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 20 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 278 277 339
Rank change year-on-year -1 +62 +2
Contract jobs citing Proactive Monitoring 62 114 106
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.48% 0.56% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.53% 0.67% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 80 53
10th Percentile £373 £245 £335
25th Percentile £450 £420 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £497 £475
Median % change year-on-year +0.70% +4.53% +18.75%
75th Percentile £550 £608 £575
90th Percentile £680 £713 £635
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 7
10th Percentile - £18.78 -
25th Percentile - £25.64 £18.25
Median hourly rate - £37.62 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year - +103.36% +12.12%
75th Percentile - £49.29 £23.38
90th Percentile - £55.95 £26.65
UK median hourly rate £28.28 £24.18 £18.50
% change year-on-year +16.96% +30.70% +8.82%

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 11,721 17,088 20,696
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.59% 84.28% 89.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,292 10,221 14,248
10th Percentile £234 £250 £258
25th Percentile £375 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +4.17%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £651 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £514 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.10% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 856 2,065 1,263
10th Percentile £14.08 £12.35 £10.63
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.93% +7.14% +75.00%
75th Percentile £63.49 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £73.69
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £36.05 £36.00
% change year-on-year -22.32% +0.13% +40.19%

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 20 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 20 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 +19 25 £508 -16.12% 53
North of England +9 16 £411 -16.73% 51
Yorkshire - 11 £400 - 23
Midlands +3 6 £375 -16.67% 23
West Midlands -8 6 £375 -16.67% 16
East of England - 6 £500 - 11
Scotland -1 5 £488 +126.98% 16
South West +33 4 £600 +26.32% 23
North East - 3 £375 - 5
North West -5 2 £595 +20.69% 25
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 (6.45%) IBM Notes
1 4 (6.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (4.84%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 3 (4.84%) Oracle Workflow
2 3 (4.84%) WebLogic
3 2 (3.23%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.61%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 6 (9.68%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (6.45%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (4.84%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (4.84%) Oracle EBS R12
2 3 (4.84%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (4.84%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.61%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 11 (17.74%) Google Workspace
2 8 (12.90%) Azure
3 5 (8.06%) Entra ID
3 5 (8.06%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (6.45%) AWS
4 4 (6.45%) OCI
5 2 (3.23%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (1.61%) Amazon S3
6 1 (1.61%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.61%) GCP
6 1 (1.61%) Mimecast
6 1 (1.61%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 13 (20.97%) Firewall
2 11 (17.74%) VLAN
3 8 (12.90%) VPN
4 7 (11.29%) BGP
4 7 (11.29%) Network Security
4 7 (11.29%) OSPF
4 7 (11.29%) TCP/IP
4 7 (11.29%) Wireless
5 5 (8.06%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (4.84%) DNS
7 2 (3.23%) DHCP
7 2 (3.23%) WAN
8 1 (1.61%) Cisco Wireless
8 1 (1.61%) EIGRP
8 1 (1.61%) Internet
8 1 (1.61%) LAN
8 1 (1.61%) Skype
8 1 (1.61%) SMTP
8 1 (1.61%) SNMP
8 1 (1.61%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.84%) Oracle BI EE
2 2 (3.23%) Oracle Database
3 1 (1.61%) Big Data
3 1 (1.61%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (1.61%) Git
General
1 25 (40.32%) Social Skills
2 13 (20.97%) Finance
3 9 (14.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 8 (12.90%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (11.29%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (8.06%) Public Sector
7 3 (4.84%) Legal
8 2 (3.23%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (3.23%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.61%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.61%) Marketing
9 1 (1.61%) Military
9 1 (1.61%) Police
Job Titles
1 13 (20.97%) Analyst
2 11 (17.74%) IT Support
3 8 (12.90%) Lead
4 7 (11.29%) IT Analyst
5 6 (9.68%) IT Support Analyst
5 6 (9.68%) Support Analyst
5 6 (9.68%) Support Technician
6 5 (8.06%) Project Manager
7 4 (6.45%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
7 4 (6.45%) Business IT Analyst
7 4 (6.45%) Business Support Analyst
7 4 (6.45%) Business Systems Analyst
7 4 (6.45%) First Line Help Desk Analyst
7 4 (6.45%) Help Desk Analyst
7 4 (6.45%) Service Analyst
7 4 (6.45%) Service Desk Analyst
7 4 (6.45%) Systems Analyst
7 4 (6.45%) Systems Support
7 4 (6.45%) Systems Support Analyst
8 3 (4.84%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.23%) CSS
1 2 (3.23%) HTML
1 2 (3.23%) JSON
1 2 (3.23%) XML
2 1 (1.61%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.61%) Redfish
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.84%) Data Centre
2 2 (3.23%) CMDB
2 2 (3.23%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.61%) Cloud Native
3 1 (1.61%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 1 (1.61%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (1.61%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.61%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (1.61%) IoT
3 1 (1.61%) Mainframe
3 1 (1.61%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.61%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.61%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.61%) PKI
3 1 (1.61%) PMI
3 1 (1.61%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.61%) Public Cloud
3 1 (1.61%) Replication
3 1 (1.61%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 19 (30.65%) Windows
2 8 (12.90%) Windows Server
3 7 (11.29%) Windows 10
4 4 (6.45%) Linux
4 4 (6.45%) Unix
5 3 (4.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (1.61%) AIX
6 1 (1.61%) Amazon Linux
6 1 (1.61%) Oracle Linux
6 1 (1.61%) VMS
6 1 (1.61%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.61%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (24.19%) Customer Service
1 15 (24.19%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (14.52%) Service Delivery
2 9 (14.52%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (12.90%) Disaster Recovery
3 8 (12.90%) Incident Management
3 8 (12.90%) ITIL
3 8 (12.90%) Workflow
4 7 (11.29%) Coaching
4 7 (11.29%) ERP
4 7 (11.29%) ITSM
4 7 (11.29%) Knowledge Management
4 7 (11.29%) Security Monitoring
4 7 (11.29%) Security Operations
4 7 (11.29%) SIEM
5 6 (9.68%) Business Continuity
5 6 (9.68%) Change Management
5 6 (9.68%) Proactive Maintenance
5 6 (9.68%) Project Delivery
6 5 (8.06%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 8 (12.90%) Python
2 7 (11.29%) SQL
3 4 (6.45%) PowerShell
4 3 (4.84%) Perl
4 3 (4.84%) PL/SQL
5 2 (3.23%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.61%) Bash
6 1 (1.61%) Bicep
6 1 (1.61%) C-shell
Qualifications
1 10 (16.13%) Security Cleared
2 6 (9.68%) CCNP
2 6 (9.68%) CCSA
2 6 (9.68%) CCSE
2 6 (9.68%) Check Point Certification
2 6 (9.68%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (9.68%) DBS Check
3 5 (8.06%) DV Cleared
4 4 (6.45%) Degree
4 4 (6.45%) SC Cleared
5 2 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (3.23%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.61%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.61%) CTC Cleared
6 1 (1.61%) HNC
6 1 (1.61%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (14.52%) SLA
2 6 (9.68%) GDPR
3 4 (6.45%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.61%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (1.61%) GRC
4 1 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.61%) NIST
4 1 (1.61%) NIST 800
4 1 (1.61%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.61%) PMO
4 1 (1.61%) QA
System Software
1 8 (12.90%) Active Directory
2 5 (8.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (4.84%) Oracle RAC
3 3 (4.84%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (4.84%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (3.23%) VMware NSX
5 1 (1.61%) Firmware
5 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (1.61%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (1.61%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 8 (12.90%) Ansible
2 6 (9.68%) SmoothWall
3 4 (6.45%) SCCM
3 4 (6.45%) SCOM
3 4 (6.45%) vCenter Server
4 3 (4.84%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
4 3 (4.84%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 3 (4.84%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (1.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (1.61%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 1 (1.61%) HAProxy
5 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (1.61%) Nagios
5 1 (1.61%) Puppet
5 1 (1.61%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (1.61%) Terraform
5 1 (1.61%) vRealize
Vendors
1 11 (17.74%) Google
1 11 (17.74%) Microsoft
2 8 (12.90%) Cisco
3 7 (11.29%) Palo Alto
4 6 (9.68%) CheckPoint
4 6 (9.68%) ServiceNow
4 6 (9.68%) VMware
5 5 (8.06%) Oracle
6 4 (6.45%) Liquidlogic
6 4 (6.45%) Lotus
6 4 (6.45%) SolarWinds
7 3 (4.84%) Red Hat
7 3 (4.84%) Remedy
7 3 (4.84%) SAP
8 2 (3.23%) BMC
8 2 (3.23%) McAfee
8 2 (3.23%) Veeam
9 1 (1.61%) LogRhythm
9 1 (1.61%) Proofpoint
9 1 (1.61%) Salesforce