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 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 269 271 324
Rank change year-on-year +2 +53 -87
Contract jobs citing Performance Tuning 374 570 726
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.87% 0.99% 0.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.01% 1.10% 0.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 266 355 474
10th Percentile £339 £400 £400
25th Percentile £413 £456 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -8.70% +15.00%
75th Percentile £608 £619 £775
90th Percentile £688 £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 17 13
10th Percentile £34.24 £45.00 £41.40
25th Percentile £50.46 £61.50 £42.02
Median hourly rate £61.60 £72.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.03% +45.00% -19.03%
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% -11.83%

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 37,094 51,920 79,222
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.26% 89.82% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,889 35,981 55,625
10th Percentile £300 £325 £343
25th Percentile £413 £438 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
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% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,438 1,716 1,886
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.24 £15.50
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 £38.06 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.74% +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 11 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 11 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 11 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 +8 301 £510 -2.86% 133
UK excluding London +34 200 £505 +1.00% 101
Work from Home +38 168 £482 -8.29% 70
London -12 130 £525 -8.70% 45
South East +45 89 £600 +14.29% 27
Scotland +26 34 £436 -12.80% 14
North of England +41 32 £448 -10.50% 16
Midlands +26 19 £556 +11.25% 30
North West +21 17 £510 +4.62% 10
Yorkshire +23 15 £425 -22.73% 4
South West -6 14 £400 - 4
East Midlands +25 12 £474 -9.67% 15
West Midlands +11 7 £625 +25.00% 15
East of England -5 7 £350 -34.88% 8
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
4 8 (2.14%) Confluence
5 7 (1.87%) Anypoint
5 7 (1.87%) Mule
5 7 (1.87%) OpenStack
6 5 (1.34%) CICS
6 5 (1.34%) Mule ESB
6 5 (1.34%) Oracle Workflow
7 4 (1.07%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.80%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.53%) nginx
9 2 (0.53%) Oracle HTTP Server
9 2 (0.53%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.53%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.27%) GemFire
10 1 (0.27%) Oracle Coherence
10 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 97 (25.94%) Azure
2 95 (25.40%) AWS
3 25 (6.68%) GCP
4 24 (6.42%) Serverless
5 22 (5.88%) GitHub
5 22 (5.88%) Power Platform
6 18 (4.81%) Amazon S3
7 17 (4.55%) Amazon EC2
7 17 (4.55%) OCI
8 16 (4.28%) AWS Lambda
8 16 (4.28%) Azure Data Factory
9 15 (4.01%) IaaS
9 15 (4.01%) PaaS
10 14 (3.74%) OpenShift
11 10 (2.67%) Azure DevOps
11 10 (2.67%) Snowflake
12 9 (2.41%) Cloud Computing
12 9 (2.41%) Nutanix
13 8 (2.14%) Amazon EMR
13 8 (2.14%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 33 (8.82%) SAN
2 28 (7.49%) Firewall
3 24 (6.42%) DHCP
3 24 (6.42%) DNS
4 9 (2.41%) Fibre Channel
4 9 (2.41%) Kerberos
4 9 (2.41%) TCP/IP
4 9 (2.41%) VLAN
5 8 (2.14%) NAS
6 5 (1.34%) FTP
6 5 (1.34%) WAN
7 3 (0.80%) LAN
7 3 (0.80%) PuTTY
7 3 (0.80%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.53%) AMQP
8 2 (0.53%) HTTP
8 2 (0.53%) Network Security
8 2 (0.53%) SSH
8 2 (0.53%) VoIP
8 2 (0.53%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (17.11%) PostgreSQL
2 59 (15.78%) Oracle Database
2 59 (15.78%) SQL Server
3 27 (7.22%) SAP HANA
4 22 (5.88%) Data Warehouse
4 22 (5.88%) MongoDB
4 22 (5.88%) Oracle Database 11g
5 20 (5.35%) Amazon RDS
6 19 (5.08%) NoSQL
7 18 (4.81%) Metadata
7 18 (4.81%) Power BI
8 17 (4.55%) MySQL
9 15 (4.01%) Relational Database
10 14 (3.74%) DB2
10 14 (3.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 13 (3.48%) Azure SQL Database
12 11 (2.94%) Elasticsearch
12 11 (2.94%) SAP BW
13 10 (2.67%) Big Data
13 10 (2.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 27 (7.22%) Git
2 19 (5.08%) Jenkins
3 17 (4.55%) JIRA
4 14 (3.74%) Oracle APEX
5 11 (2.94%) GitLab
6 8 (2.14%) TeamCity
6 8 (2.14%) Visual Studio
7 5 (1.34%) MSI
7 5 (1.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 5 (1.34%) WiX
8 4 (1.07%) JUnit
8 4 (1.07%) Mockito
9 3 (0.80%) Toad
10 2 (0.53%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 2 (0.53%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.53%) Mocha
11 1 (0.27%) LSMW
11 1 (0.27%) Oracle Forms
General
1 120 (32.09%) Social Skills
2 70 (18.72%) Finance
3 52 (13.90%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (8.56%) Public Sector
5 20 (5.35%) Banking
6 13 (3.48%) 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
10 7 (1.87%) Retail
11 5 (1.34%) Electronics
11 5 (1.34%) Financial Institution
11 5 (1.34%) Marketing
12 4 (1.07%) Automotive
13 3 (0.80%) Front Office
14 2 (0.53%) Arabic Language
14 2 (0.53%) French Language
14 2 (0.53%) German Language
Job Titles
1 95 (25.40%) Developer
2 72 (19.25%) DBA
3 37 (9.89%) Senior
4 33 (8.82%) Administrator
5 32 (8.56%) 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
9 17 (4.55%) Data Engineer
9 17 (4.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 17 (4.55%) Storage Engineer
10 15 (4.01%) Database Specialist
10 15 (4.01%) Oracle DBA
11 14 (3.74%) Lead
11 14 (3.74%) PostgreSQL Developer
12 13 (3.48%) Oracle Developer
12 13 (3.48%) Senior Developer
13 11 (2.94%) Site Engineer
13 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%) LDAP
9 10 (2.67%) SOAP
9 10 (2.67%) Web Services
10 9 (2.41%) WCF
11 8 (2.14%) ASP.NET
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 37 (9.89%) Replication
2 30 (8.02%) Data Centre
3 25 (6.68%) 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%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 104 (27.81%) Linux
2 58 (15.51%) Windows
3 53 (14.17%) Unix
4 33 (8.82%) Windows Server
5 20 (5.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 17 (4.55%) Solaris
7 16 (4.28%) AIX
8 15 (4.01%) Windows Server 2012
8 15 (4.01%) Windows Server 2016
8 15 (4.01%) Windows Server 2019
9 14 (3.74%) Windows 10
9 14 (3.74%) Windows XP
10 11 (2.94%) zOS
11 8 (2.14%) Oracle Linux
12 3 (0.80%) CentOS
13 1 (0.27%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.27%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (25.40%) Problem-Solving
2 85 (22.73%) Migration
3 83 (22.19%) DevOps
4 80 (21.39%) Disaster Recovery
5 59 (15.78%) High Availability
6 57 (15.24%) Agile
7 47 (12.57%) Data Migration
7 47 (12.57%) Software Engineering
8 41 (10.96%) CI/CD
9 39 (10.43%) Data Integration
10 37 (9.89%) Storage Management
11 35 (9.36%) Computer Science
12 34 (9.09%) Data Modelling
12 34 (9.09%) ETL
13 33 (8.82%) Capacity Planning
14 31 (8.29%) Database Security
14 31 (8.29%) Task Automation
15 30 (8.02%) Infrastructure as Code
16 29 (7.75%) Business Intelligence
17 27 (7.22%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 158 (42.25%) SQL
2 61 (16.31%) Python
3 45 (12.03%) Bash
4 44 (11.76%) PL/SQL
5 42 (11.23%) PowerShell
6 28 (7.49%) C#
6 28 (7.49%) Java
7 19 (5.08%) JavaScript
8 14 (3.74%) Shell Script
9 9 (2.41%) Scala
9 9 (2.41%) T-SQL
10 8 (2.14%) COBOL
10 8 (2.14%) REXX
11 3 (0.80%) C
12 2 (0.53%) ABAP
12 2 (0.53%) Perl
12 2 (0.53%) R
12 2 (0.53%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.53%) VBA
12 2 (0.53%) XPath
Qualifications
1 102 (27.27%) Security Cleared
2 75 (20.05%) SC Cleared
3 70 (18.72%) Degree
4 38 (10.16%) 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 9 (2.41%) Master's Degree
8 9 (2.41%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (2.41%) SAP Certification
9 8 (2.14%) MCITP
9 8 (2.14%) MCTS
10 4 (1.07%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.53%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.53%) CISSP
11 2 (0.53%) OSCP
12 1 (0.27%) IBM Certification
12 1 (0.27%) PhD
12 1 (0.27%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (4.81%) GDPR
2 15 (4.01%) Data Quality
3 12 (3.21%) QA
4 8 (2.14%) 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 41 (10.96%) VMware Infrastructure
2 37 (9.89%) Active Directory
3 30 (8.02%) 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 51 (13.64%) Terraform
2 39 (10.43%) Kubernetes
3 33 (8.82%) Ansible
4 28 (7.49%) 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%) Prometheus
12 9 (2.41%) Kibana
12 9 (2.41%) Oracle RMAN
12 9 (2.41%) Tivoli Storage Manager
13 8 (2.14%) Istio
13 8 (2.14%) Netcool
13 8 (2.14%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 140 (37.43%) Oracle
2 68 (18.18%) Microsoft
3 41 (10.96%) VMware
4 34 (9.09%) Cisco
5 33 (8.82%) SAP
6 32 (8.56%) EMC
7 31 (8.29%) Dell
8 28 (7.49%) HP
9 20 (5.35%) Symantec
10 18 (4.81%) Informatica
11 16 (4.28%) Palo Alto
12 15 (4.01%) IBM
13 14 (3.74%) 3PAR
13 14 (3.74%) Extreme Networks
13 14 (3.74%) Juniper
13 14 (3.74%) Veeam
14 13 (3.48%) Brocade
14 13 (3.48%) Red Hat
15 12 (3.21%) Isilon
16 11 (2.94%) SolarWinds