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 28 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 577 462 515
Rank change year-on-year -115 +53 +30
Permanent jobs citing Proactive Monitoring 201 212 338
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.20% 0.43% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.48% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 133 110 267
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,550 £28,745
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,751 £37,101
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,688 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.87% +19.31% -4.73%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £59,000
90th Percentile £85,750 £83,000 £82,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £43,500
% change year-on-year - +9.20% -2.32%

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 74,833 44,225 71,828
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.64% 89.70% 81.44%
Number of salaries quoted 51,638 25,059 48,434
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.66%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +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 28 July 2026.

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 July 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 -76 182 £50,000 -6.87% 75
UK excluding London -89 149 £47,500 - 58
Work from Home -12 61 £51,250 +2.50% 36
Midlands -28 45 £50,000 -6.87% 11
London -45 42 £58,250 -10.38% 20
South East -15 36 £42,250 -0.59% 21
North of England -36 32 £50,000 +2.56% 13
West Midlands -24 26 £50,000 -6.87% 7
North West +16 23 £50,000 +5.26% 6
East Midlands -7 19 - - 4
East of England -5 18 £55,000 +107.55% 7
Wales -59 9 £36,961 -2.97% 1
Yorkshire -52 7 £40,000 -36.00% 6
South West -81 7 £54,749 -2.67% 8
Scotland +15 4 - -
North East -45 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 (13.93%) SharePoint
2 25 (12.44%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (3.48%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (2.49%) IIS
5 2 (1.00%) Apache
5 2 (1.00%) Confluence
6 1 (0.50%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.50%) CMS
6 1 (0.50%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.50%) WordPress
Applications
1 17 (8.46%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.49%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.50%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.50%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (0.50%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 64 (31.84%) Microsoft 365
2 57 (28.36%) Azure
3 32 (15.92%) AWS
4 31 (15.42%) Entra ID
5 17 (8.46%) Mimecast
6 14 (6.97%) OneDrive
7 13 (6.47%) GCP
8 11 (5.47%) SaaS
9 10 (4.98%) GitHub
10 6 (2.99%) GitHub Actions
10 6 (2.99%) Power Platform
11 5 (2.49%) Cloud Functions
12 4 (1.99%) Azure Monitor
12 4 (1.99%) Power Automate
12 4 (1.99%) Snowflake
13 3 (1.49%) AWS Lambda
13 3 (1.49%) Azure Sentinel
13 3 (1.49%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 3 (1.49%) IaaS
13 3 (1.49%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 67 (33.33%) Firewall
2 50 (24.88%) LAN
3 42 (20.90%) WAN
4 25 (12.44%) DNS
5 23 (11.44%) DHCP
6 20 (9.95%) TCP/IP
7 19 (9.45%) Wi-Fi
8 18 (8.96%) VPN
9 17 (8.46%) Network Security
9 17 (8.46%) Wireless
10 10 (4.98%) VLAN
11 7 (3.48%) VoIP
12 5 (2.49%) Broadband
12 5 (2.49%) SD-WAN
13 3 (1.49%) BGP
13 3 (1.49%) MPLS
13 3 (1.49%) PBX
14 2 (1.00%) SAN
14 2 (1.00%) Software-Defined Networking
14 2 (1.00%) VPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (8.96%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.99%) MySQL
3 4 (1.99%) Power BI
4 3 (1.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (1.00%) BigQuery
5 2 (1.00%) BusinessObjects
5 2 (1.00%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (1.00%) Metadata
5 2 (1.00%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.00%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.50%) Adabas
6 1 (0.50%) Amazon Athena
6 1 (0.50%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.50%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.50%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.50%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.50%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.50%) Neo4j
6 1 (0.50%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 10 (4.98%) Git
2 9 (4.48%) Jenkins
3 8 (3.98%) GitLab
4 4 (1.99%) JIRA
5 3 (1.49%) Bitbucket
6 2 (1.00%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.50%) Cypress.io
General
1 61 (30.35%) Social Skills
2 25 (12.44%) Finance
3 20 (9.95%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (8.46%) Advertising
4 17 (8.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 13 (6.47%) Legal
5 13 (6.47%) Marketing
5 13 (6.47%) Telecoms
6 12 (5.97%) Public Sector
7 7 (3.48%) Banking
8 6 (2.99%) Automotive
9 5 (2.49%) Aerospace
9 5 (2.49%) Law
9 5 (2.49%) Welsh Language
10 3 (1.49%) Retail
11 2 (1.00%) Corporate Banking
11 2 (1.00%) Digital Economy
11 2 (1.00%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.00%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 40 (19.90%) Senior
2 34 (16.92%) Support Engineer
3 31 (15.42%) IT Engineer
4 29 (14.43%) IT Support
5 24 (11.94%) Analyst
6 23 (11.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 17 (8.46%) IT Support Engineer
8 15 (7.46%) Security Analyst
8 15 (7.46%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 13 (6.47%) Senior Analyst
10 12 (5.97%) Field Engineer
10 12 (5.97%) Field Service Engineer
10 12 (5.97%) Platform Engineer
10 12 (5.97%) Technical Engineer
10 12 (5.97%) Technical Support
10 12 (5.97%) Technical Support Engineer
11 11 (5.47%) Data Engineer
11 11 (5.47%) Senior Security Analyst
12 10 (4.98%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 10 (4.98%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.48%) .NET
2 5 (2.49%) Lightning Web Components
2 5 (2.49%) React
2 5 (2.49%) Visualforce
3 3 (1.49%) 802.1X
3 3 (1.49%) ARM Templates
3 3 (1.49%) HTML
3 3 (1.49%) OpenTelemetry
4 2 (1.00%) CSS
4 2 (1.00%) Middleware
4 2 (1.00%) Node.js
4 2 (1.00%) REST
4 2 (1.00%) RESTful
4 2 (1.00%) Ruby on Rails
4 2 (1.00%) Spring
4 2 (1.00%) Spring Boot
5 1 (0.50%) Ajax
5 1 (0.50%) CodeIgniter
5 1 (0.50%) jQuery
5 1 (0.50%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 22 (10.95%) Security Posture
2 18 (8.96%) Data Centre
3 14 (6.97%) Onboarding
4 11 (5.47%) Management Information System
4 11 (5.47%) Social Media
5 9 (4.48%) Product Ownership
6 8 (3.98%) Cloud Native
7 6 (2.99%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (2.49%) Clustering
8 5 (2.49%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (2.49%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.99%) Cyber Threat
9 4 (1.99%) Driving Licence
9 4 (1.99%) Replication
9 4 (1.99%) Robotics
10 3 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.49%) Security Operations Centre
10 3 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (1.00%) Enterprise Storage
11 2 (1.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 80 (39.80%) Windows
2 38 (18.91%) Windows Server
3 23 (11.44%) Linux
3 23 (11.44%) Windows 10
4 18 (8.96%) Apple iOS
5 14 (6.97%) Android
6 9 (4.48%) Unix
7 4 (1.99%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.99%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (1.00%) AIX
8 2 (1.00%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.50%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (34.83%) Continuous Improvement
2 53 (26.37%) Problem-Solving
3 43 (21.39%) Incident Response
4 37 (18.41%) ITIL
5 35 (17.41%) Agile
5 35 (17.41%) SIEM
6 32 (15.92%) CI/CD
7 31 (15.42%) Root Cause Analysis
8 29 (14.43%) Infrastructure as Code
9 28 (13.93%) Cybersecurity
9 28 (13.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 22 (10.95%) AI
10 22 (10.95%) Disaster Recovery
11 21 (10.45%) Change Management
11 21 (10.45%) DevOps
11 21 (10.45%) Incident Management
12 20 (9.95%) Collaborative Working
12 20 (9.95%) Platform Engineering
13 19 (9.45%) Observability
14 18 (8.96%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 46 (22.89%) Python
2 34 (16.92%) PowerShell
3 17 (8.46%) SQL
4 16 (7.96%) Bash
5 14 (6.97%) Java
6 7 (3.48%) Go
7 6 (2.99%) Ruby
8 5 (2.49%) Apex Code
8 5 (2.49%) JavaScript
9 4 (1.99%) Kusto Query Language
9 4 (1.99%) Search Processing Language
9 4 (1.99%) TypeScript
10 3 (1.49%) C
10 3 (1.49%) Shell Script
10 3 (1.49%) T-SQL
11 2 (1.00%) C#
11 2 (1.00%) PHP
12 1 (0.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.50%) Natural
12 1 (0.50%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 54 (26.87%) Degree
2 24 (11.94%) Security Cleared
3 19 (9.45%) Cisco Certification
4 16 (7.96%) CCNA
5 14 (6.97%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (5.97%) SC Cleared
7 9 (4.48%) DV Cleared
8 8 (3.98%) CompTIA Security+
9 7 (3.48%) CISSP
9 7 (3.48%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (2.99%) CCNP
11 5 (2.49%) Azure Certification
12 4 (1.99%) CompTIA CySA+
13 3 (1.49%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 3 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (1.49%) CCSP
13 3 (1.49%) CISA
13 3 (1.49%) CRISC
13 3 (1.49%) OSCP
13 3 (1.49%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (13.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (11.44%) SLA
3 16 (7.96%) Cyber Essentials
4 12 (5.97%) QA
5 11 (5.47%) NIST
6 5 (2.49%) Data Quality
6 5 (2.49%) GDPR
7 3 (1.49%) Accessibility
7 3 (1.49%) SOC 2
8 2 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (1.00%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.50%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.50%) WCAG
System Software
1 46 (22.89%) Active Directory
2 20 (9.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (6.47%) Docker
4 5 (2.49%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.99%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (1.49%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (1.49%) vSphere
7 2 (1.00%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.50%) Firmware
8 1 (0.50%) Terminal Server
8 1 (0.50%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 25 (12.44%) Terraform
2 22 (10.95%) Microsoft Intune
3 18 (8.96%) Ansible
4 10 (4.98%) Kubernetes
5 8 (3.98%) Grafana
6 7 (3.48%) Prometheus
7 5 (2.49%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (1.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (1.49%) FortiGate
8 3 (1.49%) Istio
8 3 (1.49%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (1.49%) linkerd
8 3 (1.49%) Progress Chef
8 3 (1.49%) Puppet
9 2 (1.00%) WSUS
10 1 (0.50%) Oracle RMAN
10 1 (0.50%) Podman
10 1 (0.50%) PowerCLI
10 1 (0.50%) QRadar
10 1 (0.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 91 (45.27%) Microsoft
2 24 (11.94%) Cisco
2 24 (11.94%) VMware
3 14 (6.97%) Dell
4 13 (6.47%) Splunk
5 12 (5.97%) Logitech
5 12 (5.97%) Sophos
5 12 (5.97%) TOWER Software
6 11 (5.47%) Juniper
6 11 (5.47%) McAfee
7 8 (3.98%) ServiceNow
7 8 (3.98%) Tanium
7 8 (3.98%) Zscaler
8 6 (2.99%) Apple
8 6 (2.99%) Oracle
9 5 (2.49%) CheckPoint
9 5 (2.49%) Google
9 5 (2.49%) Meraki
9 5 (2.49%) Salesforce
9 5 (2.49%) SolarWinds