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

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 128 144 220
Rank change year-on-year +16 +76 +35
Contract jobs citing Performance Tuning 237 179 137
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.14% 1.67% 0.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.39% 1.85% 0.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 103 90
10th Percentile £372 £364 £347
25th Percentile £425 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% -7.14%
75th Percentile £588 £570 £575
90th Percentile £675 £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 £75.00 £65.62 £54.25
% change year-on-year +14.29% +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 9,916 9,691 14,336
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 89.59% 90.42% 87.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,478 6,279 9,593
10th Percentile £340 £328 £338
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - -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 417 184 511
10th Percentile £16.70 £18.30 £15.25
25th Percentile £25.50 £24.42 £23.06
Median hourly rate £52.50 £38.25 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +37.25% -19.47% -17.39%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.20 £66.75
90th Percentile £76.27 £75.00 £82.50
UK median hourly rate £25.50 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -21.54% -7.14% -

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 19 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 (4.64%) Apache Airflow
2 6 (2.53%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.69%) IIS
4 3 (1.27%) Confluence
4 3 (1.27%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.84%) Apache
5 2 (0.84%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.84%) CICS
5 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.84%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.84%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 2 (0.84%) Oracle Workflow
5 2 (0.84%) SAS
5 2 (0.84%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.42%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.42%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 3 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.42%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 5 (2.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.69%) Oracle EBS R12
3 3 (1.27%) BASE24
3 3 (1.27%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (1.27%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.84%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.84%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.42%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.42%) Magento
5 1 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.42%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.42%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.42%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 84 (35.44%) AWS
2 82 (34.60%) Azure
3 20 (8.44%) GCP
4 19 (8.02%) Amazon S3
4 19 (8.02%) Power Platform
5 17 (7.17%) Snowflake
6 16 (6.75%) Serverless
7 14 (5.91%) Azure DevOps
7 14 (5.91%) dbt
8 13 (5.49%) GitHub
9 12 (5.06%) AWS Lambda
9 12 (5.06%) Azure Data Factory
10 11 (4.64%) GitHub Actions
11 9 (3.80%) Amazon EC2
11 9 (3.80%) SaaS
12 8 (3.38%) Microsoft 365
13 7 (2.95%) Dynamics 365
14 6 (2.53%) Amazon ECS
14 6 (2.53%) Amazon EMR
15 5 (2.11%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 16 (6.75%) Firewall
2 11 (4.64%) VPN
3 9 (3.80%) TCP/IP
4 7 (2.95%) Network Security
5 6 (2.53%) BGP
6 5 (2.11%) OSPF
6 5 (2.11%) SD-WAN
6 5 (2.11%) WAN
6 5 (2.11%) Wireless
7 4 (1.69%) DHCP
7 4 (1.69%) DNS
7 4 (1.69%) HTTP
7 4 (1.69%) Internet
7 4 (1.69%) SSL
7 4 (1.69%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (1.27%) LAN
9 2 (0.84%) 802.11
9 2 (0.84%) MPLS
9 2 (0.84%) SAN
9 2 (0.84%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (11.39%) SQL Server
2 25 (10.55%) PostgreSQL
3 23 (9.70%) Data Warehouse
3 23 (9.70%) MongoDB
4 22 (9.28%) Relational Database
5 16 (6.75%) DB2
6 15 (6.33%) Power BI
7 14 (5.91%) Oracle Database
8 12 (5.06%) Amazon RDS
9 10 (4.22%) Data Lake
9 10 (4.22%) NoSQL
10 8 (3.38%) Azure SQL Database
10 8 (3.38%) Elasticsearch
10 8 (3.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 7 (2.95%) Oracle Reports
12 6 (2.53%) Amazon Redshift
12 6 (2.53%) Big Data
12 6 (2.53%) DynamoDB
12 6 (2.53%) Snowflake Schema
13 5 (2.11%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 26 (10.97%) Git
2 19 (8.02%) JUnit
3 16 (6.75%) Jenkins
4 10 (4.22%) GitLab
5 5 (2.11%) Cypress.io
6 4 (1.69%) JIRA
7 3 (1.27%) Maven
8 2 (0.84%) Gatling
8 2 (0.84%) Gradle
8 2 (0.84%) JMeter
8 2 (0.84%) Mockito
8 2 (0.84%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.42%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.42%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.42%) DbUnit
9 1 (0.42%) jMock
9 1 (0.42%) Liquibase
9 1 (0.42%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.42%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.42%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 80 (33.76%) Social Skills
2 65 (27.43%) Finance
3 42 (17.72%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (13.08%) Banking
5 26 (10.97%) Public Sector
6 13 (5.49%) Investment Banking
7 9 (3.80%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (3.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (2.53%) Front Office
9 4 (1.69%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.69%) Legal
9 4 (1.69%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.69%) Marketing
9 4 (1.69%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.27%) Publishing
11 2 (0.84%) Billing
11 2 (0.84%) Retail
12 1 (0.42%) Law
12 1 (0.42%) Military
Job Titles
1 65 (27.43%) Developer
2 36 (15.19%) Data Engineer
3 27 (11.39%) Architect
4 26 (10.97%) Senior
5 22 (9.28%) Lead
6 21 (8.86%) Java Developer
7 16 (6.75%) Consultant
8 15 (6.33%) Senior Developer
8 15 (6.33%) SQL Developer
9 13 (5.49%) DBA
10 12 (5.06%) Investment Banking Java Developer
11 9 (3.80%) Senior Java Developer
12 8 (3.38%) Administrator
12 8 (3.38%) Senior SQL Developer
13 7 (2.95%) Data Architect
13 7 (2.95%) Oracle Developer
13 7 (2.95%) Snowflake Engineer
14 6 (2.53%) Linux Developer
14 6 (2.53%) Oracle DBA
14 6 (2.53%) Senior Investment Banking Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (11.39%) Spring
2 24 (10.13%) Kafka
3 15 (6.33%) RESTful
4 14 (5.91%) Spring Boot
5 12 (5.06%) JMS
6 11 (4.64%) React
6 11 (4.64%) REST
7 10 (4.22%) .NET
8 9 (3.80%) PySpark
9 8 (3.38%) AngularJS
9 8 (3.38%) Elastic Stack
10 7 (2.95%) JSON
11 6 (2.53%) Jest
11 6 (2.53%) Web Services
12 5 (2.11%) Node.js
12 5 (2.11%) SOAP
13 4 (1.69%) .NET Framework
13 4 (1.69%) CSS
13 4 (1.69%) HTML
13 4 (1.69%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 20 (8.44%) Data Structures
2 14 (5.91%) Cloud Native
3 13 (5.49%) Replication
4 12 (5.06%) Equities
5 11 (4.64%) Distributed Systems
6 9 (3.80%) Onboarding
7 8 (3.38%) Data Centre
8 7 (2.95%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (2.95%) Mainframe
9 5 (2.11%) Clustering
9 5 (2.11%) Security Posture
10 4 (1.69%) Algorithms
10 4 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.69%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (1.69%) Product Ownership
11 3 (1.27%) EMV
11 3 (1.27%) Linux Command Line
11 3 (1.27%) NHS
11 3 (1.27%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 39 (16.46%) Linux
2 20 (8.44%) Windows
3 9 (3.80%) Unix
3 9 (3.80%) Windows Server
4 6 (2.53%) zOS
5 5 (2.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (1.27%) Android
6 3 (1.27%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.84%) AIX
7 2 (0.84%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.84%) VMS
8 1 (0.42%) CentOS
8 1 (0.42%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (32.07%) CI/CD
2 63 (26.58%) DevOps
3 52 (21.94%) Data Modelling
4 49 (20.68%) Problem-Solving
5 46 (19.41%) Agile
6 43 (18.14%) Migration
7 35 (14.77%) Data Pipeline
8 33 (13.92%) Infrastructure as Code
9 31 (13.08%) Analytics
10 29 (12.24%) ETL
11 28 (11.81%) Data Engineering
12 25 (10.55%) Business Intelligence
12 25 (10.55%) Continuous Improvement
12 25 (10.55%) High Availability
12 25 (10.55%) Observability
12 25 (10.55%) Performance Optimisation
13 24 (10.13%) Containerisation
13 24 (10.13%) Technical Leadership
14 20 (8.44%) Mentoring
14 20 (8.44%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 103 (43.46%) SQL
2 76 (32.07%) Python
3 43 (18.14%) Java
4 19 (8.02%) PowerShell
5 17 (7.17%) Shell Script
6 14 (5.91%) PL/SQL
7 12 (5.06%) C#
8 8 (3.38%) T-SQL
9 6 (2.53%) ABAP
9 6 (2.53%) Bash
9 6 (2.53%) JavaScript
10 5 (2.11%) C
10 5 (2.11%) Perl
10 5 (2.11%) TypeScript
11 4 (1.69%) COBOL
11 4 (1.69%) REXX
12 3 (1.27%) CLIST
12 3 (1.27%) JCL
12 3 (1.27%) PHP
12 3 (1.27%) Scala
Qualifications
1 42 (17.72%) Security Cleared
2 34 (14.35%) SC Cleared
3 18 (7.59%) Degree
4 7 (2.95%) BPSS Clearance
4 7 (2.95%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.53%) Azure Certification
6 5 (2.11%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 4 (1.69%) CCNP
7 4 (1.69%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.69%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (1.27%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.27%) CCIE
8 3 (1.27%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.27%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.27%) OCP
8 3 (1.27%) Oracle Certification
8 3 (1.27%) VCAP
9 2 (0.84%) CISSP
9 2 (0.84%) GSEC
10 1 (0.42%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (9.70%) Data Quality
2 18 (7.59%) QA
3 13 (5.49%) GDPR
4 9 (3.80%) Accessibility
5 6 (2.53%) SLA
6 5 (2.11%) HIPAA
6 5 (2.11%) ISO 8583
6 5 (2.11%) PCI DSS
6 5 (2.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.84%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.84%) PSD2
7 2 (0.84%) SEPA
8 1 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 35 (14.77%) Docker
2 13 (5.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (4.22%) Active Directory
4 6 (2.53%) KVM
4 6 (2.53%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (2.53%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (2.11%) Hyper-V
6 4 (1.69%) NDS
6 4 (1.69%) NetIQ eDirectory
6 4 (1.69%) RACF
6 4 (1.69%) vSphere
7 3 (1.27%) Job Entry Subsystem
7 3 (1.27%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.84%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.42%) HDFS
9 1 (0.42%) Lustre
9 1 (0.42%) NFS
9 1 (0.42%) Postfix
9 1 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 36 (15.19%) Terraform
2 29 (12.24%) Kubernetes
3 23 (9.70%) Ansible
4 9 (3.80%) Grafana
5 6 (2.53%) Kibana
5 6 (2.53%) logstash
5 6 (2.53%) Prometheus
6 5 (2.11%) Argo
7 4 (1.69%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 4 (1.69%) Oracle RMAN
7 4 (1.69%) Progress Chef
7 4 (1.69%) vCenter Server
8 3 (1.27%) PowerCLI
8 3 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.84%) Cisco CUCM
9 2 (0.84%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
9 2 (0.84%) ITRS Geneos
9 2 (0.84%) NetBackup
9 2 (0.84%) Puppet
9 2 (0.84%) SCCM
Vendors
1 31 (13.08%) Oracle
2 29 (12.24%) Microsoft
3 15 (6.33%) Databricks
3 15 (6.33%) VMware
4 12 (5.06%) Sybase
5 10 (4.22%) SAP
5 10 (4.22%) ServiceNow
6 8 (3.38%) Cisco
7 7 (2.95%) Google
7 7 (2.95%) IBM
7 7 (2.95%) Red Hat
8 5 (2.11%) Broadcom
8 5 (2.11%) Palo Alto
8 5 (2.11%) Salesforce
9 4 (1.69%) Adobe
9 4 (1.69%) Fortinet
9 4 (1.69%) Juniper
9 4 (1.69%) NetIQ
9 4 (1.69%) OpenText
9 4 (1.69%) Zscaler