Performance Tuning Contracts

Performance Tuning
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Performance Tuning skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Performance Tuning over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 276 279 321
Rank change year-on-year +3 +42 -86
Contract jobs citing Performance Tuning 367 575 758
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.85% 0.97% 0.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.98% 1.08% 0.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 261 359 497
10th Percentile £340 £400 £400
25th Percentile £413 £456 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -8.70% +15.00%
75th Percentile £608 £638 £750
90th Percentile £688 £750 £850
UK excluding London median daily rate £510 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 17 13
10th Percentile £31.74 £45.00 £41.40
25th Percentile £46.75 £61.50 £42.02
Median hourly rate £61.60 £72.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.03% +45.00% -13.79%
75th Percentile - £75.00 £65.54
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £61.60 £72.50 £57.75
% change year-on-year -15.03% +25.54% -6.48%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Performance Tuning is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,452 53,231 80,444
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.33% 89.85% 90.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,130 36,930 56,488
10th Percentile £300 £325 £341
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,454 1,752 1,920
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.95 £36.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.14% +44.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £64.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%

Performance Tuning
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Performance Tuning in the UK

Performance Tuning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Performance Tuning in the UK

Performance Tuning
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Performance Tuning over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Performance Tuning in the UK

Performance Tuning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Performance Tuning in the UK

Performance Tuning
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Performance Tuning over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Performance Tuning in the UK

Performance Tuning
Top 15 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 3 May 2024. 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
England +15 298 £510 -2.86% 124
UK excluding London +46 193 £510 +2.00% 94
Work from Home +49 168 £482 -8.29% 53
London -22 130 £525 -8.70% 43
South East +41 85 £605 +15.24% 20
North of England +35 32 £448 -10.50% 13
Scotland +19 30 £500 - 15
Midlands +29 20 £575 +15.00% 29
North West +21 17 £510 +2.00% 9
Yorkshire +26 15 £425 -22.73% 4
South West +2 14 £400 - 5
East Midlands +28 12 £474 -5.15% 15
West Midlands +21 8 £600 +20.00% 14
East of England -2 7 £350 -34.88% 10
Wales +22 3 £550 -15.38% 1

Performance Tuning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 16 (4.36%) Apache Spark
2 11 (3.00%) NetWeaver
3 9 (2.45%) Apache
4 8 (2.18%) Confluence
5 7 (1.91%) Anypoint
5 7 (1.91%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (1.91%) Mule
5 7 (1.91%) OpenStack
6 5 (1.36%) CICS
6 5 (1.36%) Mule ESB
6 5 (1.36%) Oracle Workflow
7 4 (1.09%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.82%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.54%) Oracle HTTP Server
9 2 (0.54%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.54%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.27%) nginx
10 1 (0.27%) Oracle Coherence
10 1 (0.27%) SAS
10 1 (0.27%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 14 (3.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (3.27%) Oracle EBS
3 11 (3.00%) SAP IBP
4 7 (1.91%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.82%) Oracle Assets
5 3 (0.82%) Oracle EBS R12
5 3 (0.82%) Oracle FAH
5 3 (0.82%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (0.82%) Oracle General Ledger
5 3 (0.82%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.82%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.54%) BusinessWorks
6 2 (0.54%) ION Anvil
6 2 (0.54%) ION MarketView
6 2 (0.54%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.27%) HFM
7 1 (0.27%) Hyperion Planning
7 1 (0.27%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.27%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 97 (26.43%) AWS
2 95 (25.89%) Azure
3 24 (6.54%) GCP
4 23 (6.27%) Serverless
5 21 (5.72%) GitHub
5 21 (5.72%) Power Platform
6 17 (4.63%) Amazon S3
6 17 (4.63%) OCI
7 16 (4.36%) Amazon EC2
8 15 (4.09%) AWS Lambda
8 15 (4.09%) Azure Data Factory
8 15 (4.09%) IaaS
8 15 (4.09%) PaaS
9 12 (3.27%) OpenShift
10 10 (2.72%) Snowflake
11 9 (2.45%) Azure DevOps
11 9 (2.45%) Cloud Computing
11 9 (2.45%) Nutanix
12 8 (2.18%) Dynamics 365
12 8 (2.18%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 34 (9.26%) SAN
2 27 (7.36%) Firewall
3 25 (6.81%) DNS
4 24 (6.54%) DHCP
5 9 (2.45%) Fibre Channel
5 9 (2.45%) Kerberos
5 9 (2.45%) TCP/IP
5 9 (2.45%) VLAN
6 8 (2.18%) NAS
7 5 (1.36%) FTP
8 4 (1.09%) WAN
9 3 (0.82%) LAN
9 3 (0.82%) PuTTY
9 3 (0.82%) SD-WAN
10 2 (0.54%) HTTP
10 2 (0.54%) Intrusion Detection
10 2 (0.54%) SSH
10 2 (0.54%) VoIP
10 2 (0.54%) Wireless
11 1 (0.27%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (18.26%) PostgreSQL
2 62 (16.89%) Oracle Database
3 61 (16.62%) SQL Server
4 25 (6.81%) Oracle Database 11g
5 24 (6.54%) Data Warehouse
5 24 (6.54%) SAP HANA
6 21 (5.72%) MongoDB
7 20 (5.45%) Amazon RDS
8 19 (5.18%) NoSQL
9 18 (4.90%) Metadata
10 17 (4.63%) MySQL
10 17 (4.63%) Power BI
10 17 (4.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 14 (3.81%) DB2
11 14 (3.81%) Relational Database
12 13 (3.54%) Azure SQL Database
13 11 (3.00%) SAP BW
13 11 (3.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 9 (2.45%) Big Data
14 9 (2.45%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 27 (7.36%) Git
2 18 (4.90%) Jenkins
3 17 (4.63%) JIRA
4 14 (3.81%) Oracle APEX
5 11 (3.00%) GitLab
6 9 (2.45%) Visual Studio
7 8 (2.18%) TeamCity
8 5 (1.36%) MSI
8 5 (1.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 5 (1.36%) WiX
9 4 (1.09%) JUnit
9 4 (1.09%) Mockito
10 3 (0.82%) Toad
11 2 (0.54%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 1 (0.27%) Cypress.io
12 1 (0.27%) ERwin
12 1 (0.27%) LSMW
12 1 (0.27%) Mocha
12 1 (0.27%) Oracle Forms
General
1 121 (32.97%) Social Skills
2 70 (19.07%) Finance
3 52 (14.17%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (7.36%) Public Sector
5 17 (4.63%) Banking
6 12 (3.27%) Manufacturing
6 12 (3.27%) Telecoms
7 9 (2.45%) Pharmaceutical
7 9 (2.45%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (2.18%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (2.18%) Retail
9 5 (1.36%) Automotive
9 5 (1.36%) Electronics
9 5 (1.36%) Financial Institution
9 5 (1.36%) Investment Banking
9 5 (1.36%) Marketing
10 3 (0.82%) Front Office
11 2 (0.54%) Arabic Language
11 2 (0.54%) French Language
11 2 (0.54%) German Language
Job Titles
1 91 (24.80%) Developer
2 70 (19.07%) DBA
3 37 (10.08%) Senior
4 30 (8.17%) Administrator
5 28 (7.63%) SQL DBA
6 22 (5.99%) Consultant
7 21 (5.72%) SAP Consultant
8 20 (5.45%) SAP Basis Consultant
9 19 (5.18%) Architect
10 18 (4.90%) Data Engineer
11 17 (4.63%) Storage Engineer
12 16 (4.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 16 (4.36%) Oracle DBA
13 15 (4.09%) Database Specialist
13 15 (4.09%) Lead
13 15 (4.09%) Oracle Developer
13 15 (4.09%) PostgreSQL Developer
14 14 (3.81%) Senior Developer
15 11 (3.00%) Java Developer
15 11 (3.00%) SQL Server DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (6.81%) .NET
2 20 (5.45%) SAP Basis
3 17 (4.63%) Kafka
3 17 (4.63%) SAP Fiori
4 16 (4.36%) XML
5 14 (3.81%) Entity Framework
5 14 (3.81%) JSON
6 12 (3.27%) REST
7 11 (3.00%) .NET Framework
7 11 (3.00%) Web Services
8 10 (2.72%) LDAP
9 9 (2.45%) SOAP
9 9 (2.45%) WCF
10 8 (2.18%) ASP.NET
11 7 (1.91%) .NET Core
11 7 (1.91%) ASP.NET Web API
11 7 (1.91%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
11 7 (1.91%) Spring
11 7 (1.91%) XSLT
12 6 (1.63%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 38 (10.35%) Replication
2 29 (7.90%) Data Centre
3 25 (6.81%) Clustering
4 11 (3.00%) Linux Command Line
4 11 (3.00%) Management Information System
5 9 (2.45%) Derivative
5 9 (2.45%) Fixed Income
6 8 (2.18%) Data Structures
7 7 (1.91%) Mainframe
7 7 (1.91%) Product Ownership
8 6 (1.63%) Cloud Native
8 6 (1.63%) HP Storage
8 6 (1.63%) Smart Meter
9 5 (1.36%) Algorithms
9 5 (1.36%) Client/Server
9 5 (1.36%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.36%) Market Risk
9 5 (1.36%) NHS
9 5 (1.36%) Web 2.0
10 4 (1.09%) Credit Derivative
Operating Systems
1 101 (27.52%) Linux
2 58 (15.80%) Windows
3 52 (14.17%) Unix
4 33 (8.99%) Windows Server
5 19 (5.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 17 (4.63%) Solaris
7 16 (4.36%) AIX
8 15 (4.09%) Windows Server 2012
8 15 (4.09%) Windows Server 2016
8 15 (4.09%) Windows Server 2019
9 14 (3.81%) Windows 10
9 14 (3.81%) Windows XP
10 11 (3.00%) zOS
11 8 (2.18%) Oracle Linux
12 3 (0.82%) CentOS
13 1 (0.27%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.27%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (26.43%) Problem-Solving
2 89 (24.25%) Migration
3 81 (22.07%) DevOps
4 78 (21.25%) Disaster Recovery
5 58 (15.80%) High Availability
6 56 (15.26%) Agile
7 50 (13.62%) Data Migration
8 46 (12.53%) Software Engineering
9 40 (10.90%) CI/CD
10 39 (10.63%) Data Integration
11 37 (10.08%) Storage Management
12 36 (9.81%) Capacity Planning
12 36 (9.81%) Computer Science
13 33 (8.99%) ETL
14 30 (8.17%) Business Intelligence
14 30 (8.17%) Data Modelling
14 30 (8.17%) Database Security
15 29 (7.90%) Infrastructure as Code
15 29 (7.90%) Task Automation
16 27 (7.36%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 155 (42.23%) SQL
2 60 (16.35%) Python
3 47 (12.81%) PL/SQL
4 45 (12.26%) Bash
5 42 (11.44%) PowerShell
6 29 (7.90%) Java
7 28 (7.63%) C#
8 18 (4.90%) JavaScript
9 12 (3.27%) Shell Script
10 11 (3.00%) T-SQL
11 9 (2.45%) Scala
12 8 (2.18%) COBOL
12 8 (2.18%) REXX
13 3 (0.82%) ABAP
13 3 (0.82%) C
13 3 (0.82%) VBA
14 2 (0.54%) Perl
14 2 (0.54%) R
14 2 (0.54%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.54%) XPath
Qualifications
1 96 (26.16%) Security Cleared
2 73 (19.89%) SC Cleared
3 71 (19.35%) Degree
4 34 (9.26%) Computer Science Degree
4 34 (9.26%) DV Cleared
5 16 (4.36%) CCNA
5 16 (4.36%) Cisco Certification
6 14 (3.81%) CCNP
7 10 (2.72%) Master's Degree
7 10 (2.72%) SAP Certification
8 9 (2.45%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (2.18%) MCITP
9 8 (2.18%) MCTS
10 4 (1.09%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.54%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.54%) CISSP
11 2 (0.54%) OSCP
12 1 (0.27%) OCP
12 1 (0.27%) Oracle Certification
12 1 (0.27%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (4.90%) GDPR
2 14 (3.81%) Data Quality
3 8 (2.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 7 (1.91%) QA
5 4 (1.09%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.09%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.27%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.27%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.27%) IFRS
6 1 (0.27%) IFRS 17
6 1 (0.27%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.27%) ISO 8583
6 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 40 (10.90%) VMware Infrastructure
2 37 (10.08%) Active Directory
3 30 (8.17%) Docker
4 15 (4.09%) VMware ESXi
5 14 (3.81%) Hyper-V
6 13 (3.54%) Oracle RAC
7 10 (2.72%) vSphere
8 9 (2.45%) Virtual Machines
9 8 (2.18%) Firmware
10 3 (0.82%) SRDF
11 2 (0.54%) KVM
12 1 (0.27%) Ceph
12 1 (0.27%) GridGain
12 1 (0.27%) iptables
12 1 (0.27%) Lustre
12 1 (0.27%) NFS
12 1 (0.27%) Samba
12 1 (0.27%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.27%) VMware NSX
12 1 (0.27%) Xen
Systems Management
1 49 (13.35%) Terraform
2 36 (9.81%) Kubernetes
3 32 (8.72%) Ansible
4 28 (7.63%) EMC NetWorker
5 22 (5.99%) NetBackup
6 20 (5.45%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 18 (4.90%) Data Guard
8 15 (4.09%) SCCM
8 15 (4.09%) vCenter Server
8 15 (4.09%) WSUS
9 14 (3.81%) SCOM
10 12 (3.27%) Puppet
11 10 (2.72%) Oracle RMAN
12 9 (2.45%) Tivoli Storage Manager
13 8 (2.18%) Netcool
13 8 (2.18%) Tivoli
14 7 (1.91%) CloudHub
14 7 (1.91%) Grafana
14 7 (1.91%) Prometheus
15 6 (1.63%) Kibana
Vendors
1 143 (38.96%) Oracle
2 69 (18.80%) Microsoft
3 40 (10.90%) VMware
4 34 (9.26%) Cisco
5 32 (8.72%) EMC
6 31 (8.45%) Dell
6 31 (8.45%) SAP
7 28 (7.63%) HP
8 20 (5.45%) Symantec
9 19 (5.18%) Informatica
10 16 (4.36%) Palo Alto
11 14 (3.81%) 3PAR
11 14 (3.81%) Extreme Networks
11 14 (3.81%) IBM
11 14 (3.81%) Juniper
11 14 (3.81%) Veeam
12 13 (3.54%) Brocade
12 13 (3.54%) Red Hat
13 12 (3.27%) Isilon
14 11 (3.00%) Databricks