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

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 512 419 563
Rank change year-on-year -93 +144 +70
Permanent jobs citing Performance Monitoring 198 257 325
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.22% 0.59% 0.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.63% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 115 126 212
10th Percentile £35,000 £26,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,875 £39,000 £40,800
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +15.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £80,000 £69,688 £61,250
90th Percentile £130,000 £74,258 £94,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,500 £53,465 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.29% +6.93% -

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 67,484 40,549 82,082
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 74.46% 93.37% 85.36%
Number of salaries quoted 42,329 22,500 59,656
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -10.10%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -9.09%

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 May 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 May 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 -108 165 £57,500 - 80
UK excluding London -106 108 £48,500 -9.29% 63
London -35 73 £95,000 +43.40% 29
Work from Home -25 54 £53,750 -2.27% 35
South East -53 40 £35,000 -39.13% 21
North of England -63 20 £60,500 -6.92% 13
South West -46 16 £45,000 -15.75% 7
Scotland +2 9 £31,000 - 5
West Midlands -27 9 £55,000 -13.73% 4
North West -34 9 £65,000 +4.00% 6
Midlands -42 9 £55,000 +119.10% 9
Yorkshire -46 9 - - 6
Wales -34 5 £42,934 +12.71% 1
Channel Islands - 5 £75,000 -
East of England -22 2 £48,500 -3.00% 9
North East -35 2 £47,500 -31.54% 1
Northern Ireland - 2 £59,901 -

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 9 (4.55%) SharePoint
2 8 (4.04%) Confluence
2 8 (4.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (3.03%) IIS
4 2 (1.01%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.51%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.51%) CMS
5 1 (0.51%) SAS
5 1 (0.51%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (3.54%) Oracle Smart View
2 4 (2.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.02%) MS Visio
3 3 (1.52%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.01%) FrameMaker
4 2 (1.01%) MadCap Flare
5 1 (0.51%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.51%) EngageOne
5 1 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.51%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (4.55%) Oracle Financials
2 7 (3.54%) Hyperion Planning
2 7 (3.54%) Oracle Assets
2 7 (3.54%) Oracle General Ledger
2 7 (3.54%) Oracle Payables
2 7 (3.54%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (1.01%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.51%) Shopify
4 1 (0.51%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 45 (22.73%) Azure
2 44 (22.22%) AWS
3 25 (12.63%) AWS CloudFormation
4 21 (10.61%) Cloud Computing
5 18 (9.09%) Amazon S3
5 18 (9.09%) Serverless
6 17 (8.59%) Amazon EC2
6 17 (8.59%) AWS Lambda
7 16 (8.08%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 16 (8.08%) Datadog
8 13 (6.57%) Entra ID
9 12 (6.06%) Microsoft 365
10 10 (5.05%) OneDrive
11 9 (4.55%) Azure AKS
11 9 (4.55%) GCP
12 8 (4.04%) SaaS
13 6 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
13 6 (3.03%) Nutanix
13 6 (3.03%) OpenShift
13 6 (3.03%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 24 (12.12%) TCP/IP
2 20 (10.10%) DNS
3 14 (7.07%) HTTP
4 12 (6.06%) LAN
4 12 (6.06%) WAN
5 10 (5.05%) Intrusion Detection
5 10 (5.05%) VPN
6 9 (4.55%) DHCP
7 8 (4.04%) SD-WAN
8 5 (2.53%) IPv4
8 5 (2.53%) Software-Defined Networking
9 4 (2.02%) HTTPS
9 4 (2.02%) Internet
9 4 (2.02%) SNMP
10 2 (1.01%) Wi-Fi
11 1 (0.51%) Broadband
11 1 (0.51%) Firewall
11 1 (0.51%) Kerberos
11 1 (0.51%) Multicast
11 1 (0.51%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (10.61%) Amazon RDS
2 18 (9.09%) NoSQL
3 16 (8.08%) DynamoDB
4 9 (4.55%) SQL Server
5 7 (3.54%) Essbase
6 6 (3.03%) Power BI
6 6 (3.03%) Redis
7 5 (2.53%) Elasticsearch
7 5 (2.53%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (2.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (2.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (1.52%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (1.52%) SAP HANA
10 2 (1.01%) MongoDB
10 2 (1.01%) OLAP
10 2 (1.01%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (1.01%) Relational Database
10 2 (1.01%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 1 (0.51%) Metadata
11 1 (0.51%) ZAP BI
Development Applications
1 33 (16.67%) GitLab
2 29 (14.65%) Jenkins
3 16 (8.08%) CircleCI
4 15 (7.58%) Git
5 9 (4.55%) JIRA
6 7 (3.54%) Bitbucket
6 7 (3.54%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (1.01%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (1.01%) Gatling
7 2 (1.01%) JMeter
7 2 (1.01%) LoadRunner
7 2 (1.01%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.51%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.51%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.51%) Mocha
8 1 (0.51%) Postman
8 1 (0.51%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.51%) ScriptRunner
8 1 (0.51%) Selenium
8 1 (0.51%) TeamCity
General
1 79 (39.90%) Finance
2 67 (33.84%) Social Skills
3 32 (16.16%) Banking
4 19 (9.60%) Marketing
5 18 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (7.07%) Aerospace
6 14 (7.07%) Manufacturing
7 12 (6.06%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (6.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (4.04%) Retail
9 7 (3.54%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (3.03%) Pharmaceutical
11 5 (2.53%) Automotive
11 5 (2.53%) Financial Institution
11 5 (2.53%) Law
11 5 (2.53%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (2.53%) Public Sector
12 4 (2.02%) Electronics
12 4 (2.02%) Local Government
12 4 (2.02%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 74 (37.37%) Senior
2 24 (12.12%) Developer
3 21 (10.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 20 (10.10%) Lead
5 18 (9.09%) Senior Developer
6 17 (8.59%) Administrator
6 17 (8.59%) Systems Engineer
7 15 (7.58%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 11 (5.56%) Analyst
8 11 (5.56%) Senior Manager
9 10 (5.05%) Security Engineer
9 10 (5.05%) Senior Security Engineer
9 10 (5.05%) Senior Systems Engineer
10 9 (4.55%) DevOps Engineer
10 9 (4.55%) Linux Administrator
10 9 (4.55%) Linux Systems Administrator
10 9 (4.55%) Senior Analyst
10 9 (4.55%) Systems Administrator
11 7 (3.54%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
11 7 (3.54%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (9.09%) Kafka
2 17 (8.59%) RESTful
3 16 (8.08%) gRPC
3 16 (8.08%) RabbitMQ
3 16 (8.08%) web3js
4 9 (4.55%) WebSockets
5 6 (3.03%) REST
6 5 (2.53%) .NET
6 5 (2.53%) Django
7 4 (2.02%) NETCONF
7 4 (2.02%) RESTCONF
8 3 (1.52%) HTML
9 2 (1.01%) CSS
9 2 (1.01%) EDI
9 2 (1.01%) Elastic Stack
9 2 (1.01%) Middleware
9 2 (1.01%) React
10 1 (0.51%) GraphQL
10 1 (0.51%) Jest
10 1 (0.51%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 21 (10.61%) Cloud Native
2 17 (8.59%) Blockchain
2 17 (8.59%) Driving Licence
3 16 (8.08%) Web3
4 13 (6.57%) Life Science
4 13 (6.57%) Management Information System
5 10 (5.05%) CCTV
5 10 (5.05%) Hybrid Cloud
5 10 (5.05%) Product Ownership
6 9 (4.55%) Data Centre
6 9 (4.55%) Replication
7 6 (3.03%) Onboarding
8 5 (2.53%) Distributed Architecture
8 5 (2.53%) Linux Command Line
9 4 (2.02%) Renewable Energy
10 3 (1.52%) Clustering
10 3 (1.52%) Distributed Systems
10 3 (1.52%) NHS
10 3 (1.52%) Social Media
11 2 (1.01%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 35 (17.68%) Linux
2 24 (12.12%) Windows
3 20 (10.10%) Windows Server
4 11 (5.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (5.05%) Apple iOS
6 9 (4.55%) Windows 10
7 6 (3.03%) Unix
8 2 (1.01%) Android
8 2 (1.01%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (1.01%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (1.01%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.51%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.51%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.51%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (24.75%) DevOps
2 47 (23.74%) CI/CD
3 41 (20.71%) Analytics
4 40 (20.20%) Agile
5 37 (18.69%) Infrastructure as Code
6 29 (14.65%) Containerisation
6 29 (14.65%) Continuous Improvement
7 28 (14.14%) Observability
7 28 (14.14%) Problem-Solving
8 27 (13.64%) Continuous Integration
9 26 (13.13%) High Availability
9 26 (13.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 26 (13.13%) Microservices
9 26 (13.13%) Test Automation
10 24 (12.12%) Investment Management
10 24 (12.12%) Risk Management
11 23 (11.62%) Decision-Making
11 23 (11.62%) Roadmaps
11 23 (11.62%) Software Engineering
12 22 (11.11%) Continuous Delivery
Programming Languages
1 36 (18.18%) Python
2 27 (13.64%) SQL
3 21 (10.61%) Bash
4 20 (10.10%) PowerShell
5 16 (8.08%) Go
6 14 (7.07%) Java
7 11 (5.56%) C#
8 8 (4.04%) Groovy
9 5 (2.53%) Bicep
9 5 (2.53%) JavaScript
10 3 (1.52%) TypeScript
11 2 (1.01%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.51%) JCL
Qualifications
1 37 (18.69%) Degree
2 19 (9.60%) Security Cleared
3 14 (7.07%) Cisco Certification
3 14 (7.07%) RHCSA
4 13 (6.57%) Master's Degree
5 10 (5.05%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (4.55%) CCNP
6 9 (4.55%) SC Cleared
7 5 (2.53%) AWS Certification
7 5 (2.53%) CCNA
7 5 (2.53%) ISTQB
7 5 (2.53%) MCSE
7 5 (2.53%) OSCP
7 5 (2.53%) RHCE
7 5 (2.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 4 (2.02%) ACCA
8 4 (2.02%) Azure Certification
8 4 (2.02%) CCIE
8 4 (2.02%) CIMA
8 4 (2.02%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.55%) QA
2 7 (3.54%) Data Quality
2 7 (3.54%) GMP
3 6 (3.03%) Accessibility
4 5 (2.53%) GDPR
5 2 (1.01%) GAAP
5 2 (1.01%) IFRS
6 1 (0.51%) COBIT
6 1 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.51%) NEBOSH
6 1 (0.51%) NIST
6 1 (0.51%) P3O
6 1 (0.51%) PMO
6 1 (0.51%) SLA
System Software
1 31 (15.66%) Docker
2 29 (14.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (10.61%) Active Directory
4 5 (2.53%) KVM
4 5 (2.53%) Squid
4 5 (2.53%) VMware NSX
4 5 (2.53%) vSphere
5 3 (1.52%) IAG
6 1 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.51%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 40 (20.20%) Kubernetes
2 38 (19.19%) Terraform
3 17 (8.59%) Prometheus
4 13 (6.57%) Ansible
5 12 (6.06%) Microsoft Intune
6 9 (4.55%) Nagios
7 5 (2.53%) AWS Copilot
7 5 (2.53%) Packer
7 5 (2.53%) ZABBIX
8 4 (2.02%) Grafana
8 4 (2.02%) logstash
9 3 (1.52%) SCCM
10 2 (1.01%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (1.01%) DatAdvantage
10 2 (1.01%) Progress Chef
10 2 (1.01%) Puppet
10 2 (1.01%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.51%) Argo
11 1 (0.51%) HP Fortify
11 1 (0.51%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 33 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 30 (15.15%) VMware
3 18 (9.09%) Oracle
4 16 (8.08%) Red Hat
5 14 (7.07%) Cisco
6 9 (4.55%) SolarWinds
7 8 (4.04%) Google
7 8 (4.04%) Splunk
8 7 (3.54%) Hyperion
8 7 (3.54%) Salesforce
8 7 (3.54%) SAP
9 5 (2.53%) HubSpot
9 5 (2.53%) Veeam
9 5 (2.53%) Zerto
10 4 (2.02%) Dynatrace
10 4 (2.02%) ServiceNow
11 3 (1.52%) Atlassian
12 2 (1.01%) Apple
12 2 (1.01%) iManage
12 2 (1.01%) IONA