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 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 444 495 472
Rank change year-on-year +51 -23 +236
Permanent jobs citing Proactive Monitoring 224 252 269
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.45% 0.37% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.51% 0.45% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 100 148 225
10th Percentile £27,100 £37,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,000 £49,250
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -6.60% +3.68%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £77,250 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £45,445 £45,250
% change year-on-year -6.48% +0.43% +13.13%

All Process and 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 43,586 55,994 49,616
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 87.08% 82.59% 93.89%
Number of salaries quoted 26,170 29,448 38,129
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,532 £45,000 £43,992
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,250 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.58% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,750 £54,063 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.53% +2.98% -

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 5 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Proactive Monitoring in the UK

Proactive Monitoring
Top 17 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 5 November 2025. 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 +66 201 £47,750 +5.04% 161
UK excluding London +93 180 £42,500 -6.48% 136
South East +64 59 £43,750 -2.74% 66
Work from Home +34 56 £57,500 +21.55% 50
Midlands +55 35 £35,000 -43.09% 15
North of England -19 34 £46,500 +3.33% 21
London -7 31 £75,000 +11.11% 60
South West +70 29 £52,500 - 10
West Midlands +57 29 £37,000 -48.97% 8
Yorkshire 0 21 £45,750 +1.67% 6
East of England +27 11 £37,000 -29.52% 12
North West +5 9 £47,500 +3.26% 12
Scotland +5 8 £67,500 +31.71% 5
East Midlands +12 6 £26,500 -47.00% 7
North East +4 4 - - 4
Northern Ireland - 3 £55,000 - 1
Wales +9 1 - - 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 16 (7.14%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (3.13%) Anypoint
3 7 (3.13%) IIS
4 2 (0.89%) HCL Notes
5 1 (0.45%) Appian
5 1 (0.45%) Cloud Foundry
5 1 (0.45%) Confluence
5 1 (0.45%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (5.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.13%) Spreadsheet
3 5 (2.23%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.45%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.45%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 6 (2.68%) Shopify
2 4 (1.79%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.45%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.45%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 86 (38.39%) Azure
2 48 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
3 40 (17.86%) AWS
4 30 (13.39%) Power Platform
5 16 (7.14%) Azure Monitor
6 15 (6.70%) GCP
7 14 (6.25%) Azure Data Factory
8 13 (5.80%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 13 (5.80%) Power Automate
9 10 (4.46%) Entra ID
10 8 (3.57%) PowerApps
11 7 (3.13%) Boomi
11 7 (3.13%) iPaaS
11 7 (3.13%) SaaS
11 7 (3.13%) Workato
12 6 (2.68%) Azure DevOps
12 6 (2.68%) Azure Storage
12 6 (2.68%) Copilot Studio
13 4 (1.79%) Amazon EC2
14 3 (1.34%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 64 (28.57%) Firewall
2 30 (13.39%) WAN
3 24 (10.71%) DNS
4 21 (9.38%) DHCP
5 20 (8.93%) LTE
5 20 (8.93%) VPN
5 20 (8.93%) VSAT
6 19 (8.48%) LAN
6 19 (8.48%) Wireless
7 14 (6.25%) Network Security
8 13 (5.80%) SD-WAN
9 12 (5.36%) TCP/IP
10 10 (4.46%) 802.11
10 10 (4.46%) Wi-Fi
11 9 (4.02%) Internet
11 9 (4.02%) SSL
11 9 (4.02%) VLAN
12 7 (3.13%) SAN
13 5 (2.23%) NAS
14 3 (1.34%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (12.95%) Power BI
2 22 (9.82%) SQL Server
3 15 (6.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 13 (5.80%) Azure SQL Database
5 7 (3.13%) Relational Database
6 6 (2.68%) Oracle Database
7 3 (1.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.89%) Couchbase
8 2 (0.89%) DynamoDB
8 2 (0.89%) Metadata
8 2 (0.89%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.89%) Power Query
8 2 (0.89%) Redis
8 2 (0.89%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.45%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.45%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.45%) Parquet
9 1 (0.45%) SAP HANA
9 1 (0.45%) SSDT
Development Applications
1 5 (2.23%) JIRA
2 2 (0.89%) Git
3 1 (0.45%) Browser DevTools
3 1 (0.45%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.45%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.45%) Jasmine
3 1 (0.45%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.45%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.45%) Visual Studio
General
1 133 (59.38%) Social Skills
2 79 (35.27%) Finance
3 52 (23.21%) Law
4 50 (22.32%) Legal
5 40 (17.86%) Analytical Skills
6 30 (13.39%) Financial Institution
7 25 (11.16%) Prime Brokerage
8 21 (9.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 13 (5.80%) Presentation Skills
10 12 (5.36%) Manufacturing
11 11 (4.91%) Electronics
12 10 (4.46%) Aerospace
12 10 (4.46%) Automotive
12 10 (4.46%) Billing
13 9 (4.02%) Marketing
14 5 (2.23%) Telecoms
15 4 (1.79%) Police
16 3 (1.34%) Back Office
16 3 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
16 3 (1.34%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 54 (24.11%) Support Engineer
2 46 (20.54%) Technical Support
3 40 (17.86%) Technical Engineer
3 40 (17.86%) Technical Support Engineer
4 32 (14.29%) Senior
5 26 (11.61%) Risk Manager
6 20 (8.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 13 (5.80%) Senior Manager
8 12 (5.36%) Business Manager
8 12 (5.36%) Insight Manager
9 11 (4.91%) Cybersecurity Specialist
10 10 (4.46%) Analyst
10 10 (4.46%) Lead
10 10 (4.46%) Security Specialist
11 8 (3.57%) Cloud Engineer
11 8 (3.57%) Integration Engineer
11 8 (3.57%) Network Engineer
12 6 (2.68%) Development Engineer
12 6 (2.68%) IT Engineer
12 6 (2.68%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (5.80%) Hugging Face
1 13 (5.80%) LangChain
1 13 (5.80%) PyTorch
1 13 (5.80%) TensorFlow
2 11 (4.91%) 802.1X
2 11 (4.91%) REST
2 11 (4.91%) Web Services
3 6 (2.68%) JSON
3 6 (2.68%) SOAP
3 6 (2.68%) XML
4 5 (2.23%) CSS
4 5 (2.23%) HTML
4 5 (2.23%) RESTful
5 4 (1.79%) AngularJS
5 4 (1.79%) ModSecurity
6 3 (1.34%) .NET
6 3 (1.34%) Kafka
6 3 (1.34%) Middleware
7 2 (0.89%) ASP.NET
7 2 (0.89%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (11.16%) Blockchain
1 25 (11.16%) Derivative
1 25 (11.16%) Hedge funds
2 21 (9.38%) Data Centre
3 12 (5.36%) Analytical Mindset
4 10 (4.46%) Renewable Energy
5 8 (3.57%) Driving Licence
5 8 (3.57%) Onboarding
6 7 (3.13%) CMDB
7 6 (2.68%) Low-Code
8 5 (2.23%) Security Posture
9 4 (1.79%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.34%) Cloud Native
10 3 (1.34%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (1.34%) Web Conferencing
11 2 (0.89%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 2 (0.89%) Data Structures
11 2 (0.89%) Distributed Systems
11 2 (0.89%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 57 (25.45%) Windows
2 19 (8.48%) Windows Server
3 10 (4.46%) Linux
3 10 (4.46%) Unix
4 4 (1.79%) AIX
5 3 (1.34%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.89%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (0.89%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.45%) Check Point GAiA
7 1 (0.45%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.45%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (34.82%) Problem-Solving
2 73 (32.59%) Continuous Improvement
3 40 (17.86%) Change Management
4 39 (17.41%) ITIL
5 38 (16.96%) Data Privacy
6 36 (16.07%) Customer Service
7 35 (15.63%) Business Intelligence
8 34 (15.18%) High Availability
9 33 (14.73%) Incident Management
10 32 (14.29%) Service Delivery
11 30 (13.39%) Cybersecurity
12 29 (12.95%) Agile
12 29 (12.95%) AI
12 29 (12.95%) Service Management
13 28 (12.50%) SIEM
14 27 (12.05%) Risk Management
15 26 (11.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 25 (11.16%) Rehypothecation
16 25 (11.16%) Stress Testing
17 23 (10.27%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 47 (20.98%) SQL
2 26 (11.61%) PowerShell
3 17 (7.59%) Python
4 16 (7.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 13 (5.80%) C#
6 12 (5.36%) JavaScript
7 8 (3.57%) Java
8 5 (2.23%) Shell Script
9 4 (1.79%) Bash
9 4 (1.79%) Kusto Query Language
9 4 (1.79%) T-SQL
10 3 (1.34%) Scala
11 2 (0.89%) Go
11 2 (0.89%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.45%) Bicep
12 1 (0.45%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 38 (16.96%) Degree
2 31 (13.84%) Cisco Certification
3 27 (12.05%) CCNA
4 24 (10.71%) Security Cleared
5 20 (8.93%) JNCIA
6 19 (8.48%) SC Cleared
7 17 (7.59%) Computer Science Degree
8 15 (6.70%) Master's Degree
9 12 (5.36%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 10 (4.46%) CCNP
10 10 (4.46%) GCSC
11 8 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (1.79%) DV Cleared
13 3 (1.34%) CISM
14 2 (0.89%) CCSA
14 2 (0.89%) CISA
14 2 (0.89%) CISSP
14 2 (0.89%) GCFA
14 2 (0.89%) GCIA
14 2 (0.89%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (16.52%) GDPR
2 25 (11.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 15 (6.70%) SLA
4 12 (5.36%) Actionable Recommendations
5 6 (2.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.79%) NIST
7 2 (0.89%) COBIT
7 2 (0.89%) ISO 9000
7 2 (0.89%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.45%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.45%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.45%) GRC
8 1 (0.45%) WCAG
System Software
1 28 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 20 (8.93%) Active Directory
3 13 (5.80%) Hyper-V
4 7 (3.13%) Virtual Servers
5 6 (2.68%) Docker
5 6 (2.68%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (2.23%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (2.23%) vSphere
7 1 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 15 (6.70%) Grafana
2 14 (6.25%) Prometheus
3 12 (5.36%) Terraform
4 11 (4.91%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (3.57%) Kubernetes
6 5 (2.23%) vCenter Server
7 3 (1.34%) Netcool
7 3 (1.34%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.89%) Ansible
8 2 (0.89%) Cisco CUCM
8 2 (0.89%) Suricata
9 1 (0.45%) CA Spectrum
9 1 (0.45%) Control-M
9 1 (0.45%) CSIRT
9 1 (0.45%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.45%) Kibana
9 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.45%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.45%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.45%) Puppet
Vendors
1 54 (24.11%) Microsoft
2 29 (12.95%) VMware
3 27 (12.05%) Cisco
4 20 (8.93%) Dell
5 17 (7.59%) Oracle
6 14 (6.25%) Freshdesk
6 14 (6.25%) Juniper
7 13 (5.80%) McAfee
7 13 (5.80%) OpenAI
8 12 (5.36%) ServiceNow
9 11 (4.91%) IBM
10 9 (4.02%) SAP
10 9 (4.02%) SolarWinds
11 7 (3.13%) Infor
11 7 (3.13%) Jitterbit
11 7 (3.13%) MuleSoft
11 7 (3.13%) SnapLogic
11 7 (3.13%) Software AG
11 7 (3.13%) Talend
11 7 (3.13%) TIBCO