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

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 147 192
Rank change year-on-year +14 +45 +57
Contract jobs citing Performance Tuning 242 185 169
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.04% 1.83% 1.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.30% 2.01% 1.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 116 119
10th Percentile £376 £375 £325
25th Percentile £427 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £603 £628 £600
90th Percentile £688 £744 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 3
10th Percentile - - £49.40
25th Percentile £53.00 - £53.38
Median hourly rate £53.50 £70.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.57% +16.67% -18.64%
75th Percentile £84.75 - -
90th Percentile £95.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £53.00 £70.00 £54.25
% change year-on-year -24.29% +29.03% -26.44%

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 10,532 9,200 13,690
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 88.62% 90.82% 87.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,830 6,310 9,132
10th Percentile £350 £332 £325
25th Percentile £415 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.90% - -3.23%
75th Percentile £614 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £760 £745
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 493 227 541
10th Percentile £17.05 £14.20 £14.41
25th Percentile £27.72 £20.45 £23.63
Median hourly rate £57.50 £39.04 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +47.28% +2.41% -30.69%
75th Percentile £70.00 £66.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.00 £75.25
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £30.78 £33.07
% change year-on-year +20.21% -6.91% -8.79%

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 15 April 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 15 April 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 (4.96%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (1.65%) NetWeaver
2 4 (1.65%) SAS
3 3 (1.24%) Apache
3 3 (1.24%) CICS
3 3 (1.24%) IIS
3 3 (1.24%) Oracle Application Server
3 3 (1.24%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (0.83%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.83%) Confluence
4 2 (0.83%) IBM HTTP Server
4 2 (0.83%) OpenStack
4 2 (0.83%) Oracle HTTP Server
4 2 (0.83%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 2 (0.83%) WebLogic
4 2 (0.83%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.83%) WebSphere Application Server
4 2 (0.83%) WebSphere Portal
5 1 (0.41%) Cloud Foundry
5 1 (0.41%) Mendix
Applications
1 4 (1.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.83%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (2.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.65%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (1.65%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (1.24%) BASE24
3 3 (1.24%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.83%) Magento
4 2 (0.83%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.41%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.41%) Distributed Ledger
5 1 (0.41%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.41%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.41%) Shopify
5 1 (0.41%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 90 (37.19%) Azure
2 78 (32.23%) AWS
3 26 (10.74%) Power Platform
4 24 (9.92%) GCP
5 19 (7.85%) Amazon S3
6 18 (7.44%) Snowflake
7 16 (6.61%) dbt
8 15 (6.20%) Azure Data Factory
9 14 (5.79%) Azure DevOps
9 14 (5.79%) Serverless
10 12 (4.96%) AWS Lambda
11 11 (4.55%) Amazon EC2
12 10 (4.13%) GitHub
12 10 (4.13%) GitHub Actions
13 8 (3.31%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 7 (2.89%) Microsoft 365
14 7 (2.89%) OpenShift
14 7 (2.89%) PaaS
15 6 (2.48%) Amazon Kinesis
15 6 (2.48%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 18 (7.44%) Firewall
2 12 (4.96%) VPN
3 11 (4.55%) Network Security
4 9 (3.72%) BGP
5 8 (3.31%) OSPF
5 8 (3.31%) TCP/IP
6 6 (2.48%) SD-WAN
6 6 (2.48%) SSL
6 6 (2.48%) WAN
7 5 (2.07%) DNS
7 5 (2.07%) Ethernet VPN
7 5 (2.07%) VXLAN
7 5 (2.07%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (1.65%) HTTP
8 4 (1.65%) LAN
8 4 (1.65%) Wireless
9 3 (1.24%) DHCP
9 3 (1.24%) SAN
9 3 (1.24%) Software-Defined Networking
10 2 (0.83%) IPFIX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (15.29%) SQL Server
2 28 (11.57%) Data Warehouse
3 21 (8.68%) PostgreSQL
4 20 (8.26%) Power BI
5 14 (5.79%) Oracle Database
6 13 (5.37%) Data Lake
7 12 (4.96%) Relational Database
7 12 (4.96%) Snowflake Schema
7 12 (4.96%) Star Schema
8 11 (4.55%) Azure SQL Database
9 10 (4.13%) Oracle Reports
9 10 (4.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 9 (3.72%) DynamoDB
11 8 (3.31%) Amazon RDS
12 7 (2.89%) DB2
12 7 (2.89%) NoSQL
13 6 (2.48%) Amazon Redshift
13 6 (2.48%) Delta Lake
13 6 (2.48%) Elasticsearch
13 6 (2.48%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 23 (9.50%) Git
2 12 (4.96%) GitLab
2 12 (4.96%) Jenkins
3 6 (2.48%) JUnit
4 4 (1.65%) JIRA
4 4 (1.65%) JMeter
5 3 (1.24%) Cypress.io
5 3 (1.24%) Maven
6 2 (0.83%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.83%) Gatling
6 2 (0.83%) Gradle
6 2 (0.83%) Introscope
6 2 (0.83%) Mockito
7 1 (0.41%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.41%) Liquibase
7 1 (0.41%) LSMW
7 1 (0.41%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.41%) Postman
7 1 (0.41%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 65 (26.86%) Social Skills
2 56 (23.14%) Finance
3 28 (11.57%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (11.57%) Banking
4 20 (8.26%) Public Sector
5 8 (3.31%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (2.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (2.07%) Financial Institution
7 5 (2.07%) Marketing
7 5 (2.07%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (1.65%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (1.24%) Publishing
10 2 (0.83%) Billing
10 2 (0.83%) Law
10 2 (0.83%) Legal
10 2 (0.83%) Retail
11 1 (0.41%) Back Office
11 1 (0.41%) German Language
11 1 (0.41%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.41%) Military
Job Titles
1 54 (22.31%) Developer
2 41 (16.94%) Data Engineer
3 29 (11.98%) Senior
4 25 (10.33%) Architect
5 22 (9.09%) Lead
6 18 (7.44%) DBA
7 11 (4.55%) Oracle Developer
8 10 (4.13%) Consultant
8 10 (4.13%) Java Developer
8 10 (4.13%) Network Engineer
8 10 (4.13%) Snowflake Engineer
8 10 (4.13%) SQL DBA
9 8 (3.31%) Administrator
9 8 (3.31%) Snowflake Data Engineer
10 7 (2.89%) C# Developer
10 7 (2.89%) Oracle DBA
10 7 (2.89%) Senior Developer
11 6 (2.48%) .NET Developer
11 6 (2.48%) Data Architect
11 6 (2.48%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (6.61%) RESTful
2 14 (5.79%) Kafka
3 12 (4.96%) Spring
3 12 (4.96%) Spring Boot
4 11 (4.55%) .NET
4 11 (4.55%) JSON
5 10 (4.13%) PySpark
5 10 (4.13%) REST
6 8 (3.31%) SOAP
7 7 (2.89%) React
8 6 (2.48%) SAP Basis
9 5 (2.07%) Middleware
9 5 (2.07%) OpenTelemetry
9 5 (2.07%) Oracle Fusion
9 5 (2.07%) Web Services
10 4 (1.65%) 802.1X
10 4 (1.65%) AngularJS
10 4 (1.65%) Elastic Stack
10 4 (1.65%) Jest
10 4 (1.65%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 14 (5.79%) Distributed Systems
2 13 (5.37%) Cloud Native
2 13 (5.37%) Data Centre
3 12 (4.96%) Clustering
4 11 (4.55%) Onboarding
5 10 (4.13%) Replication
6 9 (3.72%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (3.72%) Mainframe
7 7 (2.89%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (2.89%) Product Ownership
8 6 (2.48%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (2.48%) Security Posture
9 5 (2.07%) Data Structures
10 4 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (1.65%) DataPower
10 4 (1.65%) Legacy Code
10 4 (1.65%) Low-Code
10 4 (1.65%) NHS
11 3 (1.24%) Enterprise Storage
11 3 (1.24%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 31 (12.81%) Linux
2 29 (11.98%) Windows
3 14 (5.79%) Unix
3 14 (5.79%) Windows Server
4 9 (3.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (2.89%) zOS
6 4 (1.65%) Apple iOS
7 3 (1.24%) Android
7 3 (1.24%) Oracle Linux
8 2 (0.83%) AIX
8 2 (0.83%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.83%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
8 2 (0.83%) VMS
9 1 (0.41%) Data ONTAP
9 1 (0.41%) MVS
9 1 (0.41%) Rocky
9 1 (0.41%) Solaris
9 1 (0.41%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (30.99%) CI/CD
2 59 (24.38%) Data Modelling
2 59 (24.38%) DevOps
3 54 (22.31%) Migration
4 43 (17.77%) ETL
5 39 (16.12%) Analytics
6 38 (15.70%) Data Pipeline
7 36 (14.88%) Data Engineering
8 34 (14.05%) Agile
8 34 (14.05%) High Availability
8 34 (14.05%) Performance Optimisation
9 29 (11.98%) Business Intelligence
9 29 (11.98%) Problem-Solving
10 26 (10.74%) AI
11 25 (10.33%) Infrastructure as Code
11 25 (10.33%) Technical Leadership
12 23 (9.50%) Containerisation
12 23 (9.50%) Observability
13 21 (8.68%) Validation
14 20 (8.26%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 102 (42.15%) SQL
2 74 (30.58%) Python
3 29 (11.98%) Java
4 20 (8.26%) PowerShell
5 14 (5.79%) PL/SQL
6 13 (5.37%) C#
7 11 (4.55%) Shell Script
8 10 (4.13%) T-SQL
9 9 (3.72%) Bash
10 6 (2.48%) C
10 6 (2.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 6 (2.48%) JCL
10 6 (2.48%) Perl
11 4 (1.65%) JavaScript
11 4 (1.65%) TypeScript
12 3 (1.24%) CLIST
12 3 (1.24%) COBOL
12 3 (1.24%) REXX
12 3 (1.24%) Rust
13 2 (0.83%) Swift
Qualifications
1 50 (20.66%) Security Cleared
2 42 (17.36%) SC Cleared
3 17 (7.02%) Degree
4 8 (3.31%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.48%) Azure Certification
5 6 (2.48%) DV Cleared
6 5 (2.07%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 4 (1.65%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.24%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.24%) CCIE
8 3 (1.24%) CCNP
8 3 (1.24%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.24%) CISSP
8 3 (1.24%) OCP
8 3 (1.24%) Oracle Certification
8 3 (1.24%) SnowPro
8 3 (1.24%) VCAP
9 2 (0.83%) CCA
9 2 (0.83%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (12.40%) Data Quality
2 15 (6.20%) QA
3 12 (4.96%) GDPR
4 6 (2.48%) Accessibility
4 6 (2.48%) PCI DSS
5 5 (2.07%) ISO 8583
5 5 (2.07%) SLA
6 4 (1.65%) HIPAA
6 4 (1.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.83%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.83%) NIST
7 2 (0.83%) PSD2
7 2 (0.83%) SEPA
8 1 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.41%) COBIT
System Software
1 28 (11.57%) Docker
2 15 (6.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (4.55%) Active Directory
4 9 (3.72%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (2.89%) VMware NSX
5 7 (2.89%) vSphere
6 5 (2.07%) KVM
6 5 (2.07%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (1.65%) Hyper-V
8 3 (1.24%) RACF
9 2 (0.83%) Job Entry Subsystem
9 2 (0.83%) NDS
9 2 (0.83%) NetIQ eDirectory
9 2 (0.83%) NFS
9 2 (0.83%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (0.83%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.41%) ACF2
10 1 (0.41%) Ceph
10 1 (0.41%) etcd
10 1 (0.41%) Lustre
Systems Management
1 32 (13.22%) Terraform
2 30 (12.40%) Ansible
3 26 (10.74%) Kubernetes
4 10 (4.13%) Grafana
5 8 (3.31%) Prometheus
6 6 (2.48%) vCenter Server
7 5 (2.07%) PowerCLI
8 4 (1.65%) Argo
8 4 (1.65%) Kibana
8 4 (1.65%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 4 (1.65%) Oracle RMAN
9 3 (1.24%) logstash
9 3 (1.24%) Progress Chef
9 3 (1.24%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.83%) CA Wily
10 2 (0.83%) Data Guard
10 2 (0.83%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
10 2 (0.83%) SCCM
10 2 (0.83%) SCOM
10 2 (0.83%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 43 (17.77%) Oracle
2 40 (16.53%) Microsoft
3 20 (8.26%) VMware
4 15 (6.20%) Databricks
5 12 (4.96%) Google
5 12 (4.96%) SAP
6 11 (4.55%) ServiceNow
7 9 (3.72%) Red Hat
8 8 (3.31%) Cisco
8 8 (3.31%) IBM
9 6 (2.48%) Citrix
9 6 (2.48%) Informatica
10 5 (2.07%) Broadcom
10 5 (2.07%) Juniper
10 5 (2.07%) Palo Alto
10 5 (2.07%) Salesforce
10 5 (2.07%) Sybase
11 4 (1.65%) Fortinet
11 4 (1.65%) Splunk
12 3 (1.24%) RedGate