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

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 463 513 495
Rank change year-on-year +50 -18 +168
Permanent jobs citing Proactive Monitoring 197 199 276
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.32% 0.37% 0.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% 0.41% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 117 117 226
10th Percentile £31,500 £35,600 £27,250
25th Percentile £45,750 £41,000 £38,084
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £45,445 £49,329
Median % change year-on-year +26.53% -7.87% +4.96%
75th Percentile £70,000 £57,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £83,000 £77,250 £85,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,445 £45,000 £43,500
% change year-on-year +7.65% +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 50,274 48,415 58,346
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 80.40% 91.16% 89.08%
Number of salaries quoted 29,681 23,366 44,999
10th Percentile £28,571 £35,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £75,246 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

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 24 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 24 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 +51 172 £55,000 +22.22% 55
UK excluding London +31 127 £48,445 +7.65% 50
Work from Home +60 59 £57,500 +9.52% 12
London +35 56 £62,000 +18.10% 13
South East +40 35 £48,000 +10.34% 11
North of England +2 32 £48,445 +4.24% 8
Midlands +11 24 £33,000 -26.67% 12
North West +16 19 £45,625 -3.95% 3
East of England +31 18 £47,500 +7.95% 7
West Midlands +33 15 £63,500 -2.31% 12
East Midlands -4 9 £33,000 -22.35%
Yorkshire -31 8 £50,000 +11.11% 5
Scotland -4 7 £97,500 +85.71% 3
South West +2 6 £52,500 +32.08% 7
North East - 5 £48,445 -
Wales +8 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 26 (13.20%) SharePoint
2 10 (5.08%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (3.55%) Anypoint
3 7 (3.55%) IIS
4 2 (1.02%) Confluence
5 1 (0.51%) Appian
5 1 (0.51%) HCL Notes
5 1 (0.51%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.51%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (6.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.55%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (2.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (2.03%) MS Visio
4 3 (1.52%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.51%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.51%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 6 (3.05%) Shopify
2 1 (0.51%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.51%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 80 (40.61%) Azure
2 54 (27.41%) Microsoft 365
3 36 (18.27%) Power Platform
4 30 (15.23%) Entra ID
5 29 (14.72%) AWS
6 14 (7.11%) SaaS
7 13 (6.60%) Azure Data Factory
7 13 (6.60%) Azure Monitor
7 13 (6.60%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 10 (5.08%) Azure Storage
8 10 (5.08%) Power Automate
9 9 (4.57%) Microsoft Purview
10 8 (4.06%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (4.06%) OneDrive
11 7 (3.55%) Boomi
11 7 (3.55%) Datadog
11 7 (3.55%) iPaaS
11 7 (3.55%) Workato
12 6 (3.05%) GitHub
12 6 (3.05%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 38 (19.29%) WAN
2 37 (18.78%) Firewall
3 21 (10.66%) LAN
4 18 (9.14%) VPN
5 17 (8.63%) DHCP
5 17 (8.63%) DNS
6 14 (7.11%) SD-WAN
7 12 (6.09%) Wireless
8 10 (5.08%) Cisco IOS
9 9 (4.57%) Network Security
9 9 (4.57%) TCP/IP
9 9 (4.57%) WAAS
10 8 (4.06%) SAN
10 8 (4.06%) SSL
10 8 (4.06%) WLAN
11 7 (3.55%) VLAN
12 6 (3.05%) BGP
13 5 (2.54%) MPLS
13 5 (2.54%) NAS
14 4 (2.03%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (13.71%) Power BI
2 22 (11.17%) SQL Server
3 17 (8.63%) Azure SQL Database
4 12 (6.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 6 (3.05%) Relational Database
6 5 (2.54%) Couchbase
6 5 (2.54%) DynamoDB
6 5 (2.54%) NoSQL
6 5 (2.54%) Oracle Database
6 5 (2.54%) Redis
7 3 (1.52%) Power Query
8 2 (1.02%) BigQuery
8 2 (1.02%) Metadata
9 1 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.51%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.51%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.51%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 6 (3.05%) Git
2 5 (2.54%) JIRA
3 3 (1.52%) GitLab
4 1 (0.51%) Browser DevTools
4 1 (0.51%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.51%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.51%) Jasmine
4 1 (0.51%) TeamCity
General
1 86 (43.65%) Social Skills
2 49 (24.87%) Finance
3 43 (21.83%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (12.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 13 (6.60%) Presentation Skills
6 10 (5.08%) Legal
6 10 (5.08%) Marketing
7 9 (4.57%) Law
8 8 (4.06%) Aerospace
9 7 (3.55%) Public Sector
10 6 (3.05%) Financial Institution
10 6 (3.05%) Manufacturing
10 6 (3.05%) Telecoms
11 4 (2.03%) Back Office
11 4 (2.03%) Banking
11 4 (2.03%) Electronics
12 3 (1.52%) Automotive
12 3 (1.52%) Billing
12 3 (1.52%) French Language
12 3 (1.52%) Greek Language
Job Titles
1 33 (16.75%) Support Engineer
2 27 (13.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 24 (12.18%) Senior
4 21 (10.66%) Lead
5 17 (8.63%) Platform Engineer
6 14 (7.11%) Technical Support
7 13 (6.60%) IT Engineer
7 13 (6.60%) IT Support
8 12 (6.09%) Business Manager
8 12 (6.09%) Insight Manager
8 12 (6.09%) IT Support Engineer
8 12 (6.09%) Technical Engineer
8 12 (6.09%) Technical Support Engineer
9 11 (5.58%) Analyst
10 9 (4.57%) Development Engineer
11 8 (4.06%) Cloud Engineer
12 7 (3.55%) Architect
12 7 (3.55%) Integration Engineer
12 7 (3.55%) Network Engineer
12 7 (3.55%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (6.60%) REST
2 9 (4.57%) Web Services
3 8 (4.06%) SOAP
4 7 (3.55%) Middleware
5 6 (3.05%) Kafka
6 5 (2.54%) JSON
6 5 (2.54%) Memcached
6 5 (2.54%) RESTful
6 5 (2.54%) SAML
6 5 (2.54%) Spring
6 5 (2.54%) XML
7 4 (2.03%) ADO
7 4 (2.03%) NETCONF
7 4 (2.03%) OAuth
7 4 (2.03%) RESTCONF
7 4 (2.03%) YAML
8 3 (1.52%) .NET
8 3 (1.52%) 802.1X
8 3 (1.52%) CSS
8 3 (1.52%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (8.63%) Data Centre
2 16 (8.12%) CMDB
3 15 (7.61%) Onboarding
4 12 (6.09%) Analytical Mindset
5 10 (5.08%) Cloud Native
6 9 (4.57%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (4.57%) Management Information System
7 8 (4.06%) Driving Licence
8 6 (3.05%) Low-Code
8 6 (3.05%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (3.05%) Virtual Team
9 5 (2.54%) Data Structures
9 5 (2.54%) Distributed Systems
9 5 (2.54%) Video Conferencing
10 4 (2.03%) Distributed Architecture
11 3 (1.52%) Mobile App
11 3 (1.52%) Product Ownership
11 3 (1.52%) Public Cloud
11 3 (1.52%) Security Posture
11 3 (1.52%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 59 (29.95%) Windows
2 26 (13.20%) Windows Server
3 20 (10.15%) Linux
4 13 (6.60%) Unix
5 9 (4.57%) Android
6 5 (2.54%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (2.03%) AIX
7 4 (2.03%) Mac OS
7 4 (2.03%) VMS
8 2 (1.02%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.51%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.51%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.51%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.51%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (38.58%) Continuous Improvement
2 72 (36.55%) Problem-Solving
3 46 (23.35%) ITIL
4 42 (21.32%) Agile
5 40 (20.30%) AI
6 39 (19.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 31 (15.74%) Change Management
7 31 (15.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 30 (15.23%) Analytics
8 30 (15.23%) Business Intelligence
9 26 (13.20%) DevOps
9 26 (13.20%) Incident Response
10 24 (12.18%) High Availability
11 23 (11.68%) Customer Service
11 23 (11.68%) Cybersecurity
12 22 (11.17%) CI/CD
12 22 (11.17%) Disaster Recovery
12 22 (11.17%) Process Improvement
12 22 (11.17%) Service Delivery
12 22 (11.17%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 49 (24.87%) SQL
2 33 (16.75%) PowerShell
3 25 (12.69%) Python
4 17 (8.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 13 (6.60%) C#
6 11 (5.58%) Java
7 10 (5.08%) JavaScript
8 9 (4.57%) Kusto Query Language
9 6 (3.05%) Scala
9 6 (3.05%) Shell Script
10 5 (2.54%) Kotlin
11 3 (1.52%) Go
11 3 (1.52%) Perl
12 2 (1.02%) Apex Code
12 2 (1.02%) Bash
12 2 (1.02%) Ruby
12 2 (1.02%) SOQL
12 2 (1.02%) SOSL
12 2 (1.02%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.51%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 41 (20.81%) Degree
2 27 (13.71%) Security Cleared
3 23 (11.68%) Cisco Certification
4 22 (11.17%) SC Cleared
5 17 (8.63%) Microsoft Certification
6 15 (7.61%) CCNP
7 12 (6.09%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (6.09%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 11 (5.58%) CCIE
8 11 (5.58%) Master's Degree
9 8 (4.06%) CCNA
10 6 (3.05%) CISA
10 6 (3.05%) CISSP
10 6 (3.05%) DV Cleared
11 5 (2.54%) CISM
11 5 (2.54%) JNCIP
12 4 (2.03%) Azure Certification
12 4 (2.03%) DBS Check
13 3 (1.52%) AWS Certification
13 3 (1.52%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (9.14%) GDPR
1 18 (9.14%) SLA
2 15 (7.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (6.09%) Actionable Recommendations
4 5 (2.54%) GRC
4 5 (2.54%) SOC 2
5 4 (2.03%) NIST
6 2 (1.02%) COBIT
6 2 (1.02%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.51%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.51%) WCAG
System Software
1 33 (16.75%) Active Directory
2 23 (11.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (6.60%) Virtual Machines
4 12 (6.09%) Hyper-V
5 10 (5.08%) Docker
5 10 (5.08%) Firmware
5 10 (5.08%) vSphere
6 9 (4.57%) VMware ESXi
7 7 (3.55%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (1.02%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 29 (14.72%) Terraform
2 26 (13.20%) Microsoft Intune
3 17 (8.63%) Ansible
3 17 (8.63%) Kubernetes
4 10 (5.08%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (4.57%) SCCM
6 6 (3.05%) vCenter Server
7 3 (1.52%) Netcool
7 3 (1.52%) WSUS
8 2 (1.02%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (1.02%) FortiGate
8 2 (1.02%) NetBackup
8 2 (1.02%) Suricata
9 1 (0.51%) Argo
9 1 (0.51%) Control-M
9 1 (0.51%) CSIRT
9 1 (0.51%) Kibana
9 1 (0.51%) Nessus
9 1 (0.51%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.51%) Puppet
Vendors
1 67 (34.01%) Microsoft
2 33 (16.75%) Cisco
3 23 (11.68%) VMware
4 14 (7.11%) Dell
5 13 (6.60%) IBM
5 13 (6.60%) Oracle
5 13 (6.60%) Splunk
6 12 (6.09%) Juniper
6 12 (6.09%) SAP
7 10 (5.08%) Palo Alto
8 9 (4.57%) Fortinet
8 9 (4.57%) ServiceNow
9 8 (4.06%) New Relic
10 7 (3.55%) IFS
10 7 (3.55%) Infor
10 7 (3.55%) Jitterbit
10 7 (3.55%) MuleSoft
10 7 (3.55%) SnapLogic
10 7 (3.55%) Talend
10 7 (3.55%) Workday