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 29 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 518 502 536
Rank change year-on-year -16 +34 +122
Permanent jobs citing Proactive Monitoring 192 143 377
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.21% 0.34% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.36% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 107 108 316
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,800 £26,000
25th Percentile £46,160 £42,188 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £52,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.48% +16.67% +5.88%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £59,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,147 £42,500
% change year-on-year +10.75% +6.23% -

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 67,110 39,339 81,745
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 74.81% 92.87% 85.63%
Number of salaries quoted 41,656 22,592 59,463
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -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 29 April 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 29 April 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 +5 181 £59,000 +11.32% 49
UK excluding London -40 121 £50,000 +10.75% 43
London -2 58 £62,000 -0.80% 14
Midlands -19 39 £41,500 -22.70% 10
Work from Home -26 33 £60,000 +20.00% 19
North of England -41 30 £50,000 - 8
South East -20 28 £45,000 +12.50% 16
West Midlands -30 22 £70,000 +17.96% 10
North West -22 21 £49,375 -1.25% 4
East Midlands -35 17 £33,000 -13.16%
East of England -10 16 £46,160 -2.82% 5
Yorkshire -62 7 £50,000 - 4
South West -52 5 £54,749 +15.26% 3
Wales -36 2 £68,500 +79.82%
North East - 2 £48,445 -
Scotland -25 1 £97,500 +2.63% 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 18 (9.38%) SharePoint
2 7 (3.65%) Apache Airflow
2 7 (3.65%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.56%) Confluence
3 3 (1.56%) IIS
4 1 (0.52%) Anypoint
4 1 (0.52%) Apache
4 1 (0.52%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.52%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.52%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 8 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.08%) MS Visio
3 3 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.56%) SPSS
4 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.52%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (0.52%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (0.52%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 57 (29.69%) Azure
2 47 (24.48%) Microsoft 365
3 36 (18.75%) Entra ID
4 33 (17.19%) AWS
5 19 (9.90%) Power Platform
6 15 (7.81%) SaaS
7 14 (7.29%) Azure Monitor
8 12 (6.25%) GitHub
9 8 (4.17%) GitHub Actions
9 8 (4.17%) Microsoft Purview
9 8 (4.17%) OneDrive
10 7 (3.65%) Datadog
11 6 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (3.13%) GCP
11 6 (3.13%) Serverless
12 5 (2.60%) IaaS
12 5 (2.60%) Mimecast
12 5 (2.60%) PaaS
13 4 (2.08%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 4 (2.08%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 48 (25.00%) WAN
2 45 (23.44%) Firewall
2 45 (23.44%) LAN
3 17 (8.85%) VPN
4 13 (6.77%) DNS
5 12 (6.25%) DHCP
6 11 (5.73%) Network Security
6 11 (5.73%) SD-WAN
7 10 (5.21%) Cisco IOS
8 9 (4.69%) BGP
8 9 (4.69%) TCP/IP
8 9 (4.69%) WAAS
8 9 (4.69%) Wi-Fi
9 8 (4.17%) WLAN
10 7 (3.65%) MPLS
11 6 (3.13%) Wireless
12 5 (2.60%) OSPF
13 4 (2.08%) Asterisk PBX
13 4 (2.08%) HTTPS
13 4 (2.08%) VPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (8.85%) SQL Server
2 10 (5.21%) Power BI
3 5 (2.60%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (1.56%) Couchbase
4 3 (1.56%) DynamoDB
4 3 (1.56%) Metadata
4 3 (1.56%) NoSQL
4 3 (1.56%) Redis
4 3 (1.56%) Relational Database
4 3 (1.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (1.04%) BigQuery
5 2 (1.04%) MySQL
5 2 (1.04%) Power Query
5 2 (1.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.52%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.52%) Big Data
6 1 (0.52%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.52%) Neo4j
6 1 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.52%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 10 (5.21%) Git
2 8 (4.17%) GitLab
3 5 (2.60%) Jenkins
3 5 (2.60%) JIRA
4 1 (0.52%) Browser DevTools
4 1 (0.52%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.52%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.52%) Jasmine
4 1 (0.52%) TeamCity
General
1 61 (31.77%) Social Skills
2 34 (17.71%) Finance
3 33 (17.19%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (14.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (5.73%) Marketing
6 7 (3.65%) Banking
6 7 (3.65%) Legal
7 6 (3.13%) Law
7 6 (3.13%) Public Sector
8 5 (2.60%) Aerospace
8 5 (2.60%) Telecoms
9 4 (2.08%) Advertising
10 2 (1.04%) Corporate Banking
10 2 (1.04%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.04%) Games
10 2 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.04%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.04%) Public Speaking
10 2 (1.04%) Retail
11 1 (0.52%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 44 (22.92%) Support Engineer
2 31 (16.15%) Senior
3 25 (13.02%) IT Engineer
4 22 (11.46%) IT Support
5 20 (10.42%) IT Support Engineer
6 19 (9.90%) Lead
6 19 (9.90%) Platform Engineer
7 18 (9.38%) Technical Support
8 17 (8.85%) Technical Engineer
8 17 (8.85%) Technical Support Engineer
9 16 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 14 (7.29%) Analyst
11 11 (5.73%) Data Engineer
12 7 (3.65%) Architect
12 7 (3.65%) Network Engineer
12 7 (3.65%) Software Engineer
13 6 (3.13%) Support Analyst
14 5 (2.60%) Field Engineer
14 5 (2.60%) Field Service Engineer
14 5 (2.60%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.21%) REST
2 8 (4.17%) Lightning Web Components
2 8 (4.17%) Visualforce
3 6 (3.13%) Middleware
4 5 (2.60%) .NET
4 5 (2.60%) SOAP
5 4 (2.08%) ADO
5 4 (2.08%) CSS
5 4 (2.08%) HTML
5 4 (2.08%) Kafka
5 4 (2.08%) NETCONF
5 4 (2.08%) OAuth
5 4 (2.08%) OpenTelemetry
5 4 (2.08%) RESTCONF
5 4 (2.08%) SAML
5 4 (2.08%) YAML
6 3 (1.56%) 802.1X
6 3 (1.56%) ARM Templates
6 3 (1.56%) Memcached
6 3 (1.56%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 26 (13.54%) Data Centre
2 14 (7.29%) Onboarding
3 12 (6.25%) Management Information System
4 11 (5.73%) Cloud Native
4 11 (5.73%) Enterprise Software
5 9 (4.69%) CMDB
6 7 (3.65%) Security Posture
7 6 (3.13%) Product Ownership
7 6 (3.13%) Public Cloud
8 5 (2.60%) Distributed Architecture
8 5 (2.60%) Driving Licence
8 5 (2.60%) Robotics
8 5 (2.60%) Video Conferencing
9 4 (2.08%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (2.08%) Mobile App
9 4 (2.08%) PKI
9 4 (2.08%) Replication
9 4 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (2.08%) Social Media
9 4 (2.08%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 75 (39.06%) Windows
2 22 (11.46%) Linux
3 21 (10.94%) Windows Server
4 16 (8.33%) Android
5 11 (5.73%) Apple iOS
5 11 (5.73%) Windows 10
6 5 (2.60%) Mac OS
6 5 (2.60%) Unix
6 5 (2.60%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (2.08%) VMS
8 1 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.52%) Solaris
8 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (40.63%) Continuous Improvement
2 56 (29.17%) Problem-Solving
3 41 (21.35%) ITIL
4 37 (19.27%) Agile
5 34 (17.71%) AI
6 33 (17.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 31 (16.15%) CI/CD
8 30 (15.63%) DevOps
8 30 (15.63%) SIEM
9 26 (13.54%) Root Cause Analysis
10 24 (12.50%) Incident Response
11 22 (11.46%) Computer Science
11 22 (11.46%) Customer Service
11 22 (11.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 22 (11.46%) Observability
12 21 (10.94%) Analytics
12 21 (10.94%) Information Security
13 20 (10.42%) Mentoring
13 20 (10.42%) Roadmaps
13 20 (10.42%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 35 (18.23%) Python
2 29 (15.10%) PowerShell
3 20 (10.42%) SQL
4 10 (5.21%) Java
5 8 (4.17%) Apex Code
5 8 (4.17%) Bash
6 7 (3.65%) JavaScript
6 7 (3.65%) Kusto Query Language
7 6 (3.13%) C#
7 6 (3.13%) Ruby
8 5 (2.60%) Scala
8 5 (2.60%) Shell Script
9 4 (2.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 4 (2.08%) SOQL
9 4 (2.08%) SOSL
9 4 (2.08%) T-SQL
10 3 (1.56%) Kotlin
10 3 (1.56%) Perl
11 2 (1.04%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.52%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 64 (33.33%) Degree
2 26 (13.54%) Cisco Certification
3 24 (12.50%) Security Cleared
4 17 (8.85%) SC Cleared
5 16 (8.33%) CCNP
5 16 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (6.77%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (6.25%) CCIE
7 12 (6.25%) CISSP
8 10 (5.21%) Master's Degree
9 9 (4.69%) CCNA
10 7 (3.65%) CISA
11 6 (3.13%) CISM
11 6 (3.13%) CompTIA Security+
12 5 (2.60%) JNCIP
12 5 (2.60%) OSCP
13 4 (2.08%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 4 (2.08%) CCSP
13 4 (2.08%) CompTIA CySA+
13 4 (2.08%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (15.63%) SLA
2 24 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (5.73%) GDPR
4 8 (4.17%) QA
4 8 (4.17%) SOC 2
5 6 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (2.60%) GRC
7 4 (2.08%) NIST
8 3 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (1.04%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.52%) Accessibility
System Software
1 43 (22.40%) Active Directory
2 27 (14.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (8.33%) Docker
4 10 (5.21%) Firmware
5 9 (4.69%) vSphere
6 8 (4.17%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (4.17%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (2.08%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.52%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 32 (16.67%) Terraform
2 25 (13.02%) Ansible
3 22 (11.46%) Microsoft Intune
4 13 (6.77%) Kubernetes
5 11 (5.73%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (5.21%) SCCM
7 5 (2.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (2.60%) WSUS
8 4 (2.08%) FortiGate
9 3 (1.56%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (1.04%) NetBackup
10 2 (1.04%) PowerCLI
10 2 (1.04%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.52%) Argo
11 1 (0.52%) Control-M
11 1 (0.52%) Nagios
11 1 (0.52%) Nessus
11 1 (0.52%) Oracle RMAN
11 1 (0.52%) Podman
11 1 (0.52%) Puppet
Vendors
1 76 (39.58%) Microsoft
2 41 (21.35%) Cisco
3 27 (14.06%) VMware
4 21 (10.94%) Juniper
5 17 (8.85%) Dell
6 16 (8.33%) McAfee
6 16 (8.33%) Splunk
7 9 (4.69%) Fortinet
8 8 (4.17%) New Relic
8 8 (4.17%) Salesforce
9 6 (3.13%) Apple
9 6 (3.13%) Dynatrace
9 6 (3.13%) Palo Alto
9 6 (3.13%) SolarWinds
10 5 (2.60%) Logitech
10 5 (2.60%) SAP
10 5 (2.60%) Sophos
10 5 (2.60%) TOWER Software
10 5 (2.60%) Zscaler
11 4 (2.08%) CrowdStrike