Performance Tuning Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Performance Tuning
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Performance Tuning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 89 90 97
Rank change year-on-year +1 +7 +29
Contract jobs citing Performance Tuning 53 33 26
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 2.48% 1.93% 1.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.72% 2.04% 1.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 22 13
10th Percentile £377 £406 £340
25th Percentile £420 £513 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £600 £493
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +21.83% -21.20%
75th Percentile £721 £666 £538
90th Percentile £771 £717 £575
Central London median daily rate £563 £600 £500
% change year-on-year -6.25% +20.00% -20.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of London

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 in the City of London.

6 months to
18 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,946 1,614 1,943
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 91.23% 94.55% 91.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,344 1,105 1,201
10th Percentile £371 £325 £363
25th Percentile £456 £420 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £684 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £774 £788
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 17 17
10th Percentile £17.39 £16.85 £16.70
25th Percentile £17.60 £20.18 £23.13
Median hourly rate £20.25 £26.57 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.79% -37.48% +54.55%
75th Percentile £27.35 £36.00 £112.00
90th Percentile £44.85 £63.75 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £24.50 £27.04 £35.00
% change year-on-year -9.38% -22.76% +30.84%

Performance Tuning Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Performance Tuning relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Performance Tuning job vacancy trend in the City of London

Performance Tuning Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Performance Tuning.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Performance Tuning

Performance Tuning Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Performance Tuning in the City of London over the 6 months to 18 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Performance Tuning in the City of London

Performance Tuning Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Performance Tuning.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Performance Tuning

Performance Tuning Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.