Proactive Monitoring Job Trends

Proactive Monitoring
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Proactive Monitoring skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 606 460 505
Rank change year-on-year -146 +45 -57
Permanent jobs citing Proactive Monitoring 213 215 291
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.18% 0.43% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.49% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 126 119 178
10th Percentile £31,625 £35,500 £32,850
25th Percentile £37,734 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,500 £45,475
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +11.05% -4.26%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £65,313
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £76,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% -5.56% +1.05%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85,853 43,932 62,432
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.10% 88.75% 81.70%
Number of salaries quoted 59,280 24,639 34,370
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,585 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -5.11% -3.39%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%

Proactive Monitoring
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Proactive Monitoring job vacancy trend in the UK

Proactive Monitoring
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Proactive Monitoring

Proactive Monitoring
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Proactive Monitoring over the 6 months to 26 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Proactive Monitoring in the UK

Proactive Monitoring
Top 16 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 26 September 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
England -122 193 £50,000 -0.99% 243
UK excluding London -154 161 £50,000 +17.65% 146
Work from Home -22 69 £51,250 - 102
London -58 46 £55,000 -21.99% 100
Midlands -37 44 £50,000 +16.28% 19
North of England -54 36 £50,000 +2.56% 51
South East -54 32 £41,000 -3.53% 34
North West -9 25 £50,000 +2.56% 34
East of England -14 25 £80,000 +116.22% 15
East Midlands -9 24 £37,500 - 8
West Midlands -47 20 £50,000 +16.28% 11
Wales -61 11 £36,961 -2.97% 5
South West -93 11 £61,250 +16.67% 17
Yorkshire -59 6 £40,000 -27.27% 13
North East -59 5 - - 4
Scotland +11 4 - - 4

Proactive Monitoring
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 29 (13.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 28 (13.15%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.41%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.94%) IIS
4 2 (0.94%) Office Communications Server
5 1 (0.47%) Apache
5 1 (0.47%) CMS
5 1 (0.47%) Confluence
5 1 (0.47%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.47%) WordPress
Applications
1 20 (9.39%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.47%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.47%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.47%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 71 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 49 (23.00%) Azure
3 31 (14.55%) AWS
4 28 (13.15%) Entra ID
5 24 (11.27%) Mimecast
6 19 (8.92%) GCP
7 15 (7.04%) OneDrive
8 10 (4.69%) GitHub
9 7 (3.29%) GitHub Actions
9 7 (3.29%) SaaS
10 6 (2.82%) Azure Monitor
10 6 (2.82%) Cloud Functions
11 5 (2.35%) Microsoft Copilot
11 5 (2.35%) Power Platform
12 4 (1.88%) AWS Lambda
12 4 (1.88%) dbt
12 4 (1.88%) Power Automate
12 4 (1.88%) Serverless
13 3 (1.41%) Google Compute Engine
13 3 (1.41%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 69 (32.39%) Firewall
2 46 (21.60%) LAN
3 41 (19.25%) WAN
4 31 (14.55%) DNS
5 27 (12.68%) DHCP
6 23 (10.80%) TCP/IP
6 23 (10.80%) Wireless
7 18 (8.45%) Network Security
8 15 (7.04%) VPN
8 15 (7.04%) Wi-Fi
9 11 (5.16%) VLAN
10 6 (2.82%) Broadband
11 5 (2.35%) VoIP
12 3 (1.41%) PBX
12 3 (1.41%) SAN
12 3 (1.41%) SD-WAN
12 3 (1.41%) Wireless Security
13 2 (0.94%) Ethernet
13 2 (0.94%) Fibre Channel
13 2 (0.94%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (6.10%) SQL Server
2 10 (4.69%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (3.76%) MySQL
4 6 (2.82%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (1.41%) BigQuery
5 3 (1.41%) Metadata
5 3 (1.41%) Power BI
5 3 (1.41%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.94%) BusinessObjects
6 2 (0.94%) Crystal Reports
6 2 (0.94%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.94%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.47%) Adabas
7 1 (0.47%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (0.47%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.47%) DTS
7 1 (0.47%) GIS
7 1 (0.47%) Neo4j
7 1 (0.47%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 11 (5.16%) Jenkins
2 8 (3.76%) Git
3 4 (1.88%) GitLab
4 3 (1.41%) Bitbucket
4 3 (1.41%) Cypress.io
4 3 (1.41%) Maven
4 3 (1.41%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (0.94%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 2 (0.94%) JIRA
6 1 (0.47%) Postman
General
1 63 (29.58%) Social Skills
2 41 (19.25%) Finance
3 21 (9.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 20 (9.39%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (7.04%) Telecoms
6 14 (6.57%) Advertising
6 14 (6.57%) Public Sector
7 13 (6.10%) Retail
8 11 (5.16%) Banking
8 11 (5.16%) Marketing
9 10 (4.69%) Legal
10 9 (4.23%) Aerospace
11 8 (3.76%) Automotive
11 8 (3.76%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (3.76%) Law
12 6 (2.82%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (2.35%) Welsh Language
14 4 (1.88%) Manufacturing
15 3 (1.41%) Local Government
16 2 (0.94%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 48 (22.54%) Senior
2 32 (15.02%) IT Engineer
3 26 (12.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 23 (10.80%) Analyst
5 21 (9.86%) IT Support
6 20 (9.39%) Field Engineer
6 20 (9.39%) Field Service Engineer
7 18 (8.45%) Support Engineer
8 15 (7.04%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 13 (6.10%) Security Analyst
10 12 (5.63%) DevOps Engineer
10 12 (5.63%) Software Engineer
11 11 (5.16%) Senior Software Engineer
12 10 (4.69%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 10 (4.69%) IT Support Engineer
12 10 (4.69%) Network Engineer
12 10 (4.69%) Senior Analyst
13 9 (4.23%) 3rd Line Support
13 9 (4.23%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
13 9 (4.23%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (13.62%) Terraform
2 10 (4.69%) React
3 7 (3.29%) .NET
4 6 (2.82%) OpenTelemetry
5 4 (1.88%) RESTful
5 4 (1.88%) Ruby on Rails
5 4 (1.88%) Spring
5 4 (1.88%) Spring Boot
6 3 (1.41%) .NET Core
6 3 (1.41%) ARM Templates
6 3 (1.41%) HTML
6 3 (1.41%) Jest
6 3 (1.41%) Next.js
6 3 (1.41%) Playwright
7 2 (0.94%) CSS
7 2 (0.94%) CSS3
7 2 (0.94%) HTML5
7 2 (0.94%) JSON
7 2 (0.94%) Node.js
7 2 (0.94%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 25 (11.74%) Security Posture
2 17 (7.98%) Onboarding
3 13 (6.10%) Cloud Native
4 10 (4.69%) Management Information System
4 10 (4.69%) Social Media
5 9 (4.23%) Data Centre
5 9 (4.23%) Driving Licence
5 9 (4.23%) Product Ownership
6 7 (3.29%) Clustering
7 6 (2.82%) Distributed Systems
7 6 (2.82%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (2.82%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (2.82%) Replication
7 6 (2.82%) Security Operations Centre
8 5 (2.35%) Blog
8 5 (2.35%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.88%) Culture of Ownership
9 4 (1.88%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.88%) Mainframe
10 3 (1.41%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 78 (36.62%) Windows
2 48 (22.54%) Windows Server
3 27 (12.68%) Windows 10
4 24 (11.27%) Linux
5 20 (9.39%) Apple iOS
6 19 (8.92%) Android
7 8 (3.76%) Unix
8 4 (1.88%) AIX
8 4 (1.88%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.94%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.94%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.47%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (28.17%) Continuous Improvement
2 58 (27.23%) Problem-Solving
3 51 (23.94%) ITIL
4 46 (21.60%) Incident Response
5 39 (18.31%) Infrastructure as Code
6 33 (15.49%) Disaster Recovery
7 31 (14.55%) Agile
7 31 (14.55%) CI/CD
8 29 (13.62%) Cybersecurity
8 29 (13.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 27 (12.68%) Customer Service
10 26 (12.21%) High Availability
10 26 (12.21%) Observability
11 25 (11.74%) Collaborative Working
11 25 (11.74%) Root Cause Analysis
12 24 (11.27%) Incident Management
12 24 (11.27%) SIEM
13 22 (10.33%) Software Engineering
14 21 (9.86%) Information Security
14 21 (9.86%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 41 (19.25%) Python
2 39 (18.31%) PowerShell
3 18 (8.45%) SQL
4 17 (7.98%) Java
5 14 (6.57%) Bash
6 9 (4.23%) Go
7 8 (3.76%) TypeScript
8 7 (3.29%) JavaScript
8 7 (3.29%) Search Processing Language
9 6 (2.82%) Kusto Query Language
10 4 (1.88%) C#
10 4 (1.88%) Ruby
11 3 (1.41%) C
12 2 (0.94%) PHP
13 1 (0.47%) Natural
13 1 (0.47%) Scala
13 1 (0.47%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 40 (18.78%) Degree
2 29 (13.62%) Security Cleared
3 16 (7.51%) DV Cleared
4 14 (6.57%) Cisco Certification
5 13 (6.10%) CCNA
6 12 (5.63%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (5.63%) SC Cleared
7 6 (2.82%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (2.82%) CompTIA Security+
8 5 (2.35%) Azure Certification
8 5 (2.35%) CCNP
9 4 (1.88%) PMI Certification
10 3 (1.41%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (1.41%) MCSA
10 3 (1.41%) SSCP
11 2 (0.94%) CISSP
11 2 (0.94%) CompTIA CySA+
11 2 (0.94%) Computer Science Degree
12 1 (0.47%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 1 (0.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (13.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (7.51%) SLA
3 13 (6.10%) Cyber Essentials
4 9 (4.23%) Data Quality
4 9 (4.23%) NIST
5 7 (3.29%) QA
6 5 (2.35%) Accessibility
6 5 (2.35%) GDPR
7 3 (1.41%) WCAG
8 2 (0.94%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.94%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 2 (0.94%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.47%) SOC 2
System Software
1 39 (18.31%) Active Directory
2 12 (5.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (3.29%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (2.82%) Docker
5 5 (2.35%) Hyper-V
6 3 (1.41%) vSphere
7 2 (0.94%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.47%) Firmware
8 1 (0.47%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 20 (9.39%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (8.92%) Ansible
3 18 (8.45%) Kubernetes
4 12 (5.63%) Grafana
4 12 (5.63%) Prometheus
5 6 (2.82%) Progress Chef
6 3 (1.41%) FortiGate
6 3 (1.41%) Istio
6 3 (1.41%) linkerd
6 3 (1.41%) Puppet
6 3 (1.41%) SCCM
7 2 (0.94%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.47%) Argo
8 1 (0.47%) Autotask
8 1 (0.47%) Data Guard
8 1 (0.47%) Forefront Identity Manager
8 1 (0.47%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.47%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 1 (0.47%) QRadar
8 1 (0.47%) VxRail
Vendors
1 94 (44.13%) Microsoft
2 20 (9.39%) Cisco
3 19 (8.92%) Logitech
3 19 (8.92%) Sophos
3 19 (8.92%) TOWER Software
4 17 (7.98%) VMware
5 16 (7.51%) Splunk
6 9 (4.23%) Meraki
6 9 (4.23%) Oracle
6 9 (4.23%) Zscaler
7 8 (3.76%) RedGate
7 8 (3.76%) ServiceNow
7 8 (3.76%) Tanium
8 6 (2.82%) Dell
8 6 (2.82%) Google
9 5 (2.35%) YouTube
10 4 (1.88%) CheckPoint
10 4 (1.88%) HP
10 4 (1.88%) OneLogin
10 4 (1.88%) SolarWinds