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

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 455 441 517
Rank change year-on-year -14 +76 +156
Permanent jobs citing Performance Monitoring 209 285 249
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.33% 0.54% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.42% 0.59% 0.43%
Number of salaries quoted 117 130 152
10th Percentile £36,714 £28,150 £39,250
25th Percentile £43,953 £42,125 £43,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,670 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.63% +4.85% -4.35%
75th Percentile £78,790 £74,144 £69,800
90th Percentile £101,000 £82,500 £77,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% +10.53%

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 50,274 48,415 58,346
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 80.40% 91.16% 89.08%
Number of salaries quoted 29,681 23,366 44,999
10th Percentile £28,571 £35,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £75,246 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +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 24 January 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 24 January 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 -9 162 £58,000 +0.87% 144
UK excluding London -23 129 £55,000 - 141
Work from Home +40 95 £55,000 -20.64% 77
London +20 59 £73,801 -3.53% 27
South East +28 34 £60,000 +4.35% 41
North of England +11 28 £65,000 -1.37% 28
South West -3 20 £43,953 -19.09% 17
North West +16 15 £60,000 -2.04% 15
Midlands -8 15 £42,500 - 16
Northern Ireland -3 13 £73,801 +6.48% 4
Scotland -18 12 £73,801 +6.48% 10
Yorkshire -17 10 £65,000 +52.94% 10
East of England +8 8 £55,000 +10.00% 20
East Midlands -17 8 £42,000 +67.31% 10
West Midlands +27 7 £59,527 -4.76% 6
Wales +7 5 £44,336 -36.03% 8
North East +1 3 £73,801 +6.48% 3

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 (5.26%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.83%) Confluence
3 7 (3.35%) IIS
3 7 (3.35%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (1.91%) Tomcat
5 2 (0.96%) CMS
5 2 (0.96%) FactoryTalk
5 2 (0.96%) WinCC
6 1 (0.48%) Appian
6 1 (0.48%) SAS
6 1 (0.48%) WordPress
Applications
1 26 (12.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (4.78%) Oracle Smart View
3 4 (1.91%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.91%) MS Visio
4 3 (1.44%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.96%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.48%) EngageOne
Business Applications
1 11 (5.26%) Oracle Financials
2 10 (4.78%) Hyperion Planning
2 10 (4.78%) Oracle Assets
2 10 (4.78%) Oracle General Ledger
2 10 (4.78%) Oracle Payables
2 10 (4.78%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (2.39%) PlanetPress Connect
4 4 (1.91%) SAP ERP
4 4 (1.91%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (1.44%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (1.44%) SAP APO
5 3 (1.44%) SAP CO
5 3 (1.44%) SAP FI
5 3 (1.44%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (1.44%) SAP IBP
6 2 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.96%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 2 (0.96%) OpenCart
7 1 (0.48%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.48%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 64 (30.62%) Azure
2 29 (13.88%) AWS
2 29 (13.88%) Power Platform
3 17 (8.13%) AWS CloudFormation
3 17 (8.13%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (7.18%) Entra ID
5 14 (6.70%) GCP
6 13 (6.22%) Azure Data Factory
6 13 (6.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 10 (4.78%) SaaS
8 9 (4.31%) Serverless
9 8 (3.83%) Amazon EC2
9 8 (3.83%) Amazon ECR
9 8 (3.83%) Amazon ECS
9 8 (3.83%) Amazon S3
9 8 (3.83%) Azure AKS
9 8 (3.83%) Cloud Computing
9 8 (3.83%) dbt
9 8 (3.83%) Pulumi
10 7 (3.35%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 16 (7.66%) TCP/IP
2 12 (5.74%) DNS
3 11 (5.26%) WAN
4 7 (3.35%) DHCP
4 7 (3.35%) SD-WAN
4 7 (3.35%) VPN
5 5 (2.39%) Firewall
5 5 (2.39%) HTTP
5 5 (2.39%) LAN
5 5 (2.39%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (1.91%) HTTPS
6 4 (1.91%) SNMP
6 4 (1.91%) Wireless
7 3 (1.44%) Internet
8 2 (0.96%) Ethernet
9 1 (0.48%) Broadband
9 1 (0.48%) Intranet
9 1 (0.48%) Multicast
9 1 (0.48%) Network Security
9 1 (0.48%) X.21
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (13.40%) SQL Server
2 27 (12.92%) Power BI
3 16 (7.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 15 (7.18%) Amazon RDS
5 13 (6.22%) Azure SQL Database
6 10 (4.78%) Essbase
7 9 (4.31%) Elasticsearch
7 9 (4.31%) PostgreSQL
7 9 (4.31%) Redis
8 8 (3.83%) NoSQL
9 7 (3.35%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (3.35%) DynamoDB
10 5 (2.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (1.91%) Metadata
11 4 (1.91%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 4 (1.91%) Tableau
12 3 (1.44%) Relational Database
13 2 (0.96%) MongoDB
13 2 (0.96%) MySQL
13 2 (0.96%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 14 (6.70%) GitLab
1 14 (6.70%) Jenkins
2 10 (4.78%) Oracle Forms
3 9 (4.31%) JIRA
4 6 (2.87%) CircleCI
4 6 (2.87%) Git
5 4 (1.91%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 4 (1.91%) Bitbucket
6 3 (1.44%) LoadRunner
7 2 (0.96%) Burp Suite
7 2 (0.96%) JMeter
7 2 (0.96%) NeoLoad
7 2 (0.96%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.48%) Browser DevTools
8 1 (0.48%) Mocha
General
1 99 (47.37%) Social Skills
2 84 (40.19%) Finance
3 45 (21.53%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (7.18%) Marketing
4 15 (7.18%) Retail
5 14 (6.70%) Legal
6 13 (6.22%) Law
7 12 (5.74%) Billing
8 11 (5.26%) Banking
9 10 (4.78%) Public Sector
10 7 (3.35%) Aerospace
10 7 (3.35%) Manufacturing
10 7 (3.35%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (2.87%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (2.87%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (2.39%) Financial Institution
12 5 (2.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (2.39%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.91%) Automotive
14 3 (1.44%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 53 (25.36%) Senior
2 40 (19.14%) Analyst
3 25 (11.96%) Developer
4 17 (8.13%) Lead
5 14 (6.70%) Senior Analyst
6 12 (5.74%) Commercial Analyst
6 12 (5.74%) Insight Analyst
7 11 (5.26%) DevOps Engineer
7 11 (5.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 11 (5.26%) Support Analyst
8 10 (4.78%) IT Manager
8 10 (4.78%) Oracle Analyst
8 10 (4.78%) Senior Oracle Analyst
9 9 (4.31%) Senior Developer
10 8 (3.83%) Site Engineer
10 8 (3.83%) Site Reliability Engineer
11 7 (3.35%) Product Manager
11 7 (3.35%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 6 (2.87%) Applications Support
12 6 (2.87%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (5.74%) HTML
2 10 (4.78%) CSS
2 10 (4.78%) Kafka
3 9 (4.31%) .NET
4 8 (3.83%) Django
4 8 (3.83%) JSON
4 8 (3.83%) REST
4 8 (3.83%) RESTful
5 7 (3.35%) XML
6 6 (2.87%) gRPC
6 6 (2.87%) Middleware
6 6 (2.87%) RabbitMQ
6 6 (2.87%) web3js
7 4 (1.91%) NETCONF
7 4 (1.91%) RESTCONF
8 3 (1.44%) .NET Framework
8 3 (1.44%) AngularJS
8 3 (1.44%) React
9 2 (0.96%) ARM Templates
9 2 (0.96%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 26 (12.44%) Analytical Mindset
2 17 (8.13%) Cloud Native
2 17 (8.13%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (5.26%) Management Information System
4 9 (4.31%) Onboarding
5 8 (3.83%) Distributed Systems
5 8 (3.83%) Life Science
6 6 (2.87%) Blockchain
6 6 (2.87%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (2.87%) Web3
7 5 (2.39%) Product Ownership
8 4 (1.91%) Distributed Architecture
8 4 (1.91%) e-Learning
8 4 (1.91%) FMCG
8 4 (1.91%) Social Media
9 3 (1.44%) Blog
9 3 (1.44%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 3 (1.44%) Taxonomies
10 2 (0.96%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.96%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 29 (13.88%) Windows
2 22 (10.53%) Linux
3 21 (10.05%) Windows Server
4 9 (4.31%) Unix
5 8 (3.83%) Windows 10
6 7 (3.35%) Apple iOS
7 5 (2.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (1.91%) Mac OS
8 4 (1.91%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (1.91%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (1.91%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.48%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (30.62%) Problem-Solving
2 57 (27.27%) Analytics
3 53 (25.36%) Agile
4 43 (20.57%) Continuous Improvement
5 39 (18.66%) CI/CD
6 38 (18.18%) DevOps
7 35 (16.75%) Roadmaps
8 32 (15.31%) ITIL
9 31 (14.83%) Business Intelligence
10 30 (14.35%) Decision-Making
11 27 (12.92%) Observability
12 26 (12.44%) Actionable Insight
13 25 (11.96%) Collaborative Working
13 25 (11.96%) Infrastructure as Code
13 25 (11.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 23 (11.00%) High Availability
14 23 (11.00%) Service Management
15 22 (10.53%) Problem Management
15 22 (10.53%) Process Improvement
16 21 (10.05%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 55 (26.32%) SQL
2 30 (14.35%) Python
3 19 (9.09%) PowerShell
4 17 (8.13%) JavaScript
5 13 (6.22%) C#
6 12 (5.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 11 (5.26%) Bash
8 10 (4.78%) Groovy
9 9 (4.31%) VBA
10 8 (3.83%) Java
11 7 (3.35%) Go
12 5 (2.39%) Bicep
13 4 (1.91%) TypeScript
14 2 (0.96%) T-SQL
15 1 (0.48%) Perl
15 1 (0.48%) PL/SQL
15 1 (0.48%) R
15 1 (0.48%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 51 (24.40%) Degree
2 20 (9.57%) Security Cleared
3 14 (6.70%) Master's Degree
4 11 (5.26%) SC Cleared
5 10 (4.78%) ITIL Certification
6 9 (4.31%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.91%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.91%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.91%) CCIE
7 4 (1.91%) CCNP
7 4 (1.91%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.91%) MCP
8 3 (1.44%) CISA
8 3 (1.44%) CISM
8 3 (1.44%) CISSP
8 3 (1.44%) CRISC
8 3 (1.44%) CSPO
8 3 (1.44%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 3 (1.44%) PMI Certification
8 3 (1.44%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (8.61%) Data Quality
2 13 (6.22%) GDPR
3 6 (2.87%) GRC
3 6 (2.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (2.87%) QA
4 4 (1.91%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.44%) ISO 20022
5 3 (1.44%) ISO 22301
5 3 (1.44%) ISO 8583
5 3 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 3 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 3 (1.44%) SEPA
6 2 (0.96%) SLA
7 1 (0.48%) COBIT
7 1 (0.48%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.48%) P3O
7 1 (0.48%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.48%) PMO
7 1 (0.48%) SOC 2
System Software
1 24 (11.48%) Docker
2 19 (9.09%) Active Directory
3 12 (5.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.96%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.48%) Squid
Systems Management
1 28 (13.40%) Kubernetes
2 27 (12.92%) Terraform
3 11 (5.26%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (4.31%) Prometheus
5 8 (3.83%) Ansible
6 4 (1.91%) logstash
6 4 (1.91%) Progress Chef
6 4 (1.91%) Puppet
7 3 (1.44%) Grafana
8 2 (0.96%) AssetCenter
8 2 (0.96%) Kibana
8 2 (0.96%) SCCM
9 1 (0.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.48%) Argo
9 1 (0.48%) Control-M
9 1 (0.48%) DatAdvantage
9 1 (0.48%) Nagios
9 1 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 41 (19.62%) Microsoft
2 16 (7.66%) Oracle
3 14 (6.70%) ServiceNow
3 14 (6.70%) VMware
4 12 (5.74%) Google
4 12 (5.74%) SAP
5 10 (4.78%) Hyperion
6 8 (3.83%) Salesforce
7 7 (3.35%) Cisco
8 6 (2.87%) Dynatrace
9 5 (2.39%) HubSpot
9 5 (2.39%) Red Hat
10 4 (1.91%) Adobe
10 4 (1.91%) Atlassian
11 3 (1.44%) Ahrefs
12 2 (0.96%) Kepware
12 2 (0.96%) Planon
12 2 (0.96%) Rockwell
12 2 (0.96%) Siemens
13 1 (0.48%) HP