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

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 131 182
Rank change year-on-year +4 +51 +56
Contract jobs citing Performance Tuning 295 198 165
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.26% 2.03% 1.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.53% 2.22% 1.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 215 116 122
10th Percentile £377 £389 £353
25th Percentile £430 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £483
Median % change year-on-year - +3.47% -7.95%
75th Percentile £591 £606 £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 11,677 8,930 12,752
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 89.44% 91.64% 87.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,504 6,082 8,581
10th Percentile £350 £325 £325
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.80% -2.38% -2.78%
75th Percentile £621 £635 £638
90th Percentile £725 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £502 £525
% change year-on-year +2.09% -4.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 645 237 566
10th Percentile £17.01 £13.30 £15.08
25th Percentile £31.94 £18.54 £23.81
Median hourly rate £57.50 £35.89 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +60.21% -16.53% -17.81%
75th Percentile £71.91 £65.25 £60.00
90th Percentile £85.15 £75.00 £74.75
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% +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 24 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 24 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 (4.41%) Apache Airflow
2 11 (3.73%) Confluence
3 8 (2.71%) Oracle Application Server
4 7 (2.37%) CICS
5 5 (1.69%) 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 16 (5.42%) 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 FI
5 1 (0.34%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 107 (36.27%) Azure
2 96 (32.54%) AWS
3 34 (11.53%) GCP
4 32 (10.85%) Power Platform
5 25 (8.47%) Amazon S3
6 23 (7.80%) Serverless
7 21 (7.12%) dbt
8 20 (6.78%) AWS Lambda
9 19 (6.44%) Azure DevOps
10 18 (6.10%) Amazon EC2
10 18 (6.10%) Snowflake
11 16 (5.42%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 16 (5.42%) Azure Data Factory
11 16 (5.42%) GitHub
12 15 (5.08%) GitHub Actions
13 10 (3.39%) Amazon EMR
14 8 (2.71%) OpenShift
15 6 (2.03%) Amazon Kinesis
15 6 (2.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 6 (2.03%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 15 (5.08%) Firewall
2 14 (4.75%) Network Security
3 11 (3.73%) DNS
4 10 (3.39%) VPN
5 8 (2.71%) BGP
5 8 (2.71%) OSPF
6 6 (2.03%) SSL
6 6 (2.03%) TCP/IP
7 5 (1.69%) DHCP
7 5 (1.69%) Ethernet VPN
7 5 (1.69%) SAN
7 5 (1.69%) SD-WAN
7 5 (1.69%) Software-Defined Networking
7 5 (1.69%) VXLAN
7 5 (1.69%) WAN
7 5 (1.69%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (1.02%) HTTP
8 3 (1.02%) Internet
8 3 (1.02%) LAN
8 3 (1.02%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (14.92%) SQL Server
2 40 (13.56%) Data Warehouse
3 27 (9.15%) Power BI
4 20 (6.78%) PostgreSQL
4 20 (6.78%) Relational Database
5 14 (4.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 13 (4.41%) Oracle Reports
6 13 (4.41%) Star Schema
7 12 (4.07%) Amazon RDS
7 12 (4.07%) Amazon Redshift
7 12 (4.07%) Data Lake
8 11 (3.73%) Azure SQL Database
8 11 (3.73%) DynamoDB
8 11 (3.73%) Snowflake Schema
9 10 (3.39%) Db2
9 10 (3.39%) SAP HANA
10 9 (3.05%) Oracle Database
11 8 (2.71%) Oracle ODI
12 7 (2.37%) Amazon Athena
12 7 (2.37%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 42 (14.24%) Git
2 19 (6.44%) GitLab
3 18 (6.10%) JIRA
4 17 (5.76%) Jenkins
5 6 (2.03%) JUnit
6 5 (1.69%) Bitbucket
6 5 (1.69%) JMeter
6 5 (1.69%) 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%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 83 (28.14%) Social Skills
2 71 (24.07%) Finance
3 38 (12.88%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (9.83%) Banking
5 22 (7.46%) Public Sector
6 9 (3.05%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (2.03%) Marketing
7 6 (2.03%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (1.69%) 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%) Health Technology
12 1 (0.34%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 78 (26.44%) Developer
2 44 (14.92%) Data Engineer
3 37 (12.54%) Senior
4 25 (8.47%) Architect
5 22 (7.46%) Lead
6 18 (6.10%) DBA
6 18 (6.10%) SQL Developer
7 13 (4.41%) Oracle Developer
8 11 (3.73%) Consultant
8 11 (3.73%) Network Engineer
9 10 (3.39%) AWS Engineer
9 10 (3.39%) Python Engineer
9 10 (3.39%) SQL DBA
10 9 (3.05%) .NET Developer
10 9 (3.05%) Administrator
10 9 (3.05%) Java Developer
10 9 (3.05%) Senior Data Engineer
10 9 (3.05%) Senior Developer
10 9 (3.05%) Snowflake Engineer
10 9 (3.05%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (9.49%) REST
2 20 (6.78%) JSON
2 20 (6.78%) RESTful
3 19 (6.44%) Kafka
4 18 (6.10%) .NET
4 18 (6.10%) SOAP
5 16 (5.42%) Web Services
6 14 (4.75%) Spring
7 13 (4.41%) Middleware
7 13 (4.41%) PySpark
7 13 (4.41%) Spring Boot
8 8 (2.71%) BAPI
8 8 (2.71%) React
9 7 (2.37%) Node.js
9 7 (2.37%) OAuth
9 7 (2.37%) SAP Basis
9 7 (2.37%) XML
10 6 (2.03%) OAuth2
11 5 (1.69%) Flask
11 5 (1.69%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 20 (6.78%) Data Centre
2 18 (6.10%) Cloud Native
2 18 (6.10%) Replication
3 17 (5.76%) Clustering
3 17 (5.76%) Distributed Systems
4 12 (4.07%) Onboarding
5 10 (3.39%) Data Structures
5 10 (3.39%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (3.05%) Hybrid Cloud
6 9 (3.05%) Legacy Systems
6 9 (3.05%) Mainframe
7 7 (2.37%) Algorithms
7 7 (2.37%) CUDA
7 7 (2.37%) Product Ownership
8 6 (2.03%) Legacy Code
8 6 (2.03%) Online Banking
8 6 (2.03%) Security Posture
9 5 (1.69%) DataPower
9 5 (1.69%) Enterprise Storage
9 5 (1.69%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 54 (18.31%) Linux
2 30 (10.17%) Windows
3 16 (5.42%) Unix
4 14 (4.75%) Windows Server
5 11 (3.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (3.05%) 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%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (32.20%) CI/CD
2 74 (25.08%) DevOps
3 70 (23.73%) Data Modelling
4 56 (18.98%) ETL
5 54 (18.31%) Migration
6 51 (17.29%) Agile
7 50 (16.95%) Analytics
8 49 (16.61%) High Availability
9 48 (16.27%) Problem-Solving
10 43 (14.58%) Data Pipeline
11 40 (13.56%) Data Engineering
12 36 (12.20%) AI
13 32 (10.85%) Business Intelligence
14 31 (10.51%) Infrastructure as Code
15 28 (9.49%) Capacity Planning
16 27 (9.15%) Observability
16 27 (9.15%) Validation
17 26 (8.81%) Disaster Recovery
17 26 (8.81%) Microservices
17 26 (8.81%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 119 (40.34%) SQL
2 94 (31.86%) Python
3 33 (11.19%) Java
4 28 (9.49%) PowerShell
5 21 (7.12%) T-SQL
6 18 (6.10%) C#
7 15 (5.08%) Bash
8 11 (3.73%) Shell Script
9 10 (3.39%) PL/SQL
10 7 (2.37%) JavaScript
11 6 (2.03%) ABAP
11 6 (2.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 6 (2.03%) JCL
12 5 (1.69%) C
12 5 (1.69%) Perl
12 5 (1.69%) TypeScript
13 4 (1.36%) Bicep
13 4 (1.36%) Rust
14 3 (1.02%) C++
14 3 (1.02%) Scala
Qualifications
1 69 (23.39%) Security Cleared
2 62 (21.02%) SC Cleared
3 14 (4.75%) Degree
4 11 (3.73%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 10 (3.39%) AWS Certification
5 10 (3.39%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (2.71%) Azure Certification
7 7 (2.37%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (2.03%) DV Cleared
9 5 (1.69%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 4 (1.36%) CISSP
10 4 (1.36%) SnowPro
11 3 (1.02%) Master's Degree
11 3 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (1.02%) VCAP
12 2 (0.68%) CCA
12 2 (0.68%) CESG Certified Professional
12 2 (0.68%) CISM
12 2 (0.68%) Citrix Certification
12 2 (0.68%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (12.20%) Data Quality
2 15 (5.08%) QA
3 12 (4.07%) GDPR
4 5 (1.69%) PCI DSS
5 4 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.02%) ISO 8583
6 3 (1.02%) SLA
7 2 (0.68%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.68%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.68%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.68%) NIST
7 2 (0.68%) PSD2
7 2 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.68%) SEPA
8 1 (0.34%) COBIT
8 1 (0.34%) GRC
System Software
1 32 (10.85%) Docker
2 16 (5.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (5.08%) vSphere
4 14 (4.75%) Active Directory
5 11 (3.73%) VMware ESXi
6 8 (2.71%) VMware NSX
7 7 (2.37%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (2.03%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 5 (1.69%) Hyper-V
9 5 (1.69%) 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 36 (12.20%) Terraform
2 35 (11.86%) Ansible
3 31 (10.51%) Kubernetes
4 13 (4.41%) Grafana
5 12 (4.07%) Prometheus
6 10 (3.39%) PowerCLI
7 8 (2.71%) vCenter Server
8 6 (2.03%) Puppet
9 5 (1.69%) vMotion
10 4 (1.36%) Argo
11 3 (1.02%) Kibana
12 2 (0.68%) CA Wily
12 2 (0.68%) Data Guard
12 2 (0.68%) Failover Clustering
12 2 (0.68%) Oracle RMAN
12 2 (0.68%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.68%) SnapMirror
12 2 (0.68%) Tivoli
13 1 (0.34%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 45 (15.25%) Oracle
2 44 (14.92%) Microsoft
3 28 (9.49%) VMware
4 22 (7.46%) SAP
5 16 (5.42%) Databricks
6 13 (4.41%) ServiceNow
7 11 (3.73%) Google
7 11 (3.73%) Informatica
8 7 (2.37%) Cisco
8 7 (2.37%) IBM
8 7 (2.37%) Red Hat
9 6 (2.03%) Adobe
9 6 (2.03%) Dell
9 6 (2.03%) NVIDIA
9 6 (2.03%) Salesforce
9 6 (2.03%) Splunk
9 6 (2.03%) Sybase
10 5 (1.69%) 3PAR
10 5 (1.69%) MuleSoft
11 4 (1.36%) Brocade