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 25 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 494 393 553
Rank change year-on-year -101 +160 +97
Permanent jobs citing Performance Monitoring 207 266 300
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.27% 0.65% 0.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.69% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 119 135 194
10th Percentile £38,682 £29,100 £32,575
25th Percentile £46,921 £42,625 £40,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +19.05% -8.70%
75th Percentile £78,915 £74,144 £61,250
90th Percentile £124,000 £77,250 £81,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.87% +15.00% +3.63%

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 59,591 38,445 75,955
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 77.47% 93.42% 86.89%
Number of salaries quoted 36,208 22,191 57,021
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £101,250 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -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 25 March 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 25 March 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 -117 161 £60,000 +4.04% 109
UK excluding London -91 124 £57,000 -0.87% 74
Work from Home -10 87 £55,000 -18.52% 43
London -37 68 £75,000 +8.09% 39
South East -50 40 £53,750 -6.52% 19
North of England -56 23 £65,000 -3.88% 21
North West -31 14 £65,000 +8.33% 13
Scotland -14 12 £73,801 +6.48%
Northern Ireland -24 12 £73,801 +6.48%
South West -42 12 £45,000 -15.75% 6
Midlands -58 12 £48,000 +12.94% 18
West Midlands -10 8 £56,000 -13.85% 11
Wales -16 7 £42,934 -37.29% 1
North East -25 5 £60,651 -12.59% 2
Channel Islands - 5 £75,000 -
Yorkshire -39 4 £66,250 +32.50% 6
East Midlands -57 4 £39,724 +58.25% 7
East of England -24 2 £54,250 +8.50% 11

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 (5.80%) SharePoint
2 9 (4.35%) IIS
3 8 (3.86%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (3.38%) Confluence
5 4 (1.93%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.97%) CMS
7 1 (0.48%) SAS
7 1 (0.48%) WordPress
Applications
1 20 (9.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (4.83%) Oracle Smart View
3 4 (1.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.93%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.97%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.48%) EngageOne
5 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (5.80%) Oracle Financials
2 10 (4.83%) Hyperion Planning
2 10 (4.83%) Oracle Assets
2 10 (4.83%) Oracle General Ledger
2 10 (4.83%) Oracle Payables
2 10 (4.83%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.97%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.97%) SAP CO
3 2 (0.97%) SAP ERP
3 2 (0.97%) SAP FI
3 2 (0.97%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (0.97%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.48%) Shopify
4 1 (0.48%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 74 (35.75%) Azure
2 42 (20.29%) AWS
3 28 (13.53%) AWS CloudFormation
4 21 (10.14%) Power Platform
5 19 (9.18%) GCP
6 18 (8.70%) Cloud Computing
7 16 (7.73%) Entra ID
7 16 (7.73%) Microsoft 365
7 16 (7.73%) Serverless
8 14 (6.76%) Amazon S3
9 13 (6.28%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 13 (6.28%) Amazon ECR
9 13 (6.28%) Amazon ECS
9 13 (6.28%) AWS Lambda
9 13 (6.28%) Azure Data Factory
9 13 (6.28%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 13 (6.28%) dbt
9 13 (6.28%) Pulumi
10 12 (5.80%) Amazon EC2
10 12 (5.80%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 27 (13.04%) TCP/IP
2 18 (8.70%) DNS
3 12 (5.80%) WAN
4 10 (4.83%) HTTP
4 10 (4.83%) LAN
4 10 (4.83%) VPN
5 9 (4.35%) DHCP
6 8 (3.86%) SD-WAN
7 5 (2.42%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (1.93%) Firewall
8 4 (1.93%) HTTPS
8 4 (1.93%) SNMP
8 4 (1.93%) Wireless
9 2 (0.97%) Internet
10 1 (0.48%) Broadband
10 1 (0.48%) Intranet
10 1 (0.48%) Kerberos
10 1 (0.48%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (13.53%) SQL Server
2 26 (12.56%) Amazon RDS
3 21 (10.14%) Power BI
4 16 (7.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 14 (6.76%) Elasticsearch
5 14 (6.76%) NoSQL
5 14 (6.76%) PostgreSQL
5 14 (6.76%) Redis
6 13 (6.28%) Azure SQL Database
6 13 (6.28%) DynamoDB
7 10 (4.83%) Essbase
8 5 (2.42%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (2.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (1.93%) Metadata
10 3 (1.45%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 2 (0.97%) MongoDB
11 2 (0.97%) OLAP
11 2 (0.97%) Oracle Reports
11 2 (0.97%) Relational Database
11 2 (0.97%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 22 (10.63%) GitLab
1 22 (10.63%) Jenkins
2 12 (5.80%) CircleCI
3 10 (4.83%) Git
3 10 (4.83%) Oracle Forms
4 7 (3.38%) JIRA
5 4 (1.93%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 4 (1.93%) Bitbucket
5 4 (1.93%) LoadRunner
6 3 (1.45%) JMeter
7 2 (0.97%) Burp Suite
7 2 (0.97%) Gatling
7 2 (0.97%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.48%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.48%) Mocha
8 1 (0.48%) NeoLoad
8 1 (0.48%) Selenium
8 1 (0.48%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.48%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.48%) Yeoman
General
1 87 (42.03%) Finance
2 85 (41.06%) Social Skills
3 33 (15.94%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (12.56%) Banking
5 13 (6.28%) Retail
6 12 (5.80%) Billing
7 11 (5.31%) Legal
7 11 (5.31%) Marketing
8 9 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (3.38%) Aerospace
9 7 (3.38%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (2.90%) Local Government
10 6 (2.90%) Manufacturing
11 5 (2.42%) Automotive
11 5 (2.42%) Financial Institution
11 5 (2.42%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.93%) Public Sector
12 4 (1.93%) Telecoms
13 3 (1.45%) Games
13 3 (1.45%) Law
Job Titles
1 65 (31.40%) Senior
2 34 (16.43%) Analyst
3 23 (11.11%) Developer
4 21 (10.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 21 (10.14%) Lead
5 15 (7.25%) Senior Developer
5 15 (7.25%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 14 (6.76%) Senior Analyst
7 12 (5.80%) Commercial Analyst
7 12 (5.80%) Insight Analyst
8 11 (5.31%) Support Analyst
9 10 (4.83%) Administrator
9 10 (4.83%) Oracle Analyst
9 10 (4.83%) Platform Engineer
9 10 (4.83%) Senior Oracle Analyst
10 9 (4.35%) DevOps Engineer
10 9 (4.35%) Site Engineer
10 9 (4.35%) Site Reliability Engineer
11 8 (3.86%) Product Manager
12 7 (3.38%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (7.73%) Kafka
2 15 (7.25%) RESTful
3 13 (6.28%) Django
4 12 (5.80%) gRPC
4 12 (5.80%) RabbitMQ
4 12 (5.80%) web3js
5 10 (4.83%) .NET
6 8 (3.86%) REST
7 5 (2.42%) HTML
7 5 (2.42%) Middleware
7 5 (2.42%) WebSockets
8 4 (1.93%) CSS
8 4 (1.93%) NETCONF
8 4 (1.93%) RESTCONF
9 3 (1.45%) .NET Framework
9 3 (1.45%) AngularJS
9 3 (1.45%) React
10 2 (0.97%) Elastic Stack
10 2 (0.97%) LDAP
10 2 (0.97%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.66%) Cloud Native
2 17 (8.21%) Analytical Mindset
3 13 (6.28%) Blockchain
3 13 (6.28%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (5.80%) Life Science
4 12 (5.80%) Web3
5 11 (5.31%) Distributed Systems
5 11 (5.31%) Management Information System
6 9 (4.35%) Product Ownership
7 8 (3.86%) Onboarding
7 8 (3.86%) Replication
8 6 (2.90%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (2.90%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (2.42%) Data Centre
9 5 (2.42%) Distributed Architecture
9 5 (2.42%) Linux Command Line
10 4 (1.93%) e-Learning
11 3 (1.45%) Clustering
11 3 (1.45%) Social Media
11 3 (1.45%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 34 (16.43%) Linux
2 23 (11.11%) Windows
3 17 (8.21%) Windows Server
4 14 (6.76%) Unix
5 10 (4.83%) Apple iOS
6 9 (4.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (4.35%) Windows 10
7 4 (1.93%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.93%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (1.93%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (1.93%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.97%) Android
9 1 (0.48%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (28.99%) Analytics
2 56 (27.05%) DevOps
3 53 (25.60%) CI/CD
4 50 (24.15%) Agile
5 41 (19.81%) Problem-Solving
6 39 (18.84%) Infrastructure as Code
7 36 (17.39%) Observability
8 34 (16.43%) Roadmaps
9 33 (15.94%) Continuous Improvement
10 26 (12.56%) Risk Management
11 25 (12.08%) Continuous Integration
11 25 (12.08%) High Availability
11 25 (12.08%) Test Automation
12 24 (11.59%) Actionable Insight
12 24 (11.59%) Business Intelligence
12 24 (11.59%) Containerisation
12 24 (11.59%) Microservices
12 24 (11.59%) User Experience
13 23 (11.11%) Decision-Making
14 22 (10.63%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 44 (21.26%) SQL
2 41 (19.81%) Python
3 16 (7.73%) C#
3 16 (7.73%) PowerShell
4 15 (7.25%) Bash
5 13 (6.28%) Java
6 12 (5.80%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 12 (5.80%) Go
7 11 (5.31%) Groovy
8 8 (3.86%) JavaScript
9 5 (2.42%) Bicep
9 5 (2.42%) TypeScript
10 4 (1.93%) VBA
11 2 (0.97%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.48%) JCL
12 1 (0.48%) R
12 1 (0.48%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 51 (24.64%) Degree
2 22 (10.63%) Security Cleared
3 17 (8.21%) Master's Degree
4 16 (7.73%) SC Cleared
5 11 (5.31%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (4.35%) CCNP
6 9 (4.35%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (2.42%) ITIL Certification
7 5 (2.42%) MCSE
7 5 (2.42%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (2.42%) RHCSA
7 5 (2.42%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 4 (1.93%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.93%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.93%) CCIE
8 4 (1.93%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 3 (1.45%) ACCA
9 3 (1.45%) CIMA
9 3 (1.45%) PMI Certification
9 3 (1.45%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.80%) Data Quality
2 10 (4.83%) GDPR
3 7 (3.38%) QA
4 6 (2.90%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.48%) COBIT
6 1 (0.48%) GAAP
6 1 (0.48%) GMP
6 1 (0.48%) GRC
6 1 (0.48%) IFRS
6 1 (0.48%) NEBOSH
6 1 (0.48%) NIST
6 1 (0.48%) P3O
6 1 (0.48%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.48%) PMO
System Software
1 35 (16.91%) Docker
2 22 (10.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (9.66%) Active Directory
4 5 (2.42%) KVM
5 1 (0.48%) Squid
5 1 (0.48%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 37 (17.87%) Terraform
2 34 (16.43%) Kubernetes
3 14 (6.76%) Microsoft Intune
3 14 (6.76%) Prometheus
4 9 (4.35%) Ansible
5 5 (2.42%) AWS Copilot
5 5 (2.42%) Grafana
5 5 (2.42%) Nagios
6 4 (1.93%) logstash
6 4 (1.93%) Progress Chef
6 4 (1.93%) Puppet
7 2 (0.97%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.97%) DatAdvantage
7 2 (0.97%) Kibana
7 2 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.48%) Argo
8 1 (0.48%) Control-M
8 1 (0.48%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.48%) Netcool
Vendors
1 34 (16.43%) Microsoft
2 23 (11.11%) VMware
3 17 (8.21%) Oracle
4 15 (7.25%) Google
5 10 (4.83%) Hyperion
6 9 (4.35%) Red Hat
6 9 (4.35%) SAP
7 7 (3.38%) Salesforce
8 6 (2.90%) Dynatrace
9 5 (2.42%) Atlassian
9 5 (2.42%) HubSpot
9 5 (2.42%) SolarWinds
9 5 (2.42%) Veeam
9 5 (2.42%) Zerto
10 4 (1.93%) Cisco
10 4 (1.93%) ServiceNow
10 4 (1.93%) Splunk
11 2 (0.97%) AppDynamics
11 2 (0.97%) Apple
11 2 (0.97%) Varonis