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

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 145 229
Rank change year-on-year +11 +84 +31
Contract jobs citing Performance Tuning 226 177 140
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.09% 1.66% 0.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.34% 1.84% 0.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 140 101 93
10th Percentile £381 £363 £350
25th Percentile £425 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £591 £575 £575
90th Percentile £676 £656 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile - - £49.40
25th Percentile - - £53.38
Median hourly rate £95.00 - £60.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £77.00 £65.62 £54.25
% change year-on-year +17.34% +20.96% -19.63%

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 9,667 9,630 14,590
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 89.56% 90.27% 88.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,310 6,202 9,777
10th Percentile £338 £328 £338
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £730
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 403 183 504
10th Percentile £16.31 £18.28 £15.19
25th Percentile £25.00 £24.75 £22.52
Median hourly rate £51.21 £38.00 £47.25
Median % change year-on-year +34.76% -19.58% -17.83%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.93 £66.00
90th Percentile £72.00 £75.00 £83.80
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £34.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -4.41% -1.68%

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 16 February 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
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 11 (4.87%) Apache Airflow
2 5 (2.21%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.77%) IIS
4 3 (1.33%) Confluence
4 3 (1.33%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.88%) Apache
5 2 (0.88%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.88%) CICS
5 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.88%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.88%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 2 (0.88%) Oracle Workflow
5 2 (0.88%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.44%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.44%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 3 (1.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.44%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 5 (2.21%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.77%) Oracle EBS R12
3 3 (1.33%) BASE24
3 3 (1.33%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (1.33%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.88%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.88%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.44%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.44%) Magento
5 1 (0.44%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.44%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.44%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 80 (35.40%) AWS
2 75 (33.19%) Azure
3 19 (8.41%) GCP
4 17 (7.52%) Amazon S3
4 17 (7.52%) Power Platform
4 17 (7.52%) Snowflake
5 16 (7.08%) Serverless
6 14 (6.19%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (6.19%) dbt
7 13 (5.75%) GitHub
8 12 (5.31%) AWS Lambda
9 11 (4.87%) GitHub Actions
10 10 (4.42%) Azure Data Factory
11 9 (3.98%) Amazon EC2
11 9 (3.98%) SaaS
12 8 (3.54%) Microsoft 365
13 7 (3.10%) Dynamics 365
14 6 (2.65%) Amazon ECS
15 5 (2.21%) Amazon EKS
15 5 (2.21%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 15 (6.64%) Firewall
2 10 (4.42%) VPN
3 9 (3.98%) TCP/IP
4 6 (2.65%) BGP
4 6 (2.65%) Network Security
5 5 (2.21%) OSPF
5 5 (2.21%) Wireless
6 4 (1.77%) DHCP
6 4 (1.77%) DNS
6 4 (1.77%) HTTP
6 4 (1.77%) SD-WAN
6 4 (1.77%) SSL
6 4 (1.77%) WAN
7 3 (1.33%) Internet
7 3 (1.33%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.88%) 802.11
8 2 (0.88%) EIGRP
8 2 (0.88%) IPsec
8 2 (0.88%) MPLS
8 2 (0.88%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (11.50%) SQL Server
2 24 (10.62%) PostgreSQL
3 23 (10.18%) MongoDB
4 21 (9.29%) Relational Database
5 20 (8.85%) Data Warehouse
6 16 (7.08%) DB2
7 14 (6.19%) Oracle Database
8 13 (5.75%) Power BI
9 11 (4.87%) Amazon RDS
10 10 (4.42%) NoSQL
11 9 (3.98%) Data Lake
12 8 (3.54%) Azure SQL Database
12 8 (3.54%) Elasticsearch
13 7 (3.10%) Oracle Reports
13 7 (3.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 6 (2.65%) Amazon Redshift
14 6 (2.65%) DynamoDB
14 6 (2.65%) Snowflake Schema
15 5 (2.21%) Big Data
15 5 (2.21%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 22 (9.73%) Git
2 19 (8.41%) JUnit
3 16 (7.08%) Jenkins
4 9 (3.98%) GitLab
5 5 (2.21%) Cypress.io
6 4 (1.77%) JIRA
7 3 (1.33%) Maven
8 2 (0.88%) Gatling
8 2 (0.88%) Gradle
8 2 (0.88%) Mockito
8 2 (0.88%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.44%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.44%) DbUnit
9 1 (0.44%) jMock
9 1 (0.44%) Liquibase
9 1 (0.44%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.44%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.44%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.44%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.44%) Toad
General
1 76 (33.63%) Social Skills
2 61 (26.99%) Finance
3 41 (18.14%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (13.27%) Banking
5 25 (11.06%) Public Sector
6 13 (5.75%) Investment Banking
7 9 (3.98%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (3.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (2.65%) Front Office
9 4 (1.77%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.77%) Legal
9 4 (1.77%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.77%) Marketing
9 4 (1.77%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (1.77%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.88%) Billing
10 2 (0.88%) Publishing
10 2 (0.88%) Retail
11 1 (0.44%) German Language
11 1 (0.44%) Military
Job Titles
1 62 (27.43%) Developer
2 32 (14.16%) Data Engineer
3 27 (11.95%) Architect
4 26 (11.50%) Senior
5 21 (9.29%) Java Developer
6 19 (8.41%) Lead
7 16 (7.08%) Consultant
8 15 (6.64%) Senior Developer
8 15 (6.64%) SQL Developer
9 13 (5.75%) DBA
10 12 (5.31%) Investment Banking Java Developer
11 9 (3.98%) Senior Java Developer
12 8 (3.54%) Administrator
12 8 (3.54%) Senior SQL Developer
13 7 (3.10%) Data Architect
13 7 (3.10%) Oracle Developer
13 7 (3.10%) Snowflake Engineer
14 6 (2.65%) Linux Developer
14 6 (2.65%) Oracle DBA
14 6 (2.65%) Senior Investment Banking Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (11.95%) Spring
2 24 (10.62%) Kafka
3 15 (6.64%) RESTful
4 14 (6.19%) Spring Boot
5 12 (5.31%) JMS
6 11 (4.87%) React
6 11 (4.87%) REST
7 10 (4.42%) .NET
8 8 (3.54%) AngularJS
8 8 (3.54%) Elastic Stack
9 7 (3.10%) JSON
10 6 (2.65%) Jest
10 6 (2.65%) PySpark
10 6 (2.65%) Web Services
11 5 (2.21%) Node.js
11 5 (2.21%) SOAP
12 4 (1.77%) .NET Framework
12 4 (1.77%) CSS
12 4 (1.77%) HTML
12 4 (1.77%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 20 (8.85%) Data Structures
2 14 (6.19%) Cloud Native
3 13 (5.75%) Replication
4 12 (5.31%) Equities
5 10 (4.42%) Distributed Systems
6 9 (3.98%) Onboarding
7 7 (3.10%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (3.10%) Mainframe
8 6 (2.65%) Data Centre
9 5 (2.21%) Clustering
10 4 (1.77%) Algorithms
10 4 (1.77%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.77%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (1.77%) Product Ownership
10 4 (1.77%) Security Posture
11 3 (1.33%) AI Agents
11 3 (1.33%) Distributed Architecture
11 3 (1.33%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (1.33%) Renewable Energy
11 3 (1.33%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 39 (17.26%) Linux
2 20 (8.85%) Windows
3 9 (3.98%) Unix
3 9 (3.98%) Windows Server
4 6 (2.65%) zOS
5 5 (2.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (1.33%) Android
6 3 (1.33%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.88%) AIX
7 2 (0.88%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.88%) VMS
8 1 (0.44%) CentOS
8 1 (0.44%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.44%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (31.86%) CI/CD
2 60 (26.55%) DevOps
3 48 (21.24%) Data Modelling
3 48 (21.24%) Problem-Solving
4 43 (19.03%) Agile
5 39 (17.26%) Migration
6 33 (14.60%) Infrastructure as Code
7 31 (13.72%) Data Pipeline
8 29 (12.83%) Analytics
9 26 (11.50%) Data Engineering
9 26 (11.50%) ETL
10 25 (11.06%) Continuous Improvement
10 25 (11.06%) Observability
11 24 (10.62%) Containerisation
11 24 (10.62%) High Availability
11 24 (10.62%) Technical Leadership
12 23 (10.18%) Business Intelligence
12 23 (10.18%) Performance Optimisation
13 20 (8.85%) Mentoring
13 20 (8.85%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 96 (42.48%) SQL
2 69 (30.53%) Python
3 42 (18.58%) Java
4 17 (7.52%) PowerShell
4 17 (7.52%) Shell Script
5 14 (6.19%) PL/SQL
6 12 (5.31%) C#
7 7 (3.10%) T-SQL
8 6 (2.65%) ABAP
8 6 (2.65%) Bash
8 6 (2.65%) JavaScript
9 5 (2.21%) C
9 5 (2.21%) Perl
9 5 (2.21%) TypeScript
10 4 (1.77%) COBOL
10 4 (1.77%) REXX
11 3 (1.33%) CLIST
11 3 (1.33%) JCL
11 3 (1.33%) PHP
11 3 (1.33%) Scala
Qualifications
1 41 (18.14%) Security Cleared
2 34 (15.04%) SC Cleared
3 18 (7.96%) Degree
4 7 (3.10%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.65%) Azure Certification
5 6 (2.65%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.77%) CCNP
6 4 (1.77%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (1.77%) ITIL Certification
6 4 (1.77%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 3 (1.33%) AWS Certification
7 3 (1.33%) CCIE
7 3 (1.33%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.33%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.33%) OCP
7 3 (1.33%) Oracle Certification
7 3 (1.33%) VCAP
8 2 (0.88%) CISSP
8 2 (0.88%) GSEC
9 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (9.29%) Data Quality
2 17 (7.52%) QA
3 13 (5.75%) GDPR
4 9 (3.98%) Accessibility
5 6 (2.65%) SLA
6 5 (2.21%) HIPAA
6 5 (2.21%) ISO 8583
6 5 (2.21%) PCI DSS
6 5 (2.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.88%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.88%) PSD2
7 2 (0.88%) SEPA
8 1 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 35 (15.49%) Docker
2 12 (5.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (4.42%) Active Directory
4 5 (2.21%) KVM
4 5 (2.21%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (2.21%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (1.77%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.77%) NDS
5 4 (1.77%) NetIQ eDirectory
5 4 (1.77%) RACF
6 3 (1.33%) Job Entry Subsystem
6 3 (1.33%) VMware NSX
6 3 (1.33%) vSphere
7 2 (0.88%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.44%) HDFS
8 1 (0.44%) Lustre
8 1 (0.44%) NFS
8 1 (0.44%) Postfix
8 1 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 36 (15.93%) Terraform
2 29 (12.83%) Kubernetes
3 22 (9.73%) Ansible
4 9 (3.98%) Grafana
5 6 (2.65%) Kibana
5 6 (2.65%) logstash
5 6 (2.65%) Prometheus
6 5 (2.21%) Argo
7 4 (1.77%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 4 (1.77%) Oracle RMAN
7 4 (1.77%) Progress Chef
8 3 (1.33%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (1.33%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.88%) Cisco CUCM
9 2 (0.88%) Data Guard
9 2 (0.88%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
9 2 (0.88%) ITRS Geneos
9 2 (0.88%) NetBackup
9 2 (0.88%) PowerCLI
9 2 (0.88%) Puppet
Vendors
1 31 (13.72%) Oracle
2 27 (11.95%) Microsoft
3 15 (6.64%) Databricks
4 14 (6.19%) VMware
5 12 (5.31%) Sybase
6 9 (3.98%) SAP
6 9 (3.98%) ServiceNow
7 7 (3.10%) Cisco
7 7 (3.10%) IBM
7 7 (3.10%) Red Hat
8 6 (2.65%) Google
9 5 (2.21%) Broadcom
9 5 (2.21%) Palo Alto
9 5 (2.21%) Salesforce
10 4 (1.77%) Adobe
10 4 (1.77%) Fortinet
10 4 (1.77%) NetIQ
10 4 (1.77%) OpenText
11 3 (1.33%) HP
11 3 (1.33%) Splunk