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 16 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 429 483 509
Rank change year-on-year +54 +26 +166
Permanent jobs citing Performance Monitoring 249 285 228
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.47% 0.42% 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.55% 0.51% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 154 152 157
10th Percentile £37,372 £37,250 £39,980
25th Percentile £43,750 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £53,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.21% -3.64% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £74,144 £69,800
90th Percentile £97,500 £77,925 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,971 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +11.94% -9.09% +10.00%

All Process and 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 45,350 56,347 49,907
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.07% 83.11% 93.80%
Number of salaries quoted 27,263 29,385 38,254
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,112 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,750 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £79,600 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £54,714 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.18% +4.22% -

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 16 November 2025.

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 16 November 2025. 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 +62 208 £62,500 +23.76% 164
UK excluding London +53 165 £55,971 +11.94% 94
Work from Home +43 100 £58,500 -6.40% 80
London +58 68 £70,000 -6.98% 92
South East +32 48 £65,000 +44.44% 29
North of England +62 43 £65,000 -1.37% 19
North West +56 26 £63,750 +2.00% 12
South West +15 21 £36,000 -6.49% 13
Midlands +37 19 £40,000 -5.88% 16
East of England +16 15 £55,000 +10.00% 10
Yorkshire +22 14 £65,000 +52.94% 6
East Midlands +18 13 £40,000 -4.76% 4
Northern Ireland +16 13 £73,801 +6.48% 1
Wales +15 7 £44,336 -36.03% 2
West Midlands +42 6 £59,527 -4.76% 12
Scotland -20 6 £73,801 +39.25% 5
North East +12 3 £73,801 +6.48% 2

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 8 (3.21%) Confluence
2 5 (2.01%) IIS
3 4 (1.61%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.61%) Tomcat
4 2 (0.80%) FactoryTalk
4 2 (0.80%) WinCC
5 1 (0.40%) Appian
5 1 (0.40%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.40%) CMS
5 1 (0.40%) JBoss
5 1 (0.40%) WordPress
Applications
1 37 (14.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.41%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.61%) Oracle Smart View
4 3 (1.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.80%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.40%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (2.41%) SAP WM
2 5 (2.01%) Payment Gateway
2 5 (2.01%) PlanetPress Connect
3 4 (1.61%) Hyperion Planning
3 4 (1.61%) Oracle Assets
3 4 (1.61%) Oracle Financials
3 4 (1.61%) Oracle General Ledger
3 4 (1.61%) Oracle Payables
3 4 (1.61%) Oracle Receivables
3 4 (1.61%) SAP ERP
3 4 (1.61%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (1.20%) SAP APO
4 3 (1.20%) SAP CO
4 3 (1.20%) SAP FI
4 3 (1.20%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (1.20%) SAP IBP
5 2 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.80%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 2 (0.80%) OpenCart
6 1 (0.40%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 66 (26.51%) Azure
2 39 (15.66%) Power Platform
3 36 (14.46%) AWS
4 22 (8.84%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 21 (8.43%) Azure Data Factory
6 17 (6.83%) GCP
7 15 (6.02%) Vertex AI
8 14 (5.62%) Serverless
9 12 (4.82%) AWS Lambda
10 10 (4.02%) AWS CloudFormation
11 9 (3.61%) Entra ID
11 9 (3.61%) Microsoft 365
11 9 (3.61%) SaaS
12 8 (3.21%) Amazon ECR
12 8 (3.21%) Amazon ECS
12 8 (3.21%) dbt
12 8 (3.21%) GitHub
12 8 (3.21%) Pulumi
13 7 (2.81%) Azure Monitor
14 6 (2.41%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.02%) Firewall
2 8 (3.21%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.61%) DNS
3 4 (1.61%) LAN
3 4 (1.61%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (1.61%) Wireless
4 2 (0.80%) Ethernet
4 2 (0.80%) Fibre Channel
4 2 (0.80%) SAN
5 1 (0.40%) HTTP
5 1 (0.40%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.40%) Internet
5 1 (0.40%) Intranet
5 1 (0.40%) Multicast
5 1 (0.40%) Network Security
5 1 (0.40%) SNMP
5 1 (0.40%) WAN
5 1 (0.40%) X.21
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (14.86%) Power BI
2 23 (9.24%) SQL Server
3 16 (6.43%) Azure SQL Database
4 15 (6.02%) Data Mining
4 15 (6.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 13 (5.22%) Amazon RDS
6 12 (4.82%) DynamoDB
7 10 (4.02%) Data Warehouse
7 10 (4.02%) Elasticsearch
8 9 (3.61%) PostgreSQL
8 9 (3.61%) Redis
9 7 (2.81%) Tableau
10 4 (1.61%) Data Lake
10 4 (1.61%) Essbase
10 4 (1.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (1.20%) Metadata
11 3 (1.20%) NoSQL
11 3 (1.20%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 2 (0.80%) Big Data
12 2 (0.80%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 11 (4.42%) Git
1 11 (4.42%) Jenkins
2 8 (3.21%) JIRA
3 7 (2.81%) GitLab
4 4 (1.61%) Oracle Forms
5 3 (1.20%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 3 (1.20%) Bitbucket
5 3 (1.20%) LoadRunner
6 2 (0.80%) Burp Suite
6 2 (0.80%) CircleCI
6 2 (0.80%) JMeter
6 2 (0.80%) NeoLoad
7 1 (0.40%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.40%) Browser DevTools
7 1 (0.40%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.40%) TeamCity
General
1 136 (54.62%) Social Skills
2 84 (33.73%) Analytical Skills
3 80 (32.13%) Finance
4 48 (19.28%) Law
5 35 (14.06%) Retail
6 15 (6.02%) Marketing
7 14 (5.62%) Legal
7 14 (5.62%) Public Sector
8 12 (4.82%) Billing
9 7 (2.81%) Games
10 6 (2.41%) Automotive
10 6 (2.41%) Banking
10 6 (2.41%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (2.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (2.41%) Manufacturing
10 6 (2.41%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (2.41%) Telecoms
11 5 (2.01%) Pharmaceutical
11 5 (2.01%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.61%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 65 (26.10%) Senior
2 52 (20.88%) Analyst
3 34 (13.65%) Lead
4 22 (8.84%) Developer
5 13 (5.22%) Commercial Analyst
6 12 (4.82%) Insight Analyst
6 12 (4.82%) Senior Analyst
7 11 (4.42%) IT Manager
8 10 (4.02%) Data Analyst
8 10 (4.02%) Support Analyst
9 9 (3.61%) Consultant
10 8 (3.21%) Product Manager
10 8 (3.21%) Site Engineer
10 8 (3.21%) Site Reliability Engineer
11 7 (2.81%) Senior Developer
11 7 (2.81%) Support Engineer
12 6 (2.41%) Applications Support
12 6 (2.41%) Service Analyst
12 6 (2.41%) Support Specialist
12 6 (2.41%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (6.02%) CSS
1 15 (6.02%) HTML
1 15 (6.02%) XML
2 14 (5.62%) JSON
3 9 (3.61%) React
4 8 (3.21%) .NET
4 8 (3.21%) Django
4 8 (3.21%) Middleware
4 8 (3.21%) REST
4 8 (3.21%) RESTful
4 8 (3.21%) SOAP
5 6 (2.41%) Amazon Corretto
5 6 (2.41%) Kafka
6 4 (1.61%) Node.js
7 3 (1.20%) OAuth
7 3 (1.20%) Oracle Fusion
8 2 (0.80%) .NET Framework
8 2 (0.80%) RabbitMQ
8 2 (0.80%) SAML
8 2 (0.80%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 28 (11.24%) Analytical Mindset
2 21 (8.43%) Self-Motivation
3 18 (7.23%) Algorithms
4 15 (6.02%) Product Ownership
5 13 (5.22%) Management Information System
6 11 (4.42%) Cloud Native
7 10 (4.02%) e-Learning
8 8 (3.21%) Distributed Systems
9 6 (2.41%) Distributed Architecture
9 6 (2.41%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (2.01%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 4 (1.61%) FMCG
11 4 (1.61%) Onboarding
11 4 (1.61%) Public Cloud
11 4 (1.61%) Social Media
12 3 (1.20%) Taxonomies
13 2 (0.80%) Blog
13 2 (0.80%) Data Protection Act
13 2 (0.80%) Life Science
13 2 (0.80%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 33 (13.25%) Windows
2 22 (8.84%) Windows Server
3 18 (7.23%) Linux
4 8 (3.21%) Unix
5 5 (2.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (1.61%) Mac OS
7 3 (1.20%) VMS
7 3 (1.20%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (1.20%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (1.20%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.80%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.40%) Android
9 1 (0.40%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (42.57%) Problem-Solving
2 79 (31.73%) Analytics
3 78 (31.33%) Agile
4 66 (26.51%) DevOps
5 63 (25.30%) Continuous Improvement
6 55 (22.09%) ITIL
7 44 (17.67%) Roadmaps
8 43 (17.27%) Visualisation
9 41 (16.47%) AI
9 41 (16.47%) CI/CD
10 40 (16.06%) Business Intelligence
11 38 (15.26%) Decision-Making
12 31 (12.45%) Actionable Insight
13 30 (12.05%) Problem Management
14 29 (11.65%) Customer Service
14 29 (11.65%) Infrastructure as Code
14 29 (11.65%) Product Management
15 28 (11.24%) Data Science
15 28 (11.24%) ITSM
16 27 (10.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 59 (23.69%) SQL
2 40 (16.06%) Python
3 23 (9.24%) JavaScript
4 16 (6.43%) Java
4 16 (6.43%) PowerShell
5 15 (6.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 10 (4.02%) TypeScript
7 9 (3.61%) Bash
7 9 (3.61%) VBA
8 7 (2.81%) C#
9 4 (1.61%) Groovy
10 3 (1.20%) Go
10 3 (1.20%) R
11 1 (0.40%) Bicep
11 1 (0.40%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.40%) Objective-C
11 1 (0.40%) Perl
11 1 (0.40%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.40%) Swift
11 1 (0.40%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 75 (30.12%) Degree
2 25 (10.04%) Master's Degree
3 20 (8.03%) Security Cleared
4 17 (6.83%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (5.62%) SC Cleared
6 12 (4.82%) ITIL Certification
7 9 (3.61%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (3.61%) PMI Certification
7 9 (3.61%) PMP
8 5 (2.01%) Azure Certification
8 5 (2.01%) CSPO
8 5 (2.01%) HNC
8 5 (2.01%) HND
9 4 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.61%) MCP
10 3 (1.20%) CISA
10 3 (1.20%) CISM
10 3 (1.20%) CISSP
10 3 (1.20%) CRISC
10 3 (1.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (7.23%) Data Quality
1 18 (7.23%) GDPR
2 14 (5.62%) QA
3 6 (2.41%) GRC
3 6 (2.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.01%) ISO 20022
4 5 (2.01%) ISO 8583
4 5 (2.01%) SEPA
5 3 (1.20%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.20%) ISO 22301
5 3 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 3 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 2 (0.80%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.80%) SLA
7 1 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.40%) COBIT
7 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.40%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.40%) SOC 2
System Software
1 26 (10.44%) Docker
2 15 (6.02%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.80%) Squid
5 2 (0.80%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 25 (10.04%) Terraform
2 23 (9.24%) Kubernetes
3 9 (3.61%) Grafana
3 9 (3.61%) Prometheus
4 8 (3.21%) Ansible
5 4 (1.61%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (1.20%) Kibana
6 3 (1.20%) Progress Chef
6 3 (1.20%) Puppet
7 2 (0.80%) AssetCenter
7 2 (0.80%) EMC NetWorker
7 2 (0.80%) Nagios
7 2 (0.80%) SCCM
7 2 (0.80%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.40%) Argo
8 1 (0.40%) Control-M
Vendors
1 74 (29.72%) Microsoft
2 36 (14.46%) Google
3 16 (6.43%) ServiceNow
4 15 (6.02%) OpenAI
4 15 (6.02%) SAP
5 14 (5.62%) Oracle
6 8 (3.21%) VMware
7 5 (2.01%) Red Hat
7 5 (2.01%) SolarWinds
8 4 (1.61%) Adobe
8 4 (1.61%) Cisco
8 4 (1.61%) Databricks
8 4 (1.61%) Hyperion
9 3 (1.20%) Atlassian
9 3 (1.20%) Dynatrace
10 2 (0.80%) Commvault
10 2 (0.80%) EMC
10 2 (0.80%) New Relic
10 2 (0.80%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.80%) Zerto