Performance Tuning Jobs with Work from Home Options

Performance Tuning
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Performance Tuning skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Performance Tuning over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 287 375 391
Rank change year-on-year +88 +16 -45
Permanent jobs citing Performance Tuning 362 293 672
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.03% 0.78% 0.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.14% 0.81% 0.92%
Number of salaries quoted 243 213 445
10th Percentile £47,500 £38,686 £40,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £80,563 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £91,934 £89,852 £85,000
UK median annual salary £58,250 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -2.92% -4.00% +8.70%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,654 36,235 73,335
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 89.73% 96.01% 97.14%
Number of salaries quoted 23,643 25,788 42,106
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%

Performance Tuning
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Performance Tuning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Performance Tuning trend for jobs with a WFH option

Performance Tuning
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Performance Tuning.

Performance Tuning salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Performance Tuning
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Performance Tuning over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Performance Tuning salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Performance Tuning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (4.42%) IIS
2 13 (3.59%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (1.66%) nginx
4 3 (0.83%) Apache
4 3 (0.83%) GlassFish
4 3 (0.83%) JBoss
4 3 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.83%) Tomcat
4 3 (0.83%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.28%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.28%) GemFire
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle Coherence
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle Service Bus
Applications
1 9 (2.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.28%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.28%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 4 (1.10%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 151 (41.71%) AWS
2 136 (37.57%) Azure
3 112 (30.94%) Power Platform
4 24 (6.63%) GCP
4 24 (6.63%) SaaS
5 17 (4.70%) Amazon S3
6 13 (3.59%) Amazon Kinesis
6 13 (3.59%) dbt
7 11 (3.04%) Serverless
8 9 (2.49%) GitHub
9 7 (1.93%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (1.66%) npm
10 6 (1.66%) Yarn
11 5 (1.38%) AWS Lambda
11 5 (1.38%) Microsoft 365
11 5 (1.38%) PaaS
12 4 (1.10%) OCI
13 3 (0.83%) Azure Data Factory
14 2 (0.55%) GitHub Actions
14 2 (0.55%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 74 (20.44%) Broadband
2 22 (6.08%) DNS
3 12 (3.31%) DHCP
3 12 (3.31%) Firewall
4 11 (3.04%) Internet
5 10 (2.76%) TCP/IP
6 8 (2.21%) SNMP
6 8 (2.21%) tcpdump
7 6 (1.66%) AMQP
8 3 (0.83%) Reverse Proxy
8 3 (0.83%) SAN
9 2 (0.55%) Fibre Channel
9 2 (0.55%) iSCSI
9 2 (0.55%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 162 (44.75%) SQL Server
2 126 (34.81%) PostgreSQL
3 110 (30.39%) Oracle Database
3 110 (30.39%) Power BI
4 93 (25.69%) Oracle Database 11g
5 80 (22.10%) Azure SQL Database
6 46 (12.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 32 (8.84%) MongoDB
8 31 (8.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 29 (8.01%) Data Warehouse
10 21 (5.80%) Relational Database
11 16 (4.42%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 13 (3.59%) Amazon Redshift
12 13 (3.59%) MySQL
13 9 (2.49%) NoSQL
14 8 (2.21%) Elasticsearch
15 6 (1.66%) OLAP
16 5 (1.38%) InfluxDB
17 4 (1.10%) Data Mining
17 4 (1.10%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 28 (7.73%) Git
1 28 (7.73%) Jenkins
2 18 (4.97%) GitLab
3 16 (4.42%) TeamCity
4 14 (3.87%) JIRA
5 6 (1.66%) Cypress.io
5 6 (1.66%) Mocha
5 6 (1.66%) Octopus Deploy
5 6 (1.66%) Visual Studio
6 4 (1.10%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 143 (39.50%) Social Skills
2 61 (16.85%) Finance
3 27 (7.46%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (6.91%) Law
5 16 (4.42%) Games
6 11 (3.04%) Banking
6 11 (3.04%) Retail
7 10 (2.76%) Legal
8 9 (2.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (2.49%) Manufacturing
9 8 (2.21%) Telecoms
10 7 (1.93%) Pharmaceutical
11 6 (1.66%) Investment Banking
12 5 (1.38%) Private Banking
13 4 (1.10%) Marketing
14 3 (0.83%) Automotive
14 3 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.83%) Public Sector
15 2 (0.55%) Documentation Skills
15 2 (0.55%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 132 (36.46%) Developer
2 126 (34.81%) Senior
3 115 (31.77%) DBA
4 97 (26.80%) SQL DBA
5 92 (25.41%) Senior Developer
6 91 (25.14%) Database Developer
6 91 (25.14%) PostgreSQL Developer
7 79 (21.82%) Senior Database Developer
8 30 (8.29%) Administrator
9 24 (6.63%) SQL Developer
10 23 (6.35%) Lead
11 15 (4.14%) Analyst
11 15 (4.14%) AWS Engineer
11 15 (4.14%) DevOps Engineer
12 14 (3.87%) Data Engineer
13 13 (3.59%) AWS Data Engineer
14 12 (3.31%) Linux Engineer
15 11 (3.04%) Consultant
15 11 (3.04%) Software Engineer
15 11 (3.04%) SQL Server DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (8.01%) RESTful
2 22 (6.08%) .NET
3 21 (5.80%) Django
4 20 (5.52%) Kafka
5 19 (5.25%) RabbitMQ
5 19 (5.25%) React
6 14 (3.87%) CSS
7 11 (3.04%) Node.js
8 8 (2.21%) AngularJS
8 8 (2.21%) Elastic Stack
8 8 (2.21%) Middleware
8 8 (2.21%) YAML
9 7 (1.93%) Express.js
9 7 (1.93%) GraphQL
9 7 (1.93%) MEAN Stack
9 7 (1.93%) MERN Stack
9 7 (1.93%) NestJS
9 7 (1.93%) Web Services
10 6 (1.66%) OpenAPI
10 6 (1.66%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 36 (9.94%) Clustering
2 26 (7.18%) Replication
3 21 (5.80%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (3.59%) Client/Server
4 13 (3.59%) Online Games
5 8 (2.21%) Cloud Native
5 8 (2.21%) PMI
6 7 (1.93%) Management Information System
6 7 (1.93%) Onboarding
7 6 (1.66%) Greenfield Project
7 6 (1.66%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (1.66%) Product Ownership
8 4 (1.10%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 3 (0.83%) Mobile App
9 3 (0.83%) NHS
9 3 (0.83%) Online Banking
9 3 (0.83%) VAX
10 2 (0.55%) e-Learning
10 2 (0.55%) Life Science
11 1 (0.28%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 78 (21.55%) VMS
2 41 (11.33%) Linux
3 31 (8.56%) Windows
4 14 (3.87%) Solaris
5 12 (3.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (2.76%) Oracle Linux
6 10 (2.76%) Windows Server
7 9 (2.49%) Unix
8 7 (1.93%) Android
9 4 (1.10%) AIX
10 3 (0.83%) Windows 10
10 3 (0.83%) Windows 7
10 3 (0.83%) Windows Server 2008
10 3 (0.83%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.55%) Alpine Linux
11 2 (0.55%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.55%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (35.08%) Business Intelligence
2 120 (33.15%) High Availability
3 118 (32.60%) Disaster Recovery
4 107 (29.56%) Migration
5 98 (27.07%) Artificial Intelligence
6 94 (25.97%) Unit Testing
7 93 (25.69%) Data Migration
8 92 (25.41%) Actionable Insight
9 91 (25.14%) Secure Coding
10 83 (22.93%) Collaborative Working
11 53 (14.64%) ETL
12 46 (12.71%) DevOps
13 42 (11.60%) CI/CD
14 38 (10.50%) Continuous Improvement
14 38 (10.50%) Problem-Solving
15 36 (9.94%) Data Modelling
16 35 (9.67%) Software Engineering
17 27 (7.46%) Agile
17 27 (7.46%) Microservices
18 26 (7.18%) Database Tuning
Programming Languages
1 292 (80.66%) SQL
2 139 (38.40%) T-SQL
3 107 (29.56%) PL/SQL
4 62 (17.13%) Python
5 44 (12.15%) PowerShell
6 34 (9.39%) C#
7 33 (9.12%) JavaScript
8 20 (5.52%) Bash
9 15 (4.14%) Java
10 14 (3.87%) C
11 11 (3.04%) Kotlin
11 11 (3.04%) TypeScript
12 8 (2.21%) Perl
13 2 (0.55%) PHP
13 2 (0.55%) Ruby
14 1 (0.28%) Scala
14 1 (0.28%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 77 (21.27%) Microsoft Certification
2 21 (5.80%) Degree
3 14 (3.87%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (2.21%) PMI Certification
5 7 (1.93%) Azure Certification
6 5 (1.38%) Security Cleared
7 3 (0.83%) CIPD
7 3 (0.83%) DBS Check
7 3 (0.83%) DV Cleared
7 3 (0.83%) OCP
7 3 (0.83%) Oracle Certification
8 2 (0.55%) OCA
9 1 (0.28%) BC Cleared
9 1 (0.28%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.28%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (4.70%) Data Quality
2 10 (2.76%) QA
3 6 (1.66%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (1.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.10%) SLA
5 2 (0.55%) GDPR
System Software
1 74 (20.44%) Virtual Machines
2 46 (12.71%) Docker
3 15 (4.14%) Active Directory
4 8 (2.21%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.83%) Oracle RAC
5 3 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.83%) XenApp
6 2 (0.55%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.55%) NFS
7 1 (0.28%) Ceph
7 1 (0.28%) GridGain
Systems Management
1 39 (10.77%) Kubernetes
2 25 (6.91%) Ansible
3 21 (5.80%) Grafana
4 20 (5.52%) Terraform
5 18 (4.97%) Nagios
6 11 (3.04%) Prometheus
7 10 (2.76%) Puppet
8 8 (2.21%) Graphite
8 8 (2.21%) HAProxy
8 8 (2.21%) vCenter Server
9 7 (1.93%) Foglight
9 7 (1.93%) Microsoft Clustering
10 4 (1.10%) Istio
10 4 (1.10%) Oracle RMAN
11 3 (0.83%) Data Guard
11 3 (0.83%) EMC VPLEX
11 3 (0.83%) logstash
11 3 (0.83%) Oracle Statspack
11 3 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.55%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 125 (34.53%) Oracle
2 124 (34.25%) Microsoft
3 10 (2.76%) Adaptive Insights
3 10 (2.76%) Anaplan
3 10 (2.76%) Jedox
3 10 (2.76%) Serena
3 10 (2.76%) Tagetik
4 8 (2.21%) Google
5 7 (1.93%) ArcSight
5 7 (1.93%) HP
6 6 (1.66%) New Relic
6 6 (1.66%) Red Hat
7 4 (1.10%) Aderant
7 4 (1.10%) IBM
8 3 (0.83%) Centreon
8 3 (0.83%) Citrix
8 3 (0.83%) EMC
8 3 (0.83%) RedGate
8 3 (0.83%) Sybase
8 3 (0.83%) VMware