Monitoring Analyst
UK

The median Monitoring Analyst salary in the UK is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 882 964 1203
Rank change year-on-year +82 +239 -295
Permanent jobs requiring a Monitoring Analyst 20 8 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.020% 0.008% 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.021% 0.009% 0.017%
Number of salaries quoted 11 7 17
10th Percentile - £39,450 -
25th Percentile £52,500 £41,875 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -5.26% +17.28%
75th Percentile £67,500 £52,515 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £67,100 £71,000
UK excluding London median annual salary - £42,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year - +30.77% -32.29%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 93,776 92,678 150,788
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.45% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,209 58,362 84,200
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Monitoring Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Monitoring Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Monitoring Analyst in the UK

Monitoring Analyst
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Monitoring Analyst.

Salary trend for Monitoring Analyst in the UK

Monitoring Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Monitoring Analyst over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Monitoring Analyst in the UK

Monitoring Analyst
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Monitoring Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +116 16 £60,000 +20.00% 1
England +108 16 £60,000 +29.69% 2
Work from Home +80 13 £57,500 +27.78% 2

Monitoring Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 9 May 2024, Monitoring Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Monitoring Analyst in the job title.

1 14 (70.00%) Finance
2 7 (35.00%) Observability
3 6 (30.00%) ITSM
3 6 (30.00%) Banking
3 6 (30.00%) ITIL
4 5 (25.00%) Change Management
4 5 (25.00%) Anti-Money Laundering
4 5 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
4 5 (25.00%) Roadmaps
5 4 (20.00%) NIST
5 4 (20.00%) SOC 2
5 4 (20.00%) Social Skills
5 4 (20.00%) Application Security
5 4 (20.00%) CompTIA CySA+
5 4 (20.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 4 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
5 4 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
5 4 (20.00%) Security Monitoring
5 4 (20.00%) Runbook
5 4 (20.00%) Critical Thinking
5 4 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (20.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 4 (20.00%) CompTIA Security+
5 4 (20.00%) Security Operations
5 4 (20.00%) Economics
5 4 (20.00%) Degree
5 4 (20.00%) Use Case
5 4 (20.00%) AWS
5 4 (20.00%) SIEM

Monitoring Analyst Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (20.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (20.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) SQL Server
General
1 14 (70.00%) Finance
2 6 (30.00%) Banking
3 4 (20.00%) Law
3 4 (20.00%) Legal
3 4 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Financial Institution
4 1 (5.00%) Investment Banking
4 1 (5.00%) Japanese Language
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (10.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.00%) Linux
1 2 (10.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (35.00%) Observability
2 6 (30.00%) ITIL
2 6 (30.00%) ITSM
3 5 (25.00%) Anti-Money Laundering
3 5 (25.00%) Change Management
3 5 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 5 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
4 4 (20.00%) Application Security
4 4 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
4 4 (20.00%) Critical Thinking
4 4 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (20.00%) Economics
4 4 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
4 4 (20.00%) Process Improvement
4 4 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
4 4 (20.00%) Runbook
4 4 (20.00%) Security Monitoring
4 4 (20.00%) Security Operations
4 4 (20.00%) SIEM
4 4 (20.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.00%) Python
2 1 (5.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (20.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 4 (20.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 4 (20.00%) CCSP
1 4 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (20.00%) CISSP
1 4 (20.00%) CompTIA CySA+
1 4 (20.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 4 (20.00%) Degree
1 4 (20.00%) Network+ Certification
2 2 (10.00%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (20.00%) NIST
1 4 (20.00%) SOC 2
2 2 (10.00%) SLA
3 1 (5.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (15.00%) Splunk
2 2 (10.00%) Red Hat
2 2 (10.00%) Symantec
2 2 (10.00%) VMware
3 1 (5.00%) eFront