Proactive Monitoring Jobs

Proactive Monitoring
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Proactive Monitoring skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Proactive Monitoring over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 369 556 642
Rank change year-on-year +187 +86 +40
Permanent jobs citing Proactive Monitoring 388 388 341
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.71% 0.38% 0.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.76% 0.45% 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 99 322 286
10th Percentile £35,950 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,917 £37,101 £30,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,688 £45,738 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.38% +7.62% -9.57%
75th Percentile £67,500 £59,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £80,250 £92,500 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +5.88% - +6.25%

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 51,242 86,144 93,565
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.71% 84.33% 95.55%
Number of salaries quoted 25,211 60,433 55,406
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -9.09% +4.76%

Proactive Monitoring
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Proactive Monitoring as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Proactive Monitoring in the UK

Proactive Monitoring
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Proactive Monitoring.

Salary trend for Proactive Monitoring in the UK

Proactive Monitoring
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Proactive Monitoring over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

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 28 May 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 +159 371 £53,688 +13.03% 428
Work from Home +235 261 £50,000 - 172
UK excluding London +124 188 £45,000 +5.88% 391
London +133 112 £65,000 -12.75% 85
South East +90 54 £42,500 -13.84% 109
North of England -20 36 £50,000 +14.94% 90
Midlands +33 35 £49,418 +14.32% 71
East of England +64 34 £47,500 -17.39% 47
West Midlands +47 29 £53,688 +24.20% 41
Yorkshire +33 19 £62,500 +68.92% 40
South West +112 17 £47,500 +58.33% 51
North West -30 15 £50,000 +14.31% 41
Wales +42 8 £38,094 -7.24% 11
East Midlands +29 6 £45,000 -5.26% 26
Scotland +116 4 £100,000 +81.82% 27
North East +47 2 - - 11

Proactive Monitoring
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 17 (4.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (3.61%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.77%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.77%) IIS
4 2 (0.52%) IBM Notes
4 2 (0.52%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.26%) Cloud Foundry
5 1 (0.26%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.26%) Umbraco
Applications
1 5 (1.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (1.29%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (1.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (1.03%) Fidessa
2 3 (0.77%) Sage 50
3 1 (0.26%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 66 (17.01%) Azure
2 46 (11.86%) Microsoft 365
3 41 (10.57%) AWS
4 23 (5.93%) GCP
5 21 (5.41%) Azure Monitor
6 16 (4.12%) Azure DevOps
7 13 (3.35%) SaaS
8 12 (3.09%) IaaS
8 12 (3.09%) PaaS
9 8 (2.06%) Entra ID
9 8 (2.06%) Power Platform
10 5 (1.29%) Copilot Studio
10 5 (1.29%) Power Automate
11 4 (1.03%) Cloud Computing
11 4 (1.03%) PowerApps
12 3 (0.77%) AWS CloudFormation
12 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Copilot
12 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Purview
12 3 (0.77%) Serverless
13 2 (0.52%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 216 (55.67%) Broadband
2 44 (11.34%) Firewall
3 27 (6.96%) DNS
4 18 (4.64%) VPN
5 16 (4.12%) Network Security
6 15 (3.87%) DHCP
7 14 (3.61%) WAN
8 12 (3.09%) LAN
8 12 (3.09%) TCP/IP
9 7 (1.80%) MPLS
10 6 (1.55%) Wireshark
11 5 (1.29%) Reverse Proxy
11 5 (1.29%) SD-WAN
11 5 (1.29%) VLAN
11 5 (1.29%) VoIP
11 5 (1.29%) VPLS
12 4 (1.03%) Cisco ASA
12 4 (1.03%) Cisco Firepower
12 4 (1.03%) NetScaler
12 4 (1.03%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (3.61%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.80%) Power BI
3 4 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.52%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.52%) SAP HANA
4 2 (0.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.26%) Big Data
5 1 (0.26%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.26%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (0.26%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.26%) Parquet
5 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.26%) SSDT
5 1 (0.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (0.77%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.52%) CircleCI
2 2 (0.52%) Git
2 2 (0.52%) GitLab
3 1 (0.26%) JIRA
3 1 (0.26%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 296 (76.29%) Social Skills
2 71 (18.30%) Finance
3 38 (9.79%) Law
4 31 (7.99%) Legal
5 29 (7.47%) Financial Institution
6 27 (6.96%) Analytical Skills
7 24 (6.19%) Prime Brokerage
8 19 (4.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (2.32%) Banking
10 8 (2.06%) Welsh Language
11 6 (1.55%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.03%) Automotive
12 4 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.03%) Marketing
12 4 (1.03%) Public Sector
13 3 (0.77%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.77%) Police
13 3 (0.77%) Retail
14 2 (0.52%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.52%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 241 (62.11%) Support Engineer
2 24 (6.19%) Risk Manager
3 20 (5.15%) Senior
4 18 (4.64%) Cloud Engineer
5 16 (4.12%) 3rd Line Support
6 13 (3.35%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 13 (3.35%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 13 (3.35%) Technical Support
7 11 (2.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 10 (2.58%) Technical Engineer
8 10 (2.58%) Technical Support Engineer
9 9 (2.32%) Cybersecurity Specialist
9 9 (2.32%) Security Specialist
10 8 (2.06%) 1st Line Support
10 8 (2.06%) Network Engineer
10 8 (2.06%) Senior Manager
10 8 (2.06%) Server Engineer
11 7 (1.80%) Analyst
12 6 (1.55%) IT Support
12 6 (1.55%) NOC Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.55%) Hugging Face
1 6 (1.55%) LangChain
1 6 (1.55%) PyTorch
1 6 (1.55%) TensorFlow
2 4 (1.03%) EDI
3 3 (0.77%) ARM Templates
3 3 (0.77%) OpenTelemetry
4 2 (0.52%) 802.1X
4 2 (0.52%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (0.52%) Kafka
4 2 (0.52%) SAP Basis
4 2 (0.52%) SAP Fiori
4 2 (0.52%) Software Packaging
4 2 (0.52%) Web Services
5 1 (0.26%) .NET
5 1 (0.26%) ADO
5 1 (0.26%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.26%) CSS
5 1 (0.26%) HTML
5 1 (0.26%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (6.19%) Blockchain
1 24 (6.19%) Derivative
1 24 (6.19%) Hedge funds
2 18 (4.64%) Data Centre
3 11 (2.84%) Hybrid Cloud
4 9 (2.32%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (2.06%) IoT
6 7 (1.80%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.03%) Cyber Threat
7 4 (1.03%) Driving Licence
7 4 (1.03%) Enterprise Storage
8 3 (0.77%) Data Structures
8 3 (0.77%) Enterprise Cloud
8 3 (0.77%) Onboarding
8 3 (0.77%) Security Operations Centre
9 2 (0.52%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.52%) Cloud Native
9 2 (0.52%) Clustering
9 2 (0.52%) Online Games
9 2 (0.52%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 262 (67.53%) Windows
2 219 (56.44%) Windows Server 2012
3 24 (6.19%) Linux
4 20 (5.15%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.55%) CentOS
5 6 (1.55%) Ubuntu
6 4 (1.03%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.77%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 230 (59.28%) Proactive Maintenance
2 218 (56.19%) Coaching
3 215 (55.41%) Broadcast Engineering
3 215 (55.41%) Post-Production
3 215 (55.41%) Procure-to-Pay
4 47 (12.11%) Problem-Solving
5 40 (10.31%) ITIL
6 33 (8.51%) Continuous Improvement
7 31 (7.99%) High Availability
8 30 (7.73%) Data Privacy
9 29 (7.47%) Incident Management
10 28 (7.22%) Change Management
10 28 (7.22%) Cybersecurity
10 28 (7.22%) Risk Management
11 24 (6.19%) Rehypothecation
11 24 (6.19%) Stress Testing
12 23 (5.93%) CI/CD
13 22 (5.67%) DevOps
13 22 (5.67%) Service Delivery
14 19 (4.90%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 30 (7.73%) PowerShell
2 28 (7.22%) SQL
3 14 (3.61%) C#
4 9 (2.32%) Python
5 5 (1.29%) Bash
6 3 (0.77%) Bicep
6 3 (0.77%) C++
6 3 (0.77%) Go
6 3 (0.77%) Java
6 3 (0.77%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.26%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 230 (59.28%) Degree
2 30 (7.73%) Microsoft Certification
3 23 (5.93%) Cisco Certification
4 22 (5.67%) CCNA
5 18 (4.64%) MCSE
6 15 (3.87%) Azure Certification
6 15 (3.87%) MCSA
7 14 (3.61%) CCNP
7 14 (3.61%) Security Cleared
8 13 (3.35%) DBS Check
9 12 (3.09%) Network+ Certification
10 7 (1.80%) SC Cleared
11 6 (1.55%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (1.55%) Master's Degree
11 6 (1.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 4 (1.03%) MRICS
13 1 (0.26%) CompTIA Security+
13 1 (0.26%) DV Cleared
13 1 (0.26%) GCSC
13 1 (0.26%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (7.73%) GDPR
2 24 (6.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 17 (4.38%) SLA
4 3 (0.77%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (0.52%) ISO 9000
6 1 (0.26%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.26%) NIST
System Software
1 244 (62.89%) Active Directory
2 28 (7.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (2.84%) Hyper-V
4 8 (2.06%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (1.80%) Docker
6 4 (1.03%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 22 (5.67%) Terraform
2 12 (3.09%) Prometheus
3 11 (2.84%) Kubernetes
4 9 (2.32%) Grafana
5 8 (2.06%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (2.06%) SCCM
6 4 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (1.03%) vCenter Server
7 3 (0.77%) Ansible
7 3 (0.77%) Cisco CUCM
8 2 (0.52%) Failover Clustering
8 2 (0.52%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.52%) SCOM
9 1 (0.26%) Avamar
9 1 (0.26%) CSIRT
9 1 (0.26%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.26%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 294 (75.77%) Microsoft
2 215 (55.41%) Sun
3 35 (9.02%) Cisco
3 35 (9.02%) VMware
4 15 (3.87%) Google
5 13 (3.35%) Fortinet
6 11 (2.84%) Citrix
7 9 (2.32%) Dell
7 9 (2.32%) Meraki
8 8 (2.06%) Palo Alto
9 6 (1.55%) Juniper
9 6 (1.55%) McAfee
9 6 (1.55%) OpenAI
9 6 (1.55%) Red Hat
9 6 (1.55%) SAP
10 5 (1.29%) HP
10 5 (1.29%) SolarWinds
11 4 (1.03%) Bloomberg
11 4 (1.03%) FactSet
11 4 (1.03%) NEC