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

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 124 135 176
Rank change year-on-year +11 +41 +58
Contract jobs citing Performance Tuning 264 188 167
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.17% 1.90% 1.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.46% 2.08% 1.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 183 120 122
10th Percentile £358 £390 £327
25th Percentile £425 £447 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £483
Median % change year-on-year - +3.47% -7.95%
75th Percentile £580 £609 £600
90th Percentile £664 £739 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £510
% change year-on-year - -1.96% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £53.00 - £46.75
Median hourly rate £53.50 £70.00 £48.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.57% +44.33% -33.10%
75th Percentile £84.75 - £50.25
90th Percentile £95.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £53.00 £70.00 £61.60
% change year-on-year -24.29% +13.64% -15.03%

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 10,741 9,029 13,318
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 88.43% 91.27% 87.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,938 6,201 8,913
10th Percentile £350 £340 £325
25th Percentile £418 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.90% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 505 225 575
10th Percentile £17.23 £14.20 £15.17
25th Percentile £28.00 £19.75 £24.63
Median hourly rate £57.50 £39.04 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +47.28% -8.14% -22.73%
75th Percentile £70.00 £66.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £82.85 £75.00 £75.15
UK median hourly rate £41.94 £29.00 £35.83
% change year-on-year +44.62% -19.06% -0.47%

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 5 May 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 5 May 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 11 (4.17%) Apache Airflow
2 7 (2.65%) Oracle Application Server
3 5 (1.89%) CICS
4 4 (1.52%) Apache
4 4 (1.52%) IIS
4 4 (1.52%) NetWeaver
4 4 (1.52%) SAS
4 4 (1.52%) WebSphere
5 3 (1.14%) Apache Spark
5 3 (1.14%) Confluence
5 3 (1.14%) Oracle Workflow
5 3 (1.14%) WebLogic
5 3 (1.14%) WebSphere Application Server
6 2 (0.76%) IBM HTTP Server
6 2 (0.76%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.76%) Oracle HTTP Server
6 2 (0.76%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.76%) WebSphere Portal
7 1 (0.38%) Documentum
7 1 (0.38%) nginx
Applications
1 4 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.76%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (3.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.27%) Payment Gateway
3 4 (1.52%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (1.14%) BASE24
4 3 (1.14%) Oracle EBS R12
4 3 (1.14%) SAP MDG
5 2 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.76%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.76%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.38%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.38%) Distributed Ledger
6 1 (0.38%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.38%) Magento
6 1 (0.38%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.38%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.38%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 93 (35.23%) Azure
2 82 (31.06%) AWS
3 29 (10.98%) GCP
4 27 (10.23%) Power Platform
5 21 (7.95%) Amazon S3
6 17 (6.44%) Snowflake
7 16 (6.06%) Azure DevOps
7 16 (6.06%) Serverless
8 15 (5.68%) Amazon EC2
8 15 (5.68%) Azure Data Factory
9 13 (4.92%) AWS Lambda
10 12 (4.55%) dbt
11 11 (4.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 9 (3.41%) GitHub
12 9 (3.41%) GitHub Actions
13 8 (3.03%) OpenShift
14 7 (2.65%) PaaS
15 6 (2.27%) Amazon Kinesis
15 6 (2.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 6 (2.27%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 17 (6.44%) Firewall
2 12 (4.55%) Network Security
2 12 (4.55%) VPN
3 10 (3.79%) BGP
4 9 (3.41%) OSPF
5 8 (3.03%) DNS
6 7 (2.65%) TCP/IP
7 6 (2.27%) Ethernet VPN
7 6 (2.27%) SD-WAN
7 6 (2.27%) VXLAN
7 6 (2.27%) WAN
8 5 (1.89%) SSL
8 5 (1.89%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (1.52%) DHCP
9 4 (1.52%) LAN
9 4 (1.52%) Software-Defined Networking
9 4 (1.52%) Wireless
10 3 (1.14%) HTTP
10 3 (1.14%) SAN
11 2 (0.76%) 802.11
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (14.39%) SQL Server
2 33 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
3 21 (7.95%) Power BI
4 19 (7.20%) PostgreSQL
5 15 (5.68%) Oracle Database
6 14 (5.30%) Data Lake
6 14 (5.30%) Oracle Reports
7 13 (4.92%) Relational Database
7 13 (4.92%) Star Schema
8 11 (4.17%) Azure SQL Database
8 11 (4.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 10 (3.79%) Amazon RDS
9 10 (3.79%) DB2
9 10 (3.79%) Snowflake Schema
10 9 (3.41%) DynamoDB
11 7 (2.65%) Amazon Redshift
11 7 (2.65%) Elasticsearch
11 7 (2.65%) Oracle ODI
12 6 (2.27%) NoSQL
12 6 (2.27%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 27 (10.23%) Git
2 12 (4.55%) GitLab
2 12 (4.55%) Jenkins
3 8 (3.03%) JIRA
4 4 (1.52%) JMeter
4 4 (1.52%) JUnit
5 3 (1.14%) Maven
5 3 (1.14%) Postman
6 2 (0.76%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.76%) Gatling
6 2 (0.76%) Gradle
6 2 (0.76%) Introscope
6 2 (0.76%) Mockito
6 2 (0.76%) Oracle APEX
6 2 (0.76%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.38%) DbUnit
7 1 (0.38%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.38%) PHPUnit
7 1 (0.38%) Toad
7 1 (0.38%) Visual Studio
General
1 75 (28.41%) Social Skills
2 59 (22.35%) Finance
3 32 (12.12%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (10.98%) Banking
5 19 (7.20%) Public Sector
6 8 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (2.27%) Marketing
7 6 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (1.89%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.14%) Publishing
9 3 (1.14%) Retail
10 2 (0.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.76%) Law
10 2 (0.76%) Legal
10 2 (0.76%) Military
10 2 (0.76%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.38%) Back Office
11 1 (0.38%) Billing
11 1 (0.38%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.38%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 58 (21.97%) Developer
2 38 (14.39%) Data Engineer
3 29 (10.98%) Architect
3 29 (10.98%) Senior
4 21 (7.95%) DBA
5 20 (7.58%) Lead
6 12 (4.55%) Oracle Developer
7 11 (4.17%) Network Engineer
7 11 (4.17%) SQL DBA
8 10 (3.79%) Snowflake Engineer
9 9 (3.41%) Administrator
9 9 (3.41%) Oracle DBA
10 8 (3.03%) Snowflake Data Engineer
11 7 (2.65%) .NET Developer
11 7 (2.65%) AWS Engineer
11 7 (2.65%) C# Developer
11 7 (2.65%) Consultant
11 7 (2.65%) Java Developer
11 7 (2.65%) Systems Engineer
12 6 (2.27%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (7.20%) REST
2 16 (6.06%) RESTful
3 15 (5.68%) JSON
3 15 (5.68%) Kafka
4 12 (4.55%) .NET
5 11 (4.17%) SOAP
6 10 (3.79%) Spring
6 10 (3.79%) Spring Boot
7 9 (3.41%) Middleware
7 9 (3.41%) PySpark
8 7 (2.65%) Node.js
8 7 (2.65%) Web Services
9 6 (2.27%) OAuth
9 6 (2.27%) OpenTelemetry
9 6 (2.27%) React
9 6 (2.27%) SAP Basis
10 5 (1.89%) Elastic Stack
10 5 (1.89%) OAuth2
10 5 (1.89%) Oracle Fusion
11 4 (1.52%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 18 (6.82%) Data Centre
2 16 (6.06%) Distributed Systems
3 14 (5.30%) Clustering
3 14 (5.30%) Replication
4 13 (4.92%) Cloud Native
5 11 (4.17%) Mainframe
5 11 (4.17%) Onboarding
6 9 (3.41%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (2.65%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (2.65%) Security Posture
8 6 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (2.27%) Product Ownership
9 5 (1.89%) Algorithms
9 5 (1.89%) CUDA
9 5 (1.89%) Data Structures
9 5 (1.89%) DataPower
9 5 (1.89%) Online Banking
10 4 (1.52%) Legacy Code
10 4 (1.52%) Low-Code
10 4 (1.52%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 43 (16.29%) Linux
2 33 (12.50%) Windows
3 17 (6.44%) Unix
3 17 (6.44%) Windows Server
4 10 (3.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 10 (3.79%) zOS
5 4 (1.52%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.14%) Android
6 3 (1.14%) Oracle Linux
6 3 (1.14%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.76%) Amazon Linux
7 2 (0.76%) CentOS
7 2 (0.76%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.76%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
7 2 (0.76%) VMS
8 1 (0.38%) Data ONTAP
8 1 (0.38%) Solaris
8 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (29.17%) CI/CD
2 64 (24.24%) Data Modelling
3 59 (22.35%) DevOps
4 57 (21.59%) Migration
5 50 (18.94%) ETL
6 48 (18.18%) High Availability
7 42 (15.91%) Analytics
8 39 (14.77%) Agile
9 36 (13.64%) Data Pipeline
9 36 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
10 34 (12.88%) Data Engineering
11 31 (11.74%) Performance Optimisation
12 29 (10.98%) Business Intelligence
13 27 (10.23%) AI
14 25 (9.47%) Technical Leadership
15 24 (9.09%) Capacity Planning
16 22 (8.33%) Disaster Recovery
16 22 (8.33%) Infrastructure as Code
16 22 (8.33%) Observability
16 22 (8.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 102 (38.64%) SQL
2 78 (29.55%) Python
3 28 (10.61%) Java
4 24 (9.09%) PowerShell
5 15 (5.68%) PL/SQL
6 14 (5.30%) C#
7 13 (4.92%) Shell Script
7 13 (4.92%) T-SQL
8 11 (4.17%) Bash
9 8 (3.03%) Perl
10 7 (2.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 7 (2.65%) JavaScript
10 7 (2.65%) JCL
11 6 (2.27%) C
12 4 (1.52%) Rust
12 4 (1.52%) TypeScript
13 3 (1.14%) CLIST
13 3 (1.14%) COBOL
13 3 (1.14%) REXX
14 2 (0.76%) C++
Qualifications
1 65 (24.62%) Security Cleared
2 54 (20.45%) SC Cleared
3 14 (5.30%) Degree
4 9 (3.41%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 8 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (2.65%) Azure Certification
6 7 (2.65%) DV Cleared
7 5 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.52%) AWS Certification
8 4 (1.52%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.14%) CCIE
9 3 (1.14%) CCNP
9 3 (1.14%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.14%) CISSP
9 3 (1.14%) OCP
9 3 (1.14%) Oracle Certification
9 3 (1.14%) SnowPro
9 3 (1.14%) VCAP
10 2 (0.76%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (10.23%) Data Quality
2 13 (4.92%) QA
3 11 (4.17%) GDPR
4 6 (2.27%) PCI DSS
5 5 (1.89%) ISO 8583
5 5 (1.89%) SLA
6 4 (1.52%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.76%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.76%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.76%) NIST
7 2 (0.76%) PSD2
7 2 (0.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.76%) SEPA
8 1 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.38%) COBIT
System Software
1 27 (10.23%) Docker
2 14 (5.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (4.92%) Active Directory
3 13 (4.92%) vSphere
4 9 (3.41%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (3.41%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (2.65%) VMware NSX
6 5 (1.89%) KVM
7 4 (1.52%) Hyper-V
7 4 (1.52%) RACF
7 4 (1.52%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 3 (1.14%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (0.76%) Job Entry Subsystem
9 2 (0.76%) NFS
9 2 (0.76%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.38%) ACF2
10 1 (0.38%) Ceph
10 1 (0.38%) etcd
10 1 (0.38%) Firmware
10 1 (0.38%) Lustre
Systems Management
1 36 (13.64%) Ansible
2 31 (11.74%) Terraform
3 26 (9.85%) Kubernetes
4 12 (4.55%) Grafana
5 10 (3.79%) Prometheus
6 9 (3.41%) PowerCLI
7 6 (2.27%) vCenter Server
8 5 (1.89%) Kibana
8 5 (1.89%) Oracle RMAN
8 5 (1.89%) Puppet
8 5 (1.89%) vMotion
9 4 (1.52%) Argo
9 4 (1.52%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 3 (1.14%) Data Guard
10 3 (1.14%) logstash
10 3 (1.14%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.76%) CA Wily
11 2 (0.76%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
11 2 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.76%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 46 (17.42%) Oracle
2 39 (14.77%) Microsoft
3 25 (9.47%) VMware
4 16 (6.06%) SAP
5 15 (5.68%) ServiceNow
6 14 (5.30%) Databricks
7 12 (4.55%) Google
8 11 (4.17%) IBM
9 7 (2.65%) Cisco
9 7 (2.65%) Citrix
9 7 (2.65%) Red Hat
9 7 (2.65%) Splunk
10 6 (2.27%) Informatica
10 6 (2.27%) Salesforce
11 5 (1.89%) Broadcom
11 5 (1.89%) Juniper
11 5 (1.89%) Palo Alto
11 5 (1.89%) Sybase
12 4 (1.52%) MuleSoft
12 4 (1.52%) Nimble Storage