Proactive Monitoring Contracts in the Midlands

Proactive Monitoring
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring Proactive Monitoring skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Proactive Monitoring 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 105 116 157
Rank change year-on-year +11 +41 +19
Contract jobs citing Proactive Monitoring 6 17 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.31% 0.62% 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.36% 0.75% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 8 4
10th Percentile - £294 £354
25th Percentile - £397 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £450 £375
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +20.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile - £475 £388
90th Percentile - £488 -
England median daily rate £500 £506 £500
% change year-on-year -1.19% +1.20% +19.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Proactive Monitoring 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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,676 2,266 3,045
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 87.57% 82.19% 88.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,099 1,510 2,125
10th Percentile £200 £237 £250
25th Percentile £358 £356 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £495
Median % change year-on-year - -4.04% +4.21%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £588
90th Percentile £650 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 172 119
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.07 £11.96
25th Percentile £13.81 £13.81 £15.05
Median hourly rate £18.13 £19.00 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -4.58% +7.22% +1.37%
75th Percentile £24.22 £35.00 £26.81
90th Percentile £36.55 £55.00 £55.50
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Proactive Monitoring
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Proactive Monitoring in the Midlands

Proactive Monitoring
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Proactive Monitoring in the Midlands

Proactive Monitoring
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Proactive Monitoring in the Midlands

Proactive Monitoring
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands 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
West Midlands +3 6 £375 -16.67% 19
Proactive Monitoring
England

Proactive Monitoring
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (50.00%) IBM Notes
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (16.67%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Network Security
General
1 4 (66.67%) Finance
2 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
1 3 (50.00%) Analyst
1 3 (50.00%) First Line Help Desk Analyst
1 3 (50.00%) Help Desk Analyst
1 3 (50.00%) Service Analyst
1 3 (50.00%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) 1st Line Support
2 1 (16.67%) 1st Line Support Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Help Desk Support
2 1 (16.67%) Help Desk Support Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) ICT Support
2 1 (16.67%) IT Support Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Messaging Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Operations Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Service Desk Support
2 1 (16.67%) Service Desk Support Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Service Manager
2 1 (16.67%) SharePoint Support
2 1 (16.67%) Support Officer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Data Centre
2 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
2 1 (16.67%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (50.00%) Customer Service
3 2 (33.33%) Change Management
3 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
3 2 (33.33%) Service Delivery
3 2 (33.33%) User Experience
4 1 (16.67%) Asset Management
4 1 (16.67%) Change Control
4 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (16.67%) Incident Management
4 1 (16.67%) Information Security
4 1 (16.67%) ITSM
4 1 (16.67%) PLM
4 1 (16.67%) Problem Management
4 1 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) Service Management
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (16.67%) Strategic Planning
4 1 (16.67%) System Testing
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Lotus
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Proofpoint
2 1 (16.67%) ServiceNow