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

6 months to
19 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 149 255
Rank change year-on-year +26 +106 +3
Contract jobs citing Performance Tuning 215 165 119
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.13% 1.53% 0.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.36% 1.70% 0.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 96 82
10th Percentile £382 £369 £318
25th Percentile £426 £412 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -16.28%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £689 £663 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £43.75 - -
Median hourly rate £47.50 - £60.00
75th Percentile £51.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £64.13 £63.75 £60.00
% change year-on-year +0.60% +6.24% -14.29%

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 9,115 9,704 14,426
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 90.10% 89.77% 88.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,990 6,120 9,717
10th Percentile £330 £325 £344
25th Percentile £413 £414 £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 £720 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 331 188 413
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.85 £15.42
25th Percentile £20.50 £22.66 £24.97
Median hourly rate £45.46 £37.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.86% -24.49% -14.78%
75th Percentile £65.00 £62.81 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £86.45
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £38.85
% change year-on-year -22.62% -16.34% +19.54%

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 19 January 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 12 (5.58%) Apache Airflow
2 9 (4.19%) Apache Spark
3 5 (2.33%) Apache
4 4 (1.86%) IIS
5 3 (1.40%) CICS
5 3 (1.40%) Confluence
5 3 (1.40%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.93%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.93%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.93%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.93%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.47%) MQSeries
7 1 (0.47%) nginx
7 1 (0.47%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.47%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 3 (1.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.47%) Mozilla Thunderbird
3 1 (0.47%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 5 (2.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.86%) Oracle EBS R12
3 3 (1.40%) BASE24
3 3 (1.40%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.40%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (1.40%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.93%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.93%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.47%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.47%) Magento
5 1 (0.47%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.47%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.47%) Shopify
5 1 (0.47%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 78 (36.28%) Azure
2 73 (33.95%) AWS
3 16 (7.44%) GCP
4 15 (6.98%) Power Platform
5 14 (6.51%) Azure DevOps
6 13 (6.05%) Snowflake
7 12 (5.58%) Amazon S3
7 12 (5.58%) dbt
7 12 (5.58%) GitHub
7 12 (5.58%) Serverless
8 10 (4.65%) GitHub Actions
9 9 (4.19%) Azure Data Factory
9 9 (4.19%) Dynamics 365
10 8 (3.72%) Amazon EC2
11 7 (3.26%) AWS Lambda
11 7 (3.26%) SaaS
12 6 (2.79%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 6 (2.79%) Amazon ECS
12 6 (2.79%) Microsoft 365
12 6 (2.79%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 15 (6.98%) Firewall
2 7 (3.26%) TCP/IP
3 5 (2.33%) BGP
3 5 (2.33%) HTTP
3 5 (2.33%) Network Security
3 5 (2.33%) VPN
3 5 (2.33%) Wireless
4 4 (1.86%) OSPF
4 4 (1.86%) SD-WAN
4 4 (1.86%) SSL
4 4 (1.86%) WAN
5 3 (1.40%) DNS
5 3 (1.40%) Internet
6 2 (0.93%) 802.11
6 2 (0.93%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (0.93%) EIGRP
6 2 (0.93%) MPLS
6 2 (0.93%) SAN
6 2 (0.93%) Unified Communications
6 2 (0.93%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (12.56%) MongoDB
2 26 (12.09%) SQL Server
3 24 (11.16%) Relational Database
4 23 (10.70%) PostgreSQL
5 21 (9.77%) Data Warehouse
5 21 (9.77%) DB2
6 14 (6.51%) Oracle Database
7 12 (5.58%) Data Lake
7 12 (5.58%) Power BI
8 11 (5.12%) NoSQL
9 9 (4.19%) Amazon RDS
9 9 (4.19%) Big Data
10 8 (3.72%) Azure SQL Database
11 7 (3.26%) Oracle Reports
12 6 (2.79%) Elasticsearch
12 6 (2.79%) Hadoop
13 5 (2.33%) MySQL
13 5 (2.33%) Snowflake Schema
13 5 (2.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 4 (1.86%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 22 (10.23%) JUnit
2 19 (8.84%) Git
3 17 (7.91%) Jenkins
4 8 (3.72%) GitLab
5 6 (2.79%) Cypress.io
6 4 (1.86%) JIRA
7 2 (0.93%) Gatling
7 2 (0.93%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.47%) Liquibase
8 1 (0.47%) LSMW
8 1 (0.47%) Maven
8 1 (0.47%) Storybook
8 1 (0.47%) Toad
8 1 (0.47%) Vagrant
General
1 79 (36.74%) Social Skills
2 64 (29.77%) Finance
3 42 (19.53%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (18.14%) Banking
5 25 (11.63%) Public Sector
6 18 (8.37%) Investment Banking
7 11 (5.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (3.72%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (3.72%) Front Office
9 6 (2.79%) Manufacturing
10 5 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.86%) Legal
11 4 (1.86%) Marketing
12 3 (1.40%) Financial Institution
12 3 (1.40%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.47%) Billing
13 1 (0.47%) Electronics
13 1 (0.47%) German Language
13 1 (0.47%) Retail
13 1 (0.47%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 63 (29.30%) Developer
2 26 (12.09%) Data Engineer
2 26 (12.09%) Java Developer
3 24 (11.16%) Architect
4 23 (10.70%) Senior
5 19 (8.84%) SQL Developer
6 17 (7.91%) Investment Banking Java Developer
7 16 (7.44%) Consultant
7 16 (7.44%) Lead
7 16 (7.44%) Senior Developer
8 14 (6.51%) DBA
9 11 (5.12%) Senior Java Developer
10 9 (4.19%) Senior SQL Developer
11 8 (3.72%) Administrator
11 8 (3.72%) Java Engineer
11 8 (3.72%) Linux Developer
11 8 (3.72%) Oracle DBA
11 8 (3.72%) Senior Investment Banking Java Developer
11 8 (3.72%) Sybase Developer
12 6 (2.79%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (15.35%) Kafka
1 33 (15.35%) Spring
2 16 (7.44%) JMS
2 16 (7.44%) RESTful
2 16 (7.44%) Spring Boot
3 13 (6.05%) .NET
3 13 (6.05%) REST
4 10 (4.65%) React
5 9 (4.19%) AngularJS
6 7 (3.26%) Elastic Stack
6 7 (3.26%) OAuth
6 7 (3.26%) OpenID
7 6 (2.79%) Jest
7 6 (2.79%) JSON
7 6 (2.79%) OAuth2
8 5 (2.33%) HTML
8 5 (2.33%) PySpark
8 5 (2.33%) SOAP
9 4 (1.86%) 802.1X
9 4 (1.86%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 24 (11.16%) Data Structures
2 16 (7.44%) Equities
3 13 (6.05%) Replication
4 12 (5.58%) Distributed Systems
5 11 (5.12%) Cloud Native
6 10 (4.65%) Mainframe
7 8 (3.72%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.86%) Distributed Computing
9 3 (1.40%) Algorithms
9 3 (1.40%) Clustering
9 3 (1.40%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.40%) Distributed Architecture
9 3 (1.40%) EMV
9 3 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.40%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (1.40%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (1.40%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.40%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.40%) Renewable Energy
9 3 (1.40%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 45 (20.93%) Linux
2 18 (8.37%) Windows
3 9 (4.19%) Windows Server
4 8 (3.72%) Unix
5 7 (3.26%) zOS
6 4 (1.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (1.86%) VMS
7 2 (0.93%) AIX
7 2 (0.93%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.47%) Amazon Linux
8 1 (0.47%) Android
8 1 (0.47%) CentOS
8 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (32.09%) CI/CD
2 62 (28.84%) DevOps
3 52 (24.19%) Agile
3 52 (24.19%) Problem-Solving
4 43 (20.00%) Data Modelling
5 33 (15.35%) Infrastructure as Code
5 33 (15.35%) Migration
6 29 (13.49%) Data Pipeline
6 29 (13.49%) Observability
7 28 (13.02%) Analytics
8 27 (12.56%) Containerisation
9 26 (12.09%) Business Intelligence
9 26 (12.09%) ETL
10 23 (10.70%) Microservices
11 22 (10.23%) Continuous Improvement
11 22 (10.23%) High Availability
12 21 (9.77%) Technical Leadership
13 20 (9.30%) Database Tuning
13 20 (9.30%) Open Source
13 20 (9.30%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 91 (42.33%) SQL
2 65 (30.23%) Python
3 48 (22.33%) Java
4 20 (9.30%) Shell Script
5 15 (6.98%) PowerShell
6 14 (6.51%) C#
7 12 (5.58%) PL/SQL
8 9 (4.19%) JavaScript
9 6 (2.79%) ABAP
9 6 (2.79%) T-SQL
10 5 (2.33%) Bash
10 5 (2.33%) Perl
10 5 (2.33%) TypeScript
11 4 (1.86%) C
11 4 (1.86%) COBOL
11 4 (1.86%) REXX
12 3 (1.40%) CLIST
12 3 (1.40%) JCL
12 3 (1.40%) PHP
12 3 (1.40%) Scala
Qualifications
1 37 (17.21%) Security Cleared
2 30 (13.95%) SC Cleared
3 19 (8.84%) Degree
4 7 (3.26%) Azure Certification
4 7 (3.26%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (2.79%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.86%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (1.40%) AWS Certification
7 3 (1.40%) CCNP
7 3 (1.40%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.40%) CISSP
7 3 (1.40%) OCP
7 3 (1.40%) Oracle Certification
7 3 (1.40%) VCAP
7 3 (1.40%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (0.93%) CCIE
8 2 (0.93%) GSEC
8 2 (0.93%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.47%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.47%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (10.70%) QA
2 20 (9.30%) Data Quality
3 12 (5.58%) GDPR
4 10 (4.65%) Accessibility
5 6 (2.79%) SLA
6 5 (2.33%) ISO 8583
6 5 (2.33%) PCI DSS
6 5 (2.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (1.86%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.93%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.93%) PSD2
8 2 (0.93%) SEPA
9 1 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 37 (17.21%) Docker
2 10 (4.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (4.19%) Active Directory
4 5 (2.33%) RACF
4 5 (2.33%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.86%) Job Entry Subsystem
5 4 (1.86%) NDS
5 4 (1.86%) NetIQ eDirectory
5 4 (1.86%) Oracle RAC
5 4 (1.86%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (1.40%) Hyper-V
6 3 (1.40%) KVM
7 2 (0.93%) HDFS
7 2 (0.93%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.47%) DFS Replication
8 1 (0.47%) Dovecot
8 1 (0.47%) Lustre
8 1 (0.47%) Postfix
8 1 (0.47%) Time Sharing Option
8 1 (0.47%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 36 (16.74%) Terraform
2 26 (12.09%) Kubernetes
3 24 (11.16%) Ansible
4 8 (3.72%) Grafana
5 7 (3.26%) Prometheus
6 5 (2.33%) Argo
6 5 (2.33%) Kibana
6 5 (2.33%) logstash
6 5 (2.33%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 5 (2.33%) Oracle RMAN
6 5 (2.33%) Progress Chef
6 5 (2.33%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (1.40%) Data Guard
7 3 (1.40%) ITRS Geneos
8 2 (0.93%) Cisco CUCM
8 2 (0.93%) NetBackup
8 2 (0.93%) Oozie
8 2 (0.93%) Puppet
8 2 (0.93%) SCCM
8 2 (0.93%) SCOM
Vendors
1 29 (13.49%) Oracle
2 26 (12.09%) Microsoft
3 16 (7.44%) Sybase
4 13 (6.05%) Databricks
5 10 (4.65%) SAP
5 10 (4.65%) ServiceNow
5 10 (4.65%) VMware
6 8 (3.72%) IBM
7 6 (2.79%) Cisco
7 6 (2.79%) Red Hat
8 5 (2.33%) Broadcom
9 4 (1.86%) Fortinet
9 4 (1.86%) NetIQ
9 4 (1.86%) Okta
9 4 (1.86%) OpenText
9 4 (1.86%) Palo Alto
10 3 (1.40%) Citrix
10 3 (1.40%) Google
10 3 (1.40%) HP
10 3 (1.40%) Splunk