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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 122 187
Rank change year-on-year -4 +65 +39
Contract jobs citing Performance Tuning 312 218 174
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.30% 2.14% 1.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.57% 2.34% 1.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 230 129 122
10th Percentile £380 £387 £350
25th Percentile £429 £450 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £597
90th Percentile £678 £775 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 2 2
10th Percentile £35.00 £70.25 £48.33
25th Percentile £42.50 £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 £54.00 £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% -12.00%

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 12,140 9,319 12,519
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 89.67% 91.63% 87.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,778 6,305 8,460
10th Percentile £353 £325 £325
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% -2.86% -2.43%
75th Percentile £619 £630 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 650 274 534
10th Percentile £16.84 £12.62 £15.50
25th Percentile £33.75 £19.07 £25.50
Median hourly rate £57.50 £34.83 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +65.11% -19.01% -14.00%
75th Percentile £71.99 £65.00 £62.00
90th Percentile £86.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +74.79% -34.02% -4.70%

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 15 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 15 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 (4.17%) Apache Airflow
2 12 (3.85%) Confluence
3 10 (3.21%) Oracle Application Server
4 7 (2.24%) CICS
5 6 (1.92%) SAS
6 5 (1.60%) Apache
7 4 (1.28%) Apache Spark
7 4 (1.28%) NetWeaver
7 4 (1.28%) Oracle Workflow
7 4 (1.28%) WebSphere
8 3 (0.96%) IIS
8 3 (0.96%) SharePoint
8 3 (0.96%) WebSphere Application Server
9 2 (0.64%) IBM HTTP Server
9 2 (0.64%) nginx
9 2 (0.64%) Oracle HTTP Server
9 2 (0.64%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.64%) WebSphere Portal
10 1 (0.32%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.32%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.64%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 19 (6.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.60%) SAP MDG
3 3 (0.96%) Aladdin
3 3 (0.96%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (0.96%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.96%) SAP CRM
3 3 (0.96%) SimCorp Dimension
4 2 (0.64%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.32%) Distributed Ledger
5 1 (0.32%) FIS Private Capital Suite
5 1 (0.32%) Magento
5 1 (0.32%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.32%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.32%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.32%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 104 (33.33%) Azure
2 90 (28.85%) AWS
3 33 (10.58%) GCP
4 32 (10.26%) Power Platform
5 25 (8.01%) Amazon S3
6 23 (7.37%) Serverless
7 21 (6.73%) Azure DevOps
8 20 (6.41%) AWS Lambda
8 20 (6.41%) dbt
9 19 (6.09%) Amazon EC2
10 18 (5.77%) Snowflake
11 16 (5.13%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 16 (5.13%) GitHub
12 15 (4.81%) Azure Data Factory
12 15 (4.81%) GitHub Actions
13 10 (3.21%) Amazon EMR
14 7 (2.24%) Azure Monitor
14 7 (2.24%) Microsoft 365
15 6 (1.92%) Amazon Kinesis
15 6 (1.92%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.17%) Network Security
2 11 (3.53%) DNS
2 11 (3.53%) Firewall
3 9 (2.88%) VPN
4 6 (1.92%) BGP
4 6 (1.92%) HTTP
4 6 (1.92%) OSPF
4 6 (1.92%) SSL
4 6 (1.92%) TCP/IP
5 5 (1.60%) DHCP
5 5 (1.60%) Software-Defined Networking
6 4 (1.28%) Ethernet VPN
6 4 (1.28%) Internet
6 4 (1.28%) SD-WAN
6 4 (1.28%) VXLAN
6 4 (1.28%) WAN
6 4 (1.28%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.96%) NAS
7 3 (0.96%) SAN
7 3 (0.96%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 44 (14.10%) Data Warehouse
3 28 (8.97%) Power BI
4 26 (8.33%) Relational Database
5 25 (8.01%) PostgreSQL
6 18 (5.77%) Oracle Reports
7 15 (4.81%) Star Schema
8 14 (4.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 13 (4.17%) Oracle Database
10 12 (3.85%) Amazon RDS
10 12 (3.85%) Amazon Redshift
10 12 (3.85%) Azure SQL Database
11 11 (3.53%) Data Lake
11 11 (3.53%) DynamoDB
11 11 (3.53%) Snowflake Schema
12 10 (3.21%) Db2
12 10 (3.21%) Oracle ODI
12 10 (3.21%) SAP HANA
13 7 (2.24%) Amazon Athena
13 7 (2.24%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 46 (14.74%) Git
2 19 (6.09%) GitLab
2 19 (6.09%) JIRA
3 16 (5.13%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.92%) Bitbucket
5 5 (1.60%) JMeter
5 5 (1.60%) JUnit
5 5 (1.60%) Maven
5 5 (1.60%) Oracle Forms
5 5 (1.60%) Postman
6 3 (0.96%) Mockito
6 3 (0.96%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.64%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.64%) DbUnit
7 2 (0.64%) Gradle
7 2 (0.64%) Introscope
7 2 (0.64%) Octopus Deploy
7 2 (0.64%) Oracle APEX
7 2 (0.64%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.32%) Liquibase
General
1 82 (26.28%) Social Skills
2 67 (21.47%) Finance
3 42 (13.46%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (8.33%) Banking
5 24 (7.69%) Public Sector
6 7 (2.24%) Retail
7 6 (1.92%) Marketing
8 5 (1.60%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (1.60%) Military
8 5 (1.60%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (1.28%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (1.28%) Publishing
10 3 (0.96%) Legal
11 2 (0.64%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.64%) Law
11 2 (0.64%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.32%) Front Office
12 1 (0.32%) Health Technology
12 1 (0.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.32%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 84 (26.92%) Developer
2 45 (14.42%) Data Engineer
3 39 (12.50%) Senior
4 27 (8.65%) DBA
5 23 (7.37%) Architect
5 23 (7.37%) Lead
6 20 (6.41%) SQL Developer
7 17 (5.45%) Administrator
8 15 (4.81%) Oracle Developer
8 15 (4.81%) SQL DBA
9 12 (3.85%) AWS Engineer
9 12 (3.85%) Consultant
10 11 (3.53%) Python Engineer
10 11 (3.53%) Senior Data Engineer
11 9 (2.88%) .NET Developer
11 9 (2.88%) Network Engineer
11 9 (2.88%) Snowflake Engineer
12 8 (2.56%) Lead Developer
12 8 (2.56%) Oracle DBA
12 8 (2.56%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (9.94%) REST
2 23 (7.37%) .NET
3 22 (7.05%) SOAP
4 21 (6.73%) Web Services
5 19 (6.09%) JSON
5 19 (6.09%) RESTful
6 18 (5.77%) Kafka
6 18 (5.77%) Middleware
7 13 (4.17%) PySpark
8 12 (3.85%) Spring
9 11 (3.53%) Spring Boot
9 11 (3.53%) XML
10 10 (3.21%) React
11 9 (2.88%) BAPI
11 9 (2.88%) Node.js
12 7 (2.24%) .NET Framework
12 7 (2.24%) SAP Basis
13 6 (1.92%) Flask
13 6 (1.92%) IDoc
13 6 (1.92%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 20 (6.41%) Replication
2 19 (6.09%) Cloud Native
3 18 (5.77%) Data Centre
3 18 (5.77%) Distributed Systems
4 17 (5.45%) Clustering
5 12 (3.85%) Onboarding
6 11 (3.53%) Data Structures
7 10 (3.21%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (2.88%) Legacy Systems
8 9 (2.88%) Mainframe
9 8 (2.56%) Management Information System
10 7 (2.24%) CUDA
10 7 (2.24%) Hybrid Cloud
10 7 (2.24%) Product Ownership
11 6 (1.92%) Algorithms
11 6 (1.92%) Legacy Code
11 6 (1.92%) Online Banking
12 5 (1.60%) DataPower
12 5 (1.60%) Greenfield Project
12 5 (1.60%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 58 (18.59%) Linux
2 32 (10.26%) Windows
3 19 (6.09%) Unix
4 18 (5.77%) Windows Server
5 11 (3.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (2.88%) zOS
7 4 (1.28%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.96%) Oracle Linux
8 3 (0.96%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.64%) Amazon Linux
9 2 (0.64%) Android
9 2 (0.64%) CentOS
9 2 (0.64%) Data ONTAP
9 2 (0.64%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.64%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.32%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.32%) Rocky
10 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (31.09%) CI/CD
2 81 (25.96%) Data Modelling
3 79 (25.32%) DevOps
4 62 (19.87%) ETL
5 58 (18.59%) Problem-Solving
6 55 (17.63%) Migration
7 53 (16.99%) Analytics
8 50 (16.03%) Agile
9 49 (15.71%) High Availability
10 47 (15.06%) Data Pipeline
11 41 (13.14%) Data Engineering
12 36 (11.54%) AI
13 34 (10.90%) Business Intelligence
14 30 (9.62%) Infrastructure as Code
15 29 (9.29%) Performance Optimisation
15 29 (9.29%) Root Cause Analysis
16 28 (8.97%) Capacity Planning
16 28 (8.97%) Validation
17 27 (8.65%) Disaster Recovery
17 27 (8.65%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 132 (42.31%) SQL
2 96 (30.77%) Python
3 31 (9.94%) Java
4 25 (8.01%) PowerShell
5 22 (7.05%) T-SQL
6 21 (6.73%) C#
7 16 (5.13%) Bash
8 15 (4.81%) PL/SQL
9 13 (4.17%) Shell Script
10 10 (3.21%) JavaScript
11 8 (2.56%) ABAP
12 6 (1.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 6 (1.92%) JCL
12 6 (1.92%) Perl
13 5 (1.60%) C
13 5 (1.60%) TypeScript
14 4 (1.28%) Bicep
14 4 (1.28%) C++
14 4 (1.28%) Rust
15 3 (0.96%) Scala
Qualifications
1 84 (26.92%) Security Cleared
2 76 (24.36%) SC Cleared
3 11 (3.53%) BPSS Clearance
3 11 (3.53%) Degree
4 10 (3.21%) AWS Certification
5 9 (2.88%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 8 (2.56%) Azure Certification
7 7 (2.24%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (1.92%) DV Cleared
9 5 (1.60%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 5 (1.60%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (1.28%) SnowPro
11 3 (0.96%) OCP
11 3 (0.96%) Oracle Certification
12 2 (0.64%) CCA
12 2 (0.64%) CESG Certified Professional
12 2 (0.64%) CISM
12 2 (0.64%) CISSP
12 2 (0.64%) Citrix Certification
12 2 (0.64%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (12.82%) Data Quality
2 15 (4.81%) QA
3 12 (3.85%) GDPR
4 4 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.28%) PCI DSS
5 3 (0.96%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 3 (0.96%) GMP
5 3 (0.96%) GxP
5 3 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 17025
6 2 (0.64%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.64%) NIST
6 2 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.64%) SLA
7 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.32%) COBIT
7 1 (0.32%) GRC
System Software
1 31 (9.94%) Docker
2 15 (4.81%) vSphere
3 14 (4.49%) Active Directory
4 12 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (2.88%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (2.24%) Oracle RAC
6 7 (2.24%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (1.92%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 6 (1.92%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.96%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.96%) KVM
9 2 (0.64%) Firmware
9 2 (0.64%) NFS
9 2 (0.64%) OpenSSH
9 2 (0.64%) Postfix
9 2 (0.64%) RACF
9 2 (0.64%) SRDF
9 2 (0.64%) Varnish
9 2 (0.64%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.32%) etcd
Systems Management
1 32 (10.26%) Terraform
2 30 (9.62%) Ansible
2 30 (9.62%) Kubernetes
3 12 (3.85%) Grafana
4 11 (3.53%) Prometheus
5 10 (3.21%) PowerCLI
6 8 (2.56%) vCenter Server
7 7 (2.24%) Data Guard
8 6 (1.92%) Puppet
9 5 (1.60%) vMotion
10 3 (0.96%) Kibana
10 3 (0.96%) Oracle RMAN
10 3 (0.96%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.64%) Argo
11 2 (0.64%) CA Wily
11 2 (0.64%) Control-M
11 2 (0.64%) Failover Clustering
11 2 (0.64%) SnapMirror
11 2 (0.64%) Tivoli
12 1 (0.32%) linkerd
Vendors
1 61 (19.55%) Oracle
2 51 (16.35%) Microsoft
3 27 (8.65%) SAP
4 24 (7.69%) VMware
5 15 (4.81%) Databricks
5 15 (4.81%) ServiceNow
6 14 (4.49%) Informatica
7 11 (3.53%) Google
8 8 (2.56%) MuleSoft
8 8 (2.56%) Red Hat
9 7 (2.24%) Adobe
9 7 (2.24%) Dell
9 7 (2.24%) IBM
9 7 (2.24%) Salesforce
10 6 (1.92%) Cisco
10 6 (1.92%) NVIDIA
10 6 (1.92%) Splunk
10 6 (1.92%) Sybase
11 5 (1.60%) 3PAR
12 4 (1.28%) RedGate