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 20 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 578 486 553
Rank change year-on-year -92 +67 +31
Permanent jobs citing Proactive Monitoring 163 192 403
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.17% 0.43% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.46% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 103 102 318
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,170 £27,500
25th Percentile £44,380 £42,500 £37,101
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £53,594 £45,738
Median % change year-on-year -4.37% +17.18% +2.70%
75th Percentile £68,445 £67,500 £59,000
90th Percentile £87,250 £81,125 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £47,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +6.38% +10.59% -

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 68,746 41,496 89,251
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.03% 92.46% 81.73%
Number of salaries quoted 47,319 22,262 63,244
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,822 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -9.09%

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 20 June 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 20 June 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 -95 151 £52,500 -2.21% 46
UK excluding London -72 115 £50,000 +6.38% 56
Midlands -19 42 £50,000 +10.75% 10
London -34 37 £70,000 +7.69% 11
Work from Home -8 36 £54,498 +9.00% 30
West Midlands -21 28 £50,000 +1.18% 5
South East -31 28 £39,750 -6.47% 15
North of England -36 22 £50,000 - 6
East of England -1 16 £55,000 +15.79% 2
East Midlands -22 14 - - 5
North West +5 13 £50,625 +3.85% 5
Yorkshire -51 8 £45,000 -28.00%
Wales -49 4 £57,755 +51.61% 2
South West -77 3 £54,749 +15.26% 5
Scotland +9 2 - - 4
North East -49 1 - - 1

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 14 (8.59%) SharePoint
2 10 (6.13%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (4.29%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (3.07%) IIS
5 2 (1.23%) Apache
5 2 (1.23%) Confluence
6 1 (0.61%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.61%) CMS
6 1 (0.61%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.61%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.61%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (6.75%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.84%) SPSS
3 2 (1.23%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.61%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (0.61%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 42 (25.77%) Microsoft 365
2 41 (25.15%) Azure
3 25 (15.34%) AWS
4 19 (11.66%) Entra ID
5 12 (7.36%) Mimecast
6 11 (6.75%) SaaS
7 8 (4.91%) GCP
7 8 (4.91%) GitHub
8 7 (4.29%) Power Platform
9 5 (3.07%) OneDrive
10 4 (2.45%) Cloud Functions
10 4 (2.45%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (2.45%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 4 (2.45%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 4 (2.45%) Snowflake
11 3 (1.84%) Azure Monitor
11 3 (1.84%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (1.84%) IaaS
11 3 (1.84%) PaaS
11 3 (1.84%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 46 (28.22%) Firewall
2 40 (24.54%) LAN
3 35 (21.47%) WAN
4 13 (7.98%) VPN
5 11 (6.75%) Wi-Fi
6 10 (6.13%) DNS
6 10 (6.13%) Wireless
7 9 (5.52%) DHCP
7 9 (5.52%) Network Security
8 8 (4.91%) TCP/IP
9 7 (4.29%) SD-WAN
10 6 (3.68%) BGP
10 6 (3.68%) MPLS
10 6 (3.68%) VoIP
11 4 (2.45%) Asterisk PBX
11 4 (2.45%) Software-Defined Networking
11 4 (2.45%) VLAN
11 4 (2.45%) VPLS
12 3 (1.84%) Broadband
12 3 (1.84%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (9.20%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.07%) Power BI
3 4 (2.45%) MySQL
4 3 (1.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (1.23%) BigQuery
5 2 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.23%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.61%) Adabas
6 1 (0.61%) Amazon Athena
6 1 (0.61%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.61%) Big Data
6 1 (0.61%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.61%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (0.61%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.61%) Metadata
6 1 (0.61%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.61%) Neo4j
6 1 (0.61%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 11 (6.75%) Git
2 9 (5.52%) GitLab
3 7 (4.29%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.84%) JIRA
5 2 (1.23%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.61%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 49 (30.06%) Social Skills
2 21 (12.88%) Finance
3 17 (10.43%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (7.98%) Advertising
4 13 (7.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (6.75%) Marketing
6 9 (5.52%) Legal
7 7 (4.29%) Banking
8 6 (3.68%) Automotive
8 6 (3.68%) Telecoms
9 5 (3.07%) Aerospace
9 5 (3.07%) Law
9 5 (3.07%) Public Sector
10 3 (1.84%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.23%) Corporate Banking
11 2 (1.23%) Retail
12 1 (0.61%) Fire and Rescue
12 1 (0.61%) Games
12 1 (0.61%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.61%) Military
Job Titles
1 32 (19.63%) Support Engineer
2 27 (16.56%) Senior
3 26 (15.95%) IT Engineer
4 24 (14.72%) IT Support
5 20 (12.27%) Analyst
6 16 (9.82%) IT Support Engineer
7 14 (8.59%) Technical Support
8 13 (7.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 13 (7.98%) Technical Engineer
8 13 (7.98%) Technical Support Engineer
9 12 (7.36%) Platform Engineer
10 10 (6.13%) Data Engineer
10 10 (6.13%) Security Analyst
11 8 (4.91%) Field Engineer
11 8 (4.91%) Field Service Engineer
11 8 (4.91%) Senior Analyst
11 8 (4.91%) Support Analyst
12 7 (4.29%) IT Analyst
12 7 (4.29%) Lead
12 7 (4.29%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.91%) Lightning Web Components
1 8 (4.91%) Visualforce
2 7 (4.29%) REST
3 5 (3.07%) .NET
3 5 (3.07%) CSS
3 5 (3.07%) HTML
4 4 (2.45%) Middleware
4 4 (2.45%) OpenTelemetry
4 4 (2.45%) SOAP
5 3 (1.84%) 802.1X
6 2 (1.23%) ARM Templates
6 2 (1.23%) NETCONF
6 2 (1.23%) Node.js
6 2 (1.23%) React
6 2 (1.23%) RESTCONF
7 1 (0.61%) HTML5
7 1 (0.61%) PySpark
7 1 (0.61%) Serverless Framework
7 1 (0.61%) Spring
7 1 (0.61%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 21 (12.88%) Data Centre
2 15 (9.20%) Security Posture
3 13 (7.98%) Onboarding
4 11 (6.75%) Product Ownership
5 10 (6.13%) Management Information System
6 8 (4.91%) Cloud Native
7 7 (4.29%) Social Media
8 5 (3.07%) Public Cloud
8 5 (3.07%) Robotics
9 4 (2.45%) Cyber Threat
9 4 (2.45%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (2.45%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (2.45%) PKI
9 4 (2.45%) Replication
9 4 (2.45%) Security Operations Centre
10 3 (1.84%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.84%) Clustering
10 3 (1.84%) Distributed Architecture
10 3 (1.84%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (1.23%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 64 (39.26%) Windows
2 21 (12.88%) Windows Server
3 18 (11.04%) Windows 10
4 14 (8.59%) Apple iOS
4 14 (8.59%) Linux
5 11 (6.75%) Android
6 5 (3.07%) Mac OS
7 4 (2.45%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (1.84%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (1.23%) Unix
10 1 (0.61%) AIX
10 1 (0.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.61%) Solaris
10 1 (0.61%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (37.42%) Continuous Improvement
2 43 (26.38%) Problem-Solving
3 31 (19.02%) SIEM
4 30 (18.40%) ITIL
5 26 (15.95%) Incident Response
6 25 (15.34%) CI/CD
7 24 (14.72%) Agile
8 23 (14.11%) Cybersecurity
9 22 (13.50%) AI
10 21 (12.88%) Root Cause Analysis
11 18 (11.04%) Infrastructure as Code
12 17 (10.43%) Platform Engineering
12 17 (10.43%) Roadmaps
13 16 (9.82%) Computer Science
13 16 (9.82%) Customer Service
13 16 (9.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 15 (9.20%) Change Management
14 15 (9.20%) Process Improvement
14 15 (9.20%) Service Delivery
14 15 (9.20%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 28 (17.18%) Python
2 25 (15.34%) PowerShell
3 10 (6.13%) Bash
3 10 (6.13%) SQL
4 8 (4.91%) Apex Code
5 7 (4.29%) Java
6 6 (3.68%) JavaScript
7 5 (3.07%) Ruby
8 4 (2.45%) SOQL
8 4 (2.45%) SOSL
9 3 (1.84%) C
9 3 (1.84%) Shell Script
9 3 (1.84%) T-SQL
10 2 (1.23%) Go
10 2 (1.23%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (1.23%) PHP
10 2 (1.23%) Search Processing Language
11 1 (0.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.61%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.61%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 52 (31.90%) Degree
2 18 (11.04%) Cisco Certification
2 18 (11.04%) Security Cleared
3 12 (7.36%) Computer Science Degree
4 11 (6.75%) CCNA
5 10 (6.13%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (5.52%) CompTIA Security+
6 9 (5.52%) SC Cleared
7 8 (4.91%) CISSP
8 7 (4.29%) CCNP
9 6 (3.68%) DV Cleared
10 5 (3.07%) Master's Degree
11 4 (2.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (2.45%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (2.45%) CCIE
11 4 (2.45%) CCSP
11 4 (2.45%) CISM
11 4 (2.45%) CompTIA CySA+
12 3 (1.84%) CISA
12 3 (1.84%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (14.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (11.04%) SLA
3 10 (6.13%) Cyber Essentials
4 8 (4.91%) QA
5 7 (4.29%) NIST
6 4 (2.45%) GDPR
7 3 (1.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (1.84%) SOC 2
8 2 (1.23%) Data Quality
8 2 (1.23%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.61%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.61%) GRC
9 1 (0.61%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 36 (22.09%) Active Directory
2 22 (13.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (7.36%) Docker
4 5 (3.07%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (3.07%) vSphere
5 4 (2.45%) VMware NSX
6 2 (1.23%) Firmware
6 2 (1.23%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.61%) Terminal Server
7 1 (0.61%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 22 (13.50%) Terraform
2 16 (9.82%) Ansible
3 12 (7.36%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (4.29%) Kubernetes
5 5 (3.07%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 5 (3.07%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (2.45%) Grafana
6 4 (2.45%) WSUS
7 3 (1.84%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (1.84%) Prometheus
8 2 (1.23%) FortiGate
8 2 (1.23%) Istio
8 2 (1.23%) linkerd
8 2 (1.23%) Progress Chef
8 2 (1.23%) Puppet
8 2 (1.23%) SCCM
9 1 (0.61%) Oracle RMAN
9 1 (0.61%) Podman
9 1 (0.61%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.61%) QRadar
Vendors
1 65 (39.88%) Microsoft
2 23 (14.11%) Cisco
3 22 (13.50%) VMware
4 15 (9.20%) Dell
5 12 (7.36%) Juniper
5 12 (7.36%) McAfee
6 10 (6.13%) Splunk
7 8 (4.91%) Logitech
7 8 (4.91%) Salesforce
7 8 (4.91%) Sophos
7 8 (4.91%) TOWER Software
8 6 (3.68%) Apple
8 6 (3.68%) Meraki
9 5 (3.07%) CheckPoint
9 5 (3.07%) CrowdStrike
9 5 (3.07%) SolarWinds
10 4 (2.45%) Google
11 3 (1.84%) Fortinet
11 3 (1.84%) Intel
11 3 (1.84%) Oracle