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

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 118 173
Rank change year-on-year -7 +55 +39
Contract jobs citing Performance Tuning 314 229 174
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.32% 2.27% 1.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.58% 2.48% 1.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 232 137 124
10th Percentile £396 £375 £358
25th Percentile £431 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £478
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -8.90%
75th Percentile £575 £619 £600
90th Percentile £698 £775 £663
UK median daily rate £508 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +1.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 1
10th Percentile £31.75 £70.25 -
25th Percentile £40.38 £70.63 £62.50
Median hourly rate £53.00 £72.50 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.90% -3.33% +3.45%
75th Percentile - £75.63 £87.50
90th Percentile £53.40 £76.75 -
UK median hourly rate £38.25 £70.00 £61.60
% change year-on-year -45.36% +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 12,176 9,249 11,517
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 89.85% 91.73% 87.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,718 6,242 7,713
10th Percentile £356 £325 £325
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £507 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -3.43% -2.33%
75th Percentile £620 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 698 280 402
10th Percentile £16.62 £12.62 £17.52
25th Percentile £31.25 £18.89 £30.88
Median hourly rate £53.00 £34.48 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +53.71% -19.81% -14.00%
75th Percentile £71.91 £65.00 £65.20
90th Percentile £85.00 £71.27 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £40.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -37.90% -4.71%

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 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 5 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 13 (4.14%) Oracle Application Server
2 12 (3.82%) Confluence
3 11 (3.50%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (2.55%) CICS
5 7 (2.23%) Apache
5 7 (2.23%) SAS
6 5 (1.59%) Apache Spark
6 5 (1.59%) WebSphere
7 4 (1.27%) NetWeaver
7 4 (1.27%) Oracle Workflow
8 3 (0.96%) IIS
8 3 (0.96%) nginx
8 3 (0.96%) SharePoint
8 3 (0.96%) WebSphere Application Server
9 2 (0.64%) IBM HTTP Server
9 2 (0.64%) Oracle HTTP Server
9 2 (0.64%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.64%) WebSphere Portal
10 1 (0.32%) ColdFusion
10 1 (0.32%) FileNet
Applications
1 3 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.64%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 19 (6.05%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.59%) SAP MDG
3 4 (1.27%) SAP CRM
4 3 (0.96%) Aladdin
4 3 (0.96%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.96%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.96%) SimCorp Dimension
5 2 (0.64%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.32%) Distributed Ledger
6 1 (0.32%) FIS Private Capital Suite
6 1 (0.32%) Magento
6 1 (0.32%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.32%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.32%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.32%) SAP Travel Management
6 1 (0.32%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 105 (33.44%) Azure
2 81 (25.80%) AWS
3 31 (9.87%) Power Platform
4 30 (9.55%) GCP
5 25 (7.96%) Azure DevOps
6 21 (6.69%) Amazon S3
7 20 (6.37%) dbt
8 19 (6.05%) Serverless
9 18 (5.73%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 18 (5.73%) Amazon EC2
10 16 (5.10%) AWS Lambda
10 16 (5.10%) Azure Data Factory
10 16 (5.10%) GitHub
11 15 (4.78%) Snowflake
12 14 (4.46%) GitHub Actions
13 9 (2.87%) Amazon EMR
13 9 (2.87%) Azure Monitor
14 6 (1.91%) Amazon Kinesis
14 6 (1.91%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 6 (1.91%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 15 (4.78%) Firewall
2 12 (3.82%) Network Security
3 10 (3.18%) DNS
3 10 (3.18%) SSL
4 6 (1.91%) HTTP
4 6 (1.91%) VPN
5 5 (1.59%) BGP
5 5 (1.59%) OSPF
5 5 (1.59%) Software-Defined Networking
6 4 (1.27%) Ethernet VPN
6 4 (1.27%) ICMP
6 4 (1.27%) Internet
6 4 (1.27%) SD-WAN
6 4 (1.27%) SNMP
6 4 (1.27%) TCP/IP
6 4 (1.27%) VXLAN
6 4 (1.27%) WAN
7 3 (0.96%) Bluetooth
7 3 (0.96%) HTTPS
7 3 (0.96%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (17.83%) SQL Server
2 49 (15.61%) Data Warehouse
3 28 (8.92%) PostgreSQL
3 28 (8.92%) Power BI
4 27 (8.60%) Relational Database
5 21 (6.69%) Oracle Reports
6 15 (4.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 14 (4.46%) Azure SQL Database
7 14 (4.46%) Db2
7 14 (4.46%) Oracle Database
8 13 (4.14%) MySQL
8 13 (4.14%) Oracle ODI
8 13 (4.14%) Star Schema
9 11 (3.50%) Amazon Redshift
10 10 (3.18%) Amazon RDS
10 10 (3.18%) Data Lake
10 10 (3.18%) SAP HANA
10 10 (3.18%) Snowflake Schema
11 9 (2.87%) DynamoDB
12 7 (2.23%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 47 (14.97%) Git
2 21 (6.69%) GitLab
3 19 (6.05%) JIRA
4 18 (5.73%) Jenkins
5 6 (1.91%) Bitbucket
6 5 (1.59%) Postman
7 4 (1.27%) JMeter
7 4 (1.27%) JUnit
7 4 (1.27%) Maven
7 4 (1.27%) Oracle Forms
8 3 (0.96%) Octopus Deploy
8 3 (0.96%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.64%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.64%) DbUnit
9 2 (0.64%) Introscope
9 2 (0.64%) Liquibase
9 2 (0.64%) Mockito
9 2 (0.64%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 2 (0.64%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.32%) Cucumber
General
1 83 (26.43%) Social Skills
2 68 (21.66%) Finance
3 44 (14.01%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (9.24%) Banking
5 22 (7.01%) Public Sector
6 7 (2.23%) Retail
7 6 (1.91%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (1.59%) Marketing
8 5 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (1.59%) Publishing
9 4 (1.27%) Legal
9 4 (1.27%) Military
10 3 (0.96%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.64%) Law
11 2 (0.64%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.32%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.32%) Games
12 1 (0.32%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.32%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 86 (27.39%) Developer
2 46 (14.65%) Data Engineer
3 40 (12.74%) Senior
4 31 (9.87%) DBA
5 23 (7.32%) Lead
6 21 (6.69%) SQL Developer
7 20 (6.37%) Architect
8 18 (5.73%) SQL DBA
9 17 (5.41%) Administrator
10 15 (4.78%) Oracle Developer
11 13 (4.14%) AWS Engineer
12 12 (3.82%) Consultant
12 12 (3.82%) Senior Data Engineer
13 11 (3.50%) Senior Developer
14 10 (3.18%) Linux Engineer
14 10 (3.18%) Python Engineer
15 9 (2.87%) .NET Developer
15 9 (2.87%) Network Engineer
15 9 (2.87%) Oracle DBA
15 9 (2.87%) SQL Server DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (10.51%) REST
2 24 (7.64%) .NET
3 22 (7.01%) SOAP
4 20 (6.37%) Web Services
5 19 (6.05%) JSON
6 18 (5.73%) Kafka
7 17 (5.41%) Middleware
8 16 (5.10%) RESTful
9 13 (4.14%) PySpark
10 12 (3.82%) XML
11 10 (3.18%) Spring
12 9 (2.87%) BAPI
12 9 (2.87%) Node.js
12 9 (2.87%) React
12 9 (2.87%) Spring Boot
13 7 (2.23%) .NET Framework
13 7 (2.23%) SAP Basis
14 6 (1.91%) IDoc
14 6 (1.91%) OAuth
15 5 (1.59%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 23 (7.32%) Replication
2 19 (6.05%) Distributed Systems
3 17 (5.41%) Cloud Native
3 17 (5.41%) Clustering
4 16 (5.10%) Data Centre
5 13 (4.14%) Mainframe
6 11 (3.50%) Data Structures
7 9 (2.87%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (2.55%) Hybrid Cloud
8 8 (2.55%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (2.55%) Management Information System
8 8 (2.55%) Onboarding
9 7 (2.23%) CUDA
10 6 (1.91%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (1.91%) Legacy Code
10 6 (1.91%) Online Banking
10 6 (1.91%) Product Ownership
11 5 (1.59%) Algorithms
11 5 (1.59%) Greenfield Project
11 5 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 63 (20.06%) Linux
2 33 (10.51%) Windows
3 21 (6.69%) Windows Server
4 19 (6.05%) Unix
5 13 (4.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 11 (3.50%) zOS
7 4 (1.27%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.96%) Amazon Linux
8 3 (0.96%) Embedded Linux
8 3 (0.96%) Oracle Linux
8 3 (0.96%) VMS
9 2 (0.64%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.64%) CentOS
9 2 (0.64%) Data ONTAP
9 2 (0.64%) MVS
9 2 (0.64%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.32%) AIX
10 1 (0.32%) Solaris
10 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (30.57%) CI/CD
2 81 (25.80%) Data Modelling
3 80 (25.48%) DevOps
4 65 (20.70%) ETL
5 57 (18.15%) Migration
6 56 (17.83%) Analytics
6 56 (17.83%) Problem-Solving
7 53 (16.88%) High Availability
8 48 (15.29%) Agile
9 46 (14.65%) Data Pipeline
10 39 (12.42%) Data Engineering
11 38 (12.10%) Business Intelligence
12 37 (11.78%) Root Cause Analysis
13 33 (10.51%) AI
13 33 (10.51%) Capacity Planning
14 31 (9.87%) Infrastructure as Code
14 31 (9.87%) Performance Optimisation
15 29 (9.24%) Disaster Recovery
15 29 (9.24%) Observability
16 27 (8.60%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 135 (42.99%) SQL
2 91 (28.98%) Python
3 28 (8.92%) Java
4 27 (8.60%) T-SQL
5 26 (8.28%) PowerShell
6 22 (7.01%) C#
7 17 (5.41%) PL/SQL
8 16 (5.10%) Bash
8 16 (5.10%) Shell Script
9 11 (3.50%) JavaScript
10 8 (2.55%) ABAP
11 7 (2.23%) C++
11 7 (2.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 7 (2.23%) JCL
11 7 (2.23%) Perl
12 6 (1.91%) C
13 4 (1.27%) Bicep
13 4 (1.27%) REXX
13 4 (1.27%) Rust
14 3 (0.96%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 90 (28.66%) Security Cleared
2 83 (26.43%) SC Cleared
3 14 (4.46%) Degree
4 13 (4.14%) BPSS Clearance
5 11 (3.50%) Azure Certification
6 10 (3.18%) AWS Certification
7 8 (2.55%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (2.55%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (2.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 6 (1.91%) DV Cleared
9 5 (1.59%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 4 (1.27%) OCP
10 4 (1.27%) Oracle Certification
10 4 (1.27%) SnowPro
11 3 (0.96%) CCA
11 3 (0.96%) CESG Certified Professional
11 3 (0.96%) Citrix Certification
11 3 (0.96%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (0.64%) CISM
12 2 (0.64%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (14.01%) Data Quality
2 16 (5.10%) QA
3 10 (3.18%) GDPR
4 4 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.27%) PCI DSS
4 4 (1.27%) SLA
5 3 (0.96%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 3 (0.96%) GMP
5 3 (0.96%) GxP
5 3 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 17025
6 2 (0.64%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.64%) NIST
7 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.32%) COBIT
7 1 (0.32%) GRC
7 1 (0.32%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.32%) ISO 15022
7 1 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 31 (9.87%) Docker
2 15 (4.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (4.14%) Active Directory
3 13 (4.14%) vSphere
4 10 (3.18%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (2.87%) VMware NSX
6 8 (2.55%) VMware ESXi
7 7 (2.23%) Oracle RAC
8 6 (1.91%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 4 (1.27%) Firmware
9 4 (1.27%) RACF
10 3 (0.96%) ACF2
10 3 (0.96%) Varnish
10 3 (0.96%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (0.64%) Hyper-V
11 2 (0.64%) KVM
11 2 (0.64%) NFS
11 2 (0.64%) OpenSSH
11 2 (0.64%) Postfix
11 2 (0.64%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 33 (10.51%) Terraform
2 31 (9.87%) Kubernetes
3 28 (8.92%) Ansible
4 14 (4.46%) Grafana
5 13 (4.14%) Prometheus
6 8 (2.55%) PowerCLI
7 7 (2.23%) Data Guard
8 6 (1.91%) Puppet
8 6 (1.91%) vCenter Server
9 5 (1.59%) vMotion
10 4 (1.27%) Control-M
11 3 (0.96%) Argo
11 3 (0.96%) Oracle RMAN
11 3 (0.96%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.64%) Docker Swarm
12 2 (0.64%) Failover Clustering
12 2 (0.64%) Kibana
12 2 (0.64%) SCOM
12 2 (0.64%) SnapMirror
12 2 (0.64%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 64 (20.38%) Oracle
2 55 (17.52%) Microsoft
3 29 (9.24%) SAP
4 26 (8.28%) VMware
5 14 (4.46%) ServiceNow
6 13 (4.14%) Databricks
6 13 (4.14%) Informatica
7 10 (3.18%) IBM
8 9 (2.87%) MuleSoft
8 9 (2.87%) Red Hat
9 8 (2.55%) Google
10 7 (2.23%) Dell
10 7 (2.23%) Sybase
11 6 (1.91%) Adobe
11 6 (1.91%) NVIDIA
11 6 (1.91%) Salesforce
11 6 (1.91%) Splunk
12 5 (1.59%) 3PAR
12 5 (1.59%) Cisco
12 5 (1.59%) Citrix