Performance Tuning Contract Job Trends in Kent

Performance Tuning
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Kent requiring Performance Tuning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 16 -
Rank change year-on-year -11 - -
Contract jobs citing Performance Tuning 1 5 0
As % of all contract jobs in Kent 0.56% 4.10% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 4.81% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - £527 -
25th Percentile £713 £549 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £585 -
Median % change year-on-year +23.93% - -
75th Percentile £738 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £500 £625 £633
% change year-on-year -20.00% -1.19% +26.50%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Kent

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 Kent.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 150 104 162
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 84.27% 85.25% 77.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 58 112
10th Percentile £180 £206 £201
25th Percentile £225 £334 £228
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £525 £446
Median % change year-on-year -16.19% +17.65% +22.26%
75th Percentile £563 £624 £550
90th Percentile £638 £688 £643
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £509
% change year-on-year - -1.77% +1.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 5 14
10th Percentile £16.63 £16.19 £11.58
25th Percentile £20.07 £21.00 £16.31
Median hourly rate £21.61 £22.00 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.80% -38.03% -25.26%
75th Percentile £29.08 £57.54 £52.97
90th Percentile £39.00 £71.08 £55.18
South East median hourly rate £25.04 £42.88 £47.50
% change year-on-year -41.61% -9.73% +5.56%

Performance Tuning
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Performance Tuning job vacancy trend in Kent

Performance Tuning
Daily Rate Trend in Kent

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Performance Tuning.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Performance Tuning

Performance Tuning
Contract Job Locations in Kent

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 Kent region over the 6 months to 14 February 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Maidstone +1 1 £725 +38.10%
Performance Tuning
South East

Performance Tuning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Design
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design