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 5 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 492 378 566
Rank change year-on-year -114 +188 +69
Permanent jobs citing Performance Monitoring 210 265 310
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.26% 0.65% 0.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 0.70% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 118 134 205
10th Percentile £41,856 £28,950 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,625 £43,724 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £60,000 £51,200
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +17.19% -10.96%
75th Percentile £79,932 £74,144 £62,500
90th Percentile £130,000 £76,575 £90,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.87% +15.00% +4.17%

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 61,872 38,072 78,558
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 76.33% 93.03% 86.34%
Number of salaries quoted 38,257 22,481 58,309
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,241
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% +9.09% -11.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £73,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,321 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.95% +8.64% -8.41%

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 5 April 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 5 April 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 -115 165 £60,000 +4.04% 109
UK excluding London -111 122 £57,000 -0.87% 74
Work from Home -19 85 £55,500 -14.62% 43
London -40 71 £75,677 +9.13% 39
South East -48 44 £52,500 -8.70% 19
North of England -63 20 £66,250 -1.94% 21
North West -32 13 £65,000 +4.00% 13
South West -39 13 £45,000 -15.75% 6
Scotland -25 12 £73,801 +6.48%
Northern Ireland -33 9 £73,801 +6.48%
Midlands -62 9 £55,500 +30.59% 18
West Midlands -22 8 £56,000 -13.85% 11
Wales -26 7 £42,934 -36.51% 1
North East -22 5 £60,651 -12.59% 2
Channel Islands - 5 £75,000 -
East of England -30 3 £48,500 -3.00% 11
Yorkshire -55 2 £67,500 +35.00% 6
East Midlands -60 1 £47,500 +89.22% 7

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 (5.71%) SharePoint
2 9 (4.29%) IIS
3 8 (3.81%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (2.86%) Confluence
5 4 (1.90%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.95%) CMS
7 1 (0.48%) SAS
7 1 (0.48%) WordPress
Applications
1 17 (8.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (4.76%) Oracle Smart View
3 4 (1.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.90%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.48%) EngageOne
5 1 (0.48%) FrameMaker
5 1 (0.48%) MadCap Flare
5 1 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (5.71%) Oracle Financials
2 10 (4.76%) Hyperion Planning
2 10 (4.76%) Oracle Assets
2 10 (4.76%) Oracle General Ledger
2 10 (4.76%) Oracle Payables
2 10 (4.76%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.95%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.95%) SAP CO
3 2 (0.95%) SAP ERP
3 2 (0.95%) SAP FI
3 2 (0.95%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (0.95%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.48%) Shopify
4 1 (0.48%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 71 (33.81%) Azure
2 42 (20.00%) AWS
3 29 (13.81%) AWS CloudFormation
4 19 (9.05%) Cloud Computing
5 18 (8.57%) Power Platform
6 17 (8.10%) GCP
6 17 (8.10%) Microsoft 365
7 16 (7.62%) Entra ID
7 16 (7.62%) Serverless
8 15 (7.14%) Amazon S3
9 14 (6.67%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 14 (6.67%) AWS Lambda
10 13 (6.19%) Amazon EC2
10 13 (6.19%) Amazon ECR
10 13 (6.19%) Amazon ECS
10 13 (6.19%) Datadog
10 13 (6.19%) dbt
10 13 (6.19%) Pulumi
11 12 (5.71%) Azure Data Factory
11 12 (5.71%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 28 (13.33%) TCP/IP
2 18 (8.57%) DNS
3 12 (5.71%) WAN
4 11 (5.24%) LAN
5 10 (4.76%) HTTP
5 10 (4.76%) VPN
6 9 (4.29%) DHCP
7 8 (3.81%) SD-WAN
8 5 (2.38%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (1.90%) Firewall
9 4 (1.90%) HTTPS
9 4 (1.90%) SNMP
9 4 (1.90%) Wireless
10 2 (0.95%) Internet
11 1 (0.48%) Broadband
11 1 (0.48%) Intranet
11 1 (0.48%) IPv4
11 1 (0.48%) Kerberos
11 1 (0.48%) Multicast
11 1 (0.48%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (13.33%) SQL Server
2 27 (12.86%) Amazon RDS
3 18 (8.57%) Power BI
4 16 (7.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 15 (7.14%) NoSQL
6 14 (6.67%) DynamoDB
6 14 (6.67%) PostgreSQL
6 14 (6.67%) Redis
7 13 (6.19%) Azure SQL Database
7 13 (6.19%) Elasticsearch
8 10 (4.76%) Essbase
9 5 (2.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (1.90%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (1.43%) Metadata
12 2 (0.95%) MongoDB
12 2 (0.95%) OLAP
12 2 (0.95%) Oracle Reports
12 2 (0.95%) Relational Database
12 2 (0.95%) SAP HANA
12 2 (0.95%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 23 (10.95%) GitLab
1 23 (10.95%) Jenkins
2 13 (6.19%) CircleCI
3 11 (5.24%) Git
4 10 (4.76%) Oracle Forms
5 6 (2.86%) JIRA
6 5 (2.38%) Bitbucket
7 4 (1.90%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 3 (1.43%) LoadRunner
9 2 (0.95%) Gatling
9 2 (0.95%) JMeter
9 2 (0.95%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.48%) Browser DevTools
10 1 (0.48%) Burp Suite
10 1 (0.48%) Postman
10 1 (0.48%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.48%) ScriptRunner
10 1 (0.48%) Selenium
10 1 (0.48%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.48%) TeamCity
General
1 91 (43.33%) Finance
2 88 (41.90%) Social Skills
3 33 (15.71%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (13.33%) Banking
5 19 (9.05%) Marketing
6 13 (6.19%) Manufacturing
6 13 (6.19%) Retail
7 12 (5.71%) Billing
7 12 (5.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (3.81%) Aerospace
8 8 (3.81%) Legal
9 7 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (2.86%) Automotive
10 6 (2.86%) Pharmaceutical
11 5 (2.38%) Financial Institution
11 5 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.90%) Local Government
12 4 (1.90%) Telecoms
13 3 (1.43%) Games
14 2 (0.95%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 71 (33.81%) Senior
2 32 (15.24%) Analyst
3 23 (10.95%) Developer
4 21 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 21 (10.00%) Lead
5 16 (7.62%) Senior Developer
6 15 (7.14%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 14 (6.67%) Senior Analyst
8 12 (5.71%) Commercial Analyst
8 12 (5.71%) Insight Analyst
9 10 (4.76%) Administrator
9 10 (4.76%) Oracle Analyst
9 10 (4.76%) Platform Engineer
9 10 (4.76%) Senior Manager
9 10 (4.76%) Senior Oracle Analyst
10 9 (4.29%) Site Engineer
10 9 (4.29%) Site Reliability Engineer
10 9 (4.29%) Support Analyst
11 8 (3.81%) DevOps Engineer
12 7 (3.33%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (8.10%) Kafka
2 15 (7.14%) RESTful
3 13 (6.19%) Django
3 13 (6.19%) gRPC
3 13 (6.19%) RabbitMQ
3 13 (6.19%) web3js
4 9 (4.29%) .NET
5 8 (3.81%) REST
6 5 (2.38%) HTML
6 5 (2.38%) Middleware
6 5 (2.38%) WebSockets
7 4 (1.90%) CSS
7 4 (1.90%) NETCONF
7 4 (1.90%) RESTCONF
8 3 (1.43%) .NET Framework
8 3 (1.43%) AngularJS
8 3 (1.43%) React
9 2 (0.95%) EDI
9 2 (0.95%) Elastic Stack
9 2 (0.95%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.52%) Cloud Native
2 17 (8.10%) Analytical Mindset
3 14 (6.67%) Blockchain
4 13 (6.19%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (6.19%) Web3
5 12 (5.71%) Life Science
6 11 (5.24%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (5.24%) Management Information System
7 9 (4.29%) Product Ownership
8 8 (3.81%) Onboarding
8 8 (3.81%) Replication
9 7 (3.33%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (2.38%) Data Centre
10 5 (2.38%) Distributed Architecture
10 5 (2.38%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (2.38%) Linux Command Line
11 4 (1.90%) e-Learning
12 3 (1.43%) Clustering
12 3 (1.43%) Social Media
12 3 (1.43%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 35 (16.67%) Linux
2 26 (12.38%) Windows
3 19 (9.05%) Windows Server
4 14 (6.67%) Unix
5 10 (4.76%) Apple iOS
6 9 (4.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (4.29%) Windows 10
7 4 (1.90%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.90%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (1.90%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (1.90%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.95%) Android
9 1 (0.48%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (26.67%) Analytics
2 55 (26.19%) DevOps
3 53 (25.24%) CI/CD
4 46 (21.90%) Agile
5 40 (19.05%) Infrastructure as Code
6 38 (18.10%) Problem-Solving
7 37 (17.62%) Continuous Improvement
8 34 (16.19%) Observability
9 29 (13.81%) Roadmaps
10 25 (11.90%) Containerisation
10 25 (11.90%) Continuous Integration
10 25 (11.90%) Decision-Making
10 25 (11.90%) Risk Management
10 25 (11.90%) Test Automation
11 24 (11.43%) Actionable Insight
11 24 (11.43%) High Availability
11 24 (11.43%) Microservices
12 23 (10.95%) Coaching
12 23 (10.95%) Software Engineering
13 22 (10.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 41 (19.52%) SQL
2 40 (19.05%) Python
3 17 (8.10%) PowerShell
4 15 (7.14%) Bash
4 15 (7.14%) C#
5 13 (6.19%) Go
5 13 (6.19%) Java
6 12 (5.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 11 (5.24%) Groovy
8 8 (3.81%) JavaScript
9 5 (2.38%) Bicep
9 5 (2.38%) TypeScript
10 4 (1.90%) VBA
11 2 (0.95%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.48%) JCL
12 1 (0.48%) R
12 1 (0.48%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 54 (25.71%) Degree
2 23 (10.95%) Security Cleared
3 17 (8.10%) Master's Degree
4 16 (7.62%) SC Cleared
5 10 (4.76%) Cisco Certification
5 10 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (4.29%) CCNP
7 6 (2.86%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (2.86%) RHCSA
8 5 (2.38%) MCSE
8 5 (2.38%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 4 (1.90%) ACCA
9 4 (1.90%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.90%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.90%) CCIE
9 4 (1.90%) CIMA
9 4 (1.90%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (1.90%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 1 (0.48%) OSCP
10 1 (0.48%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.71%) Data Quality
2 11 (5.24%) QA
3 9 (4.29%) GDPR
4 7 (3.33%) GMP
5 6 (2.86%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.95%) GAAP
6 2 (0.95%) IFRS
6 2 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.48%) COBIT
7 1 (0.48%) GRC
7 1 (0.48%) NEBOSH
7 1 (0.48%) NIST
7 1 (0.48%) P3O
7 1 (0.48%) PMO
System Software
1 36 (17.14%) Docker
2 23 (10.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (10.48%) Active Directory
4 5 (2.38%) KVM
5 1 (0.48%) Squid
5 1 (0.48%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.48%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.48%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 39 (18.57%) Terraform
2 35 (16.67%) Kubernetes
3 15 (7.14%) Prometheus
4 14 (6.67%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (4.76%) Ansible
6 5 (2.38%) AWS Copilot
6 5 (2.38%) Grafana
6 5 (2.38%) Nagios
7 4 (1.90%) logstash
7 4 (1.90%) Progress Chef
7 4 (1.90%) Puppet
8 2 (0.95%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.95%) DatAdvantage
8 2 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.48%) Argo
9 1 (0.48%) Control-M
9 1 (0.48%) Kibana
9 1 (0.48%) Netcool
9 1 (0.48%) SCCM
9 1 (0.48%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 35 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 24 (11.43%) VMware
3 18 (8.57%) Oracle
4 15 (7.14%) Google
5 10 (4.76%) Hyperion
5 10 (4.76%) Red Hat
6 9 (4.29%) SAP
7 7 (3.33%) Salesforce
8 6 (2.86%) Dynatrace
9 5 (2.38%) Atlassian
9 5 (2.38%) HubSpot
9 5 (2.38%) SolarWinds
9 5 (2.38%) Splunk
9 5 (2.38%) Veeam
9 5 (2.38%) Zerto
10 4 (1.90%) Cisco
10 4 (1.90%) ServiceNow
11 2 (0.95%) AppDynamics
11 2 (0.95%) Apple
11 2 (0.95%) Varonis