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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 119 169
Rank change year-on-year -15 +50 +60
Contract jobs citing Performance Tuning 296 220 171
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.20% 2.22% 1.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.45% 2.41% 1.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 215 130 122
10th Percentile £400 £374 £375
25th Percentile £437 £433 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £575 £622 £600
90th Percentile £700 £775 £663
UK median daily rate £512 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.39% -4.76% +1.45%
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 12,096 9,111 11,320
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 89.97% 91.92% 87.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,615 6,112 7,552
10th Percentile £356 £325 £325
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £502 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.53% -4.33% -2.33%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £720 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 694 284 372
10th Percentile £16.62 £12.62 £18.29
25th Percentile £30.35 £17.51 £30.69
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 £65.09
90th Percentile £85.00 £69.63 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.63 £25.15 £40.94
% change year-on-year +65.54% -38.57% -0.24%

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 20 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 20 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 (4.73%) Oracle Application Server
2 11 (3.72%) Confluence
3 10 (3.38%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (2.70%) CICS
5 7 (2.36%) Apache
6 5 (1.69%) SAS
6 5 (1.69%) WebSphere
7 4 (1.35%) Apache Spark
7 4 (1.35%) NetWeaver
7 4 (1.35%) Oracle Workflow
8 3 (1.01%) IIS
8 3 (1.01%) nginx
8 3 (1.01%) SharePoint
8 3 (1.01%) WebSphere Application Server
9 2 (0.68%) IBM HTTP Server
9 2 (0.68%) Oracle HTTP Server
9 2 (0.68%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.68%) WebSphere Portal
10 1 (0.34%) ColdFusion
10 1 (0.34%) FileNet
Applications
1 3 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 19 (6.42%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.69%) SAP MDG
3 4 (1.35%) SAP CRM
4 3 (1.01%) Aladdin
4 3 (1.01%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (1.01%) SimCorp Dimension
5 2 (0.68%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.68%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.34%) Distributed Ledger
6 1 (0.34%) FIS Private Capital Suite
6 1 (0.34%) Magento
6 1 (0.34%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.34%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.34%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.34%) SAP Travel Management
6 1 (0.34%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 98 (33.11%) Azure
2 77 (26.01%) AWS
3 29 (9.80%) GCP
4 27 (9.12%) Power Platform
5 25 (8.45%) Azure DevOps
6 19 (6.42%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 18 (6.08%) dbt
8 17 (5.74%) Serverless
9 16 (5.41%) Amazon EC2
9 16 (5.41%) Amazon S3
9 16 (5.41%) GitHub
10 14 (4.73%) AWS Lambda
11 13 (4.39%) Azure Data Factory
11 13 (4.39%) GitHub Actions
11 13 (4.39%) Snowflake
12 9 (3.04%) Azure Monitor
13 6 (2.03%) Amazon EMR
13 6 (2.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 6 (2.03%) Microsoft 365
13 6 (2.03%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 14 (4.73%) Firewall
2 12 (4.05%) Network Security
3 10 (3.38%) DNS
3 10 (3.38%) SSL
4 6 (2.03%) HTTP
5 5 (1.69%) BGP
5 5 (1.69%) OSPF
5 5 (1.69%) Software-Defined Networking
6 4 (1.35%) Ethernet VPN
6 4 (1.35%) ICMP
6 4 (1.35%) SNMP
6 4 (1.35%) TCP/IP
6 4 (1.35%) VPN
6 4 (1.35%) VXLAN
7 3 (1.01%) Bluetooth
7 3 (1.01%) DHCP
7 3 (1.01%) HTTPS
7 3 (1.01%) Internet
7 3 (1.01%) SAN
7 3 (1.01%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (18.92%) SQL Server
2 48 (16.22%) Data Warehouse
3 31 (10.47%) PostgreSQL
4 26 (8.78%) Relational Database
5 25 (8.45%) Power BI
6 22 (7.43%) Oracle Reports
7 16 (5.41%) Oracle Database
8 15 (5.07%) Azure SQL Database
8 15 (5.07%) MySQL
9 14 (4.73%) Db2
9 14 (4.73%) Oracle ODI
10 13 (4.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 12 (4.05%) Star Schema
12 10 (3.38%) Amazon Redshift
12 10 (3.38%) SAP HANA
13 9 (3.04%) Amazon Aurora
13 9 (3.04%) Amazon RDS
13 9 (3.04%) Snowflake Schema
14 8 (2.70%) Data Lake
15 7 (2.36%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 40 (13.51%) Git
2 20 (6.76%) GitLab
3 18 (6.08%) JIRA
4 17 (5.74%) Jenkins
5 5 (1.69%) Postman
6 4 (1.35%) Bitbucket
6 4 (1.35%) Oracle Forms
7 3 (1.01%) JMeter
7 3 (1.01%) Liquibase
7 3 (1.01%) Maven
7 3 (1.01%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.68%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.68%) Flyway
8 2 (0.68%) Introscope
8 2 (0.68%) JUnit
8 2 (0.68%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.68%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.68%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.34%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.34%) Toad
General
1 78 (26.35%) Social Skills
2 64 (21.62%) Finance
3 42 (14.19%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (9.80%) Banking
5 20 (6.76%) Public Sector
6 7 (2.36%) Retail
7 6 (2.03%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (1.69%) Marketing
8 5 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (1.35%) Legal
9 4 (1.35%) Military
10 3 (1.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.01%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (1.01%) Publishing
11 2 (0.68%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.34%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.34%) Front Office
12 1 (0.34%) Games
12 1 (0.34%) Law
12 1 (0.34%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 81 (27.36%) Developer
2 37 (12.50%) Data Engineer
3 35 (11.82%) Senior
4 32 (10.81%) DBA
5 21 (7.09%) Architect
6 20 (6.76%) SQL Developer
7 19 (6.42%) Lead
8 17 (5.74%) Administrator
9 16 (5.41%) SQL DBA
10 15 (5.07%) Oracle Developer
11 13 (4.39%) Consultant
12 11 (3.72%) AWS Engineer
13 10 (3.38%) Linux Engineer
13 10 (3.38%) Oracle DBA
13 10 (3.38%) SC Cleared DBA
13 10 (3.38%) Senior Data Engineer
14 9 (3.04%) .NET Developer
14 9 (3.04%) Data Warehouse Developer
14 9 (3.04%) Senior Developer
14 9 (3.04%) SQL Server DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (10.81%) REST
1 32 (10.81%) Terraform
2 24 (8.11%) .NET
3 21 (7.09%) SOAP
4 19 (6.42%) JSON
4 19 (6.42%) Web Services
5 18 (6.08%) Kafka
6 17 (5.74%) Middleware
7 15 (5.07%) RESTful
8 12 (4.05%) XML
9 10 (3.38%) React
10 9 (3.04%) BAPI
10 9 (3.04%) Node.js
10 9 (3.04%) PySpark
10 9 (3.04%) Spring
11 8 (2.70%) Spring Boot
12 7 (2.36%) .NET Framework
12 7 (2.36%) SAP Basis
13 6 (2.03%) IDoc
13 6 (2.03%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 23 (7.77%) Replication
2 19 (6.42%) Cloud Native
3 17 (5.74%) Clustering
4 16 (5.41%) Distributed Systems
5 15 (5.07%) Data Centre
6 13 (4.39%) Mainframe
7 12 (4.05%) Data Structures
8 9 (3.04%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (2.70%) Hybrid Cloud
9 8 (2.70%) Management Information System
10 7 (2.36%) CUDA
10 7 (2.36%) Onboarding
10 7 (2.36%) Product Ownership
11 6 (2.03%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (2.03%) Greenfield Project
11 6 (2.03%) Online Banking
12 5 (1.69%) Algorithms
12 5 (1.69%) Legacy Code
12 5 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
12 5 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 63 (21.28%) Linux
2 34 (11.49%) Windows
3 22 (7.43%) Windows Server
4 19 (6.42%) Unix
5 13 (4.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 11 (3.72%) zOS
7 4 (1.35%) Ubuntu
8 3 (1.01%) Amazon Linux
8 3 (1.01%) Embedded Linux
8 3 (1.01%) Oracle Linux
8 3 (1.01%) VMS
9 2 (0.68%) CentOS
9 2 (0.68%) Data ONTAP
9 2 (0.68%) MVS
9 2 (0.68%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 2 (0.68%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.34%) AIX
10 1 (0.34%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.34%) Solaris
10 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (30.74%) CI/CD
2 78 (26.35%) DevOps
3 77 (26.01%) Data Modelling
4 65 (21.96%) ETL
5 57 (19.26%) Problem-Solving
6 56 (18.92%) Analytics
7 53 (17.91%) Migration
8 50 (16.89%) High Availability
9 45 (15.20%) Agile
10 40 (13.51%) Data Pipeline
11 38 (12.84%) Root Cause Analysis
12 35 (11.82%) Business Intelligence
13 34 (11.49%) Capacity Planning
14 33 (11.15%) AI
14 33 (11.15%) Infrastructure as Code
15 32 (10.81%) Data Engineering
16 31 (10.47%) Observability
17 30 (10.14%) Disaster Recovery
18 29 (9.80%) Stakeholder Management
19 28 (9.46%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 126 (42.57%) SQL
2 78 (26.35%) Python
3 25 (8.45%) T-SQL
4 24 (8.11%) Java
4 24 (8.11%) PowerShell
5 21 (7.09%) C#
6 19 (6.42%) PL/SQL
7 17 (5.74%) Bash
8 16 (5.41%) Shell Script
9 12 (4.05%) JavaScript
10 8 (2.70%) ABAP
11 7 (2.36%) C++
11 7 (2.36%) JCL
11 7 (2.36%) Perl
12 6 (2.03%) C
12 6 (2.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 4 (1.35%) Bicep
13 4 (1.35%) REXX
13 4 (1.35%) TypeScript
14 3 (1.01%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 88 (29.73%) Security Cleared
2 81 (27.36%) SC Cleared
3 14 (4.73%) BPSS Clearance
3 14 (4.73%) Degree
4 10 (3.38%) AWS Certification
4 10 (3.38%) Azure Certification
5 8 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (2.36%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 5 (1.69%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 4 (1.35%) DV Cleared
8 4 (1.35%) OCP
8 4 (1.35%) Oracle Certification
8 4 (1.35%) SnowPro
9 3 (1.01%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (1.01%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (0.68%) CISM
10 2 (0.68%) CISSP
11 1 (0.34%) CCA
11 1 (0.34%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (14.19%) Data Quality
2 15 (5.07%) QA
3 9 (3.04%) GDPR
4 4 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.35%) PCI DSS
4 4 (1.35%) SLA
5 3 (1.01%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 3 (1.01%) GMP
5 3 (1.01%) GxP
5 3 (1.01%) ISO 20022
5 3 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 17025
6 2 (0.68%) NIST
7 1 (0.34%) COBIT
7 1 (0.34%) GRC
7 1 (0.34%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.34%) ISO 15022
7 1 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.34%) SEPA
System Software
1 28 (9.46%) Docker
2 14 (4.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (4.05%) vSphere
4 11 (3.72%) Active Directory
5 9 (3.04%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (3.04%) VMware NSX
6 7 (2.36%) Oracle RAC
6 7 (2.36%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (2.03%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 4 (1.35%) Firmware
8 4 (1.35%) RACF
9 3 (1.01%) ACF2
9 3 (1.01%) Varnish
10 2 (0.68%) NFS
10 2 (0.68%) OpenSSH
10 2 (0.68%) SRDF
11 1 (0.34%) EMC RecoverPoint
11 1 (0.34%) Postfix
11 1 (0.34%) XenApp
11 1 (0.34%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 31 (10.47%) Kubernetes
2 27 (9.12%) Ansible
3 13 (4.39%) Prometheus
4 12 (4.05%) Grafana
5 7 (2.36%) Data Guard
5 7 (2.36%) PowerCLI
6 6 (2.03%) Puppet
7 5 (1.69%) vCenter Server
7 5 (1.69%) vMotion
8 4 (1.35%) Control-M
8 4 (1.35%) Oracle RMAN
9 3 (1.01%) Argo
9 3 (1.01%) Kibana
9 3 (1.01%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.68%) CA Wily
10 2 (0.68%) Docker Swarm
10 2 (0.68%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.68%) SCOM
10 2 (0.68%) SnapMirror
10 2 (0.68%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 66 (22.30%) Oracle
2 55 (18.58%) Microsoft
3 28 (9.46%) SAP
4 26 (8.78%) VMware
5 13 (4.39%) Informatica
6 12 (4.05%) ServiceNow
7 11 (3.72%) Databricks
8 10 (3.38%) IBM
9 9 (3.04%) MuleSoft
9 9 (3.04%) Red Hat
10 7 (2.36%) Dell
10 7 (2.36%) Google
10 7 (2.36%) Splunk
11 6 (2.03%) Adobe
11 6 (2.03%) NVIDIA
11 6 (2.03%) Salesforce
11 6 (2.03%) Sybase
12 5 (1.69%) 3PAR
13 4 (1.35%) Cisco
13 4 (1.35%) Nimble Storage