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

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 128 185
Rank change year-on-year +6 +57 +41
Contract jobs citing Performance Tuning 287 198 165
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.25% 2.04% 1.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.52% 2.23% 1.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 207 117 122
10th Percentile £379 £389 £353
25th Percentile £429 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £493
Median % change year-on-year - +1.42% -6.10%
75th Percentile £591 £600 £600
90th Percentile £700 £775 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £510
% change year-on-year - -1.96% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 1
10th Percentile £47.10 £70.25 -
25th Percentile - £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 £74.50 £75.63 £50.25
90th Percentile £95.00 £76.75 -
UK median hourly rate £53.00 £70.00 £61.60
% change year-on-year -24.29% +13.64% -13.54%

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 11,369 8,861 12,852
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 89.08% 91.46% 87.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,285 6,044 8,649
10th Percentile £350 £325 £325
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.78% -2.38% -2.87%
75th Percentile £623 £630 £638
90th Percentile £725 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +0.99% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 606 225 573
10th Percentile £17.43 £13.81 £15.03
25th Percentile £32.06 £18.54 £24.00
Median hourly rate £57.50 £36.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.72% -16.28% -15.69%
75th Percentile £71.91 £66.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £76.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £27.00 £37.09
% change year-on-year +62.81% -27.20% +5.97%

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 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 14 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 (4.53%) Apache Airflow
2 10 (3.48%) Confluence
3 8 (2.79%) Oracle Application Server
4 7 (2.44%) CICS
5 5 (1.74%) Apache
6 4 (1.39%) Apache Spark
6 4 (1.39%) NetWeaver
6 4 (1.39%) SAS
6 4 (1.39%) WebSphere
7 3 (1.05%) WebSphere Application Server
8 2 (0.70%) IBM HTTP Server
8 2 (0.70%) IIS
8 2 (0.70%) Oracle HTTP Server
8 2 (0.70%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.70%) WebSphere Portal
9 1 (0.35%) Documentum
9 1 (0.35%) FileNet
9 1 (0.35%) nginx
9 1 (0.35%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (4.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.39%) Payment Gateway
2 4 (1.39%) SAP MDG
3 3 (1.05%) Aladdin
3 3 (1.05%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (1.05%) SimCorp Dimension
4 2 (0.70%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.35%) BASE24
5 1 (0.35%) Distributed Ledger
5 1 (0.35%) FIS Private Capital Suite
5 1 (0.35%) Magento
5 1 (0.35%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.35%) SAP CRM
5 1 (0.35%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 102 (35.54%) Azure
2 93 (32.40%) AWS
3 33 (11.50%) GCP
4 31 (10.80%) Power Platform
5 24 (8.36%) Amazon S3
6 22 (7.67%) Serverless
7 19 (6.62%) AWS Lambda
7 19 (6.62%) dbt
8 18 (6.27%) Amazon EC2
9 17 (5.92%) Azure DevOps
9 17 (5.92%) Snowflake
10 16 (5.57%) Azure Data Factory
11 15 (5.23%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 14 (4.88%) GitHub
13 13 (4.53%) GitHub Actions
14 9 (3.14%) Amazon EMR
15 8 (2.79%) OpenShift
16 6 (2.09%) Amazon Kinesis
16 6 (2.09%) Azure Monitor
16 6 (2.09%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.92%) Firewall
2 13 (4.53%) Network Security
3 12 (4.18%) VPN
4 11 (3.83%) BGP
4 11 (3.83%) DNS
5 10 (3.48%) OSPF
6 7 (2.44%) TCP/IP
7 6 (2.09%) Ethernet VPN
7 6 (2.09%) SD-WAN
7 6 (2.09%) VXLAN
7 6 (2.09%) WAN
7 6 (2.09%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (1.74%) DHCP
8 5 (1.74%) SAN
8 5 (1.74%) Software-Defined Networking
8 5 (1.74%) SSL
9 4 (1.39%) Wireless
10 3 (1.05%) HTTP
10 3 (1.05%) Internet
10 3 (1.05%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (14.63%) SQL Server
2 40 (13.94%) Data Warehouse
3 26 (9.06%) Power BI
4 20 (6.97%) Relational Database
5 18 (6.27%) PostgreSQL
6 14 (4.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 13 (4.53%) Data Lake
7 13 (4.53%) Oracle Reports
7 13 (4.53%) Star Schema
8 12 (4.18%) Azure SQL Database
9 11 (3.83%) Amazon Redshift
9 11 (3.83%) DynamoDB
9 11 (3.83%) Snowflake Schema
10 10 (3.48%) Amazon RDS
10 10 (3.48%) Db2
10 10 (3.48%) Oracle Database
11 9 (3.14%) SAP HANA
12 8 (2.79%) Oracle ODI
13 7 (2.44%) BigQuery
13 7 (2.44%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 41 (14.29%) Git
2 19 (6.62%) GitLab
3 17 (5.92%) JIRA
4 16 (5.57%) Jenkins
5 6 (2.09%) JUnit
6 5 (1.74%) Bitbucket
6 5 (1.74%) JMeter
6 5 (1.74%) Maven
7 4 (1.39%) Postman
8 3 (1.05%) Mockito
8 3 (1.05%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.70%) DbUnit
9 2 (0.70%) Gatling
9 2 (0.70%) Gradle
9 2 (0.70%) Introscope
9 2 (0.70%) Oracle APEX
9 2 (0.70%) Oracle Forms
10 1 (0.35%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.35%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.35%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 82 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 66 (23.00%) Finance
3 38 (13.24%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (10.10%) Banking
5 21 (7.32%) Public Sector
6 9 (3.14%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (2.09%) Marketing
7 6 (2.09%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (1.39%) Publishing
8 4 (1.39%) Retail
9 3 (1.05%) Military
9 3 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.70%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.70%) Law
10 2 (0.70%) Legal
11 1 (0.35%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.35%) Back Office
11 1 (0.35%) Games
11 1 (0.35%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 73 (25.44%) Developer
2 43 (14.98%) Data Engineer
3 34 (11.85%) Senior
4 25 (8.71%) Architect
5 22 (7.67%) Lead
6 17 (5.92%) SQL Developer
7 15 (5.23%) DBA
8 13 (4.53%) Network Engineer
8 13 (4.53%) Oracle Developer
9 11 (3.83%) Consultant
10 10 (3.48%) AWS Engineer
10 10 (3.48%) Python Engineer
10 10 (3.48%) SQL DBA
11 9 (3.14%) Java Developer
11 9 (3.14%) Senior Data Engineer
11 9 (3.14%) Snowflake Engineer
11 9 (3.14%) Systems Engineer
12 8 (2.79%) Python Data Engineer
12 8 (2.79%) Senior Developer
12 8 (2.79%) Snowflake Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (9.06%) REST
2 20 (6.97%) JSON
3 19 (6.62%) RESTful
4 17 (5.92%) Kafka
5 16 (5.57%) .NET
5 16 (5.57%) SOAP
6 14 (4.88%) Web Services
7 13 (4.53%) PySpark
7 13 (4.53%) Spring
8 12 (4.18%) Middleware
8 12 (4.18%) Spring Boot
9 7 (2.44%) BAPI
9 7 (2.44%) Node.js
9 7 (2.44%) OAuth
9 7 (2.44%) React
10 6 (2.09%) OAuth2
10 6 (2.09%) OpenTelemetry
10 6 (2.09%) SAP Basis
10 6 (2.09%) XML
11 5 (1.74%) WSDL
Miscellaneous
1 21 (7.32%) Data Centre
2 17 (5.92%) Clustering
3 16 (5.57%) Cloud Native
3 16 (5.57%) Distributed Systems
3 16 (5.57%) Replication
4 13 (4.53%) Onboarding
5 10 (3.48%) Mainframe
6 9 (3.14%) Data Structures
6 9 (3.14%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (2.79%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (2.79%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (2.44%) CUDA
9 6 (2.09%) Algorithms
9 6 (2.09%) Legacy Code
9 6 (2.09%) Online Banking
9 6 (2.09%) Product Ownership
9 6 (2.09%) Security Posture
10 5 (1.74%) Enterprise Storage
10 5 (1.74%) Low-Code
10 5 (1.74%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 52 (18.12%) Linux
2 30 (10.45%) Windows
3 16 (5.57%) Unix
4 14 (4.88%) Windows Server
5 10 (3.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (3.48%) zOS
6 4 (1.39%) Apple iOS
7 3 (1.05%) Oracle Linux
7 3 (1.05%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.70%) Amazon Linux
8 2 (0.70%) Android
8 2 (0.70%) CentOS
8 2 (0.70%) Data ONTAP
8 2 (0.70%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.70%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
8 2 (0.70%) VMS
9 1 (0.35%) AIX
9 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (32.40%) CI/CD
2 72 (25.09%) DevOps
3 71 (24.74%) Data Modelling
4 56 (19.51%) ETL
5 54 (18.82%) Migration
6 49 (17.07%) Analytics
7 48 (16.72%) Agile
8 47 (16.38%) Problem-Solving
9 45 (15.68%) High Availability
10 44 (15.33%) Data Pipeline
11 38 (13.24%) Data Engineering
12 33 (11.50%) AI
13 31 (10.80%) Business Intelligence
13 31 (10.80%) Infrastructure as Code
14 28 (9.76%) Capacity Planning
14 28 (9.76%) Observability
15 27 (9.41%) Performance Optimisation
16 25 (8.71%) Containerisation
16 25 (8.71%) Validation
17 24 (8.36%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 113 (39.37%) SQL
2 91 (31.71%) Python
3 30 (10.45%) Java
4 29 (10.10%) PowerShell
5 20 (6.97%) T-SQL
6 16 (5.57%) C#
7 13 (4.53%) Bash
8 11 (3.83%) PL/SQL
8 11 (3.83%) Shell Script
9 7 (2.44%) JavaScript
9 7 (2.44%) JCL
10 6 (2.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 5 (1.74%) Perl
12 4 (1.39%) ABAP
12 4 (1.39%) Bicep
12 4 (1.39%) C
12 4 (1.39%) Rust
12 4 (1.39%) TypeScript
13 3 (1.05%) C++
13 3 (1.05%) REXX
Qualifications
1 69 (24.04%) Security Cleared
2 62 (21.60%) SC Cleared
3 13 (4.53%) Degree
4 11 (3.83%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 9 (3.14%) BPSS Clearance
6 7 (2.44%) AWS Certification
6 7 (2.44%) Azure Certification
7 6 (2.09%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (2.09%) DV Cleared
8 4 (1.39%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 4 (1.39%) CISSP
8 4 (1.39%) SnowPro
9 3 (1.05%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.05%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (1.05%) VCAP
10 2 (0.70%) CCA
10 2 (0.70%) CESG Certified Professional
10 2 (0.70%) CISM
10 2 (0.70%) Citrix Certification
10 2 (0.70%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (12.54%) Data Quality
2 13 (4.53%) QA
3 10 (3.48%) GDPR
4 4 (1.39%) PCI DSS
4 4 (1.39%) SLA
5 3 (1.05%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.05%) ISO 8583
5 3 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.70%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.70%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.70%) NIST
6 2 (0.70%) PSD2
6 2 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.70%) SEPA
7 1 (0.35%) COBIT
7 1 (0.35%) GRC
System Software
1 30 (10.45%) Docker
2 16 (5.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (5.23%) vSphere
4 14 (4.88%) Active Directory
5 11 (3.83%) VMware ESXi
6 8 (2.79%) VMware NSX
7 7 (2.44%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (2.09%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 5 (1.74%) Hyper-V
9 5 (1.74%) KVM
10 3 (1.05%) RACF
11 2 (0.70%) NFS
11 2 (0.70%) Oracle RAC
11 2 (0.70%) Postfix
11 2 (0.70%) SRDF
11 2 (0.70%) Varnish
11 2 (0.70%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.35%) ACF2
12 1 (0.35%) Ceph
12 1 (0.35%) etcd
Systems Management
1 35 (12.20%) Ansible
1 35 (12.20%) Terraform
2 30 (10.45%) Kubernetes
3 14 (4.88%) Grafana
4 12 (4.18%) Prometheus
5 10 (3.48%) PowerCLI
6 8 (2.79%) vCenter Server
7 6 (2.09%) Puppet
8 5 (1.74%) Argo
8 5 (1.74%) vMotion
9 3 (1.05%) Kibana
10 2 (0.70%) CA Wily
10 2 (0.70%) Data Guard
10 2 (0.70%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.70%) Oracle RMAN
10 2 (0.70%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.70%) SnapMirror
10 2 (0.70%) Tivoli
11 1 (0.35%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 45 (15.68%) Oracle
2 44 (15.33%) Microsoft
3 28 (9.76%) VMware
4 20 (6.97%) SAP
5 16 (5.57%) Databricks
6 13 (4.53%) ServiceNow
7 12 (4.18%) Google
8 10 (3.48%) Informatica
9 8 (2.79%) Cisco
9 8 (2.79%) IBM
10 7 (2.44%) Splunk
11 6 (2.09%) Dell
11 6 (2.09%) NVIDIA
11 6 (2.09%) Red Hat
11 6 (2.09%) Salesforce
11 6 (2.09%) Sybase
12 5 (1.74%) 3PAR
12 5 (1.74%) Adobe
12 5 (1.74%) MuleSoft
13 4 (1.39%) Nimble Storage