Performance Monitoring Job Trends in the South East

Performance Monitoring
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Performance Monitoring skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 292 255 289
Rank change year-on-year -37 +34 -49
Permanent jobs citing Performance Monitoring 46 41 45
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.24% 0.46% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 0.52% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 21 8 36
10th Percentile £25,750 £40,875 -
25th Percentile £30,750 £44,344 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +44.44% -14.29%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,813 £55,938
90th Percentile - £96,625 £79,781
England median annual salary £60,500 £62,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.20% +25.00% -9.09%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

Performance Monitoring falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,719 7,930 10,107
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 72.27% 88.32% 81.52%
Number of salaries quoted 9,761 4,219 5,332
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £83,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.64%

Performance Monitoring
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Performance Monitoring relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Performance Monitoring job vacancy trend in the South East

Performance Monitoring
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Performance Monitoring.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Performance Monitoring

Performance Monitoring
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Performance Monitoring in the South East over the 6 months to 6 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Performance Monitoring in the South East

Performance Monitoring
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Monitoring within the South East region over the 6 months to 6 October 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hampshire -37 23 £26,500 -71.35% 6
Thames Valley -12 13 £70,000 - 31
Surrey -26 8 £50,000 -23.08% 5
Buckinghamshire - 8 £70,000 - 7
Berkshire -9 5 £53,000 - 16
Kent -15 2 £53,500 - 2
Performance Monitoring
England

Performance Monitoring
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Applications
1 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 25 (54.35%) Azure
2 13 (28.26%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (26.09%) Entra ID
4 7 (15.22%) Azure AKS
5 6 (13.04%) Azure Monitor
5 6 (13.04%) Datadog
5 6 (13.04%) SaaS
6 5 (10.87%) AWS
7 2 (4.35%) Amazon EKS
7 2 (4.35%) AWS CloudFormation
7 2 (4.35%) OpenShift
8 1 (2.17%) Azure Stack
8 1 (2.17%) Canva
8 1 (2.17%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.52%) NAS
1 3 (6.52%) Network Security
1 3 (6.52%) SAN
2 1 (2.17%) ATM
2 1 (2.17%) DHCP
2 1 (2.17%) DNS
2 1 (2.17%) LAN
2 1 (2.17%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.17%) VLAN
2 1 (2.17%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.17%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 2 (4.35%) GitLab
1 2 (4.35%) Jenkins
1 2 (4.35%) Terragrunt
2 1 (2.17%) Claude Code
2 1 (2.17%) JIRA
General
1 23 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 21 (45.65%) Aerospace
3 20 (43.48%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (15.22%) Finance
5 3 (6.52%) Aeronautics
5 3 (6.52%) Italian Language
5 3 (6.52%) Japanese Language
5 3 (6.52%) Manufacturing
5 3 (6.52%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (4.35%) Marketing
6 2 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (4.35%) Retail
7 1 (2.17%) Aviation
7 1 (2.17%) Electronics
7 1 (2.17%) Law
7 1 (2.17%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (2.17%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (32.61%) Architect
2 8 (17.39%) Senior
3 5 (10.87%) Site Engineer
3 5 (10.87%) Site Reliability Engineer
3 5 (10.87%) Systems Engineer
4 4 (8.70%) Field Engineer
4 4 (8.70%) Field Service Engineer
5 3 (6.52%) Infrastructure Architect
5 3 (6.52%) Platform Architect
6 2 (4.35%) Azure Consultant
6 2 (4.35%) Azure Platform Engineer
6 2 (4.35%) Consultant
6 2 (4.35%) Customer Services Manager
6 2 (4.35%) DevOps Engineer
6 2 (4.35%) Operations Director
6 2 (4.35%) Service Manager
7 1 (2.17%) Digital Analytics Director
7 1 (2.17%) QA Manager
7 1 (2.17%) Quality Manager
7 1 (2.17%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (32.61%) ModSecurity
2 12 (26.09%) LDAP
2 12 (26.09%) OAuth
2 12 (26.09%) OpenID
2 12 (26.09%) SAML
3 10 (21.74%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 14 (30.43%) Cloud Native
1 14 (30.43%) Social Media
2 12 (26.09%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (8.70%) Driving Licence
4 3 (6.52%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (6.52%) Private Cloud
5 1 (2.17%) Life Science
5 1 (2.17%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.17%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (17.39%) Linux
2 7 (15.22%) Windows
3 1 (2.17%) Android
3 1 (2.17%) Apple iOS
3 1 (2.17%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (47.83%) Continuous Improvement
2 20 (43.48%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (39.13%) Decision-Making
3 18 (39.13%) Mentoring
4 17 (36.96%) Incident Response
4 17 (36.96%) Strategic Thinking
5 16 (34.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 15 (32.61%) Architectural Patterns
6 15 (32.61%) Microservices
6 15 (32.61%) Technical Leadership
6 15 (32.61%) Technology Transformation
6 15 (32.61%) Validation
7 14 (30.43%) Data Protection
7 14 (30.43%) DevOps
8 12 (26.09%) Cryptography
8 12 (26.09%) Data Management
8 12 (26.09%) Identity Access Management
8 12 (26.09%) Multi-Factor Authentication
8 12 (26.09%) Privileged Access Management
8 12 (26.09%) Security Architecture
Qualifications
1 19 (41.30%) Security Cleared
2 15 (32.61%) DV Cleared
3 12 (26.09%) Azure Certification
3 12 (26.09%) CISM
3 12 (26.09%) CISSP
4 7 (15.22%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (10.87%) SC Cleared
6 3 (6.52%) Degree
6 3 (6.52%) TOGAF Certification
7 2 (4.35%) ACCA
7 2 (4.35%) CCAB
7 2 (4.35%) CIMA
7 2 (4.35%) CIPFA
8 1 (2.17%) CCNA
8 1 (2.17%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (2.17%) HNC
8 1 (2.17%) Master's Degree
8 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (2.17%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.17%) Accessibility
1 1 (2.17%) GMP
1 1 (2.17%) ISO 14001
1 1 (2.17%) NEBOSH
1 1 (2.17%) PMO
1 1 (2.17%) QA
System Software
1 13 (28.26%) Active Directory
2 6 (13.04%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (6.52%) Hyper-V
3 3 (6.52%) KVM
3 3 (6.52%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (26.09%) Single Sign-On
2 11 (23.91%) Kubernetes
3 6 (13.04%) Grafana
3 6 (13.04%) Prometheus
4 2 (4.35%) Ansible
Vendors
1 12 (26.09%) ForgeRock
1 12 (26.09%) Okta
2 4 (8.70%) Microsoft
3 3 (6.52%) VMware
4 1 (2.17%) Google
4 1 (2.17%) Thales