Performance Tuning Contracts in England

Performance Tuning
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 277 275 318
Rank change year-on-year -2 +43 -88
Contract jobs citing Performance Tuning 297 460 620
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.81% 0.92% 0.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.93% 1.02% 0.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 211 277 416
10th Percentile £350 £400 £406
25th Percentile £413 £450 £499
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £586
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -10.41% +11.62%
75th Percentile £638 £656 £778
90th Percentile £700 £764 £900
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £575
% change year-on-year -2.86% -8.70% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 15 10
10th Percentile £31.74 £60.00 £39.13
25th Percentile £46.75 £62.00 £42.02
Median hourly rate £61.60 £72.50 £46.25
Median % change year-on-year -15.03% +56.76% -20.26%
75th Percentile - £75.00 £61.63
90th Percentile - - £66.72
UK median hourly rate £61.60 £72.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -15.03% +45.00% -13.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,926 45,112 64,564
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.59% 90.20% 90.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,947 31,664 45,849
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £444 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,243 1,598 1,761
10th Percentile £12.92 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.33 £37.15 £24.35
Median % change year-on-year -2.21% +52.57% +3.62%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK median hourly rate £35.95 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.14% +44.00% +2.04%

Performance Tuning
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Performance Tuning in England

Performance Tuning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Performance Tuning in England

Performance Tuning
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Performance Tuning in England over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Performance Tuning in England

Performance Tuning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Performance Tuning in England

Performance Tuning
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Performance Tuning in England over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Performance Tuning in England

Performance Tuning
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 4 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
London -18 129 £538 -6.52% 43
South East +46 85 £605 +15.24% 21
North of England +33 32 £448 -10.50% 13
Midlands +29 20 £575 +15.00% 29
North West +23 17 £510 +2.00% 9
Yorkshire +27 15 £425 -22.73% 4
South West +6 14 £400 - 4
East Midlands +30 12 £474 -5.15% 15
West Midlands +21 8 £600 +20.00% 14
East of England -8 7 £350 -34.88% 9
South Coast - 3 £500 -
Performance Tuning
UK

Performance Tuning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 16 (5.39%) Apache Spark
2 11 (3.70%) NetWeaver
3 9 (3.03%) Apache
4 8 (2.69%) Confluence
5 7 (2.36%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (1.68%) Anypoint
6 5 (1.68%) Mule
6 5 (1.68%) Mule ESB
6 5 (1.68%) OpenStack
6 5 (1.68%) Oracle Workflow
7 4 (1.35%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (1.01%) ArcGIS
8 3 (1.01%) CICS
9 2 (0.67%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.34%) GemFire
10 1 (0.34%) nginx
10 1 (0.34%) Oracle Coherence
10 1 (0.34%) Oracle HTTP Server
10 1 (0.34%) SharePoint
10 1 (0.34%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 13 (4.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (4.04%) Oracle EBS
3 11 (3.70%) SAP IBP
4 5 (1.68%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (1.01%) Oracle Assets
5 3 (1.01%) Oracle EBS R12
5 3 (1.01%) Oracle FAH
5 3 (1.01%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (1.01%) Oracle General Ledger
5 3 (1.01%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (1.01%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.67%) BusinessWorks
6 2 (0.67%) ION Anvil
6 2 (0.67%) ION MarketView
7 1 (0.34%) HFM
7 1 (0.34%) Hyperion Planning
7 1 (0.34%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 84 (28.28%) AWS
2 81 (27.27%) Azure
3 23 (7.74%) GCP
4 20 (6.73%) Power Platform
4 20 (6.73%) Serverless
5 17 (5.72%) Amazon S3
6 16 (5.39%) Amazon EC2
7 15 (5.05%) GitHub
7 15 (5.05%) OCI
8 14 (4.71%) IaaS
8 14 (4.71%) PaaS
9 13 (4.38%) Azure Data Factory
10 12 (4.04%) AWS Lambda
10 12 (4.04%) OpenShift
11 9 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
11 9 (3.03%) Cloud Computing
11 9 (3.03%) Nutanix
11 9 (3.03%) Snowflake
12 8 (2.69%) Azure Functions
12 8 (2.69%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 31 (10.44%) SAN
2 27 (9.09%) Firewall
3 24 (8.08%) DHCP
3 24 (8.08%) DNS
4 9 (3.03%) Kerberos
4 9 (3.03%) TCP/IP
4 9 (3.03%) VLAN
5 8 (2.69%) NAS
6 7 (2.36%) Fibre Channel
7 5 (1.68%) FTP
8 4 (1.35%) WAN
9 3 (1.01%) LAN
9 3 (1.01%) PuTTY
9 3 (1.01%) SD-WAN
10 2 (0.67%) Intrusion Detection
10 2 (0.67%) SSH
10 2 (0.67%) VoIP
10 2 (0.67%) Wireless
11 1 (0.34%) HTTP
11 1 (0.34%) InfiniBand
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (20.88%) PostgreSQL
2 57 (19.19%) SQL Server
3 40 (13.47%) Oracle Database
4 23 (7.74%) Data Warehouse
4 23 (7.74%) SAP HANA
5 21 (7.07%) Oracle Database 11g
6 18 (6.06%) Amazon RDS
6 18 (6.06%) MongoDB
7 16 (5.39%) Power BI
8 15 (5.05%) MySQL
8 15 (5.05%) NoSQL
8 15 (5.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 12 (4.04%) Azure SQL Database
9 12 (4.04%) Relational Database
10 11 (3.70%) SAP BW
11 9 (3.03%) Big Data
11 9 (3.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 8 (2.69%) DB2
12 8 (2.69%) Elasticsearch
13 7 (2.36%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 27 (9.09%) Git
2 18 (6.06%) Jenkins
3 13 (4.38%) JIRA
4 11 (3.70%) GitLab
5 9 (3.03%) Visual Studio
6 8 (2.69%) TeamCity
7 5 (1.68%) MSI
7 5 (1.68%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 5 (1.68%) WiX
8 4 (1.35%) JUnit
8 4 (1.35%) Mockito
9 3 (1.01%) Toad
10 1 (0.34%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.34%) Mocha
10 1 (0.34%) Oracle APEX
General
1 85 (28.62%) Social Skills
2 59 (19.87%) Finance
3 26 (8.75%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (6.73%) Public Sector
5 16 (5.39%) Banking
6 12 (4.04%) Manufacturing
6 12 (4.04%) Telecoms
7 8 (2.69%) Pharmaceutical
8 5 (1.68%) Electronics
8 5 (1.68%) Financial Institution
8 5 (1.68%) Investment Banking
8 5 (1.68%) Marketing
9 4 (1.35%) Automotive
9 4 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.01%) Front Office
10 3 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.67%) Arabic Language
11 2 (0.67%) French Language
11 2 (0.67%) German Language
11 2 (0.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 71 (23.91%) Developer
2 47 (15.82%) DBA
3 26 (8.75%) SQL DBA
4 21 (7.07%) Consultant
5 20 (6.73%) Administrator
5 20 (6.73%) SAP Basis Consultant
5 20 (6.73%) SAP Consultant
6 18 (6.06%) Senior
7 17 (5.72%) Data Engineer
7 17 (5.72%) Storage Engineer
8 16 (5.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 15 (5.05%) Database Specialist
9 15 (5.05%) PostgreSQL Developer
10 14 (4.71%) Architect
11 13 (4.38%) Lead
12 11 (3.70%) Oracle Developer
12 11 (3.70%) SQL Server DBA
13 10 (3.37%) Software Engineer
14 9 (3.03%) Java Developer
14 9 (3.03%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (6.73%) .NET
1 20 (6.73%) SAP Basis
2 17 (5.72%) SAP Fiori
3 16 (5.39%) Kafka
3 16 (5.39%) XML
4 14 (4.71%) JSON
5 12 (4.04%) Entity Framework
5 12 (4.04%) REST
6 9 (3.03%) .NET Framework
6 9 (3.03%) LDAP
6 9 (3.03%) SOAP
6 9 (3.03%) Web Services
7 8 (2.69%) ASP.NET
8 7 (2.36%) ASP.NET Web API
8 7 (2.36%) WCF
8 7 (2.36%) XSLT
9 6 (2.02%) Spring
10 5 (1.68%) LINQ
10 5 (1.68%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
10 5 (1.68%) NHibernate
Miscellaneous
1 36 (12.12%) Replication
2 27 (9.09%) Data Centre
3 25 (8.42%) Clustering
4 11 (3.70%) Linux Command Line
5 9 (3.03%) Derivative
5 9 (3.03%) Fixed Income
5 9 (3.03%) Management Information System
6 7 (2.36%) Product Ownership
7 6 (2.02%) Cloud Native
7 6 (2.02%) HP Storage
7 6 (2.02%) Smart Meter
8 5 (1.68%) Algorithms
8 5 (1.68%) Client/Server
8 5 (1.68%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (1.68%) Market Risk
8 5 (1.68%) NHS
8 5 (1.68%) Web 2.0
9 4 (1.35%) Data Structures
9 4 (1.35%) Onboarding
9 4 (1.35%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 82 (27.61%) Linux
2 55 (18.52%) Windows
3 45 (15.15%) Unix
4 33 (11.11%) Windows Server
5 17 (5.72%) Solaris
6 15 (5.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 15 (5.05%) Windows Server 2012
6 15 (5.05%) Windows Server 2016
6 15 (5.05%) Windows Server 2019
7 14 (4.71%) Windows 10
7 14 (4.71%) Windows XP
8 9 (3.03%) AIX
9 8 (2.69%) Oracle Linux
10 6 (2.02%) zOS
11 2 (0.67%) CentOS
12 1 (0.34%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.34%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (24.24%) Disaster Recovery
2 71 (23.91%) Migration
3 68 (22.90%) DevOps
4 66 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
5 48 (16.16%) Agile
6 45 (15.15%) Software Engineering
7 44 (14.81%) Data Migration
8 43 (14.48%) High Availability
9 36 (12.12%) Data Integration
9 36 (12.12%) Storage Management
10 35 (11.78%) CI/CD
11 32 (10.77%) ETL
12 29 (9.76%) Business Intelligence
13 28 (9.43%) Task Automation
14 25 (8.42%) Containerisation
14 25 (8.42%) Server Management
15 24 (8.08%) Architectural Design
15 24 (8.08%) Infrastructure as Code
16 23 (7.74%) Data Modelling
16 23 (7.74%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 131 (44.11%) SQL
2 52 (17.51%) Python
3 44 (14.81%) Bash
4 37 (12.46%) PowerShell
5 33 (11.11%) PL/SQL
6 26 (8.75%) C#
7 23 (7.74%) Java
8 16 (5.39%) JavaScript
9 10 (3.37%) T-SQL
10 9 (3.03%) Scala
11 4 (1.35%) Shell Script
12 3 (1.01%) COBOL
12 3 (1.01%) REXX
13 2 (0.67%) C
13 2 (0.67%) Perl
13 2 (0.67%) R
13 2 (0.67%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.67%) VBA
13 2 (0.67%) XPath
14 1 (0.34%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 90 (30.30%) Security Cleared
2 70 (23.57%) SC Cleared
3 55 (18.52%) Degree
4 34 (11.45%) DV Cleared
5 19 (6.40%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (5.39%) CCNA
6 16 (5.39%) Cisco Certification
7 14 (4.71%) CCNP
8 9 (3.03%) Master's Degree
8 9 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (3.03%) SAP Certification
9 8 (2.69%) MCITP
9 8 (2.69%) MCTS
10 4 (1.35%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.67%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.67%) CISSP
11 2 (0.67%) OSCP
12 1 (0.34%) IBM Certification
12 1 (0.34%) OCP
12 1 (0.34%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (5.39%) GDPR
2 13 (4.38%) Data Quality
3 8 (2.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 5 (1.68%) QA
5 4 (1.35%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.34%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.34%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.34%) IFRS
6 1 (0.34%) IFRS 17
6 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 38 (12.79%) VMware Infrastructure
2 34 (11.45%) Active Directory
3 29 (9.76%) Docker
4 15 (5.05%) VMware ESXi
5 14 (4.71%) Hyper-V
6 10 (3.37%) vSphere
7 8 (2.69%) Firmware
7 8 (2.69%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (1.01%) SRDF
9 2 (0.67%) KVM
9 2 (0.67%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.34%) Ceph
10 1 (0.34%) GridGain
10 1 (0.34%) iptables
10 1 (0.34%) Lustre
10 1 (0.34%) NFS
10 1 (0.34%) Samba
10 1 (0.34%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.34%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.34%) Xen
Systems Management
1 39 (13.13%) Terraform
2 35 (11.78%) Kubernetes
3 28 (9.43%) EMC NetWorker
4 26 (8.75%) Ansible
5 22 (7.41%) NetBackup
6 15 (5.05%) SCCM
6 15 (5.05%) vCenter Server
6 15 (5.05%) WSUS
7 14 (4.71%) SCOM
8 13 (4.38%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 9 (3.03%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 8 (2.69%) Netcool
10 8 (2.69%) Tivoli
11 7 (2.36%) Grafana
11 7 (2.36%) Prometheus
11 7 (2.36%) Puppet
12 6 (2.02%) Argo
12 6 (2.02%) Istio
12 6 (2.02%) Kibana
12 6 (2.02%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 110 (37.04%) Oracle
2 60 (20.20%) Microsoft
3 38 (12.79%) VMware
4 34 (11.45%) Cisco
5 32 (10.77%) EMC
6 31 (10.44%) Dell
7 29 (9.76%) SAP
8 28 (9.43%) HP
9 20 (6.73%) Symantec
10 16 (5.39%) Palo Alto
11 15 (5.05%) Informatica
12 14 (4.71%) 3PAR
12 14 (4.71%) Extreme Networks
12 14 (4.71%) Juniper
12 14 (4.71%) Veeam
13 13 (4.38%) IBM
14 12 (4.04%) Isilon
14 12 (4.04%) Red Hat
15 11 (3.70%) Brocade
15 11 (3.70%) SolarWinds