Performance Monitoring Job Trends

Performance Monitoring
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Performance Monitoring skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 560 432 531
Rank change year-on-year -128 +99 -28
Permanent jobs citing Performance Monitoring 254 240 266
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.22% 0.48% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.54% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 137 151 146
10th Percentile £30,750 £35,536 £37,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,971 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.73% +7.64% -5.45%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £74,144
90th Percentile £100,500 £95,000 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +22.22% -14.29%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 86,155 44,192 60,081
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.18% 88.99% 81.99%
Number of salaries quoted 59,150 24,458 32,463
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,325 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £42,608
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%

Performance Monitoring
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Performance Monitoring job vacancy trend in the UK

Performance Monitoring
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Performance Monitoring.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Performance Monitoring

Performance Monitoring
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Performance Monitoring over the 6 months to 8 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Performance Monitoring in the UK

Performance Monitoring
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Monitoring within the UK over the 6 months to 8 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 -106 226 £60,250 -3.60% 349
UK excluding London -105 151 £50,000 -9.09% 176
London -48 91 £80,000 +14.29% 172
Work from Home -56 65 £62,500 +13.64% 120
South East -44 46 £50,000 -23.08% 45
North of England -80 33 £55,000 -15.38% 41
South West -62 26 £55,000 +52.78% 27
Midlands -42 17 £50,000 +25.00% 31
Yorkshire -32 15 £34,000 -47.69% 14
West Midlands -32 14 £50,000 -16.00% 16
East of England -35 11 £52,500 -4.55% 15
North West -45 11 £47,500 -26.92% 24
Scotland - 11 £31,000 - 12
North East - 7 £70,000 - 3
Wales -80 6 £52,500 +37.82% 4
East Midlands -40 3 £38,500 -3.75% 15
Northern Ireland -82 1 £46,000 - 3

Performance Monitoring
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 11 (4.33%) Confluence
2 9 (3.54%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (3.15%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.18%) IIS
5 2 (0.79%) nginx
Applications
1 23 (9.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (3.15%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.18%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.79%) FrameMaker
4 2 (0.79%) MadCap Flare
Business Applications
1 1 (0.39%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 69 (27.17%) Azure
2 35 (13.78%) AWS
3 31 (12.20%) Microsoft 365
4 30 (11.81%) Entra ID
5 24 (9.45%) Power Platform
6 20 (7.87%) Serverless
7 16 (6.30%) Azure DevOps
7 16 (6.30%) Azure Monitor
7 16 (6.30%) SaaS
8 14 (5.51%) Datadog
9 13 (5.12%) PaaS
10 12 (4.72%) Amazon EC2
11 11 (4.33%) AWS Lambda
11 11 (4.33%) GitHub
12 10 (3.94%) Amazon S3
13 9 (3.54%) AWS CloudFormation
13 9 (3.54%) Azure AKS
13 9 (3.54%) Azure Functions
13 9 (3.54%) Cloud Computing
14 8 (3.15%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.12%) DNS
2 10 (3.94%) Intrusion Detection
2 10 (3.94%) TCP/IP
3 9 (3.54%) LAN
3 9 (3.54%) Network Security
3 9 (3.54%) VPN
4 8 (3.15%) Firewall
4 8 (3.15%) Software-Defined Networking
5 7 (2.76%) IPv4
6 6 (2.36%) Internet
6 6 (2.36%) WAN
7 5 (1.97%) HTTP
7 5 (1.97%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (1.18%) DHCP
8 3 (1.18%) NAS
8 3 (1.18%) SAN
9 2 (0.79%) OpenVPN
9 2 (0.79%) SSL
9 2 (0.79%) VLAN
10 1 (0.39%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (8.27%) Power BI
2 9 (3.54%) Azure SQL Database
2 9 (3.54%) Metadata
3 8 (3.15%) Amazon RDS
4 7 (2.76%) Data Lake
4 7 (2.76%) DynamoDB
4 7 (2.76%) SQL Server
5 6 (2.36%) NoSQL
6 5 (1.97%) Big Data
6 5 (1.97%) Data Mining
6 5 (1.97%) Delta Lake
6 5 (1.97%) Oracle BI EE
6 5 (1.97%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (1.97%) QlikView
6 5 (1.97%) Tableau
7 4 (1.57%) Relational Database
8 3 (1.18%) Oracle Database
8 3 (1.18%) Star Schema
9 2 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.39%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 24 (9.45%) GitLab
2 18 (7.09%) Jenkins
3 15 (5.91%) Git
3 15 (5.91%) JIRA
4 7 (2.76%) Bitbucket
5 6 (2.36%) CircleCI
6 2 (0.79%) Claude Code
6 2 (0.79%) JMeter
6 2 (0.79%) Terragrunt
7 1 (0.39%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.39%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.39%) Flyway
7 1 (0.39%) Gatling
7 1 (0.39%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.39%) MLflow
7 1 (0.39%) NUnit
7 1 (0.39%) QUnit
7 1 (0.39%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 109 (42.91%) Social Skills
2 86 (33.86%) Finance
3 77 (30.31%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (13.39%) Aerospace
5 24 (9.45%) Banking
6 22 (8.66%) Organisational Skills
7 21 (8.27%) Public Sector
8 18 (7.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 16 (6.30%) Legal
10 14 (5.51%) Marketing
11 13 (5.12%) Influencing Skills
12 12 (4.72%) Law
13 11 (4.33%) Documentation Skills
14 10 (3.94%) Front Office
15 9 (3.54%) Investment Banking
16 8 (3.15%) Manufacturing
16 8 (3.15%) Retail
17 5 (1.97%) Electronics
17 5 (1.97%) Police
17 5 (1.97%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 45 (17.72%) Senior
2 28 (11.02%) Architect
2 28 (11.02%) Lead
3 22 (8.66%) Administrator
4 21 (8.27%) Analyst
5 16 (6.30%) Systems Engineer
6 15 (5.91%) Developer
7 11 (4.33%) Operations Manager
8 10 (3.94%) Security Engineer
8 10 (3.94%) Senior Security Engineer
8 10 (3.94%) Senior Systems Engineer
8 10 (3.94%) Support Analyst
9 9 (3.54%) Business Support Analyst
9 9 (3.54%) IT Manager
10 8 (3.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 8 (3.15%) Senior Developer
10 8 (3.15%) Systems Administrator
11 7 (2.76%) DevSecOps Engineer
12 6 (2.36%) Platform Manager
12 6 (2.36%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (14.96%) Terraform
2 15 (5.91%) ModSecurity
3 14 (5.51%) OAuth
3 14 (5.51%) OpenID
4 13 (5.12%) REST
5 12 (4.72%) LDAP
5 12 (4.72%) SAML
6 9 (3.54%) FIX Protocol
7 7 (2.76%) .NET
7 7 (2.76%) Middleware
7 7 (2.76%) RESTful
8 6 (2.36%) gRPC
8 6 (2.36%) Kafka
8 6 (2.36%) PyTorch
8 6 (2.36%) RabbitMQ
9 5 (1.97%) PySpark
9 5 (1.97%) React
9 5 (1.97%) TensorFlow
9 5 (1.97%) web3js
9 5 (1.97%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 31 (12.20%) Management Information System
2 25 (9.84%) Cloud Native
3 20 (7.87%) Enterprise Software
4 17 (6.69%) Driving Licence
4 17 (6.69%) Social Media
5 16 (6.30%) Data Centre
6 15 (5.91%) Onboarding
7 13 (5.12%) Legacy Systems
8 11 (4.33%) Self-Motivation
9 10 (3.94%) CCTV
9 10 (3.94%) Fixed Income
10 8 (3.15%) Hybrid Cloud
10 8 (3.15%) NHS
10 8 (3.15%) Replication
11 6 (2.36%) Public Cloud
11 6 (2.36%) Reference Data
12 5 (1.97%) Blockchain
12 5 (1.97%) Product Ownership
12 5 (1.97%) Web3
13 4 (1.57%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 38 (14.96%) Linux
2 35 (13.78%) Windows
3 16 (6.30%) Windows Server
4 6 (2.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.18%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.79%) Android
6 2 (0.79%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.79%) Rocky
7 1 (0.39%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (41.34%) Continuous Improvement
2 73 (28.74%) Problem-Solving
3 58 (22.83%) Decision-Making
4 55 (21.65%) Analytics
5 54 (21.26%) DevOps
6 46 (18.11%) AI
6 46 (18.11%) CI/CD
7 41 (16.14%) Agile
8 40 (15.75%) Infrastructure as Code
8 40 (15.75%) Stakeholder Management
9 39 (15.35%) Observability
10 38 (14.96%) Mentoring
11 33 (12.99%) Risk Management
12 30 (11.81%) Data Management
12 30 (11.81%) Incident Response
13 29 (11.42%) Architectural Patterns
14 28 (11.02%) Coaching
14 28 (11.02%) Roadmaps
15 27 (10.63%) Microservices
15 27 (10.63%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 38 (14.96%) SQL
2 36 (14.17%) Python
3 16 (6.30%) PowerShell
4 15 (5.91%) Java
5 12 (4.72%) Bash
6 10 (3.94%) Bicep
7 9 (3.54%) C++
7 9 (3.54%) JavaScript
8 8 (3.15%) C#
8 8 (3.15%) Go
8 8 (3.15%) R
9 3 (1.18%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.18%) VBA
9 3 (1.18%) VBScript
10 2 (0.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.79%) Groovy
10 2 (0.79%) Ruby
10 2 (0.79%) Scala
11 1 (0.39%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.39%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 51 (20.08%) Security Cleared
2 39 (15.35%) Degree
3 25 (9.84%) SC Cleared
4 22 (8.66%) Azure Certification
5 21 (8.27%) DV Cleared
6 14 (5.51%) CISM
7 13 (5.12%) CISSP
8 12 (4.72%) RHCSA
9 11 (4.33%) Microsoft Certification
10 9 (3.54%) BPSS Clearance
10 9 (3.54%) CCNA
10 9 (3.54%) Cisco Certification
11 8 (3.15%) ISTQB
11 8 (3.15%) TOGAF Certification
12 7 (2.76%) AWS Certification
12 7 (2.76%) OSCP
12 7 (2.76%) RHCE
13 5 (1.97%) Computer Science Degree
14 3 (1.18%) ITIL Certification
14 3 (1.18%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (12.60%) Data Quality
2 6 (2.36%) Accessibility
3 5 (1.97%) QA
4 3 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.18%) PMO
5 2 (0.79%) GDPR
5 2 (0.79%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.79%) SLA
6 1 (0.39%) EU AI Act
6 1 (0.39%) GMP
6 1 (0.39%) GRC
6 1 (0.39%) ISO 14001
6 1 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.39%) NEBOSH
6 1 (0.39%) NIST
6 1 (0.39%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.39%) WCAG
System Software
1 36 (14.17%) Active Directory
2 19 (7.48%) Docker
2 19 (7.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (3.94%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (2.76%) Squid
4 7 (2.76%) VMware NSX
4 7 (2.76%) vSphere
5 4 (1.57%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.57%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (1.18%) IAG
6 3 (1.18%) KVM
7 2 (0.79%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 29 (11.42%) Kubernetes
2 14 (5.51%) Grafana
3 13 (5.12%) Prometheus
4 12 (4.72%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (3.54%) Ansible
6 7 (2.76%) Packer
6 7 (2.76%) ZABBIX
7 5 (1.97%) Nagios
8 3 (1.18%) SCCM
9 2 (0.79%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.79%) Kibana
9 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.39%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.39%) SCOM
10 1 (0.39%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 65 (25.59%) Microsoft
2 19 (7.48%) Oracle
2 19 (7.48%) VMware
3 13 (5.12%) Databricks
3 13 (5.12%) YouTube
4 12 (4.72%) ForgeRock
4 12 (4.72%) Okta
4 12 (4.72%) Red Hat
5 11 (4.33%) Cisco
6 9 (3.54%) FIS
6 9 (3.54%) Splunk
6 9 (3.54%) SunGard
7 8 (3.15%) Dynatrace
8 6 (2.36%) SolarWinds
9 5 (1.97%) Google
10 3 (1.18%) Adobe
10 3 (1.18%) OpenAI
10 3 (1.18%) Pinterest
10 3 (1.18%) Salesforce
10 3 (1.18%) Xero