Performance Tuning Contracts in Scotland

Performance Tuning
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 21 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 94 115 146
Rank change year-on-year +21 +31 -23
Contract jobs citing Performance Tuning 30 50 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.43% 1.87% 0.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.62% 2.02% 0.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 38 24
10th Percentile £322 £413 -
25th Percentile £413 £463 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £436 £499 £450
Median % change year-on-year -12.58% +10.83% +5.88%
75th Percentile £575 £573 £500
90th Percentile £600 £600 £566
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £575
% change year-on-year -2.86% -8.70% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £23.86 -
UK median hourly rate £61.60 £72.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year -15.03% +52.63% -27.48%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 advertised in Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,849 2,470 3,203
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 87.96% 92.37% 93.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,142 1,741 2,261
10th Percentile £219 £260 £250
25th Percentile £363 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £471
Median % change year-on-year - +0.95% +10.71%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £550
90th Percentile £650 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 55 50
10th Percentile £12.30 £10.63 £15.04
25th Percentile £15.92 £11.25 £17.56
Median hourly rate £19.50 £15.99 £37.43
Median % change year-on-year +21.95% -57.28% -6.43%
75th Percentile £42.71 £50.74 £48.75
90th Percentile £60.75 £67.13 £56.00
UK median hourly rate £36.27 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.76% +40.19% +7.00%

Performance Tuning
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Performance Tuning in Scotland

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Performance Tuning in Scotland

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Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Performance Tuning in Scotland over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Performance Tuning in Scotland

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Performance Tuning in Scotland

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Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 21 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
Edinburgh +20 16 £550 +15.79% 5
Glasgow -1 14 £425 -29.17% 5
Performance Tuning
UK

Performance Tuning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 1 (3.33%) Apache Spark
Business Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 7 (23.33%) AWS
2 2 (6.67%) AWS Lambda
2 2 (6.67%) Azure
2 2 (6.67%) Serverless
3 1 (3.33%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (43.33%) Metadata
1 13 (43.33%) Oracle Database
2 4 (13.33%) Oracle Database 12c
2 4 (13.33%) Oracle8/8i Database
3 1 (3.33%) Apache Hive
3 1 (3.33%) Big Data
3 1 (3.33%) Impala
3 1 (3.33%) MySQL
3 1 (3.33%) Relational Database
3 1 (3.33%) Spark SQL
3 1 (3.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (40.00%) Oracle APEX
General
1 14 (46.67%) Social Skills
2 13 (43.33%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (13.33%) Finance
4 3 (10.00%) Retail
5 2 (6.67%) Banking
5 2 (6.67%) Public Sector
6 1 (3.33%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 15 (50.00%) Developer
2 7 (23.33%) Senior
3 4 (13.33%) DBA
3 4 (13.33%) Oracle DBA
4 3 (10.00%) Applications Engineer
4 3 (10.00%) Cloud Engineer
4 3 (10.00%) Database Developer
4 3 (10.00%) Database Engineer
4 3 (10.00%) Design Engineer
4 3 (10.00%) Oracle Database Engineer
4 3 (10.00%) Oracle Developer
4 3 (10.00%) Senior Applications Engineer
4 3 (10.00%) Senior Database Engineer
4 3 (10.00%) Senior Design Engineer
5 2 (6.67%) .NET Developer
5 2 (6.67%) AWS Developer
6 1 (3.33%) Administrator
6 1 (3.33%) Database Designer
6 1 (3.33%) Senior Developer
6 1 (3.33%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (13.33%) Oracle GoldenGate
2 2 (6.67%) .NET
2 2 (6.67%) .NET Core
3 1 (3.33%) Kafka
3 1 (3.33%) RabbitMQ
3 1 (3.33%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.33%) Data Structures
2 1 (3.33%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (3.33%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (23.33%) Linux
2 5 (16.67%) Unix
3 3 (10.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (43.33%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (36.67%) Capacity Planning
3 10 (33.33%) Computer Science
4 9 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 9 (30.00%) SQL Optimisation
5 7 (23.33%) Data Modelling
6 6 (20.00%) Translating Business Requirements
7 4 (13.33%) Business Continuity
7 4 (13.33%) Data Migration
7 4 (13.33%) Data Transformation
7 4 (13.33%) Database Security
7 4 (13.33%) Migration
7 4 (13.33%) Security Management
8 3 (10.00%) Agile
8 3 (10.00%) CI/CD
8 3 (10.00%) Configuration Management
8 3 (10.00%) Continuous Delivery
8 3 (10.00%) Continuous Integration
8 3 (10.00%) DevOps
8 3 (10.00%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 14 (46.67%) SQL
2 12 (40.00%) PL/SQL
3 5 (16.67%) Shell Script
4 3 (10.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 10 (33.33%) Degree
2 4 (13.33%) Security Cleared
3 2 (6.67%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.33%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (20.00%) QA
2 3 (10.00%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (3.33%) ISO 20022
3 1 (3.33%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 4 (13.33%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 4 (13.33%) Data Guard
1 4 (13.33%) Oracle RMAN
2 3 (10.00%) Ansible
2 3 (10.00%) Packer
2 3 (10.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 18 (60.00%) Oracle
2 1 (3.33%) Google