Proactive Management Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Proactive Management
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Proactive Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 169 174 177
Rank change year-on-year +5 +3 +55
Permanent jobs citing Proactive Management 3 7 13
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.075% 0.20% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.093% 0.22% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 3
10th Percentile £37,000 - £11,200
25th Percentile £40,000 £50,000 £17,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £28,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +96.43% -53.33%
75th Percentile - £60,000 £47,750
90th Percentile - - £59,600
South East median annual salary £32,000 £55,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year -41.82% -29.03% +29.17%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,233 3,148 3,279
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 80.87% 91.59% 90.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1,726 1,439 2,290
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £39,790
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £76,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £83,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £52,550
% change year-on-year -13.04% +9.42% -4.45%

Proactive Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Proactive Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Proactive Management job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Proactive Management
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Proactive Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Proactive Management

Proactive Management
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Proactive Management within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 5 January 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Buckinghamshire - 3 £45,000 -
Proactive Management
South East

Proactive Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) IBM Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) SSL
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) AS400 Operator
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) AS400 Support
2 1 (33.33%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Enterprise Cloud
1 3 (100.00%) IBM Storwize
2 2 (66.67%) AS400
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Key Management
1 3 (100.00%) Performance Management
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) IBM