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

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 145 229
Rank change year-on-year +20 +84 +27
Contract jobs citing Performance Tuning 241 177 140
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.17% 1.65% 0.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.42% 1.83% 0.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 153 101 92
10th Percentile £381 £363 £350
25th Percentile £425 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £575
90th Percentile £675 £656 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile - - £49.40
25th Percentile - - £53.38
Median hourly rate £95.00 - £60.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £65.62 £54.25
% change year-on-year +14.29% +20.96% -19.63%

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 9,955 9,695 14,428
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 89.57% 90.39% 87.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,499 6,278 9,657
10th Percentile £340 £328 £338
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £731
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 423 186 513
10th Percentile £17.00 £18.36 £15.18
25th Percentile £25.61 £23.67 £22.87
Median hourly rate £54.50 £37.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +45.33% -21.05% -16.58%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.75 £66.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £82.20
UK median hourly rate £25.64 £32.50 £34.77
% change year-on-year -21.12% -6.52% -0.67%

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 February 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
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 (4.56%) Apache Airflow
2 6 (2.49%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.24%) Confluence
3 3 (1.24%) IIS
3 3 (1.24%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.83%) Apache
4 2 (0.83%) ArcGIS
4 2 (0.83%) CICS
4 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.83%) OpenStack
4 2 (0.83%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 2 (0.83%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (0.83%) SAS
4 2 (0.83%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.41%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.41%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 3 (1.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.41%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 5 (2.07%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.66%) Oracle EBS R12
3 3 (1.24%) BASE24
3 3 (1.24%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (1.24%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.83%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.83%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.41%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.41%) Magento
5 1 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.41%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.41%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.41%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 85 (35.27%) AWS
2 81 (33.61%) Azure
3 20 (8.30%) Amazon S3
3 20 (8.30%) GCP
4 19 (7.88%) Power Platform
5 17 (7.05%) Serverless
5 17 (7.05%) Snowflake
6 14 (5.81%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (5.81%) dbt
6 14 (5.81%) GitHub
7 13 (5.39%) AWS Lambda
8 12 (4.98%) Azure Data Factory
8 12 (4.98%) GitHub Actions
9 10 (4.15%) Amazon EC2
10 9 (3.73%) SaaS
11 8 (3.32%) Microsoft 365
12 7 (2.90%) Amazon ECS
12 7 (2.90%) Dynamics 365
13 6 (2.49%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 6 (2.49%) Amazon EMR
Communications & Networking
1 16 (6.64%) Firewall
2 11 (4.56%) VPN
3 9 (3.73%) TCP/IP
4 7 (2.90%) Network Security
5 6 (2.49%) BGP
6 5 (2.07%) OSPF
6 5 (2.07%) SD-WAN
6 5 (2.07%) WAN
6 5 (2.07%) Wireless
7 4 (1.66%) HTTP
7 4 (1.66%) Internet
7 4 (1.66%) SSL
7 4 (1.66%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (1.24%) DHCP
8 3 (1.24%) DNS
8 3 (1.24%) LAN
9 2 (0.83%) 802.11
9 2 (0.83%) EIGRP
9 2 (0.83%) SAN
9 2 (0.83%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (11.62%) SQL Server
2 25 (10.37%) PostgreSQL
3 24 (9.96%) Data Warehouse
4 23 (9.54%) MongoDB
5 22 (9.13%) Relational Database
6 17 (7.05%) DB2
7 15 (6.22%) Power BI
8 14 (5.81%) Oracle Database
9 13 (5.39%) Amazon RDS
10 11 (4.56%) Data Lake
10 11 (4.56%) NoSQL
11 8 (3.32%) Azure SQL Database
11 8 (3.32%) Elasticsearch
11 8 (3.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 7 (2.90%) DynamoDB
12 7 (2.90%) Oracle Reports
13 6 (2.49%) Amazon Redshift
13 6 (2.49%) Big Data
13 6 (2.49%) Snowflake Schema
14 5 (2.07%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 27 (11.20%) Git
2 20 (8.30%) JUnit
3 17 (7.05%) Jenkins
4 11 (4.56%) GitLab
5 5 (2.07%) Cypress.io
6 4 (1.66%) JIRA
7 3 (1.24%) Maven
8 2 (0.83%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.83%) Gatling
8 2 (0.83%) Gradle
8 2 (0.83%) JMeter
8 2 (0.83%) Mockito
8 2 (0.83%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.41%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.41%) DbUnit
9 1 (0.41%) jMock
9 1 (0.41%) Liquibase
9 1 (0.41%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.41%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 80 (33.20%) Social Skills
2 65 (26.97%) Finance
3 43 (17.84%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (12.86%) Banking
5 25 (10.37%) Public Sector
6 13 (5.39%) Investment Banking
7 9 (3.73%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (3.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (2.49%) Front Office
9 4 (1.66%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.66%) Legal
9 4 (1.66%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.66%) Marketing
9 4 (1.66%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (1.66%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.24%) Publishing
11 2 (0.83%) Billing
11 2 (0.83%) Retail
12 1 (0.41%) Law
12 1 (0.41%) Military
Job Titles
1 67 (27.80%) Developer
2 37 (15.35%) Data Engineer
3 28 (11.62%) Senior
4 27 (11.20%) Architect
5 22 (9.13%) Java Developer
5 22 (9.13%) Lead
6 16 (6.64%) Senior Developer
7 15 (6.22%) Consultant
7 15 (6.22%) SQL Developer
8 14 (5.81%) DBA
9 12 (4.98%) Investment Banking Java Developer
10 10 (4.15%) Senior Java Developer
11 9 (3.73%) Administrator
12 8 (3.32%) Oracle Developer
12 8 (3.32%) Senior SQL Developer
13 7 (2.90%) Data Architect
13 7 (2.90%) Snowflake Engineer
13 7 (2.90%) SQL DBA
14 6 (2.49%) Linux Developer
14 6 (2.49%) Senior Investment Banking Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (11.62%) Spring
2 25 (10.37%) Kafka
3 16 (6.64%) RESTful
4 15 (6.22%) Spring Boot
5 12 (4.98%) JMS
6 11 (4.56%) React
6 11 (4.56%) REST
7 10 (4.15%) .NET
7 10 (4.15%) PySpark
8 8 (3.32%) AngularJS
8 8 (3.32%) Elastic Stack
9 7 (2.90%) JSON
10 6 (2.49%) Jest
10 6 (2.49%) Web Services
11 5 (2.07%) Node.js
11 5 (2.07%) SOAP
12 4 (1.66%) .NET Framework
12 4 (1.66%) CSS
12 4 (1.66%) HTML
12 4 (1.66%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 20 (8.30%) Data Structures
2 15 (6.22%) Cloud Native
3 13 (5.39%) Replication
4 12 (4.98%) Distributed Systems
4 12 (4.98%) Equities
5 9 (3.73%) Onboarding
6 8 (3.32%) Data Centre
6 8 (3.32%) Mainframe
7 7 (2.90%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (2.07%) Clustering
8 5 (2.07%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (2.07%) Security Posture
9 4 (1.66%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.66%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.66%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.66%) Product Ownership
10 3 (1.24%) AI Agents
10 3 (1.24%) Linux Command Line
10 3 (1.24%) Renewable Energy
10 3 (1.24%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 38 (15.77%) Linux
2 18 (7.47%) Windows
3 9 (3.73%) Unix
4 8 (3.32%) Windows Server
5 6 (2.49%) zOS
6 5 (2.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (1.24%) Android
7 3 (1.24%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.83%) AIX
8 2 (0.83%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.83%) VMS
9 1 (0.41%) CentOS
9 1 (0.41%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (31.95%) CI/CD
2 63 (26.14%) DevOps
3 52 (21.58%) Data Modelling
4 48 (19.92%) Agile
4 48 (19.92%) Problem-Solving
5 43 (17.84%) Migration
6 36 (14.94%) Data Pipeline
7 33 (13.69%) Infrastructure as Code
8 31 (12.86%) Analytics
9 29 (12.03%) ETL
10 28 (11.62%) Data Engineering
11 27 (11.20%) High Availability
12 26 (10.79%) Continuous Improvement
12 26 (10.79%) Performance Optimisation
13 25 (10.37%) Business Intelligence
13 25 (10.37%) Containerisation
13 25 (10.37%) Observability
14 24 (9.96%) Technical Leadership
15 21 (8.71%) Microservices
16 20 (8.30%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 106 (43.98%) SQL
2 77 (31.95%) Python
3 45 (18.67%) Java
4 19 (7.88%) PowerShell
5 17 (7.05%) Shell Script
6 14 (5.81%) PL/SQL
7 12 (4.98%) C#
8 8 (3.32%) T-SQL
9 6 (2.49%) ABAP
9 6 (2.49%) Bash
9 6 (2.49%) JavaScript
10 5 (2.07%) C
10 5 (2.07%) Perl
10 5 (2.07%) TypeScript
11 4 (1.66%) COBOL
11 4 (1.66%) REXX
12 3 (1.24%) CLIST
12 3 (1.24%) JCL
12 3 (1.24%) PHP
12 3 (1.24%) Scala
Qualifications
1 44 (18.26%) Security Cleared
2 36 (14.94%) SC Cleared
3 18 (7.47%) Degree
4 7 (2.90%) BPSS Clearance
4 7 (2.90%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.49%) Azure Certification
6 5 (2.07%) DV Cleared
6 5 (2.07%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 4 (1.66%) AWS Certification
7 4 (1.66%) CCNP
7 4 (1.66%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.66%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (1.24%) CCIE
8 3 (1.24%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.24%) OCP
8 3 (1.24%) Oracle Certification
8 3 (1.24%) VCAP
9 2 (0.83%) CCA
9 2 (0.83%) CISSP
9 2 (0.83%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (9.54%) Data Quality
2 18 (7.47%) QA
3 13 (5.39%) GDPR
4 10 (4.15%) Accessibility
5 5 (2.07%) HIPAA
5 5 (2.07%) ISO 8583
5 5 (2.07%) PCI DSS
5 5 (2.07%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 5 (2.07%) SLA
6 2 (0.83%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.83%) PSD2
6 2 (0.83%) SEPA
7 1 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 36 (14.94%) Docker
2 12 (4.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (4.56%) Active Directory
4 6 (2.49%) KVM
5 5 (2.07%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (2.07%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (1.66%) Hyper-V
6 4 (1.66%) NDS
6 4 (1.66%) NetIQ eDirectory
6 4 (1.66%) RACF
6 4 (1.66%) vSphere
7 3 (1.24%) Job Entry Subsystem
7 3 (1.24%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (1.24%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.83%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.41%) HDFS
9 1 (0.41%) Lustre
9 1 (0.41%) NFS
9 1 (0.41%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 36 (14.94%) Terraform
2 30 (12.45%) Kubernetes
3 23 (9.54%) Ansible
4 9 (3.73%) Grafana
5 6 (2.49%) Kibana
5 6 (2.49%) logstash
5 6 (2.49%) Prometheus
6 5 (2.07%) Argo
7 4 (1.66%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 4 (1.66%) Oracle RMAN
7 4 (1.66%) Progress Chef
8 3 (1.24%) PowerCLI
8 3 (1.24%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (1.24%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.83%) Data Guard
9 2 (0.83%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
9 2 (0.83%) ITRS Geneos
9 2 (0.83%) NetBackup
9 2 (0.83%) SCCM
9 2 (0.83%) SCOM
Vendors
1 32 (13.28%) Oracle
2 29 (12.03%) Microsoft
3 15 (6.22%) Databricks
4 14 (5.81%) VMware
5 13 (5.39%) Sybase
6 11 (4.56%) ServiceNow
7 10 (4.15%) SAP
8 8 (3.32%) Cisco
9 7 (2.90%) Google
9 7 (2.90%) IBM
9 7 (2.90%) Red Hat
10 5 (2.07%) Broadcom
10 5 (2.07%) Citrix
10 5 (2.07%) Palo Alto
10 5 (2.07%) Salesforce
11 4 (1.66%) Adobe
11 4 (1.66%) Juniper
11 4 (1.66%) NetIQ
11 4 (1.66%) OpenText
11 4 (1.66%) Zscaler