Performance Tuning Contracts

Performance Tuning
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 251 266 332
Rank change year-on-year +15 +66 -85
Contract jobs citing Performance Tuning 409 558 691
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.94% 1.00% 0.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.10% 1.12% 0.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 298 336 430
10th Percentile £350 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £471
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -8.70% +15.00%
75th Percentile £608 £600 £775
90th Percentile £691 £750 £850
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +11.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 20 12
10th Percentile £39.24 £59.50 £41.33
25th Percentile £57.89 £61.50 £42.02
Median hourly rate £61.60 £71.25 £46.25
Median % change year-on-year -13.54% +54.05% -29.39%
75th Percentile - £75.00 £65.54
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £61.60 £70.00 £48.75
% change year-on-year -12.00% +43.59% -25.57%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,178 49,770 79,013
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.13% 89.61% 90.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,737 34,458 55,587
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £438 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,579 1,678 1,852
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.96 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.75 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%
75th Percentile £61.28 £65.00 £50.15
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £34.90 £21.00
% change year-on-year +9.23% +66.18% -

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 12 June 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 12 June 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 12 June 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 +13 332 £510 -3.13% 127
UK excluding London +24 220 £500 - 90
Work from Home +36 166 £493 -6.10% 64
London -9 140 £525 -8.70% 48
South East +45 105 £575 +9.52% 37
North of England +25 34 £493 -1.40% 17
Scotland +30 31 £436 -12.36% 9
Midlands +18 25 £450 -14.29% 7
North West +19 20 £510 +13.33% 6
East Midlands +16 18 £449 -20.18% 1
Yorkshire +20 14 £425 -22.73% 9
South West -22 12 £400 - 6
East of England -6 8 £350 -36.36% 19
West Midlands +13 7 £650 +30.00% 6
Wales - 3 £550 - 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 22 (5.38%) Apache Spark
2 12 (2.93%) NetWeaver
3 10 (2.44%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (2.20%) Apache
5 7 (1.71%) Anypoint
5 7 (1.71%) Mule
6 6 (1.47%) OpenStack
7 5 (1.22%) CICS
7 5 (1.22%) Confluence
7 5 (1.22%) Mule ESB
7 5 (1.22%) Oracle Workflow
8 4 (0.98%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.73%) nginx
9 3 (0.73%) SharePoint
10 2 (0.49%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.49%) Oracle HTTP Server
10 2 (0.49%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.49%) SAS
10 2 (0.49%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.24%) WebSphere
Business Applications
1 18 (4.40%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (2.93%) SAP IBP
3 11 (2.69%) Oracle EBS
4 7 (1.71%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.73%) Oracle Assets
5 3 (0.73%) Oracle EBS R12
5 3 (0.73%) Oracle FAH
5 3 (0.73%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (0.73%) Oracle General Ledger
5 3 (0.73%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.73%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.49%) BusinessWorks
6 2 (0.49%) ION Anvil
6 2 (0.49%) ION MarketView
6 2 (0.49%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.24%) Hyperion Planning
7 1 (0.24%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.24%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.24%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.24%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 106 (25.92%) Azure
2 94 (22.98%) AWS
3 28 (6.85%) GCP
4 23 (5.62%) Power Platform
4 23 (5.62%) Serverless
5 20 (4.89%) Amazon S3
5 20 (4.89%) GitHub
6 19 (4.65%) Amazon EC2
7 18 (4.40%) OpenShift
8 17 (4.16%) OCI
9 15 (3.67%) AWS Lambda
9 15 (3.67%) Azure Data Factory
10 14 (3.42%) PaaS
11 13 (3.18%) IaaS
12 11 (2.69%) Snowflake
13 10 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
14 9 (2.20%) Amazon EMR
14 9 (2.20%) Dynamics 365
15 8 (1.96%) Azure Functions
16 6 (1.47%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 30 (7.33%) SAN
2 26 (6.36%) Firewall
3 21 (5.13%) DHCP
3 21 (5.13%) DNS
4 9 (2.20%) Fibre Channel
5 6 (1.47%) Kerberos
5 6 (1.47%) TCP/IP
5 6 (1.47%) VLAN
6 5 (1.22%) FTP
6 5 (1.22%) NAS
6 5 (1.22%) WAN
7 3 (0.73%) AMQP
7 3 (0.73%) Intrusion Detection
7 3 (0.73%) LAN
7 3 (0.73%) Network Security
7 3 (0.73%) PuTTY
7 3 (0.73%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.49%) SSH
8 2 (0.49%) VoIP
8 2 (0.49%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (18.34%) SQL Server
2 67 (16.38%) PostgreSQL
3 53 (12.96%) Oracle Database
4 30 (7.33%) SAP HANA
5 25 (6.11%) MySQL
6 23 (5.62%) MongoDB
7 22 (5.38%) Data Warehouse
8 21 (5.13%) NoSQL
9 20 (4.89%) Amazon RDS
10 19 (4.65%) Power BI
11 18 (4.40%) Elasticsearch
11 18 (4.40%) Metadata
12 17 (4.16%) Azure SQL Database
12 17 (4.16%) Relational Database
13 14 (3.42%) DB2
13 14 (3.42%) Oracle Database 11g
14 13 (3.18%) Big Data
14 13 (3.18%) SAP BW
14 13 (3.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 10 (2.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 26 (6.36%) Git
2 17 (4.16%) Jenkins
3 15 (3.67%) GitLab
4 14 (3.42%) JIRA
5 11 (2.69%) Oracle APEX
6 6 (1.47%) Visual Studio
7 5 (1.22%) MSI
7 5 (1.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 5 (1.22%) TeamCity
7 5 (1.22%) WiX
8 3 (0.73%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.73%) JUnit
8 3 (0.73%) Mocha
8 3 (0.73%) Mockito
8 3 (0.73%) Toad
9 2 (0.49%) Android Studio
9 2 (0.49%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 129 (31.54%) Social Skills
2 64 (15.65%) Finance
3 47 (11.49%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (8.31%) Public Sector
5 24 (5.87%) Banking
6 13 (3.18%) Telecoms
7 11 (2.69%) Investment Banking
8 9 (2.20%) Manufacturing
9 8 (1.96%) Pharmaceutical
9 8 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (1.22%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.22%) Retail
11 3 (0.73%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.73%) Front Office
12 2 (0.49%) Arabic Language
12 2 (0.49%) Electronics
12 2 (0.49%) French Language
12 2 (0.49%) German Language
12 2 (0.49%) Marketing
12 2 (0.49%) Military
Job Titles
1 102 (24.94%) Developer
2 78 (19.07%) DBA
3 42 (10.27%) Administrator
4 40 (9.78%) SQL DBA
5 36 (8.80%) Senior
6 28 (6.85%) Consultant
7 25 (6.11%) SAP Consultant
8 24 (5.87%) SAP Basis Consultant
9 23 (5.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 19 (4.65%) Data Engineer
11 17 (4.16%) Storage Engineer
12 15 (3.67%) Architect
12 15 (3.67%) Database Specialist
12 15 (3.67%) Java Developer
12 15 (3.67%) Site Engineer
12 15 (3.67%) Site Reliability Engineer
13 14 (3.42%) Oracle DBA
14 13 (3.18%) Senior Developer
14 13 (3.18%) SQL Server DBA
14 13 (3.18%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (7.09%) Kafka
2 26 (6.36%) .NET
3 24 (5.87%) SAP Basis
4 21 (5.13%) SAP Fiori
5 17 (4.16%) XML
6 16 (3.91%) REST
7 15 (3.67%) Entity Framework
7 15 (3.67%) JSON
8 12 (2.93%) .NET Framework
9 11 (2.69%) RabbitMQ
9 11 (2.69%) SOAP
9 11 (2.69%) Web Services
10 10 (2.44%) Spring
11 9 (2.20%) WCF
12 8 (1.96%) ASP.NET
12 8 (1.96%) Node.js
13 7 (1.71%) ASP.NET Web API
13 7 (1.71%) LDAP
13 7 (1.71%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
13 7 (1.71%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 33 (8.07%) Replication
2 30 (7.33%) Data Centre
3 25 (6.11%) Clustering
4 15 (3.67%) Cloud Native
5 10 (2.44%) Data Structures
5 10 (2.44%) Linux Command Line
5 10 (2.44%) Management Information System
6 9 (2.20%) Derivative
6 9 (2.20%) Fixed Income
6 9 (2.20%) Product Ownership
6 9 (2.20%) Virtual Team
7 6 (1.47%) Algorithms
7 6 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (1.47%) HP Storage
7 6 (1.47%) Mainframe
7 6 (1.47%) Smart Meter
8 5 (1.22%) Client/Server
8 5 (1.22%) Grid Computing
8 5 (1.22%) Market Risk
8 5 (1.22%) Web 2.0
Operating Systems
1 110 (26.89%) Linux
2 60 (14.67%) Windows
3 56 (13.69%) Unix
4 33 (8.07%) Windows Server
5 23 (5.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 16 (3.91%) AIX
7 15 (3.67%) Windows Server 2012
7 15 (3.67%) Windows Server 2016
7 15 (3.67%) Windows Server 2019
8 14 (3.42%) Solaris
8 14 (3.42%) Windows 10
8 14 (3.42%) Windows XP
9 12 (2.93%) zOS
10 5 (1.22%) Oracle Linux
11 3 (0.73%) Android
11 3 (0.73%) CentOS
12 1 (0.24%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.24%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.24%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (24.69%) Problem-Solving
2 86 (21.03%) DevOps
3 81 (19.80%) Migration
4 79 (19.32%) Disaster Recovery
5 62 (15.16%) Agile
6 54 (13.20%) High Availability
7 50 (12.22%) Software Engineering
8 44 (10.76%) CI/CD
8 44 (10.76%) Data Integration
9 41 (10.02%) Computer Science
9 41 (10.02%) ETL
9 41 (10.02%) Task Automation
10 40 (9.78%) Data Migration
11 39 (9.54%) Data Modelling
12 32 (7.82%) Capacity Planning
13 31 (7.58%) Database Security
13 31 (7.58%) Storage Management
14 30 (7.33%) Analytics
14 30 (7.33%) Containerisation
15 29 (7.09%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 172 (42.05%) SQL
2 62 (15.16%) Python
3 41 (10.02%) Bash
4 39 (9.54%) PowerShell
5 37 (9.05%) PL/SQL
6 33 (8.07%) Java
7 28 (6.85%) C#
8 21 (5.13%) JavaScript
9 18 (4.40%) Shell Script
10 9 (2.20%) REXX
10 9 (2.20%) Scala
10 9 (2.20%) T-SQL
11 8 (1.96%) COBOL
12 5 (1.22%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.73%) C
13 3 (0.73%) TypeScript
14 2 (0.49%) Bicep
14 2 (0.49%) Perl
14 2 (0.49%) R
14 2 (0.49%) XPath
Qualifications
1 121 (29.58%) Security Cleared
2 81 (19.80%) SC Cleared
3 75 (18.34%) Degree
4 49 (11.98%) DV Cleared
5 38 (9.29%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (3.91%) CCNA
6 16 (3.91%) Cisco Certification
7 14 (3.42%) CCNP
8 10 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (2.20%) Master's Degree
9 9 (2.20%) SAP Certification
10 8 (1.96%) MCITP
10 8 (1.96%) MCTS
11 4 (0.98%) OCP
11 4 (0.98%) Oracle Certification
12 3 (0.73%) Azure Certification
13 2 (0.49%) AWS Certification
13 2 (0.49%) CISSP
13 2 (0.49%) OSCP
14 1 (0.24%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (4.16%) Data Quality
2 16 (3.91%) GDPR
3 13 (3.18%) QA
4 5 (1.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (0.73%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.73%) Disclosure Scotland
5 3 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.24%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.24%) IFRS
6 1 (0.24%) IFRS 17
6 1 (0.24%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.24%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 42 (10.27%) VMware Infrastructure
2 32 (7.82%) Active Directory
3 29 (7.09%) Docker
4 15 (3.67%) VMware ESXi
5 14 (3.42%) Hyper-V
6 9 (2.20%) Oracle RAC
6 9 (2.20%) vSphere
7 8 (1.96%) Firmware
7 8 (1.96%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.73%) SRDF
9 2 (0.49%) KVM
10 1 (0.24%) Ceph
10 1 (0.24%) GridGain
10 1 (0.24%) iptables
10 1 (0.24%) Lustre
10 1 (0.24%) Samba
10 1 (0.24%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.24%) Time Sharing Option
10 1 (0.24%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.24%) Xen
Systems Management
1 46 (11.25%) Kubernetes
1 46 (11.25%) Terraform
2 32 (7.82%) Ansible
3 25 (6.11%) EMC NetWorker
4 22 (5.38%) NetBackup
5 20 (4.89%) SCCM
6 19 (4.65%) SCOM
7 16 (3.91%) Kibana
7 16 (3.91%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 15 (3.67%) Grafana
8 15 (3.67%) Prometheus
8 15 (3.67%) vCenter Server
8 15 (3.67%) WSUS
9 14 (3.42%) Data Guard
10 12 (2.93%) Argo
10 12 (2.93%) Istio
11 11 (2.69%) Puppet
12 7 (1.71%) CloudHub
13 6 (1.47%) HP Data Protector
13 6 (1.47%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 129 (31.54%) Oracle
2 76 (18.58%) Microsoft
3 42 (10.27%) VMware
4 33 (8.07%) SAP
5 31 (7.58%) Cisco
6 29 (7.09%) EMC
7 27 (6.60%) Dell
8 25 (6.11%) HP
9 20 (4.89%) Symantec
10 18 (4.40%) Red Hat
11 17 (4.16%) Informatica
12 16 (3.91%) Palo Alto
13 14 (3.42%) 3PAR
13 14 (3.42%) Extreme Networks
13 14 (3.42%) Juniper
13 14 (3.42%) Veeam
14 13 (3.18%) Brocade
14 13 (3.18%) Databricks
15 12 (2.93%) IBM
16 10 (2.44%) SolarWinds