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

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 125 189
Rank change year-on-year +2 +64 +46
Contract jobs citing Performance Tuning 295 201 166
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.25% 2.05% 1.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.52% 2.23% 1.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 213 116 122
10th Percentile £376 £395 £353
25th Percentile £429 £450 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £478
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -8.90%
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 1
10th Percentile £33.38 £70.25 -
25th Percentile £49.31 £70.63 £46.75
Median hourly rate £53.00 £72.50 £48.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.90% +49.48% -33.10%
75th Percentile £64.25 £75.63 £50.25
90th Percentile £95.00 £76.75 -
UK median hourly rate £52.75 £70.00 £61.60
% change year-on-year -24.64% +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 11,714 8,995 12,754
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 89.51% 91.80% 87.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,518 6,121 8,584
10th Percentile £350 £325 £325
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.98% -2.38% -2.78%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +1.98% -3.81% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 635 243 552
10th Percentile £16.92 £13.50 £15.17
25th Percentile £31.97 £19.00 £25.50
Median hourly rate £57.50 £35.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +64.29% -18.60% -15.79%
75th Percentile £71.91 £65.00 £60.76
90th Percentile £85.25 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% +4.17%

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 27 June 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 27 June 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 (4.41%) Apache Airflow
2 11 (3.73%) Confluence
3 8 (2.71%) Oracle Application Server
4 7 (2.37%) CICS
5 5 (1.69%) Apache
6 4 (1.36%) Apache Spark
6 4 (1.36%) NetWeaver
6 4 (1.36%) SAS
6 4 (1.36%) WebSphere
7 3 (1.02%) IIS
7 3 (1.02%) WebSphere Application Server
8 2 (0.68%) IBM HTTP Server
8 2 (0.68%) Oracle HTTP Server
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
9 1 (0.34%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 17 (5.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.36%) Payment Gateway
2 4 (1.36%) SAP MDG
3 3 (1.02%) Aladdin
3 3 (1.02%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (1.02%) SimCorp Dimension
4 2 (0.68%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.34%) BASE24
5 1 (0.34%) Distributed Ledger
5 1 (0.34%) FIS Private Capital Suite
5 1 (0.34%) Magento
5 1 (0.34%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.34%) SAP CRM
5 1 (0.34%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.34%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 104 (35.25%) Azure
2 93 (31.53%) AWS
3 33 (11.19%) GCP
3 33 (11.19%) Power Platform
4 25 (8.47%) Amazon S3
5 23 (7.80%) Serverless
6 21 (7.12%) dbt
7 20 (6.78%) AWS Lambda
8 19 (6.44%) Azure DevOps
9 18 (6.10%) Amazon EC2
9 18 (6.10%) Snowflake
10 16 (5.42%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 16 (5.42%) Azure Data Factory
11 15 (5.08%) GitHub
12 14 (4.75%) GitHub Actions
13 10 (3.39%) Amazon EMR
14 7 (2.37%) OpenShift
15 6 (2.03%) Amazon Kinesis
15 6 (2.03%) Azure Monitor
15 6 (2.03%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 14 (4.75%) Firewall
2 13 (4.41%) Network Security
3 11 (3.73%) DNS
4 10 (3.39%) VPN
5 8 (2.71%) BGP
5 8 (2.71%) OSPF
6 6 (2.03%) SSL
6 6 (2.03%) TCP/IP
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%) VXLAN
7 5 (1.69%) WAN
7 5 (1.69%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (1.36%) Internet
8 4 (1.36%) SAN
9 3 (1.02%) HTTP
9 3 (1.02%) LAN
9 3 (1.02%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (15.25%) SQL Server
2 40 (13.56%) Data Warehouse
3 28 (9.49%) Power BI
4 21 (7.12%) Relational Database
5 20 (6.78%) PostgreSQL
6 14 (4.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 13 (4.41%) Oracle Reports
7 13 (4.41%) Star Schema
8 12 (4.07%) Amazon RDS
8 12 (4.07%) Amazon Redshift
8 12 (4.07%) Data Lake
9 11 (3.73%) Azure SQL Database
9 11 (3.73%) DynamoDB
9 11 (3.73%) Snowflake Schema
10 10 (3.39%) Db2
10 10 (3.39%) SAP HANA
11 9 (3.05%) Oracle Database
12 8 (2.71%) Oracle ODI
13 7 (2.37%) Amazon Athena
13 7 (2.37%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 42 (14.24%) Git
2 19 (6.44%) GitLab
3 18 (6.10%) JIRA
4 17 (5.76%) Jenkins
5 6 (2.03%) Bitbucket
6 5 (1.69%) JMeter
6 5 (1.69%) JUnit
6 5 (1.69%) Maven
7 4 (1.36%) Postman
8 3 (1.02%) Mockito
8 3 (1.02%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.68%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.68%) DbUnit
9 2 (0.68%) Gradle
9 2 (0.68%) Introscope
9 2 (0.68%) Octopus Deploy
9 2 (0.68%) Oracle APEX
9 2 (0.68%) Oracle Forms
9 2 (0.68%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.34%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 83 (28.14%) Social Skills
2 70 (23.73%) Finance
3 39 (13.22%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (9.49%) Banking
5 22 (7.46%) Public Sector
6 7 (2.37%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (2.03%) Marketing
7 6 (2.03%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (1.69%) Retail
9 4 (1.36%) Military
9 4 (1.36%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (1.36%) Publishing
10 3 (1.02%) Legal
11 2 (0.68%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.68%) Law
12 1 (0.34%) Back Office
12 1 (0.34%) Front Office
12 1 (0.34%) Health Technology
12 1 (0.34%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 78 (26.44%) Developer
2 45 (15.25%) Data Engineer
3 36 (12.20%) Senior
4 24 (8.14%) Architect
5 22 (7.46%) Lead
6 18 (6.10%) DBA
6 18 (6.10%) SQL Developer
7 13 (4.41%) Oracle Developer
8 11 (3.73%) Consultant
8 11 (3.73%) Network Engineer
9 10 (3.39%) AWS Engineer
9 10 (3.39%) Python Engineer
9 10 (3.39%) SQL DBA
10 9 (3.05%) .NET Developer
10 9 (3.05%) Administrator
10 9 (3.05%) Senior Data Engineer
10 9 (3.05%) Snowflake Engineer
11 8 (2.71%) Python Data Engineer
11 8 (2.71%) Senior Developer
11 8 (2.71%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (9.83%) REST
2 20 (6.78%) SOAP
3 19 (6.44%) .NET
3 19 (6.44%) JSON
3 19 (6.44%) RESTful
4 18 (6.10%) Kafka
5 17 (5.76%) Web Services
6 13 (4.41%) Middleware
6 13 (4.41%) PySpark
7 12 (4.07%) Spring
8 11 (3.73%) Spring Boot
9 8 (2.71%) BAPI
9 8 (2.71%) XML
10 7 (2.37%) Node.js
10 7 (2.37%) React
10 7 (2.37%) SAP Basis
11 6 (2.03%) OAuth
12 5 (1.69%) Flask
12 5 (1.69%) OAuth2
12 5 (1.69%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 19 (6.44%) Data Centre
2 18 (6.10%) Cloud Native
2 18 (6.10%) Replication
3 17 (5.76%) Clustering
3 17 (5.76%) Distributed Systems
4 12 (4.07%) Onboarding
5 10 (3.39%) Data Structures
5 10 (3.39%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (3.05%) Legacy Systems
6 9 (3.05%) Mainframe
7 8 (2.71%) Hybrid Cloud
8 7 (2.37%) Algorithms
8 7 (2.37%) CUDA
8 7 (2.37%) Product Ownership
9 6 (2.03%) Legacy Code
9 6 (2.03%) Online Banking
10 5 (1.69%) DataPower
10 5 (1.69%) Management Information System
10 5 (1.69%) NHS
10 5 (1.69%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 54 (18.31%) Linux
2 29 (9.83%) Windows
3 17 (5.76%) Unix
4 14 (4.75%) Windows Server
5 11 (3.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (3.05%) zOS
7 4 (1.36%) Apple iOS
8 3 (1.02%) Oracle Linux
8 3 (1.02%) 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%) AIX
10 1 (0.34%) MVS
10 1 (0.34%) Solaris
10 1 (0.34%) VMS
10 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (31.53%) CI/CD
2 74 (25.08%) DevOps
3 71 (24.07%) Data Modelling
4 57 (19.32%) ETL
5 52 (17.63%) Migration
6 51 (17.29%) Agile
7 50 (16.95%) Analytics
8 49 (16.61%) Problem-Solving
9 48 (16.27%) High Availability
10 43 (14.58%) Data Pipeline
11 40 (13.56%) Data Engineering
12 37 (12.54%) AI
13 33 (11.19%) Business Intelligence
14 29 (9.83%) Infrastructure as Code
15 27 (9.15%) Capacity Planning
16 26 (8.81%) Test Automation
16 26 (8.81%) Validation
17 25 (8.47%) Disaster Recovery
17 25 (8.47%) Observability
17 25 (8.47%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 120 (40.68%) SQL
2 95 (32.20%) Python
3 31 (10.51%) Java
4 26 (8.81%) PowerShell
5 21 (7.12%) T-SQL
6 19 (6.44%) C#
7 15 (5.08%) Bash
8 12 (4.07%) PL/SQL
9 11 (3.73%) Shell Script
10 8 (2.71%) JavaScript
11 7 (2.37%) 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 (1.36%) Bicep
14 4 (1.36%) Rust
15 3 (1.02%) C++
15 3 (1.02%) Scala
Qualifications
1 70 (23.73%) Security Cleared
2 62 (21.02%) SC Cleared
3 14 (4.75%) Degree
4 10 (3.39%) AWS Certification
4 10 (3.39%) BPSS Clearance
4 10 (3.39%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 8 (2.71%) Azure Certification
6 7 (2.37%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (2.03%) DV Cleared
8 5 (1.69%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 4 (1.36%) SnowPro
10 3 (1.02%) CISSP
10 3 (1.02%) Master's Degree
10 3 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.68%) CCA
11 2 (0.68%) CESG Certified Professional
11 2 (0.68%) CISM
11 2 (0.68%) Citrix Certification
11 2 (0.68%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (12.54%) Data Quality
2 14 (4.75%) QA
3 12 (4.07%) GDPR
4 5 (1.69%) PCI DSS
5 4 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.02%) SLA
7 2 (0.68%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.68%) ISO 8583
7 2 (0.68%) NIST
7 2 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.34%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.34%) COBIT
8 1 (0.34%) GRC
8 1 (0.34%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.34%) PSD2
8 1 (0.34%) SEPA
System Software
1 30 (10.17%) Docker
2 15 (5.08%) vSphere
3 14 (4.75%) Active Directory
3 14 (4.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (3.39%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (2.37%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (2.37%) VMware NSX
6 6 (2.03%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 4 (1.36%) Hyper-V
7 4 (1.36%) KVM
8 2 (0.68%) NFS
8 2 (0.68%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.68%) Postfix
8 2 (0.68%) RACF
8 2 (0.68%) SRDF
8 2 (0.68%) Varnish
8 2 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.34%) Ceph
9 1 (0.34%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 1 (0.34%) etcd
Systems Management
1 33 (11.19%) Terraform
2 32 (10.85%) Ansible
3 30 (10.17%) Kubernetes
4 12 (4.07%) Grafana
5 11 (3.73%) Prometheus
6 10 (3.39%) PowerCLI
7 8 (2.71%) vCenter Server
8 6 (2.03%) Puppet
9 5 (1.69%) vMotion
10 3 (1.02%) Argo
10 3 (1.02%) Kibana
11 2 (0.68%) CA Wily
11 2 (0.68%) Data Guard
11 2 (0.68%) Failover Clustering
11 2 (0.68%) Oracle RMAN
11 2 (0.68%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.68%) SnapMirror
11 2 (0.68%) Tivoli
12 1 (0.34%) SnapVault
Vendors
1 45 (15.25%) Oracle
2 44 (14.92%) Microsoft
3 26 (8.81%) VMware
4 24 (8.14%) SAP
5 16 (5.42%) Databricks
6 14 (4.75%) ServiceNow
7 12 (4.07%) Informatica
8 11 (3.73%) Google
9 7 (2.37%) Cisco
9 7 (2.37%) IBM
9 7 (2.37%) Red Hat
10 6 (2.03%) Adobe
10 6 (2.03%) Dell
10 6 (2.03%) NVIDIA
10 6 (2.03%) Salesforce
10 6 (2.03%) Splunk
10 6 (2.03%) Sybase
11 5 (1.69%) 3PAR
11 5 (1.69%) MuleSoft
12 4 (1.36%) Nimble Storage