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 6 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 110 154 255
Rank change year-on-year +44 +101 +11
Contract jobs citing Performance Tuning 247 176 140
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.41% 1.44% 0.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.64% 1.63% 0.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 103 96
10th Percentile £375 £379 £321
25th Percentile £425 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £493 £450
Median % change year-on-year +1.42% +9.56% -18.18%
75th Percentile £591 £600 £527
90th Percentile £693 £663 £606
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £485
% change year-on-year -4.76% +8.25% -11.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 3
10th Percentile £46.63 - -
25th Percentile £50.94 £62.50 -
Median hourly rate £61.25 £75.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.33% +25.00% +140.00%
75th Percentile £70.94 £87.50 £64.38
90th Percentile £74.88 - £67.00
UK median hourly rate £64.13 £66.65 £60.00
% change year-on-year -3.78% +11.08% -

All Process and 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 9,355 10,796 15,719
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.17% 88.49% 88.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,196 6,794 10,785
10th Percentile £325 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £638
90th Percentile £724 £750 £739
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 330 224 382
10th Percentile £15.18 £17.73 £19.99
25th Percentile £20.28 £22.00 £26.25
Median hourly rate £41.59 £37.39 £52.75
Median % change year-on-year +11.23% -29.12% -4.09%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £86.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.75 £42.50
% change year-on-year -23.21% -22.94% +21.43%

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 6 December 2025.

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 6 December 2025.

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 17 (6.88%) Apache Airflow
2 11 (4.45%) Apache Spark
3 8 (3.24%) Apache
4 5 (2.02%) CICS
5 4 (1.62%) Confluence
5 4 (1.62%) IIS
6 3 (1.21%) Oracle Workflow
6 3 (1.21%) SAS
6 3 (1.21%) SharePoint
6 3 (1.21%) WebLogic
7 2 (0.81%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.81%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.40%) CMS
8 1 (0.40%) MQSeries
8 1 (0.40%) OpenEdge
8 1 (0.40%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.40%) SugarCRM
8 1 (0.40%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.40%) WebSphere
Applications
1 4 (1.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.40%) Mozilla Thunderbird
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 9 (3.64%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (2.02%) Oracle EBS R12
3 4 (1.62%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.81%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.81%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.81%) SAP MDG
4 2 (0.81%) SAP PLM
4 2 (0.81%) SAP VC
5 1 (0.40%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.40%) Magento
5 1 (0.40%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.40%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.40%) Shopify
5 1 (0.40%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 82 (33.20%) Azure
2 72 (29.15%) AWS
3 18 (7.29%) Azure DevOps
4 17 (6.88%) GCP
4 17 (6.88%) Snowflake
5 16 (6.48%) GitHub
6 14 (5.67%) Power Platform
7 13 (5.26%) Amazon S3
7 13 (5.26%) Serverless
8 12 (4.86%) dbt
8 12 (4.86%) GitHub Actions
9 10 (4.05%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 9 (3.64%) Azure Data Factory
11 8 (3.24%) Amazon EC2
12 7 (2.83%) Amazon ECS
12 7 (2.83%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 7 (2.83%) Datadog
12 7 (2.83%) Dynamics 365
12 7 (2.83%) SaaS
13 6 (2.43%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.05%) Firewall
2 5 (2.02%) HTTP
2 5 (2.02%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.62%) DNS
3 4 (1.62%) Network Security
3 4 (1.62%) SSL
3 4 (1.62%) VPN
4 3 (1.21%) Internet
4 3 (1.21%) LAN
4 3 (1.21%) SD-WAN
4 3 (1.21%) WAN
5 2 (0.81%) DHCP
5 2 (0.81%) Unified Communications
5 2 (0.81%) WebEx
5 2 (0.81%) WLAN
6 1 (0.40%) BGP
6 1 (0.40%) NX-OS
6 1 (0.40%) OSPF
6 1 (0.40%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.40%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (15.38%) MongoDB
2 35 (14.17%) DB2
2 35 (14.17%) Relational Database
3 32 (12.96%) SQL Server
4 27 (10.93%) Data Warehouse
5 25 (10.12%) PostgreSQL
6 21 (8.50%) Oracle Database
7 13 (5.26%) Power BI
8 12 (4.86%) Azure SQL Database
9 10 (4.05%) Data Lake
9 10 (4.05%) NoSQL
10 9 (3.64%) Amazon RDS
10 9 (3.64%) MySQL
11 8 (3.24%) Big Data
12 7 (2.83%) Hadoop
12 7 (2.83%) Snowflake Schema
13 6 (2.43%) Amazon Aurora
13 6 (2.43%) Amazon Redshift
13 6 (2.43%) Elasticsearch
13 6 (2.43%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 33 (13.36%) JUnit
2 24 (9.72%) Git
3 19 (7.69%) Jenkins
4 9 (3.64%) GitLab
5 6 (2.43%) Cypress.io
6 5 (2.02%) JIRA
7 2 (0.81%) GCC
7 2 (0.81%) Maven
7 2 (0.81%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.40%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.40%) Jasmine
8 1 (0.40%) Liquibase
8 1 (0.40%) LSMW
8 1 (0.40%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.40%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.40%) Selenium
8 1 (0.40%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.40%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.40%) Toad
8 1 (0.40%) Vagrant
General
1 99 (40.08%) Social Skills
2 73 (29.55%) Finance
3 48 (19.43%) Analytical Skills
3 48 (19.43%) Banking
4 30 (12.15%) Investment Banking
5 23 (9.31%) Public Sector
6 15 (6.07%) Front Office
7 10 (4.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (2.83%) Manufacturing
9 5 (2.02%) Marketing
10 4 (1.62%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.62%) Legal
10 4 (1.62%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (1.21%) Financial Institution
11 3 (1.21%) German Language
11 3 (1.21%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.81%) Automotive
12 2 (0.81%) Electronics
12 2 (0.81%) Retail
12 2 (0.81%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 77 (31.17%) Developer
2 37 (14.98%) Java Developer
3 32 (12.96%) Senior
4 29 (11.74%) SQL Developer
5 28 (11.34%) Investment Banking Java Developer
6 27 (10.93%) Data Engineer
7 23 (9.31%) DBA
8 22 (8.91%) Architect
8 22 (8.91%) Senior Developer
9 19 (7.69%) Consultant
10 18 (7.29%) Lead
11 16 (6.48%) Senior Java Developer
12 14 (5.67%) Senior SQL Developer
13 13 (5.26%) Administrator
13 13 (5.26%) Linux Developer
13 13 (5.26%) Senior Investment Banking Java Developer
13 13 (5.26%) Sybase Developer
14 11 (4.45%) Oracle DBA
15 8 (3.24%) Java Engineer
16 7 (2.83%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (18.22%) Kafka
2 42 (17.00%) Spring
3 27 (10.93%) JMS
4 22 (8.91%) RESTful
5 15 (6.07%) REST
6 14 (5.67%) Spring Boot
7 12 (4.86%) .NET
8 11 (4.45%) React
9 10 (4.05%) Elastic Stack
10 9 (3.64%) AngularJS
11 7 (2.83%) HTML
11 7 (2.83%) OAuth
12 6 (2.43%) AWS CDK
12 6 (2.43%) CSS
13 5 (2.02%) .NET Framework
13 5 (2.02%) Jest
13 5 (2.02%) JSON
13 5 (2.02%) Middleware
13 5 (2.02%) OpenID
13 5 (2.02%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 33 (13.36%) Data Structures
2 26 (10.53%) Equities
3 21 (8.50%) Replication
4 18 (7.29%) Distributed Systems
5 15 (6.07%) Cloud Native
6 13 (5.26%) Mainframe
7 10 (4.05%) Legacy Systems
8 9 (3.64%) Clustering
9 6 (2.43%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (2.02%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (2.02%) Distributed Computing
11 4 (1.62%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 4 (1.62%) Onboarding
11 4 (1.62%) Product Ownership
12 3 (1.21%) Distributed Architecture
12 3 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
12 3 (1.21%) Legacy Code
12 3 (1.21%) Linux Command Line
12 3 (1.21%) Renewable Energy
13 2 (0.81%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 61 (24.70%) Linux
2 18 (7.29%) Windows
3 10 (4.05%) Unix
3 10 (4.05%) Windows Server
4 9 (3.64%) zOS
5 3 (1.21%) AIX
5 3 (1.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.21%) VMS
6 2 (0.81%) OS/2
6 2 (0.81%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.40%) Amazon Linux
7 1 (0.40%) Android
7 1 (0.40%) CentOS
7 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (29.55%) Problem-Solving
2 72 (29.15%) DevOps
3 71 (28.74%) CI/CD
4 68 (27.53%) Agile
5 46 (18.62%) Data Modelling
6 41 (16.60%) Migration
7 34 (13.77%) Database Tuning
8 33 (13.36%) Infrastructure as Code
9 31 (12.55%) Data Pipeline
9 31 (12.55%) ETL
9 31 (12.55%) SDLC
10 30 (12.15%) Analytics
10 30 (12.15%) Open Source
11 29 (11.74%) Business Intelligence
12 28 (11.34%) Multithreading
13 26 (10.53%) Microservices
14 25 (10.12%) High Availability
14 25 (10.12%) Observability
15 24 (9.72%) Containerisation
15 24 (9.72%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 104 (42.11%) SQL
2 77 (31.17%) Python
3 64 (25.91%) Java
4 28 (11.34%) Shell Script
5 16 (6.48%) PL/SQL
6 15 (6.07%) C#
7 13 (5.26%) PowerShell
8 10 (4.05%) JavaScript
8 10 (4.05%) Perl
9 8 (3.24%) ABAP
10 7 (2.83%) Bash
11 6 (2.43%) REXX
11 6 (2.43%) T-SQL
12 5 (2.02%) JCL
12 5 (2.02%) TypeScript
13 4 (1.62%) Assembly Language
13 4 (1.62%) CLIST
14 3 (1.21%) COBOL
14 3 (1.21%) PL/1
14 3 (1.21%) Scala
Qualifications
1 34 (13.77%) Security Cleared
2 29 (11.74%) SC Cleared
3 18 (7.29%) Degree
4 7 (2.83%) BPSS Clearance
4 7 (2.83%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.43%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.62%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (1.21%) AWS Certification
7 3 (1.21%) CCNP
7 3 (1.21%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.21%) OCP
7 3 (1.21%) Oracle Certification
8 2 (0.81%) CCIE
8 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.81%) OCA
8 2 (0.81%) VCAP
8 2 (0.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (0.40%) BC Cleared
9 1 (0.40%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.40%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (9.72%) QA
2 19 (7.69%) Data Quality
3 11 (4.45%) GDPR
4 8 (3.24%) Accessibility
5 5 (2.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 4 (1.62%) HIPAA
6 4 (1.62%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.62%) SLA
7 3 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.40%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (0.40%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.40%) NCSC
System Software
1 36 (14.57%) Docker
2 10 (4.05%) Active Directory
3 8 (3.24%) Oracle RAC
4 7 (2.83%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (2.43%) RACF
6 5 (2.02%) Job Entry Subsystem
7 4 (1.62%) NDS
7 4 (1.62%) NetIQ eDirectory
8 3 (1.21%) Time Sharing Option
8 3 (1.21%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (1.21%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.81%) HDFS
9 2 (0.81%) NFS
9 2 (0.81%) vSphere
10 1 (0.40%) Dovecot
10 1 (0.40%) GPFS
10 1 (0.40%) Hyper-V
10 1 (0.40%) KVM
10 1 (0.40%) Squid
10 1 (0.40%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 37 (14.98%) Terraform
2 25 (10.12%) Kubernetes
3 21 (8.50%) Ansible
4 7 (2.83%) Oracle RMAN
5 6 (2.43%) Data Guard
5 6 (2.43%) Progress Chef
5 6 (2.43%) Prometheus
6 5 (2.02%) Grafana
6 5 (2.02%) Kibana
6 5 (2.02%) logstash
6 5 (2.02%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 5 (2.02%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (1.62%) ITRS Geneos
8 3 (1.21%) Puppet
9 2 (0.81%) Cisco CUCM
9 2 (0.81%) OMEGAMON
9 2 (0.81%) Oozie
9 2 (0.81%) SCCM
9 2 (0.81%) SCOM
9 2 (0.81%) Tivoli NetView
Vendors
1 34 (13.77%) Oracle
2 27 (10.93%) Sybase
3 24 (9.72%) Microsoft
4 14 (5.67%) SAP
5 13 (5.26%) Databricks
6 11 (4.45%) IBM
7 10 (4.05%) ServiceNow
8 7 (2.83%) VMware
9 5 (2.02%) Broadcom
9 5 (2.02%) Cisco
9 5 (2.02%) Informatica
9 5 (2.02%) Red Hat
10 4 (1.62%) Google
10 4 (1.62%) NetIQ
10 4 (1.62%) Okta
10 4 (1.62%) OpenText
10 4 (1.62%) Solace
11 3 (1.21%) Adobe
11 3 (1.21%) Citrix
11 3 (1.21%) Teradata