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

	6 months to 21 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	569	435	494
Rank change year-on-year	-134	+59	+10
Permanent jobs citing Performance Monitoring	266	231	268
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK	0.22%	0.47%	0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	0.30%	0.53%	0.47%
Number of salaries quoted	141	145	149
10^th Percentile	£30,975	£35,536	£37,250
25^th Percentile	£44,259	£41,250	£41,250
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	£58,500	£53,000
Median % change year-on-year	-5.98%	+10.38%	-3.64%
75^th Percentile	£73,250	£70,000	£74,144
90^th Percentile	£93,750	£95,750	£82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary	£52,500	£55,000	£50,000
% change year-on-year	-4.55%	+10.00%	-4.76%

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.

	6 months to 21 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills	88,323	43,485	56,800
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK	73.50%	88.56%	82.28%
Number of salaries quoted	60,103	24,712	30,353
10^th Percentile	£31,250	£28,250	£33,500
25^th Percentile	£41,250	£35,750	£45,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£60,000	£54,793	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	+9.50%	-8.68%	-
75^th Percentile	£77,500	£75,000	£78,750
90^th Percentile	£100,000	£95,000	£97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary	£55,000	£46,000	£54,000
% change year-on-year	+19.57%	-14.81%	+1.41%

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 Salary Trend

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 21 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Performance Monitoring in the UK

Performance Monitoring Top 16 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 21 October 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	-111	237	£59,811	-4.30%	202
UK excluding London	-139	158	£52,500	-4.55%	109
London	-43	94	£80,000	+14.29%	91
Work from Home	-73	70	£55,768	+1.40%	78
South East	-55	46	£59,250	-8.85%	31
North of England	-79	39	£55,768	-14.20%	17
South West	-64	25	£55,000	+52.78%	18
Midlands	-50	18	£47,500	+18.75%	23
North West	-68	17	£56,536	-11.32%	13
Yorkshire	-26	15	£34,000	-47.69%	3
West Midlands	-48	13	£50,000	-16.00%	15
East of England	-46	12	£52,500	-4.55%	9
Scotland	-	12	£31,000	-	6
North East	-	7	£70,000	-	1
Wales	-67	6	£52,500	+18.41%	2
East Midlands	-47	5	£38,500	-3.75%	8

Performance Monitoring Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 21 October 2026, job vacancies citing Performance Monitoring also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads with a requirement for Performance Monitoring.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Continuous Improvement	41.0%	109
2	Azure	27.1%	72
3	Problem-Solving	26.7%	71
4	Microsoft	24.1%	64
5	Decision-Making	23.3%	62
6	Analytics	21.1%	56
7	DevOps	20.3%	54
8	Security Cleared	18.4%	49
9	AI	18.0%	48
10	Stakeholder Management	16.9%	45
11	CI/CD	16.5%	44
12	Agile	15.4%	41
12	Degree	15.4%	41
12	Observability	15.4%	41
15	Linux	15.0%	40
16	Infrastructure as Code	14.7%	39
16	SQL	14.7%	39
18	Mentoring	14.3%	38
19	Active Directory	13.5%	36
19	Python	13.5%	36
19	Terraform	13.5%	36
22	AWS	13.2%	35
23	Windows	12.8%	34
24	Risk Management	12.4%	33
25	Data Quality	11.7%	31
25	Incident Response	11.7%	31
27	Data Management	11.3%	30
27	Entra ID	11.3%	30
27	Microsoft 365	11.3%	30
30	Architectural Patterns	10.9%	29

Performance Monitoring Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Continuous Improvement	41.0%	109
2	Problem-Solving	26.7%	71
3	Decision-Making	23.3%	62
4	Analytics	21.1%	56
5	DevOps	20.3%	54
6	AI	18.0%	48
7	Stakeholder Management	16.9%	45
8	CI/CD	16.5%	44
9	Agile	15.4%	41
9	Observability	15.4%	41
11	Infrastructure as Code	14.7%	39
12	Mentoring	14.3%	38
13	Risk Management	12.4%	33
14	Incident Response	11.7%	31
15	Data Management	11.3%	30
16	Architectural Patterns	10.9%	29
16	Coaching	10.9%	29
16	Data Protection	10.9%	29
16	Stakeholder Engagement	10.9%	29
20	Business Intelligence	10.5%	28