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

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 568 439 581
Rank change year-on-year -129 +142 -28
Permanent jobs citing Performance Monitoring 216 273 256
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.21% 0.55% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.61% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 133 152 186
10th Percentile £30,750 £36,325 £34,342
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,688 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +25.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £79,727 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £86,250 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +22.22% -11.76%

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 76,352 44,509 67,465
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.64% 89.49% 81.05%
Number of salaries quoted 52,648 25,381 44,449
10th Percentile £30,580 £28,500 £31,210
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,000
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 £75,000
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 3 August 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 3 August 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 -119 191 £60,500 -3.97% 134
UK excluding London -128 124 £52,500 -4.55% 82
London -54 81 £88,750 +27.35% 63
South East -45 43 £36,750 -26.50% 21
Work from Home -58 43 £55,000 -13.73% 38
South West -62 23 £55,000 +4.76% 10
North of England -66 21 £65,000 - 22
Midlands -28 12 £50,000 +17.44% 17
Yorkshire -34 11 - - 3
West Midlands -28 10 £50,000 -25.93% 9
East of England -27 8 £53,106 -3.44% 5
Wales -64 6 £42,934 +12.71% 4
North West -33 5 £69,651 +7.15% 12
North East -52 5 £60,000 -13.52% 7
Channel Islands - 5 £75,000 -
Scotland - 4 £31,000 - 2
East Midlands -23 2 £38,500 -3.75% 8
Northern Ireland - 2 £59,901 - 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 11 (5.09%) Confluence
2 3 (1.39%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.93%) IIS
3 2 (0.93%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.46%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 8 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.78%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.39%) FrameMaker
3 3 (1.39%) MadCap Flare
4 1 (0.46%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.46%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.46%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (0.46%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (0.46%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 48 (22.22%) Azure
2 45 (20.83%) AWS
3 20 (9.26%) AWS CloudFormation
3 20 (9.26%) Cloud Computing
4 19 (8.80%) Serverless
5 17 (7.87%) AWS Lambda
6 16 (7.41%) Amazon EC2
6 16 (7.41%) Amazon S3
6 16 (7.41%) Datadog
6 16 (7.41%) Microsoft 365
7 14 (6.48%) Entra ID
8 13 (6.02%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 11 (5.09%) GCP
10 9 (4.17%) SaaS
11 7 (3.24%) IaaS
11 7 (3.24%) Power Platform
12 6 (2.78%) Amazon EKS
12 6 (2.78%) Nutanix
12 6 (2.78%) OCI
12 6 (2.78%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (9.72%) TCP/IP
2 15 (6.94%) DNS
3 13 (6.02%) LAN
4 10 (4.63%) HTTP
4 10 (4.63%) Intrusion Detection
5 8 (3.70%) IPv4
5 8 (3.70%) Software-Defined Networking
6 5 (2.31%) VPN
7 4 (1.85%) Internet
8 3 (1.39%) DHCP
8 3 (1.39%) Firewall
8 3 (1.39%) NAS
8 3 (1.39%) Network Security
8 3 (1.39%) SAN
9 2 (0.93%) VLAN
9 2 (0.93%) WAN
10 1 (0.46%) Intranet
10 1 (0.46%) Kerberos
10 1 (0.46%) PSTN
10 1 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (7.87%) Amazon RDS
2 13 (6.02%) DynamoDB
3 12 (5.56%) NoSQL
4 7 (3.24%) Power BI
5 5 (2.31%) Elasticsearch
5 5 (2.31%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (2.31%) Redis
6 3 (1.39%) Metadata
6 3 (1.39%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.93%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.46%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.46%) Big Data
8 1 (0.46%) Delta Lake
8 1 (0.46%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.46%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.46%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.46%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.46%) Sybase ASE
8 1 (0.46%) ZAP BI
Development Applications
1 30 (13.89%) GitLab
2 25 (11.57%) Jenkins
3 17 (7.87%) Git
4 14 (6.48%) JIRA
5 12 (5.56%) CircleCI
6 8 (3.70%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.93%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.93%) Gatling
7 2 (0.93%) JMeter
7 2 (0.93%) LoadRunner
7 2 (0.93%) Terragrunt
8 1 (0.46%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.46%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.46%) NUnit
8 1 (0.46%) Postman
8 1 (0.46%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.46%) ScriptRunner
8 1 (0.46%) Selenium
8 1 (0.46%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.46%) Yeoman
General
1 88 (40.74%) Social Skills
2 78 (36.11%) Finance
3 47 (21.76%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (18.52%) Banking
5 27 (12.50%) Aerospace
6 18 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 15 (6.94%) Marketing
8 14 (6.48%) Manufacturing
9 12 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
10 11 (5.09%) Documentation Skills
10 11 (5.09%) Investment Banking
11 9 (4.17%) Front Office
11 9 (4.17%) Law
12 8 (3.70%) Public Sector
13 7 (3.24%) Pharmaceutical
14 6 (2.78%) Legal
15 5 (2.31%) Automotive
16 4 (1.85%) Electronics
16 4 (1.85%) Local Government
17 3 (1.39%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 53 (24.54%) Senior
2 20 (9.26%) Administrator
3 19 (8.80%) Lead
4 17 (7.87%) Analyst
4 17 (7.87%) Developer
4 17 (7.87%) Systems Engineer
5 14 (6.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 13 (6.02%) Architect
6 13 (6.02%) Senior Developer
7 12 (5.56%) Systems Administrator
8 10 (4.63%) Security Engineer
8 10 (4.63%) Senior Security Engineer
8 10 (4.63%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 9 (4.17%) Business Support Analyst
9 9 (4.17%) IT Manager
9 9 (4.17%) Linux Administrator
9 9 (4.17%) Linux Systems Administrator
9 9 (4.17%) Support Analyst
10 8 (3.70%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 8 (3.70%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (6.48%) RESTful
2 12 (5.56%) gRPC
2 12 (5.56%) Kafka
2 12 (5.56%) RabbitMQ
3 11 (5.09%) web3js
4 9 (4.17%) FIX Protocol
4 9 (4.17%) ModSecurity
4 9 (4.17%) WebSockets
5 7 (3.24%) LDAP
5 7 (3.24%) OAuth
6 6 (2.78%) OpenID
6 6 (2.78%) SAML
7 5 (2.31%) Django
8 4 (1.85%) boto
8 4 (1.85%) CSS
9 3 (1.39%) Bootstrap
9 3 (1.39%) jQuery
9 3 (1.39%) Pandas
9 3 (1.39%) REST
9 3 (1.39%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 22 (10.19%) Cloud Native
2 17 (7.87%) Driving Licence
3 14 (6.48%) Management Information System
4 13 (6.02%) Hybrid Cloud
5 12 (5.56%) Blockchain
5 12 (5.56%) Data Centre
6 11 (5.09%) Web3
7 10 (4.63%) CCTV
7 10 (4.63%) Social Media
8 9 (4.17%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (4.17%) Fixed Income
8 9 (4.17%) Replication
9 7 (3.24%) Product Ownership
10 6 (2.78%) Life Science
11 5 (2.31%) Linux Command Line
11 5 (2.31%) NHS
12 4 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (1.85%) Renewable Energy
13 3 (1.39%) Distributed Systems
13 3 (1.39%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 38 (17.59%) Linux
2 27 (12.50%) Windows
3 19 (8.80%) Windows Server
4 10 (4.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (2.31%) Unix
6 4 (1.85%) Android
6 4 (1.85%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.93%) Rocky
7 2 (0.93%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.46%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (32.41%) Continuous Improvement
2 51 (23.61%) Problem-Solving
3 47 (21.76%) DevOps
4 42 (19.44%) CI/CD
5 40 (18.52%) Infrastructure as Code
6 39 (18.06%) Agile
7 33 (15.28%) Decision-Making
8 32 (14.81%) Observability
9 31 (14.35%) Containerisation
10 29 (13.43%) Analytics
11 27 (12.50%) Risk Management
12 26 (12.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 25 (11.57%) Microservices
14 23 (10.65%) Mentoring
15 21 (9.72%) AI
15 21 (9.72%) High Availability
15 21 (9.72%) Performance Optimisation
16 20 (9.26%) Incident Response
16 20 (9.26%) Migration
17 19 (8.80%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 35 (16.20%) Python
2 23 (10.65%) SQL
3 18 (8.33%) Bash
4 16 (7.41%) PowerShell
5 15 (6.94%) Java
6 13 (6.02%) Go
7 9 (4.17%) C++
8 7 (3.24%) JavaScript
9 5 (2.31%) C#
10 3 (1.39%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.46%) Bicep
11 1 (0.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.46%) Groovy
11 1 (0.46%) JCL
11 1 (0.46%) R
11 1 (0.46%) Ruby
11 1 (0.46%) Scala
Qualifications
1 39 (18.06%) Degree
2 30 (13.89%) Security Cleared
3 17 (7.87%) RHCSA
4 15 (6.94%) Cisco Certification
4 15 (6.94%) Microsoft Certification
5 14 (6.48%) DV Cleared
6 13 (6.02%) SC Cleared
7 10 (4.63%) CCNA
8 8 (3.70%) AWS Certification
8 8 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (3.70%) ISTQB
8 8 (3.70%) OSCP
8 8 (3.70%) RHCE
9 7 (3.24%) Azure Certification
9 7 (3.24%) CISM
9 7 (3.24%) CISSP
9 7 (3.24%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (2.78%) Master's Degree
11 5 (2.31%) CCNP
11 5 (2.31%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (8.80%) Data Quality
2 13 (6.02%) QA
3 8 (3.70%) GMP
4 7 (3.24%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.39%) GDPR
5 3 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.39%) PMO
6 2 (0.93%) GAAP
6 2 (0.93%) IFRS
6 2 (0.93%) NIST
6 2 (0.93%) SLA
7 1 (0.46%) COBIT
7 1 (0.46%) EU AI Act
7 1 (0.46%) GRC
7 1 (0.46%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.46%) NEBOSH
7 1 (0.46%) WCAG
System Software
1 28 (12.96%) Active Directory
1 28 (12.96%) VMware Infrastructure
2 27 (12.50%) Docker
3 8 (3.70%) KVM
3 8 (3.70%) Squid
3 8 (3.70%) VMware NSX
3 8 (3.70%) vSphere
4 3 (1.39%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.39%) IAG
5 2 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.46%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 35 (16.20%) Terraform
2 32 (14.81%) Kubernetes
3 15 (6.94%) Prometheus
4 11 (5.09%) Ansible
5 9 (4.17%) Nagios
6 8 (3.70%) Packer
6 8 (3.70%) ZABBIX
7 7 (3.24%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (2.78%) Grafana
9 5 (2.31%) AWS Copilot
10 4 (1.85%) SCCM
11 3 (1.39%) Microsoft Intune
12 2 (0.93%) Jamf Pro
13 1 (0.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 1 (0.46%) Argo
13 1 (0.46%) DatAdvantage
13 1 (0.46%) HP Fortify
13 1 (0.46%) Netcool
Vendors
1 42 (19.44%) Microsoft
2 29 (13.43%) VMware
3 19 (8.80%) Oracle
4 17 (7.87%) Red Hat
5 12 (5.56%) Splunk
6 10 (4.63%) Cisco
7 9 (4.17%) FIS
7 9 (4.17%) SolarWinds
7 9 (4.17%) SunGard
8 6 (2.78%) ForgeRock
8 6 (2.78%) Google
8 6 (2.78%) Okta
9 5 (2.31%) Veeam
9 5 (2.31%) Zerto
10 3 (1.39%) Adobe
10 3 (1.39%) Apple
10 3 (1.39%) Databricks
10 3 (1.39%) IONA
10 3 (1.39%) Nexthink
10 3 (1.39%) Salesforce