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 16 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 518 409 585
Rank change year-on-year -109 +176 +32
Permanent jobs citing Performance Monitoring 202 261 322
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.22% 0.60% 0.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.64% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 122 129 210
10th Percentile £31,625 £27,800 £32,375
25th Percentile £45,125 £42,000 £40,800
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +15.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £79,932 £70,000 £60,938
90th Percentile £130,000 £75,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.82% +10.00% -

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 67,346 40,822 82,196
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.74% 93.29% 85.15%
Number of salaries quoted 43,359 22,211 59,550
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -9.97%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -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 16 May 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 16 May 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 -116 170 £57,500 - 74
UK excluding London -93 112 £48,500 -11.82% 58
London -37 74 £95,000 +38.80% 31
Work from Home -9 57 £53,712 -2.34% 91
South East -38 39 £35,000 -39.13% 21
North of England -44 20 £60,500 -6.92% 14
South West -41 19 £45,000 -15.75% 7
Scotland +3 9 £31,000 - 4
North West -16 9 £65,000 - 6
West Midlands -39 9 £55,000 -15.38% 3
Midlands -39 9 £55,000 +119.10% 7
Yorkshire -49 9 - - 6
Wales -33 5 £42,934 +12.71% 2
Channel Islands - 5 £75,000 -
East of England -18 4 £51,106 -4.92% 5
North East -40 2 £47,500 -31.54% 2
Northern Ireland - 2 £59,901 -

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 8 (3.96%) Confluence
1 8 (3.96%) Microsoft Exchange
1 8 (3.96%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.48%) IIS
3 1 (0.50%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.50%) CMS
3 1 (0.50%) SAS
3 1 (0.50%) Tomcat
3 1 (0.50%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (2.97%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (2.97%) Oracle Smart View
2 4 (1.98%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.49%) FrameMaker
3 3 (1.49%) MadCap Flare
3 3 (1.49%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.50%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.50%) EngageOne
4 1 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.50%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (3.96%) Oracle Financials
2 6 (2.97%) Hyperion Planning
2 6 (2.97%) Oracle Assets
2 6 (2.97%) Oracle General Ledger
2 6 (2.97%) Oracle Payables
2 6 (2.97%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.99%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.50%) Shopify
4 1 (0.50%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 47 (23.27%) AWS
2 44 (21.78%) Azure
3 27 (13.37%) AWS CloudFormation
4 22 (10.89%) Cloud Computing
5 21 (10.40%) Serverless
6 20 (9.90%) Amazon S3
6 20 (9.90%) AWS Lambda
7 19 (9.41%) Amazon EC2
8 18 (8.91%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 17 (8.42%) Datadog
10 12 (5.94%) Entra ID
11 11 (5.45%) Microsoft 365
12 10 (4.95%) OneDrive
13 9 (4.46%) Azure AKS
13 9 (4.46%) GCP
14 8 (3.96%) SaaS
15 7 (3.47%) Power Platform
16 6 (2.97%) Amazon EKS
16 6 (2.97%) Azure DevOps
16 6 (2.97%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 25 (12.38%) TCP/IP
2 20 (9.90%) DNS
3 14 (6.93%) HTTP
4 12 (5.94%) LAN
5 11 (5.45%) WAN
6 10 (4.95%) Intrusion Detection
6 10 (4.95%) VPN
7 9 (4.46%) DHCP
8 8 (3.96%) SD-WAN
9 6 (2.97%) IPv4
9 6 (2.97%) Software-Defined Networking
10 4 (1.98%) Internet
11 3 (1.49%) HTTPS
11 3 (1.49%) SNMP
12 1 (0.50%) Broadband
12 1 (0.50%) Kerberos
12 1 (0.50%) PSTN
12 1 (0.50%) VoIP
12 1 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (10.89%) Amazon RDS
2 19 (9.41%) NoSQL
3 18 (8.91%) DynamoDB
4 8 (3.96%) SQL Server
5 7 (3.47%) Power BI
6 6 (2.97%) Essbase
6 6 (2.97%) Redis
7 5 (2.48%) Elasticsearch
7 5 (2.48%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (1.98%) Relational Database
8 4 (1.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (1.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (1.49%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (1.49%) SAP HANA
10 2 (0.99%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.99%) OLAP
10 2 (0.99%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (0.99%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 1 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
11 1 (0.50%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 35 (17.33%) GitLab
2 30 (14.85%) Jenkins
3 17 (8.42%) CircleCI
4 16 (7.92%) Git
5 9 (4.46%) JIRA
6 7 (3.47%) Bitbucket
7 6 (2.97%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.99%) Gatling
8 2 (0.99%) JMeter
8 2 (0.99%) LoadRunner
8 2 (0.99%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.50%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.50%) Burp Suite
9 1 (0.50%) Postman
9 1 (0.50%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.50%) ScriptRunner
9 1 (0.50%) Selenium
9 1 (0.50%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.50%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.50%) Yeoman
General
1 80 (39.60%) Finance
2 71 (35.15%) Social Skills
3 34 (16.83%) Banking
4 20 (9.90%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (9.90%) Marketing
5 14 (6.93%) Aerospace
5 14 (6.93%) Manufacturing
6 12 (5.94%) Documentation Skills
6 12 (5.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (4.46%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (3.96%) Retail
9 6 (2.97%) Pharmaceutical
9 6 (2.97%) Public Sector
10 5 (2.48%) Automotive
10 5 (2.48%) Financial Institution
10 5 (2.48%) Law
10 5 (2.48%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.98%) Electronics
11 4 (1.98%) Legal
11 4 (1.98%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 73 (36.14%) Senior
2 27 (13.37%) Developer
3 21 (10.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 21 (10.40%) Lead
3 21 (10.40%) Senior Developer
4 19 (9.41%) Administrator
5 17 (8.42%) Systems Engineer
6 15 (7.43%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 10 (4.95%) Linux Administrator
7 10 (4.95%) Linux Systems Administrator
7 10 (4.95%) Security Engineer
7 10 (4.95%) Senior Security Engineer
7 10 (4.95%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 10 (4.95%) Systems Administrator
8 9 (4.46%) Analyst
8 9 (4.46%) DevOps Engineer
8 9 (4.46%) Senior Manager
9 7 (3.47%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
9 7 (3.47%) Senior Analyst
10 6 (2.97%) Quality Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (8.91%) Kafka
1 18 (8.91%) RESTful
2 17 (8.42%) gRPC
2 17 (8.42%) RabbitMQ
2 17 (8.42%) web3js
3 10 (4.95%) WebSockets
4 5 (2.48%) .NET
4 5 (2.48%) Django
4 5 (2.48%) HTML
4 5 (2.48%) REST
5 4 (1.98%) CSS
6 3 (1.49%) NETCONF
6 3 (1.49%) RESTCONF
7 2 (0.99%) Bootstrap
7 2 (0.99%) boto
7 2 (0.99%) EDI
7 2 (0.99%) Elastic Stack
7 2 (0.99%) HTML5
7 2 (0.99%) jQuery
7 2 (0.99%) React
Miscellaneous
1 22 (10.89%) Cloud Native
2 18 (8.91%) Blockchain
3 17 (8.42%) Driving Licence
3 17 (8.42%) Web3
4 13 (6.44%) Management Information System
5 11 (5.45%) Hybrid Cloud
5 11 (5.45%) Life Science
6 10 (4.95%) CCTV
6 10 (4.95%) Data Centre
6 10 (4.95%) Product Ownership
7 9 (4.46%) Replication
8 6 (2.97%) Onboarding
9 5 (2.48%) Linux Command Line
10 4 (1.98%) Distributed Architecture
10 4 (1.98%) NHS
10 4 (1.98%) Renewable Energy
11 3 (1.49%) Clustering
11 3 (1.49%) Distributed Systems
11 3 (1.49%) Social Media
12 2 (0.99%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 35 (17.33%) Linux
2 23 (11.39%) Windows
3 20 (9.90%) Windows Server
4 11 (5.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (4.95%) Apple iOS
6 9 (4.46%) Windows 10
7 6 (2.97%) Unix
8 2 (0.99%) Android
8 2 (0.99%) Rocky
9 1 (0.50%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.50%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.50%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.50%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (25.25%) DevOps
2 48 (23.76%) CI/CD
3 41 (20.30%) Analytics
4 40 (19.80%) Infrastructure as Code
5 39 (19.31%) Agile
6 31 (15.35%) Containerisation
6 31 (15.35%) Continuous Improvement
7 29 (14.36%) Observability
8 27 (13.37%) Continuous Integration
8 27 (13.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 27 (13.37%) Microservices
8 27 (13.37%) Problem-Solving
9 26 (12.87%) High Availability
9 26 (12.87%) Test Automation
10 25 (12.38%) Investment Management
11 24 (11.88%) Decision-Making
11 24 (11.88%) Risk Management
12 23 (11.39%) Continuous Delivery
12 23 (11.39%) Roadmaps
12 23 (11.39%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 37 (18.32%) Python
2 29 (14.36%) SQL
3 22 (10.89%) Bash
4 20 (9.90%) PowerShell
5 17 (8.42%) Go
6 14 (6.93%) Java
7 11 (5.45%) C#
8 7 (3.47%) Groovy
8 7 (3.47%) JavaScript
9 5 (2.48%) Bicep
10 3 (1.49%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.99%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.50%) JCL
Qualifications
1 35 (17.33%) Degree
2 20 (9.90%) Security Cleared
3 16 (7.92%) RHCSA
4 14 (6.93%) Cisco Certification
5 11 (5.45%) Master's Degree
5 11 (5.45%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (4.95%) SC Cleared
7 8 (3.96%) CCNP
8 6 (2.97%) AWS Certification
8 6 (2.97%) CCNA
8 6 (2.97%) ISTQB
8 6 (2.97%) OSCP
8 6 (2.97%) RHCE
9 5 (2.48%) MCSE
9 5 (2.48%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 4 (1.98%) ACCA
10 4 (1.98%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.98%) CIMA
11 3 (1.49%) CCIE
11 3 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.95%) Data Quality
1 10 (4.95%) QA
2 7 (3.47%) GMP
3 6 (2.97%) Accessibility
4 5 (2.48%) GDPR
5 2 (0.99%) GAAP
5 2 (0.99%) IFRS
5 2 (0.99%) PMO
6 1 (0.50%) COBIT
6 1 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.50%) NEBOSH
6 1 (0.50%) NIST
6 1 (0.50%) P3O
6 1 (0.50%) SLA
System Software
1 32 (15.84%) Docker
2 30 (14.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (9.90%) Active Directory
4 6 (2.97%) Squid
4 6 (2.97%) VMware NSX
4 6 (2.97%) vSphere
5 5 (2.48%) KVM
6 3 (1.49%) IAG
7 1 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.50%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 41 (20.30%) Terraform
2 40 (19.80%) Kubernetes
3 18 (8.91%) Prometheus
4 13 (6.44%) Ansible
5 11 (5.45%) Microsoft Intune
6 10 (4.95%) Nagios
7 6 (2.97%) Packer
7 6 (2.97%) ZABBIX
8 5 (2.48%) AWS Copilot
9 4 (1.98%) Grafana
9 4 (1.98%) logstash
10 3 (1.49%) SCCM
11 2 (0.99%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.99%) DatAdvantage
11 2 (0.99%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.50%) Argo
12 1 (0.50%) HP Fortify
12 1 (0.50%) Jamf Pro
12 1 (0.50%) Netcool
12 1 (0.50%) Puppet
Vendors
1 35 (17.33%) Microsoft
2 31 (15.35%) VMware
3 19 (9.41%) Oracle
4 17 (8.42%) Red Hat
5 13 (6.44%) Cisco
6 10 (4.95%) SolarWinds
7 9 (4.46%) Splunk
8 8 (3.96%) Google
8 8 (3.96%) Salesforce
9 6 (2.97%) Hyperion
9 6 (2.97%) SAP
10 5 (2.48%) HubSpot
10 5 (2.48%) ServiceNow
10 5 (2.48%) Veeam
10 5 (2.48%) Zerto
11 4 (1.98%) Dynatrace
12 3 (1.49%) Adobe
12 3 (1.49%) IONA
13 2 (0.99%) iManage
13 2 (0.99%) Varonis