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

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 445 425 532
Rank change year-on-year -20 +107 +153
Permanent jobs citing Performance Monitoring 210 287 254
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.33% 0.55% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% 0.60% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 118 131 156
10th Percentile £36,911 £28,500 £38,131
25th Percentile £44,049 £42,250 £44,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £57,670 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.90% +4.85% -4.35%
75th Percentile £78,780 £74,144 £69,800
90th Percentile £102,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £56,250 £53,575
% change year-on-year -2.22% +4.99% +12.79%

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 50,653 47,952 60,543
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 80.28% 91.49% 88.83%
Number of salaries quoted 29,910 23,033 46,850
10th Percentile £28,738 £35,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,250 £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 £75,900 £80,000 £76,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
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 28 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 28 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 -29 163 £57,750 +0.43% 169
UK excluding London -16 130 £55,000 -2.22% 162
Work from Home +22 96 £55,000 -20.64% 104
London +15 59 £73,801 -3.53% 28
South East +18 34 £60,000 +4.35% 48
North of England +12 28 £65,000 -1.37% 31
South West -3 20 £43,953 -19.09% 23
North West +16 16 £56,000 -8.57% 13
Midlands -13 16 £45,000 +5.88% 15
Northern Ireland -2 13 £73,801 +6.48% 4
Scotland -16 12 £73,801 +6.48% 8
Yorkshire -18 9 £66,250 +55.88% 12
West Midlands +20 8 £59,527 -4.76% 6
East of England +7 8 £55,000 +10.00% 28
East Midlands -23 8 £42,000 +67.31% 8
Wales +5 5 £44,336 -36.03% 9
North East -3 3 £73,801 +6.48% 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%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.81%) Confluence
3 7 (3.33%) IIS
3 7 (3.33%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (1.90%) Tomcat
5 2 (0.95%) CMS
5 2 (0.95%) FactoryTalk
5 2 (0.95%) WinCC
6 1 (0.48%) Appian
6 1 (0.48%) SAS
6 1 (0.48%) WordPress
Applications
1 26 (12.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (4.76%) Oracle Smart View
3 4 (1.90%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.90%) MS Visio
4 3 (1.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.48%) EngageOne
Business Applications
1 11 (5.24%) Oracle Financials
2 10 (4.76%) Hyperion Planning
2 10 (4.76%) Oracle Assets
2 10 (4.76%) Oracle General Ledger
2 10 (4.76%) Oracle Payables
2 10 (4.76%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (2.38%) PlanetPress Connect
4 4 (1.90%) SAP ERP
4 4 (1.90%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (1.43%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (1.43%) SAP APO
5 3 (1.43%) SAP CO
5 3 (1.43%) SAP FI
5 3 (1.43%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (1.43%) SAP IBP
6 2 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.95%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 2 (0.95%) OpenCart
7 1 (0.48%) Magento
7 1 (0.48%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 63 (30.00%) Azure
2 30 (14.29%) AWS
3 29 (13.81%) Power Platform
4 18 (8.57%) AWS CloudFormation
5 17 (8.10%) Microsoft 365
6 14 (6.67%) Entra ID
6 14 (6.67%) GCP
7 13 (6.19%) Azure Data Factory
7 13 (6.19%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 10 (4.76%) SaaS
8 10 (4.76%) Serverless
9 9 (4.29%) Amazon EC2
9 9 (4.29%) Amazon S3
9 9 (4.29%) Cloud Computing
10 8 (3.81%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 8 (3.81%) Amazon ECR
10 8 (3.81%) Amazon ECS
10 8 (3.81%) AWS Lambda
10 8 (3.81%) dbt
10 8 (3.81%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 16 (7.62%) TCP/IP
2 12 (5.71%) DNS
3 11 (5.24%) WAN
4 7 (3.33%) DHCP
4 7 (3.33%) SD-WAN
4 7 (3.33%) VPN
5 5 (2.38%) Firewall
5 5 (2.38%) HTTP
5 5 (2.38%) LAN
5 5 (2.38%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (1.90%) HTTPS
6 4 (1.90%) SNMP
6 4 (1.90%) Wireless
7 3 (1.43%) Internet
8 2 (0.95%) Ethernet
9 1 (0.48%) Broadband
9 1 (0.48%) Intranet
9 1 (0.48%) Multicast
9 1 (0.48%) X.21
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (13.33%) SQL Server
2 27 (12.86%) Power BI
3 16 (7.62%) Amazon RDS
3 16 (7.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 13 (6.19%) Azure SQL Database
5 10 (4.76%) Essbase
6 9 (4.29%) Elasticsearch
6 9 (4.29%) NoSQL
6 9 (4.29%) PostgreSQL
6 9 (4.29%) Redis
7 8 (3.81%) DynamoDB
8 7 (3.33%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (2.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (1.90%) Metadata
10 4 (1.90%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 4 (1.90%) Tableau
11 3 (1.43%) Relational Database
11 3 (1.43%) SAP HANA
12 2 (0.95%) MongoDB
12 2 (0.95%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 15 (7.14%) GitLab
1 15 (7.14%) Jenkins
2 10 (4.76%) Oracle Forms
3 9 (4.29%) JIRA
4 7 (3.33%) CircleCI
5 6 (2.86%) Git
6 4 (1.90%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 4 (1.90%) Bitbucket
7 3 (1.43%) LoadRunner
8 2 (0.95%) Burp Suite
8 2 (0.95%) JMeter
8 2 (0.95%) NeoLoad
8 2 (0.95%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.48%) Browser DevTools
9 1 (0.48%) Mocha
General
1 99 (47.14%) Social Skills
2 84 (40.00%) Finance
3 44 (20.95%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (7.14%) Marketing
4 15 (7.14%) Retail
5 13 (6.19%) Law
5 13 (6.19%) Legal
6 12 (5.71%) Banking
6 12 (5.71%) Billing
7 10 (4.76%) Public Sector
8 8 (3.81%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (3.33%) Aerospace
9 7 (3.33%) Manufacturing
9 7 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (2.38%) Financial Institution
11 5 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (2.38%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.90%) Automotive
13 3 (1.43%) Games
Job Titles
1 54 (25.71%) Senior
2 40 (19.05%) Analyst
3 26 (12.38%) Developer
4 17 (8.10%) Lead
5 14 (6.67%) Senior Analyst
6 12 (5.71%) Commercial Analyst
6 12 (5.71%) Insight Analyst
7 11 (5.24%) DevOps Engineer
7 11 (5.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 11 (5.24%) Support Analyst
8 10 (4.76%) IT Manager
8 10 (4.76%) Oracle Analyst
8 10 (4.76%) Senior Developer
8 10 (4.76%) Senior Oracle Analyst
9 8 (3.81%) Site Engineer
9 8 (3.81%) Site Reliability Engineer
10 7 (3.33%) Product Manager
10 7 (3.33%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 6 (2.86%) Administrator
11 6 (2.86%) ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (5.71%) HTML
2 11 (5.24%) Kafka
3 10 (4.76%) CSS
4 9 (4.29%) .NET
4 9 (4.29%) RESTful
5 8 (3.81%) Django
5 8 (3.81%) JSON
5 8 (3.81%) REST
6 7 (3.33%) gRPC
6 7 (3.33%) RabbitMQ
6 7 (3.33%) web3js
6 7 (3.33%) XML
7 6 (2.86%) Middleware
8 4 (1.90%) NETCONF
8 4 (1.90%) RESTCONF
9 3 (1.43%) .NET Framework
9 3 (1.43%) AngularJS
9 3 (1.43%) React
10 2 (0.95%) ARM Templates
10 2 (0.95%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 26 (12.38%) Analytical Mindset
2 18 (8.57%) Cloud Native
3 17 (8.10%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (5.24%) Management Information System
5 9 (4.29%) Onboarding
6 8 (3.81%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (3.81%) Life Science
7 7 (3.33%) Blockchain
7 7 (3.33%) Web3
8 6 (2.86%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (2.38%) Product Ownership
10 4 (1.90%) Distributed Architecture
10 4 (1.90%) e-Learning
10 4 (1.90%) Social Media
11 3 (1.43%) Blog
11 3 (1.43%) FMCG
11 3 (1.43%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 3 (1.43%) Taxonomies
12 2 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
12 2 (0.95%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 28 (13.33%) Windows
2 24 (11.43%) Linux
3 20 (9.52%) Windows Server
4 9 (4.29%) Unix
5 8 (3.81%) Windows 10
6 7 (3.33%) Apple iOS
7 5 (2.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (1.90%) Mac OS
8 4 (1.90%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (1.90%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (1.90%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.48%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (29.52%) Problem-Solving
2 58 (27.62%) Analytics
3 53 (25.24%) Agile
4 43 (20.48%) Continuous Improvement
5 40 (19.05%) CI/CD
6 39 (18.57%) DevOps
7 34 (16.19%) Roadmaps
8 33 (15.71%) ITIL
9 31 (14.76%) Business Intelligence
10 30 (14.29%) Decision-Making
11 28 (13.33%) Observability
12 26 (12.38%) Actionable Insight
12 26 (12.38%) Infrastructure as Code
13 25 (11.90%) Collaborative Working
14 24 (11.43%) High Availability
14 24 (11.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 22 (10.48%) Problem Management
15 22 (10.48%) Process Improvement
15 22 (10.48%) Risk Management
15 22 (10.48%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 55 (26.19%) SQL
2 30 (14.29%) Python
3 19 (9.05%) PowerShell
4 17 (8.10%) JavaScript
5 13 (6.19%) C#
6 12 (5.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 11 (5.24%) Bash
8 10 (4.76%) Groovy
9 9 (4.29%) VBA
10 8 (3.81%) Go
10 8 (3.81%) Java
11 5 (2.38%) Bicep
12 4 (1.90%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.95%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.48%) Perl
14 1 (0.48%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.48%) R
14 1 (0.48%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 51 (24.29%) Degree
2 20 (9.52%) Security Cleared
3 14 (6.67%) Master's Degree
4 11 (5.24%) SC Cleared
5 10 (4.76%) ITIL Certification
6 9 (4.29%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.90%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.90%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.90%) CCIE
7 4 (1.90%) CCNP
7 4 (1.90%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.90%) MCP
8 3 (1.43%) CISA
8 3 (1.43%) CISM
8 3 (1.43%) CISSP
8 3 (1.43%) CRISC
8 3 (1.43%) CSPO
8 3 (1.43%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 3 (1.43%) PMI Certification
8 3 (1.43%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (8.57%) Data Quality
2 13 (6.19%) GDPR
3 6 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (2.86%) QA
4 5 (2.38%) GRC
5 4 (1.90%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.43%) ISO 20022
6 3 (1.43%) ISO 22301
6 3 (1.43%) ISO 8583
6 3 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 3 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 3 (1.43%) SEPA
7 2 (0.95%) SLA
8 1 (0.48%) COBIT
8 1 (0.48%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.48%) P3O
8 1 (0.48%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.48%) PMO
8 1 (0.48%) SOC 2
System Software
1 25 (11.90%) Docker
2 19 (9.05%) Active Directory
3 12 (5.71%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.95%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.48%) Squid
Systems Management
1 29 (13.81%) Kubernetes
2 28 (13.33%) Terraform
3 11 (5.24%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (4.76%) Prometheus
5 8 (3.81%) Ansible
6 4 (1.90%) logstash
6 4 (1.90%) Progress Chef
6 4 (1.90%) Puppet
7 3 (1.43%) Grafana
8 2 (0.95%) AssetCenter
8 2 (0.95%) Kibana
8 2 (0.95%) 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 40 (19.05%) Microsoft
2 16 (7.62%) Oracle
3 14 (6.67%) SAP
3 14 (6.67%) ServiceNow
3 14 (6.67%) VMware
4 12 (5.71%) Google
5 10 (4.76%) Hyperion
6 8 (3.81%) Salesforce
7 6 (2.86%) Cisco
7 6 (2.86%) Dynatrace
8 5 (2.38%) HubSpot
8 5 (2.38%) Red Hat
9 4 (1.90%) Adobe
9 4 (1.90%) Atlassian
10 3 (1.43%) Ahrefs
11 2 (0.95%) Kepware
11 2 (0.95%) Planon
11 2 (0.95%) Rockwell
11 2 (0.95%) Siemens
12 1 (0.48%) Ubiquiti