Proactive Monitoring Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Proactive Monitoring
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Proactive Monitoring skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 375 422 387
Rank change year-on-year +47 -35 +130
Permanent jobs citing Proactive Monitoring 132 129 177
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.31% 0.36% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.40% 0.40% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 77 72 136
10th Percentile £27,250 £34,900 £26,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £39,500 £32,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £45,000 £43,882
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +2.55% +3.25%
75th Percentile £60,000 £52,500 £58,119
90th Percentile £72,150 £55,000 £63,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +27.78% -10.00% +11.11%

All Process & 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 permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,958 31,987 30,742
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 78.54% 88.93% 88.63%
Number of salaries quoted 18,919 14,386 22,914
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Proactive Monitoring
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Proactive Monitoring relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Proactive Monitoring job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Proactive Monitoring
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Proactive Monitoring.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Proactive Monitoring

Proactive Monitoring
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Proactive Monitoring in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Proactive Monitoring in the UK excluding London

Proactive Monitoring
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Proactive Monitoring within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 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
South East +32 37 £48,000 +6.71% 14
North of England -2 29 £46,722 +2.81% 9
Midlands +16 25 £33,000 -34.00% 8
North West +30 18 £40,000 -15.79% 5
East of England +29 16 £46,160 +4.91% 8
West Midlands +20 16 £52,250 -24.00% 6
South West +17 13 £52,500 +52.17% 9
East Midlands -8 9 £33,000 -26.67% 2
Scotland +7 7 £97,500 +85.71% 2
Yorkshire -24 6 £45,000 - 4
North East +9 5 £48,445 +9.42%
Wales +2 3 £68,500 +44.80% 3
Northern Ireland - 2 - - 2
Proactive Monitoring
UK

Proactive Monitoring
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 25 (18.94%) SharePoint
2 9 (6.82%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.27%) Anypoint
4 1 (0.76%) Confluence
4 1 (0.76%) HCL Notes
4 1 (0.76%) IIS
4 1 (0.76%) OpenStack
Applications
1 11 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.52%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.76%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.52%) Oracle ERP
1 2 (1.52%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 52 (39.39%) Azure
2 33 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 29 (21.97%) Power Platform
4 15 (11.36%) Entra ID
5 14 (10.61%) SaaS
6 12 (9.09%) Azure Data Factory
6 12 (9.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 9 (6.82%) AWS
7 9 (6.82%) Azure Monitor
8 8 (6.06%) Microsoft Purview
8 8 (6.06%) OneDrive
9 6 (4.55%) Power Automate
10 5 (3.79%) PowerApps
11 4 (3.03%) Copilot Studio
12 3 (2.27%) Amazon EC2
12 3 (2.27%) Boomi
12 3 (2.27%) iPaaS
12 3 (2.27%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 3 (2.27%) Workato
13 2 (1.52%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 30 (22.73%) Firewall
2 18 (13.64%) WAN
3 17 (12.88%) DHCP
3 17 (12.88%) DNS
3 17 (12.88%) LAN
4 11 (8.33%) Wireless
5 8 (6.06%) LTE
5 8 (6.06%) Network Security
5 8 (6.06%) SAN
5 8 (6.06%) VSAT
6 7 (5.30%) TCP/IP
6 7 (5.30%) VLAN
7 6 (4.55%) NAS
8 4 (3.03%) 802.11
8 4 (3.03%) VPN
8 4 (3.03%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (3.03%) WLAN
9 3 (2.27%) SD-WAN
10 2 (1.52%) Internet
10 2 (1.52%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (15.91%) Power BI
2 12 (9.09%) Azure SQL Database
2 12 (9.09%) SQL Server
3 11 (8.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 5 (3.79%) Oracle Database
5 2 (1.52%) BigQuery
5 2 (1.52%) Metadata
5 2 (1.52%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.76%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.76%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.76%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (1.52%) Git
1 2 (1.52%) JIRA
2 1 (0.76%) Browser DevTools
2 1 (0.76%) Cucumber
2 1 (0.76%) Cypress.io
2 1 (0.76%) GitLab
2 1 (0.76%) Jasmine
2 1 (0.76%) TeamCity
General
1 64 (48.48%) Social Skills
2 32 (24.24%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (18.94%) Finance
4 16 (12.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (4.55%) Legal
7 5 (3.79%) Manufacturing
7 5 (3.79%) Marketing
8 4 (3.03%) Aerospace
8 4 (3.03%) Automotive
8 4 (3.03%) Billing
8 4 (3.03%) Electronics
9 3 (2.27%) French Language
9 3 (2.27%) Greek Language
9 3 (2.27%) Italian Language
9 3 (2.27%) Law
9 3 (2.27%) Portuguese Language
9 3 (2.27%) Spanish Language
10 2 (1.52%) Public Sector
10 2 (1.52%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 28 (21.21%) Support Engineer
2 21 (15.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 20 (15.15%) Technical Support
4 19 (14.39%) Technical Engineer
4 19 (14.39%) Technical Support Engineer
5 17 (12.88%) Senior
6 13 (9.85%) Platform Engineer
7 11 (8.33%) Business Manager
7 11 (8.33%) Insight Manager
8 9 (6.82%) Analyst
8 9 (6.82%) IT Engineer
9 8 (6.06%) IT Support
9 8 (6.06%) IT Support Engineer
10 6 (4.55%) Support Analyst
11 5 (3.79%) Lead
12 4 (3.03%) Applications Engineer
13 3 (2.27%) Integration Engineer
13 3 (2.27%) Site Engineer
13 3 (2.27%) Software Analyst
13 3 (2.27%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.79%) Middleware
1 5 (3.79%) Web Services
2 4 (3.03%) 802.1X
3 2 (1.52%) ARM Templates
3 2 (1.52%) ModSecurity
3 2 (1.52%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (1.52%) REST
3 2 (1.52%) SAML
4 1 (0.76%) .NET
4 1 (0.76%) Jest
4 1 (0.76%) JSON
4 1 (0.76%) Playwright
4 1 (0.76%) RESTful
4 1 (0.76%) SOAP
4 1 (0.76%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (12.12%) Data Centre
2 11 (8.33%) Analytical Mindset
3 9 (6.82%) Driving Licence
4 8 (6.06%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (3.79%) Onboarding
6 4 (3.03%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (2.27%) Web Conferencing
8 2 (1.52%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.52%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.52%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.52%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.76%) CMDB
9 1 (0.76%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.76%) Distributed Computing
9 1 (0.76%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.76%) Low-Code
9 1 (0.76%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.76%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 34 (25.76%) Windows
2 16 (12.12%) Windows Server
3 11 (8.33%) Linux
4 6 (4.55%) Unix
5 4 (3.03%) AIX
5 4 (3.03%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (2.27%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.76%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.76%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.76%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.76%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (44.70%) Problem-Solving
2 48 (36.36%) Continuous Improvement
3 27 (20.45%) Change Management
3 27 (20.45%) Customer Service
4 26 (19.70%) ITIL
5 25 (18.94%) Agile
6 24 (18.18%) AI
7 23 (17.42%) Business Intelligence
8 22 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 20 (15.15%) Process Improvement
10 17 (12.88%) Cybersecurity
10 17 (12.88%) High Availability
11 16 (12.12%) Business Continuity
11 16 (12.12%) Collaborative Working
11 16 (12.12%) Incident Response
11 16 (12.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 15 (11.36%) Decision-Making
13 14 (10.61%) DevOps
13 14 (10.61%) Observability
14 13 (9.85%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 27 (20.45%) SQL
2 16 (12.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 15 (11.36%) PowerShell
4 14 (10.61%) Python
5 7 (5.30%) C#
6 5 (3.79%) Kusto Query Language
7 3 (2.27%) Go
7 3 (2.27%) Perl
8 2 (1.52%) Bash
8 2 (1.52%) Java
8 2 (1.52%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.52%) Ruby
8 2 (1.52%) Shell Script
8 2 (1.52%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.76%) Bicep
9 1 (0.76%) Scala
9 1 (0.76%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 21 (15.91%) Security Cleared
2 17 (12.88%) Degree
2 17 (12.88%) SC Cleared
3 16 (12.12%) Cisco Certification
4 13 (9.85%) CCNA
5 11 (8.33%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 8 (6.06%) JNCIA
7 7 (5.30%) CCNP
8 6 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (3.79%) CISA
10 4 (3.03%) CISSP
10 4 (3.03%) DV Cleared
10 4 (3.03%) GCSC
11 3 (2.27%) CEH
11 3 (2.27%) CISM
11 3 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (1.52%) DBS Check
12 2 (1.52%) OSCP
13 1 (0.76%) CompTIA Security+
13 1 (0.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (8.33%) Actionable Recommendations
2 8 (6.06%) SLA
3 5 (3.79%) GDPR
4 2 (1.52%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.76%) NIST
System Software
1 23 (17.42%) VMware Infrastructure
2 22 (16.67%) Active Directory
3 9 (6.82%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (6.06%) vSphere
5 7 (5.30%) Hyper-V
6 6 (4.55%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (1.52%) Docker
8 1 (0.76%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 17 (12.88%) Terraform
2 12 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
3 11 (8.33%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (4.55%) vCenter Server
5 5 (3.79%) Kubernetes
6 4 (3.03%) Ansible
7 3 (2.27%) Netcool
8 2 (1.52%) FortiGate
8 2 (1.52%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.76%) Argo
9 1 (0.76%) Control-M
9 1 (0.76%) CSIRT
9 1 (0.76%) Kibana
9 1 (0.76%) Nagios
9 1 (0.76%) Nessus
9 1 (0.76%) Puppet
9 1 (0.76%) WSUS
Vendors
1 43 (32.58%) Microsoft
2 23 (17.42%) VMware
3 16 (12.12%) Cisco
4 11 (8.33%) Dell
5 10 (7.58%) Oracle
5 10 (7.58%) Splunk
6 9 (6.82%) IBM
7 8 (6.06%) Juniper
7 8 (6.06%) McAfee
7 8 (6.06%) New Relic
8 7 (5.30%) SolarWinds
9 6 (4.55%) Freshdesk
9 6 (4.55%) LogicMonitor
9 6 (4.55%) Palo Alto
10 5 (3.79%) ServiceNow
11 4 (3.03%) Fortinet
12 3 (2.27%) Infor
12 3 (2.27%) SAP
12 3 (2.27%) Talend
12 3 (2.27%) TIBCO