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 24 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 483 430 547
Rank change year-on-year -53 +117 +120
Permanent jobs citing Performance Monitoring 216 268 266
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.31% 0.57% 0.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% 0.61% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 127 123 161
10th Percentile £38,614 £25,700 £34,834
25th Percentile £44,336 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,527 £62,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +19.05% -8.70%
75th Percentile £78,790 £74,145 £62,500
90th Percentile £116,000 £77,850 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.61% +9.52% +14.13%

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 54,747 43,918 66,767
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 79.09% 92.80% 88.41%
Number of salaries quoted 32,789 21,812 51,500
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,750 £29,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.90%

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 24 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Performance Monitoring in the UK

Performance Monitoring
Top 18 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 24 February 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 -55 162 £59,764 -0.39% 70
UK excluding London -36 130 £56,000 -2.61% 57
Work from Home +28 98 £55,000 -16.98% 36
London -9 63 £75,000 -1.96% 29
South East -6 38 £55,000 -8.33% 16
North of England -13 29 £65,000 -6.22% 13
North West +5 18 £65,000 -3.21% 9
Midlands -24 15 £45,000 +5.88% 8
Northern Ireland -18 14 £73,801 +6.48% 1
Scotland -20 12 £73,801 +6.48% 5
South West -29 12 £45,000 -17.16% 6
Wales +1 8 £44,336 -33.98% 4
West Midlands +1 8 £59,527 -4.76% 6
Yorkshire -28 7 £66,250 - 2
East Midlands -35 7 £42,000 +67.31% 2
North East -8 4 £73,801 +6.42% 2
East of England -10 3 £55,000 +10.00% 6
Channel Islands - 3 £75,000 -

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 12 (5.56%) SharePoint
2 9 (4.17%) IIS
3 8 (3.70%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (2.78%) Confluence
5 4 (1.85%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.93%) CMS
6 2 (0.93%) FactoryTalk
6 2 (0.93%) WinCC
7 1 (0.46%) SAS
7 1 (0.46%) WordPress
Applications
1 21 (9.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (4.63%) Oracle Smart View
3 4 (1.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.85%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.93%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.46%) EngageOne
5 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (5.09%) Oracle Financials
2 10 (4.63%) Hyperion Planning
2 10 (4.63%) Oracle Assets
2 10 (4.63%) Oracle General Ledger
2 10 (4.63%) Oracle Payables
2 10 (4.63%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (2.31%) PlanetPress Connect
4 4 (1.85%) SAP ERP
4 4 (1.85%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (1.39%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (1.39%) SAP CO
5 3 (1.39%) SAP FI
5 3 (1.39%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.93%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 2 (0.93%) OpenCart
7 1 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.46%) Magento
7 1 (0.46%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.46%) Primavera
7 1 (0.46%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 74 (34.26%) Azure
2 43 (19.91%) AWS
3 26 (12.04%) AWS CloudFormation
4 23 (10.65%) Power Platform
5 21 (9.72%) GCP
6 18 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
7 16 (7.41%) Cloud Computing
7 16 (7.41%) Entra ID
8 13 (6.02%) Amazon ECR
8 13 (6.02%) Amazon ECS
8 13 (6.02%) Azure Data Factory
8 13 (6.02%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 13 (6.02%) dbt
8 13 (6.02%) Pulumi
8 13 (6.02%) Serverless
9 12 (5.56%) Amazon EC2
9 12 (5.56%) Amazon S3
10 11 (5.09%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 11 (5.09%) AWS Lambda
11 10 (4.63%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 24 (11.11%) TCP/IP
2 16 (7.41%) DNS
3 12 (5.56%) WAN
4 10 (4.63%) VPN
5 9 (4.17%) DHCP
6 8 (3.70%) SD-WAN
7 7 (3.24%) HTTP
7 7 (3.24%) LAN
8 5 (2.31%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (1.85%) Firewall
9 4 (1.85%) HTTPS
9 4 (1.85%) SNMP
9 4 (1.85%) Wireless
10 3 (1.39%) Internet
11 2 (0.93%) Ethernet
12 1 (0.46%) Broadband
12 1 (0.46%) Intranet
12 1 (0.46%) Kerberos
12 1 (0.46%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (12.96%) SQL Server
2 24 (11.11%) Amazon RDS
3 22 (10.19%) Power BI
4 16 (7.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 14 (6.48%) Elasticsearch
5 14 (6.48%) PostgreSQL
5 14 (6.48%) Redis
6 13 (6.02%) Azure SQL Database
7 12 (5.56%) NoSQL
8 11 (5.09%) DynamoDB
9 10 (4.63%) Essbase
10 6 (2.78%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (2.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 4 (1.85%) Metadata
12 4 (1.85%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 3 (1.39%) SAP HANA
14 2 (0.93%) MongoDB
14 2 (0.93%) OLAP
14 2 (0.93%) Relational Database
15 1 (0.46%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 19 (8.80%) GitLab
1 19 (8.80%) Jenkins
2 10 (4.63%) CircleCI
2 10 (4.63%) Oracle Forms
3 8 (3.70%) Git
4 7 (3.24%) JIRA
5 4 (1.85%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 4 (1.85%) Bitbucket
6 3 (1.39%) LoadRunner
7 2 (0.93%) Burp Suite
7 2 (0.93%) JMeter
7 2 (0.93%) NeoLoad
7 2 (0.93%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.46%) Browser DevTools
8 1 (0.46%) Mocha
8 1 (0.46%) TeamCity
General
1 91 (42.13%) Social Skills
2 87 (40.28%) Finance
3 36 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (8.80%) Banking
5 14 (6.48%) Marketing
6 12 (5.56%) Billing
6 12 (5.56%) Legal
6 12 (5.56%) Retail
7 10 (4.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (4.17%) Public Sector
9 8 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (3.70%) Law
9 8 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (3.24%) Aerospace
10 7 (3.24%) Manufacturing
11 5 (2.31%) Financial Institution
11 5 (2.31%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (2.31%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.85%) Automotive
12 4 (1.85%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 63 (29.17%) Senior
2 37 (17.13%) Analyst
3 24 (11.11%) Developer
4 19 (8.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 18 (8.33%) Lead
6 14 (6.48%) Senior Analyst
7 13 (6.02%) Senior Developer
7 13 (6.02%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 12 (5.56%) Commercial Analyst
8 12 (5.56%) Insight Analyst
9 11 (5.09%) Support Analyst
10 10 (4.63%) DevOps Engineer
10 10 (4.63%) Oracle Analyst
10 10 (4.63%) Platform Engineer
10 10 (4.63%) Senior Oracle Analyst
11 9 (4.17%) Site Engineer
11 9 (4.17%) Site Reliability Engineer
12 8 (3.70%) Administrator
12 8 (3.70%) IT Manager
12 8 (3.70%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (6.48%) Kafka
2 13 (6.02%) Django
3 12 (5.56%) RESTful
4 10 (4.63%) gRPC
4 10 (4.63%) RabbitMQ
4 10 (4.63%) web3js
5 9 (4.17%) .NET
6 7 (3.24%) HTML
6 7 (3.24%) REST
7 6 (2.78%) CSS
8 5 (2.31%) Middleware
9 4 (1.85%) NETCONF
9 4 (1.85%) RESTCONF
10 3 (1.39%) .NET Framework
10 3 (1.39%) AngularJS
10 3 (1.39%) JSON
10 3 (1.39%) React
10 3 (1.39%) WebSockets
11 2 (0.93%) LDAP
11 2 (0.93%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.26%) Cloud Native
2 17 (7.87%) Analytical Mindset
3 13 (6.02%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (5.56%) Management Information System
5 10 (4.63%) Blockchain
5 10 (4.63%) Web3
6 9 (4.17%) Distributed Systems
6 9 (4.17%) Life Science
6 9 (4.17%) Onboarding
6 9 (4.17%) Product Ownership
7 6 (2.78%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (2.78%) Replication
8 5 (2.31%) Linux Command Line
8 5 (2.31%) Social Media
9 4 (1.85%) Distributed Architecture
9 4 (1.85%) e-Learning
9 4 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (1.39%) Data Centre
10 3 (1.39%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 3 (1.39%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 31 (14.35%) Linux
2 29 (13.43%) Windows
3 21 (9.72%) Windows Server
4 14 (6.48%) Unix
5 10 (4.63%) Apple iOS
6 9 (4.17%) Windows 10
7 7 (3.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (1.85%) Mac OS
8 4 (1.85%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (1.85%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (1.85%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.93%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (26.85%) Agile
1 58 (26.85%) Analytics
2 51 (23.61%) CI/CD
2 51 (23.61%) DevOps
3 49 (22.69%) Problem-Solving
4 40 (18.52%) Continuous Improvement
5 36 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
5 36 (16.67%) Roadmaps
6 34 (15.74%) Observability
7 29 (13.43%) Risk Management
8 28 (12.96%) ITIL
9 26 (12.04%) Business Intelligence
10 25 (11.57%) Actionable Insight
10 25 (11.57%) Decision-Making
10 25 (11.57%) High Availability
11 24 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
11 24 (11.11%) Continuous Integration
11 24 (11.11%) User Experience
12 22 (10.19%) Microservices
12 22 (10.19%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 48 (22.22%) SQL
2 38 (17.59%) Python
3 20 (9.26%) PowerShell
4 14 (6.48%) C#
5 13 (6.02%) Bash
5 13 (6.02%) Java
5 13 (6.02%) JavaScript
6 12 (5.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 10 (4.63%) Go
7 10 (4.63%) Groovy
8 9 (4.17%) VBA
9 4 (1.85%) Bicep
9 4 (1.85%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.93%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.46%) R
11 1 (0.46%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 48 (22.22%) Degree
2 27 (12.50%) Security Cleared
3 18 (8.33%) SC Cleared
4 15 (6.94%) Master's Degree
5 10 (4.63%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (3.70%) ITIL Certification
7 7 (3.24%) CCNP
7 7 (3.24%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (2.78%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.85%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.85%) CCIE
9 4 (1.85%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 3 (1.39%) CSPO
10 3 (1.39%) MCSE
10 3 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (1.39%) PMI Certification
10 3 (1.39%) PMP
10 3 (1.39%) RHCSA
10 3 (1.39%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 2 (0.93%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.94%) Data Quality
2 10 (4.63%) GDPR
3 6 (2.78%) Accessibility
3 6 (2.78%) QA
4 5 (2.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.85%) GRC
6 3 (1.39%) ISO 20022
6 3 (1.39%) ISO 8583
6 3 (1.39%) SEPA
7 2 (0.93%) COBIT
7 2 (0.93%) ISO 22301
7 2 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 2 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.46%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.46%) NIST
8 1 (0.46%) P3O
8 1 (0.46%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.46%) PMO
8 1 (0.46%) SLA
8 1 (0.46%) SOC 2
System Software
1 34 (15.74%) Docker
2 20 (9.26%) Active Directory
3 18 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.39%) KVM
4 3 (1.39%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.46%) Squid
Systems Management
1 35 (16.20%) Terraform
2 33 (15.28%) Kubernetes
3 14 (6.48%) Microsoft Intune
4 13 (6.02%) Prometheus
5 9 (4.17%) Ansible
6 5 (2.31%) AWS Copilot
7 4 (1.85%) Grafana
7 4 (1.85%) logstash
7 4 (1.85%) Progress Chef
7 4 (1.85%) Puppet
8 3 (1.39%) Nagios
9 2 (0.93%) Argo
9 2 (0.93%) AssetCenter
9 2 (0.93%) Kibana
9 2 (0.93%) SCCM
10 1 (0.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.46%) Control-M
10 1 (0.46%) DatAdvantage
10 1 (0.46%) Netcool
10 1 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 36 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 21 (9.72%) VMware
3 17 (7.87%) Google
4 16 (7.41%) Oracle
5 11 (5.09%) SAP
6 10 (4.63%) Hyperion
6 10 (4.63%) ServiceNow
7 7 (3.24%) Red Hat
7 7 (3.24%) Salesforce
8 6 (2.78%) Cisco
9 5 (2.31%) Dynatrace
9 5 (2.31%) HubSpot
10 4 (1.85%) Atlassian
11 3 (1.39%) Ahrefs
11 3 (1.39%) SolarWinds
11 3 (1.39%) Splunk
11 3 (1.39%) Veeam
11 3 (1.39%) Zerto
12 2 (0.93%) Kepware
12 2 (0.93%) Planon