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 15 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 466 510 508
Rank change year-on-year +44 -2 +190
Permanent jobs citing Proactive Monitoring 199 173 322
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.30% 0.35% 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 0.38% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 110 99 272
10th Percentile £35,875 £36,200 £27,275
25th Percentile £46,250 £41,125 £37,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £47,500 £48,250
Median % change year-on-year +21.05% -1.55% +13.53%
75th Percentile £69,848 £61,550 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £77,250 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £43,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% +3.45% +2.35%

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 53,424 45,785 66,046
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 79.46% 92.29% 88.34%
Number of salaries quoted 31,947 22,286 51,175
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £76,000 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £96,375 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.90%

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 15 February 2026.

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 15 February 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 +71 174 £57,500 +27.78% 64
UK excluding London +31 124 £50,000 +11.11% 59
Work from Home +27 57 £57,500 +9.52% 29
London +13 57 £62,000 +12.12% 17
North of England -2 34 £50,000 +8.11% 11
South East +23 29 £50,000 +25.00% 17
Midlands +8 26 £33,000 -34.00% 10
North West +13 21 £47,500 -2.56% 7
East of England +25 17 £47,500 +7.95% 8
West Midlands +19 17 £70,000 +3.70% 9
East Midlands -10 9 £33,000 -26.67% 1
Yorkshire -31 9 £50,000 +11.11% 4
Scotland -9 7 £97,500 +85.71% 5
South West -6 6 £52,500 +16.67% 5
North East - 4 £48,445 -
Wales +2 3 £68,500 +44.80% 3
Northern Ireland - 2 - - 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 28 (14.07%) SharePoint
2 9 (4.52%) IIS
3 7 (3.52%) Anypoint
3 7 (3.52%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.50%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.50%) Appian
4 1 (0.50%) Confluence
4 1 (0.50%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.50%) Palantir Foundry
4 1 (0.50%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (6.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.52%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (2.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (2.01%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.50%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.50%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 6 (3.02%) Shopify
2 1 (0.50%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 78 (39.20%) Azure
2 57 (28.64%) Microsoft 365
3 37 (18.59%) Power Platform
4 34 (17.09%) AWS
5 32 (16.08%) Entra ID
6 13 (6.53%) Azure Data Factory
6 13 (6.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 13 (6.53%) SaaS
7 12 (6.03%) Azure Monitor
8 10 (5.03%) Azure Storage
8 10 (5.03%) Power Automate
9 9 (4.52%) Microsoft Purview
10 8 (4.02%) OneDrive
11 7 (3.52%) Boomi
11 7 (3.52%) Datadog
11 7 (3.52%) iPaaS
11 7 (3.52%) Workato
12 6 (3.02%) Azure DevOps
12 6 (3.02%) GitHub
12 6 (3.02%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 43 (21.61%) WAN
2 35 (17.59%) Firewall
3 25 (12.56%) LAN
4 21 (10.55%) VPN
5 17 (8.54%) SD-WAN
6 13 (6.53%) DHCP
6 13 (6.53%) DNS
7 10 (5.03%) Cisco IOS
8 9 (4.52%) BGP
8 9 (4.52%) Network Security
8 9 (4.52%) WAAS
8 9 (4.52%) WLAN
9 8 (4.02%) MPLS
10 7 (3.52%) SSL
10 7 (3.52%) Wireless
11 5 (2.51%) OSPF
11 5 (2.51%) SAN
11 5 (2.51%) Software-Defined Networking
11 5 (2.51%) TCP/IP
11 5 (2.51%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (14.07%) Power BI
2 24 (12.06%) SQL Server
3 17 (8.54%) Azure SQL Database
4 14 (7.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 6 (3.02%) Relational Database
6 5 (2.51%) Couchbase
6 5 (2.51%) DynamoDB
6 5 (2.51%) NoSQL
6 5 (2.51%) Oracle Database
6 5 (2.51%) Redis
7 3 (1.51%) Power Query
8 2 (1.01%) BigQuery
8 2 (1.01%) Metadata
9 1 (0.50%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.50%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.50%) MySQL
9 1 (0.50%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 7 (3.52%) Git
2 6 (3.02%) GitLab
3 3 (1.51%) JIRA
4 1 (0.50%) Browser DevTools
4 1 (0.50%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.50%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.50%) Jasmine
4 1 (0.50%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.50%) TeamCity
General
1 83 (41.71%) Social Skills
2 45 (22.61%) Finance
3 43 (21.61%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (11.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 13 (6.53%) Presentation Skills
6 12 (6.03%) Law
6 12 (6.03%) Marketing
7 9 (4.52%) Legal
8 6 (3.02%) Public Sector
8 6 (3.02%) Telecoms
9 5 (2.51%) Aerospace
9 5 (2.51%) Financial Institution
10 3 (1.51%) Back Office
10 3 (1.51%) French Language
10 3 (1.51%) Greek Language
10 3 (1.51%) Italian Language
10 3 (1.51%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.51%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.51%) Portuguese Language
10 3 (1.51%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 36 (18.09%) Support Engineer
2 30 (15.08%) Senior
3 27 (13.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 20 (10.05%) Lead
5 19 (9.55%) IT Support
6 18 (9.05%) Platform Engineer
7 17 (8.54%) IT Engineer
7 17 (8.54%) IT Support Engineer
8 12 (6.03%) Analyst
8 12 (6.03%) Business Manager
8 12 (6.03%) Insight Manager
9 11 (5.53%) Technical Support
10 9 (4.52%) Development Engineer
10 9 (4.52%) Technical Engineer
10 9 (4.52%) Technical Support Engineer
11 8 (4.02%) Architect
11 8 (4.02%) Cloud Engineer
11 8 (4.02%) Network Engineer
11 8 (4.02%) Support Analyst
12 7 (3.52%) Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (7.04%) REST
2 9 (4.52%) Middleware
2 9 (4.52%) SOAP
2 9 (4.52%) Web Services
3 5 (2.51%) CSS
3 5 (2.51%) HTML
3 5 (2.51%) JSON
3 5 (2.51%) Kafka
3 5 (2.51%) Lightning Web Components
3 5 (2.51%) Memcached
3 5 (2.51%) RESTful
3 5 (2.51%) Spring
3 5 (2.51%) Visualforce
3 5 (2.51%) XML
4 4 (2.01%) ADO
4 4 (2.01%) NETCONF
4 4 (2.01%) OpenTelemetry
4 4 (2.01%) RESTCONF
4 4 (2.01%) SAML
4 4 (2.01%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (9.55%) Data Centre
2 16 (8.04%) CMDB
3 14 (7.04%) Onboarding
4 12 (6.03%) Analytical Mindset
5 10 (5.03%) Cloud Native
5 10 (5.03%) Management Information System
6 9 (4.52%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (3.52%) Driving Licence
8 6 (3.02%) Low-Code
8 6 (3.02%) Virtual Team
9 5 (2.51%) Data Structures
9 5 (2.51%) Distributed Systems
9 5 (2.51%) Mobile App
9 5 (2.51%) Product Ownership
9 5 (2.51%) Robotics
9 5 (2.51%) Video Conferencing
10 4 (2.01%) Distributed Architecture
10 4 (2.01%) PKI
10 4 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (1.51%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 63 (31.66%) Windows
2 27 (13.57%) Windows Server
3 22 (11.06%) Linux
4 12 (6.03%) Unix
5 11 (5.53%) Android
6 5 (2.51%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (2.01%) AIX
7 4 (2.01%) Mac OS
7 4 (2.01%) VMS
8 2 (1.01%) Apple iOS
8 2 (1.01%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.50%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.50%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.50%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.50%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (43.72%) Continuous Improvement
2 73 (36.68%) Problem-Solving
3 48 (24.12%) ITIL
4 43 (21.61%) AI
5 41 (20.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 38 (19.10%) Agile
7 32 (16.08%) Analytics
7 32 (16.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 31 (15.58%) Business Intelligence
9 30 (15.08%) Change Management
10 27 (13.57%) DevOps
11 26 (13.07%) CI/CD
12 25 (12.56%) Incident Response
12 25 (12.56%) Process Improvement
12 25 (12.56%) Service Management
13 22 (11.06%) Computer Science
13 22 (11.06%) Cybersecurity
13 22 (11.06%) Roadmaps
13 22 (11.06%) Root Cause Analysis
14 21 (10.55%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 47 (23.62%) SQL
2 32 (16.08%) PowerShell
3 26 (13.07%) Python
4 17 (8.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 12 (6.03%) C#
5 12 (6.03%) Java
6 11 (5.53%) JavaScript
7 9 (4.52%) Kusto Query Language
8 6 (3.02%) Scala
8 6 (3.02%) Shell Script
9 5 (2.51%) Apex Code
9 5 (2.51%) Kotlin
10 4 (2.01%) SOQL
10 4 (2.01%) SOSL
11 3 (1.51%) Perl
11 3 (1.51%) Ruby
11 3 (1.51%) T-SQL
12 2 (1.01%) Bash
12 2 (1.01%) Go
13 1 (0.50%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 45 (22.61%) Degree
2 29 (14.57%) Security Cleared
3 24 (12.06%) Cisco Certification
4 22 (11.06%) SC Cleared
5 16 (8.04%) CCNP
5 16 (8.04%) Microsoft Certification
6 14 (7.04%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (6.03%) CCIE
7 12 (6.03%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 11 (5.53%) Master's Degree
9 8 (4.02%) CCNA
9 8 (4.02%) DV Cleared
10 7 (3.52%) CISSP
11 5 (2.51%) CISA
11 5 (2.51%) CISM
11 5 (2.51%) JNCIP
12 4 (2.01%) Azure Certification
12 4 (2.01%) DBS Check
13 3 (1.51%) AWS Certification
13 3 (1.51%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (10.05%) SLA
2 17 (8.54%) GDPR
3 14 (7.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (6.03%) Actionable Recommendations
5 6 (3.02%) SOC 2
6 5 (2.51%) GRC
7 3 (1.51%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (1.51%) NIST
8 2 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (1.01%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.50%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.50%) COBIT
9 1 (0.50%) QA
9 1 (0.50%) WCAG
System Software
1 36 (18.09%) Active Directory
2 25 (12.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (6.03%) VMware ESXi
4 10 (5.03%) Docker
4 10 (5.03%) Firmware
4 10 (5.03%) Virtual Machines
4 10 (5.03%) vSphere
5 9 (4.52%) Hyper-V
6 7 (3.52%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (2.01%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 29 (14.57%) Terraform
2 28 (14.07%) Microsoft Intune
3 21 (10.55%) Ansible
4 16 (8.04%) Kubernetes
5 11 (5.53%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (4.52%) SCCM
7 6 (3.02%) vCenter Server
8 5 (2.51%) WSUS
9 4 (2.01%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (1.51%) Netcool
11 2 (1.01%) FortiGate
11 2 (1.01%) NetBackup
11 2 (1.01%) PowerCLI
12 1 (0.50%) Argo
12 1 (0.50%) Control-M
12 1 (0.50%) Kibana
12 1 (0.50%) Nagios
12 1 (0.50%) Nessus
12 1 (0.50%) Puppet
12 1 (0.50%) Suricata
Vendors
1 70 (35.18%) Microsoft
2 36 (18.09%) Cisco
3 25 (12.56%) VMware
4 16 (8.04%) Dell
5 15 (7.54%) Splunk
6 14 (7.04%) Juniper
7 13 (6.53%) IBM
8 12 (6.03%) Oracle
8 12 (6.03%) SAP
9 10 (5.03%) Fortinet
10 9 (4.52%) McAfee
11 8 (4.02%) New Relic
11 8 (4.02%) SolarWinds
12 7 (3.52%) Infor
12 7 (3.52%) Jitterbit
12 7 (3.52%) MuleSoft
12 7 (3.52%) Palo Alto
12 7 (3.52%) ServiceNow
12 7 (3.52%) SnapLogic
12 7 (3.52%) Talend