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

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 132 180
Rank change year-on-year +10 +48 +56
Contract jobs citing Performance Tuning 296 202 174
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.24% 2.02% 1.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.50% 2.20% 1.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 216 116 125
10th Percentile £378 £389 £360
25th Percentile £429 £450 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £588 £623 £600
90th Percentile £700 £775 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £510
% change year-on-year - -1.96% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 2
10th Percentile £33.38 £70.25 £48.33
25th Percentile £49.31 £70.63 £50.69
Median hourly rate £53.00 £72.50 £61.75
Median % change year-on-year -26.90% +17.41% -14.83%
75th Percentile £64.25 £75.63 £78.19
90th Percentile £95.00 £76.75 £83.78
UK median hourly rate £52.75 £70.00 £61.60
% change year-on-year -24.64% +13.64% -13.54%

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 11,847 9,178 12,804
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 89.53% 91.75% 87.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,590 6,248 8,610
10th Percentile £350 £325 £325
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.46% -2.38% -2.78%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £760 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +1.98% -3.81% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 640 258 551
10th Percentile £16.70 £13.35 £15.17
25th Percentile £31.93 £19.32 £25.50
Median hourly rate £57.50 £35.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +64.29% -18.60% -18.10%
75th Percentile £71.91 £65.00 £60.93
90th Percentile £85.43 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% +3.45%

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 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 3 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 13 (4.39%) Apache Airflow
2 11 (3.72%) Confluence
3 8 (2.70%) Oracle Application Server
4 7 (2.36%) CICS
5 5 (1.69%) Apache
6 4 (1.35%) Apache Spark
6 4 (1.35%) NetWeaver
6 4 (1.35%) SAS
6 4 (1.35%) WebSphere
7 3 (1.01%) IIS
7 3 (1.01%) WebSphere Application Server
8 2 (0.68%) IBM HTTP Server
8 2 (0.68%) Oracle HTTP Server
8 2 (0.68%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.68%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.68%) WebSphere Portal
9 1 (0.34%) ColdFusion
9 1 (0.34%) FileNet
9 1 (0.34%) nginx
9 1 (0.34%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 18 (6.08%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.69%) SAP MDG
3 4 (1.35%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (1.01%) Aladdin
4 3 (1.01%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (1.01%) SimCorp Dimension
5 2 (0.68%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.34%) BASE24
6 1 (0.34%) Distributed Ledger
6 1 (0.34%) FIS Private Capital Suite
6 1 (0.34%) Magento
6 1 (0.34%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.34%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.34%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.34%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 104 (35.14%) Azure
2 90 (30.41%) AWS
3 33 (11.15%) Power Platform
4 31 (10.47%) GCP
5 25 (8.45%) Amazon S3
6 23 (7.77%) Serverless
7 21 (7.09%) dbt
8 20 (6.76%) AWS Lambda
8 20 (6.76%) Azure DevOps
9 18 (6.08%) Amazon EC2
9 18 (6.08%) Snowflake
10 16 (5.41%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 15 (5.07%) Azure Data Factory
12 14 (4.73%) GitHub
13 13 (4.39%) GitHub Actions
14 10 (3.38%) Amazon EMR
15 7 (2.36%) Azure Monitor
16 6 (2.03%) Amazon Kinesis
16 6 (2.03%) Microsoft 365
16 6 (2.03%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.39%) Network Security
2 12 (4.05%) Firewall
3 11 (3.72%) DNS
4 10 (3.38%) VPN
5 7 (2.36%) BGP
5 7 (2.36%) OSPF
6 6 (2.03%) SSL
7 5 (1.69%) DHCP
7 5 (1.69%) Ethernet VPN
7 5 (1.69%) SD-WAN
7 5 (1.69%) Software-Defined Networking
7 5 (1.69%) TCP/IP
7 5 (1.69%) VXLAN
7 5 (1.69%) WAN
8 4 (1.35%) HTTP
8 4 (1.35%) Internet
8 4 (1.35%) SAN
8 4 (1.35%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (1.01%) NAS
9 3 (1.01%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (15.54%) SQL Server
2 39 (13.18%) Data Warehouse
3 28 (9.46%) Power BI
4 21 (7.09%) Relational Database
5 20 (6.76%) PostgreSQL
6 14 (4.73%) Oracle Reports
6 14 (4.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 13 (4.39%) Star Schema
8 12 (4.05%) Amazon RDS
8 12 (4.05%) Amazon Redshift
8 12 (4.05%) Azure SQL Database
9 11 (3.72%) Data Lake
9 11 (3.72%) DynamoDB
9 11 (3.72%) Snowflake Schema
10 10 (3.38%) Db2
10 10 (3.38%) SAP HANA
11 9 (3.04%) Oracle Database
12 8 (2.70%) Oracle ODI
13 7 (2.36%) Amazon Athena
13 7 (2.36%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 43 (14.53%) Git
2 19 (6.42%) GitLab
2 19 (6.42%) JIRA
3 16 (5.41%) Jenkins
4 6 (2.03%) Bitbucket
5 5 (1.69%) JMeter
5 5 (1.69%) JUnit
5 5 (1.69%) Maven
5 5 (1.69%) Postman
6 3 (1.01%) Mockito
6 3 (1.01%) Oracle Forms
6 3 (1.01%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.68%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.68%) DbUnit
7 2 (0.68%) Gradle
7 2 (0.68%) Introscope
7 2 (0.68%) Octopus Deploy
7 2 (0.68%) Oracle APEX
7 2 (0.68%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.34%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 84 (28.38%) Social Skills
2 69 (23.31%) Finance
3 40 (13.51%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (9.12%) Banking
5 21 (7.09%) Public Sector
6 6 (2.03%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (2.03%) Marketing
6 6 (2.03%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (1.69%) Retail
8 4 (1.35%) Military
8 4 (1.35%) Pharmaceutical
8 4 (1.35%) Publishing
9 3 (1.01%) Legal
10 2 (0.68%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.68%) Law
11 1 (0.34%) Billing
11 1 (0.34%) Games
11 1 (0.34%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.34%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 79 (26.69%) Developer
2 44 (14.86%) Data Engineer
3 36 (12.16%) Senior
4 24 (8.11%) Architect
5 22 (7.43%) Lead
6 19 (6.42%) DBA
7 18 (6.08%) SQL Developer
8 13 (4.39%) Oracle Developer
9 11 (3.72%) Administrator
9 11 (3.72%) Consultant
9 11 (3.72%) SQL DBA
10 10 (3.38%) AWS Engineer
10 10 (3.38%) Network Engineer
10 10 (3.38%) Python Engineer
11 9 (3.04%) .NET Developer
11 9 (3.04%) Senior Data Engineer
11 9 (3.04%) Snowflake Engineer
12 8 (2.70%) Python Data Engineer
12 8 (2.70%) Senior Developer
12 8 (2.70%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (10.14%) REST
2 21 (7.09%) SOAP
3 20 (6.76%) .NET
4 19 (6.42%) JSON
4 19 (6.42%) RESTful
5 18 (6.08%) Web Services
6 17 (5.74%) Kafka
7 15 (5.07%) Middleware
8 13 (4.39%) PySpark
9 11 (3.72%) Spring
10 10 (3.38%) Spring Boot
11 9 (3.04%) BAPI
11 9 (3.04%) XML
12 7 (2.36%) Node.js
12 7 (2.36%) React
12 7 (2.36%) SAP Basis
13 6 (2.03%) OAuth
14 5 (1.69%) Flask
14 5 (1.69%) OAuth2
14 5 (1.69%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 19 (6.42%) Data Centre
2 18 (6.08%) Cloud Native
2 18 (6.08%) Replication
3 17 (5.74%) Clustering
3 17 (5.74%) Distributed Systems
4 12 (4.05%) Onboarding
5 10 (3.38%) Data Structures
5 10 (3.38%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (3.04%) Legacy Systems
6 9 (3.04%) Mainframe
7 8 (2.70%) Hybrid Cloud
8 7 (2.36%) Algorithms
8 7 (2.36%) CUDA
8 7 (2.36%) Product Ownership
9 6 (2.03%) Legacy Code
9 6 (2.03%) Management Information System
9 6 (2.03%) Online Banking
10 5 (1.69%) DataPower
10 5 (1.69%) Low-Code
10 5 (1.69%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 55 (18.58%) Linux
2 30 (10.14%) Windows
3 17 (5.74%) Unix
4 15 (5.07%) Windows Server
5 11 (3.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (3.04%) zOS
7 4 (1.35%) Apple iOS
8 3 (1.01%) Oracle Linux
8 3 (1.01%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.68%) Amazon Linux
9 2 (0.68%) Android
9 2 (0.68%) CentOS
9 2 (0.68%) Data ONTAP
9 2 (0.68%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.68%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.34%) MVS
10 1 (0.34%) Rocky
10 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (31.42%) CI/CD
2 75 (25.34%) DevOps
3 72 (24.32%) Data Modelling
4 56 (18.92%) ETL
5 52 (17.57%) Agile
6 51 (17.23%) Migration
7 50 (16.89%) Analytics
7 50 (16.89%) Problem-Solving
8 48 (16.22%) High Availability
9 43 (14.53%) Data Pipeline
10 40 (13.51%) Data Engineering
11 37 (12.50%) AI
12 33 (11.15%) Business Intelligence
13 28 (9.46%) Infrastructure as Code
14 27 (9.12%) Test Automation
14 27 (9.12%) Validation
15 25 (8.45%) Capacity Planning
15 25 (8.45%) Disaster Recovery
15 25 (8.45%) Observability
15 25 (8.45%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 121 (40.88%) SQL
2 94 (31.76%) Python
3 30 (10.14%) Java
4 25 (8.45%) PowerShell
5 21 (7.09%) T-SQL
6 20 (6.76%) C#
7 16 (5.41%) Bash
8 12 (4.05%) PL/SQL
9 11 (3.72%) Shell Script
10 8 (2.70%) JavaScript
11 7 (2.36%) ABAP
12 6 (2.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 6 (2.03%) JCL
13 5 (1.69%) C
13 5 (1.69%) Perl
13 5 (1.69%) TypeScript
14 4 (1.35%) Bicep
14 4 (1.35%) Rust
15 3 (1.01%) Groovy
15 3 (1.01%) Scala
Qualifications
1 71 (23.99%) Security Cleared
2 63 (21.28%) SC Cleared
3 14 (4.73%) Degree
4 12 (4.05%) BPSS Clearance
5 10 (3.38%) AWS Certification
6 9 (3.04%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 8 (2.70%) Azure Certification
8 7 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (2.03%) DV Cleared
10 5 (1.69%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 4 (1.35%) SnowPro
12 3 (1.01%) Master's Degree
12 3 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.68%) CCA
13 2 (0.68%) CESG Certified Professional
13 2 (0.68%) CISM
13 2 (0.68%) CISSP
13 2 (0.68%) Citrix Certification
14 1 (0.34%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (12.16%) Data Quality
2 14 (4.73%) QA
3 12 (4.05%) GDPR
4 5 (1.69%) PCI DSS
5 4 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.01%) SLA
7 2 (0.68%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.68%) NIST
7 2 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.34%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 1 (0.34%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.34%) COBIT
8 1 (0.34%) GMP
8 1 (0.34%) GRC
8 1 (0.34%) GxP
8 1 (0.34%) ISO 8583
8 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 30 (10.14%) Docker
2 15 (5.07%) vSphere
3 14 (4.73%) Active Directory
4 13 (4.39%) VMware Infrastructure
5 10 (3.38%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (2.36%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (2.03%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 6 (2.03%) VMware NSX
8 4 (1.35%) Hyper-V
8 4 (1.35%) KVM
9 3 (1.01%) Oracle RAC
10 2 (0.68%) NFS
10 2 (0.68%) OpenSSH
10 2 (0.68%) Postfix
10 2 (0.68%) RACF
10 2 (0.68%) SRDF
10 2 (0.68%) Varnish
10 2 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.34%) ACF2
11 1 (0.34%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 32 (10.81%) Terraform
2 31 (10.47%) Ansible
3 29 (9.80%) Kubernetes
4 11 (3.72%) Grafana
5 10 (3.38%) PowerCLI
5 10 (3.38%) Prometheus
6 8 (2.70%) vCenter Server
7 6 (2.03%) Puppet
8 5 (1.69%) vMotion
9 3 (1.01%) Data Guard
9 3 (1.01%) Kibana
10 2 (0.68%) Argo
10 2 (0.68%) CA Wily
10 2 (0.68%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.68%) Oracle RMAN
10 2 (0.68%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.68%) SnapMirror
10 2 (0.68%) Tivoli
11 1 (0.34%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 47 (15.88%) Oracle
2 44 (14.86%) Microsoft
3 25 (8.45%) SAP
3 25 (8.45%) VMware
4 15 (5.07%) Databricks
4 15 (5.07%) ServiceNow
5 12 (4.05%) Informatica
6 11 (3.72%) Google
7 7 (2.36%) Cisco
7 7 (2.36%) Dell
7 7 (2.36%) IBM
7 7 (2.36%) Red Hat
7 7 (2.36%) Splunk
8 6 (2.03%) Adobe
8 6 (2.03%) MuleSoft
8 6 (2.03%) NVIDIA
8 6 (2.03%) Salesforce
8 6 (2.03%) Sybase
9 5 (1.69%) 3PAR
10 4 (1.35%) Nimble Storage