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

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 158 239
Rank change year-on-year +29 +81 +18
Contract jobs citing Performance Tuning 221 160 135
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.11% 1.50% 0.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.35% 1.66% 0.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 132 91 90
10th Percentile £376 £375 £318
25th Percentile £425 £408 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -14.29%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £575
90th Percentile £688 £656 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile £54.00 - £49.40
25th Percentile £69.38 - £53.38
Median hourly rate £95.00 - £60.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £63.75 £60.00
% change year-on-year +17.66% +6.24% -7.69%

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 9,415 9,633 14,828
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 89.84% 90.01% 88.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,176 6,119 10,003
10th Percentile £331 £330 £338
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £512 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £724 £750 £730
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 357 186 496
10th Percentile £15.74 £18.38 £15.21
25th Percentile £21.51 £22.91 £22.52
Median hourly rate £47.50 £37.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +28.38% -22.11% -17.39%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.44 £66.38
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £84.36
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -7.14% +7.69%

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 2 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
Hourly Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Performance Tuning over the 6 months to 2 February 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 (5.43%) Apache Airflow
2 6 (2.71%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.81%) IIS
4 3 (1.36%) Apache
4 3 (1.36%) CICS
4 3 (1.36%) Confluence
4 3 (1.36%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.90%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.90%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.90%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 2 (0.90%) Oracle Workflow
5 2 (0.90%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.45%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.45%) MQSeries
6 1 (0.45%) nginx
6 1 (0.45%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 3 (1.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.45%) Mozilla Thunderbird
3 1 (0.45%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 5 (2.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.81%) Oracle EBS R12
3 3 (1.36%) BASE24
3 3 (1.36%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.36%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (1.36%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.90%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.90%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.45%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.45%) Magento
5 1 (0.45%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.45%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.45%) Shopify
5 1 (0.45%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 76 (34.39%) AWS
2 72 (32.58%) Azure
3 17 (7.69%) Amazon S3
3 17 (7.69%) Power Platform
4 16 (7.24%) GCP
5 15 (6.79%) Serverless
6 13 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
6 13 (5.88%) dbt
6 13 (5.88%) GitHub
6 13 (5.88%) Snowflake
7 11 (4.98%) AWS Lambda
7 11 (4.98%) GitHub Actions
8 10 (4.52%) Amazon EC2
9 9 (4.07%) Azure Data Factory
9 9 (4.07%) Dynamics 365
10 8 (3.62%) Amazon ECS
10 8 (3.62%) Microsoft 365
10 8 (3.62%) SaaS
11 6 (2.71%) PaaS
11 6 (2.71%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 16 (7.24%) Firewall
2 9 (4.07%) TCP/IP
3 7 (3.17%) VPN
4 6 (2.71%) BGP
4 6 (2.71%) Network Security
5 5 (2.26%) DNS
5 5 (2.26%) HTTP
5 5 (2.26%) OSPF
5 5 (2.26%) Wireless
6 4 (1.81%) DHCP
6 4 (1.81%) SD-WAN
6 4 (1.81%) SSL
6 4 (1.81%) WAN
7 3 (1.36%) Internet
7 3 (1.36%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.90%) 802.11
8 2 (0.90%) EIGRP
8 2 (0.90%) Ethernet VPN
8 2 (0.90%) MPLS
8 2 (0.90%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (11.31%) MongoDB
1 25 (11.31%) SQL Server
2 23 (10.41%) PostgreSQL
2 23 (10.41%) Relational Database
3 21 (9.50%) Data Warehouse
4 19 (8.60%) DB2
5 15 (6.79%) Oracle Database
6 14 (6.33%) Power BI
7 11 (4.98%) Amazon RDS
8 10 (4.52%) Data Lake
8 10 (4.52%) NoSQL
9 8 (3.62%) Oracle Reports
10 7 (3.17%) Azure SQL Database
10 7 (3.17%) Elasticsearch
11 6 (2.71%) Big Data
11 6 (2.71%) Snowflake Schema
11 6 (2.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 5 (2.26%) Amazon Redshift
12 5 (2.26%) DynamoDB
12 5 (2.26%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 22 (9.95%) Git
2 21 (9.50%) JUnit
3 17 (7.69%) Jenkins
4 9 (4.07%) GitLab
5 6 (2.71%) Cypress.io
6 4 (1.81%) JIRA
7 3 (1.36%) Maven
8 2 (0.90%) Gatling
8 2 (0.90%) Gradle
8 2 (0.90%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.45%) Liquibase
9 1 (0.45%) LSMW
9 1 (0.45%) Mockito
9 1 (0.45%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.45%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.45%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.45%) Toad
9 1 (0.45%) Vagrant
General
1 74 (33.48%) Social Skills
2 62 (28.05%) Finance
3 44 (19.91%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (15.38%) Banking
5 26 (11.76%) Public Sector
6 16 (7.24%) Investment Banking
7 10 (4.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (3.62%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (3.17%) Front Office
10 6 (2.71%) Manufacturing
11 5 (2.26%) Marketing
11 5 (2.26%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.81%) Legal
12 4 (1.81%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (1.36%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.90%) Retail
15 1 (0.45%) Billing
15 1 (0.45%) German Language
15 1 (0.45%) Organisational Skills
15 1 (0.45%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 64 (28.96%) Developer
2 28 (12.67%) Data Engineer
3 26 (11.76%) Architect
4 24 (10.86%) Java Developer
5 21 (9.50%) Senior
6 17 (7.69%) Consultant
6 17 (7.69%) Lead
7 16 (7.24%) SQL Developer
8 15 (6.79%) Investment Banking Java Developer
8 15 (6.79%) Senior Developer
9 13 (5.88%) DBA
10 10 (4.52%) Senior Java Developer
11 8 (3.62%) Administrator
11 8 (3.62%) Senior SQL Developer
12 7 (3.17%) Linux Developer
12 7 (3.17%) Oracle DBA
12 7 (3.17%) Senior Investment Banking Java Developer
12 7 (3.17%) Sybase Developer
13 6 (2.71%) Oracle Developer
13 6 (2.71%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (13.12%) Spring
2 26 (11.76%) Kafka
3 17 (7.69%) RESTful
4 14 (6.33%) JMS
4 14 (6.33%) Spring Boot
5 12 (5.43%) .NET
5 12 (5.43%) REST
6 11 (4.98%) React
7 8 (3.62%) AngularJS
7 8 (3.62%) Elastic Stack
8 7 (3.17%) Jest
8 7 (3.17%) JSON
9 5 (2.26%) HTML
9 5 (2.26%) PySpark
9 5 (2.26%) Web Services
10 4 (1.81%) .NET Framework
10 4 (1.81%) 802.1X
10 4 (1.81%) CSS
10 4 (1.81%) SAP Fiori
10 4 (1.81%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 22 (9.95%) Data Structures
2 14 (6.33%) Equities
3 13 (5.88%) Cloud Native
3 13 (5.88%) Replication
4 9 (4.07%) Distributed Systems
5 8 (3.62%) Analytical Mindset
5 8 (3.62%) Mainframe
6 5 (2.26%) Clustering
7 4 (1.81%) Data Centre
7 4 (1.81%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.81%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.81%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.81%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.36%) Algorithms
8 3 (1.36%) Distributed Architecture
8 3 (1.36%) EMV
8 3 (1.36%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.36%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.36%) Linux Command Line
8 3 (1.36%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 43 (19.46%) Linux
2 21 (9.50%) Windows
3 9 (4.07%) Unix
3 9 (4.07%) Windows Server
4 7 (3.17%) zOS
5 5 (2.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (1.36%) Android
6 3 (1.36%) VMS
7 2 (0.90%) AIX
7 2 (0.90%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.90%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.90%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.45%) Amazon Linux
8 1 (0.45%) CentOS
8 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (31.67%) CI/CD
2 62 (28.05%) DevOps
3 52 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
4 47 (21.27%) Agile
4 47 (21.27%) Data Modelling
5 35 (15.84%) Migration
6 31 (14.03%) Infrastructure as Code
7 28 (12.67%) Analytics
7 28 (12.67%) ETL
8 27 (12.22%) Business Intelligence
9 26 (11.76%) Data Pipeline
10 24 (10.86%) Containerisation
11 23 (10.41%) Continuous Improvement
11 23 (10.41%) High Availability
11 23 (10.41%) Observability
11 23 (10.41%) Technical Leadership
12 21 (9.50%) Data Engineering
13 20 (9.05%) Performance Optimisation
14 19 (8.60%) Mentoring
14 19 (8.60%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 94 (42.53%) SQL
2 64 (28.96%) Python
3 46 (20.81%) Java
4 19 (8.60%) Shell Script
5 17 (7.69%) PowerShell
6 14 (6.33%) PL/SQL
7 13 (5.88%) C#
8 8 (3.62%) JavaScript
9 6 (2.71%) ABAP
9 6 (2.71%) T-SQL
10 5 (2.26%) Bash
10 5 (2.26%) C
10 5 (2.26%) Perl
10 5 (2.26%) TypeScript
11 4 (1.81%) COBOL
11 4 (1.81%) REXX
12 3 (1.36%) CLIST
12 3 (1.36%) JCL
12 3 (1.36%) PHP
12 3 (1.36%) Scala
Qualifications
1 41 (18.55%) Security Cleared
2 33 (14.93%) SC Cleared
3 19 (8.60%) Degree
4 7 (3.17%) BPSS Clearance
4 7 (3.17%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.71%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.81%) CCNP
6 4 (1.81%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (1.81%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (1.36%) AWS Certification
7 3 (1.36%) CCIE
7 3 (1.36%) CISSP
7 3 (1.36%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.36%) OCP
7 3 (1.36%) Oracle Certification
7 3 (1.36%) VCAP
7 3 (1.36%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (0.90%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.90%) GSEC
9 1 (0.45%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (8.60%) Data Quality
2 18 (8.14%) QA
3 13 (5.88%) GDPR
4 10 (4.52%) Accessibility
5 6 (2.71%) SLA
6 5 (2.26%) HIPAA
6 5 (2.26%) ISO 8583
6 5 (2.26%) PCI DSS
6 5 (2.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.90%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.90%) PSD2
7 2 (0.90%) SEPA
8 1 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 35 (15.84%) Docker
2 11 (4.98%) Active Directory
3 10 (4.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (2.26%) RACF
5 4 (1.81%) Job Entry Subsystem
5 4 (1.81%) NDS
5 4 (1.81%) NetIQ eDirectory
5 4 (1.81%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.81%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (1.36%) Hyper-V
6 3 (1.36%) KVM
6 3 (1.36%) Oracle RAC
6 3 (1.36%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.90%) vSphere
8 1 (0.45%) DFS Replication
8 1 (0.45%) Dovecot
8 1 (0.45%) Lustre
8 1 (0.45%) NFS
8 1 (0.45%) Postfix
8 1 (0.45%) Squid
Systems Management
1 35 (15.84%) Terraform
2 27 (12.22%) Kubernetes
3 23 (10.41%) Ansible
4 8 (3.62%) Grafana
5 7 (3.17%) Prometheus
6 6 (2.71%) Kibana
6 6 (2.71%) logstash
7 5 (2.26%) Argo
7 5 (2.26%) Progress Chef
7 5 (2.26%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (1.81%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 4 (1.81%) Oracle RMAN
9 3 (1.36%) ITRS Geneos
10 2 (0.90%) Cisco CUCM
10 2 (0.90%) Data Guard
10 2 (0.90%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
10 2 (0.90%) NetBackup
10 2 (0.90%) Puppet
10 2 (0.90%) SCCM
10 2 (0.90%) SCOM
Vendors
1 32 (14.48%) Oracle
2 27 (12.22%) Microsoft
3 14 (6.33%) Sybase
4 13 (5.88%) Databricks
5 11 (4.98%) VMware
6 10 (4.52%) SAP
6 10 (4.52%) ServiceNow
7 8 (3.62%) IBM
8 7 (3.17%) Cisco
8 7 (3.17%) Red Hat
9 5 (2.26%) Broadcom
9 5 (2.26%) Google
9 5 (2.26%) Palo Alto
10 4 (1.81%) Adobe
10 4 (1.81%) Fortinet
10 4 (1.81%) NetIQ
10 4 (1.81%) Okta
10 4 (1.81%) OpenText
10 4 (1.81%) Salesforce
11 3 (1.36%) HP