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 3 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 165 245
Rank change year-on-year +53 +80 +15
Contract jobs citing Performance Tuning 246 175 141
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.40% 1.44% 0.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.63% 1.63% 0.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 143 102 96
10th Percentile £375 £377 £321
25th Percentile £425 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £494 £450
Median % change year-on-year +1.32% +9.67% -18.18%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £527
90th Percentile £695 £663 £606
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 4
10th Percentile £46.63 - -
25th Percentile £50.94 £62.50 £60.00
Median hourly rate £61.25 £75.00 £63.75
Median % change year-on-year -18.33% +17.65% +155.00%
75th Percentile £70.94 £87.50 £69.06
90th Percentile £74.88 - £69.63
UK median hourly rate £64.13 £66.65 £60.00
% change year-on-year -3.78% +11.08% -

All Process and 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 9,366 10,726 15,683
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.22% 88.48% 88.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,203 6,737 10,758
10th Percentile £325 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £638
90th Percentile £720 £750 £741
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 331 221 379
10th Percentile £15.18 £17.50 £19.99
25th Percentile £20.50 £22.00 £26.25
Median hourly rate £41.68 £37.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.65% -29.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £86.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.75
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.71% +25.00%

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 3 December 2025.

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 3 December 2025.

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 17 (6.91%) Apache Airflow
2 11 (4.47%) Apache Spark
3 8 (3.25%) Apache
4 5 (2.03%) CICS
5 4 (1.63%) Confluence
6 3 (1.22%) IIS
6 3 (1.22%) Oracle Workflow
6 3 (1.22%) SAS
6 3 (1.22%) SharePoint
6 3 (1.22%) WebLogic
7 2 (0.81%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.81%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.41%) Alfresco
8 1 (0.41%) CMS
8 1 (0.41%) nginx
8 1 (0.41%) OpenEdge
8 1 (0.41%) SugarCRM
8 1 (0.41%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.41%) WebSphere
Applications
1 4 (1.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.41%) Mozilla Thunderbird
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 10 (4.07%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.63%) Oracle EBS R12
3 3 (1.22%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (1.22%) SAP MDG
3 3 (1.22%) SAP PLM
3 3 (1.22%) SAP VC
4 2 (0.81%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.81%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.41%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.41%) Magento
5 1 (0.41%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.41%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.41%) Shopify
5 1 (0.41%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 81 (32.93%) Azure
2 71 (28.86%) AWS
3 17 (6.91%) Azure DevOps
3 17 (6.91%) GCP
3 17 (6.91%) Snowflake
4 16 (6.50%) GitHub
5 13 (5.28%) Power Platform
5 13 (5.28%) Serverless
6 12 (4.88%) Amazon S3
6 12 (4.88%) dbt
6 12 (4.88%) GitHub Actions
7 9 (3.66%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 9 (3.66%) Azure Data Factory
8 8 (3.25%) Amazon EC2
9 7 (2.85%) Amazon ECS
9 7 (2.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 7 (2.85%) Datadog
9 7 (2.85%) Dynamics 365
9 7 (2.85%) SaaS
10 6 (2.44%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.07%) Firewall
2 5 (2.03%) HTTP
2 5 (2.03%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.63%) DNS
3 4 (1.63%) Network Security
3 4 (1.63%) SSL
3 4 (1.63%) VPN
4 3 (1.22%) Internet
4 3 (1.22%) LAN
4 3 (1.22%) SD-WAN
4 3 (1.22%) WAN
5 2 (0.81%) DHCP
5 2 (0.81%) Unified Communications
5 2 (0.81%) WebEx
5 2 (0.81%) WLAN
6 1 (0.41%) BGP
6 1 (0.41%) NX-OS
6 1 (0.41%) OSPF
6 1 (0.41%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.41%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (16.26%) MongoDB
2 37 (15.04%) Relational Database
3 36 (14.63%) DB2
4 30 (12.20%) SQL Server
5 26 (10.57%) Data Warehouse
6 24 (9.76%) PostgreSQL
7 19 (7.72%) Oracle Database
8 12 (4.88%) Azure SQL Database
8 12 (4.88%) Power BI
9 10 (4.07%) Data Lake
9 10 (4.07%) NoSQL
10 9 (3.66%) Amazon RDS
10 9 (3.66%) MySQL
11 8 (3.25%) Big Data
12 7 (2.85%) Hadoop
12 7 (2.85%) Snowflake Schema
13 6 (2.44%) Oracle Reports
14 5 (2.03%) Amazon Aurora
14 5 (2.03%) Elasticsearch
14 5 (2.03%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 35 (14.23%) JUnit
2 25 (10.16%) Git
3 18 (7.32%) Jenkins
4 8 (3.25%) GitLab
5 6 (2.44%) Cypress.io
6 5 (2.03%) JIRA
7 2 (0.81%) GCC
7 2 (0.81%) Maven
7 2 (0.81%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.41%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.41%) Jasmine
8 1 (0.41%) Liquibase
8 1 (0.41%) LSMW
8 1 (0.41%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.41%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.41%) Selenium
8 1 (0.41%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.41%) Toad
8 1 (0.41%) Vagrant
General
1 101 (41.06%) Social Skills
2 74 (30.08%) Finance
3 51 (20.73%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (19.92%) Banking
5 32 (13.01%) Investment Banking
6 23 (9.35%) Public Sector
7 16 (6.50%) Front Office
8 10 (4.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (2.85%) Manufacturing
10 5 (2.03%) Marketing
10 5 (2.03%) Pharmaceutical
11 4 (1.63%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.63%) Legal
12 3 (1.22%) German Language
12 3 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.81%) Automotive
13 2 (0.81%) Electronics
13 2 (0.81%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.81%) Retail
13 2 (0.81%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 79 (32.11%) Developer
2 39 (15.85%) Java Developer
3 32 (13.01%) Senior
4 31 (12.60%) SQL Developer
5 30 (12.20%) Investment Banking Java Developer
6 26 (10.57%) Data Engineer
7 23 (9.35%) Senior Developer
8 22 (8.94%) DBA
9 21 (8.54%) Architect
10 20 (8.13%) Consultant
11 19 (7.72%) Lead
12 17 (6.91%) Senior Java Developer
13 15 (6.10%) Senior SQL Developer
14 14 (5.69%) Linux Developer
14 14 (5.69%) Senior Investment Banking Java Developer
14 14 (5.69%) Sybase Developer
15 13 (5.28%) Administrator
16 10 (4.07%) Oracle DBA
17 8 (3.25%) Java Engineer
18 7 (2.85%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (18.70%) Kafka
2 44 (17.89%) Spring
3 29 (11.79%) JMS
4 22 (8.94%) RESTful
5 15 (6.10%) REST
6 14 (5.69%) Spring Boot
7 11 (4.47%) .NET
7 11 (4.47%) React
8 9 (3.66%) AngularJS
8 9 (3.66%) Elastic Stack
9 7 (2.85%) HTML
9 7 (2.85%) OAuth
10 6 (2.44%) AWS CDK
10 6 (2.44%) CSS
11 5 (2.03%) Jest
11 5 (2.03%) JSON
11 5 (2.03%) Middleware
11 5 (2.03%) OAuth2
11 5 (2.03%) Oracle GoldenGate
11 5 (2.03%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 35 (14.23%) Data Structures
2 28 (11.38%) Equities
3 21 (8.54%) Replication
4 18 (7.32%) Distributed Systems
5 15 (6.10%) Cloud Native
6 12 (4.88%) Mainframe
7 10 (4.07%) Legacy Systems
8 9 (3.66%) Clustering
9 6 (2.44%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (2.03%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (2.03%) Distributed Computing
11 4 (1.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 4 (1.63%) Onboarding
11 4 (1.63%) Product Ownership
12 3 (1.22%) Algorithms
12 3 (1.22%) Distributed Architecture
12 3 (1.22%) Legacy Code
12 3 (1.22%) Linux Command Line
12 3 (1.22%) Renewable Energy
13 2 (0.81%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 63 (25.61%) Linux
2 16 (6.50%) Windows
3 9 (3.66%) Unix
3 9 (3.66%) Windows Server
4 8 (3.25%) zOS
5 3 (1.22%) AIX
5 3 (1.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.22%) VMS
6 2 (0.81%) OS/2
6 2 (0.81%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.41%) Amazon Linux
7 1 (0.41%) Android
7 1 (0.41%) CentOS
7 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (30.49%) Problem-Solving
2 70 (28.46%) CI/CD
2 70 (28.46%) DevOps
3 69 (28.05%) Agile
4 45 (18.29%) Data Modelling
5 38 (15.45%) Migration
6 36 (14.63%) Database Tuning
7 32 (13.01%) Infrastructure as Code
7 32 (13.01%) Open Source
7 32 (13.01%) SDLC
8 31 (12.60%) Data Pipeline
9 30 (12.20%) ETL
9 30 (12.20%) Multithreading
10 29 (11.79%) Analytics
11 27 (10.98%) Business Intelligence
12 26 (10.57%) Microservices
13 25 (10.16%) High Availability
14 24 (9.76%) Containerisation
14 24 (9.76%) Continuous Improvement
14 24 (9.76%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 103 (41.87%) SQL
2 78 (31.71%) Python
3 67 (27.24%) Java
4 30 (12.20%) Shell Script
5 15 (6.10%) PL/SQL
6 13 (5.28%) C#
6 13 (5.28%) PowerShell
7 10 (4.07%) JavaScript
7 10 (4.07%) Perl
8 9 (3.66%) ABAP
9 7 (2.85%) Bash
10 6 (2.44%) REXX
11 5 (2.03%) JCL
11 5 (2.03%) T-SQL
11 5 (2.03%) TypeScript
12 4 (1.63%) Assembly Language
12 4 (1.63%) CLIST
13 3 (1.22%) COBOL
13 3 (1.22%) PL/1
13 3 (1.22%) Scala
Qualifications
1 34 (13.82%) Security Cleared
2 29 (11.79%) SC Cleared
3 18 (7.32%) Degree
4 7 (2.85%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (2.44%) Azure Certification
5 6 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.63%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (1.22%) AWS Certification
7 3 (1.22%) CCNP
7 3 (1.22%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.22%) OCP
7 3 (1.22%) Oracle Certification
8 2 (0.81%) CCIE
8 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.81%) OCA
8 2 (0.81%) VCAP
8 2 (0.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (0.41%) BC Cleared
9 1 (0.41%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.41%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (9.35%) QA
2 19 (7.72%) Data Quality
3 11 (4.47%) GDPR
4 8 (3.25%) Accessibility
5 5 (2.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 4 (1.63%) HIPAA
6 4 (1.63%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.63%) SLA
7 3 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.41%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (0.41%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.41%) NCSC
System Software
1 36 (14.63%) Docker
2 10 (4.07%) Active Directory
3 8 (3.25%) Oracle RAC
4 7 (2.85%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (2.44%) RACF
6 5 (2.03%) Job Entry Subsystem
7 4 (1.63%) NDS
7 4 (1.63%) NetIQ eDirectory
8 3 (1.22%) Time Sharing Option
8 3 (1.22%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (1.22%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.81%) HDFS
9 2 (0.81%) NFS
9 2 (0.81%) vSphere
10 1 (0.41%) DFS Replication
10 1 (0.41%) Dovecot
10 1 (0.41%) GPFS
10 1 (0.41%) Hyper-V
10 1 (0.41%) KVM
10 1 (0.41%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 35 (14.23%) Terraform
2 24 (9.76%) Kubernetes
3 20 (8.13%) Ansible
4 7 (2.85%) Oracle RMAN
5 6 (2.44%) Data Guard
5 6 (2.44%) Progress Chef
5 6 (2.44%) Prometheus
6 5 (2.03%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 5 (2.03%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (1.63%) Grafana
7 4 (1.63%) ITRS Geneos
7 4 (1.63%) Kibana
7 4 (1.63%) logstash
8 3 (1.22%) Puppet
9 2 (0.81%) Cisco CUCM
9 2 (0.81%) Hadoop YARN
9 2 (0.81%) NetBackup
9 2 (0.81%) OMEGAMON
9 2 (0.81%) Oozie
9 2 (0.81%) Tivoli NetView
Vendors
1 32 (13.01%) Oracle
2 29 (11.79%) Sybase
3 23 (9.35%) Microsoft
4 15 (6.10%) SAP
5 13 (5.28%) Databricks
6 10 (4.07%) IBM
6 10 (4.07%) ServiceNow
7 7 (2.85%) VMware
8 5 (2.03%) Broadcom
8 5 (2.03%) Cisco
8 5 (2.03%) Informatica
8 5 (2.03%) Red Hat
9 4 (1.63%) Google
9 4 (1.63%) NetIQ
9 4 (1.63%) Okta
9 4 (1.63%) OpenText
9 4 (1.63%) Solace
10 3 (1.22%) Adobe
10 3 (1.22%) Teradata
10 3 (1.22%) Zscaler