Proactive Monitoring Contracts in the UK excluding London

Proactive Monitoring
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 278 289 363
Rank change year-on-year +11 +74 -19
Contract jobs citing Proactive Monitoring 58 111 100
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.45% 0.53% 0.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.50% 0.63% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 77 44
10th Percentile £374 £247 £327
25th Percentile £450 £420 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £493 £473
Median % change year-on-year +1.42% +4.23% +16.07%
75th Percentile £550 £608 £556
90th Percentile £641 £713 £734
UK median daily rate £500 £506 £475
% change year-on-year -1.19% +6.53% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 10
10th Percentile - £18.78 -
25th Percentile - £25.64 £18.25
Median hourly rate - £37.62 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year - +103.36% +8.82%
75th Percentile - £49.29 £22.50
90th Percentile - £55.95 £24.48
UK median hourly rate £28.28 £24.18 £18.50
% change year-on-year +16.96% +30.70% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,543 17,602 21,544
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.42% 84.74% 89.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,249 10,520 14,947
10th Percentile £235 £250 £255
25th Percentile £375 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £662 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 825 2,048 1,307
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.33 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.28 £16.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%
75th Percentile £64.50 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £72.98
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 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 1 May 2025.

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
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 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
South East +18 19 £508 -16.12% 68
North of England +14 16 £421 -14.60% 60
Yorkshire - 10 £400 - 19
East of England - 7 £520 - 20
Midlands +11 6 £375 -16.67% 34
Scotland +6 6 £480 +123.26% 4
West Midlands +3 6 £375 -16.67% 23
South West +37 4 £550 +15.79% 36
North West -1 3 £550 +11.56% 38
North East - 3 £375 - 5
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 4 (6.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (5.17%) IBM Notes
2 3 (5.17%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.72%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 5 (8.62%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (5.17%) Remedy ITSM
1 3 (5.17%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.72%) iTrent
2 1 (1.72%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 10 (17.24%) Google Workspace
2 9 (15.52%) Azure
3 7 (12.07%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (10.34%) Entra ID
5 4 (6.90%) AWS
6 2 (3.45%) Amazon EKS
6 2 (3.45%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (1.72%) Amazon S3
7 1 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.72%) Datadog
7 1 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.72%) GCP
7 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (1.72%) Mimecast
7 1 (1.72%) OCI
7 1 (1.72%) Pulumi
7 1 (1.72%) SaaS
7 1 (1.72%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 12 (20.69%) Firewall
2 9 (15.52%) Network Security
2 9 (15.52%) VLAN
3 7 (12.07%) VPN
3 7 (12.07%) Wireless
4 6 (10.34%) BGP
4 6 (10.34%) OSPF
5 5 (8.62%) TCP/IP
5 5 (8.62%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (5.17%) DNS
6 3 (5.17%) Software-Defined Networking
7 2 (3.45%) Cisco Wireless
7 2 (3.45%) DHCP
7 2 (3.45%) EIGRP
7 2 (3.45%) WAN
8 1 (1.72%) Internet
8 1 (1.72%) LAN
8 1 (1.72%) Skype
8 1 (1.72%) SMTP
8 1 (1.72%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.72%) Big Data
1 1 (1.72%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (1.72%) Git
General
1 25 (43.10%) Social Skills
2 14 (24.14%) Finance
3 10 (17.24%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (13.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (10.34%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (10.34%) Public Sector
6 4 (6.90%) Legal
7 2 (3.45%) Local Government
7 2 (3.45%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (3.45%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.72%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.72%) Marketing
8 1 (1.72%) Military
8 1 (1.72%) Police
8 1 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (17.24%) Analyst
2 8 (13.79%) IT Support
3 7 (12.07%) Lead
4 5 (8.62%) Support Technician
5 4 (6.90%) Project Manager
6 3 (5.17%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
6 3 (5.17%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 3 (5.17%) Architect
6 3 (5.17%) First Line Help Desk Analyst
6 3 (5.17%) Help Desk Analyst
6 3 (5.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (5.17%) IT Analyst
6 3 (5.17%) IT Support Analyst
6 3 (5.17%) Network Architect
6 3 (5.17%) Service Analyst
6 3 (5.17%) Service Desk Analyst
6 3 (5.17%) Support Analyst
7 2 (3.45%) Linux Engineer
7 2 (3.45%) Senior
7 2 (3.45%) Windows Server Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.45%) CSS
1 2 (3.45%) HTML
1 2 (3.45%) JSON
1 2 (3.45%) XML
2 1 (1.72%) ARM Templates
2 1 (1.72%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.72%) Redfish
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.17%) Data Centre
2 2 (3.45%) CMDB
2 2 (3.45%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (3.45%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (3.45%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.45%) Public Cloud
3 1 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.72%) Cloud Native
3 1 (1.72%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 1 (1.72%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (1.72%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.72%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (1.72%) IoT
3 1 (1.72%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.72%) PKI
3 1 (1.72%) PMI
3 1 (1.72%) Replication
3 1 (1.72%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (1.72%) Security Posture
3 1 (1.72%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 18 (31.03%) Windows
2 8 (13.79%) Windows Server
3 6 (10.34%) Windows 10
4 4 (6.90%) Linux
5 3 (5.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (1.72%) AIX
6 1 (1.72%) Amazon Linux
6 1 (1.72%) Oracle Linux
6 1 (1.72%) Unix
6 1 (1.72%) VMS
6 1 (1.72%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.72%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (22.41%) Customer Service
2 12 (20.69%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (15.52%) Service Delivery
4 8 (13.79%) Incident Management
4 8 (13.79%) ITIL
5 7 (12.07%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (12.07%) ITSM
5 7 (12.07%) Project Management
5 7 (12.07%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (10.34%) Change Management
6 6 (10.34%) Coaching
6 6 (10.34%) Disaster Recovery
6 6 (10.34%) Security Monitoring
6 6 (10.34%) Security Operations
6 6 (10.34%) Workflow
7 5 (8.62%) Decision-Making
7 5 (8.62%) Mentoring
7 5 (8.62%) Network Segmentation
7 5 (8.62%) Post-Production
7 5 (8.62%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 8 (13.79%) Python
2 5 (8.62%) PowerShell
2 5 (8.62%) SQL
3 2 (3.45%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.72%) Bash
4 1 (1.72%) Bicep
4 1 (1.72%) C#
4 1 (1.72%) C-shell
Qualifications
1 10 (17.24%) Security Cleared
2 5 (8.62%) CCNP
2 5 (8.62%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (8.62%) DBS Check
2 5 (8.62%) Degree
2 5 (8.62%) DV Cleared
2 5 (8.62%) SC Cleared
3 4 (6.90%) CCSA
3 4 (6.90%) CCSE
3 4 (6.90%) Check Point Certification
4 2 (3.45%) Azure Certification
4 2 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.72%) CCIE
5 1 (1.72%) CCIE Data Center
5 1 (1.72%) CISSP
5 1 (1.72%) CompTIA CySA+
5 1 (1.72%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (1.72%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 1 (1.72%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (13.79%) SLA
2 5 (8.62%) GDPR
3 3 (5.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (3.45%) NIST
5 1 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (1.72%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.72%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (1.72%) GRC
5 1 (1.72%) NIST 800
5 1 (1.72%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.72%) PMO
5 1 (1.72%) QA
System Software
1 8 (13.79%) Active Directory
2 5 (8.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (5.17%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (5.17%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (3.45%) VMware NSX
5 1 (1.72%) Docker
5 1 (1.72%) Firmware
5 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (1.72%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (1.72%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 7 (12.07%) Ansible
2 5 (8.62%) SmoothWall
3 4 (6.90%) SCCM
3 4 (6.90%) SCOM
3 4 (6.90%) vCenter Server
4 2 (3.45%) Puppet
4 2 (3.45%) Terraform
5 1 (1.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (1.72%) CASB
5 1 (1.72%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 1 (1.72%) HAProxy
5 1 (1.72%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (1.72%) Nagios
5 1 (1.72%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (1.72%) vRealize
Vendors
1 13 (22.41%) Microsoft
2 10 (17.24%) Google
3 8 (13.79%) Cisco
4 6 (10.34%) Palo Alto
4 6 (10.34%) ServiceNow
4 6 (10.34%) VMware
5 4 (6.90%) CheckPoint
5 4 (6.90%) SolarWinds
6 3 (5.17%) Lotus
6 3 (5.17%) Red Hat
6 3 (5.17%) Remedy
6 3 (5.17%) SAP
7 2 (3.45%) BMC
7 2 (3.45%) McAfee
7 2 (3.45%) Oracle
7 2 (3.45%) Veeam
8 1 (1.72%) LogRhythm
8 1 (1.72%) PagerDuty
8 1 (1.72%) Proofpoint
8 1 (1.72%) Salesforce