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 20 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 580 480 513
Rank change year-on-year -100 +33 -12
Permanent jobs citing Proactive Monitoring 207 220 310
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.19% 0.44% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.49% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 132 120 227
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £28,898
25th Percentile £39,788 £40,563 £38,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +18.89% -5.26%
75th Percentile £60,688 £67,813 £58,125
90th Percentile £87,375 £82,500 £76,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,750 £45,000 £44,274
% change year-on-year +8.33% +1.64% -1.10%

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 78,808 44,479 67,117
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.30% 89.14% 80.83%
Number of salaries quoted 54,325 25,171 42,850
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -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 20 August 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 20 August 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 -114 185 £50,000 -6.71% 45
UK excluding London -110 149 £48,750 +8.33% 40
Work from Home -2 68 £52,500 +11.70% 24
London -45 49 £56,500 -16.30% 7
Midlands -27 39 £50,000 +10.93% 7
South East -40 38 £42,000 -1.18% 12
North of England -35 33 £50,000 +5.26% 5
North West -1 23 £50,000 +21.21% 3
East Midlands -8 21 - - 2
East of England -11 18 £65,000 +145.28% 8
West Midlands -47 18 £50,000 +10.93% 5
Wales -60 10 £36,961 -2.97% 1
South West -92 9 £65,000 +23.81% 7
Yorkshire -48 6 £40,000 -27.27%
Scotland 0 4 - - 3
North East -57 4 - - 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 27 (13.04%) SharePoint
2 26 (12.56%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (3.38%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (1.45%) Confluence
5 2 (0.97%) Apache
5 2 (0.97%) IIS
6 1 (0.48%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.48%) CMS
6 1 (0.48%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.48%) WordPress
Applications
1 19 (9.18%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.45%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.48%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.48%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (0.48%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 66 (31.88%) Microsoft 365
2 51 (24.64%) Azure
3 29 (14.01%) AWS
3 29 (14.01%) Entra ID
4 19 (9.18%) Mimecast
5 16 (7.73%) GCP
6 15 (7.25%) OneDrive
7 14 (6.76%) GitHub
8 10 (4.83%) SaaS
9 8 (3.86%) GitHub Actions
10 6 (2.90%) Azure Monitor
10 6 (2.90%) Cloud Functions
10 6 (2.90%) Power Platform
10 6 (2.90%) Snowflake
11 5 (2.42%) Microsoft Copilot
12 4 (1.93%) AWS Lambda
12 4 (1.93%) dbt
12 4 (1.93%) PaaS
12 4 (1.93%) Power Automate
12 4 (1.93%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 68 (32.85%) Firewall
2 47 (22.71%) LAN
3 38 (18.36%) WAN
4 25 (12.08%) DNS
5 23 (11.11%) TCP/IP
6 22 (10.63%) DHCP
7 20 (9.66%) Network Security
8 19 (9.18%) Wi-Fi
9 17 (8.21%) Wireless
10 13 (6.28%) VPN
11 10 (4.83%) VLAN
12 6 (2.90%) Broadband
13 5 (2.42%) VoIP
14 3 (1.45%) PBX
14 3 (1.45%) SD-WAN
15 2 (0.97%) SAN
16 1 (0.48%) NGFW
16 1 (0.48%) SSH
16 1 (0.48%) SSL
16 1 (0.48%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (7.73%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.38%) MySQL
3 5 (2.42%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.93%) Power BI
5 3 (1.45%) BigQuery
5 3 (1.45%) Metadata
6 2 (0.97%) BusinessObjects
6 2 (0.97%) Crystal Reports
6 2 (0.97%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.97%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.97%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.48%) Adabas
7 1 (0.48%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.48%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.48%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.48%) Big Data
7 1 (0.48%) DTS
7 1 (0.48%) Neo4j
7 1 (0.48%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 11 (5.31%) Git
2 9 (4.35%) Jenkins
3 5 (2.42%) GitLab
3 5 (2.42%) JIRA
4 3 (1.45%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.97%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 2 (0.97%) Cypress.io
General
1 61 (29.47%) Social Skills
2 34 (16.43%) Finance
3 21 (10.14%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (10.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 17 (8.21%) Advertising
5 14 (6.76%) Telecoms
6 13 (6.28%) Marketing
6 13 (6.28%) Public Sector
7 12 (5.80%) Banking
8 11 (5.31%) Legal
9 8 (3.86%) Aerospace
10 6 (2.90%) Automotive
11 5 (2.42%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (2.42%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (2.42%) Welsh Language
12 4 (1.93%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.93%) Retail
13 3 (1.45%) Law
14 2 (0.97%) Corporate Banking
14 2 (0.97%) Digital Economy
Job Titles
1 40 (19.32%) Senior
2 29 (14.01%) IT Engineer
3 24 (11.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 24 (11.59%) IT Support
3 24 (11.59%) Support Engineer
4 22 (10.63%) Analyst
5 15 (7.25%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 14 (6.76%) Field Engineer
6 14 (6.76%) Field Service Engineer
6 14 (6.76%) Security Analyst
7 13 (6.28%) DevOps Engineer
7 13 (6.28%) IT Support Engineer
8 12 (5.80%) Data Engineer
9 11 (5.31%) Platform Engineer
9 11 (5.31%) Senior Analyst
10 10 (4.83%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 10 (4.83%) Network Engineer
10 10 (4.83%) Senior Security Analyst
11 9 (4.35%) Lead
11 9 (4.35%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (14.98%) Terraform
2 8 (3.86%) .NET
2 8 (3.86%) React
3 3 (1.45%) .NET Core
3 3 (1.45%) 802.1X
3 3 (1.45%) ARM Templates
3 3 (1.45%) RESTful
3 3 (1.45%) Ruby on Rails
3 3 (1.45%) Spring
3 3 (1.45%) Spring Boot
4 2 (0.97%) HTML
4 2 (0.97%) Jest
4 2 (0.97%) Lightning Web Components
4 2 (0.97%) Next.js
4 2 (0.97%) Node.js
4 2 (0.97%) OpenTelemetry
4 2 (0.97%) Playwright
4 2 (0.97%) Visualforce
5 1 (0.48%) Ajax
5 1 (0.48%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 23 (11.11%) Security Posture
2 19 (9.18%) Onboarding
3 13 (6.28%) Social Media
4 12 (5.80%) Data Centre
5 10 (4.83%) Management Information System
6 9 (4.35%) Cloud Native
6 9 (4.35%) Product Ownership
7 7 (3.38%) Clustering
8 6 (2.90%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (2.42%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (2.42%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (2.42%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.93%) Culture of Ownership
10 4 (1.93%) Cyber Threat
10 4 (1.93%) Driving Licence
11 3 (1.45%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (1.45%) Distributed Systems
11 3 (1.45%) Replication
11 3 (1.45%) Security Operations Centre
11 3 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 73 (35.27%) Windows
2 39 (18.84%) Windows Server
3 25 (12.08%) Windows 10
4 24 (11.59%) Linux
5 18 (8.70%) Apple iOS
6 14 (6.76%) Android
7 9 (4.35%) Unix
8 4 (1.93%) Mac OS
8 4 (1.93%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (1.45%) AIX
10 2 (0.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.97%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.48%) Solaris
11 1 (0.48%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (31.40%) Continuous Improvement
2 61 (29.47%) Problem-Solving
3 44 (21.26%) Incident Response
3 44 (21.26%) ITIL
4 39 (18.84%) Infrastructure as Code
5 37 (17.87%) Agile
6 33 (15.94%) CI/CD
7 29 (14.01%) Root Cause Analysis
8 28 (13.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 28 (13.53%) SIEM
9 26 (12.56%) Cybersecurity
10 25 (12.08%) Collaborative Working
10 25 (12.08%) Customer Service
10 25 (12.08%) Disaster Recovery
11 23 (11.11%) DevOps
11 23 (11.11%) High Availability
11 23 (11.11%) Incident Management
11 23 (11.11%) Project Delivery
12 22 (10.63%) Observability
12 22 (10.63%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 49 (23.67%) Python
2 33 (15.94%) PowerShell
3 18 (8.70%) Bash
3 18 (8.70%) SQL
4 14 (6.76%) Java
5 9 (4.35%) Go
6 7 (3.38%) TypeScript
7 6 (2.90%) Kusto Query Language
7 6 (2.90%) Search Processing Language
8 5 (2.42%) JavaScript
8 5 (2.42%) Ruby
9 3 (1.45%) C
9 3 (1.45%) C#
9 3 (1.45%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.97%) Apex Code
10 2 (0.97%) PHP
11 1 (0.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.48%) Natural
11 1 (0.48%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.48%) Scala
Qualifications
1 49 (23.67%) Degree
2 26 (12.56%) Security Cleared
3 15 (7.25%) Cisco Certification
4 13 (6.28%) CCNA
4 13 (6.28%) DV Cleared
4 13 (6.28%) Microsoft Certification
5 12 (5.80%) SC Cleared
6 7 (3.38%) CompTIA Security+
7 6 (2.90%) CISSP
8 5 (2.42%) Azure Certification
8 5 (2.42%) CCNP
8 5 (2.42%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.93%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (1.45%) CISA
10 3 (1.45%) CompTIA CySA+
10 3 (1.45%) CRISC
10 3 (1.45%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (1.45%) MCSA
10 3 (1.45%) SSCP
11 2 (0.97%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (13.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (9.66%) SLA
3 13 (6.28%) Cyber Essentials
4 12 (5.80%) QA
5 10 (4.83%) NIST
6 8 (3.86%) Data Quality
7 5 (2.42%) GDPR
8 4 (1.93%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.97%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.97%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.97%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.97%) WCAG
10 1 (0.48%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 42 (20.29%) Active Directory
2 13 (6.28%) Docker
2 13 (6.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (2.42%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.93%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.48%) Firmware
5 1 (0.48%) Terminal Server
5 1 (0.48%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 22 (10.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (9.66%) Ansible
3 14 (6.76%) Kubernetes
4 9 (4.35%) Grafana
5 8 (3.86%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.45%) FortiGate
6 3 (1.45%) Istio
6 3 (1.45%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (1.45%) linkerd
6 3 (1.45%) Progress Chef
6 3 (1.45%) Puppet
7 2 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.48%) Argo
8 1 (0.48%) Autotask
8 1 (0.48%) Nagios
8 1 (0.48%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 1 (0.48%) Podman
8 1 (0.48%) QRadar
8 1 (0.48%) VxRail
Vendors
1 88 (42.51%) Microsoft
2 20 (9.66%) Cisco
3 18 (8.70%) VMware
4 15 (7.25%) Splunk
5 14 (6.76%) Logitech
5 14 (6.76%) Sophos
5 14 (6.76%) TOWER Software
6 9 (4.35%) Dell
6 9 (4.35%) Oracle
6 9 (4.35%) Zscaler
7 8 (3.86%) ServiceNow
7 8 (3.86%) Tanium
8 6 (2.90%) Apple
8 6 (2.90%) Google
8 6 (2.90%) Juniper
8 6 (2.90%) McAfee
9 5 (2.42%) Meraki
9 5 (2.42%) YouTube
10 4 (1.93%) CheckPoint
10 4 (1.93%) CrowdStrike