Performance Tuning Contracts in London

Performance Tuning
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Performance Tuning skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Performance Tuning over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 164 266 250
Rank change year-on-year +102 -16 +14
Contract jobs citing Performance Tuning 207 126 272
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.65% 0.71% 1.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.79% 0.80% 1.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 134 80 165
10th Percentile £413 £375 £413
25th Percentile £450 £422 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% -17.86%
75th Percentile £656 £700 £738
90th Percentile £775 £838 £800
England median daily rate £504 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -10.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £48.50 -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £61.60 £72.50
% change year-on-year +13.64% -15.03% +56.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,564 15,790 24,631
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.16% 88.55% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,847 11,316 17,711
10th Percentile £350 £338 £375
25th Percentile £440 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £813 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 324 278
10th Percentile £16.17 £16.00 £18.59
25th Percentile £22.68 £20.00 £22.53
Median hourly rate £31.67 £29.50 £38.13
Median % change year-on-year +7.36% -22.62% +5.90%
75th Percentile £50.75 £47.56 £62.64
90th Percentile £63.75 £65.93 £76.78
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Performance Tuning
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Performance Tuning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Performance Tuning in London

Performance Tuning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Performance Tuning in London.

Daily rate trend for Performance Tuning in London

Performance Tuning
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Performance Tuning in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Performance Tuning in London

Performance Tuning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Performance Tuning in London.

Hourly rate trend for Performance Tuning in London

Performance Tuning
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Central London +29 31 £515 -4.28% 17
West London - 6 £475 - 2
South London - 3 - -
East London - 1 £575 - 3
Performance Tuning
England

Performance Tuning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 15 (7.25%) Apache
2 14 (6.76%) Apache Spark
3 13 (6.28%) Confluence
4 10 (4.83%) Oracle Coherence
5 8 (3.86%) GemFire
6 3 (1.45%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.97%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.97%) IIS
7 2 (0.97%) MQSeries
7 2 (0.97%) NetWeaver
7 2 (0.97%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.48%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.48%) JBoss
8 1 (0.48%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (3.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.93%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.97%) BASE24
3 2 (0.97%) SAP IBP
3 2 (0.97%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.48%) FastStats
4 1 (0.48%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.48%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.48%) SAP Convergent Charging
4 1 (0.48%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.48%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 58 (28.02%) AWS
2 48 (23.19%) Azure
3 24 (11.59%) GCP
4 18 (8.70%) Power Platform
5 8 (3.86%) Dynamics 365
5 8 (3.86%) IaaS
5 8 (3.86%) Serverless
5 8 (3.86%) Snowflake
6 7 (3.38%) Amazon S3
6 7 (3.38%) GitHub
7 6 (2.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 6 (2.90%) Azure Data Factory
7 6 (2.90%) Power Automate
7 6 (2.90%) PowerApps
8 4 (1.93%) Amazon EC2
8 4 (1.93%) AWS CloudFormation
8 4 (1.93%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (1.93%) Azure Functions
8 4 (1.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 4 (1.93%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.80%) Network Security
2 10 (4.83%) Firewall
3 7 (3.38%) SSH
3 7 (3.38%) VPN
4 6 (2.90%) HTTPS
5 4 (1.93%) SSL
6 3 (1.45%) DNS
6 3 (1.45%) Kerberos
6 3 (1.45%) Remote Desktop
6 3 (1.45%) SNMP
6 3 (1.45%) Telnet
6 3 (1.45%) Wireshark
7 2 (0.97%) ATM
7 2 (0.97%) DHCP
7 2 (0.97%) HTTP
7 2 (0.97%) NGFW
7 2 (0.97%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.97%) VLAN
7 2 (0.97%) WAN
8 1 (0.48%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (15.94%) Relational Database
2 32 (15.46%) SQL Server
3 23 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
4 21 (10.14%) Oracle Database
5 16 (7.73%) MongoDB
6 14 (6.76%) Big Data
6 14 (6.76%) PostgreSQL
7 13 (6.28%) Power BI
8 11 (5.31%) Amazon RDS
8 11 (5.31%) DB2
8 11 (5.31%) Hadoop
9 10 (4.83%) NoSQL
9 10 (4.83%) Snowflake Schema
10 9 (4.35%) RDBMS
11 7 (3.38%) Data Lake
11 7 (3.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 6 (2.90%) Oracle Database 11g
13 5 (2.42%) Azure SQL Database
13 5 (2.42%) Elasticsearch
13 5 (2.42%) Spotfire
Development Applications
1 17 (8.21%) Jenkins
2 16 (7.73%) Git
3 14 (6.76%) GitLab
3 14 (6.76%) JIRA
4 11 (5.31%) JUnit
5 10 (4.83%) ScriptRunner
6 3 (1.45%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.97%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.97%) JMeter
7 2 (0.97%) Liquibase
7 2 (0.97%) MLflow
7 2 (0.97%) Subversion
8 1 (0.48%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.48%) DBeaver
8 1 (0.48%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.48%) ER Studio
8 1 (0.48%) ERwin
8 1 (0.48%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.48%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.48%) Toad
General
1 59 (28.50%) Social Skills
2 56 (27.05%) Finance
3 54 (26.09%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (14.01%) Banking
5 18 (8.70%) Investment Banking
6 11 (5.31%) Public Sector
7 6 (2.90%) Front Office
8 4 (1.93%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.45%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.45%) Military
10 2 (0.97%) Advertising
10 2 (0.97%) Games
10 2 (0.97%) Legal
10 2 (0.97%) Local Government
10 2 (0.97%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.48%) Back Office
11 1 (0.48%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.48%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 56 (27.05%) Senior
2 55 (26.57%) Developer
3 37 (17.87%) Java Developer
4 27 (13.04%) Senior Developer
5 26 (12.56%) DBA
6 25 (12.08%) Senior Java Developer
7 15 (7.25%) Administrator
7 15 (7.25%) Architect
7 15 (7.25%) Data Engineer
8 13 (6.28%) SQL Developer
9 12 (5.80%) Consultant
9 12 (5.80%) Investment Banking Java Developer
10 11 (5.31%) Linux Developer
10 11 (5.31%) Senior Investment Banking Java Developer
10 11 (5.31%) Senior SQL Developer
10 11 (5.31%) SQL DBA
11 10 (4.83%) Oracle Developer
12 8 (3.86%) Apache Spark Developer
12 8 (3.86%) Senior Oracle Developer
13 7 (3.38%) Oracle DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (9.66%) Kafka
2 16 (7.73%) .NET
3 14 (6.76%) XML
4 13 (6.28%) Spring
5 11 (5.31%) JMS
6 10 (4.83%) JSON
7 9 (4.35%) AngularJS
8 8 (3.86%) ASP.NET
8 8 (3.86%) CSS
8 8 (3.86%) HTML
8 8 (3.86%) Spark Streaming
9 6 (2.90%) ASP.NET Web API
9 6 (2.90%) Elastic Stack
9 6 (2.90%) REST
10 5 (2.42%) .NET Framework
10 5 (2.42%) HTML5 Canvas
10 5 (2.42%) Middleware
10 5 (2.42%) WCF
10 5 (2.42%) Web Services
11 4 (1.93%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 17 (8.21%) Data Structures
2 15 (7.25%) Replication
3 12 (5.80%) Clustering
4 11 (5.31%) Distributed Computing
4 11 (5.31%) Equities
5 9 (4.35%) Analytical Mindset
5 9 (4.35%) Market Risk
6 8 (3.86%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (3.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 8 (3.86%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (3.38%) Hedge funds
7 7 (3.38%) Onboarding
8 5 (2.42%) Cloud Native
8 5 (2.42%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (2.42%) Fixed Income
8 5 (2.42%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (1.93%) Distributed Architecture
9 4 (1.93%) Product Ownership
9 4 (1.93%) Reference Data
9 4 (1.93%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 34 (16.43%) Linux
2 12 (5.80%) Unix
2 12 (5.80%) Windows
3 7 (3.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (1.45%) Rocky
5 2 (0.97%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.48%) Android
6 1 (0.48%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.48%) OpenVMS
6 1 (0.48%) Oracle Linux
6 1 (0.48%) Solaris
6 1 (0.48%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (28.50%) Agile
2 58 (28.02%) Problem-Solving
3 52 (25.12%) Migration
4 41 (19.81%) DevOps
5 34 (16.43%) High Availability
6 32 (15.46%) CI/CD
7 30 (14.49%) Analytics
7 30 (14.49%) Database Tuning
7 30 (14.49%) ETL
8 26 (12.56%) Data Modelling
9 24 (11.59%) Data Pipeline
10 22 (10.63%) Disaster Recovery
11 21 (10.14%) Performance Optimisation
12 19 (9.18%) Containerisation
13 17 (8.21%) Data Migration
13 17 (8.21%) Infrastructure as Code
14 16 (7.73%) Software Engineering
15 15 (7.25%) Business Intelligence
15 15 (7.25%) Multithreading
15 15 (7.25%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 103 (49.76%) SQL
2 57 (27.54%) Python
3 50 (24.15%) Java
4 17 (8.21%) Shell Script
5 15 (7.25%) PL/SQL
6 11 (5.31%) JavaScript
7 10 (4.83%) Groovy
7 10 (4.83%) PowerShell
8 9 (4.35%) Bash
8 9 (4.35%) C#
9 8 (3.86%) TypeScript
10 6 (2.90%) ActionScript
10 6 (2.90%) ActionScript 2.0
11 5 (2.42%) C++
11 5 (2.42%) Scala
12 4 (1.93%) C
13 3 (1.45%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.97%) COBOL
14 2 (0.97%) Perl
14 2 (0.97%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 25 (12.08%) Security Cleared
2 20 (9.66%) SC Cleared
3 18 (8.70%) Degree
4 8 (3.86%) Numerate Degree
5 4 (1.93%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.45%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.97%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.48%) CCNA
8 1 (0.48%) CCNP
8 1 (0.48%) CCSE
8 1 (0.48%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.48%) Citrix Certification
8 1 (0.48%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.48%) IBM Certification
8 1 (0.48%) JNCIA
8 1 (0.48%) JNCIS
8 1 (0.48%) OCP
8 1 (0.48%) Oracle Certification
8 1 (0.48%) PhD
8 1 (0.48%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.38%) Data Quality
1 7 (3.38%) GDPR
2 5 (2.42%) Accessibility
2 5 (2.42%) PCI DSS
2 5 (2.42%) QA
2 5 (2.42%) SLA
3 3 (1.45%) HIPAA
3 3 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.97%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (0.97%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.48%) ISO 8583
5 1 (0.48%) NIST
5 1 (0.48%) SOC 2
System Software
1 24 (11.59%) Docker
2 9 (4.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (3.86%) GridGain
4 4 (1.93%) Oracle RAC
4 4 (1.93%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (1.93%) vSphere
5 3 (1.45%) Active Directory
5 3 (1.45%) FreeRADIUS
5 3 (1.45%) iptables
6 1 (0.48%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 1 (0.48%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.48%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 1 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.48%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 24 (11.59%) Kubernetes
2 20 (9.66%) Ansible
3 18 (8.70%) Terraform
4 9 (4.35%) Puppet
5 5 (2.42%) Grafana
5 5 (2.42%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 5 (2.42%) Prometheus
6 4 (1.93%) Nagios
6 4 (1.93%) Netcool
7 3 (1.45%) Cacti
7 3 (1.45%) Oracle RMAN
7 3 (1.45%) Packer
7 3 (1.45%) Proxmox
7 3 (1.45%) vCenter Server
7 3 (1.45%) ZABBIX
8 2 (0.97%) Data Guard
8 2 (0.97%) Kubeflow
8 2 (0.97%) logstash
9 1 (0.48%) Kibana
9 1 (0.48%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 38 (18.36%) Oracle
2 24 (11.59%) Microsoft
3 15 (7.25%) Sybase
4 13 (6.28%) VMware
5 12 (5.80%) SAP
6 11 (5.31%) Databricks
7 10 (4.83%) Atlassian
8 9 (4.35%) IBM
9 7 (3.38%) Google
10 6 (2.90%) IBM Sterling
10 6 (2.90%) ServiceNow
10 6 (2.90%) Splunk
11 5 (2.42%) Cisco
11 5 (2.42%) Informatica
11 5 (2.42%) Teradata
12 4 (1.93%) Nokia
13 3 (1.45%) Guidewire
13 3 (1.45%) Palo Alto
14 2 (0.97%) Qualys
14 2 (0.97%) Talend