Proactive Monitoring Contracts in the UK excluding London

Proactive Monitoring
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 280 343 342
Rank change year-on-year +63 -1 +11
Contract jobs citing Proactive Monitoring 114 108 169
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.56% 0.46% 0.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 0.52% 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 54 94
10th Percentile £249 £337 £166
25th Percentile £420 £391 £259
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £415
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +14.46% +15.92%
75th Percentile £608 £584 £500
90th Percentile £713 £646 £588
UK median daily rate £509 £500 £450
% change year-on-year +1.85% +11.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 9 27
10th Percentile £18.78 - -
25th Percentile £25.64 £18.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £37.62 £18.50 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year +103.36% +12.12% -21.62%
75th Percentile £49.29 £23.00 £20.00
90th Percentile £55.95 £25.20 £21.05
UK median hourly rate £24.18 £18.50 £17.00
% change year-on-year +30.70% +8.82% -19.24%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,292 20,943 27,025
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.44% 89.50% 88.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,311 14,478 18,837
10th Percentile £250 £256 £235
25th Percentile £379 £400 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £651
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,056 1,286 1,344
10th Percentile £12.32 £11.00 £12.25
25th Percentile £15.25 £15.39 £14.21
Median hourly rate £38.06 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.74% +75.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £61.26 £65.00 £46.88
90th Percentile £72.90 £73.65 £61.15
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +4.82%

Proactive Monitoring
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Proactive Monitoring as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Proactive Monitoring in the UK excluding London

Proactive Monitoring
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Proactive Monitoring in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Proactive Monitoring in the UK excluding London

Proactive Monitoring
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Proactive Monitoring in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Proactive Monitoring in the UK excluding London

Proactive Monitoring
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Proactive Monitoring in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Proactive Monitoring in the UK excluding London

Proactive Monitoring
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Proactive Monitoring in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Proactive Monitoring in the UK excluding London

Proactive Monitoring
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 10 May 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
South East +37 49 £605 -24.38% 14
North of England +43 21 £493 +14.32% 16
North West +32 21 £493 +14.32% 9
Midlands +36 18 £450 +20.00% 14
West Midlands +31 18 £450 +28.57% 10
Scotland +27 13 £215 -60.91% 10
South West +26 13 £475 -5.00% 2
Proactive Monitoring
UK

Proactive Monitoring
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (2.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.75%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.88%) OpenStack
Applications
1 2 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (5.26%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.88%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 25 (21.93%) Azure
2 14 (12.28%) OCI
3 10 (8.77%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (3.51%) AWS
4 4 (3.51%) GitHub
4 4 (3.51%) Power Platform
5 3 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.88%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (0.88%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (0.88%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (0.88%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.88%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (0.88%) IaaS
6 1 (0.88%) Nutanix
6 1 (0.88%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 28 (24.56%) DNS
2 20 (17.54%) Firewall
3 17 (14.91%) DHCP
4 16 (14.04%) SAN
5 12 (10.53%) WAN
6 10 (8.77%) SD-WAN
7 7 (6.14%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (5.26%) VoIP
9 4 (3.51%) TCP/IP
10 3 (2.63%) Network Security
11 2 (1.75%) LAN
11 2 (1.75%) Skype
11 2 (1.75%) SMTP
11 2 (1.75%) VLAN
11 2 (1.75%) VSAN
11 2 (1.75%) Wireless
12 1 (0.88%) Fibre Channel
12 1 (0.88%) Remote Desktop
12 1 (0.88%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.39%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.51%) Power BI
3 3 (2.63%) MongoDB
3 3 (2.63%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.88%) InterSystems Cache
4 1 (0.88%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (0.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (7.89%) JIRA
2 4 (3.51%) GitLab
3 1 (0.88%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 53 (46.49%) Social Skills
2 12 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (9.65%) Retail
4 10 (8.77%) Finance
5 7 (6.14%) Public Sector
6 4 (3.51%) Banking
7 2 (1.75%) Law
7 2 (1.75%) Military
7 2 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.75%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.88%) Advertising
8 1 (0.88%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 15 (13.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 12 (10.53%) Analyst
2 12 (10.53%) Support Engineer
3 11 (9.65%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 11 (9.65%) Problem Manager
4 10 (8.77%) IT Support
4 10 (8.77%) Storage Engineer
4 10 (8.77%) WAN Engineer
5 7 (6.14%) 1st Line Support
6 6 (5.26%) 2nd Line Support
6 6 (5.26%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 5 (4.39%) Availability Manager
7 5 (4.39%) IT Engineer
7 5 (4.39%) Service Manager
7 5 (4.39%) SOC Analyst
7 5 (4.39%) VoIP Engineer
8 4 (3.51%) Lead
8 4 (3.51%) Senior
8 4 (3.51%) Server Engineer
8 4 (3.51%) Voice Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.39%) Middleware
2 1 (0.88%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 19 (16.67%) Data Centre
2 16 (14.04%) Virtual Team
3 8 (7.02%) Onboarding
4 7 (6.14%) Digital Signage
5 6 (5.26%) Private Cloud
6 5 (4.39%) CMDB
6 5 (4.39%) SCADA
7 4 (3.51%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.75%) Clustering
8 2 (1.75%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (1.75%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (1.75%) PKI
8 2 (1.75%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.75%) Replication
8 2 (1.75%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.88%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.88%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.88%) Security Operations Centre
9 1 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 37 (32.46%) Windows
2 25 (21.93%) Linux
3 24 (21.05%) Windows 10
4 19 (16.67%) Windows Server
5 16 (14.04%) Windows Server 2012
6 15 (13.16%) Windows Server 2016
7 14 (12.28%) Windows Server 2019
7 14 (12.28%) Windows XP
8 8 (7.02%) Apple iOS
9 7 (6.14%) Windows 7
10 5 (4.39%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (34.21%) ITIL
2 36 (31.58%) Problem-Solving
3 24 (21.05%) Disaster Recovery
4 23 (20.18%) Service Management
5 20 (17.54%) Break/Fix
5 20 (17.54%) Project Management
6 18 (15.79%) Performance Monitoring
7 17 (14.91%) Agile
7 17 (14.91%) Cybersecurity
7 17 (14.91%) Performance Tuning
7 17 (14.91%) Storage Management
8 16 (14.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 16 (14.04%) Mentoring
8 16 (14.04%) Server Management
9 15 (13.16%) Root Cause Analysis
10 14 (12.28%) Converged Infrastructure
10 14 (12.28%) Statistics
11 13 (11.40%) Problem Management
11 13 (11.40%) Virtual Team Management
12 12 (10.53%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (18.42%) PowerShell
2 17 (14.91%) SQL
3 2 (1.75%) Bash
4 1 (0.88%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (0.88%) Python
Qualifications
1 63 (55.26%) Security Cleared
2 48 (42.11%) SC Cleared
3 22 (19.30%) Degree
3 22 (19.30%) DV Cleared
4 15 (13.16%) CCNA
4 15 (13.16%) Cisco Certification
5 14 (12.28%) CCNP
6 5 (4.39%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.75%) APMP
8 1 (0.88%) CISM
8 1 (0.88%) CISSP
8 1 (0.88%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.88%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (14.04%) SLA
2 10 (8.77%) ISO 9000
3 2 (1.75%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.75%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.88%) PMO
4 1 (0.88%) QA
System Software
1 28 (24.56%) Active Directory
2 20 (17.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (14.04%) VMware ESXi
4 14 (12.28%) Hyper-V
5 4 (3.51%) vSphere
6 2 (1.75%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 2 (1.75%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (1.75%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (1.75%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 19 (16.67%) SCCM
2 17 (14.91%) WSUS
3 16 (14.04%) SCOM
4 14 (12.28%) EMC NetWorker
4 14 (12.28%) NetBackup
4 14 (12.28%) vCenter Server
5 5 (4.39%) Ansible
5 5 (4.39%) Terraform
6 4 (3.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (1.75%) OPNET
8 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Clustering
8 1 (0.88%) Nessus
8 1 (0.88%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 1 (0.88%) Packer
8 1 (0.88%) vRealize
8 1 (0.88%) VxRail
Vendors
1 38 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 26 (22.81%) Cisco
3 22 (19.30%) VMware
4 18 (15.79%) Oracle
5 16 (14.04%) Dell
6 15 (13.16%) EMC
6 15 (13.16%) Juniper
7 14 (12.28%) 3PAR
7 14 (12.28%) Extreme Networks
7 14 (12.28%) HP
7 14 (12.28%) Palo Alto
7 14 (12.28%) Symantec
7 14 (12.28%) Veeam
8 7 (6.14%) Virgin Media
9 6 (5.26%) Remedy
10 5 (4.39%) BMC
10 5 (4.39%) SolarWinds
11 4 (3.51%) Fujitsu
12 3 (2.63%) Red Hat
13 2 (1.75%) Apple