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

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 518 404 577
Rank change year-on-year -114 +173 +39
Permanent jobs citing Performance Monitoring 198 262 326
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.22% 0.60% 0.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.64% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 118 128 213
10th Percentile £35,000 £27,450 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,500 £40,800
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.17% +15.00% -11.50%
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £130,000 £75,000 £97,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,500 £53,465 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.29% +6.93% -

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 67,438 40,826 82,224
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 74.22% 93.31% 85.22%
Number of salaries quoted 42,850 22,742 59,687
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -10.10%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,491 £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 10 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 10 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 -100 166 £57,500 - 86
UK excluding London -103 107 £48,500 -9.29% 68
London -26 75 £95,000 +38.80% 32
Work from Home -23 55 £53,712 -2.34% 35
South East -49 38 £35,000 -39.13% 24
North of England -64 20 £60,500 -6.92% 15
South West -48 16 £45,000 -15.75% 7
Scotland -2 9 £31,000 - 5
North West -14 9 £65,000 +4.00% 8
West Midlands -30 9 £55,000 -13.73% 5
Midlands -33 9 £55,000 +119.10% 10
Yorkshire -56 9 - - 6
Wales -32 5 £42,934 +12.71% 2
Channel Islands - 5 £75,000 -
East of England -13 3 £48,500 -3.00% 7
North East -43 2 £47,500 -31.54% 1
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 9 (4.55%) SharePoint
2 8 (4.04%) Confluence
2 8 (4.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (3.03%) IIS
4 2 (1.01%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.51%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.51%) CMS
5 1 (0.51%) SAS
5 1 (0.51%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (3.54%) Oracle Smart View
2 4 (2.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.52%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.52%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.01%) FrameMaker
4 2 (1.01%) MadCap Flare
5 1 (0.51%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.51%) EngageOne
5 1 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.51%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (4.55%) Oracle Financials
2 7 (3.54%) Hyperion Planning
2 7 (3.54%) Oracle Assets
2 7 (3.54%) Oracle General Ledger
2 7 (3.54%) Oracle Payables
2 7 (3.54%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (1.01%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.51%) Shopify
4 1 (0.51%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 44 (22.22%) AWS
1 44 (22.22%) Azure
2 25 (12.63%) AWS CloudFormation
3 21 (10.61%) Cloud Computing
4 18 (9.09%) Amazon S3
4 18 (9.09%) Serverless
5 17 (8.59%) Amazon EC2
5 17 (8.59%) AWS Lambda
6 16 (8.08%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 16 (8.08%) Datadog
7 13 (6.57%) Entra ID
8 12 (6.06%) Microsoft 365
9 10 (5.05%) OneDrive
10 9 (4.55%) Azure AKS
10 9 (4.55%) GCP
11 8 (4.04%) SaaS
12 6 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
12 6 (3.03%) Nutanix
12 6 (3.03%) OpenShift
12 6 (3.03%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 25 (12.63%) TCP/IP
2 21 (10.61%) DNS
3 14 (7.07%) HTTP
4 13 (6.57%) LAN
5 11 (5.56%) WAN
6 10 (5.05%) Intrusion Detection
6 10 (5.05%) VPN
7 9 (4.55%) DHCP
8 8 (4.04%) SD-WAN
9 5 (2.53%) IPv4
9 5 (2.53%) Software-Defined Networking
10 4 (2.02%) Internet
11 3 (1.52%) HTTPS
11 3 (1.52%) SNMP
12 2 (1.01%) Wi-Fi
13 1 (0.51%) Broadband
13 1 (0.51%) Firewall
13 1 (0.51%) Kerberos
13 1 (0.51%) Multicast
13 1 (0.51%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (10.61%) Amazon RDS
2 18 (9.09%) NoSQL
3 16 (8.08%) DynamoDB
4 9 (4.55%) SQL Server
5 7 (3.54%) Essbase
6 6 (3.03%) Power BI
6 6 (3.03%) Redis
7 5 (2.53%) Elasticsearch
7 5 (2.53%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (2.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (2.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (1.52%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (1.52%) Relational Database
9 3 (1.52%) SAP HANA
10 2 (1.01%) MongoDB
10 2 (1.01%) OLAP
10 2 (1.01%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (1.01%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 1 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
11 1 (0.51%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 34 (17.17%) GitLab
2 29 (14.65%) Jenkins
3 16 (8.08%) CircleCI
4 15 (7.58%) Git
5 9 (4.55%) JIRA
6 7 (3.54%) Bitbucket
6 7 (3.54%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (1.01%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (1.01%) Gatling
7 2 (1.01%) JMeter
7 2 (1.01%) LoadRunner
7 2 (1.01%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.51%) Burp Suite
8 1 (0.51%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.51%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.51%) Mocha
8 1 (0.51%) Selenium
8 1 (0.51%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.51%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.51%) Yeoman
General
1 80 (40.40%) Finance
2 69 (34.85%) Social Skills
3 33 (16.67%) Banking
4 19 (9.60%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (9.60%) Marketing
5 14 (7.07%) Manufacturing
6 13 (6.57%) Aerospace
7 12 (6.06%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (6.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (4.04%) Retail
9 7 (3.54%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (3.03%) Pharmaceutical
11 5 (2.53%) Automotive
11 5 (2.53%) Financial Institution
11 5 (2.53%) Law
11 5 (2.53%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (2.53%) Public Sector
12 4 (2.02%) Electronics
12 4 (2.02%) Legal
12 4 (2.02%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 73 (36.87%) Senior
2 25 (12.63%) Developer
3 21 (10.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 20 (10.10%) Lead
5 19 (9.60%) Senior Developer
6 18 (9.09%) Administrator
7 17 (8.59%) Systems Engineer
8 15 (7.58%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 11 (5.56%) Analyst
10 10 (5.05%) Linux Administrator
10 10 (5.05%) Linux Systems Administrator
10 10 (5.05%) Security Engineer
10 10 (5.05%) Senior Security Engineer
10 10 (5.05%) Senior Systems Engineer
10 10 (5.05%) Systems Administrator
11 9 (4.55%) DevOps Engineer
11 9 (4.55%) Senior Analyst
11 9 (4.55%) Senior Manager
12 7 (3.54%) Oracle Analyst
12 7 (3.54%) Senior Oracle Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (9.09%) Kafka
2 17 (8.59%) RESTful
3 16 (8.08%) gRPC
3 16 (8.08%) RabbitMQ
3 16 (8.08%) web3js
4 10 (5.05%) WebSockets
5 5 (2.53%) .NET
5 5 (2.53%) Django
5 5 (2.53%) REST
6 4 (2.02%) HTML
7 3 (1.52%) CSS
7 3 (1.52%) NETCONF
7 3 (1.52%) RESTCONF
8 2 (1.01%) EDI
8 2 (1.01%) Elastic Stack
8 2 (1.01%) Middleware
8 2 (1.01%) React
9 1 (0.51%) .NET Framework
9 1 (0.51%) JSON
9 1 (0.51%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 20 (10.10%) Cloud Native
2 17 (8.59%) Blockchain
2 17 (8.59%) Driving Licence
3 16 (8.08%) Web3
4 13 (6.57%) Management Information System
5 11 (5.56%) Life Science
6 10 (5.05%) CCTV
6 10 (5.05%) Data Centre
6 10 (5.05%) Hybrid Cloud
6 10 (5.05%) Product Ownership
7 9 (4.55%) Replication
8 6 (3.03%) Onboarding
9 5 (2.53%) Linux Command Line
10 4 (2.02%) Distributed Architecture
10 4 (2.02%) Renewable Energy
11 3 (1.52%) Clustering
11 3 (1.52%) Distributed Systems
11 3 (1.52%) NHS
11 3 (1.52%) Social Media
12 2 (1.01%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 36 (18.18%) Linux
2 24 (12.12%) Windows
3 20 (10.10%) Windows Server
4 12 (6.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (5.05%) Apple iOS
6 9 (4.55%) Windows 10
7 6 (3.03%) Unix
8 2 (1.01%) Android
8 2 (1.01%) Rocky
8 2 (1.01%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (1.01%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (1.01%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.51%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.51%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (25.25%) DevOps
2 47 (23.74%) CI/CD
3 40 (20.20%) Analytics
4 38 (19.19%) Agile
5 37 (18.69%) Infrastructure as Code
6 31 (15.66%) Continuous Improvement
7 29 (14.65%) Containerisation
8 28 (14.14%) Observability
9 27 (13.64%) Continuous Integration
9 27 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
10 26 (13.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 26 (13.13%) Test Automation
11 25 (12.63%) High Availability
11 25 (12.63%) Microservices
12 24 (12.12%) Investment Management
12 24 (12.12%) Risk Management
13 23 (11.62%) Decision-Making
13 23 (11.62%) Roadmaps
14 22 (11.11%) Continuous Delivery
14 22 (11.11%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 37 (18.69%) Python
2 29 (14.65%) SQL
3 22 (11.11%) Bash
4 20 (10.10%) PowerShell
5 16 (8.08%) Go
6 14 (7.07%) Java
7 11 (5.56%) C#
8 8 (4.04%) Groovy
9 6 (3.03%) JavaScript
10 5 (2.53%) Bicep
11 3 (1.52%) TypeScript
12 2 (1.01%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.51%) JCL
Qualifications
1 35 (17.68%) Degree
2 19 (9.60%) Security Cleared
3 15 (7.58%) RHCSA
4 13 (6.57%) Cisco Certification
5 12 (6.06%) Master's Degree
6 10 (5.05%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (4.55%) SC Cleared
8 8 (4.04%) CCNP
9 5 (2.53%) AWS Certification
9 5 (2.53%) CCNA
9 5 (2.53%) ISTQB
9 5 (2.53%) MCSE
9 5 (2.53%) OSCP
9 5 (2.53%) RHCE
9 5 (2.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 4 (2.02%) ACCA
10 4 (2.02%) Azure Certification
10 4 (2.02%) CIMA
10 4 (2.02%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (1.52%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.05%) QA
2 8 (4.04%) Data Quality
3 7 (3.54%) GMP
4 6 (3.03%) Accessibility
5 5 (2.53%) GDPR
6 2 (1.01%) GAAP
6 2 (1.01%) IFRS
6 2 (1.01%) PMO
7 1 (0.51%) COBIT
7 1 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.51%) NEBOSH
7 1 (0.51%) NIST
7 1 (0.51%) P3O
7 1 (0.51%) SLA
System Software
1 31 (15.66%) Docker
2 30 (15.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (10.61%) Active Directory
4 5 (2.53%) KVM
4 5 (2.53%) Squid
4 5 (2.53%) VMware NSX
4 5 (2.53%) vSphere
5 3 (1.52%) IAG
6 1 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.51%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 39 (19.70%) Kubernetes
2 38 (19.19%) Terraform
3 17 (8.59%) Prometheus
4 13 (6.57%) Ansible
5 12 (6.06%) Microsoft Intune
6 10 (5.05%) Nagios
7 5 (2.53%) AWS Copilot
7 5 (2.53%) Packer
7 5 (2.53%) ZABBIX
8 4 (2.02%) Grafana
8 4 (2.02%) logstash
9 3 (1.52%) SCCM
10 2 (1.01%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (1.01%) DatAdvantage
10 2 (1.01%) Progress Chef
10 2 (1.01%) Puppet
10 2 (1.01%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.51%) Argo
11 1 (0.51%) HP Fortify
11 1 (0.51%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 33 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 31 (15.66%) VMware
3 19 (9.60%) Oracle
4 17 (8.59%) Red Hat
5 13 (6.57%) Cisco
6 10 (5.05%) SolarWinds
7 8 (4.04%) Google
7 8 (4.04%) Splunk
8 7 (3.54%) Hyperion
8 7 (3.54%) Salesforce
9 6 (3.03%) SAP
10 5 (2.53%) HubSpot
10 5 (2.53%) Veeam
10 5 (2.53%) Zerto
11 4 (2.02%) Dynatrace
11 4 (2.02%) ServiceNow
12 3 (1.52%) Atlassian
13 2 (1.01%) Apple
13 2 (1.01%) iManage
13 2 (1.01%) IONA