Performance Tuning Contract Job Trends in Dorset
Performance Tuning
South West > Dorset
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Dorset citing Performance Tuning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 14 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 26 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Performance Tuning | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Dorset | 0.98% | - | - |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 1.44% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £305 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £313 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £325 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £338 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £345 | - | - |
| South West median daily rate | £495 | £450 | £430 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.00% | +4.65% | -25.22% |
All Process & Methodology Skills
Dorset
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 citing process or methodology skills in Dorset.
| 6 months to 14 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills | 209 | 78 | 105 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Dorset | 68.08% | 85.71% | 88.98% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 61 | 39 | 57 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £203 | £288 |
| 25th Percentile | £350 | £363 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £430 | £525 | £488 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.10% | +7.69% | -9.30% |
| 75th Percentile | £588 | £553 | £634 |
| 90th Percentile | £688 | £595 | £712 |
| South West median daily rate | £550 | £519 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.92% | -1.10% | -4.55% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 53 | 15 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.70 | - | £14.41 |
| 25th Percentile | £13.96 | £15.25 | £14.71 |
| Median hourly rate | £26.50 | £15.50 | £15.62 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +70.97% | -0.77% | -72.35% |
| 75th Percentile | £63.75 | £16.97 | £22.79 |
| 90th Percentile | £74.68 | £23.09 | £43.84 |
| South West median hourly rate | £57.50 | £25.15 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +128.63% | -61.31% | +8.33% |
Performance Tuning Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Performance Tuning relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset.
Performance Tuning Daily Rate Trend in Dorset
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Performance Tuning.
Performance Tuning Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Performance Tuning.
Performance Tuning Contract Job Locations in Dorset
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 Dorset region over the 6 months to 14 November 2026. 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bournemouth | - | 3 | £325 | - | 1 |
| Performance Tuning South West |
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Performance Tuning Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset 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.
Processes & Methodologies
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CI/CD | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Database Tuning | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | DevOps | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | ETL | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Full-Stack Development | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Microservices | 100.0% | 3 |
| 7 | Agile | 66.7% | 2 |
| 7 | API Integration | 66.7% | 2 |
| 7 | Migration | 66.7% | 2 |
| 7 | Scrum | 66.7% | 2 |
| 11 | Batch Processing | 33.3% | 1 |
| 11 | Computer Science | 33.3% | 1 |
| 11 | Data Modelling | 33.3% | 1 |
| 11 | Data Transformation | 33.3% | 1 |
| 11 | Event-Driven | 33.3% | 1 |
| 11 | Event-Driven Architecture | 33.3% | 1 |
| 11 | MVC | 33.3% | 1 |
| 11 | Observability | 33.3% | 1 |
| 11 | Performance Optimisation | 33.3% | 1 |
| 11 | Problem-Solving | 33.3% | 1 |