracle Developer
10 12 (3.90%) AWS Engineer
10 12 (3.90%) Consultant
11 10 (3.25%) Linux Engineer
11 10 (3.25%) Oracle DBA
11 10 (3.25%) SC Cleared DBA
11 10 (3.25%) Senior Data Engineer
11 10 (3.25%) Senior Developer
12 9 (2.92%) .NET Developer
12 9 (2.92%) Data Warehouse Developer
12 9 (2.92%) SQL Server DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (10.39%) REST
2 24 (7.79%) .NET
3 21 (6.82%) SOAP
4 19 (6.17%) JSON
4 19 (6.17%) Kafka
4 19 (6.17%) Web Services
5 17 (5.52%) Middleware
6 16 (5.19%) RESTful
7 12 (3.90%) PySpark
7 12 (3.90%) XML
8 10 (3.25%) React
8 10 (3.25%) Spring
9 9 (2.92%) BAPI
9 9 (2.92%) Node.js
9 9 (2.92%) Spring Boot
10 7 (2.27%) .NET Framework
10 7 (2.27%) SAP Basis
11 6 (1.95%) IDoc
11 6 (1.95%) OAuth
12 5 (1.62%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 23 (7.47%) Replication
2 20 (6.49%) Cloud Native
3 18 (5.84%) Distributed Systems
4 17 (5.52%) Clustering
5 16 (5.19%) Data Centre
6 14 (4.55%) Mainframe
7 11 (3.57%) Data Structures
8 9 (2.92%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (2.60%) Hybrid Cloud
9 8 (2.60%) Management Information System
10 7 (2.27%) CUDA
10 7 (2.27%) Onboarding
10 7 (2.27%) Product Ownership
11 6 (1.95%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (1.95%) Greenfield Project
11 6 (1.95%) Legacy Systems
11 6 (1.95%) Online Banking
12 5 (1.62%) Algorithms
12 5 (1.62%) Legacy Code
12 5 (1.62%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 62 (20.13%) Linux
2 33 (10.71%) Windows
3 21 (6.82%) Windows Server
4 19 (6.17%) Unix
5 13 (4.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 11 (3.57%) zOS
7 4 (1.30%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.97%) Amazon Linux
8 3 (0.97%) Embedded Linux
8 3 (0.97%) Oracle Linux
8 3 (0.97%) VMS
9 2 (0.65%) CentOS
9 2 (0.65%) Data ONTAP
9 2 (0.65%) MVS
9 2 (0.65%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.32%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.32%) Rocky
10 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (30.19%) CI/CD
2 79 (25.65%) Data Modelling
2 79 (25.65%) DevOps
3 67 (21.75%) ETL
4 58 (18.83%) Analytics
5 57 (18.51%) Problem-Solving
6 56 (18.18%) Migration
7 54 (17.53%) High Availability
8 50 (16.23%) Agile
9 43 (13.96%) Data Pipeline
10 37 (12.01%) Business Intelligence
10 37 (12.01%) Root Cause Analysis
11 34 (11.04%) Capacity Planning
12 33 (10.71%) AI
12 33 (10.71%) Data Engineering
12 33 (10.71%) Infrastructure as Code
13 31 (10.06%) Disaster Recovery
13 31 (10.06%) Performance Optimisation
14 30 (9.74%) Observability
15 28 (9.09%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 132 (42.86%) SQL
2 82 (26.62%) Python
3 27 (8.77%) Java
4 26 (8.44%) PowerShell
4 26 (8.44%) T-SQL
5 21 (6.82%) C#
6 19 (6.17%) PL/SQL
7 16 (5.19%) Bash
7 16 (5.19%) Shell Script
8 12 (3.90%) JavaScript
9 8 (2.60%) ABAP
10 7 (2.27%) C++
10 7 (2.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 7 (2.27%) JCL
10 7 (2.27%) Perl
11 6 (1.95%) C
12 4 (1.30%) Bicep
12 4 (1.30%) REXX
12 4 (1.30%) TypeScript
13 3 (0.97%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 90 (29.22%) Security Cleared
2 83 (26.95%) SC Cleared
3 14 (4.55%) BPSS Clearance
3 14 (4.55%) Degree
4 10 (3.25%) AWS Certification
4 10 (3.25%) Azure Certification
5 8 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (2.60%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (2.60%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 5 (1.62%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 5 (1.62%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.30%) OCP
7 4 (1.30%) Oracle Certification
7 4 (1.30%) SnowPro
8 3 (0.97%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 3 (0.97%) CCA
8 3 (0.97%) CESG Certified Professional
8 3 (0.97%) Citrix Certification
8 3 (0.97%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (0.65%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (13.96%) Data Quality
2 15 (4.87%) QA
3 9 (2.92%) GDPR
4 4 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.30%) PCI DSS
4 4 (1.30%) SLA
5 3 (0.97%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 3 (0.97%) GMP
5 3 (0.97%) GxP
5 3 (0.97%) ISO 20022
5 3 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 17025
6 2 (0.65%) NIST
7 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.32%) COBIT
7 1 (0.32%) GRC
7 1 (0.32%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.32%) ISO 15022
7 1 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.32%) SEPA
System Software
1 28 (9.09%) Docker
2 15 (4.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (4.22%) Active Directory
3 13 (4.22%) vSphere
4 10 (3.25%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (2.92%) VMware NSX
6 8 (2.60%) VMware ESXi
7 7 (2.27%) Oracle RAC
8 6 (1.95%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 4 (1.30%) Firmware
9 4 (1.30%) RACF
10 3 (0.97%) ACF2
10 3 (0.97%) Varnish
10 3 (0.97%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (0.65%) Hyper-V
11 2 (0.65%) NFS
11 2 (0.65%) OpenSSH
11 2 (0.65%) SRDF
12 1 (0.32%) Postfix
12 1 (0.32%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 32 (10.39%) Terraform
2 31 (10.06%) Kubernetes
3 28 (9.09%) Ansible
4 12 (3.90%) Grafana
4 12 (3.90%) Prometheus
5 8 (2.60%) PowerCLI
6 7 (2.27%) Data Guard
7 6 (1.95%) Puppet
7 6 (1.95%) vCenter Server
8 5 (1.62%) vMotion
9 4 (1.30%) Control-M
9 4 (1.30%) Oracle RMAN
10 3 (0.97%) Argo
10 3 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.65%) CA Wily
11 2 (0.65%) Docker Swarm
11 2 (0.65%) Failover Clustering
11 2 (0.65%) SCOM
11 2 (0.65%) SnapMirror
11 2 (0.65%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 66 (21.43%) Oracle
2 57 (18.51%) Microsoft
3 29 (9.42%) SAP
4 26 (8.44%) VMware
5 14 (4.55%) ServiceNow
6 13 (4.22%) Informatica
7 11 (3.57%) Databricks
8 10 (3.25%) IBM
9 9 (2.92%) MuleSoft
9 9 (2.92%) Red Hat
10 8 (2.60%) Google
11 7 (2.27%) Dell
11 7 (2.27%) Sybase
12 6 (1.95%) Adobe
12 6 (1.95%) NVIDIA
12 6 (1.95%) Salesforce
12 6 (1.95%) Splunk
13 5 (1.62%) 3PAR
13 5 (1.62%) Cisco
13 5 (1.62%) Citrix