Proactive Monitoring Contracts in the Thames Valley

Proactive Monitoring
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Proactive Monitoring skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Proactive Monitoring over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 121 139 139
Rank change year-on-year +18 0 -25
Contract jobs citing Proactive Monitoring 21 11 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.78% 0.37% 0.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.90% 0.41% 0.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 3 15
10th Percentile - - £403
25th Percentile £603 - £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £605 £800 £450
Median % change year-on-year -24.38% +77.78% +80.36%
75th Percentile £608 £900 £500
90th Percentile - £960 -
South East median daily rate £605 £800 £433
% change year-on-year -24.38% +84.97% +44.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 9
10th Percentile - £21.40 -
25th Percentile £59.89 £22.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate £60.14 £23.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +161.48% +9.52% -0.24%
75th Percentile £60.39 £27.00 £21.05
90th Percentile - £29.40 -
South East median hourly rate £60.14 £18.50 £17.00
% change year-on-year +225.08% +8.82% -19.24%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Proactive Monitoring is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,334 2,697 3,108
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 87.19% 91.83% 89.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,298 1,872 2,094
10th Percentile £213 £323 £225
25th Percentile £369 £413 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £501 £508 £500
% change year-on-year -1.38% +1.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 62 85
10th Percentile £15.48 £18.60 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.71 £24.86 £12.05
Median hourly rate £45.00 £51.25 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.20% +192.86% -16.86%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.21 £25.00
90th Percentile £85.65 £79.19 £67.00
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -5.00% +122.22% -13.46%

Proactive Monitoring
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Proactive Monitoring as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Proactive Monitoring in the Thames Valley

Proactive Monitoring
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Proactive Monitoring in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Proactive Monitoring in the Thames Valley

Proactive Monitoring
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Proactive Monitoring in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Proactive Monitoring in the Thames Valley

Proactive Monitoring
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Proactive Monitoring in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Proactive Monitoring in the Thames Valley

Proactive Monitoring
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Proactive Monitoring within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire +8 21 £605 - 4
Proactive Monitoring
South East

Proactive Monitoring
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 13 (61.90%) Azure
1 13 (61.90%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 18 (85.71%) DNS
2 13 (61.90%) DHCP
2 13 (61.90%) Firewall
2 13 (61.90%) SAN
3 5 (23.81%) SD-WAN
3 5 (23.81%) WAN
4 1 (4.76%) Network Security
General
1 13 (61.90%) Social Skills
2 2 (9.52%) Telecoms
3 1 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 13 (61.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 9 (42.86%) Storage Engineer
3 5 (23.81%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 5 (23.81%) WAN Engineer
4 3 (14.29%) PowerShell Engineer
4 3 (14.29%) Server Engineer
4 3 (14.29%) VMware Engineer
4 3 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (9.52%) Support Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) 2nd Line Support
6 1 (4.76%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Database Specialist
6 1 (4.76%) Engineering Manager
6 1 (4.76%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Network Manager
6 1 (4.76%) Network Security Manager
6 1 (4.76%) Oracle Specialist
6 1 (4.76%) Programme Manager
6 1 (4.76%) Project Manager
6 1 (4.76%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 13 (61.90%) Data Centre
2 1 (4.76%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.76%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 18 (85.71%) Linux
1 18 (85.71%) Windows
2 13 (61.90%) Windows 10
2 13 (61.90%) Windows Server
2 13 (61.90%) Windows Server 2012
2 13 (61.90%) Windows Server 2016
2 13 (61.90%) Windows Server 2019
2 13 (61.90%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (66.67%) Project Management
2 13 (61.90%) Break/Fix
2 13 (61.90%) Converged Infrastructure
2 13 (61.90%) Disaster Recovery
2 13 (61.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 13 (61.90%) ITIL
2 13 (61.90%) Performance Monitoring
2 13 (61.90%) Performance Tuning
2 13 (61.90%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (61.90%) Server Management
2 13 (61.90%) Storage Management
3 5 (23.81%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (23.81%) Network Monitoring
3 5 (23.81%) Security Monitoring
4 2 (9.52%) PRINCE2
5 1 (4.76%) Agile
5 1 (4.76%) Configuration Management
5 1 (4.76%) Programme Management
5 1 (4.76%) Project Planning
5 1 (4.76%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 13 (61.90%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (90.48%) Security Cleared
2 16 (76.19%) SC Cleared
3 14 (66.67%) DV Cleared
4 13 (61.90%) CCNA
4 13 (61.90%) CCNP
4 13 (61.90%) Cisco Certification
4 13 (61.90%) Degree
5 2 (9.52%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (23.81%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 13 (61.90%) Active Directory
1 13 (61.90%) Hyper-V
1 13 (61.90%) VMware ESXi
1 13 (61.90%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (61.90%) EMC NetWorker
1 13 (61.90%) NetBackup
1 13 (61.90%) SCCM
1 13 (61.90%) SCOM
1 13 (61.90%) vCenter Server
1 13 (61.90%) WSUS
Vendors
1 18 (85.71%) Cisco
2 15 (71.43%) Microsoft
3 14 (66.67%) Oracle
4 13 (61.90%) 3PAR
4 13 (61.90%) Dell
4 13 (61.90%) EMC
4 13 (61.90%) Extreme Networks
4 13 (61.90%) HP
4 13 (61.90%) Juniper
4 13 (61.90%) Palo Alto
4 13 (61.90%) Symantec
4 13 (61.90%) Veeam
4 13 (61.90%) VMware
5 1 (4.76%) Fujitsu