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 27 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 598 460 496
Rank change year-on-year -138 +36 -40
Permanent jobs citing Proactive Monitoring 212 216 293
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.18% 0.44% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.49% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 125 119 180
10th Percentile £31,550 £35,500 £33,900
25th Percentile £38,438 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,500 £45,738
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +10.41% -3.71%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £63,438
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £76,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% -5.56% +1.05%

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 85,859 44,048 62,135
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.06% 88.76% 81.73%
Number of salaries quoted 59,233 24,687 33,999
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,500 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -5.17% -3.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,090
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%

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 27 September 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 27 September 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 -108 192 £50,000 -0.99% 228
UK excluding London -125 160 £50,000 +17.65% 144
Work from Home -15 69 £51,250 - 96
London -52 46 £55,000 -21.99% 92
Midlands -39 44 £50,000 +16.28% 19
North of England -49 36 £50,000 +2.56% 49
South East -66 32 £41,000 -3.53% 33
North West -9 25 £50,000 +2.56% 33
East Midlands -16 24 £37,500 - 8
East of England -17 24 £80,000 +116.22% 14
West Midlands -49 20 £50,000 +16.28% 11
Wales -68 11 £36,961 -2.97% 5
South West -100 11 £61,250 +16.67% 16
Yorkshire -49 6 £40,000 -27.27% 12
North East -60 5 - - 4
Scotland +17 4 - - 7

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 29 (13.68%) Microsoft Exchange
2 28 (13.21%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.42%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.94%) IIS
4 2 (0.94%) Office Communications Server
5 1 (0.47%) Apache
5 1 (0.47%) CMS
5 1 (0.47%) Confluence
5 1 (0.47%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.47%) WordPress
Applications
1 20 (9.43%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.47%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.47%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.47%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 71 (33.49%) Microsoft 365
2 49 (23.11%) Azure
3 31 (14.62%) AWS
4 28 (13.21%) Entra ID
5 24 (11.32%) Mimecast
6 19 (8.96%) GCP
7 15 (7.08%) OneDrive
8 10 (4.72%) GitHub
9 7 (3.30%) GitHub Actions
9 7 (3.30%) SaaS
10 6 (2.83%) Azure Monitor
10 6 (2.83%) Cloud Functions
11 5 (2.36%) Microsoft Copilot
11 5 (2.36%) Power Platform
12 4 (1.89%) AWS Lambda
12 4 (1.89%) dbt
12 4 (1.89%) Power Automate
12 4 (1.89%) Serverless
13 3 (1.42%) Azure Key Vault
13 3 (1.42%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 68 (32.08%) Firewall
2 46 (21.70%) LAN
3 41 (19.34%) WAN
4 31 (14.62%) DNS
5 27 (12.74%) DHCP
6 23 (10.85%) TCP/IP
6 23 (10.85%) Wireless
7 18 (8.49%) Network Security
8 15 (7.08%) VPN
8 15 (7.08%) Wi-Fi
9 11 (5.19%) VLAN
10 6 (2.83%) Broadband
11 5 (2.36%) VoIP
12 3 (1.42%) PBX
12 3 (1.42%) SAN
12 3 (1.42%) SD-WAN
12 3 (1.42%) Wireless Security
13 2 (0.94%) Ethernet
13 2 (0.94%) Fibre Channel
13 2 (0.94%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (6.13%) SQL Server
2 10 (4.72%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (3.77%) MySQL
4 6 (2.83%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (1.42%) BigQuery
5 3 (1.42%) Metadata
5 3 (1.42%) Power BI
5 3 (1.42%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.94%) BusinessObjects
6 2 (0.94%) Crystal Reports
6 2 (0.94%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.94%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.47%) Adabas
7 1 (0.47%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (0.47%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.47%) DTS
7 1 (0.47%) GIS
7 1 (0.47%) Neo4j
7 1 (0.47%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 11 (5.19%) Jenkins
2 8 (3.77%) Git
3 4 (1.89%) GitLab
4 3 (1.42%) Bitbucket
4 3 (1.42%) Cypress.io
4 3 (1.42%) Maven
4 3 (1.42%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (0.94%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 2 (0.94%) JIRA
6 1 (0.47%) Postman
General
1 63 (29.72%) Social Skills
2 41 (19.34%) Finance
3 21 (9.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 19 (8.96%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (7.08%) Telecoms
6 14 (6.60%) Advertising
6 14 (6.60%) Public Sector
7 13 (6.13%) Retail
8 11 (5.19%) Banking
8 11 (5.19%) Marketing
9 10 (4.72%) Legal
10 9 (4.25%) Aerospace
11 8 (3.77%) Automotive
11 8 (3.77%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (3.77%) Law
12 6 (2.83%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (2.36%) Welsh Language
14 4 (1.89%) Manufacturing
15 3 (1.42%) Local Government
16 2 (0.94%) Digital Economy
Job Titles
1 48 (22.64%) Senior
2 32 (15.09%) IT Engineer
3 26 (12.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 22 (10.38%) Analyst
5 21 (9.91%) IT Support
6 20 (9.43%) Field Engineer
6 20 (9.43%) Field Service Engineer
7 18 (8.49%) Support Engineer
8 15 (7.08%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 12 (5.66%) DevOps Engineer
9 12 (5.66%) Security Analyst
9 12 (5.66%) Software Engineer
10 11 (5.19%) Senior Software Engineer
11 10 (4.72%) IT Support Engineer
11 10 (4.72%) Network Engineer
11 10 (4.72%) Senior Analyst
12 9 (4.25%) 3rd Line Support
12 9 (4.25%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 9 (4.25%) Senior Security Analyst
12 9 (4.25%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (13.68%) Terraform
2 10 (4.72%) React
3 7 (3.30%) .NET
4 6 (2.83%) OpenTelemetry
5 4 (1.89%) RESTful
5 4 (1.89%) Ruby on Rails
5 4 (1.89%) Spring
5 4 (1.89%) Spring Boot
6 3 (1.42%) .NET Core
6 3 (1.42%) ARM Templates
6 3 (1.42%) HTML
6 3 (1.42%) Jest
6 3 (1.42%) Next.js
6 3 (1.42%) Playwright
7 2 (0.94%) CSS
7 2 (0.94%) CSS3
7 2 (0.94%) HTML5
7 2 (0.94%) JSON
7 2 (0.94%) Node.js
7 2 (0.94%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 24 (11.32%) Security Posture
2 17 (8.02%) Onboarding
3 13 (6.13%) Cloud Native
4 10 (4.72%) Management Information System
4 10 (4.72%) Social Media
5 9 (4.25%) Data Centre
5 9 (4.25%) Driving Licence
5 9 (4.25%) Product Ownership
6 7 (3.30%) Clustering
7 6 (2.83%) Distributed Systems
7 6 (2.83%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (2.83%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (2.83%) Replication
7 6 (2.83%) Security Operations Centre
8 5 (2.36%) Blog
8 5 (2.36%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.89%) Culture of Ownership
9 4 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.89%) Mainframe
10 3 (1.42%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 78 (36.79%) Windows
2 48 (22.64%) Windows Server
3 27 (12.74%) Windows 10
4 23 (10.85%) Linux
5 20 (9.43%) Apple iOS
6 19 (8.96%) Android
7 8 (3.77%) Unix
8 4 (1.89%) AIX
8 4 (1.89%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.94%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.94%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.47%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (28.30%) Continuous Improvement
2 57 (26.89%) Problem-Solving
3 51 (24.06%) ITIL
4 46 (21.70%) Incident Response
5 39 (18.40%) Infrastructure as Code
6 33 (15.57%) Disaster Recovery
7 31 (14.62%) Agile
7 31 (14.62%) CI/CD
8 29 (13.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 28 (13.21%) Cybersecurity
10 27 (12.74%) Customer Service
11 26 (12.26%) High Availability
11 26 (12.26%) Observability
12 25 (11.79%) Collaborative Working
12 25 (11.79%) Root Cause Analysis
13 24 (11.32%) Incident Management
14 23 (10.85%) SIEM
15 22 (10.38%) Software Engineering
16 21 (9.91%) Information Security
16 21 (9.91%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 41 (19.34%) Python
2 39 (18.40%) PowerShell
3 18 (8.49%) SQL
4 17 (8.02%) Java
5 14 (6.60%) Bash
6 9 (4.25%) Go
7 8 (3.77%) TypeScript
8 7 (3.30%) JavaScript
8 7 (3.30%) Search Processing Language
9 6 (2.83%) Kusto Query Language
10 4 (1.89%) C#
10 4 (1.89%) Ruby
11 3 (1.42%) C
12 2 (0.94%) PHP
13 1 (0.47%) Natural
13 1 (0.47%) Scala
13 1 (0.47%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 39 (18.40%) Degree
2 29 (13.68%) Security Cleared
3 16 (7.55%) DV Cleared
4 13 (6.13%) Cisco Certification
5 12 (5.66%) CCNA
5 12 (5.66%) Microsoft Certification
5 12 (5.66%) SC Cleared
6 6 (2.83%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (2.36%) Azure Certification
7 5 (2.36%) CCNP
7 5 (2.36%) CompTIA Security+
8 4 (1.89%) PMI Certification
9 3 (1.42%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (1.42%) MCSA
9 3 (1.42%) SSCP
10 2 (0.94%) CompTIA CySA+
10 2 (0.94%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.47%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 1 (0.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.47%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (13.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (7.55%) SLA
3 13 (6.13%) Cyber Essentials
4 9 (4.25%) Data Quality
4 9 (4.25%) NIST
5 7 (3.30%) QA
6 5 (2.36%) Accessibility
6 5 (2.36%) GDPR
7 3 (1.42%) WCAG
8 2 (0.94%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.94%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 2 (0.94%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.47%) SOC 2
System Software
1 39 (18.40%) Active Directory
2 12 (5.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (3.30%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (2.83%) Docker
5 5 (2.36%) Hyper-V
6 3 (1.42%) vSphere
7 2 (0.94%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.47%) Firmware
8 1 (0.47%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 20 (9.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (8.96%) Ansible
3 18 (8.49%) Kubernetes
4 12 (5.66%) Grafana
4 12 (5.66%) Prometheus
5 6 (2.83%) Progress Chef
6 3 (1.42%) FortiGate
6 3 (1.42%) Istio
6 3 (1.42%) linkerd
6 3 (1.42%) Puppet
6 3 (1.42%) SCCM
7 2 (0.94%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.47%) Argo
8 1 (0.47%) Autotask
8 1 (0.47%) Data Guard
8 1 (0.47%) Forefront Identity Manager
8 1 (0.47%) Nagios
8 1 (0.47%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 1 (0.47%) QRadar
8 1 (0.47%) VxRail
Vendors
1 94 (44.34%) Microsoft
2 20 (9.43%) Cisco
3 19 (8.96%) Logitech
3 19 (8.96%) Sophos
3 19 (8.96%) TOWER Software
4 17 (8.02%) VMware
5 16 (7.55%) Splunk
6 9 (4.25%) Meraki
6 9 (4.25%) Oracle
6 9 (4.25%) Zscaler
7 8 (3.77%) RedGate
7 8 (3.77%) ServiceNow
7 8 (3.77%) Tanium
8 6 (2.83%) Dell
8 6 (2.83%) Google
9 5 (2.36%) YouTube
10 4 (1.89%) CheckPoint
10 4 (1.89%) HP
10 4 (1.89%) OneLogin
10 4 (1.89%) SolarWinds