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

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 559 480 541
Rank change year-on-year -79 +61 +19
Permanent jobs citing Proactive Monitoring 192 204 387
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.20% 0.42% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.46% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 124 106 310
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,085 £27,500
25th Percentile £43,438 £42,500 £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 £66,938 £67,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £87,125 £85,000 £78,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £43,227
% change year-on-year +5.26% +9.89% +1.71%

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 72,639 44,292 83,457
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.85% 90.34% 82.30%
Number of salaries quoted 50,181 24,710 58,516
10th Percentile £30,250 £28,822 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.72%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,777 £92,500
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 11 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 11 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 -76 177 £51,250 -4.54% 55
UK excluding London -65 140 £50,000 +5.26% 47
Work from Home -13 53 £52,500 +5.00% 29
Midlands -25 45 £50,000 +1.18% 5
London -30 41 £66,250 +1.92% 18
South East -31 35 £39,750 -6.47% 19
West Midlands -24 28 £50,000 -6.87% 1
North of England -39 28 £50,000 - 9
East of England -1 20 £55,000 +48.65% 3
North West 0 18 £50,000 +2.56% 4
East Midlands -16 17 - - 4
Yorkshire -38 9 £40,000 -36.00% 3
Wales -49 5 £36,961 -2.97% 3
South West -79 5 £54,749 +15.26% 7
Scotland +7 4 - - 1
North East -49 1 - - 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 23 (11.98%) SharePoint
2 20 (10.42%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (3.65%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (2.60%) IIS
5 2 (1.04%) Apache
5 2 (1.04%) Confluence
6 1 (0.52%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.52%) CMS
6 1 (0.52%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.52%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.52%) WordPress
Applications
1 14 (7.29%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.56%) SPSS
3 2 (1.04%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.52%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.52%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (0.52%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 58 (30.21%) Microsoft 365
2 54 (28.13%) Azure
3 32 (16.67%) AWS
4 26 (13.54%) Entra ID
5 15 (7.81%) Mimecast
6 11 (5.73%) OneDrive
7 10 (5.21%) SaaS
8 8 (4.17%) GitHub
9 7 (3.65%) GCP
10 6 (3.13%) Power Platform
11 4 (2.08%) GitHub Actions
11 4 (2.08%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 4 (2.08%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 4 (2.08%) Snowflake
12 3 (1.56%) Azure Monitor
12 3 (1.56%) Azure Sentinel
12 3 (1.56%) IaaS
12 3 (1.56%) PaaS
12 3 (1.56%) Serverless
13 2 (1.04%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 60 (31.25%) Firewall
2 49 (25.52%) LAN
3 44 (22.92%) WAN
4 21 (10.94%) DNS
5 20 (10.42%) DHCP
6 19 (9.90%) VPN
7 17 (8.85%) Wi-Fi
7 17 (8.85%) Wireless
8 14 (7.29%) Network Security
9 13 (6.77%) TCP/IP
10 9 (4.69%) VLAN
10 9 (4.69%) VoIP
11 8 (4.17%) SD-WAN
12 6 (3.13%) BGP
12 6 (3.13%) MPLS
13 5 (2.60%) Broadband
14 4 (2.08%) Asterisk PBX
14 4 (2.08%) Software-Defined Networking
14 4 (2.08%) VPLS
15 3 (1.56%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (8.33%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.60%) MySQL
2 5 (2.60%) Power BI
3 3 (1.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (1.04%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (1.04%) Crystal Reports
4 2 (1.04%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.04%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.52%) Adabas
5 1 (0.52%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (0.52%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.52%) Big Data
5 1 (0.52%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.52%) Metadata
5 1 (0.52%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.52%) Neo4j
5 1 (0.52%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 11 (5.73%) Git
2 9 (4.69%) GitLab
3 7 (3.65%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.56%) Bitbucket
4 3 (1.56%) JIRA
5 2 (1.04%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 58 (30.21%) Social Skills
2 24 (12.50%) Finance
3 19 (9.90%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (7.29%) Advertising
5 12 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 12 (6.25%) Marketing
5 12 (6.25%) Telecoms
6 10 (5.21%) Legal
7 9 (4.69%) Public Sector
8 7 (3.65%) Aerospace
8 7 (3.65%) Banking
9 6 (3.13%) Automotive
10 4 (2.08%) Law
11 3 (1.56%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.56%) Welsh Language
12 2 (1.04%) Corporate Banking
12 2 (1.04%) Retail
13 1 (0.52%) Digital Economy
13 1 (0.52%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.52%) Police
Job Titles
1 37 (19.27%) Support Engineer
2 34 (17.71%) Senior
3 32 (16.67%) IT Support
4 31 (16.15%) IT Engineer
5 25 (13.02%) Analyst
6 20 (10.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 19 (9.90%) IT Support Engineer
8 14 (7.29%) Security Analyst
8 14 (7.29%) Technical Support
9 13 (6.77%) Technical Engineer
9 13 (6.77%) Technical Support Engineer
10 12 (6.25%) Senior Analyst
10 12 (6.25%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 10 (5.21%) Data Engineer
11 10 (5.21%) Field Engineer
11 10 (5.21%) Field Service Engineer
11 10 (5.21%) Platform Engineer
11 10 (5.21%) Senior Security Analyst
12 9 (4.69%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 9 (4.69%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.17%) Lightning Web Components
1 8 (4.17%) Visualforce
2 7 (3.65%) REST
3 6 (3.13%) .NET
4 5 (2.60%) CSS
4 5 (2.60%) HTML
5 4 (2.08%) Middleware
5 4 (2.08%) OpenTelemetry
5 4 (2.08%) SOAP
6 3 (1.56%) 802.1X
6 3 (1.56%) ARM Templates
7 2 (1.04%) NETCONF
7 2 (1.04%) Node.js
7 2 (1.04%) React
7 2 (1.04%) RESTCONF
8 1 (0.52%) HTML5
8 1 (0.52%) PySpark
8 1 (0.52%) Serverless Framework
8 1 (0.52%) Spring
8 1 (0.52%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 21 (10.94%) Data Centre
1 21 (10.94%) Security Posture
2 14 (7.29%) Onboarding
3 12 (6.25%) Management Information System
4 11 (5.73%) Product Ownership
5 8 (4.17%) Cloud Native
5 8 (4.17%) Social Media
6 6 (3.13%) Public Cloud
7 5 (2.60%) Clustering
7 5 (2.60%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (2.60%) Robotics
8 4 (2.08%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (2.08%) PKI
8 4 (2.08%) Replication
8 4 (2.08%) Security Operations Centre
9 3 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.56%) Distributed Architecture
9 3 (1.56%) Driving Licence
9 3 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 79 (41.15%) Windows
2 34 (17.71%) Windows Server
3 21 (10.94%) Windows 10
4 19 (9.90%) Linux
5 16 (8.33%) Apple iOS
6 12 (6.25%) Android
7 6 (3.13%) Unix
8 5 (2.60%) Mac OS
8 5 (2.60%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (1.56%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.52%) AIX
10 1 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.52%) Solaris
10 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (36.98%) Continuous Improvement
2 54 (28.13%) Problem-Solving
3 37 (19.27%) SIEM
4 36 (18.75%) Incident Response
5 35 (18.23%) ITIL
6 30 (15.63%) Agile
7 29 (15.10%) Cybersecurity
8 28 (14.58%) CI/CD
9 26 (13.54%) Root Cause Analysis
10 25 (13.02%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 22 (11.46%) Infrastructure as Code
12 21 (10.94%) AI
12 21 (10.94%) Disaster Recovery
13 18 (9.38%) Collaborative Working
13 18 (9.38%) Customer Service
13 18 (9.38%) High Availability
13 18 (9.38%) Technical Leadership
14 17 (8.85%) Change Management
14 17 (8.85%) Platform Engineering
14 17 (8.85%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 36 (18.75%) Python
2 32 (16.67%) PowerShell
3 14 (7.29%) SQL
4 12 (6.25%) Bash
5 11 (5.73%) Java
6 8 (4.17%) Apex Code
7 6 (3.13%) JavaScript
8 5 (2.60%) Ruby
9 4 (2.08%) Kusto Query Language
9 4 (2.08%) Search Processing Language
9 4 (2.08%) SOQL
9 4 (2.08%) SOSL
10 3 (1.56%) C
10 3 (1.56%) Go
10 3 (1.56%) Shell Script
10 3 (1.56%) T-SQL
11 2 (1.04%) PHP
12 1 (0.52%) C#
12 1 (0.52%) Natural
12 1 (0.52%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 56 (29.17%) Degree
2 24 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
2 24 (12.50%) Security Cleared
3 17 (8.85%) CCNA
4 14 (7.29%) Microsoft Certification
5 12 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (6.25%) SC Cleared
6 10 (5.21%) DV Cleared
7 9 (4.69%) CCNP
7 9 (4.69%) CompTIA Security+
8 8 (4.17%) CISSP
9 6 (3.13%) Azure Certification
10 4 (2.08%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 4 (2.08%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (2.08%) CCIE
10 4 (2.08%) CCSP
10 4 (2.08%) CISM
10 4 (2.08%) CompTIA CySA+
11 3 (1.56%) GCIA
11 3 (1.56%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (14.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (9.90%) SLA
3 15 (7.81%) Cyber Essentials
4 11 (5.73%) NIST
5 9 (4.69%) QA
6 5 (2.60%) GDPR
7 4 (2.08%) Data Quality
8 3 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (1.56%) SOC 2
9 2 (1.04%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.52%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.52%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 46 (23.96%) Active Directory
2 24 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (6.25%) Docker
4 5 (2.60%) Hyper-V
4 5 (2.60%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (2.60%) vSphere
5 4 (2.08%) VMware NSX
6 3 (1.56%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.52%) Firmware
7 1 (0.52%) Terminal Server
7 1 (0.52%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 22 (11.46%) Terraform
2 20 (10.42%) Ansible
3 18 (9.38%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (4.69%) Kubernetes
5 5 (2.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 5 (2.60%) Grafana
6 4 (2.08%) Prometheus
6 4 (2.08%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (2.08%) WSUS
7 3 (1.56%) FortiGate
7 3 (1.56%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (1.04%) Istio
8 2 (1.04%) linkerd
8 2 (1.04%) Progress Chef
8 2 (1.04%) Puppet
9 1 (0.52%) Autotask
9 1 (0.52%) Podman
9 1 (0.52%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.52%) QRadar
9 1 (0.52%) SCCM
Vendors
1 85 (44.27%) Microsoft
2 26 (13.54%) Cisco
3 25 (13.02%) VMware
4 15 (7.81%) Dell
5 12 (6.25%) Juniper
5 12 (6.25%) McAfee
5 12 (6.25%) Splunk
6 10 (5.21%) Logitech
6 10 (5.21%) Sophos
6 10 (5.21%) TOWER Software
7 8 (4.17%) Salesforce
8 7 (3.65%) Meraki
8 7 (3.65%) Tanium
9 6 (3.13%) Apple
9 6 (3.13%) CheckPoint
9 6 (3.13%) ServiceNow
9 6 (3.13%) SolarWinds
10 5 (2.60%) CrowdStrike
10 5 (2.60%) Oracle
10 5 (2.60%) Zscaler