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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 277 279 325
Rank change year-on-year +2 +46 -94
Contract jobs citing Performance Tuning 360 571 751
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.83% 0.96% 0.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.96% 1.06% 0.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 252 362 491
10th Percentile £341 £401 £400
25th Percentile £415 £463 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -8.70% +14.48%
75th Percentile £608 £633 £752
90th Percentile £699 £750 £850
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £459
% change year-on-year +5.00% +8.99% +7.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 17 13
10th Percentile £31.74 £45.00 £41.40
25th Percentile £46.75 £61.50 £42.02
Median hourly rate £61.60 £72.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.03% +45.00% -13.79%
75th Percentile - £75.00 £65.54
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £61.60 £72.50 £57.75
% change year-on-year -15.03% +25.54% -0.43%

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 37,383 53,667 80,409
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.31% 89.90% 90.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,097 37,244 56,431
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
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% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,426 1,746 1,925
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.30 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.17% +49.20% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +0.13% +80.00% -8.51%

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 28 April 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 28 April 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 28 April 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 +5 286 £518 -1.43% 131
UK excluding London +47 185 £525 +5.00% 82
Work from Home +46 169 £490 -6.67% 56
London -13 128 £525 -8.70% 52
South East +46 80 £605 +15.24% 20
Scotland +15 34 £500 - 9
North of England +37 31 £450 -10.00% 16
North West +26 16 £510 +7.37% 13
Yorkshire +28 15 £425 -22.73% 3
Midlands +23 15 £588 +17.50% 23
South West -1 13 £400 - 4
West Midlands +28 8 £600 +20.00% 11
East Midlands +21 7 £575 +15.00% 12
East of England -9 7 £350 -34.88% 11
Wales +16 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 16 (4.44%) Apache Spark
2 10 (2.78%) NetWeaver
3 9 (2.50%) Apache
4 8 (2.22%) Confluence
5 7 (1.94%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (1.94%) OpenStack
6 6 (1.67%) Anypoint
6 6 (1.67%) Mule
7 5 (1.39%) CICS
7 5 (1.39%) Mule ESB
7 5 (1.39%) Oracle Workflow
8 4 (1.11%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.83%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.56%) Oracle HTTP Server
10 2 (0.56%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.56%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.28%) GemFire
11 1 (0.28%) Oracle Coherence
11 1 (0.28%) SAS
Business Applications
1 12 (3.33%) Oracle EBS
2 11 (3.06%) SAP S/4HANA
3 10 (2.78%) SAP IBP
4 7 (1.94%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.83%) Oracle Assets
5 3 (0.83%) Oracle EBS R12
5 3 (0.83%) Oracle FAH
5 3 (0.83%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (0.83%) Oracle General Ledger
5 3 (0.83%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.83%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.56%) BusinessWorks
6 2 (0.56%) ION Anvil
6 2 (0.56%) ION MarketView
6 2 (0.56%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (0.56%) Oracle BPM
7 1 (0.28%) HFM
7 1 (0.28%) Hyperion Planning
7 1 (0.28%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.28%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 98 (27.22%) AWS
2 92 (25.56%) Azure
3 22 (6.11%) GCP
3 22 (6.11%) GitHub
3 22 (6.11%) Serverless
4 19 (5.28%) Power Platform
5 16 (4.44%) Amazon EC2
5 16 (4.44%) Amazon S3
5 16 (4.44%) Azure Data Factory
5 16 (4.44%) OCI
6 15 (4.17%) IaaS
7 14 (3.89%) AWS Lambda
7 14 (3.89%) PaaS
8 12 (3.33%) OpenShift
9 10 (2.78%) Snowflake
10 9 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
10 9 (2.50%) Cloud Computing
10 9 (2.50%) Nutanix
11 8 (2.22%) Amazon EMR
11 8 (2.22%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 32 (8.89%) SAN
2 26 (7.22%) Firewall
3 24 (6.67%) DNS
4 23 (6.39%) DHCP
5 9 (2.50%) Fibre Channel
5 9 (2.50%) Kerberos
5 9 (2.50%) TCP/IP
5 9 (2.50%) VLAN
6 8 (2.22%) NAS
7 5 (1.39%) FTP
8 4 (1.11%) WAN
9 3 (0.83%) LAN
9 3 (0.83%) PuTTY
9 3 (0.83%) SD-WAN
10 2 (0.56%) HTTP
10 2 (0.56%) Intrusion Detection
10 2 (0.56%) SSH
10 2 (0.56%) VoIP
10 2 (0.56%) Wireless
11 1 (0.28%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (19.17%) PostgreSQL
2 64 (17.78%) Oracle Database
3 58 (16.11%) SQL Server
4 26 (7.22%) Oracle Database 11g
5 25 (6.94%) Data Warehouse
6 21 (5.83%) Amazon RDS
6 21 (5.83%) MongoDB
7 20 (5.56%) SAP HANA
8 19 (5.28%) MySQL
9 18 (5.00%) Metadata
9 18 (5.00%) NoSQL
10 17 (4.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 15 (4.17%) Power BI
12 13 (3.61%) DB2
12 13 (3.61%) Relational Database
13 12 (3.33%) Azure SQL Database
14 10 (2.78%) Oracle ODI
14 10 (2.78%) SAP BW
14 10 (2.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 9 (2.50%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 27 (7.50%) Git
2 19 (5.28%) Jenkins
3 17 (4.72%) JIRA
4 16 (4.44%) Oracle APEX
5 12 (3.33%) GitLab
6 9 (2.50%) Visual Studio
7 8 (2.22%) TeamCity
8 5 (1.39%) MSI
8 5 (1.39%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 5 (1.39%) WiX
9 4 (1.11%) JUnit
9 4 (1.11%) Mockito
10 3 (0.83%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 3 (0.83%) Toad
11 1 (0.28%) ERwin
11 1 (0.28%) LSMW
11 1 (0.28%) Oracle Forms
11 1 (0.28%) Selenium
General
1 117 (32.50%) Social Skills
2 69 (19.17%) Finance
3 51 (14.17%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (6.67%) Public Sector
5 12 (3.33%) Banking
5 12 (3.33%) Manufacturing
5 12 (3.33%) Telecoms
6 11 (3.06%) Presentation Skills
7 9 (2.50%) Pharmaceutical
8 8 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (2.22%) Retail
9 5 (1.39%) Automotive
9 5 (1.39%) Electronics
9 5 (1.39%) Financial Institution
9 5 (1.39%) Marketing
10 3 (0.83%) Arabic Language
10 3 (0.83%) French Language
10 3 (0.83%) German Language
10 3 (0.83%) Investment Banking
10 3 (0.83%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 92 (25.56%) Developer
2 67 (18.61%) DBA
3 36 (10.00%) Senior
4 27 (7.50%) Administrator
5 23 (6.39%) SQL DBA
6 21 (5.83%) Consultant
7 19 (5.28%) Data Engineer
7 19 (5.28%) SAP Consultant
8 18 (5.00%) Architect
8 18 (5.00%) Oracle DBA
8 18 (5.00%) SAP Basis Consultant
9 17 (4.72%) Oracle Developer
10 15 (4.17%) Database Specialist
10 15 (4.17%) PostgreSQL Developer
10 15 (4.17%) Storage Engineer
11 14 (3.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 14 (3.89%) Lead
11 14 (3.89%) Senior Developer
12 12 (3.33%) Cloud Engineer
13 11 (3.06%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (6.67%) .NET
2 18 (5.00%) SAP Basis
3 17 (4.72%) Kafka
4 16 (4.44%) SAP Fiori
4 16 (4.44%) XML
5 14 (3.89%) Entity Framework
5 14 (3.89%) JSON
6 12 (3.33%) REST
7 11 (3.06%) .NET Framework
8 10 (2.78%) LDAP
8 10 (2.78%) SOAP
8 10 (2.78%) Web Services
9 9 (2.50%) WCF
10 8 (2.22%) ASP.NET
11 7 (1.94%) .NET Core
11 7 (1.94%) ASP.NET Web API
11 7 (1.94%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
11 7 (1.94%) Middleware
11 7 (1.94%) Spring
11 7 (1.94%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 38 (10.56%) Replication
2 27 (7.50%) Data Centre
3 25 (6.94%) Clustering
4 11 (3.06%) Linux Command Line
5 10 (2.78%) Management Information System
6 9 (2.50%) Derivative
6 9 (2.50%) Fixed Income
7 8 (2.22%) Data Structures
8 7 (1.94%) Mainframe
9 6 (1.67%) Cloud Native
9 6 (1.67%) HP Storage
9 6 (1.67%) Product Ownership
9 6 (1.67%) Smart Meter
10 5 (1.39%) Algorithms
10 5 (1.39%) Client/Server
10 5 (1.39%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (1.39%) Market Risk
10 5 (1.39%) NHS
10 5 (1.39%) Web 2.0
11 4 (1.11%) Credit Derivative
Operating Systems
1 100 (27.78%) Linux
2 54 (15.00%) Windows
3 51 (14.17%) Unix
4 27 (7.50%) Windows Server
5 18 (5.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 17 (4.72%) Solaris
7 16 (4.44%) AIX
8 14 (3.89%) Windows Server 2012
8 14 (3.89%) Windows Server 2016
8 14 (3.89%) Windows Server 2019
9 13 (3.61%) Windows 10
9 13 (3.61%) Windows XP
10 9 (2.50%) zOS
11 8 (2.22%) Oracle Linux
12 3 (0.83%) CentOS
13 1 (0.28%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.28%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
2 91 (25.28%) Migration
3 82 (22.78%) DevOps
4 72 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
5 59 (16.39%) Agile
6 55 (15.28%) High Availability
7 51 (14.17%) Data Migration
8 45 (12.50%) Software Engineering
9 43 (11.94%) CI/CD
10 40 (11.11%) Capacity Planning
11 38 (10.56%) Data Integration
12 37 (10.28%) Storage Management
13 34 (9.44%) ETL
14 33 (9.17%) Computer Science
15 32 (8.89%) Infrastructure as Code
16 30 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
17 29 (8.06%) Analytics
17 29 (8.06%) Task Automation
18 28 (7.78%) Containerisation
18 28 (7.78%) Database Security
Programming Languages
1 154 (42.78%) SQL
2 62 (17.22%) Python
3 48 (13.33%) PL/SQL
4 45 (12.50%) Bash
5 40 (11.11%) PowerShell
6 28 (7.78%) C#
6 28 (7.78%) Java
7 17 (4.72%) JavaScript
8 13 (3.61%) T-SQL
9 11 (3.06%) Shell Script
10 10 (2.78%) Scala
11 8 (2.22%) COBOL
11 8 (2.22%) REXX
12 3 (0.83%) ABAP
12 3 (0.83%) C
12 3 (0.83%) Perl
12 3 (0.83%) VBA
13 2 (0.56%) R
13 2 (0.56%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.56%) XPath
Qualifications
1 93 (25.83%) Security Cleared
2 72 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 62 (17.22%) Degree
4 31 (8.61%) Computer Science Degree
4 31 (8.61%) DV Cleared
5 15 (4.17%) CCNA
5 15 (4.17%) Cisco Certification
6 13 (3.61%) CCNP
7 9 (2.50%) Master's Degree
7 9 (2.50%) SAP Certification
8 4 (1.11%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.11%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.83%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.83%) MCITP
9 3 (0.83%) MCTS
10 2 (0.56%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.56%) CISSP
10 2 (0.56%) Oracle Certification
10 2 (0.56%) OSCP
11 1 (0.28%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (5.00%) GDPR
2 14 (3.89%) Data Quality
3 8 (2.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 7 (1.94%) QA
5 4 (1.11%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.11%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.28%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.28%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.28%) IFRS
6 1 (0.28%) IFRS 17
6 1 (0.28%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.28%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 38 (10.56%) VMware Infrastructure
2 31 (8.61%) Active Directory
3 30 (8.33%) Docker
4 14 (3.89%) Oracle RAC
4 14 (3.89%) VMware ESXi
5 13 (3.61%) Hyper-V
6 10 (2.78%) vSphere
7 9 (2.50%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (1.94%) Firmware
9 3 (0.83%) SRDF
10 2 (0.56%) KVM
11 1 (0.28%) Ceph
11 1 (0.28%) GridGain
11 1 (0.28%) iptables
11 1 (0.28%) Lustre
11 1 (0.28%) NFS
11 1 (0.28%) Samba
11 1 (0.28%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.28%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.28%) Xen
Systems Management
1 52 (14.44%) Terraform
2 36 (10.00%) Kubernetes
3 35 (9.72%) Ansible
4 27 (7.50%) EMC NetWorker
5 20 (5.56%) NetBackup
5 20 (5.56%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 18 (5.00%) Data Guard
7 14 (3.89%) Puppet
7 14 (3.89%) SCCM
7 14 (3.89%) vCenter Server
7 14 (3.89%) WSUS
8 13 (3.61%) SCOM
9 10 (2.78%) Oracle RMAN
10 8 (2.22%) Netcool
10 8 (2.22%) Tivoli
10 8 (2.22%) Tivoli Storage Manager
11 6 (1.67%) Grafana
11 6 (1.67%) HP Data Protector
11 6 (1.67%) Progress Chef
11 6 (1.67%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 145 (40.28%) Oracle
2 65 (18.06%) Microsoft
3 38 (10.56%) VMware
4 33 (9.17%) Cisco
5 30 (8.33%) Dell
5 30 (8.33%) EMC
6 27 (7.50%) HP
6 27 (7.50%) SAP
7 19 (5.28%) Informatica
7 19 (5.28%) Symantec
8 15 (4.17%) Palo Alto
9 14 (3.89%) IBM
10 13 (3.61%) 3PAR
10 13 (3.61%) Extreme Networks
10 13 (3.61%) Juniper
10 13 (3.61%) Red Hat
10 13 (3.61%) Veeam
11 12 (3.33%) Brocade
11 12 (3.33%) Databricks
12 11 (3.06%) Isilon