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 23 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 455 520 465
Rank change year-on-year +65 -55 +220
Permanent jobs citing Proactive Monitoring 196 246 252
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.37% 0.36% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 0.43% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 104 146 207
10th Percentile £27,250 £36,000 £27,550
25th Percentile £40,563 £41,438 £38,167
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,223 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.56% -13.86% +15.48%
75th Percentile £63,750 £57,188 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,375 £77,250 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,160 £45,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year +2.58% -2.17% +15.00%

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 45,242 57,727 48,781
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.14% 83.98% 93.81%
Number of salaries quoted 27,567 30,431 37,438
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £54,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -12.04% +2.86% -

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 23 November 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 23 November 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 +55 174 £48,500 +7.78% 70
UK excluding London +100 151 £46,160 +2.58% 67
Work from Home +59 54 £57,500 +18.18% 46
South East +64 48 £46,250 +2.82% 22
London +7 33 £80,000 +52.38% 19
South West +50 28 £52,500 +52.17% 7
Midlands +56 27 £33,000 -50.38% 14
West Midlands +56 21 £43,000 -40.69% 11
North of England -4 21 £45,750 +1.67% 12
East of England +39 16 £46,160 -12.08% 6
North West +34 12 £42,080 -11.41% 6
Scotland +24 7 £97,500 +85.71% 6
East Midlands +26 6 £29,750 -40.50% 3
Yorkshire -8 6 £45,750 +1.67% 5
North East +12 3 - - 1
Northern Ireland - 3 £55,000 - 2
Wales +12 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 21 (10.71%) SharePoint
2 10 (5.10%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (3.57%) Anypoint
3 7 (3.57%) IIS
4 1 (0.51%) Appian
4 1 (0.51%) Confluence
4 1 (0.51%) HCL Notes
4 1 (0.51%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (6.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.57%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.51%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.51%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.51%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 6 (3.06%) Shopify
2 4 (2.04%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.51%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.51%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 77 (39.29%) Azure
2 44 (22.45%) Microsoft 365
3 34 (17.35%) Power Platform
4 28 (14.29%) AWS
5 14 (7.14%) Azure Monitor
5 14 (7.14%) Entra ID
6 13 (6.63%) Azure Data Factory
6 13 (6.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 13 (6.63%) Power Automate
7 10 (5.10%) SaaS
8 9 (4.59%) GCP
9 8 (4.08%) Azure Storage
9 8 (4.08%) PowerApps
10 7 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (3.57%) Boomi
10 7 (3.57%) iPaaS
10 7 (3.57%) Workato
11 6 (3.06%) Copilot Studio
12 4 (2.04%) Amazon EC2
13 3 (1.53%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 54 (27.55%) Firewall
2 34 (17.35%) WAN
3 23 (11.73%) LAN
4 21 (10.71%) DNS
5 20 (10.20%) DHCP
5 20 (10.20%) LTE
5 20 (10.20%) VSAT
6 19 (9.69%) VPN
7 18 (9.18%) Wireless
8 16 (8.16%) Network Security
9 11 (5.61%) SD-WAN
10 10 (5.10%) 802.11
10 10 (5.10%) Wi-Fi
11 9 (4.59%) SAN
11 9 (4.59%) SSL
11 9 (4.59%) TCP/IP
11 9 (4.59%) VLAN
12 7 (3.57%) Internet
13 5 (2.55%) NAS
13 5 (2.55%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (15.82%) Power BI
2 22 (11.22%) SQL Server
3 15 (7.65%) Azure SQL Database
3 15 (7.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 7 (3.57%) Relational Database
5 6 (3.06%) Oracle Database
6 3 (1.53%) Couchbase
6 3 (1.53%) DynamoDB
6 3 (1.53%) NoSQL
6 3 (1.53%) Power Query
6 3 (1.53%) Redis
7 2 (1.02%) Metadata
7 2 (1.02%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (1.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.51%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (0.51%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.51%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.51%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.51%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 6 (3.06%) JIRA
2 1 (0.51%) Browser DevTools
2 1 (0.51%) Cucumber
2 1 (0.51%) Cypress.io
2 1 (0.51%) Git
2 1 (0.51%) Jasmine
2 1 (0.51%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (0.51%) Visual Studio
General
1 106 (54.08%) Social Skills
2 52 (26.53%) Finance
3 41 (20.92%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (11.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 21 (10.71%) Law
6 20 (10.20%) Legal
7 13 (6.63%) Presentation Skills
8 12 (6.12%) Manufacturing
9 11 (5.61%) Aerospace
9 11 (5.61%) Electronics
10 10 (5.10%) Automotive
10 10 (5.10%) Billing
11 9 (4.59%) Marketing
12 7 (3.57%) Financial Institution
13 6 (3.06%) Telecoms
14 4 (2.04%) Back Office
14 4 (2.04%) Police
15 3 (1.53%) French Language
15 3 (1.53%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (1.53%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 54 (27.55%) Support Engineer
2 43 (21.94%) Technical Support
3 40 (20.41%) Technical Engineer
3 40 (20.41%) Technical Support Engineer
4 28 (14.29%) Senior
5 26 (13.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 12 (6.12%) Business Manager
6 12 (6.12%) Insight Manager
7 11 (5.61%) Analyst
7 11 (5.61%) Lead
8 8 (4.08%) Cloud Engineer
8 8 (4.08%) IT Engineer
9 7 (3.57%) Development Engineer
9 7 (3.57%) Integration Engineer
9 7 (3.57%) IT Support
9 7 (3.57%) Network Engineer
9 7 (3.57%) Platform Engineer
9 7 (3.57%) Senior Manager
9 7 (3.57%) Support Analyst
10 6 (3.06%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (5.61%) REST
1 11 (5.61%) Web Services
2 10 (5.10%) 802.1X
3 7 (3.57%) Hugging Face
3 7 (3.57%) LangChain
3 7 (3.57%) PyTorch
3 7 (3.57%) TensorFlow
4 6 (3.06%) SOAP
5 5 (2.55%) JSON
5 5 (2.55%) RESTful
5 5 (2.55%) XML
6 4 (2.04%) CSS
6 4 (2.04%) HTML
6 4 (2.04%) Kafka
6 4 (2.04%) Middleware
6 4 (2.04%) ModSecurity
6 4 (2.04%) SAML
7 3 (1.53%) .NET
7 3 (1.53%) AngularJS
7 3 (1.53%) Memcached
Miscellaneous
1 24 (12.24%) Data Centre
2 12 (6.12%) Analytical Mindset
3 10 (5.10%) Driving Licence
3 10 (5.10%) Renewable Energy
4 8 (4.08%) Onboarding
5 7 (3.57%) CMDB
6 6 (3.06%) Low-Code
7 5 (2.55%) Security Posture
8 4 (2.04%) Management Information System
8 4 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.53%) Cloud Native
9 3 (1.53%) Data Structures
9 3 (1.53%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (1.53%) e-Learning
9 3 (1.53%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.53%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (1.53%) Virtual Team
9 3 (1.53%) Web Conferencing
10 2 (1.02%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 1 (0.51%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 49 (25.00%) Windows
2 23 (11.73%) Windows Server
3 11 (5.61%) Linux
4 10 (5.10%) Unix
5 4 (2.04%) AIX
6 3 (1.53%) Mac OS
7 2 (1.02%) VMS
7 2 (1.02%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (1.02%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.51%) Check Point GAiA
8 1 (0.51%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.51%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.51%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (41.84%) Problem-Solving
2 75 (38.27%) Continuous Improvement
3 38 (19.39%) Customer Service
3 38 (19.39%) ITIL
4 36 (18.37%) Change Management
5 34 (17.35%) Business Intelligence
6 33 (16.84%) Agile
7 31 (15.82%) High Availability
8 28 (14.29%) AI
9 27 (13.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 26 (13.27%) Service Delivery
11 25 (12.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 24 (12.24%) Service Management
13 23 (11.73%) Analytics
14 22 (11.22%) Decision-Making
14 22 (11.22%) Incident Management
14 22 (11.22%) Process Improvement
15 21 (10.71%) Collaborative Working
15 21 (10.71%) Disaster Recovery
15 21 (10.71%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 50 (25.51%) SQL
2 26 (13.27%) PowerShell
3 19 (9.69%) Python
4 17 (8.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 14 (7.14%) C#
6 11 (5.61%) JavaScript
7 9 (4.59%) Java
8 7 (3.57%) Kusto Query Language
9 5 (2.55%) Shell Script
10 4 (2.04%) Bash
10 4 (2.04%) Scala
10 4 (2.04%) T-SQL
11 3 (1.53%) Go
11 3 (1.53%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.51%) Bicep
12 1 (0.51%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 32 (16.33%) Cisco Certification
1 32 (16.33%) Degree
2 29 (14.80%) Security Cleared
3 26 (13.27%) CCNA
4 24 (12.24%) SC Cleared
5 20 (10.20%) JNCIA
6 12 (6.12%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (6.12%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 11 (5.61%) CCNP
7 11 (5.61%) Master's Degree
8 10 (5.10%) GCSC
9 8 (4.08%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (2.04%) DV Cleared
11 3 (1.53%) CISM
12 2 (1.02%) CCSA
12 2 (1.02%) CISA
12 2 (1.02%) GCFA
12 2 (1.02%) GCIA
12 2 (1.02%) GCIH
12 2 (1.02%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (7.65%) GDPR
1 15 (7.65%) SLA
2 12 (6.12%) Actionable Recommendations
3 8 (4.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.04%) NIST
4 4 (2.04%) SOC 2
5 2 (1.02%) COBIT
6 1 (0.51%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.51%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.51%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.51%) GRC
6 1 (0.51%) WCAG
System Software
1 30 (15.31%) VMware Infrastructure
2 22 (11.22%) Active Directory
3 13 (6.63%) Hyper-V
4 10 (5.10%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (4.08%) Docker
6 7 (3.57%) Virtual Servers
6 7 (3.57%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (3.57%) vSphere
7 1 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 15 (7.65%) Terraform
2 13 (6.63%) Microsoft Intune
3 11 (5.61%) Kubernetes
4 9 (4.59%) Grafana
5 8 (4.08%) Prometheus
6 7 (3.57%) vCenter Server
7 5 (2.55%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (2.04%) Ansible
9 3 (1.53%) Netcool
10 2 (1.02%) FortiGate
10 2 (1.02%) NetBackup
10 2 (1.02%) Suricata
11 1 (0.51%) CA Spectrum
11 1 (0.51%) Cisco CUCM
11 1 (0.51%) Control-M
11 1 (0.51%) CSIRT
11 1 (0.51%) Kibana
11 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Clustering
11 1 (0.51%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.51%) Puppet
Vendors
1 52 (26.53%) Microsoft
2 31 (15.82%) VMware
3 28 (14.29%) Cisco
4 20 (10.20%) Dell
5 17 (8.67%) Oracle
6 14 (7.14%) Freshdesk
6 14 (7.14%) Juniper
7 13 (6.63%) McAfee
8 12 (6.12%) IBM
9 11 (5.61%) ServiceNow
10 9 (4.59%) SAP
10 9 (4.59%) SolarWinds
11 8 (4.08%) Palo Alto
12 7 (3.57%) IFS
12 7 (3.57%) Jitterbit
12 7 (3.57%) MuleSoft
12 7 (3.57%) OpenAI
12 7 (3.57%) SnapLogic
12 7 (3.57%) Talend
12 7 (3.57%) Workday