Monitoring Analyst Job Trends in Reading

Monitoring Analyst
Berkshire > Reading

The median Monitoring Analyst salary in Reading is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 June 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Monitoring Analyst 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 0.083% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.090% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £48,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 - -
75th Percentile £56,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median annual salary £52,500 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Reading. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Reading with a recognized job title 1,111 437 1,639
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.05% 84.53% 94.63%
Number of salaries quoted 737 234 1,138
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,875 £38,223
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £52,550
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +14.18% -13.85%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,188 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £88,750 £80,000
Berkshire median annual salary £55,000 £57,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.51% +8.57% -8.70%

Monitoring Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Monitoring Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Monitoring Analyst job vacancy trend in Reading

Monitoring Analyst
Salary Trend in Reading

Salary distribution trend for Monitoring Analyst job vacancies in Reading.

Salary distribution trend for Monitoring Analyst job vacancies in Reading

Monitoring Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 13 June 2026, Monitoring Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Reading region featuring Monitoring Analyst in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 1 (100.00%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Event Correlation
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) GCED
1 1 (100.00%) GCIA
1 1 (100.00%) GCIH
1 1 (100.00%) GIAC
1 1 (100.00%) HTTP
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Kibana
1 1 (100.00%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) SANS
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Search Processing Language
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection

Monitoring Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) HTTP
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Defence
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Event Correlation
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Tradecraft
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (100.00%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 1 (100.00%) GCED
1 1 (100.00%) GCIA
1 1 (100.00%) GCIH
1 1 (100.00%) GIAC
1 1 (100.00%) SANS
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kibana
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk