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

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 128 149 220
Rank change year-on-year +21 +71 +33
Contract jobs citing Performance Tuning 238 176 141
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.14% 1.64% 0.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.39% 1.82% 0.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 153 100 93
10th Percentile £381 £361 £350
25th Percentile £425 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £600 £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 £67.50 £54.25
% change year-on-year +11.11% +24.42% -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 9,960 9,675 14,497
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 89.53% 90.36% 87.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,498 6,286 9,706
10th Percentile £340 £325 £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 424 186 521
10th Percentile £17.00 £18.36 £15.17
25th Percentile £26.68 £23.67 £23.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 £37.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +46.67% -21.05% -17.39%
75th Percentile £65.17 £63.75 £66.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £82.50
UK median hourly rate £25.77 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -20.71% -7.14% -

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 21 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 (4.62%) Apache Airflow
2 6 (2.52%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.26%) IIS
3 3 (1.26%) SAS
3 3 (1.26%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.84%) Apache
4 2 (0.84%) ArcGIS
4 2 (0.84%) CICS
4 2 (0.84%) Confluence
4 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.84%) OpenStack
4 2 (0.84%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 2 (0.84%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (0.84%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.42%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.42%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 3 (1.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.42%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 5 (2.10%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.68%) Oracle EBS R12
3 3 (1.26%) BASE24
3 3 (1.26%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (1.26%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.84%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.84%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.42%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.42%) Magento
5 1 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.42%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.42%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.42%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 84 (35.29%) AWS
2 81 (34.03%) Azure
3 21 (8.82%) GCP
4 20 (8.40%) Amazon S3
5 19 (7.98%) Power Platform
6 17 (7.14%) Serverless
6 17 (7.14%) Snowflake
7 15 (6.30%) Azure DevOps
8 14 (5.88%) dbt
9 13 (5.46%) AWS Lambda
9 13 (5.46%) GitHub
10 12 (5.04%) Azure Data Factory
11 11 (4.62%) GitHub Actions
12 10 (4.20%) Amazon EC2
13 9 (3.78%) SaaS
14 8 (3.36%) Microsoft 365
15 7 (2.94%) Amazon ECS
15 7 (2.94%) Dynamics 365
16 6 (2.52%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 6 (2.52%) Amazon EMR
Communications & Networking
1 16 (6.72%) Firewall
2 11 (4.62%) VPN
3 9 (3.78%) TCP/IP
4 7 (2.94%) Network Security
5 6 (2.52%) BGP
6 5 (2.10%) OSPF
6 5 (2.10%) SD-WAN
6 5 (2.10%) WAN
6 5 (2.10%) Wireless
7 4 (1.68%) HTTP
7 4 (1.68%) Internet
7 4 (1.68%) SSL
7 4 (1.68%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (1.26%) DHCP
8 3 (1.26%) DNS
8 3 (1.26%) LAN
9 2 (0.84%) 802.11
9 2 (0.84%) EIGRP
9 2 (0.84%) SAN
9 2 (0.84%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (11.76%) SQL Server
2 25 (10.50%) PostgreSQL
3 24 (10.08%) Data Warehouse
4 20 (8.40%) MongoDB
4 20 (8.40%) Relational Database
5 15 (6.30%) DB2
5 15 (6.30%) Power BI
6 14 (5.88%) Oracle Database
7 13 (5.46%) Amazon RDS
8 11 (4.62%) Data Lake
9 10 (4.20%) NoSQL
10 8 (3.36%) Azure SQL Database
10 8 (3.36%) Elasticsearch
10 8 (3.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 7 (2.94%) Oracle Reports
12 6 (2.52%) Amazon Redshift
12 6 (2.52%) Big Data
12 6 (2.52%) DynamoDB
12 6 (2.52%) Snowflake Schema
13 5 (2.10%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 28 (11.76%) Git
2 17 (7.14%) Jenkins
2 17 (7.14%) JUnit
3 10 (4.20%) GitLab
4 4 (1.68%) Cypress.io
5 3 (1.26%) JIRA
5 3 (1.26%) Maven
6 2 (0.84%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.84%) Gatling
6 2 (0.84%) Gradle
6 2 (0.84%) JMeter
6 2 (0.84%) Mockito
6 2 (0.84%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.42%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.42%) DbUnit
7 1 (0.42%) jMock
7 1 (0.42%) Liquibase
7 1 (0.42%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.42%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.42%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 76 (31.93%) Social Skills
2 63 (26.47%) Finance
3 41 (17.23%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (11.76%) Banking
5 24 (10.08%) Public Sector
6 11 (4.62%) Investment Banking
7 9 (3.78%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (3.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (2.10%) Front Office
9 4 (1.68%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.68%) Legal
9 4 (1.68%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.68%) Marketing
9 4 (1.68%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (1.68%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.26%) Publishing
11 2 (0.84%) Billing
11 2 (0.84%) Retail
12 1 (0.42%) Law
12 1 (0.42%) Military
Job Titles
1 65 (27.31%) Developer
2 37 (15.55%) Data Engineer
3 27 (11.34%) Architect
3 27 (11.34%) Senior
4 21 (8.82%) Lead
5 20 (8.40%) Java Developer
6 15 (6.30%) Consultant
6 15 (6.30%) Senior Developer
7 14 (5.88%) DBA
8 13 (5.46%) SQL Developer
9 10 (4.20%) Investment Banking Java Developer
10 9 (3.78%) Administrator
10 9 (3.78%) Senior Java Developer
11 8 (3.36%) Oracle Developer
12 7 (2.94%) Data Architect
12 7 (2.94%) Senior SQL Developer
12 7 (2.94%) Snowflake Engineer
12 7 (2.94%) SQL DBA
13 6 (2.52%) Network Engineer
13 6 (2.52%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (10.08%) Spring
2 23 (9.66%) Kafka
3 15 (6.30%) RESTful
4 13 (5.46%) Spring Boot
5 11 (4.62%) REST
6 10 (4.20%) .NET
6 10 (4.20%) JMS
6 10 (4.20%) PySpark
6 10 (4.20%) React
7 8 (3.36%) Elastic Stack
8 7 (2.94%) AngularJS
8 7 (2.94%) JSON
9 6 (2.52%) Web Services
10 5 (2.10%) Jest
10 5 (2.10%) Node.js
10 5 (2.10%) SOAP
11 4 (1.68%) 802.1X
11 4 (1.68%) Next.js
11 4 (1.68%) Pandas
11 4 (1.68%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 18 (7.56%) Data Structures
2 15 (6.30%) Cloud Native
3 13 (5.46%) Replication
4 11 (4.62%) Distributed Systems
5 10 (4.20%) Equities
6 9 (3.78%) Onboarding
7 8 (3.36%) Data Centre
7 8 (3.36%) Mainframe
8 7 (2.94%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (2.10%) Clustering
9 5 (2.10%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (2.10%) Security Posture
10 4 (1.68%) Algorithms
10 4 (1.68%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.68%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (1.68%) Product Ownership
11 3 (1.26%) AI Agents
11 3 (1.26%) Linux Command Line
11 3 (1.26%) Renewable Energy
11 3 (1.26%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 37 (15.55%) Linux
2 18 (7.56%) Windows
3 9 (3.78%) Unix
4 8 (3.36%) Windows Server
5 6 (2.52%) zOS
6 5 (2.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (1.26%) Android
7 3 (1.26%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.84%) AIX
8 2 (0.84%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.84%) VMS
9 1 (0.42%) CentOS
9 1 (0.42%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (31.93%) CI/CD
2 62 (26.05%) DevOps
3 52 (21.85%) Data Modelling
4 46 (19.33%) Problem-Solving
5 44 (18.49%) Agile
5 44 (18.49%) Migration
6 36 (15.13%) Data Pipeline
7 32 (13.45%) Analytics
7 32 (13.45%) Infrastructure as Code
8 30 (12.61%) ETL
9 29 (12.18%) Data Engineering
10 27 (11.34%) High Availability
11 26 (10.92%) Performance Optimisation
12 25 (10.50%) Business Intelligence
12 25 (10.50%) Continuous Improvement
13 24 (10.08%) Containerisation
13 24 (10.08%) Observability
13 24 (10.08%) Technical Leadership
14 19 (7.98%) Mentoring
14 19 (7.98%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 104 (43.70%) SQL
2 75 (31.51%) Python
3 41 (17.23%) Java
4 19 (7.98%) PowerShell
5 15 (6.30%) Shell Script
6 14 (5.88%) PL/SQL
7 12 (5.04%) C#
8 8 (3.36%) T-SQL
9 6 (2.52%) ABAP
9 6 (2.52%) Bash
9 6 (2.52%) JavaScript
10 5 (2.10%) C
10 5 (2.10%) Perl
10 5 (2.10%) TypeScript
11 4 (1.68%) COBOL
11 4 (1.68%) REXX
12 3 (1.26%) CLIST
12 3 (1.26%) JCL
12 3 (1.26%) PHP
12 3 (1.26%) Scala
Qualifications
1 45 (18.91%) Security Cleared
2 37 (15.55%) SC Cleared
3 18 (7.56%) Degree
4 7 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
4 7 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.52%) Azure Certification
6 5 (2.10%) DV Cleared
6 5 (2.10%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 4 (1.68%) AWS Certification
7 4 (1.68%) CCNP
7 4 (1.68%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.68%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (1.26%) CCIE
8 3 (1.26%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.26%) OCP
8 3 (1.26%) Oracle Certification
8 3 (1.26%) VCAP
9 2 (0.84%) CCA
9 2 (0.84%) CISSP
9 2 (0.84%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (9.66%) Data Quality
2 16 (6.72%) QA
3 13 (5.46%) GDPR
4 9 (3.78%) Accessibility
5 5 (2.10%) HIPAA
5 5 (2.10%) ISO 8583
5 5 (2.10%) PCI DSS
5 5 (2.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 5 (2.10%) SLA
6 2 (0.84%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.84%) PSD2
6 2 (0.84%) SEPA
7 1 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 34 (14.29%) Docker
2 12 (5.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (4.62%) Active Directory
4 6 (2.52%) KVM
5 5 (2.10%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (2.10%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (1.68%) Hyper-V
6 4 (1.68%) NDS
6 4 (1.68%) NetIQ eDirectory
6 4 (1.68%) RACF
6 4 (1.68%) vSphere
7 3 (1.26%) Job Entry Subsystem
7 3 (1.26%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (1.26%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.84%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.42%) HDFS
9 1 (0.42%) Lustre
9 1 (0.42%) NFS
9 1 (0.42%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 36 (15.13%) Terraform
2 30 (12.61%) Kubernetes
3 23 (9.66%) Ansible
4 10 (4.20%) Grafana
5 7 (2.94%) Prometheus
6 6 (2.52%) Kibana
6 6 (2.52%) logstash
7 5 (2.10%) Argo
8 4 (1.68%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 4 (1.68%) Oracle RMAN
8 4 (1.68%) Progress Chef
9 3 (1.26%) PowerCLI
9 3 (1.26%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (1.26%) vCenter Server
10 2 (0.84%) Data Guard
10 2 (0.84%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
10 2 (0.84%) ITRS Geneos
10 2 (0.84%) NetBackup
10 2 (0.84%) SCCM
10 2 (0.84%) SCOM
Vendors
1 32 (13.45%) Oracle
2 29 (12.18%) Microsoft
3 15 (6.30%) Databricks
4 14 (5.88%) VMware
5 11 (4.62%) ServiceNow
5 11 (4.62%) Sybase
6 10 (4.20%) SAP
7 8 (3.36%) Cisco
8 7 (2.94%) Google
8 7 (2.94%) IBM
8 7 (2.94%) Red Hat
9 5 (2.10%) Broadcom
9 5 (2.10%) Citrix
9 5 (2.10%) Palo Alto
9 5 (2.10%) Salesforce
10 4 (1.68%) Adobe
10 4 (1.68%) Juniper
10 4 (1.68%) NetIQ
10 4 (1.68%) OpenText
10 4 (1.68%) Zscaler