Performance Tuning Contract Job Trends in Portsmouth

Performance Tuning
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Portsmouth requiring Performance Tuning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Performance Tuning 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Portsmouth 0.92% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.28% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £535 - -
25th Percentile £550 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
75th Percentile £625 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £500 £500 £600
% change year-on-year - -16.67% +20.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 235 152 211
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth 71.87% 76.00% 92.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 95 90
10th Percentile £363 £380 £400
25th Percentile £461 £460 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £553 £538 £575
Median % change year-on-year +2.79% -6.52% +15.00%
75th Percentile £625 £575 £684
90th Percentile £685 £626 £850
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £538 £582
% change year-on-year +2.33% -7.65% +10.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 27 83
10th Percentile £15.72 £25.15 £51.06
25th Percentile £48.64 £32.94 £53.40
Median hourly rate £55.00 £50.00 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -12.82% -0.26%
75th Percentile £61.13 £56.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.55 £61.50 £76.86
Hampshire median hourly rate £47.75 £37.44 £57.35
% change year-on-year +27.53% -34.71% +9.24%

Performance Tuning
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Performance Tuning job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

Performance Tuning
Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

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

Performance Tuning
Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Performance Tuning.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Performance Tuning

Performance Tuning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) AWS
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Relational Database
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) C# Software Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Lead
1 2 (66.67%) Lead Software Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Technical Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Technical Leader
2 1 (33.33%) Backup Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Storage and Backup Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Storage Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) .NET
1 2 (66.67%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (66.67%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Storage
2 1 (33.33%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Architectural Patterns
1 2 (66.67%) Backlog Refinement
1 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
1 2 (66.67%) Design Patterns
1 2 (66.67%) DevOps
1 2 (66.67%) DevSecOps
1 2 (66.67%) Front End Development
1 2 (66.67%) High Availability
1 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
1 2 (66.67%) Microservices
1 2 (66.67%) Scrum
1 2 (66.67%) Secure Coding
1 2 (66.67%) Software Architecture
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
1 2 (66.67%) Sprint Planning
1 2 (66.67%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C#
1 2 (66.67%) C++
1 2 (66.67%) Java
1 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) NetApp
1 1 (33.33%) VMware