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

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 564 424 566
Rank change year-on-year -140 +142 +12
Permanent jobs citing Performance Monitoring 210 269 265
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.20% 0.54% 0.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.61% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 130 148 194
10th Percentile £30,750 £36,250 £33,805
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,500 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,250 £62,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.60% +25.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £79,932 £70,000 £62,188
90th Percentile £107,500 £86,625 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,485 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.38% +23.30% -10.89%

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 75,768 44,292 70,756
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.64% 89.63% 81.31%
Number of salaries quoted 52,326 25,118 47,262
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £73,886
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -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 31 July 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 31 July 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 -136 185 £60,500 -3.97% 109
UK excluding London -118 118 £52,500 -5.38% 77
London -49 81 £88,750 +26.79% 48
Work from Home -59 43 £55,000 -15.38% 32
South East -65 41 £36,750 -26.50% 20
South West -57 21 £55,000 +24.29% 9
North of England -58 21 £65,000 - 21
Yorkshire -31 11 - - 3
Midlands -43 10 £50,000 +17.44% 15
West Midlands -19 9 £50,000 -25.93% 9
East of England -20 8 £53,106 -3.44% 4
Wales -64 6 £42,934 +12.71% 4
North West -31 5 £69,651 +7.15% 12
North East -47 5 £60,000 -13.52% 6
Channel Islands - 5 £75,000 -
Scotland - 4 £31,000 - 2
Northern Ireland - 2 £59,901 - 3
East Midlands -27 1 £38,500 -3.75% 6

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 11 (5.24%) Confluence
2 3 (1.43%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.95%) IIS
3 2 (0.95%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.48%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 8 (3.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.86%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.43%) FrameMaker
3 3 (1.43%) MadCap Flare
4 1 (0.48%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.48%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.48%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (0.48%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (0.48%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 45 (21.43%) Azure
2 44 (20.95%) AWS
3 20 (9.52%) AWS CloudFormation
3 20 (9.52%) Cloud Computing
4 19 (9.05%) Serverless
5 17 (8.10%) AWS Lambda
6 16 (7.62%) Amazon EC2
6 16 (7.62%) Amazon S3
6 16 (7.62%) Datadog
7 15 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
8 13 (6.19%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 12 (5.71%) Entra ID
10 11 (5.24%) GCP
11 8 (3.81%) SaaS
12 7 (3.33%) IaaS
12 7 (3.33%) Power Platform
13 6 (2.86%) Amazon EKS
13 6 (2.86%) Nutanix
13 6 (2.86%) OCI
13 6 (2.86%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (9.52%) TCP/IP
2 14 (6.67%) DNS
3 13 (6.19%) LAN
4 10 (4.76%) HTTP
4 10 (4.76%) Intrusion Detection
5 8 (3.81%) IPv4
5 8 (3.81%) Software-Defined Networking
6 4 (1.90%) Internet
6 4 (1.90%) VPN
7 3 (1.43%) DHCP
8 2 (0.95%) Firewall
8 2 (0.95%) NAS
8 2 (0.95%) Network Security
8 2 (0.95%) SAN
8 2 (0.95%) VLAN
8 2 (0.95%) WAN
9 1 (0.48%) Intranet
9 1 (0.48%) Kerberos
9 1 (0.48%) PSTN
9 1 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (8.10%) Amazon RDS
2 13 (6.19%) DynamoDB
3 12 (5.71%) NoSQL
4 7 (3.33%) Power BI
5 5 (2.38%) Elasticsearch
5 5 (2.38%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (2.38%) Redis
6 3 (1.43%) Metadata
6 3 (1.43%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.95%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.95%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.48%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.48%) Big Data
8 1 (0.48%) Delta Lake
8 1 (0.48%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.48%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.48%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.48%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.48%) Sybase ASE
8 1 (0.48%) ZAP BI
Development Applications
1 30 (14.29%) GitLab
2 25 (11.90%) Jenkins
3 17 (8.10%) Git
4 14 (6.67%) JIRA
5 12 (5.71%) CircleCI
6 8 (3.81%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.95%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.95%) Gatling
7 2 (0.95%) JMeter
7 2 (0.95%) LoadRunner
7 2 (0.95%) Terragrunt
8 1 (0.48%) Burp Suite
8 1 (0.48%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.48%) NUnit
8 1 (0.48%) Postman
8 1 (0.48%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.48%) Selenium
8 1 (0.48%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.48%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.48%) Yeoman
General
1 84 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 78 (37.14%) Finance
3 42 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (19.05%) Banking
5 25 (11.90%) Aerospace
6 18 (8.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 15 (7.14%) Marketing
8 13 (6.19%) Manufacturing
9 12 (5.71%) Organisational Skills
10 11 (5.24%) Documentation Skills
10 11 (5.24%) Investment Banking
11 9 (4.29%) Front Office
11 9 (4.29%) Law
12 8 (3.81%) Public Sector
13 7 (3.33%) Pharmaceutical
14 6 (2.86%) Legal
15 5 (2.38%) Automotive
16 4 (1.90%) Electronics
16 4 (1.90%) Local Government
17 3 (1.43%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 53 (25.24%) Senior
2 19 (9.05%) Administrator
2 19 (9.05%) Lead
3 17 (8.10%) Developer
3 17 (8.10%) Systems Engineer
4 16 (7.62%) Analyst
5 14 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 13 (6.19%) Senior Developer
7 11 (5.24%) Architect
7 11 (5.24%) Systems Administrator
8 10 (4.76%) Security Engineer
8 10 (4.76%) Senior Security Engineer
8 10 (4.76%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 9 (4.29%) Business Support Analyst
9 9 (4.29%) IT Manager
9 9 (4.29%) Linux Administrator
9 9 (4.29%) Linux Systems Administrator
9 9 (4.29%) Support Analyst
10 8 (3.81%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 8 (3.81%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (6.67%) RESTful
2 12 (5.71%) gRPC
2 12 (5.71%) Kafka
2 12 (5.71%) RabbitMQ
3 11 (5.24%) web3js
4 9 (4.29%) FIX Protocol
4 9 (4.29%) WebSockets
5 7 (3.33%) ModSecurity
6 6 (2.86%) LDAP
6 6 (2.86%) OAuth
7 5 (2.38%) Django
7 5 (2.38%) OpenID
7 5 (2.38%) SAML
8 4 (1.90%) boto
8 4 (1.90%) CSS
9 3 (1.43%) Bootstrap
9 3 (1.43%) HTML5
9 3 (1.43%) NumPy
9 3 (1.43%) Pandas
9 3 (1.43%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 21 (10.00%) Cloud Native
2 17 (8.10%) Driving Licence
3 14 (6.67%) Management Information System
4 13 (6.19%) Hybrid Cloud
5 12 (5.71%) Blockchain
5 12 (5.71%) Data Centre
6 11 (5.24%) Web3
7 10 (4.76%) CCTV
8 9 (4.29%) Fixed Income
8 9 (4.29%) Replication
9 8 (3.81%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (3.81%) Social Media
10 7 (3.33%) Product Ownership
11 6 (2.86%) Life Science
12 5 (2.38%) Linux Command Line
12 5 (2.38%) NHS
13 4 (1.90%) Renewable Energy
14 3 (1.43%) Distributed Systems
14 3 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
14 3 (1.43%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 38 (18.10%) Linux
2 26 (12.38%) Windows
3 18 (8.57%) Windows Server
4 10 (4.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (2.38%) Unix
6 4 (1.90%) Android
6 4 (1.90%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.95%) Rocky
7 2 (0.95%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.48%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (31.43%) Continuous Improvement
2 48 (22.86%) Problem-Solving
3 46 (21.90%) DevOps
4 42 (20.00%) CI/CD
5 39 (18.57%) Agile
5 39 (18.57%) Infrastructure as Code
6 30 (14.29%) Containerisation
6 30 (14.29%) Decision-Making
6 30 (14.29%) Observability
7 29 (13.81%) Analytics
8 27 (12.86%) Risk Management
9 24 (11.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 23 (10.95%) Microservices
11 21 (10.00%) AI
12 20 (9.52%) Mentoring
12 20 (9.52%) Migration
12 20 (9.52%) Performance Optimisation
13 19 (9.05%) Continuous Integration
13 19 (9.05%) High Availability
14 18 (8.57%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 35 (16.67%) Python
2 23 (10.95%) SQL
3 18 (8.57%) Bash
4 16 (7.62%) PowerShell
5 15 (7.14%) Java
6 13 (6.19%) Go
7 9 (4.29%) C++
8 7 (3.33%) JavaScript
9 5 (2.38%) C#
10 3 (1.43%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.48%) Bicep
11 1 (0.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.48%) Groovy
11 1 (0.48%) JCL
11 1 (0.48%) R
11 1 (0.48%) Ruby
11 1 (0.48%) Scala
Qualifications
1 39 (18.57%) Degree
2 28 (13.33%) Security Cleared
3 17 (8.10%) RHCSA
4 15 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
4 15 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
5 12 (5.71%) DV Cleared
5 12 (5.71%) SC Cleared
6 10 (4.76%) CCNA
7 8 (3.81%) AWS Certification
7 8 (3.81%) ISTQB
7 8 (3.81%) OSCP
7 8 (3.81%) RHCE
8 7 (3.33%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (2.86%) Azure Certification
9 6 (2.86%) CISM
9 6 (2.86%) CISSP
9 6 (2.86%) Master's Degree
10 5 (2.38%) CCNP
10 5 (2.38%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (9.05%) Data Quality
2 13 (6.19%) QA
3 8 (3.81%) GMP
4 7 (3.33%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.43%) GDPR
5 3 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.43%) PMO
6 2 (0.95%) GAAP
6 2 (0.95%) IFRS
6 2 (0.95%) NIST
7 1 (0.48%) COBIT
7 1 (0.48%) EU AI Act
7 1 (0.48%) GRC
7 1 (0.48%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.48%) NEBOSH
7 1 (0.48%) SLA
7 1 (0.48%) WCAG
System Software
1 27 (12.86%) Docker
1 27 (12.86%) VMware Infrastructure
2 26 (12.38%) Active Directory
3 8 (3.81%) Squid
3 8 (3.81%) VMware NSX
3 8 (3.81%) vSphere
4 7 (3.33%) KVM
5 3 (1.43%) IAG
6 2 (0.95%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.95%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.48%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 35 (16.67%) Terraform
2 31 (14.76%) Kubernetes
3 15 (7.14%) Prometheus
4 11 (5.24%) Ansible
5 9 (4.29%) Nagios
6 8 (3.81%) Packer
6 8 (3.81%) ZABBIX
7 6 (2.86%) Grafana
7 6 (2.86%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (2.38%) AWS Copilot
9 4 (1.90%) SCCM
10 3 (1.43%) Microsoft Intune
11 2 (0.95%) Jamf Pro
12 1 (0.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 1 (0.48%) Argo
12 1 (0.48%) DatAdvantage
12 1 (0.48%) HP Fortify
12 1 (0.48%) Netcool
Vendors
1 41 (19.52%) Microsoft
2 28 (13.33%) VMware
3 19 (9.05%) Oracle
4 17 (8.10%) Red Hat
5 12 (5.71%) Splunk
6 10 (4.76%) Cisco
7 9 (4.29%) FIS
7 9 (4.29%) SolarWinds
7 9 (4.29%) SunGard
8 6 (2.86%) Google
9 5 (2.38%) ForgeRock
9 5 (2.38%) Okta
9 5 (2.38%) Veeam
9 5 (2.38%) Zerto
10 3 (1.43%) Adobe
10 3 (1.43%) Apple
10 3 (1.43%) Databricks
10 3 (1.43%) Nexthink
10 3 (1.43%) Salesforce
10 3 (1.43%) Xero