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 16 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 456 509 485
Rank change year-on-year +53 -24 +183
Permanent jobs citing Proactive Monitoring 199 204 242
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.33% 0.38% 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% 0.42% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 117 120 195
10th Percentile £31,500 £35,900 £27,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,875 £38,084
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £45,223 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.15% -9.56% +11.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £56,563 £65,625
90th Percentile £81,000 £77,250 £85,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,000 £45,000 £44,263
% change year-on-year +6.67% +1.67% +4.15%

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 49,036 48,491 50,448
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 80.83% 90.77% 89.96%
Number of salaries quoted 28,943 23,557 38,431
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £51,528
% change year-on-year -9.09% +6.74% -6.31%

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 16 January 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 16 January 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 +51 175 £52,500 +16.67% 51
UK excluding London +45 132 £48,000 +6.67% 46
Work from Home +53 57 £57,500 +9.52% 9
London +34 54 £62,000 +20.39% 13
South East +36 37 £48,000 +6.71% 12
North of England +8 31 £48,445 +4.24% 8
Midlands +26 24 £33,000 -34.00% 7
North West +22 19 £45,625 -3.95% 4
East of England +35 18 £46,830 +6.43% 9
West Midlands +22 15 £52,250 -24.00% 7
South West +12 10 £52,500 +32.08% 6
East Midlands -7 9 £33,000 -17.50%
Scotland +4 7 £97,500 +85.71% 2
Yorkshire -18 7 £47,500 +5.56% 3
North East - 5 £48,445 - 1
Wales +7 3 £68,500 +44.80% 3
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 25 (12.56%) SharePoint
2 10 (5.03%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (3.52%) Anypoint
3 7 (3.52%) IIS
4 2 (1.01%) Confluence
5 1 (0.50%) Appian
5 1 (0.50%) HCL Notes
5 1 (0.50%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.50%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (6.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.52%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (2.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.51%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.51%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.50%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.50%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 6 (3.02%) Shopify
2 2 (1.01%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.50%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 80 (40.20%) Azure
2 54 (27.14%) Microsoft 365
3 37 (18.59%) Power Platform
4 31 (15.58%) Entra ID
5 27 (13.57%) AWS
6 15 (7.54%) SaaS
7 13 (6.53%) Azure Data Factory
7 13 (6.53%) Azure Monitor
7 13 (6.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
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%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (3.52%) Boomi
11 7 (3.52%) Datadog
11 7 (3.52%) iPaaS
11 7 (3.52%) Workato
12 5 (2.51%) Azure AKS
12 5 (2.51%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 41 (20.60%) Firewall
2 34 (17.09%) WAN
3 19 (9.55%) LAN
4 18 (9.05%) DHCP
4 18 (9.05%) DNS
5 17 (8.54%) VPN
6 12 (6.03%) SD-WAN
6 12 (6.03%) Wireless
7 11 (5.53%) Network Security
8 10 (5.03%) Cisco IOS
8 10 (5.03%) TCP/IP
9 9 (4.52%) SAN
9 9 (4.52%) WAAS
10 8 (4.02%) LTE
10 8 (4.02%) SSL
10 8 (4.02%) VSAT
11 7 (3.52%) VLAN
12 6 (3.02%) NAS
12 6 (3.02%) WLAN
13 4 (2.01%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (14.07%) Power BI
2 23 (11.56%) SQL Server
3 17 (8.54%) Azure SQL Database
4 14 (7.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 7 (3.52%) 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
8 2 (1.01%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 2 (1.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.50%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.50%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.50%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.50%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.50%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 5 (2.51%) JIRA
2 4 (2.01%) Git
3 2 (1.01%) GitLab
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%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.50%) Visual Studio
General
1 90 (45.23%) Social Skills
2 51 (25.63%) Finance
3 46 (23.12%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (13.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 13 (6.53%) Presentation Skills
6 12 (6.03%) Legal
7 11 (5.53%) Law
8 9 (4.52%) Marketing
9 8 (4.02%) Aerospace
10 7 (3.52%) Public Sector
10 7 (3.52%) Telecoms
11 6 (3.02%) Financial Institution
11 6 (3.02%) Manufacturing
12 5 (2.51%) Electronics
13 4 (2.01%) Automotive
13 4 (2.01%) Back Office
13 4 (2.01%) Banking
13 4 (2.01%) Billing
14 3 (1.51%) French Language
14 3 (1.51%) Greek Language
Job Titles
1 37 (18.59%) Support Engineer
2 28 (14.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 23 (11.56%) Senior
4 20 (10.05%) Lead
4 20 (10.05%) Technical Support
5 18 (9.05%) Technical Engineer
5 18 (9.05%) Technical Support Engineer
6 17 (8.54%) Platform Engineer
7 12 (6.03%) Business Manager
7 12 (6.03%) Insight Manager
8 11 (5.53%) Analyst
8 11 (5.53%) IT Engineer
9 10 (5.03%) IT Support
9 10 (5.03%) IT Support Engineer
10 9 (4.52%) Development Engineer
11 8 (4.02%) Cloud Engineer
12 7 (3.52%) Integration Engineer
12 7 (3.52%) Support Analyst
13 6 (3.02%) Architect
13 6 (3.02%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (5.53%) REST
2 9 (4.52%) Web Services
3 7 (3.52%) SOAP
4 6 (3.02%) Kafka
4 6 (3.02%) Middleware
4 6 (3.02%) SAML
5 5 (2.51%) JSON
5 5 (2.51%) Memcached
5 5 (2.51%) RESTful
5 5 (2.51%) Spring
5 5 (2.51%) XML
6 4 (2.01%) 802.1X
6 4 (2.01%) ADO
6 4 (2.01%) OAuth
6 4 (2.01%) YAML
7 3 (1.51%) .NET
7 3 (1.51%) NETCONF
7 3 (1.51%) RESTCONF
8 2 (1.01%) ARM Templates
8 2 (1.01%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 16 (8.04%) CMDB
1 16 (8.04%) Data Centre
2 14 (7.04%) Onboarding
3 12 (6.03%) Analytical Mindset
4 9 (4.52%) Driving Licence
4 9 (4.52%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (4.52%) Management Information System
5 8 (4.02%) Cloud Native
6 6 (3.02%) Low-Code
6 6 (3.02%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (3.02%) Virtual Team
7 5 (2.51%) Data Structures
7 5 (2.51%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (2.51%) Video Conferencing
8 4 (2.01%) Renewable Energy
9 3 (1.51%) Distributed Architecture
9 3 (1.51%) e-Learning
9 3 (1.51%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.51%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.51%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 58 (29.15%) Windows
2 25 (12.56%) Windows Server
3 19 (9.55%) Linux
4 13 (6.53%) Unix
5 9 (4.52%) Android
6 4 (2.01%) AIX
6 4 (2.01%) Mac OS
6 4 (2.01%) VMS
6 4 (2.01%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.50%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.50%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.50%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.50%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (38.69%) Problem-Solving
2 72 (36.18%) Continuous Improvement
3 43 (21.61%) Agile
3 43 (21.61%) ITIL
4 38 (19.10%) AI
4 38 (19.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 32 (16.08%) Change Management
6 30 (15.08%) Business Intelligence
6 30 (15.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 28 (14.07%) Analytics
7 28 (14.07%) Customer Service
8 26 (13.07%) High Availability
8 26 (13.07%) Incident Response
9 25 (12.56%) Service Delivery
10 24 (12.06%) DevOps
11 23 (11.56%) Cybersecurity
11 23 (11.56%) Service Management
12 22 (11.06%) Business Continuity
12 22 (11.06%) Disaster Recovery
12 22 (11.06%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 49 (24.62%) SQL
2 32 (16.08%) PowerShell
3 24 (12.06%) Python
4 17 (8.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 13 (6.53%) C#
6 11 (5.53%) Java
7 9 (4.52%) JavaScript
7 9 (4.52%) Kusto Query Language
8 6 (3.02%) Scala
8 6 (3.02%) Shell Script
9 5 (2.51%) Kotlin
10 4 (2.01%) T-SQL
11 3 (1.51%) Go
11 3 (1.51%) Perl
12 2 (1.01%) Bash
12 2 (1.01%) Ruby
13 1 (0.50%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.50%) Bicep
13 1 (0.50%) SOQL
13 1 (0.50%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 38 (19.10%) Degree
2 28 (14.07%) Security Cleared
3 24 (12.06%) Cisco Certification
4 22 (11.06%) SC Cleared
5 16 (8.04%) Microsoft Certification
6 13 (6.53%) CCNP
7 12 (6.03%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 11 (5.53%) CCNA
9 10 (5.03%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (5.03%) Master's Degree
10 9 (4.52%) CCIE
11 8 (4.02%) JNCIA
12 6 (3.02%) CISA
12 6 (3.02%) CISSP
13 5 (2.51%) CISM
13 5 (2.51%) DV Cleared
13 5 (2.51%) JNCIP
14 4 (2.01%) Azure Certification
14 4 (2.01%) DBS Check
14 4 (2.01%) GCSC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (9.05%) GDPR
1 18 (9.05%) SLA
2 15 (7.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (6.03%) Actionable Recommendations
4 5 (2.51%) GRC
4 5 (2.51%) SOC 2
5 4 (2.01%) NIST
6 2 (1.01%) COBIT
6 2 (1.01%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.50%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.50%) WCAG
System Software
1 31 (15.58%) Active Directory
2 22 (11.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (6.53%) Hyper-V
3 13 (6.53%) Virtual Machines
4 10 (5.03%) Docker
4 10 (5.03%) Firmware
4 10 (5.03%) vSphere
5 8 (4.02%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (3.52%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.50%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 28 (14.07%) Terraform
2 26 (13.07%) Microsoft Intune
3 16 (8.04%) Ansible
3 16 (8.04%) Kubernetes
4 11 (5.53%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (4.52%) SCCM
6 6 (3.02%) vCenter Server
7 3 (1.51%) Netcool
8 2 (1.01%) FortiGate
8 2 (1.01%) NetBackup
8 2 (1.01%) Suricata
8 2 (1.01%) WSUS
9 1 (0.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.50%) Argo
9 1 (0.50%) CSIRT
9 1 (0.50%) Kibana
9 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.50%) Nessus
9 1 (0.50%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.50%) Puppet
Vendors
1 67 (33.67%) Microsoft
2 30 (15.08%) Cisco
3 22 (11.06%) VMware
4 14 (7.04%) Dell
4 14 (7.04%) Oracle
5 13 (6.53%) IBM
6 12 (6.03%) Juniper
6 12 (6.03%) Splunk
7 11 (5.53%) Palo Alto
7 11 (5.53%) SAP
8 8 (4.02%) Fortinet
8 8 (4.02%) New Relic
8 8 (4.02%) ServiceNow
9 7 (3.52%) IFS
9 7 (3.52%) Infor
9 7 (3.52%) Jitterbit
9 7 (3.52%) MuleSoft
9 7 (3.52%) SnapLogic
9 7 (3.52%) Talend
9 7 (3.52%) Workday