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

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 132 147 188
Rank change year-on-year +15 +41 +57
Contract jobs citing Performance Tuning 243 189 166
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.04% 1.87% 1.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.31% 2.06% 1.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 165 121 115
10th Percentile £378 £388 £331
25th Percentile £429 £431 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £605
90th Percentile £688 £738 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 3
10th Percentile - - £49.40
25th Percentile £53.00 - £53.38
Median hourly rate £53.50 £70.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.57% +16.67% -17.24%
75th Percentile £84.75 - -
90th Percentile £95.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £53.00 £70.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -24.29% +16.67% -17.24%

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 10,520 9,176 13,574
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 88.33% 90.93% 87.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,794 6,281 9,049
10th Percentile £350 £338 £325
25th Percentile £416 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.90% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £760 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.89% -0.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 506 226 558
10th Percentile £17.00 £14.20 £14.74
25th Percentile £27.20 £20.45 £23.81
Median hourly rate £57.50 £39.52 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +45.50% -1.20% -27.27%
75th Percentile £70.00 £66.38 £60.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.00 £75.25
UK median hourly rate £39.00 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +30.00% -14.29% -6.67%

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 22 April 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 22 April 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 10 (4.12%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (1.65%) CICS
2 4 (1.65%) Confluence
2 4 (1.65%) IIS
2 4 (1.65%) NetWeaver
2 4 (1.65%) Oracle Application Server
2 4 (1.65%) SAS
3 3 (1.23%) Apache
3 3 (1.23%) Oracle Workflow
3 3 (1.23%) WebLogic
4 2 (0.82%) IBM HTTP Server
4 2 (0.82%) OpenStack
4 2 (0.82%) Oracle HTTP Server
4 2 (0.82%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 2 (0.82%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.82%) WebSphere Application Server
4 2 (0.82%) WebSphere Portal
5 1 (0.41%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.41%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.41%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 4 (1.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.82%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (2.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.65%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (1.65%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (1.23%) BASE24
3 3 (1.23%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.82%) Magento
4 2 (0.82%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.41%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.41%) Distributed Ledger
5 1 (0.41%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.41%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.41%) Shopify
5 1 (0.41%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 89 (36.63%) Azure
2 83 (34.16%) AWS
3 25 (10.29%) GCP
3 25 (10.29%) Power Platform
4 21 (8.64%) Amazon S3
5 17 (7.00%) Snowflake
6 15 (6.17%) Amazon EC2
6 15 (6.17%) Serverless
7 14 (5.76%) Azure Data Factory
8 13 (5.35%) AWS Lambda
8 13 (5.35%) dbt
9 12 (4.94%) Azure DevOps
10 11 (4.53%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 9 (3.70%) GitHub
11 9 (3.70%) GitHub Actions
12 7 (2.88%) OpenShift
12 7 (2.88%) PaaS
13 6 (2.47%) Amazon Kinesis
13 6 (2.47%) Azure Storage
13 6 (2.47%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 18 (7.41%) Firewall
2 12 (4.94%) Network Security
2 12 (4.94%) VPN
3 10 (4.12%) BGP
4 9 (3.70%) OSPF
5 7 (2.88%) TCP/IP
6 6 (2.47%) DNS
6 6 (2.47%) Ethernet VPN
6 6 (2.47%) SD-WAN
6 6 (2.47%) VXLAN
6 6 (2.47%) WAN
7 5 (2.06%) SSL
7 5 (2.06%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (1.65%) DHCP
8 4 (1.65%) LAN
8 4 (1.65%) Software-Defined Networking
8 4 (1.65%) Wireless
9 3 (1.23%) HTTP
9 3 (1.23%) SAN
10 2 (0.82%) 802.11
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (14.81%) SQL Server
2 27 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
3 21 (8.64%) PostgreSQL
4 19 (7.82%) Power BI
5 16 (6.58%) Oracle Database
6 12 (4.94%) Data Lake
6 12 (4.94%) Relational Database
6 12 (4.94%) Star Schema
7 11 (4.53%) Oracle Reports
7 11 (4.53%) Snowflake Schema
8 10 (4.12%) Amazon RDS
8 10 (4.12%) Azure SQL Database
8 10 (4.12%) DynamoDB
8 10 (4.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 8 (3.29%) DB2
10 7 (2.88%) Elasticsearch
10 7 (2.88%) NoSQL
11 6 (2.47%) Amazon Redshift
11 6 (2.47%) SAP HANA
12 5 (2.06%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 22 (9.05%) Git
2 13 (5.35%) GitLab
2 13 (5.35%) Jenkins
3 6 (2.47%) JIRA
3 6 (2.47%) JUnit
4 4 (1.65%) JMeter
5 3 (1.23%) Cypress.io
5 3 (1.23%) Maven
6 2 (0.82%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.82%) Gatling
6 2 (0.82%) Gradle
6 2 (0.82%) Introscope
6 2 (0.82%) Mockito
6 2 (0.82%) Oracle APEX
6 2 (0.82%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.41%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.41%) Postman
7 1 (0.41%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.41%) Visual Studio
General
1 67 (27.57%) Social Skills
2 55 (22.63%) Finance
3 29 (11.93%) Banking
4 28 (11.52%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (7.82%) Public Sector
6 8 (3.29%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (2.47%) Marketing
8 5 (2.06%) Financial Institution
8 5 (2.06%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (1.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.23%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (1.23%) Publishing
11 2 (0.82%) Law
11 2 (0.82%) Legal
11 2 (0.82%) Retail
12 1 (0.41%) Back Office
12 1 (0.41%) Billing
12 1 (0.41%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.41%) Military
12 1 (0.41%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 52 (21.40%) Developer
2 37 (15.23%) Data Engineer
3 30 (12.35%) Senior
4 26 (10.70%) Architect
5 21 (8.64%) Lead
6 20 (8.23%) DBA
7 11 (4.53%) Network Engineer
7 11 (4.53%) Oracle Developer
8 10 (4.12%) Snowflake Engineer
8 10 (4.12%) SQL DBA
9 9 (3.70%) Administrator
9 9 (3.70%) Java Developer
9 9 (3.70%) Oracle DBA
10 8 (3.29%) Consultant
10 8 (3.29%) Snowflake Data Engineer
11 7 (2.88%) AWS Engineer
11 7 (2.88%) C# Developer
11 7 (2.88%) Senior Developer
12 6 (2.47%) .NET Developer
12 6 (2.47%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (7.00%) RESTful
2 14 (5.76%) Kafka
3 13 (5.35%) REST
4 12 (4.94%) JSON
4 12 (4.94%) Spring
4 12 (4.94%) Spring Boot
5 11 (4.53%) .NET
5 11 (4.53%) SOAP
6 8 (3.29%) PySpark
7 7 (2.88%) React
8 6 (2.47%) Middleware
8 6 (2.47%) SAP Basis
8 6 (2.47%) Web Services
9 5 (2.06%) Elastic Stack
9 5 (2.06%) OpenTelemetry
9 5 (2.06%) Oracle Fusion
10 4 (1.65%) 802.1X
10 4 (1.65%) AngularJS
10 4 (1.65%) Jest
10 4 (1.65%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 15 (6.17%) Distributed Systems
2 14 (5.76%) Data Centre
3 13 (5.35%) Clustering
4 12 (4.94%) Cloud Native
4 12 (4.94%) Replication
5 11 (4.53%) Onboarding
6 10 (4.12%) Mainframe
7 9 (3.70%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (2.88%) Hybrid Cloud
8 7 (2.88%) Security Posture
9 6 (2.47%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (2.47%) Product Ownership
10 5 (2.06%) DataPower
11 4 (1.65%) Data Structures
11 4 (1.65%) Legacy Code
11 4 (1.65%) Low-Code
11 4 (1.65%) NHS
11 4 (1.65%) Online Banking
12 3 (1.23%) Algorithms
12 3 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 38 (15.64%) Linux
2 32 (13.17%) Windows
3 17 (7.00%) Windows Server
4 16 (6.58%) Unix
5 10 (4.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (3.29%) zOS
7 4 (1.65%) Apple iOS
8 3 (1.23%) Android
8 3 (1.23%) Oracle Linux
9 2 (0.82%) AIX
9 2 (0.82%) Amazon Linux
9 2 (0.82%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.82%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 2 (0.82%) VMS
10 1 (0.41%) Data ONTAP
10 1 (0.41%) MVS
10 1 (0.41%) Solaris
10 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (28.81%) CI/CD
2 61 (25.10%) DevOps
3 54 (22.22%) Data Modelling
3 54 (22.22%) Migration
4 43 (17.70%) ETL
5 38 (15.64%) High Availability
6 36 (14.81%) Agile
6 36 (14.81%) Analytics
7 34 (13.99%) Data Engineering
8 33 (13.58%) Data Pipeline
8 33 (13.58%) Performance Optimisation
9 27 (11.11%) AI
9 27 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
10 26 (10.70%) Business Intelligence
10 26 (10.70%) Technical Leadership
11 25 (10.29%) Infrastructure as Code
12 22 (9.05%) Containerisation
13 21 (8.64%) Capacity Planning
14 20 (8.23%) Disaster Recovery
14 20 (8.23%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 95 (39.09%) SQL
2 77 (31.69%) Python
3 28 (11.52%) Java
4 23 (9.47%) PowerShell
5 15 (6.17%) PL/SQL
6 13 (5.35%) C#
7 12 (4.94%) Shell Script
8 11 (4.53%) Bash
9 10 (4.12%) T-SQL
10 8 (3.29%) Perl
11 7 (2.88%) C
11 7 (2.88%) JCL
12 6 (2.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 4 (1.65%) JavaScript
13 4 (1.65%) TypeScript
14 3 (1.23%) CLIST
14 3 (1.23%) COBOL
14 3 (1.23%) REXX
14 3 (1.23%) Rust
15 2 (0.82%) Swift
Qualifications
1 54 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 46 (18.93%) SC Cleared
3 15 (6.17%) Degree
4 8 (3.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (2.88%) Azure Certification
5 7 (2.88%) DV Cleared
6 5 (2.06%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 4 (1.65%) AWS Certification
7 4 (1.65%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.23%) CCIE
8 3 (1.23%) CCNP
8 3 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.23%) CISSP
8 3 (1.23%) OCP
8 3 (1.23%) Oracle Certification
8 3 (1.23%) SnowPro
8 3 (1.23%) VCAP
9 2 (0.82%) CCA
9 2 (0.82%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (10.29%) Data Quality
2 14 (5.76%) QA
3 11 (4.53%) GDPR
4 6 (2.47%) Accessibility
4 6 (2.47%) PCI DSS
5 5 (2.06%) ISO 8583
5 5 (2.06%) SLA
6 3 (1.23%) HIPAA
6 3 (1.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.82%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.82%) NIST
7 2 (0.82%) PSD2
7 2 (0.82%) SEPA
8 1 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.41%) COBIT
System Software
1 29 (11.93%) Docker
2 16 (6.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (4.94%) Active Directory
4 9 (3.70%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (3.70%) vSphere
5 7 (2.88%) VMware NSX
6 5 (2.06%) KVM
6 5 (2.06%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (1.65%) Hyper-V
8 3 (1.23%) Oracle RAC
8 3 (1.23%) RACF
9 2 (0.82%) Job Entry Subsystem
9 2 (0.82%) NFS
9 2 (0.82%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.41%) ACF2
10 1 (0.41%) Ceph
10 1 (0.41%) etcd
10 1 (0.41%) Firmware
10 1 (0.41%) Lustre
10 1 (0.41%) NDS
Systems Management
1 33 (13.58%) Terraform
2 32 (13.17%) Ansible
3 25 (10.29%) Kubernetes
4 12 (4.94%) Grafana
5 10 (4.12%) Prometheus
6 6 (2.47%) vCenter Server
7 5 (2.06%) Kibana
7 5 (2.06%) Oracle RMAN
7 5 (2.06%) PowerCLI
8 4 (1.65%) Argo
8 4 (1.65%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 3 (1.23%) Data Guard
9 3 (1.23%) logstash
9 3 (1.23%) Progress Chef
9 3 (1.23%) SCCM
9 3 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.82%) CA Wily
10 2 (0.82%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
10 2 (0.82%) SCOM
10 2 (0.82%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 44 (18.11%) Oracle
2 38 (15.64%) Microsoft
3 23 (9.47%) VMware
4 13 (5.35%) Databricks
4 13 (5.35%) ServiceNow
5 12 (4.94%) Google
6 11 (4.53%) SAP
7 9 (3.70%) Red Hat
8 8 (3.29%) IBM
9 7 (2.88%) Cisco
9 7 (2.88%) Citrix
10 6 (2.47%) Informatica
11 5 (2.06%) Broadcom
11 5 (2.06%) Juniper
11 5 (2.06%) Palo Alto
11 5 (2.06%) Salesforce
11 5 (2.06%) Sybase
12 4 (1.65%) Fortinet
12 4 (1.65%) Splunk
13 3 (1.23%) RedGate