Proactive Monitoring Contracts in Scotland

Proactive Monitoring
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 110 116 138
Rank change year-on-year +6 +22 +26
Contract jobs citing Proactive Monitoring 6 13 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.37% 0.59% 0.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.40% 0.66% 0.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 15
10th Percentile £459 £201 £436
25th Percentile £463 - £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £215 £550
Median % change year-on-year +123.26% -60.91% +29.41%
75th Percentile £496 £504 £581
90th Percentile £528 £650 £623
UK median daily rate £500 £506 £475
% change year-on-year -1.19% +6.53% +11.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,518 1,963 2,651
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 93.42% 88.54% 92.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 920 1,196 1,908
10th Percentile £263 £229 £263
25th Percentile £375 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% - +2.15%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £556
90th Percentile £606 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 94 54
10th Percentile £16.19 £12.36 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.00 £11.51
Median hourly rate £21.59 £19.34 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +11.66% +9.11% -55.69%
75th Percentile £24.66 £40.94 £53.75
90th Percentile £51.48 £60.75 £66.09
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Proactive Monitoring
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Proactive Monitoring in Scotland

Proactive Monitoring
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Proactive Monitoring in Scotland

Proactive Monitoring
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Proactive Monitoring in Scotland

Proactive Monitoring
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland 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
Glasgow +2 4 £475 +120.93% 2
Edinburgh - 2 £488 - 1
Proactive Monitoring
UK

Proactive Monitoring
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) Entra ID
2 3 (50.00%) Azure
2 3 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (16.67%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (16.67%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Network Security
1 1 (16.67%) VPN
1 1 (16.67%) WAN
General
1 6 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (66.67%) Public Sector
3 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Finance
4 1 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Security Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) ServiceNow Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) CSS
1 2 (33.33%) HTML
1 2 (33.33%) JSON
1 2 (33.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) CMDB
2 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (16.67%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (16.67%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (16.67%) Public Cloud
2 1 (16.67%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
1 1 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Knowledge Management
1 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) Coaching
2 2 (33.33%) ITIL
2 2 (33.33%) ITSM
2 2 (33.33%) Proactive Maintenance
2 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 2 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 2 (33.33%) Service Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) Data Privacy
3 1 (16.67%) Data Security
3 1 (16.67%) Information Security
3 1 (16.67%) Information Security Management
3 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (16.67%) Security Management
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (16.67%) Threat Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (16.67%) Bicep
2 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (16.67%) Azure Certification
2 1 (16.67%) CISM
2 1 (16.67%) CISSP
2 1 (16.67%) CompTIA CySA+
2 1 (16.67%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (16.67%) HNC
2 1 (16.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 1 (16.67%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (16.67%) Disclosure Scotland
1 1 (16.67%) GRC
1 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (16.67%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (16.67%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) CASB
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) ServiceNow
3 1 (16.67%) Forcepoint