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

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 116 180
Rank change year-on-year -3 +64 +31
Contract jobs citing Performance Tuning 316 226 173
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.32% 2.24% 1.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.58% 2.44% 1.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 233 135 125
10th Percentile £387 £375 £360
25th Percentile £431 £439 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £575 £609 £600
90th Percentile £695 £765 £663
UK median daily rate £505 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +1.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 1
10th Percentile £31.75 £49.00 -
25th Percentile £40.38 £56.88 £62.50
Median hourly rate £53.00 £70.00 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.29% -6.67% +3.45%
75th Percentile - £73.75 £87.50
90th Percentile £53.40 £76.00 -
UK median hourly rate £38.25 £70.00 £61.60
% change year-on-year -45.36% +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 12,240 9,245 11,410
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 89.85% 91.83% 87.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,731 6,231 7,643
10th Percentile £356 £325 £325
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% -2.86% -2.33%
75th Percentile £621 £625 £638
90th Percentile £719 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 700 278 399
10th Percentile £16.62 £12.62 £17.65
25th Percentile £30.43 £18.66 £30.47
Median hourly rate £53.00 £34.48 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +53.71% -19.81% -14.00%
75th Percentile £71.91 £65.00 £65.02
90th Percentile £85.00 £70.16 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £40.50
% change year-on-year +68.99% -37.90% -4.71%

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 8 August 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 8 August 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 (4.11%) Oracle Application Server
2 11 (3.48%) Apache Airflow
2 11 (3.48%) Confluence
3 8 (2.53%) CICS
4 7 (2.22%) Apache
4 7 (2.22%) SAS
5 5 (1.58%) Apache Spark
5 5 (1.58%) WebSphere
6 4 (1.27%) NetWeaver
6 4 (1.27%) Oracle Workflow
7 3 (0.95%) IIS
7 3 (0.95%) nginx
7 3 (0.95%) SharePoint
7 3 (0.95%) WebSphere Application Server
8 2 (0.63%) IBM HTTP Server
8 2 (0.63%) Oracle HTTP Server
8 2 (0.63%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.63%) WebSphere Portal
9 1 (0.32%) ColdFusion
9 1 (0.32%) FileNet
Applications
1 3 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.63%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 19 (6.01%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.58%) SAP MDG
3 4 (1.27%) SAP CRM
4 3 (0.95%) Aladdin
4 3 (0.95%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.95%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.95%) SimCorp Dimension
5 2 (0.63%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.32%) Distributed Ledger
6 1 (0.32%) FIS Private Capital Suite
6 1 (0.32%) Magento
6 1 (0.32%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.32%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.32%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.32%) SAP Travel Management
6 1 (0.32%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 105 (33.23%) Azure
2 82 (25.95%) AWS
3 31 (9.81%) Power Platform
4 30 (9.49%) GCP
5 25 (7.91%) Azure DevOps
6 20 (6.33%) Amazon S3
6 20 (6.33%) dbt
7 19 (6.01%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 19 (6.01%) Serverless
8 17 (5.38%) Amazon EC2
8 17 (5.38%) Azure Data Factory
9 16 (5.06%) AWS Lambda
9 16 (5.06%) GitHub
10 15 (4.75%) Snowflake
11 14 (4.43%) GitHub Actions
12 9 (2.85%) Amazon EMR
12 9 (2.85%) Azure Monitor
13 7 (2.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 6 (1.90%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
14 6 (1.90%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 15 (4.75%) Firewall
2 12 (3.80%) Network Security
3 10 (3.16%) DNS
3 10 (3.16%) SSL
4 6 (1.90%) HTTP
4 6 (1.90%) VPN
5 5 (1.58%) BGP
5 5 (1.58%) OSPF
5 5 (1.58%) Software-Defined Networking
6 4 (1.27%) Ethernet VPN
6 4 (1.27%) ICMP
6 4 (1.27%) Internet
6 4 (1.27%) SD-WAN
6 4 (1.27%) SNMP
6 4 (1.27%) TCP/IP
6 4 (1.27%) VXLAN
6 4 (1.27%) WAN
7 3 (0.95%) Bluetooth
7 3 (0.95%) HTTPS
7 3 (0.95%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (18.04%) SQL Server
2 51 (16.14%) Data Warehouse
3 30 (9.49%) PostgreSQL
4 28 (8.86%) Power BI
5 27 (8.54%) Relational Database
6 21 (6.65%) Oracle Reports
7 16 (5.06%) Oracle Database
8 15 (4.75%) Azure SQL Database
8 15 (4.75%) Db2
8 15 (4.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 14 (4.43%) MySQL
10 13 (4.11%) Oracle ODI
10 13 (4.11%) Star Schema
11 11 (3.48%) Amazon Redshift
12 10 (3.16%) Amazon RDS
12 10 (3.16%) Data Lake
12 10 (3.16%) SAP HANA
12 10 (3.16%) Snowflake Schema
13 8 (2.53%) Amazon Aurora
13 8 (2.53%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 46 (14.56%) Git
2 21 (6.65%) GitLab
3 18 (5.70%) JIRA
4 17 (5.38%) Jenkins
5 6 (1.90%) Bitbucket
6 5 (1.58%) Postman
7 4 (1.27%) JMeter
7 4 (1.27%) Oracle Forms
8 3 (0.95%) JUnit
8 3 (0.95%) Liquibase
8 3 (0.95%) Maven
8 3 (0.95%) Octopus Deploy
9 2 (0.63%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.63%) Flyway
9 2 (0.63%) Introscope
9 2 (0.63%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.63%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 2 (0.63%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.32%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.32%) Toad
General
1 81 (25.63%) Social Skills
2 69 (21.84%) Finance
3 44 (13.92%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (9.49%) Banking
5 23 (7.28%) Public Sector
6 7 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (2.22%) Retail
7 5 (1.58%) Marketing
7 5 (1.58%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (1.58%) Publishing
8 4 (1.27%) Legal
8 4 (1.27%) Military
9 3 (0.95%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.63%) Law
10 2 (0.63%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.32%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.32%) Games
11 1 (0.32%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.32%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 86 (27.22%) Developer
2 46 (14.56%) Data Engineer
3 40 (12.66%) Senior
4 33 (10.44%) DBA
5 23 (7.28%) Lead
6 21 (6.65%) Architect
6 21 (6.65%) SQL Developer
7 18 (5.70%) Administrator
7 18 (5.70%) SQL DBA
8 16 (5.06%) Oracle Developer
9 13 (4.11%) AWS Engineer
10 12 (3.80%) Consultant
10 12 (3.80%) Senior Data Engineer
11 11 (3.48%) Senior Developer
12 10 (3.16%) Linux Engineer
12 10 (3.16%) Oracle DBA
12 10 (3.16%) Python Engineer
12 10 (3.16%) SC Cleared DBA
13 9 (2.85%) .NET Developer
13 9 (2.85%) SQL Server DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (10.13%) REST
2 24 (7.59%) .NET
3 21 (6.65%) SOAP
4 19 (6.01%) JSON
4 19 (6.01%) Web Services
5 17 (5.38%) Kafka
5 17 (5.38%) Middleware
6 16 (5.06%) RESTful
7 13 (4.11%) PySpark
8 12 (3.80%) XML
9 10 (3.16%) Spring
10 9 (2.85%) BAPI
10 9 (2.85%) React
10 9 (2.85%) Spring Boot
11 8 (2.53%) Node.js
12 7 (2.22%) .NET Framework
12 7 (2.22%) SAP Basis
13 6 (1.90%) IDoc
13 6 (1.90%) OAuth
14 5 (1.58%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 24 (7.59%) Replication
2 18 (5.70%) Cloud Native
3 17 (5.38%) Clustering
3 17 (5.38%) Distributed Systems
4 16 (5.06%) Data Centre
5 14 (4.43%) Mainframe
6 11 (3.48%) Data Structures
7 9 (2.85%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (2.53%) Hybrid Cloud
8 8 (2.53%) Management Information System
8 8 (2.53%) Onboarding
9 7 (2.22%) CUDA
9 7 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (1.90%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (1.90%) Greenfield Project
10 6 (1.90%) Legacy Code
10 6 (1.90%) Online Banking
10 6 (1.90%) Product Ownership
11 5 (1.58%) DataPower
11 5 (1.58%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 62 (19.62%) Linux
2 33 (10.44%) Windows
3 21 (6.65%) Windows Server
4 19 (6.01%) Unix
5 13 (4.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 11 (3.48%) zOS
7 4 (1.27%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.95%) Amazon Linux
8 3 (0.95%) Embedded Linux
8 3 (0.95%) Oracle Linux
8 3 (0.95%) VMS
9 2 (0.63%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.63%) CentOS
9 2 (0.63%) Data ONTAP
9 2 (0.63%) MVS
9 2 (0.63%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.32%) AIX
10 1 (0.32%) Solaris
10 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (30.38%) CI/CD
2 85 (26.90%) Data Modelling
3 80 (25.32%) DevOps
4 67 (21.20%) ETL
5 58 (18.35%) Analytics
5 58 (18.35%) Migration
6 56 (17.72%) Problem-Solving
7 54 (17.09%) High Availability
8 48 (15.19%) Agile
9 47 (14.87%) Data Pipeline
10 39 (12.34%) Data Engineering
11 38 (12.03%) Business Intelligence
12 37 (11.71%) Root Cause Analysis
13 33 (10.44%) AI
13 33 (10.44%) Capacity Planning
14 32 (10.13%) Performance Optimisation
15 31 (9.81%) Infrastructure as Code
16 30 (9.49%) Disaster Recovery
17 28 (8.86%) Observability
17 28 (8.86%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 139 (43.99%) SQL
2 90 (28.48%) Python
3 27 (8.54%) Java
3 27 (8.54%) T-SQL
4 26 (8.23%) PowerShell
5 22 (6.96%) C#
6 18 (5.70%) PL/SQL
7 16 (5.06%) Bash
7 16 (5.06%) Shell Script
8 11 (3.48%) JavaScript
9 8 (2.53%) ABAP
10 7 (2.22%) C++
10 7 (2.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 7 (2.22%) JCL
10 7 (2.22%) Perl
11 6 (1.90%) C
12 4 (1.27%) Bicep
12 4 (1.27%) REXX
13 3 (0.95%) Rust
13 3 (0.95%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 91 (28.80%) Security Cleared
2 84 (26.58%) SC Cleared
3 14 (4.43%) BPSS Clearance
3 14 (4.43%) Degree
4 10 (3.16%) AWS Certification
4 10 (3.16%) Azure Certification
5 8 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (2.53%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (2.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 6 (1.90%) DV Cleared
7 5 (1.58%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 4 (1.27%) OCP
8 4 (1.27%) Oracle Certification
8 4 (1.27%) SnowPro
9 3 (0.95%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (0.95%) CCA
9 3 (0.95%) CESG Certified Professional
9 3 (0.95%) Citrix Certification
9 3 (0.95%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (0.63%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (14.56%) Data Quality
2 16 (5.06%) QA
3 10 (3.16%) GDPR
4 4 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.27%) PCI DSS
4 4 (1.27%) SLA
5 3 (0.95%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 3 (0.95%) GMP
5 3 (0.95%) GxP
5 3 (0.95%) ISO 20022
5 3 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 17025
6 2 (0.63%) NIST
7 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.32%) COBIT
7 1 (0.32%) GRC
7 1 (0.32%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.32%) ISO 15022
7 1 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.32%) SEPA
System Software
1 29 (9.18%) Docker
2 15 (4.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (4.11%) Active Directory
3 13 (4.11%) vSphere
4 10 (3.16%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (2.85%) VMware NSX
6 8 (2.53%) VMware ESXi
7 7 (2.22%) Oracle RAC
8 6 (1.90%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 4 (1.27%) Firmware
9 4 (1.27%) RACF
10 3 (0.95%) ACF2
10 3 (0.95%) Varnish
10 3 (0.95%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (0.63%) Hyper-V
11 2 (0.63%) KVM
11 2 (0.63%) NFS
11 2 (0.63%) OpenSSH
11 2 (0.63%) SRDF
12 1 (0.32%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 33 (10.44%) Terraform
2 30 (9.49%) Kubernetes
3 28 (8.86%) Ansible
4 12 (3.80%) Grafana
4 12 (3.80%) Prometheus
5 8 (2.53%) PowerCLI
6 7 (2.22%) Data Guard
7 6 (1.90%) Puppet
7 6 (1.90%) vCenter Server
8 5 (1.58%) vMotion
9 4 (1.27%) Control-M
9 4 (1.27%) Oracle RMAN
10 3 (0.95%) Argo
10 3 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.63%) Docker Swarm
11 2 (0.63%) Failover Clustering
11 2 (0.63%) Kibana
11 2 (0.63%) SCOM
11 2 (0.63%) SnapMirror
11 2 (0.63%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 66 (20.89%) Oracle
2 56 (17.72%) Microsoft
3 29 (9.18%) SAP
4 26 (8.23%) VMware
5 14 (4.43%) ServiceNow
6 13 (4.11%) Databricks
6 13 (4.11%) Informatica
7 10 (3.16%) IBM
8 9 (2.85%) MuleSoft
8 9 (2.85%) Red Hat
9 8 (2.53%) Google
10 7 (2.22%) Dell
10 7 (2.22%) Sybase
11 6 (1.90%) Adobe
11 6 (1.90%) NVIDIA
11 6 (1.90%) Salesforce
11 6 (1.90%) Splunk
12 5 (1.58%) 3PAR
12 5 (1.58%) Cisco
12 5 (1.58%) Citrix