Performance Tuning Contracts

Performance Tuning
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Performance Tuning skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Performance Tuning over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 269 280 325
Rank change year-on-year +11 +45 -91
Contract jobs citing Performance Tuning 374 566 730
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.88% 0.98% 0.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.02% 1.09% 0.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 268 353 476
10th Percentile £339 £400 £400
25th Percentile £413 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -8.70% +15.00%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £775
90th Percentile £691 £750 £850
UK excluding London median daily rate £505 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +1.00% - +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 18 12
10th Percentile £34.24 £48.75 £41.33
25th Percentile £50.46 £61.50 £42.02
Median hourly rate £61.60 £72.50 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year -15.03% +48.72% -25.57%
75th Percentile - £75.00 £65.54
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £61.60 £72.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -15.03% +45.00% -23.66%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Performance Tuning is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,783 51,773 79,870
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.20% 89.81% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,675 35,887 56,073
10th Percentile £300 £325 £343
25th Percentile £413 £438 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,434 1,710 1,920
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.99 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.22 £15.52
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.40 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.29% +41.73% +4.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.98%

Performance Tuning
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Performance Tuning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Performance Tuning in the UK

Performance Tuning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Performance Tuning.

Daily rate trend for Performance Tuning in the UK

Performance Tuning
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Performance Tuning over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Performance Tuning in the UK

Performance Tuning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Performance Tuning.

Hourly rate trend for Performance Tuning in the UK

Performance Tuning
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Performance Tuning over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Performance Tuning in the UK

Performance Tuning
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Tuning within the UK over the 6 months to 14 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +10 301 £510 -2.86% 136
UK excluding London +47 200 £505 +1.00% 104
Work from Home +46 167 £482 -8.29% 57
London -25 129 £525 -8.70% 47
South East +46 89 £600 +14.29% 33
Scotland +20 33 £436 -12.80% 14
North of England +32 32 £448 -10.50% 15
Midlands +23 20 £538 +7.50% 30
North West +32 17 £510 +4.62% 10
Yorkshire +27 15 £425 -22.73% 3
South West -9 14 £400 - 3
East Midlands +23 12 £474 -9.67% 14
West Midlands +18 8 £600 +20.00% 16
East of England -4 7 £350 -34.88% 6
Wales +22 3 £550 -15.38% 1

Performance Tuning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 17 (4.55%) Apache Spark
2 11 (2.94%) NetWeaver
3 9 (2.41%) Apache
4 8 (2.14%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (1.87%) Anypoint
5 7 (1.87%) Mule
5 7 (1.87%) OpenStack
6 6 (1.60%) Confluence
7 5 (1.34%) CICS
7 5 (1.34%) Mule ESB
7 5 (1.34%) Oracle Workflow
8 4 (1.07%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.80%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.53%) nginx
10 2 (0.53%) Oracle HTTP Server
10 2 (0.53%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.53%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.27%) GemFire
11 1 (0.27%) Oracle Coherence
11 1 (0.27%) SAS
Business Applications
1 15 (4.01%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (3.21%) Oracle EBS
3 11 (2.94%) SAP IBP
4 7 (1.87%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.80%) Oracle Assets
5 3 (0.80%) Oracle EBS R12
5 3 (0.80%) Oracle FAH
5 3 (0.80%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (0.80%) Oracle General Ledger
5 3 (0.80%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.80%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.53%) BusinessWorks
6 2 (0.53%) ION Anvil
6 2 (0.53%) ION MarketView
6 2 (0.53%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.27%) HFM
7 1 (0.27%) Hyperion Planning
7 1 (0.27%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.27%) SAP Payroll
7 1 (0.27%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 96 (25.67%) Azure
2 91 (24.33%) AWS
3 24 (6.42%) GCP
3 24 (6.42%) Serverless
4 22 (5.88%) GitHub
4 22 (5.88%) Power Platform
5 18 (4.81%) Amazon S3
6 17 (4.55%) Amazon EC2
6 17 (4.55%) OCI
7 16 (4.28%) AWS Lambda
7 16 (4.28%) Azure Data Factory
8 14 (3.74%) IaaS
8 14 (3.74%) OpenShift
8 14 (3.74%) PaaS
9 10 (2.67%) Azure DevOps
9 10 (2.67%) Snowflake
10 8 (2.14%) Amazon EMR
10 8 (2.14%) Azure Functions
10 8 (2.14%) Dynamics 365
11 7 (1.87%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 31 (8.29%) SAN
2 26 (6.95%) Firewall
3 22 (5.88%) DHCP
3 22 (5.88%) DNS
4 9 (2.41%) Fibre Channel
5 7 (1.87%) Kerberos
5 7 (1.87%) TCP/IP
5 7 (1.87%) VLAN
6 6 (1.60%) NAS
7 5 (1.34%) FTP
7 5 (1.34%) WAN
8 3 (0.80%) LAN
8 3 (0.80%) PuTTY
8 3 (0.80%) SD-WAN
9 2 (0.53%) AMQP
9 2 (0.53%) HTTP
9 2 (0.53%) Intrusion Detection
9 2 (0.53%) SSH
9 2 (0.53%) VoIP
9 2 (0.53%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (16.84%) PostgreSQL
2 62 (16.58%) SQL Server
3 57 (15.24%) Oracle Database
4 27 (7.22%) SAP HANA
5 23 (6.15%) Data Warehouse
6 22 (5.88%) MongoDB
7 20 (5.35%) Amazon RDS
7 20 (5.35%) Oracle Database 11g
8 19 (5.08%) NoSQL
9 18 (4.81%) Metadata
9 18 (4.81%) MySQL
9 18 (4.81%) Power BI
10 15 (4.01%) Relational Database
10 15 (4.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 14 (3.74%) Azure SQL Database
11 14 (3.74%) DB2
12 12 (3.21%) Elasticsearch
13 11 (2.94%) SAP BW
14 10 (2.67%) Big Data
14 10 (2.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 25 (6.68%) Git
2 17 (4.55%) Jenkins
3 15 (4.01%) JIRA
4 13 (3.48%) Oracle APEX
5 11 (2.94%) GitLab
6 8 (2.14%) Visual Studio
7 6 (1.60%) TeamCity
8 5 (1.34%) MSI
8 5 (1.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 5 (1.34%) WiX
9 4 (1.07%) JUnit
9 4 (1.07%) Mockito
10 3 (0.80%) Toad
11 2 (0.53%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 2 (0.53%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.53%) Mocha
12 1 (0.27%) LSMW
12 1 (0.27%) Oracle Forms
General
1 120 (32.09%) Social Skills
2 68 (18.18%) Finance
3 51 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (8.82%) Public Sector
5 20 (5.35%) Banking
6 14 (3.74%) Telecoms
7 12 (3.21%) Manufacturing
8 9 (2.41%) Pharmaceutical
9 8 (2.14%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (2.14%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (1.87%) Investment Banking
11 6 (1.60%) Retail
12 5 (1.34%) Electronics
12 5 (1.34%) Financial Institution
12 5 (1.34%) Marketing
13 4 (1.07%) Automotive
14 3 (0.80%) Front Office
15 2 (0.53%) Arabic Language
15 2 (0.53%) French Language
15 2 (0.53%) German Language
Job Titles
1 94 (25.13%) Developer
2 74 (19.79%) DBA
3 37 (9.89%) Senior
4 35 (9.36%) Administrator
5 33 (8.82%) SQL DBA
6 22 (5.88%) Consultant
7 21 (5.61%) SAP Basis Consultant
7 21 (5.61%) SAP Consultant
8 18 (4.81%) Architect
8 18 (4.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 17 (4.55%) Data Engineer
9 17 (4.55%) Storage Engineer
10 15 (4.01%) Database Specialist
10 15 (4.01%) Oracle DBA
11 14 (3.74%) Lead
12 13 (3.48%) PostgreSQL Developer
12 13 (3.48%) Senior Developer
13 12 (3.21%) Oracle Developer
14 11 (2.94%) Site Engineer
14 11 (2.94%) SQL Server DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (6.95%) .NET
2 21 (5.61%) SAP Basis
3 20 (5.35%) Kafka
4 18 (4.81%) SAP Fiori
5 17 (4.55%) XML
6 15 (4.01%) JSON
7 14 (3.74%) Entity Framework
7 14 (3.74%) REST
8 11 (2.94%) .NET Framework
9 10 (2.67%) SOAP
9 10 (2.67%) Web Services
10 9 (2.41%) WCF
11 8 (2.14%) ASP.NET
11 8 (2.14%) LDAP
12 7 (1.87%) .NET Core
12 7 (1.87%) ASP.NET Web API
12 7 (1.87%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
12 7 (1.87%) Spring
12 7 (1.87%) XSLT
13 6 (1.60%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 35 (9.36%) Replication
2 30 (8.02%) Data Centre
3 23 (6.15%) Clustering
4 11 (2.94%) Linux Command Line
4 11 (2.94%) Management Information System
5 9 (2.41%) Derivative
5 9 (2.41%) Fixed Income
6 8 (2.14%) Cloud Native
6 8 (2.14%) Data Structures
6 8 (2.14%) Product Ownership
7 6 (1.60%) HP Storage
7 6 (1.60%) Mainframe
7 6 (1.60%) Smart Meter
8 5 (1.34%) Algorithms
8 5 (1.34%) Client/Server
8 5 (1.34%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (1.34%) Market Risk
8 5 (1.34%) NHS
8 5 (1.34%) Web 2.0
9 4 (1.07%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 103 (27.54%) Linux
2 57 (15.24%) Windows
3 53 (14.17%) Unix
4 32 (8.56%) Windows Server
5 19 (5.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 16 (4.28%) AIX
7 15 (4.01%) Solaris
7 15 (4.01%) Windows Server 2012
7 15 (4.01%) Windows Server 2016
7 15 (4.01%) Windows Server 2019
8 14 (3.74%) Windows 10
8 14 (3.74%) Windows XP
9 11 (2.94%) zOS
10 6 (1.60%) Oracle Linux
11 3 (0.80%) CentOS
12 1 (0.27%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.27%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (25.40%) Problem-Solving
2 84 (22.46%) Migration
3 80 (21.39%) DevOps
4 78 (20.86%) Disaster Recovery
5 57 (15.24%) High Availability
6 55 (14.71%) Agile
7 45 (12.03%) Data Migration
7 45 (12.03%) Software Engineering
8 41 (10.96%) CI/CD
9 39 (10.43%) Data Integration
10 35 (9.36%) Computer Science
10 35 (9.36%) ETL
10 35 (9.36%) Storage Management
11 34 (9.09%) Data Modelling
12 33 (8.82%) Capacity Planning
13 32 (8.56%) Database Security
14 31 (8.29%) Task Automation
15 30 (8.02%) Business Intelligence
16 28 (7.49%) Infrastructure as Code
17 27 (7.22%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 157 (41.98%) SQL
2 59 (15.78%) Python
3 43 (11.50%) Bash
4 41 (10.96%) PL/SQL
5 40 (10.70%) PowerShell
6 28 (7.49%) C#
6 28 (7.49%) Java
7 19 (5.08%) JavaScript
8 14 (3.74%) Shell Script
9 10 (2.67%) T-SQL
10 9 (2.41%) Scala
11 8 (2.14%) COBOL
11 8 (2.14%) REXX
12 3 (0.80%) C
13 2 (0.53%) ABAP
13 2 (0.53%) Perl
13 2 (0.53%) R
13 2 (0.53%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.53%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.53%) VBA
Qualifications
1 103 (27.54%) Security Cleared
2 75 (20.05%) SC Cleared
3 70 (18.72%) Degree
4 39 (10.43%) DV Cleared
5 34 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (4.28%) CCNA
6 16 (4.28%) Cisco Certification
7 14 (3.74%) CCNP
8 10 (2.67%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (2.41%) Master's Degree
9 9 (2.41%) SAP Certification
10 8 (2.14%) MCITP
10 8 (2.14%) MCTS
11 4 (1.07%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.53%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.53%) CISSP
12 2 (0.53%) OCP
12 2 (0.53%) Oracle Certification
12 2 (0.53%) OSCP
13 1 (0.27%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (4.28%) GDPR
2 15 (4.01%) Data Quality
3 12 (3.21%) QA
4 6 (1.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 4 (1.07%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.07%) Disclosure Scotland
6 2 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.27%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.27%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.27%) IFRS
7 1 (0.27%) IFRS 17
7 1 (0.27%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.27%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 39 (10.43%) VMware Infrastructure
2 35 (9.36%) Active Directory
3 28 (7.49%) Docker
4 15 (4.01%) VMware ESXi
5 14 (3.74%) Hyper-V
6 12 (3.21%) Oracle RAC
7 10 (2.67%) vSphere
8 9 (2.41%) Firmware
9 8 (2.14%) Virtual Machines
10 3 (0.80%) SRDF
11 2 (0.53%) KVM
12 1 (0.27%) Ceph
12 1 (0.27%) GridGain
12 1 (0.27%) iptables
12 1 (0.27%) Lustre
12 1 (0.27%) NFS
12 1 (0.27%) Samba
12 1 (0.27%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.27%) VMware NSX
12 1 (0.27%) Xen
Systems Management
1 49 (13.10%) Terraform
2 37 (9.89%) Kubernetes
3 31 (8.29%) Ansible
4 26 (6.95%) EMC NetWorker
5 22 (5.88%) NetBackup
6 20 (5.35%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 17 (4.55%) Data Guard
8 15 (4.01%) SCCM
8 15 (4.01%) vCenter Server
8 15 (4.01%) WSUS
9 14 (3.74%) SCOM
10 12 (3.21%) Puppet
11 10 (2.67%) Grafana
11 10 (2.67%) Kibana
11 10 (2.67%) Prometheus
12 9 (2.41%) Oracle RMAN
13 8 (2.14%) Argo
13 8 (2.14%) Istio
14 7 (1.87%) CloudHub
14 7 (1.87%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 136 (36.36%) Oracle
2 67 (17.91%) Microsoft
3 39 (10.43%) VMware
4 33 (8.82%) SAP
5 32 (8.56%) Cisco
6 30 (8.02%) EMC
7 29 (7.75%) Dell
8 26 (6.95%) HP
9 20 (5.35%) Symantec
10 18 (4.81%) Informatica
11 16 (4.28%) Palo Alto
12 14 (3.74%) 3PAR
12 14 (3.74%) Extreme Networks
12 14 (3.74%) Juniper
12 14 (3.74%) Red Hat
12 14 (3.74%) Veeam
13 13 (3.48%) Brocade
13 13 (3.48%) IBM
14 11 (2.94%) Databricks
14 11 (2.94%) SolarWinds