Performance Tuning Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Performance Tuning
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Performance Tuning skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Performance Tuning over the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 131 180 236
Rank change year-on-year +49 +56 +105
Contract jobs citing Performance Tuning 203 174 247
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.02% 1.19% 1.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.20% 1.36% 1.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 125 163
10th Percentile £389 £360 £401
25th Percentile £450 £415 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £600 £594
90th Percentile £775 £688 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% -8.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 12
10th Percentile £70.25 £48.33 £62.88
25th Percentile £70.63 £50.69 £69.06
Median hourly rate £72.50 £61.75 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year +17.41% -14.83% +48.72%
75th Percentile £75.63 £78.19 £75.00
90th Percentile £76.75 £83.78 -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £61.60 £71.25
% change year-on-year +13.64% -13.54% +58.33%

All Process and 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 9,224 12,802 21,352
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.77% 87.21% 89.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,250 8,610 15,077
10th Percentile £325 £325 £358
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% +0.93%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £760 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.81% -4.55% +1.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 259 551 508
10th Percentile £13.40 £15.17 £17.50
25th Percentile £19.09 £25.50 £25.75
Median hourly rate £35.00 £43.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.60% -18.10% +31.25%
75th Percentile £65.00 £60.93 £67.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £78.88
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -32.93% +4.17% +38.46%

Performance Tuning
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Performance Tuning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Performance Tuning trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Performance Tuning
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Performance Tuning.

Performance Tuning daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Performance Tuning
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Performance Tuning over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Performance Tuning daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Performance Tuning
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Performance Tuning.

Performance Tuning hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Performance Tuning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 9 (4.43%) Confluence
1 9 (4.43%) Oracle Coherence
2 8 (3.94%) Apache Airflow
2 8 (3.94%) GemFire
3 4 (1.97%) Apache
3 4 (1.97%) WebLogic
4 3 (1.48%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 3 (1.48%) Oracle Workflow
4 3 (1.48%) SAS
5 2 (0.99%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.99%) CICS
5 2 (0.99%) OpenEdge
5 2 (0.99%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.49%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.49%) IIS
6 1 (0.49%) NetWeaver
6 1 (0.49%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.49%) WebSphere
Applications
1 2 (0.99%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (2.46%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.97%) Aladdin
2 4 (1.97%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (1.48%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (1.48%) Oracle EBS R12
3 3 (1.48%) SAP MDG
3 3 (1.48%) SAP PLM
3 3 (1.48%) SAP VC
4 1 (0.49%) BASE24
4 1 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.49%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.49%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.49%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 43 (21.18%) AWS
2 41 (20.20%) Azure
3 18 (8.87%) GCP
4 11 (5.42%) GitHub
5 10 (4.93%) Amazon S3
6 9 (4.43%) Snowflake
7 7 (3.45%) Amazon EC2
7 7 (3.45%) GitHub Actions
8 6 (2.96%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (2.96%) OCI
8 6 (2.96%) Power Platform
9 5 (2.46%) AWS CloudFormation
9 5 (2.46%) IaaS
10 4 (1.97%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 4 (1.97%) Datadog
10 4 (1.97%) Serverless
11 3 (1.48%) AWS Lambda
11 3 (1.48%) Azure Key Vault
11 3 (1.48%) Entra ID
11 3 (1.48%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.97%) HTTPS
1 4 (1.97%) VPN
2 3 (1.48%) Firewall
2 3 (1.48%) Network Security
2 3 (1.48%) SD-WAN
2 3 (1.48%) SSL
2 3 (1.48%) WAN
3 2 (0.99%) DNS
3 2 (0.99%) Kerberos
3 2 (0.99%) NAS
3 2 (0.99%) SAN
3 2 (0.99%) SSH
3 2 (0.99%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.49%) ATM
4 1 (0.49%) BGP
4 1 (0.49%) DHCP
4 1 (0.49%) FTP
4 1 (0.49%) HTTP
4 1 (0.49%) LAN
4 1 (0.49%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (25.62%) Relational Database
2 40 (19.70%) DB2
3 39 (19.21%) MongoDB
4 29 (14.29%) SQL Server
5 27 (13.30%) Oracle Database
6 15 (7.39%) Data Warehouse
7 11 (5.42%) PostgreSQL
8 9 (4.43%) Amazon RDS
8 9 (4.43%) SAP HANA
9 8 (3.94%) Azure SQL Database
9 8 (3.94%) MySQL
9 8 (3.94%) RDBMS
10 7 (3.45%) Snowflake Schema
11 6 (2.96%) Oracle Reports
12 5 (2.46%) Power BI
13 4 (1.97%) Amazon Aurora
13 4 (1.97%) Big Data
13 4 (1.97%) Data Lake
13 4 (1.97%) NoSQL
13 4 (1.97%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 35 (17.24%) JUnit
2 14 (6.90%) Git
3 13 (6.40%) Jenkins
4 8 (3.94%) GitLab
4 8 (3.94%) JIRA
5 3 (1.48%) Cypress.io
5 3 (1.48%) TeamCity
6 2 (0.99%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.99%) GCC
6 2 (0.99%) git-flow
6 2 (0.99%) IntelliJ
6 2 (0.99%) Oracle APEX
6 2 (0.99%) ScriptRunner
6 2 (0.99%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.49%) DBeaver
7 1 (0.49%) Gatling
7 1 (0.49%) Liquibase
7 1 (0.49%) Postman
7 1 (0.49%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.49%) Storybook
General
1 88 (43.35%) Social Skills
2 71 (34.98%) Finance
3 66 (32.51%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (25.62%) Banking
5 37 (18.23%) Investment Banking
6 20 (9.85%) Front Office
7 7 (3.45%) Public Sector
8 3 (1.48%) Financial Institution
8 3 (1.48%) French Language
8 3 (1.48%) Games
8 3 (1.48%) German Language
8 3 (1.48%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (1.48%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (0.99%) Aerospace
9 2 (0.99%) Arabic Language
9 2 (0.99%) Japanese Language
9 2 (0.99%) Korean Language
9 2 (0.99%) Retail
9 2 (0.99%) Spanish Language
9 2 (0.99%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 77 (37.93%) Developer
2 53 (26.11%) Java Developer
3 42 (20.69%) Senior
4 30 (14.78%) Investment Banking Java Developer
5 28 (13.79%) SQL Developer
6 27 (13.30%) DBA
7 26 (12.81%) Senior Developer
8 23 (11.33%) Senior Java Developer
9 15 (7.39%) Senior SQL Developer
10 14 (6.90%) Linux Developer
10 14 (6.90%) Senior Investment Banking Java Developer
11 13 (6.40%) Data Engineer
11 13 (6.40%) Oracle Developer
12 12 (5.91%) Administrator
12 12 (5.91%) Consultant
12 12 (5.91%) Sybase Developer
13 10 (4.93%) Lead
13 10 (4.93%) Oracle DBA
14 9 (4.43%) Architect
14 9 (4.43%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (19.21%) Kafka
2 36 (17.73%) Spring
3 32 (15.76%) JMS
4 13 (6.40%) AngularJS
5 9 (4.43%) .NET
6 8 (3.94%) ASP.NET
6 8 (3.94%) React
6 8 (3.94%) Web Services
7 7 (3.45%) RESTful
8 6 (2.96%) BAPI
8 6 (2.96%) Middleware
8 6 (2.96%) REST
8 6 (2.96%) XML
9 5 (2.46%) Node.js
10 4 (1.97%) Elastic Stack
10 4 (1.97%) FIX Protocol
10 4 (1.97%) GraphQL
10 4 (1.97%) Oracle GoldenGate
10 4 (1.97%) SOAP
11 3 (1.48%) Godot
Miscellaneous
1 41 (20.20%) Data Structures
2 34 (16.75%) Equities
3 19 (9.36%) Clustering
4 14 (6.90%) Replication
5 11 (5.42%) Legacy Systems
6 8 (3.94%) Data Protection Act
6 8 (3.94%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (3.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 7 (3.45%) Cloud Native
7 7 (3.45%) Onboarding
8 6 (2.96%) Data Centre
9 5 (2.46%) Hedge funds
9 5 (2.46%) Mainframe
10 4 (1.97%) Algorithms
10 4 (1.97%) Derivative
10 4 (1.97%) Equity Derivative
10 4 (1.97%) Legacy Code
10 4 (1.97%) Reference Data
11 3 (1.48%) Distributed Computing
11 3 (1.48%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 62 (30.54%) Linux
2 16 (7.88%) Windows
3 15 (7.39%) Unix
4 5 (2.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.97%) AIX
5 4 (1.97%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.48%) Solaris
6 3 (1.48%) zOS
7 2 (0.99%) OS/2
8 1 (0.49%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.49%) VMS
8 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (41.38%) Problem-Solving
2 68 (33.50%) Agile
3 52 (25.62%) Database Tuning
4 50 (24.63%) Migration
5 40 (19.70%) DevOps
5 40 (19.70%) High Availability
6 38 (18.72%) SDLC
7 34 (16.75%) Multithreading
7 34 (16.75%) Open Source
8 30 (14.78%) CI/CD
9 29 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
10 17 (8.37%) Performance Optimisation
10 17 (8.37%) Software Engineering
11 16 (7.88%) Computer Science
11 16 (7.88%) ETL
12 15 (7.39%) Data Modelling
13 14 (6.90%) Capacity Planning
13 14 (6.90%) Change Management
13 14 (6.90%) Data Protection
13 14 (6.90%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 100 (49.26%) SQL
2 64 (31.53%) Java
2 64 (31.53%) Python
3 36 (17.73%) Shell Script
4 11 (5.42%) PL/SQL
4 11 (5.42%) PowerShell
5 10 (4.93%) Bash
5 10 (4.93%) Perl
6 9 (4.43%) ABAP
7 8 (3.94%) TypeScript
8 7 (3.45%) JavaScript
9 5 (2.46%) ActionScript
9 5 (2.46%) ActionScript 2.0
9 5 (2.46%) C++
10 4 (1.97%) T-SQL
11 3 (1.48%) C
11 3 (1.48%) COBOL
11 3 (1.48%) JCL
11 3 (1.48%) PL/1
11 3 (1.48%) REXX
Qualifications
1 18 (8.87%) Degree
2 16 (7.88%) Security Cleared
3 14 (6.90%) SC Cleared
4 8 (3.94%) Numerate Degree
5 7 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (2.46%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.48%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.99%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.99%) CISSP
9 1 (0.49%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.49%) CISM
9 1 (0.49%) GIAC
9 1 (0.49%) IBM Certification
9 1 (0.49%) Linux+ Certification
9 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.49%) OCP
9 1 (0.49%) Oracle Certification
9 1 (0.49%) RHCE
9 1 (0.49%) VCAP
9 1 (0.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.94%) QA
2 6 (2.96%) GDPR
3 5 (2.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (2.46%) PCI DSS
4 4 (1.97%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.97%) Disclosure Scotland
4 4 (1.97%) NIST
5 2 (0.99%) COBIT
5 2 (0.99%) HIPAA
5 2 (0.99%) HL7
5 2 (0.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.49%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.49%) Government Security Classifications
6 1 (0.49%) ISO 8583
6 1 (0.49%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.49%) NCSC
6 1 (0.49%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (5.91%) Docker
2 8 (3.94%) GridGain
2 8 (3.94%) Oracle RAC
3 5 (2.46%) vSphere
4 4 (1.97%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (1.48%) Active Directory
6 2 (0.99%) Firmware
6 2 (0.99%) Job Entry Subsystem
6 2 (0.99%) NFS
6 2 (0.99%) RACF
6 2 (0.99%) Time Sharing Option
6 2 (0.99%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
6 2 (0.99%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.99%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.99%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.49%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.49%) GPFS
7 1 (0.49%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.49%) KVM
7 1 (0.49%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 14 (6.90%) Kubernetes
2 13 (6.40%) Oracle RMAN
2 13 (6.40%) Terraform
3 11 (5.42%) Ansible
4 10 (4.93%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 5 (2.46%) Data Guard
5 5 (2.46%) Prometheus
6 4 (1.97%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
7 3 (1.48%) Grafana
7 3 (1.48%) Progress Chef
7 3 (1.48%) Tivoli
8 2 (0.99%) BMC PATROL
8 2 (0.99%) ITRS Geneos
8 2 (0.99%) OMEGAMON
8 2 (0.99%) TADDM
8 2 (0.99%) Tivoli NetView
9 1 (0.49%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.49%) Oracle Flashback
9 1 (0.49%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 48 (23.65%) Oracle
2 36 (17.73%) Sybase
3 17 (8.37%) SAP
4 16 (7.88%) Microsoft
5 12 (5.91%) IBM
6 8 (3.94%) Google
7 6 (2.96%) Commvault
7 6 (2.96%) Informatica
8 5 (2.46%) Red Hat
8 5 (2.46%) VMware
9 4 (1.97%) Dynatrace
9 4 (1.97%) IBM Sterling
9 4 (1.97%) Teradata
10 3 (1.48%) Databricks
10 3 (1.48%) ServiceNow
10 3 (1.48%) Splunk
11 2 (0.99%) CyberArk
11 2 (0.99%) Fortinet
11 2 (0.99%) New Relic
11 2 (0.99%) RedGate