Proactive Monitoring Job Trends

Proactive Monitoring
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Proactive Monitoring skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 465 518 475
Rank change year-on-year +53 -43 +223
Permanent jobs citing Proactive Monitoring 216 284 316
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.44% 0.37% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.49% 0.45% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 120 182 271
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,575 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,625 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,688 £45,738 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.38% -3.71% -
75th Percentile £67,813 £59,875 £62,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £76,250 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £44,991 £44,535
% change year-on-year -5.54% +1.03% +11.34%

All Process and 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 43,694 63,053 58,074
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 88.68% 81.08% 94.39%
Number of salaries quoted 24,544 35,778 43,624
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,000 £32,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% -2.78% +2.86%

Proactive Monitoring
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Proactive Monitoring as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Proactive Monitoring 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 16 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Proactive Monitoring in the UK

Proactive Monitoring
Top 17 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 16 September 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +38 196 £53,688 +18.72% 143
UK excluding London +60 159 £42,500 -5.54% 124
South East +41 47 £42,500 - 45
London +22 47 £67,500 -1.10% 47
Work from Home +25 45 £52,500 +5.00% 109
Midlands +55 33 £45,000 -10.00% 16
North of England +9 32 £47,500 +7.29% 19
West Midlands +52 30 £45,000 -22.41% 5
South West +88 28 £52,500 - 18
Yorkshire +5 22 £55,000 +48.65% 7
Wales +27 8 £38,094 -19.47% 1
North West -21 8 £47,500 +3.26% 10
East of England -1 7 £26,500 -49.52% 19
Scotland +54 3 £37,500 -31.82% 9
East Midlands +14 3 - - 11
North East +12 2 - - 3
Northern Ireland - 1 £55,000 - 6

Proactive Monitoring
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 16 (7.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (4.17%) SharePoint
3 8 (3.70%) IIS
4 2 (0.93%) HCL Notes
5 1 (0.46%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.46%) Cloud Foundry
5 1 (0.46%) Confluence
5 1 (0.46%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 6 (2.78%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.85%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (1.85%) Fidessa
1 4 (1.85%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.46%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.46%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.46%) Sage 50
2 1 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 89 (41.20%) Azure
2 50 (23.15%) Microsoft 365
3 48 (22.22%) AWS
4 30 (13.89%) Azure Monitor
5 29 (13.43%) GCP
6 20 (9.26%) Azure DevOps
6 20 (9.26%) SaaS
7 14 (6.48%) Entra ID
7 14 (6.48%) PaaS
8 13 (6.02%) IaaS
9 9 (4.17%) Power Platform
10 6 (2.78%) Power Automate
11 5 (2.31%) PowerApps
12 4 (1.85%) Amazon EC2
12 4 (1.85%) Azure Storage
12 4 (1.85%) Copilot Studio
13 3 (1.39%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 2 (0.93%) Azure Data Factory
14 2 (0.93%) Cloud Computing
14 2 (0.93%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 63 (29.17%) Firewall
2 31 (14.35%) DNS
3 24 (11.11%) VPN
3 24 (11.11%) WAN
4 20 (9.26%) DHCP
4 20 (9.26%) LTE
4 20 (9.26%) VSAT
5 18 (8.33%) Network Security
6 17 (7.87%) Wireless
7 16 (7.41%) LAN
8 15 (6.94%) TCP/IP
9 11 (5.09%) SD-WAN
9 11 (5.09%) Wi-Fi
10 10 (4.63%) 802.11
10 10 (4.63%) VLAN
11 8 (3.70%) Internet
12 7 (3.24%) SAN
12 7 (3.24%) SSL
13 5 (2.31%) NAS
13 5 (2.31%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (7.41%) SQL Server
2 9 (4.17%) Power BI
3 4 (1.85%) Oracle Database
4 3 (1.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (1.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (0.93%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.93%) SAP HANA
5 2 (0.93%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.46%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.46%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.46%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.46%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (0.46%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.46%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.46%) Metadata
6 1 (0.46%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.46%) Parquet
6 1 (0.46%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.46%) SSDT
Development Applications
1 5 (2.31%) JIRA
2 2 (0.93%) Git
3 1 (0.46%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.46%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.46%) Visual Studio
General
1 116 (53.70%) Social Skills
2 80 (37.04%) Finance
3 48 (22.22%) Law
4 44 (20.37%) Legal
5 27 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (12.50%) Financial Institution
6 26 (12.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 25 (11.57%) Prime Brokerage
8 13 (6.02%) Manufacturing
9 11 (5.09%) Automotive
10 10 (4.63%) Aerospace
10 10 (4.63%) Billing
10 10 (4.63%) Electronics
11 8 (3.70%) Welsh Language
12 7 (3.24%) Banking
13 5 (2.31%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (1.85%) Marketing
14 4 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (1.85%) Police
14 4 (1.85%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 53 (24.54%) Support Engineer
2 43 (19.91%) Technical Support
3 38 (17.59%) Technical Engineer
3 38 (17.59%) Technical Support Engineer
4 32 (14.81%) Senior
5 26 (12.04%) Risk Manager
6 19 (8.80%) Cloud Engineer
6 19 (8.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 14 (6.48%) 3rd Line Support
8 13 (6.02%) Senior Manager
9 11 (5.09%) Cybersecurity Specialist
10 10 (4.63%) Security Specialist
11 9 (4.17%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 9 (4.17%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
12 8 (3.70%) Lead
12 8 (3.70%) Server Engineer
13 7 (3.24%) Network Engineer
13 7 (3.24%) Software Engineer
14 6 (2.78%) Analyst
14 6 (2.78%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (6.02%) Hugging Face
1 13 (6.02%) LangChain
1 13 (6.02%) PyTorch
1 13 (6.02%) TensorFlow
2 11 (5.09%) 802.1X
3 5 (2.31%) ARM Templates
3 5 (2.31%) REST
4 4 (1.85%) AngularJS
4 4 (1.85%) CSS
4 4 (1.85%) HTML
4 4 (1.85%) Middleware
4 4 (1.85%) ModSecurity
4 4 (1.85%) Web Services
5 3 (1.39%) .NET
6 2 (0.93%) ASP.NET
6 2 (0.93%) ASP.NET MVC
6 2 (0.93%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (0.93%) React
6 2 (0.93%) SAML
6 2 (0.93%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 25 (11.57%) Blockchain
1 25 (11.57%) Derivative
1 25 (11.57%) Hedge funds
2 21 (9.72%) Data Centre
3 13 (6.02%) Hybrid Cloud
4 10 (4.63%) Renewable Energy
5 9 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (3.70%) IoT
7 5 (2.31%) Driving Licence
7 5 (2.31%) Security Posture
8 4 (1.85%) CMDB
8 4 (1.85%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.85%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.39%) Cloud Native
9 3 (1.39%) Clustering
9 3 (1.39%) Data Structures
9 3 (1.39%) Enterprise Cloud
9 3 (1.39%) Enterprise Storage
10 2 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.93%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 64 (29.63%) Windows
2 27 (12.50%) Windows Server
3 16 (7.41%) Linux
4 8 (3.70%) Unix
5 6 (2.78%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (2.31%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (1.39%) AIX
8 1 (0.46%) Check Point GAiA
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (32.41%) Problem-Solving
2 53 (24.54%) Continuous Improvement
3 51 (23.61%) ITIL
4 48 (22.22%) Change Management
4 48 (22.22%) High Availability
5 38 (17.59%) Data Privacy
5 38 (17.59%) Incident Management
6 36 (16.67%) Service Delivery
7 33 (15.28%) Customer Service
7 33 (15.28%) Service Management
8 31 (14.35%) Cybersecurity
9 28 (12.96%) Risk Management
10 27 (12.50%) CI/CD
10 27 (12.50%) DevOps
10 27 (12.50%) SIEM
11 26 (12.04%) Roadmaps
12 25 (11.57%) Rehypothecation
12 25 (11.57%) Stress Testing
13 24 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
13 24 (11.11%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 38 (17.59%) SQL
2 33 (15.28%) PowerShell
3 18 (8.33%) C#
4 12 (5.56%) Python
5 7 (3.24%) Bash
6 5 (2.31%) JavaScript
7 4 (1.85%) Bicep
7 4 (1.85%) Go
7 4 (1.85%) T-SQL
8 3 (1.39%) C++
8 3 (1.39%) Java
8 3 (1.39%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.46%) Scala
Qualifications
1 33 (15.28%) Cisco Certification
2 31 (14.35%) Degree
3 29 (13.43%) CCNA
4 27 (12.50%) Security Cleared
5 22 (10.19%) Microsoft Certification
6 20 (9.26%) JNCIA
7 17 (7.87%) SC Cleared
8 14 (6.48%) Computer Science Degree
9 13 (6.02%) Master's Degree
10 12 (5.56%) Azure Certification
11 10 (4.63%) CCNP
11 10 (4.63%) GCSC
11 10 (4.63%) MCSE
12 9 (4.17%) MCSA
13 8 (3.70%) DBS Check
14 4 (1.85%) Network+ Certification
15 3 (1.39%) CISM
16 2 (0.93%) CCSA
16 2 (0.93%) CISSP
16 2 (0.93%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (15.28%) GDPR
2 25 (11.57%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 23 (10.65%) SLA
4 6 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.85%) NIST
6 2 (0.93%) COBIT
6 2 (0.93%) ISO 9000
6 2 (0.93%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.93%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.46%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.46%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.46%) GRC
7 1 (0.46%) WCAG
System Software
1 30 (13.89%) Active Directory
1 30 (13.89%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (7.41%) Hyper-V
3 8 (3.70%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (2.31%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (2.31%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (1.85%) Docker
5 4 (1.85%) Virtual Servers
5 4 (1.85%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 27 (12.50%) Terraform
2 16 (7.41%) Prometheus
3 15 (6.94%) Grafana
4 11 (5.09%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (3.70%) Kubernetes
5 8 (3.70%) SCCM
6 7 (3.24%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (2.31%) Ansible
7 5 (2.31%) vCenter Server
8 4 (1.85%) Cisco CUCM
9 3 (1.39%) Netcool
10 2 (0.93%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.93%) SCOM
10 2 (0.93%) Suricata
11 1 (0.46%) CA Spectrum
11 1 (0.46%) CSIRT
11 1 (0.46%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Clustering
11 1 (0.46%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.46%) Puppet
Vendors
1 80 (37.04%) Microsoft
2 35 (16.20%) VMware
3 33 (15.28%) Cisco
4 16 (7.41%) Google
5 15 (6.94%) Dell
6 14 (6.48%) Freshdesk
7 13 (6.02%) OpenAI
8 12 (5.56%) Juniper
9 11 (5.09%) McAfee
9 11 (5.09%) ServiceNow
10 9 (4.17%) Citrix
10 9 (4.17%) Oracle
11 8 (3.70%) SolarWinds
12 7 (3.24%) Fortinet
13 6 (2.78%) Meraki
14 5 (2.31%) NetApp
14 5 (2.31%) Palo Alto
14 5 (2.31%) SonicWALL
15 4 (1.85%) CheckPoint
15 4 (1.85%) IBM