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

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 111 169
Rank change year-on-year -14 +58 +47
Contract jobs citing Performance Tuning 319 229 173
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.36% 2.26% 1.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.63% 2.46% 1.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 236 138 123
10th Percentile £385 £376 £355
25th Percentile £429 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £688 £775 £663
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £520
% change year-on-year - -3.85% -0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 1
10th Percentile £31.75 £70.25 -
25th Percentile £40.38 £70.63 £62.50
Median hourly rate £53.00 £72.50 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.90% -3.33% +3.45%
75th Percentile - £75.63 £87.50
90th Percentile £53.40 £76.75 -
UK median hourly rate £41.63 £70.00 £61.60
% change year-on-year -40.54% +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 12,122 9,293 11,685
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 89.73% 91.83% 87.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,690 6,282 7,866
10th Percentile £356 £325 £325
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.97% -3.81% -2.33%
75th Percentile £619 £625 £638
90th Percentile £720 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 687 278 413
10th Percentile £16.67 £12.62 £16.69
25th Percentile £31.58 £19.02 £30.16
Median hourly rate £54.00 £34.48 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +56.61% -19.81% -14.00%
75th Percentile £71.91 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £71.31 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -37.13% -5.88%

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 30 July 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 30 July 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 12 (3.76%) Confluence
1 12 (3.76%) Oracle Application Server
2 11 (3.45%) Apache Airflow
3 7 (2.19%) CICS
3 7 (2.19%) SAS
4 6 (1.88%) Apache
5 5 (1.57%) Apache Spark
6 4 (1.25%) NetWeaver
6 4 (1.25%) Oracle Workflow
6 4 (1.25%) WebSphere
7 3 (0.94%) IIS
7 3 (0.94%) SharePoint
7 3 (0.94%) WebSphere Application Server
8 2 (0.63%) IBM HTTP Server
8 2 (0.63%) nginx
8 2 (0.63%) Oracle HTTP Server
8 2 (0.63%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.63%) WebSphere Portal
9 1 (0.31%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.31%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (0.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.63%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 19 (5.96%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.57%) SAP MDG
3 4 (1.25%) SAP CRM
4 3 (0.94%) Aladdin
4 3 (0.94%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.94%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.94%) SimCorp Dimension
5 2 (0.63%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.31%) Distributed Ledger
6 1 (0.31%) FIS Private Capital Suite
6 1 (0.31%) Magento
6 1 (0.31%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.31%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.31%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.31%) SAP Travel Management
6 1 (0.31%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 106 (33.23%) Azure
2 86 (26.96%) AWS
3 33 (10.34%) GCP
4 31 (9.72%) Power Platform
5 23 (7.21%) Azure DevOps
6 21 (6.58%) Amazon S3
7 20 (6.27%) dbt
7 20 (6.27%) Serverless
8 17 (5.33%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 17 (5.33%) Amazon EC2
8 17 (5.33%) AWS Lambda
9 16 (5.02%) GitHub
9 16 (5.02%) Snowflake
10 15 (4.70%) Azure Data Factory
11 14 (4.39%) GitHub Actions
12 10 (3.13%) Amazon EMR
13 8 (2.51%) Azure Monitor
14 7 (2.19%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
15 6 (1.88%) Microsoft 365
15 6 (1.88%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 15 (4.70%) Firewall
2 12 (3.76%) Network Security
3 9 (2.82%) DNS
4 8 (2.51%) SSL
4 8 (2.51%) VPN
5 6 (1.88%) HTTP
6 5 (1.57%) BGP
6 5 (1.57%) OSPF
6 5 (1.57%) Software-Defined Networking
7 4 (1.25%) Ethernet VPN
7 4 (1.25%) ICMP
7 4 (1.25%) Internet
7 4 (1.25%) SD-WAN
7 4 (1.25%) SNMP
7 4 (1.25%) TCP/IP
7 4 (1.25%) VXLAN
7 4 (1.25%) WAN
8 3 (0.94%) DHCP
8 3 (0.94%) LAN
8 3 (0.94%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (16.93%) SQL Server
2 47 (14.73%) Data Warehouse
3 29 (9.09%) PostgreSQL
4 28 (8.78%) Relational Database
5 27 (8.46%) Power BI
6 20 (6.27%) Oracle Reports
7 14 (4.39%) Star Schema
8 13 (4.08%) Azure SQL Database
8 13 (4.08%) Db2
8 13 (4.08%) Oracle Database
8 13 (4.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 12 (3.76%) Amazon Redshift
9 12 (3.76%) MySQL
9 12 (3.76%) Oracle ODI
10 10 (3.13%) Amazon RDS
10 10 (3.13%) Data Lake
10 10 (3.13%) SAP HANA
10 10 (3.13%) Snowflake Schema
11 9 (2.82%) DynamoDB
12 7 (2.19%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 44 (13.79%) Git
2 20 (6.27%) GitLab
3 19 (5.96%) JIRA
4 17 (5.33%) Jenkins
5 6 (1.88%) Bitbucket
6 5 (1.57%) JMeter
6 5 (1.57%) Postman
7 4 (1.25%) JUnit
7 4 (1.25%) Oracle Forms
8 3 (0.94%) Maven
8 3 (0.94%) Octopus Deploy
8 3 (0.94%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.63%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.63%) DbUnit
9 2 (0.63%) Introscope
9 2 (0.63%) Liquibase
9 2 (0.63%) Mockito
9 2 (0.63%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 2 (0.63%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.31%) LoadRunner
General
1 86 (26.96%) Social Skills
2 69 (21.63%) Finance
3 41 (12.85%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (8.78%) Banking
5 22 (6.90%) Public Sector
6 7 (2.19%) Retail
7 6 (1.88%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (1.57%) Marketing
8 5 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (1.25%) Legal
9 4 (1.25%) Military
9 4 (1.25%) Publishing
10 3 (0.94%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.63%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.63%) Law
11 2 (0.63%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.31%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.31%) Health Technology
12 1 (0.31%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 83 (26.02%) Developer
2 47 (14.73%) Data Engineer
3 41 (12.85%) Senior
4 30 (9.40%) DBA
5 24 (7.52%) Lead
6 22 (6.90%) Architect
7 21 (6.58%) SQL Developer
8 17 (5.33%) Administrator
8 17 (5.33%) SQL DBA
9 14 (4.39%) Oracle Developer
10 13 (4.08%) AWS Engineer
11 12 (3.76%) Consultant
11 12 (3.76%) Senior Data Engineer
12 11 (3.45%) Python Engineer
13 10 (3.13%) Senior Developer
14 9 (2.82%) .NET Developer
14 9 (2.82%) Linux Engineer
14 9 (2.82%) Network Engineer
14 9 (2.82%) Oracle DBA
14 9 (2.82%) SQL Server DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (9.72%) REST
2 23 (7.21%) .NET
3 22 (6.90%) SOAP
4 20 (6.27%) Web Services
5 18 (5.64%) JSON
5 18 (5.64%) Kafka
5 18 (5.64%) Middleware
6 16 (5.02%) RESTful
7 14 (4.39%) PySpark
8 11 (3.45%) XML
9 10 (3.13%) Node.js
9 10 (3.13%) React
9 10 (3.13%) Spring
10 9 (2.82%) BAPI
10 9 (2.82%) Spring Boot
11 7 (2.19%) .NET Framework
11 7 (2.19%) SAP Basis
12 6 (1.88%) Flask
12 6 (1.88%) IDoc
12 6 (1.88%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 22 (6.90%) Replication
2 20 (6.27%) Distributed Systems
3 18 (5.64%) Cloud Native
3 18 (5.64%) Data Centre
4 16 (5.02%) Clustering
5 12 (3.76%) Mainframe
6 11 (3.45%) Data Structures
6 11 (3.45%) Onboarding
7 9 (2.82%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (2.51%) Hybrid Cloud
8 8 (2.51%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (2.51%) Management Information System
9 7 (2.19%) CUDA
10 6 (1.88%) Algorithms
10 6 (1.88%) Legacy Code
10 6 (1.88%) Online Banking
10 6 (1.88%) Product Ownership
11 5 (1.57%) DataPower
11 5 (1.57%) Greenfield Project
11 5 (1.57%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 61 (19.12%) Linux
2 32 (10.03%) Windows
3 20 (6.27%) Windows Server
4 19 (5.96%) Unix
5 11 (3.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (3.13%) zOS
7 3 (0.94%) Oracle Linux
7 3 (0.94%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.94%) VMS
8 2 (0.63%) Amazon Linux
8 2 (0.63%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.63%) CentOS
8 2 (0.63%) Data ONTAP
8 2 (0.63%) Embedded Linux
8 2 (0.63%) MVS
8 2 (0.63%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.31%) AIX
9 1 (0.31%) Solaris
9 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (30.09%) CI/CD
2 81 (25.39%) Data Modelling
3 78 (24.45%) DevOps
4 64 (20.06%) ETL
5 60 (18.81%) Migration
6 56 (17.55%) Problem-Solving
7 55 (17.24%) Analytics
7 55 (17.24%) High Availability
8 48 (15.05%) Agile
8 48 (15.05%) Data Pipeline
9 40 (12.54%) Data Engineering
10 36 (11.29%) AI
10 36 (11.29%) Root Cause Analysis
11 35 (10.97%) Business Intelligence
12 32 (10.03%) Capacity Planning
12 32 (10.03%) Infrastructure as Code
13 31 (9.72%) Observability
13 31 (9.72%) Performance Optimisation
14 29 (9.09%) Disaster Recovery
15 28 (8.78%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 136 (42.63%) SQL
2 95 (29.78%) Python
3 27 (8.46%) Java
4 25 (7.84%) PowerShell
4 25 (7.84%) T-SQL
5 21 (6.58%) C#
6 16 (5.02%) Bash
6 16 (5.02%) PL/SQL
7 14 (4.39%) Shell Script
8 11 (3.45%) JavaScript
9 8 (2.51%) ABAP
10 7 (2.19%) JCL
10 7 (2.19%) Perl
11 6 (1.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 5 (1.57%) C
12 5 (1.57%) C++
13 4 (1.25%) Bicep
13 4 (1.25%) Rust
13 4 (1.25%) TypeScript
14 3 (0.94%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 88 (27.59%) Security Cleared
2 81 (25.39%) SC Cleared
3 15 (4.70%) Degree
4 12 (3.76%) BPSS Clearance
5 10 (3.13%) AWS Certification
5 10 (3.13%) Azure Certification
5 10 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (2.82%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 7 (2.19%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (1.88%) DV Cleared
9 5 (1.57%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 4 (1.25%) OCP
10 4 (1.25%) Oracle Certification
10 4 (1.25%) SnowPro
11 3 (0.94%) CCA
11 3 (0.94%) CESG Certified Professional
11 3 (0.94%) Citrix Certification
12 2 (0.63%) CISSP
12 2 (0.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (0.63%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (13.48%) Data Quality
2 16 (5.02%) QA
3 11 (3.45%) GDPR
4 4 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.25%) PCI DSS
4 4 (1.25%) SLA
5 3 (0.94%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 3 (0.94%) GMP
5 3 (0.94%) GxP
5 3 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 17025
6 2 (0.63%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.63%) NIST
6 2 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.31%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.31%) COBIT
7 1 (0.31%) GRC
7 1 (0.31%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 30 (9.40%) Docker
2 16 (5.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (4.39%) vSphere
4 13 (4.08%) Active Directory
5 10 (3.13%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (2.82%) VMware ESXi
6 9 (2.82%) VMware NSX
7 7 (2.19%) Oracle RAC
8 6 (1.88%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 4 (1.25%) RACF
10 3 (0.94%) ACF2
10 3 (0.94%) Firmware
10 3 (0.94%) Hyper-V
10 3 (0.94%) KVM
10 3 (0.94%) Varnish
10 3 (0.94%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (0.63%) NFS
11 2 (0.63%) OpenSSH
11 2 (0.63%) Postfix
11 2 (0.63%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 35 (10.97%) Terraform
2 31 (9.72%) Kubernetes
3 29 (9.09%) Ansible
4 13 (4.08%) Grafana
5 12 (3.76%) Prometheus
6 10 (3.13%) PowerCLI
7 8 (2.51%) vCenter Server
8 7 (2.19%) Data Guard
9 6 (1.88%) Puppet
10 5 (1.57%) vMotion
11 3 (0.94%) Argo
11 3 (0.94%) Control-M
11 3 (0.94%) Kibana
11 3 (0.94%) Oracle RMAN
11 3 (0.94%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.63%) CA Wily
12 2 (0.63%) Docker Swarm
12 2 (0.63%) Failover Clustering
12 2 (0.63%) SnapMirror
12 2 (0.63%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 62 (19.44%) Oracle
2 54 (16.93%) Microsoft
3 29 (9.09%) SAP
4 28 (8.78%) VMware
5 15 (4.70%) Informatica
6 14 (4.39%) ServiceNow
7 13 (4.08%) Databricks
8 9 (2.82%) Google
8 9 (2.82%) IBM
8 9 (2.82%) MuleSoft
9 8 (2.51%) Red Hat
10 7 (2.19%) Dell
10 7 (2.19%) Salesforce
10 7 (2.19%) Sybase
11 6 (1.88%) Adobe
11 6 (1.88%) NVIDIA
11 6 (1.88%) Splunk
12 5 (1.57%) 3PAR
12 5 (1.57%) Cisco
12 5 (1.57%) Citrix