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

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 124 116 168
Rank change year-on-year -8 +52 +58
Contract jobs citing Performance Tuning 310 223 173
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.30% 2.23% 1.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.55% 2.42% 1.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 130 125
10th Percentile £399 £375 £360
25th Percentile £437 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £575 £624 £600
90th Percentile £683 £775 £663
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £515
% change year-on-year +2.50% -2.91% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 1
10th Percentile £31.75 £49.00 -
25th Percentile £40.38 £56.88 £62.50
Median hourly rate £53.00 £70.00 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.29% -6.67% +3.45%
75th Percentile - £73.75 £87.50
90th Percentile £53.40 £76.00 -
UK median hourly rate £38.25 £70.00 £61.60
% change year-on-year -45.36% +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 12,139 9,202 11,375
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 89.88% 91.87% 87.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,663 6,185 7,592
10th Percentile £356 £325 £325
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -2.33%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £638
90th Percentile £719 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 692 282 395
10th Percentile £16.62 £12.62 £18.50
25th Percentile £31.25 £19.02 £31.25
Median hourly rate £52.43 £34.48 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +52.04% -19.81% -14.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £65.02
90th Percentile £85.00 £70.14 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.30 £25.15 £41.50
% change year-on-year +68.19% -39.40% -2.35%

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 14 August 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 14 August 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 14 (4.52%) Oracle Application Server
2 11 (3.55%) Confluence
3 10 (3.23%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (2.58%) CICS
5 7 (2.26%) Apache
5 7 (2.26%) SAS
6 5 (1.61%) Apache Spark
6 5 (1.61%) WebSphere
7 4 (1.29%) NetWeaver
7 4 (1.29%) Oracle Workflow
8 3 (0.97%) IIS
8 3 (0.97%) nginx
8 3 (0.97%) SharePoint
8 3 (0.97%) WebSphere Application Server
9 2 (0.65%) IBM HTTP Server
9 2 (0.65%) Oracle HTTP Server
9 2 (0.65%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.65%) WebSphere Portal
10 1 (0.32%) ColdFusion
10 1 (0.32%) FileNet
Applications
1 3 (0.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 19 (6.13%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.61%) SAP MDG
3 4 (1.29%) SAP CRM
4 3 (0.97%) Aladdin
4 3 (0.97%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.97%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.97%) SimCorp Dimension
5 2 (0.65%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.32%) Distributed Ledger
6 1 (0.32%) FIS Private Capital Suite
6 1 (0.32%) Magento
6 1 (0.32%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.32%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.32%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.32%) SAP Travel Management
6 1 (0.32%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 104 (33.55%) Azure
2 81 (26.13%) AWS
3 30 (9.68%) GCP
4 29 (9.35%) Power Platform
5 24 (7.74%) Azure DevOps
6 19 (6.13%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 19 (6.13%) Amazon S3
7 18 (5.81%) dbt
7 18 (5.81%) Serverless
8 17 (5.48%) Amazon EC2
8 17 (5.48%) GitHub
9 15 (4.84%) AWS Lambda
9 15 (4.84%) Azure Data Factory
10 14 (4.52%) GitHub Actions
11 13 (4.19%) Snowflake
12 9 (2.90%) Azure Monitor
13 8 (2.58%) Amazon EMR
14 7 (2.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 6 (1.94%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
15 6 (1.94%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 15 (4.84%) Firewall
2 12 (3.87%) Network Security
3 10 (3.23%) DNS
3 10 (3.23%) SSL
4 6 (1.94%) HTTP
5 5 (1.61%) BGP
5 5 (1.61%) OSPF
5 5 (1.61%) Software-Defined Networking
5 5 (1.61%) VPN
6 4 (1.29%) Ethernet VPN
6 4 (1.29%) ICMP
6 4 (1.29%) Internet
6 4 (1.29%) SD-WAN
6 4 (1.29%) SNMP
6 4 (1.29%) TCP/IP
6 4 (1.29%) VXLAN
6 4 (1.29%) WAN
7 3 (0.97%) Bluetooth
7 3 (0.97%) DHCP
7 3 (0.97%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (18.39%) SQL Server
2 51 (16.45%) Data Warehouse
3 31 (10.00%) PostgreSQL
4 27 (8.71%) Power BI
4 27 (8.71%) Relational Database
5 22 (7.10%) Oracle Reports
6 16 (5.16%) Oracle Database
7 15 (4.84%) Azure SQL Database
7 15 (4.84%) Db2
8 14 (4.52%) MySQL
8 14 (4.52%) Oracle ODI
8 14 (4.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 12 (3.87%) Star Schema
10 10 (3.23%) Amazon RDS
10 10 (3.23%) Amazon Redshift
10 10 (3.23%) Data Lake
10 10 (3.23%) SAP HANA
11 9 (2.90%) Snowflake Schema
12 8 (2.58%) Amazon Aurora
12 8 (2.58%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 45 (14.52%) Git
2 21 (6.77%) GitLab
3 18 (5.81%) JIRA
4 17 (5.48%) Jenkins
5 6 (1.94%) Bitbucket
6 5 (1.61%) Postman
7 4 (1.29%) JMeter
7 4 (1.29%) Oracle Forms
8 3 (0.97%) JUnit
8 3 (0.97%) Liquibase
8 3 (0.97%) Maven
8 3 (0.97%) Octopus Deploy
9 2 (0.65%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.65%) Flyway
9 2 (0.65%) Introscope
9 2 (0.65%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.65%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 2 (0.65%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.32%) Oracle APEX
10 1 (0.32%) Selenium
General
1 80 (25.81%) Social Skills
2 68 (21.94%) Finance
3 44 (14.19%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (9.68%) Banking
5 21 (6.77%) Public Sector
6 7 (2.26%) Retail
7 6 (1.94%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (1.61%) Marketing
8 5 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (1.29%) Legal
9 4 (1.29%) Military
9 4 (1.29%) Publishing
10 3 (0.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (0.97%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.65%) Law
11 2 (0.65%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.32%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.32%) Games
12 1 (0.32%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.32%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 86 (27.74%) Developer
2 42 (13.55%) Data Engineer
3 37 (11.94%) Senior
4 32 (10.32%) DBA
5 22 (7.10%) Lead
6 21 (6.77%) Architect
7 20 (6.45%) SQL Developer
8 18 (5.81%) Administrator
9 17 (5.48%) SQL DBA
10 16 (5.16%) Oracle Developer
11 12 (3.87%) AWS Engineer
11 12 (3.87%) Consultant
12 10 (3.23%) Linux Engineer
12 10 (3.23%) Oracle DBA
12 10 (3.23%) SC Cleared DBA
12 10 (3.23%) Senior Data Engineer
12 10 (3.23%) Senior Developer
13 9 (2.90%) .NET Developer
13 9 (2.90%) Network Engineer
13 9 (2.90%) SQL Server DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (10.32%) REST
2 24 (7.74%) .NET
3 21 (6.77%) SOAP
4 19 (6.13%) JSON
4 19 (6.13%) Kafka
4 19 (6.13%) Web Services
5 17 (5.48%) Middleware
6 16 (5.16%) RESTful
7 13 (4.19%) PySpark
8 12 (3.87%) XML
9 10 (3.23%) React
9 10 (3.23%) Spring
10 9 (2.90%) BAPI
10 9 (2.90%) Node.js
10 9 (2.90%) Spring Boot
11 7 (2.26%) .NET Framework
11 7 (2.26%) SAP Basis
12 6 (1.94%) IDoc
12 6 (1.94%) OAuth
13 5 (1.61%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 23 (7.42%) Replication
2 19 (6.13%) Cloud Native
3 18 (5.81%) Distributed Systems
4 16 (5.16%) Clustering
4 16 (5.16%) Data Centre
5 14 (4.52%) Mainframe
6 11 (3.55%) Data Structures
7 9 (2.90%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (2.58%) Hybrid Cloud
8 8 (2.58%) Management Information System
9 7 (2.26%) CUDA
9 7 (2.26%) Onboarding
9 7 (2.26%) Product Ownership
10 6 (1.94%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (1.94%) Greenfield Project
10 6 (1.94%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (1.94%) Online Banking
11 5 (1.61%) Legacy Code
11 5 (1.61%) PKI
11 5 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 62 (20.00%) Linux
2 33 (10.65%) Windows
3 21 (6.77%) Windows Server
4 19 (6.13%) Unix
5 13 (4.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 11 (3.55%) zOS
7 4 (1.29%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.97%) Amazon Linux
8 3 (0.97%) Embedded Linux
8 3 (0.97%) Oracle Linux
8 3 (0.97%) VMS
9 2 (0.65%) CentOS
9 2 (0.65%) Data ONTAP
9 2 (0.65%) MVS
9 2 (0.65%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.32%) AIX
10 1 (0.32%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.32%) Solaris
10 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (30.32%) CI/CD
2 81 (26.13%) Data Modelling
3 79 (25.48%) DevOps
4 68 (21.94%) ETL
5 58 (18.71%) Analytics
6 56 (18.06%) Migration
6 56 (18.06%) Problem-Solving
7 54 (17.42%) High Availability
8 49 (15.81%) Agile
9 44 (14.19%) Data Pipeline
10 37 (11.94%) Business Intelligence
10 37 (11.94%) Root Cause Analysis
11 34 (10.97%) Capacity Planning
11 34 (10.97%) Data Engineering
12 33 (10.65%) AI
13 32 (10.32%) Infrastructure as Code
14 31 (10.00%) Performance Optimisation
15 30 (9.68%) Disaster Recovery
15 30 (9.68%) Observability
16 28 (9.03%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 135 (43.55%) SQL
2 85 (27.42%) Python
3 27 (8.71%) Java
4 26 (8.39%) PowerShell
4 26 (8.39%) T-SQL
5 21 (6.77%) C#
6 19 (6.13%) PL/SQL
7 16 (5.16%) Bash
7 16 (5.16%) Shell Script
8 12 (3.87%) JavaScript
9 8 (2.58%) ABAP
10 7 (2.26%) C++
10 7 (2.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 7 (2.26%) JCL
10 7 (2.26%) Perl
11 6 (1.94%) C
12 4 (1.29%) Bicep
12 4 (1.29%) REXX
12 4 (1.29%) TypeScript
13 3 (0.97%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 89 (28.71%) Security Cleared
2 82 (26.45%) SC Cleared
3 14 (4.52%) BPSS Clearance
3 14 (4.52%) Degree
4 10 (3.23%) AWS Certification
4 10 (3.23%) Azure Certification
5 8 (2.58%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (2.58%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (2.58%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 5 (1.61%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 5 (1.61%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.29%) OCP
7 4 (1.29%) Oracle Certification
7 4 (1.29%) SnowPro
8 3 (0.97%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 3 (0.97%) CCA
8 3 (0.97%) CESG Certified Professional
8 3 (0.97%) Citrix Certification
8 3 (0.97%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (0.65%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (14.19%) Data Quality
2 16 (5.16%) QA
3 9 (2.90%) GDPR
4 4 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.29%) PCI DSS
4 4 (1.29%) SLA
5 3 (0.97%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 3 (0.97%) GMP
5 3 (0.97%) GxP
5 3 (0.97%) ISO 20022
5 3 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 17025
6 2 (0.65%) NIST
7 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.32%) COBIT
7 1 (0.32%) GRC
7 1 (0.32%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.32%) ISO 15022
7 1 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.32%) SEPA
System Software
1 28 (9.03%) Docker
2 15 (4.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (4.19%) Active Directory
3 13 (4.19%) vSphere
4 10 (3.23%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (2.90%) VMware NSX
6 8 (2.58%) VMware ESXi
7 7 (2.26%) Oracle RAC
8 6 (1.94%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 4 (1.29%) Firmware
9 4 (1.29%) RACF
10 3 (0.97%) ACF2
10 3 (0.97%) Varnish
10 3 (0.97%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (0.65%) Hyper-V
11 2 (0.65%) NFS
11 2 (0.65%) OpenSSH
11 2 (0.65%) SRDF
12 1 (0.32%) Postfix
12 1 (0.32%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 31 (10.00%) Kubernetes
1 31 (10.00%) Terraform
2 28 (9.03%) Ansible
3 12 (3.87%) Grafana
3 12 (3.87%) Prometheus
4 8 (2.58%) PowerCLI
5 7 (2.26%) Data Guard
6 6 (1.94%) Puppet
6 6 (1.94%) vCenter Server
7 5 (1.61%) vMotion
8 4 (1.29%) Control-M
8 4 (1.29%) Oracle RMAN
9 3 (0.97%) Argo
9 3 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.65%) CA Wily
10 2 (0.65%) Docker Swarm
10 2 (0.65%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.65%) SCOM
10 2 (0.65%) SnapMirror
10 2 (0.65%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 66 (21.29%) Oracle
2 57 (18.39%) Microsoft
3 29 (9.35%) SAP
4 26 (8.39%) VMware
5 14 (4.52%) ServiceNow
6 13 (4.19%) Informatica
7 11 (3.55%) Databricks
8 10 (3.23%) IBM
9 9 (2.90%) MuleSoft
9 9 (2.90%) Red Hat
10 8 (2.58%) Google
11 7 (2.26%) Dell
11 7 (2.26%) Sybase
12 6 (1.94%) Adobe
12 6 (1.94%) NVIDIA
12 6 (1.94%) Salesforce
12 6 (1.94%) Splunk
13 5 (1.61%) 3PAR
13 5 (1.61%) Cisco
13 5 (1.61%) Citrix