Performance Tuning Contracts in Sheffield

Performance Tuning
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Sheffield 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 21 43 52
Rank change year-on-year +22 +9 -
Contract jobs citing Performance Tuning 29 12 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Sheffield 9.09% 3.17% 0.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.51% 3.42% 0.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 9 2
10th Percentile £361 - £478
25th Percentile £379 £411 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -15.00% -
75th Percentile £527 £434 £519
90th Percentile £650 £474 £523
South Yorkshire median daily rate £400 £425 £500
% change year-on-year -5.88% -15.00% +19.40%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Sheffield

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 Sheffield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 305 351 434
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 95.61% 92.61% 95.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 198 203 302
10th Percentile £232 £375 £364
25th Percentile £388 £425 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £551
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -9.30% +10.25%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £675
90th Percentile £650 £650 £700
South Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £475 £550
% change year-on-year - -13.64% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 10 3
10th Percentile - £10.90 £11.05
25th Percentile £18.10 £11.33 £11.13
Median hourly rate £18.21 £22.00 £11.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.25% +91.30% -28.13%
75th Percentile £18.41 £23.75 £25.88
90th Percentile £18.47 - £34.35
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £18.21 £17.62 £10.63
% change year-on-year +3.35% +65.71% -36.54%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Job vacancy trend for Performance Tuning in Sheffield

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

Daily rate trend for Performance Tuning in Sheffield

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Daily Rate Histogram in Sheffield

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

Daily rate histogram for Performance Tuning in Sheffield

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

Hourly rate trend for Performance Tuning in Sheffield

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield 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 14 (48.28%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 6 (20.69%) OCI
2 5 (17.24%) AWS
3 4 (13.79%) IaaS
4 1 (3.45%) Azure
4 1 (3.45%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.45%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (79.31%) Oracle Database
2 9 (31.03%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 6 (20.69%) Jenkins
2 5 (17.24%) JIRA
3 4 (13.79%) ScriptRunner
General
1 20 (68.97%) Finance
2 12 (41.38%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (24.14%) Social Skills
4 5 (17.24%) Banking
4 5 (17.24%) Financial Institution
5 2 (6.90%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (31.03%) Commvault Engineer
2 8 (27.59%) Backup Engineer
2 8 (27.59%) Database Engineer
2 8 (27.59%) Oracle Database Engineer
3 6 (20.69%) Data Engineer
3 6 (20.69%) Data Protection Engineer
4 4 (13.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (13.79%) Senior
4 4 (13.79%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (10.34%) JIRA Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Architect
6 1 (3.45%) Infrastructure Specialist
6 1 (3.45%) JIRA Specialist
6 1 (3.45%) Migration Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
6 1 (3.45%) Senior Infrastructure Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.45%) Middleware
1 1 (3.45%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 11 (37.93%) Data Centre
2 2 (6.90%) Oracle Licensing
3 1 (3.45%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (3.45%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.45%) Linux
1 1 (3.45%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (62.07%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (51.72%) Migration
3 13 (44.83%) Change Management
4 12 (41.38%) Problem Management
5 11 (37.93%) Translating Business Requirements
6 10 (34.48%) Disaster Recovery
7 9 (31.03%) Data Migration
8 7 (24.14%) CI/CD
8 7 (24.14%) Data Protection
8 7 (24.14%) Infrastructure Automation
9 6 (20.69%) Containerisation
10 5 (17.24%) Agile
11 4 (13.79%) Incident Management
11 4 (13.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 4 (13.79%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
12 2 (6.90%) Database Migration
12 2 (6.90%) Software Licensing
13 1 (3.45%) DevOps
13 1 (3.45%) High Availability
13 1 (3.45%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 7 (24.14%) Python
2 6 (20.69%) Shell Script
3 4 (13.79%) Groovy
4 1 (3.45%) ActionScript
4 1 (3.45%) ActionScript 2.0
Qualifications
1 6 (20.69%) Security Cleared
2 4 (13.79%) OCP
2 4 (13.79%) Oracle Certification
2 4 (13.79%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 3 (10.34%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.45%) IBM Certification
System Software
1 7 (24.14%) Docker
2 6 (20.69%) vSphere
3 5 (17.24%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (6.90%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 11 (37.93%) Oracle RMAN
2 10 (34.48%) Ansible
3 7 (24.14%) Kubernetes
4 2 (6.90%) Data Guard
4 2 (6.90%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 23 (79.31%) Oracle
2 15 (51.72%) Commvault
3 5 (17.24%) VMware
4 4 (13.79%) Atlassian
5 1 (3.45%) IBM
5 1 (3.45%) IBM Sterling
5 1 (3.45%) Microsoft