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 16 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 16 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	600	475	498
Rank change year-on-year	-125	+23	-38
Permanent jobs citing Proactive Monitoring	217	197	269
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK	0.18%	0.40%	0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	0.25%	0.45%	0.46%
Number of salaries quoted	125	100	163
10^th Percentile	£31,250	£31,975	£36,000
25^th Percentile	£38,438	£40,000	£42,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£50,000	£50,000	£46,000
Median % change year-on-year	-	+8.70%	-3.16%
75^th Percentile	£61,250	£67,500	£68,375
90^th Percentile	£80,000	£82,625	£77,250
UK excluding London median annual salary	£50,000	£42,500	£45,445
% change year-on-year	+17.65%	-6.48%	+0.99%

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.

	6 months to 16 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills	87,497	43,445	57,940
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK	73.45%	88.84%	82.20%
Number of salaries quoted	59,802	24,607	31,056
10^th Percentile	£31,250	£28,250	£33,099
25^th Percentile	£41,250	£36,250	£44,541
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£60,000	£55,000	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	+9.09%	-8.33%	-
75^th Percentile	£78,000	£75,000	£78,750
90^th Percentile	£100,000	£95,000	£97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary	£55,000	£47,000	£53,000
% change year-on-year	+17.02%	-11.32%	-1.85%

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 Salary Trend

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 16 October 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 16 October 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	-115	195	£50,000	-	159
UK excluding London	-120	164	£50,000	+17.65%	84
Work from Home	-5	76	£50,000	-9.09%	79
London	-62	45	£55,000	-26.67%	78
North of England	-52	42	£50,000	+5.26%	23
Midlands	-35	41	£50,000	+25.00%	17
South East	-75	31	£45,000	+5.88%	24
North West	-7	29	£50,000	+5.26%	12
East of England	-31	26	£80,000	+116.22%	1
East Midlands	-17	23	£37,500	-	6
West Midlands	-53	18	£50,000	+25.00%	11
Wales	-67	11	£36,961	-2.97%	3
South West	-84	11	£61,250	+16.67%	12
Yorkshire	-48	7	£40,000	-14.89%	9
North East	-67	6	-	-	2
Scotland	+1	4	-	-	3

Proactive Monitoring Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 16 October 2026, job vacancies citing Proactive Monitoring also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads with a requirement for Proactive Monitoring.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Microsoft	42.9%	93
2	Windows	32.7%	71
3	Microsoft 365	30.9%	67
4	Firewall	29.0%	63
5	Continuous Improvement	28.6%	62
6	Problem-Solving	28.1%	61
7	ITIL	24.9%	54
8	Azure	23.0%	50
9	Windows Server	22.1%	48
10	Incident Response	21.2%	46
11	Infrastructure as Code	18.9%	41
12	LAN	18.4%	40
12	Python	18.4%	40
14	WAN	17.5%	38
15	Degree	16.6%	36
16	Disaster Recovery	16.1%	35
16	PowerShell	16.1%	35
18	Active Directory	15.7%	34
18	AWS	15.7%	34
18	CI/CD	15.7%	34
18	Security Cleared	15.7%	34
22	Agile	15.2%	33
23	Infrastructure Engineering	14.7%	32
24	Terraform	14.3%	31
25	Customer Service	13.8%	30
25	DNS	13.8%	30
25	Observability	13.8%	30
25	SharePoint	13.8%	30
29	Microsoft Exchange	13.4%	29
30	Cybersecurity	12.9%	28

Proactive Monitoring Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Continuous Improvement	28.6%	62
2	Problem-Solving	28.1%	61
3	ITIL	24.9%	54
4	Incident Response	21.2%	46
5	Infrastructure as Code	18.9%	41
6	Disaster Recovery	16.1%	35
7	CI/CD	15.7%	34
8	Agile	15.2%	33
9	Infrastructure Engineering	14.7%	32
10	Customer Service	13.8%	30
10	Observability	13.8%	30
12	Cybersecurity	12.9%	28
12	Root Cause Analysis	12.9%	28
14	Collaborative Working	12.4%	27
14	High Availability	12.4%	27
16	DevOps	11.1%	24
16	Incident Management	11.1%	24
16	Mentoring	11.1%	24
16	Project Delivery	11.1%	24
20	AI	10.6%	23