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 12 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 491 497 510
Rank change year-on-year +6 +13 +195
Permanent jobs citing Proactive Monitoring 213 134 385
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.25% 0.33% 0.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 0.35% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 113 99 318
10th Percentile £35,000 £34,650 £26,000
25th Percentile £46,160 £41,250 £35,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £51,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.65% +14.44% +5.88%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £59,000
90th Percentile £85,750 £80,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,074 £42,500
% change year-on-year +10.93% +6.06% -

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 63,952 38,221 79,637
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 75.80% 92.98% 86.04%
Number of salaries quoted 39,483 22,497 58,940
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -6.54% +7.00% -8.26%

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 12 April 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 12 April 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 +5 195 £57,500 +11.65% 56
UK excluding London -28 137 £50,000 +10.93% 41
London +5 61 £62,000 +0.65% 19
Work from Home +9 51 £57,500 +15.00% 27
Midlands -25 40 £33,000 -38.53% 8
North of England -45 37 £50,000 - 11
South East -19 30 £48,000 +20.00% 15
West Midlands -10 24 £70,000 +3.70% 6
North West -19 24 £51,250 +2.50% 5
East of England -17 17 £46,160 -2.82% 2
East Midlands -33 16 £33,000 -13.16% 2
Yorkshire -53 9 £50,000 - 3
South West -48 6 £54,498 +14.73% 3
North East - 4 £48,445 - 3
Wales -29 3 £68,500 +79.82% 1
Scotland -17 2 £97,500 +2.63% 1
Northern Ireland - 2 - -

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 19 (8.92%) SharePoint
2 7 (3.29%) Apache Airflow
2 7 (3.29%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (2.82%) Anypoint
4 4 (1.88%) IIS
5 3 (1.41%) Confluence
6 1 (0.47%) Apache
6 1 (0.47%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.47%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.47%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 13 (6.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.29%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.88%) MS Visio
4 3 (1.41%) SPSS
5 1 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (2.82%) Shopify
2 1 (0.47%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.47%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 75 (35.21%) Azure
2 51 (23.94%) Microsoft 365
3 37 (17.37%) AWS
4 35 (16.43%) Entra ID
5 33 (15.49%) Power Platform
6 15 (7.04%) SaaS
7 13 (6.10%) Azure Data Factory
7 13 (6.10%) Azure Monitor
7 13 (6.10%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 11 (5.16%) GitHub
9 8 (3.76%) Microsoft Purview
9 8 (3.76%) OneDrive
10 7 (3.29%) Datadog
10 7 (3.29%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (2.82%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (2.82%) Boomi
11 6 (2.82%) iPaaS
11 6 (2.82%) Serverless
11 6 (2.82%) Workato
12 5 (2.35%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 47 (22.07%) WAN
2 43 (20.19%) Firewall
3 42 (19.72%) LAN
4 17 (7.98%) VPN
5 12 (5.63%) DHCP
5 12 (5.63%) DNS
5 12 (5.63%) SD-WAN
6 11 (5.16%) Network Security
7 10 (4.69%) Cisco IOS
8 9 (4.23%) BGP
8 9 (4.23%) WAAS
9 8 (3.76%) TCP/IP
9 8 (3.76%) Wi-Fi
9 8 (3.76%) Wireless
9 8 (3.76%) WLAN
10 7 (3.29%) MPLS
11 5 (2.35%) OSPF
11 5 (2.35%) Software-Defined Networking
12 4 (1.88%) Asterisk PBX
12 4 (1.88%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (14.08%) SQL Server
2 25 (11.74%) Power BI
3 17 (7.98%) Azure SQL Database
4 15 (7.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 7 (3.29%) Relational Database
6 5 (2.35%) Couchbase
6 5 (2.35%) DynamoDB
6 5 (2.35%) NoSQL
6 5 (2.35%) Redis
7 3 (1.41%) Power Query
8 2 (0.94%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.94%) Metadata
8 2 (0.94%) MySQL
8 2 (0.94%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.47%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.47%) Big Data
9 1 (0.47%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.47%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.47%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 10 (4.69%) Git
2 7 (3.29%) GitLab
3 5 (2.35%) JIRA
4 3 (1.41%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.47%) Browser DevTools
5 1 (0.47%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.47%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.47%) Jasmine
5 1 (0.47%) TeamCity
General
1 85 (39.91%) Social Skills
2 47 (22.07%) Analytical Skills
3 46 (21.60%) Finance
4 27 (12.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 12 (5.63%) Legal
5 12 (5.63%) Presentation Skills
6 11 (5.16%) Law
6 11 (5.16%) Marketing
7 7 (3.29%) Banking
8 5 (2.35%) Aerospace
8 5 (2.35%) Public Sector
8 5 (2.35%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.88%) Advertising
10 3 (1.41%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.94%) Corporate Banking
11 2 (0.94%) Games
11 2 (0.94%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.94%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.94%) Public Speaking
11 2 (0.94%) Retail
Job Titles
1 48 (22.54%) Support Engineer
2 30 (14.08%) Senior
3 23 (10.80%) IT Engineer
3 23 (10.80%) IT Support
4 21 (9.86%) IT Support Engineer
5 20 (9.39%) Lead
5 20 (9.39%) Platform Engineer
6 19 (8.92%) Technical Support
7 17 (7.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 17 (7.98%) Technical Engineer
7 17 (7.98%) Technical Support Engineer
8 14 (6.57%) Analyst
9 12 (5.63%) Business Manager
9 12 (5.63%) Insight Manager
10 11 (5.16%) Data Engineer
11 9 (4.23%) Development Engineer
11 9 (4.23%) Software Engineer
12 8 (3.76%) Architect
12 8 (3.76%) Network Engineer
12 8 (3.76%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (6.57%) REST
2 9 (4.23%) SOAP
3 8 (3.76%) Lightning Web Components
3 8 (3.76%) Visualforce
4 6 (2.82%) Middleware
4 6 (2.82%) RESTful
5 5 (2.35%) .NET
5 5 (2.35%) JSON
5 5 (2.35%) Kafka
5 5 (2.35%) Memcached
5 5 (2.35%) Spring
5 5 (2.35%) Web Services
5 5 (2.35%) XML
6 4 (1.88%) ADO
6 4 (1.88%) NETCONF
6 4 (1.88%) OAuth
6 4 (1.88%) OpenTelemetry
6 4 (1.88%) RESTCONF
6 4 (1.88%) SAML
6 4 (1.88%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (12.68%) Data Centre
2 13 (6.10%) Onboarding
3 12 (5.63%) Analytical Mindset
3 12 (5.63%) Management Information System
4 11 (5.16%) Cloud Native
5 10 (4.69%) CMDB
5 10 (4.69%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (3.29%) Driving Licence
7 6 (2.82%) Distributed Systems
7 6 (2.82%) Product Ownership
7 6 (2.82%) Public Cloud
7 6 (2.82%) Security Posture
7 6 (2.82%) Virtual Team
8 5 (2.35%) Data Structures
8 5 (2.35%) Distributed Architecture
8 5 (2.35%) Low-Code
8 5 (2.35%) Robotics
8 5 (2.35%) Video Conferencing
9 4 (1.88%) PKI
9 4 (1.88%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 73 (34.27%) Windows
2 25 (11.74%) Linux
3 21 (9.86%) Windows Server
4 13 (6.10%) Android
5 9 (4.23%) Unix
6 8 (3.76%) Apple iOS
6 8 (3.76%) Windows 10
7 7 (3.29%) Mac OS
8 5 (2.35%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (1.88%) VMS
10 2 (0.94%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.47%) AIX
11 1 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.47%) Solaris
11 1 (0.47%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2003
11 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (46.01%) Continuous Improvement
2 75 (35.21%) Problem-Solving
3 46 (21.60%) AI
4 44 (20.66%) Agile
5 43 (20.19%) ITIL
6 39 (18.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 33 (15.49%) Analytics
8 31 (14.55%) CI/CD
9 29 (13.62%) DevOps
9 29 (13.62%) SIEM
10 27 (12.68%) Business Intelligence
10 27 (12.68%) Process Improvement
10 27 (12.68%) Root Cause Analysis
11 24 (11.27%) Change Management
11 24 (11.27%) Computer Science
12 23 (10.80%) Customer Service
12 23 (10.80%) Decision-Making
12 23 (10.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 22 (10.33%) Incident Response
13 22 (10.33%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 40 (18.78%) SQL
2 37 (17.37%) Python
3 24 (11.27%) PowerShell
4 18 (8.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 15 (7.04%) Java
6 11 (5.16%) C#
7 10 (4.69%) JavaScript
8 9 (4.23%) Kusto Query Language
8 9 (4.23%) Shell Script
9 8 (3.76%) Apex Code
10 7 (3.29%) Bash
11 6 (2.82%) Ruby
11 6 (2.82%) Scala
12 5 (2.35%) Kotlin
13 4 (1.88%) SOQL
13 4 (1.88%) SOSL
13 4 (1.88%) T-SQL
14 3 (1.41%) Perl
15 1 (0.47%) Go
15 1 (0.47%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 65 (30.52%) Degree
2 25 (11.74%) Cisco Certification
3 23 (10.80%) Security Cleared
4 18 (8.45%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (7.98%) SC Cleared
6 16 (7.51%) CCNP
7 13 (6.10%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (5.63%) CCIE
8 12 (5.63%) Master's Degree
8 12 (5.63%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 11 (5.16%) CISSP
10 8 (3.76%) CCNA
11 7 (3.29%) CISA
12 5 (2.35%) CISM
12 5 (2.35%) JNCIP
13 4 (1.88%) CompTIA Security+
13 4 (1.88%) DV Cleared
13 4 (1.88%) OSCP
14 3 (1.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 3 (1.41%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (14.55%) SLA
2 21 (9.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (7.04%) GDPR
4 12 (5.63%) Actionable Recommendations
5 8 (3.76%) QA
6 7 (3.29%) SOC 2
7 5 (2.35%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (2.35%) GRC
8 3 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (1.41%) NIST
9 2 (0.94%) Data Quality
System Software
1 42 (19.72%) Active Directory
2 29 (13.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (8.92%) Docker
4 10 (4.69%) Firmware
4 10 (4.69%) vSphere
5 9 (4.23%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (3.76%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (1.88%) VMware NSX
8 3 (1.41%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.47%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 30 (14.08%) Terraform
2 25 (11.74%) Microsoft Intune
3 23 (10.80%) Ansible
4 16 (7.51%) Kubernetes
5 11 (5.16%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (4.69%) SCCM
7 5 (2.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (2.35%) WSUS
8 3 (1.41%) FortiGate
8 3 (1.41%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.94%) NetBackup
9 2 (0.94%) PowerCLI
9 2 (0.94%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.47%) Control-M
10 1 (0.47%) Grafana
10 1 (0.47%) Kibana
10 1 (0.47%) Nagios
10 1 (0.47%) Nessus
10 1 (0.47%) Oracle RMAN
10 1 (0.47%) Puppet
Vendors
1 77 (36.15%) Microsoft
2 43 (20.19%) Cisco
3 29 (13.62%) VMware
4 23 (10.80%) Dell
5 22 (10.33%) Juniper
6 17 (7.98%) McAfee
7 15 (7.04%) Splunk
8 10 (4.69%) SAP
9 9 (4.23%) Fortinet
9 9 (4.23%) IBM
9 9 (4.23%) Oracle
9 9 (4.23%) Salesforce
10 8 (3.76%) New Relic
11 7 (3.29%) Palo Alto
12 6 (2.82%) IFS
12 6 (2.82%) Jitterbit
12 6 (2.82%) MuleSoft
12 6 (2.82%) SnapLogic
12 6 (2.82%) Talend
12 6 (2.82%) Workday