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

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 131 190
Rank change year-on-year +13 +59 +37
Contract jobs citing Performance Tuning 291 196 164
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.26% 2.02% 1.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.54% 2.21% 1.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 116 121
10th Percentile £376 £389 £350
25th Percentile £431 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £493
Median % change year-on-year - +1.42% -6.10%
75th Percentile £594 £606 £600
90th Percentile £714 £775 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £510
% change year-on-year - -1.96% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 1
10th Percentile £47.10 £70.25 -
25th Percentile - £70.63 £46.75
Median hourly rate £53.00 £72.50 £48.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.90% +49.48% -33.10%
75th Percentile £74.50 £75.63 £50.25
90th Percentile £95.00 £76.75 -
UK median hourly rate £53.00 £70.00 £61.60
% change year-on-year -24.29% +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 11,461 8,864 12,793
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 89.20% 91.45% 87.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,344 6,039 8,605
10th Percentile £350 £328 £325
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £516 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.59% -2.38% -2.78%
75th Percentile £623 £634 £638
90th Percentile £725 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +0.99% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 628 230 573
10th Percentile £17.16 £13.50 £15.03
25th Percentile £32.19 £18.51 £24.00
Median hourly rate £57.50 £35.95 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.97% -16.41% -16.61%
75th Percentile £71.91 £65.25 £60.00
90th Percentile £85.08 £75.25 £74.90
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £26.27 £37.34
% change year-on-year +67.37% -29.66% +6.69%

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 June 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 June 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 (4.47%) Apache Airflow
2 11 (3.78%) Confluence
3 8 (2.75%) Oracle Application Server
4 7 (2.41%) CICS
5 5 (1.72%) Apache
6 4 (1.37%) Apache Spark
6 4 (1.37%) NetWeaver
6 4 (1.37%) SAS
6 4 (1.37%) WebSphere
7 3 (1.03%) WebSphere Application Server
8 2 (0.69%) IBM HTTP Server
8 2 (0.69%) IIS
8 2 (0.69%) Oracle HTTP Server
8 2 (0.69%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.69%) WebSphere Portal
9 1 (0.34%) Documentum
9 1 (0.34%) FileNet
9 1 (0.34%) nginx
9 1 (0.34%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.34%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (4.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.37%) Payment Gateway
2 4 (1.37%) SAP MDG
3 3 (1.03%) Aladdin
3 3 (1.03%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (1.03%) SimCorp Dimension
4 2 (0.69%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.34%) BASE24
5 1 (0.34%) Distributed Ledger
5 1 (0.34%) FIS Private Capital Suite
5 1 (0.34%) Magento
5 1 (0.34%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.34%) SAP CRM
5 1 (0.34%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 105 (36.08%) Azure
2 95 (32.65%) AWS
3 32 (11.00%) GCP
3 32 (11.00%) Power Platform
4 24 (8.25%) Amazon S3
5 23 (7.90%) Serverless
6 21 (7.22%) dbt
7 20 (6.87%) AWS Lambda
8 18 (6.19%) Amazon EC2
8 18 (6.19%) Azure DevOps
8 18 (6.19%) Snowflake
9 16 (5.50%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 16 (5.50%) Azure Data Factory
10 14 (4.81%) GitHub
11 13 (4.47%) GitHub Actions
12 10 (3.44%) Amazon EMR
13 8 (2.75%) OpenShift
14 6 (2.06%) Amazon Kinesis
14 6 (2.06%) Azure Monitor
14 6 (2.06%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.84%) Firewall
2 14 (4.81%) Network Security
3 12 (4.12%) VPN
4 11 (3.78%) BGP
4 11 (3.78%) DNS
5 10 (3.44%) OSPF
6 7 (2.41%) TCP/IP
7 6 (2.06%) Ethernet VPN
7 6 (2.06%) SD-WAN
7 6 (2.06%) SSL
7 6 (2.06%) VXLAN
7 6 (2.06%) WAN
7 6 (2.06%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (1.72%) DHCP
8 5 (1.72%) SAN
8 5 (1.72%) Software-Defined Networking
9 4 (1.37%) Wireless
10 3 (1.03%) HTTP
10 3 (1.03%) Internet
10 3 (1.03%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (15.12%) SQL Server
2 40 (13.75%) Data Warehouse
3 27 (9.28%) Power BI
4 20 (6.87%) Relational Database
5 18 (6.19%) PostgreSQL
6 14 (4.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 13 (4.47%) Oracle Reports
7 13 (4.47%) Star Schema
8 12 (4.12%) Amazon Redshift
8 12 (4.12%) Azure SQL Database
8 12 (4.12%) Data Lake
9 11 (3.78%) Amazon RDS
9 11 (3.78%) DynamoDB
9 11 (3.78%) Snowflake Schema
10 10 (3.44%) Db2
10 10 (3.44%) Oracle Database
11 9 (3.09%) SAP HANA
12 8 (2.75%) Oracle ODI
13 7 (2.41%) Amazon Athena
13 7 (2.41%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 42 (14.43%) Git
2 19 (6.53%) GitLab
3 18 (6.19%) JIRA
4 16 (5.50%) Jenkins
5 6 (2.06%) JUnit
6 5 (1.72%) Bitbucket
6 5 (1.72%) JMeter
6 5 (1.72%) Maven
7 4 (1.37%) Postman
8 3 (1.03%) Mockito
8 3 (1.03%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.69%) DbUnit
9 2 (0.69%) Gatling
9 2 (0.69%) Gradle
9 2 (0.69%) Introscope
9 2 (0.69%) Octopus Deploy
9 2 (0.69%) Oracle APEX
9 2 (0.69%) Oracle Forms
10 1 (0.34%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.34%) ESLint
General
1 82 (28.18%) Social Skills
2 68 (23.37%) Finance
3 37 (12.71%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (9.62%) Banking
5 22 (7.56%) Public Sector
6 9 (3.09%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (2.06%) Marketing
7 6 (2.06%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (1.37%) Publishing
8 4 (1.37%) Retail
9 3 (1.03%) Legal
9 3 (1.03%) Military
9 3 (1.03%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.69%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.69%) Law
11 1 (0.34%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.34%) Back Office
11 1 (0.34%) Front Office
11 1 (0.34%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 75 (25.77%) Developer
2 44 (15.12%) Data Engineer
3 35 (12.03%) Senior
4 25 (8.59%) Architect
5 23 (7.90%) Lead
6 18 (6.19%) SQL Developer
7 17 (5.84%) DBA
8 13 (4.47%) Network Engineer
8 13 (4.47%) Oracle Developer
9 11 (3.78%) Consultant
10 10 (3.44%) AWS Engineer
10 10 (3.44%) Python Engineer
10 10 (3.44%) SQL DBA
11 9 (3.09%) Administrator
11 9 (3.09%) Java Developer
11 9 (3.09%) Senior Data Engineer
11 9 (3.09%) Senior Developer
11 9 (3.09%) Snowflake Engineer
11 9 (3.09%) Systems Engineer
12 8 (2.75%) Python Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (8.93%) REST
2 20 (6.87%) JSON
3 19 (6.53%) RESTful
4 18 (6.19%) .NET
4 18 (6.19%) Kafka
5 16 (5.50%) SOAP
6 14 (4.81%) Web Services
7 13 (4.47%) PySpark
7 13 (4.47%) Spring
8 12 (4.12%) Middleware
8 12 (4.12%) Spring Boot
9 8 (2.75%) React
10 7 (2.41%) BAPI
10 7 (2.41%) Node.js
10 7 (2.41%) OAuth
11 6 (2.06%) OAuth2
11 6 (2.06%) SAP Basis
11 6 (2.06%) XML
12 5 (1.72%) OpenTelemetry
12 5 (1.72%) WSDL
Miscellaneous
1 21 (7.22%) Data Centre
2 18 (6.19%) Replication
3 17 (5.84%) Clustering
4 16 (5.50%) Distributed Systems
5 15 (5.15%) Cloud Native
6 13 (4.47%) Onboarding
7 9 (3.09%) Data Structures
7 9 (3.09%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (3.09%) Hybrid Cloud
7 9 (3.09%) Legacy Systems
7 9 (3.09%) Mainframe
8 7 (2.41%) CUDA
9 6 (2.06%) Algorithms
9 6 (2.06%) Legacy Code
9 6 (2.06%) Online Banking
9 6 (2.06%) Product Ownership
9 6 (2.06%) Security Posture
10 5 (1.72%) Enterprise Storage
10 5 (1.72%) Low-Code
10 5 (1.72%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 54 (18.56%) Linux
2 30 (10.31%) Windows
3 16 (5.50%) Unix
4 14 (4.81%) Windows Server
5 11 (3.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (3.09%) zOS
7 4 (1.37%) Apple iOS
8 3 (1.03%) Oracle Linux
8 3 (1.03%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.69%) Amazon Linux
9 2 (0.69%) Android
9 2 (0.69%) CentOS
9 2 (0.69%) Data ONTAP
9 2 (0.69%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.69%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 2 (0.69%) VMS
10 1 (0.34%) AIX
10 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (31.62%) CI/CD
2 72 (24.74%) DevOps
3 70 (24.05%) Data Modelling
4 55 (18.90%) ETL
5 53 (18.21%) Migration
6 50 (17.18%) Agile
7 48 (16.49%) Analytics
8 47 (16.15%) High Availability
8 47 (16.15%) Problem-Solving
9 43 (14.78%) Data Pipeline
10 39 (13.40%) Data Engineering
11 34 (11.68%) AI
12 32 (11.00%) Business Intelligence
13 31 (10.65%) Infrastructure as Code
14 29 (9.97%) Capacity Planning
15 27 (9.28%) Observability
16 26 (8.93%) Test Automation
16 26 (8.93%) Validation
17 25 (8.59%) Containerisation
17 25 (8.59%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 115 (39.52%) SQL
2 93 (31.96%) Python
3 31 (10.65%) Java
4 29 (9.97%) PowerShell
5 21 (7.22%) T-SQL
6 17 (5.84%) C#
7 15 (5.15%) Bash
8 11 (3.78%) PL/SQL
8 11 (3.78%) Shell Script
9 7 (2.41%) JavaScript
10 6 (2.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 6 (2.06%) JCL
11 5 (1.72%) Perl
11 5 (1.72%) TypeScript
12 4 (1.37%) ABAP
12 4 (1.37%) Bicep
12 4 (1.37%) C
12 4 (1.37%) Rust
13 3 (1.03%) C++
13 3 (1.03%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 70 (24.05%) Security Cleared
2 63 (21.65%) SC Cleared
3 14 (4.81%) Degree
4 11 (3.78%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 9 (3.09%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (2.75%) AWS Certification
7 7 (2.41%) Azure Certification
7 7 (2.41%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (2.06%) DV Cleared
9 5 (1.72%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 4 (1.37%) CISSP
10 4 (1.37%) SnowPro
11 3 (1.03%) Master's Degree
11 3 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (1.03%) VCAP
12 2 (0.69%) CCA
12 2 (0.69%) CESG Certified Professional
12 2 (0.69%) CISM
12 2 (0.69%) Citrix Certification
12 2 (0.69%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (12.37%) Data Quality
2 14 (4.81%) QA
3 11 (3.78%) GDPR
4 4 (1.37%) PCI DSS
4 4 (1.37%) SLA
5 3 (1.03%) ISO 8583
5 3 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.69%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.69%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.69%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.69%) NIST
6 2 (0.69%) PSD2
6 2 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.69%) SEPA
7 1 (0.34%) COBIT
7 1 (0.34%) GRC
System Software
1 30 (10.31%) Docker
2 16 (5.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (5.15%) vSphere
4 14 (4.81%) Active Directory
5 11 (3.78%) VMware ESXi
6 8 (2.75%) VMware NSX
7 7 (2.41%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (2.06%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 5 (1.72%) Hyper-V
9 5 (1.72%) KVM
10 2 (0.69%) NFS
10 2 (0.69%) Oracle RAC
10 2 (0.69%) Postfix
10 2 (0.69%) RACF
10 2 (0.69%) SRDF
10 2 (0.69%) Varnish
10 2 (0.69%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.34%) ACF2
11 1 (0.34%) Ceph
11 1 (0.34%) etcd
Systems Management
1 35 (12.03%) Ansible
1 35 (12.03%) Terraform
2 29 (9.97%) Kubernetes
3 13 (4.47%) Grafana
4 12 (4.12%) Prometheus
5 10 (3.44%) PowerCLI
6 8 (2.75%) vCenter Server
7 6 (2.06%) Puppet
8 5 (1.72%) vMotion
9 4 (1.37%) Argo
10 3 (1.03%) Kibana
11 2 (0.69%) CA Wily
11 2 (0.69%) Data Guard
11 2 (0.69%) Failover Clustering
11 2 (0.69%) Oracle RMAN
11 2 (0.69%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.69%) SnapMirror
11 2 (0.69%) Tivoli
12 1 (0.34%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 45 (15.46%) Oracle
2 43 (14.78%) Microsoft
3 28 (9.62%) VMware
4 20 (6.87%) SAP
5 16 (5.50%) Databricks
6 13 (4.47%) ServiceNow
7 11 (3.78%) Google
7 11 (3.78%) Informatica
8 8 (2.75%) Cisco
9 7 (2.41%) IBM
9 7 (2.41%) Red Hat
10 6 (2.06%) Dell
10 6 (2.06%) NVIDIA
10 6 (2.06%) Salesforce
10 6 (2.06%) Splunk
10 6 (2.06%) Sybase
11 5 (1.72%) 3PAR
11 5 (1.72%) Adobe
11 5 (1.72%) MuleSoft
12 4 (1.37%) Brocade