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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 136 190
Rank change year-on-year +20 +54 +35
Contract jobs citing Performance Tuning 294 195 163
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.27% 2.00% 1.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.54% 2.19% 1.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 215 115 120
10th Percentile £368 £389 £350
25th Percentile £429 £450 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% -7.14%
75th Percentile £591 £600 £600
90th Percentile £710 £775 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £510
% change year-on-year - -1.96% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 1
10th Percentile £33.38 £70.25 -
25th Percentile £49.31 £70.63 £46.75
Median hourly rate £53.00 £72.50 £48.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.90% +49.48% -33.10%
75th Percentile £64.25 £75.63 £50.25
90th Percentile £95.00 £76.75 -
UK median hourly rate £52.75 £70.00 £61.60
% change year-on-year -24.64% +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 11,588 8,912 12,864
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 89.39% 91.59% 87.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,443 6,078 8,650
10th Percentile £350 £325 £325
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.82% -2.38% -2.78%
75th Percentile £623 £635 £638
90th Percentile £725 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £502 £525
% change year-on-year +2.19% -4.48% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 641 230 574
10th Percentile £17.23 £13.50 £15.05
25th Percentile £32.25 £18.66 £24.00
Median hourly rate £57.50 £36.50 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +57.53% -15.12% -14.00%
75th Percentile £71.91 £65.25 £60.00
90th Percentile £85.25 £75.25 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year +72.39% -32.00% +7.05%

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 June 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 20 June 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 (4.42%) Apache Airflow
2 11 (3.74%) Confluence
3 8 (2.72%) Oracle Application Server
4 7 (2.38%) CICS
5 5 (1.70%) Apache
6 4 (1.36%) Apache Spark
6 4 (1.36%) NetWeaver
6 4 (1.36%) SAS
6 4 (1.36%) WebSphere
7 3 (1.02%) WebSphere Application Server
8 2 (0.68%) IBM HTTP Server
8 2 (0.68%) IIS
8 2 (0.68%) Oracle HTTP Server
8 2 (0.68%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.68%) WebSphere Portal
9 1 (0.34%) ColdFusion
9 1 (0.34%) Documentum
9 1 (0.34%) FileNet
9 1 (0.34%) nginx
9 1 (0.34%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 15 (5.10%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.36%) Payment Gateway
2 4 (1.36%) SAP MDG
3 3 (1.02%) Aladdin
3 3 (1.02%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (1.02%) SimCorp Dimension
4 2 (0.68%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.34%) BASE24
5 1 (0.34%) Distributed Ledger
5 1 (0.34%) FIS Private Capital Suite
5 1 (0.34%) Magento
5 1 (0.34%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.34%) SAP CRM
5 1 (0.34%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 107 (36.39%) Azure
2 96 (32.65%) AWS
3 34 (11.56%) GCP
4 32 (10.88%) Power Platform
5 24 (8.16%) Amazon S3
6 22 (7.48%) Serverless
7 21 (7.14%) dbt
8 19 (6.46%) AWS Lambda
8 19 (6.46%) Azure DevOps
9 18 (6.12%) Snowflake
10 17 (5.78%) Amazon EC2
11 16 (5.44%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 16 (5.44%) Azure Data Factory
11 16 (5.44%) GitHub
12 15 (5.10%) GitHub Actions
13 10 (3.40%) Amazon EMR
14 8 (2.72%) OpenShift
15 6 (2.04%) Amazon Kinesis
15 6 (2.04%) Azure Monitor
15 6 (2.04%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.78%) Firewall
2 14 (4.76%) Network Security
3 11 (3.74%) DNS
3 11 (3.74%) VPN
4 10 (3.40%) BGP
4 10 (3.40%) OSPF
5 7 (2.38%) TCP/IP
6 6 (2.04%) Ethernet VPN
6 6 (2.04%) SD-WAN
6 6 (2.04%) SSL
6 6 (2.04%) VXLAN
6 6 (2.04%) WAN
6 6 (2.04%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (1.70%) DHCP
7 5 (1.70%) SAN
7 5 (1.70%) Software-Defined Networking
8 4 (1.36%) Wireless
9 3 (1.02%) HTTP
9 3 (1.02%) Internet
9 3 (1.02%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (14.97%) SQL Server
2 40 (13.61%) Data Warehouse
3 27 (9.18%) Power BI
4 20 (6.80%) PostgreSQL
4 20 (6.80%) Relational Database
5 14 (4.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 13 (4.42%) Oracle Reports
6 13 (4.42%) Star Schema
7 12 (4.08%) Amazon Redshift
7 12 (4.08%) Data Lake
8 11 (3.74%) Amazon RDS
8 11 (3.74%) Azure SQL Database
8 11 (3.74%) DynamoDB
8 11 (3.74%) Snowflake Schema
9 10 (3.40%) Db2
9 10 (3.40%) SAP HANA
10 9 (3.06%) Oracle Database
11 8 (2.72%) Oracle ODI
12 7 (2.38%) Amazon Athena
12 7 (2.38%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 42 (14.29%) Git
2 19 (6.46%) GitLab
3 18 (6.12%) JIRA
4 17 (5.78%) Jenkins
5 6 (2.04%) JUnit
6 5 (1.70%) Bitbucket
6 5 (1.70%) JMeter
6 5 (1.70%) Maven
7 4 (1.36%) Postman
8 3 (1.02%) Mockito
8 3 (1.02%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.68%) DbUnit
9 2 (0.68%) Gatling
9 2 (0.68%) Gradle
9 2 (0.68%) Introscope
9 2 (0.68%) Octopus Deploy
9 2 (0.68%) Oracle APEX
9 2 (0.68%) Oracle Forms
10 1 (0.34%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.34%) ESLint
General
1 82 (27.89%) Social Skills
2 70 (23.81%) Finance
3 38 (12.93%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (9.52%) Banking
5 23 (7.82%) Public Sector
6 9 (3.06%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (2.04%) Marketing
7 6 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (1.70%) Retail
9 4 (1.36%) Military
9 4 (1.36%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (1.36%) Publishing
10 3 (1.02%) Legal
11 2 (0.68%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.68%) Law
12 1 (0.34%) Back Office
12 1 (0.34%) Front Office
12 1 (0.34%) Games
12 1 (0.34%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 77 (26.19%) Developer
2 44 (14.97%) Data Engineer
3 36 (12.24%) Senior
4 24 (8.16%) Architect
5 23 (7.82%) Lead
6 18 (6.12%) DBA
6 18 (6.12%) SQL Developer
7 13 (4.42%) Network Engineer
7 13 (4.42%) Oracle Developer
8 11 (3.74%) Consultant
9 10 (3.40%) AWS Engineer
9 10 (3.40%) Python Engineer
9 10 (3.40%) SQL DBA
10 9 (3.06%) .NET Developer
10 9 (3.06%) Administrator
10 9 (3.06%) Java Developer
10 9 (3.06%) Senior Data Engineer
10 9 (3.06%) Senior Developer
10 9 (3.06%) Snowflake Engineer
10 9 (3.06%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (9.18%) REST
2 20 (6.80%) JSON
2 20 (6.80%) RESTful
3 19 (6.46%) Kafka
4 18 (6.12%) .NET
5 17 (5.78%) SOAP
6 15 (5.10%) Web Services
7 14 (4.76%) Spring
8 13 (4.42%) PySpark
8 13 (4.42%) Spring Boot
9 12 (4.08%) Middleware
10 8 (2.72%) React
11 7 (2.38%) BAPI
11 7 (2.38%) Node.js
11 7 (2.38%) OAuth
11 7 (2.38%) SAP Basis
12 6 (2.04%) OAuth2
12 6 (2.04%) XML
13 5 (1.70%) Flask
13 5 (1.70%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 20 (6.80%) Data Centre
2 18 (6.12%) Replication
3 17 (5.78%) Cloud Native
3 17 (5.78%) Clustering
4 16 (5.44%) Distributed Systems
5 13 (4.42%) Onboarding
6 10 (3.40%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (3.06%) Data Structures
7 9 (3.06%) Hybrid Cloud
7 9 (3.06%) Legacy Systems
7 9 (3.06%) Mainframe
8 7 (2.38%) CUDA
9 6 (2.04%) Algorithms
9 6 (2.04%) Legacy Code
9 6 (2.04%) Online Banking
9 6 (2.04%) Product Ownership
9 6 (2.04%) Security Posture
10 5 (1.70%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (1.70%) Low-Code
10 5 (1.70%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 54 (18.37%) Linux
2 30 (10.20%) Windows
3 16 (5.44%) Unix
4 14 (4.76%) Windows Server
5 11 (3.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (3.06%) zOS
7 4 (1.36%) Apple iOS
8 3 (1.02%) Oracle Linux
8 3 (1.02%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.68%) Amazon Linux
9 2 (0.68%) Android
9 2 (0.68%) CentOS
9 2 (0.68%) Data ONTAP
9 2 (0.68%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.68%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.34%) AIX
10 1 (0.34%) MVS
10 1 (0.34%) Solaris
10 1 (0.34%) VMS
10 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (31.97%) CI/CD
2 73 (24.83%) DevOps
3 70 (23.81%) Data Modelling
4 56 (19.05%) ETL
5 53 (18.03%) Migration
6 51 (17.35%) Agile
7 49 (16.67%) Analytics
7 49 (16.67%) High Availability
8 47 (15.99%) Problem-Solving
9 43 (14.63%) Data Pipeline
10 39 (13.27%) Data Engineering
11 35 (11.90%) AI
12 32 (10.88%) Business Intelligence
13 31 (10.54%) Infrastructure as Code
14 29 (9.86%) Capacity Planning
15 27 (9.18%) Observability
16 26 (8.84%) Containerisation
16 26 (8.84%) Disaster Recovery
16 26 (8.84%) Test Automation
16 26 (8.84%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 118 (40.14%) SQL
2 94 (31.97%) Python
3 32 (10.88%) Java
4 28 (9.52%) PowerShell
5 21 (7.14%) T-SQL
6 18 (6.12%) C#
7 15 (5.10%) Bash
8 11 (3.74%) Shell Script
9 10 (3.40%) PL/SQL
10 7 (2.38%) JavaScript
11 6 (2.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 6 (2.04%) JCL
12 5 (1.70%) ABAP
12 5 (1.70%) C
12 5 (1.70%) Perl
12 5 (1.70%) TypeScript
13 4 (1.36%) Bicep
13 4 (1.36%) Rust
14 3 (1.02%) C++
14 3 (1.02%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 70 (23.81%) Security Cleared
2 63 (21.43%) SC Cleared
3 14 (4.76%) Degree
4 11 (3.74%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 10 (3.40%) BPSS Clearance
6 9 (3.06%) AWS Certification
7 8 (2.72%) Azure Certification
8 7 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (2.04%) DV Cleared
10 5 (1.70%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 4 (1.36%) CISSP
11 4 (1.36%) SnowPro
12 3 (1.02%) Master's Degree
12 3 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (1.02%) VCAP
13 2 (0.68%) CCA
13 2 (0.68%) CESG Certified Professional
13 2 (0.68%) CISM
13 2 (0.68%) Citrix Certification
13 2 (0.68%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (12.24%) Data Quality
2 15 (5.10%) QA
3 11 (3.74%) GDPR
4 4 (1.36%) PCI DSS
4 4 (1.36%) SLA
5 3 (1.02%) ISO 8583
5 3 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.68%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.68%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.68%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.68%) NIST
6 2 (0.68%) PSD2
6 2 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.68%) SEPA
7 1 (0.34%) COBIT
7 1 (0.34%) GRC
System Software
1 31 (10.54%) Docker
2 16 (5.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (5.10%) vSphere
4 14 (4.76%) Active Directory
5 11 (3.74%) VMware ESXi
6 8 (2.72%) VMware NSX
7 7 (2.38%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (2.04%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 5 (1.70%) Hyper-V
9 5 (1.70%) KVM
10 2 (0.68%) NFS
10 2 (0.68%) Oracle RAC
10 2 (0.68%) Postfix
10 2 (0.68%) RACF
10 2 (0.68%) SRDF
10 2 (0.68%) Varnish
10 2 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.34%) ACF2
11 1 (0.34%) Ceph
11 1 (0.34%) etcd
Systems Management
1 35 (11.90%) Ansible
1 35 (11.90%) Terraform
2 30 (10.20%) Kubernetes
3 13 (4.42%) Grafana
4 12 (4.08%) Prometheus
5 10 (3.40%) PowerCLI
6 8 (2.72%) vCenter Server
7 6 (2.04%) Puppet
8 5 (1.70%) vMotion
9 4 (1.36%) Argo
10 3 (1.02%) Kibana
11 2 (0.68%) CA Wily
11 2 (0.68%) Data Guard
11 2 (0.68%) Failover Clustering
11 2 (0.68%) Oracle RMAN
11 2 (0.68%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.68%) SnapMirror
11 2 (0.68%) Tivoli
12 1 (0.34%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 45 (15.31%) Oracle
2 44 (14.97%) Microsoft
3 28 (9.52%) VMware
4 21 (7.14%) SAP
5 16 (5.44%) Databricks
6 13 (4.42%) ServiceNow
7 11 (3.74%) Google
7 11 (3.74%) Informatica
8 8 (2.72%) Cisco
9 7 (2.38%) IBM
9 7 (2.38%) Red Hat
10 6 (2.04%) Dell
10 6 (2.04%) NVIDIA
10 6 (2.04%) Salesforce
10 6 (2.04%) Splunk
10 6 (2.04%) Sybase
11 5 (1.70%) 3PAR
11 5 (1.70%) Adobe
11 5 (1.70%) MuleSoft
12 4 (1.36%) Brocade