Proactive Management Contracts in England

Proactive Management
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Proactive Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Proactive Management over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 442 488 608
Rank change year-on-year +46 +120 +106
Contract jobs citing Proactive Management 43 54 45
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.18% 0.15% 0.089%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% 0.17% 0.099%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 33 24
10th Percentile £238 £465 £205
25th Percentile £431 £499 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -12.73% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £609
90th Percentile £619 - £663
UK median daily rate £488 £538 £475
% change year-on-year -9.30% +13.16% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £55.00 £14.50
Median hourly rate - £60.00 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year - +300.00% -
75th Percentile - £65.00 £15.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - £60.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year - +300.00% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Proactive Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Proactive Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Proactive Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Proactive Management in England

Proactive Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Proactive Management in England.

Daily rate trend for Proactive Management in England

Proactive Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Proactive Management in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Proactive Management in England

Proactive Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Proactive Management in England.

Hourly rate trend for Proactive Management in England

Proactive Management
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Proactive Management within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
London +23 18 £575 +15.00% 60
Midlands +21 9 £574 -8.24% 5
North of England +23 6 £425 - 21
East Midlands - 6 - - 1
Yorkshire +11 5 £400 - 8
East of England - 5 £467 -
South East +42 4 £575 - 12
West Midlands +7 3 £574 -8.24% 4
South West +47 2 £100 - 10
North West - 1 £450 - 12
Proactive Management
UK

Proactive Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 8 (18.60%) Azure
2 7 (16.28%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (13.95%) AWS
4 4 (9.30%) Entra ID
5 3 (6.98%) Nutanix
6 2 (4.65%) Amazon EKS
6 2 (4.65%) Azure Logic Apps
6 2 (4.65%) Boomi
6 2 (4.65%) SaaS
7 1 (2.33%) Azure Key Vault
7 1 (2.33%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (2.33%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (11.63%) Firewall
2 4 (9.30%) Fibre Channel
3 3 (6.98%) 4G
3 3 (6.98%) DHCP
3 3 (6.98%) DNS
3 3 (6.98%) LAN
3 3 (6.98%) Network Security
3 3 (6.98%) TCP/IP
3 3 (6.98%) VPN
3 3 (6.98%) WAN
3 3 (6.98%) Wireless
4 2 (4.65%) SAN
5 1 (2.33%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 10 (23.26%) Social Skills
2 9 (20.93%) Finance
3 6 (13.95%) Influencing Skills
4 5 (11.63%) Telecoms
5 4 (9.30%) Legal
6 3 (6.98%) Advertising
6 3 (6.98%) Games
6 3 (6.98%) Law
6 3 (6.98%) Marketing
6 3 (6.98%) Retail
7 2 (4.65%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (4.65%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (4.65%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (4.65%) Public Sector
8 1 (2.33%) Aviation
8 1 (2.33%) Banking
8 1 (2.33%) Financial Institution
8 1 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 13 (30.23%) Lead
2 9 (20.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 6 (13.95%) Senior
4 3 (6.98%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 3 (6.98%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (6.98%) Analyst
4 3 (6.98%) Architect
4 3 (6.98%) Compliance Executive
4 3 (6.98%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (4.65%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 2 (4.65%) Integration Engineer
5 2 (4.65%) Programme Manager
5 2 (4.65%) Project Manager
6 1 (2.33%) Digital Project Manager
6 1 (2.33%) Infrastructure Project Manager
6 1 (2.33%) Network Engineer
6 1 (2.33%) Risk Manager
6 1 (2.33%) Security Manager
6 1 (2.33%) Senior Infrastructure Analyst
6 1 (2.33%) Senior Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.30%) Kafka
1 4 (9.30%) REST
1 4 (9.30%) SOAP
2 1 (2.33%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.30%) Clustering
1 4 (9.30%) Replication
2 3 (6.98%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (6.98%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (6.98%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (4.65%) Insider Threat
3 2 (4.65%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.65%) Shadow IT
4 1 (2.33%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (2.33%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.33%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (2.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 10 (23.26%) Windows
2 6 (13.95%) Windows Server
3 3 (6.98%) Linux
4 2 (4.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (2.33%) Amazon Linux
5 1 (2.33%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (2.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (32.56%) ITIL
2 13 (30.23%) Continuous Improvement
3 11 (25.58%) Project Management
3 11 (25.58%) Risk Management
4 10 (23.26%) Conflict Resolution
4 10 (23.26%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (20.93%) Business Strategy
5 9 (20.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 8 (18.60%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (18.60%) Roadmaps
6 8 (18.60%) Service Delivery
7 7 (16.28%) Change Management
8 6 (13.95%) Customer Service
8 6 (13.95%) Decision-Making
8 6 (13.95%) Incident Management
8 6 (13.95%) Problem Management
8 6 (13.95%) Supplier Relationship Management
9 5 (11.63%) Contract Management
9 5 (11.63%) Contract Negotiation
9 5 (11.63%) Proactive Maintenance
Programming Languages
1 5 (11.63%) PowerShell
2 4 (9.30%) Shell Script
3 2 (4.65%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (2.33%) Java
4 1 (2.33%) Python
4 1 (2.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (9.30%) DBS Check
2 3 (6.98%) CCNA
2 3 (6.98%) CCNP
2 3 (6.98%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (6.98%) CISSP
3 2 (4.65%) CISM
3 2 (4.65%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (4.65%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.65%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.33%) Azure Certification
4 1 (2.33%) CEH
4 1 (2.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (11.63%) SLA
2 2 (4.65%) GRC
3 1 (2.33%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (2.33%) GDPR
3 1 (2.33%) HIPAA
System Software
1 7 (16.28%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (13.95%) Active Directory
2 6 (13.95%) Hyper-V
2 6 (13.95%) VMware NSX
3 4 (9.30%) Docker
4 2 (4.65%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (9.30%) Failover Clustering
1 4 (9.30%) Podman
2 3 (6.98%) FortiGate
3 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (2.33%) Ansible
4 1 (2.33%) SCCM
4 1 (2.33%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (2.33%) vCenter Server
4 1 (2.33%) vRealize
Vendors
1 7 (16.28%) Microsoft
1 7 (16.28%) VMware
2 4 (9.30%) LogicMonitor
2 4 (9.30%) MuleSoft
2 4 (9.30%) Oracle
3 3 (6.98%) Adobe
3 3 (6.98%) Red Hat
4 2 (4.65%) Jitterbit
4 2 (4.65%) ServiceNow
4 2 (4.65%) SnapLogic
4 2 (4.65%) Veeam
5 1 (2.33%) Cisco
5 1 (2.33%) Guidewire
5 1 (2.33%) Proofpoint