Nagios Job Trends
Nagios
UK
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Nagios skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 763 | 625 | 689 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -138 | +64 | -58 |
| Permanent jobs citing Nagios | 59 | 52 | 70 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 0.049% | 0.11% | 0.10% |
| As % of the Systems Management category | 1.07% | 1.12% | 1.17% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 43 | 31 | 42 |
| 10th Percentile | £58,750 | £31,250 | £33,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £60,000 | £40,000 | £43,911 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £72,500 | £55,000 | £51,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +31.82% | +7.84% | -21.54% |
| 75th Percentile | £77,500 | £58,750 | £72,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £125,000 | £64,500 | £86,125 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £65,000 | £56,250 | £44,982 |
| % change year-on-year | +15.56% | +25.05% | -25.03% |
All Systems Management Skills
UK
Nagios falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring systems management skills.
| 6 months to 17 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills | 5,538 | 4,647 | 5,988 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 4.63% | 9.51% | 8.58% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 3,767 | 2,830 | 3,608 |
| 10th Percentile | £33,000 | £31,000 | £37,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £44,000 | £39,000 | £47,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £60,000 | £65,465 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -8.35% | +0.71% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | £82,500 | £86,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £101,250 | £102,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £50,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.00% | -9.09% | -4.35% |
Nagios Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Nagios relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.
Nagios Salary Trend
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Nagios.
Nagios Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Nagios over the 6 months to 17 October 2026.
Nagios Top 12 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Nagios within the UK over the 6 months to 17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | -137 | 54 | £72,500 | +31.82% | 18 |
| UK excluding London | -149 | 29 | £65,000 | +15.56% | 6 |
| London | -61 | 26 | £75,000 | +36.36% | 12 |
| South East | -62 | 10 | £60,000 | +4.35% | 1 |
| East of England | -24 | 7 | - | - | 3 |
| South West | -69 | 7 | £65,000 | - | 1 |
| Work from Home | -67 | 4 | £42,500 | -22.73% | 8 |
| North of England | - | 3 | £72,500 | - | |
| North West | - | 3 | £72,500 | - | |
| West Midlands | -49 | 1 | £72,500 | +95.95% | |
| Midlands | -72 | 1 | £72,500 | +95.95% | |
| Scotland | - | 1 | £72,500 | - | 1 |
Nagios Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Systems Management
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ansible | 30.5% | 18 |
| 1 | Grafana | 30.5% | 18 |
| 3 | Kubernetes | 28.8% | 17 |
| 4 | Data Guard | 18.6% | 11 |
| 5 | Oracle RMAN | 16.9% | 10 |
| 5 | Prometheus | 16.9% | 10 |
| 7 | Active Directory Federation Services | 10.2% | 6 |
| 8 | McAfee ePO | 8.5% | 5 |
| 8 | Single Sign-On | 8.5% | 5 |
| 8 | ZABBIX | 8.5% | 5 |
| 11 | Docker Swarm | 6.8% | 4 |
| 11 | Podman | 6.8% | 4 |
| 13 | Check_MK | 3.4% | 2 |
| 13 | Netcool | 3.4% | 2 |
| 13 | Tivoli | 3.4% | 2 |
| 16 | Kibana | 1.7% | 1 |
| 16 | Oracle Enterprise Manager | 1.7% | 1 |
| 16 | Progress Chef | 1.7% | 1 |
| 16 | Puppet | 1.7% | 1 |