Monitoring Analyst Jobs

Monitoring Analyst
UK

The median Monitoring Analyst salary in the UK is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 699 875 970
Rank change year-on-year +176 +95 +238
Permanent jobs requiring a Monitoring Analyst 12 20 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.022% 0.020% 0.009%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.024% 0.021% 0.010%
Number of salaries quoted 4 11 7
10th Percentile - - £39,450
25th Percentile £62,500 £52,500 £41,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +33.33% -5.26%
75th Percentile £69,625 £67,500 £52,515
90th Percentile £73,450 £70,000 £67,100
UK excluding London median annual salary - - £42,500
% change year-on-year - - +30.77%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 50,303 93,916 91,216
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.61% 94.69% 91.48%
Number of salaries quoted 27,096 67,168 57,442
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,886 £71,250 £80,559
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +5.64%

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
Top 4 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 16 May 2025. 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
England +146 10 £65,000 +8.33% 4
London +95 5 £65,000 +8.33% 2
South East - 4 - -
UK excluding London - 4 - - 2

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

For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, 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 8 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 7 (58.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 6 (50.00%) Legal
4 5 (41.67%) Python
4 5 (41.67%) PowerShell
4 5 (41.67%) SIEM
5 4 (33.33%) Quantitative Risk Management
5 4 (33.33%) Analytics
5 4 (33.33%) Mentoring
5 4 (33.33%) Coaching
5 4 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (33.33%) Internal Audit
5 4 (33.33%) Cyber Assurance
5 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
5 4 (33.33%) Finance
5 4 (33.33%) SQL
5 4 (33.33%) Information Security
5 4 (33.33%) Agile
5 4 (33.33%) Data Analysis
5 4 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (33.33%) Creative Thinking
5 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (25.00%) Azure App Service
6 3 (25.00%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (25.00%) Kusto Query Language
6 3 (25.00%) Synthetic Monitoring
6 3 (25.00%) Azure Functions
6 3 (25.00%) Serverless

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:

Business Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Aladdin
1 1 (8.33%) Bloomberg AIM
1 1 (8.33%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 3 (25.00%) Azure
1 3 (25.00%) Azure App Service
1 3 (25.00%) Azure Functions
1 3 (25.00%) Azure Monitor
1 3 (25.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 3 (25.00%) SaaS
1 3 (25.00%) Serverless
2 1 (8.33%) Power Automate
2 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Power BI
General
1 8 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 6 (50.00%) Legal
3 4 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (33.33%) Finance
3 4 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (16.67%) Japanese Language
4 2 (16.67%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (8.33%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 5 (41.67%) SIEM
4 4 (33.33%) Agile
4 4 (33.33%) Analytics
4 4 (33.33%) Coaching
4 4 (33.33%) Creative Thinking
4 4 (33.33%) Cyber Assurance
4 4 (33.33%) Data Analysis
4 4 (33.33%) Information Security
4 4 (33.33%) Internal Audit
4 4 (33.33%) Mentoring
4 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (33.33%) Quantitative Risk Management
5 3 (25.00%) Customer Experience
5 3 (25.00%) DevOps
5 3 (25.00%) Log Analytics
5 3 (25.00%) Practice Management
5 3 (25.00%) Synthetic Monitoring
5 3 (25.00%) Trend Analysis
Programming Languages
1 5 (41.67%) PowerShell
1 5 (41.67%) Python
2 4 (33.33%) SQL
3 3 (25.00%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) Azure Certification
1 3 (25.00%) CISSP
1 3 (25.00%) Degree
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (16.67%) CEH
2 2 (16.67%) CompTIA Security+
2 2 (16.67%) GCIA
2 2 (16.67%) GCIH
2 2 (16.67%) OSCP
3 1 (8.33%) CISA
3 1 (8.33%) CISM
3 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (8.33%) AIFMD
2 1 (8.33%) UCITS
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (25.00%) Splunk
3 2 (16.67%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (8.33%) Bloomberg
4 1 (8.33%) Charles River