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

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 580 479 517
Rank change year-on-year -101 +38 +8
Permanent jobs citing Proactive Monitoring 204 220 316
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.19% 0.44% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.49% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 133 116 240
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £28,974
25th Percentile £42,000 £40,438 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +17.78% -5.26%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £87,250 £82,500 £76,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £44,274
% change year-on-year +5.56% +1.64% -0.58%

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 77,887 44,584 67,368
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.57% 89.31% 81.13%
Number of salaries quoted 53,644 25,395 43,808
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,170 £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 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £48,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.58% -4.00% -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 10 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 10 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 -100 185 £50,000 -6.54% 107
UK excluding London -109 148 £47,500 +5.56% 65
Work from Home -9 62 £52,500 +10.53% 36
London -58 46 £58,250 -12.08% 48
Midlands -29 42 £50,000 +1.18% 10
South East -37 37 £42,000 -1.18% 21
North of England -46 32 £50,000 +5.26% 15
North West +4 23 £50,000 +21.21% 8
East Midlands -4 21 - - 2
West Midlands -41 21 £50,000 +1.18% 8
East of England -20 19 £65,000 +145.28% 9
Wales -51 9 £36,961 -2.97% 4
South West -89 7 £59,749 +13.81% 5
Yorkshire -56 5 £40,000 -27.27% 4
Scotland +10 4 - - 3
North East -55 4 - - 3

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 26 (12.75%) Microsoft Exchange
1 26 (12.75%) SharePoint
2 7 (3.43%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.96%) IIS
4 2 (0.98%) Apache
4 2 (0.98%) Confluence
5 1 (0.49%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.49%) CMS
5 1 (0.49%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.49%) WordPress
Applications
1 19 (9.31%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.47%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.49%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.49%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (0.49%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 64 (31.37%) Microsoft 365
2 54 (26.47%) Azure
3 31 (15.20%) Entra ID
4 30 (14.71%) AWS
5 18 (8.82%) Mimecast
6 15 (7.35%) OneDrive
7 14 (6.86%) GCP
8 12 (5.88%) GitHub
9 11 (5.39%) SaaS
10 7 (3.43%) GitHub Actions
10 7 (3.43%) Power Platform
11 6 (2.94%) Azure Monitor
11 6 (2.94%) Cloud Functions
12 5 (2.45%) Snowflake
13 4 (1.96%) Power Automate
14 3 (1.47%) AWS Lambda
14 3 (1.47%) Azure Key Vault
14 3 (1.47%) dbt
14 3 (1.47%) Serverless
14 3 (1.47%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 67 (32.84%) Firewall
2 48 (23.53%) LAN
3 39 (19.12%) WAN
4 24 (11.76%) DNS
5 22 (10.78%) DHCP
5 22 (10.78%) TCP/IP
6 19 (9.31%) Wi-Fi
7 17 (8.33%) Network Security
7 17 (8.33%) Wireless
8 15 (7.35%) VPN
9 10 (4.90%) VLAN
10 6 (2.94%) Broadband
11 5 (2.45%) VoIP
12 3 (1.47%) PBX
13 2 (0.98%) SAN
13 2 (0.98%) SD-WAN
14 1 (0.49%) Fibre Channel
14 1 (0.49%) NGFW
14 1 (0.49%) Structured Cabling
14 1 (0.49%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (8.33%) SQL Server
2 8 (3.92%) MySQL
3 5 (2.45%) Power BI
4 4 (1.96%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (1.47%) BigQuery
5 3 (1.47%) Metadata
6 2 (0.98%) BusinessObjects
6 2 (0.98%) Crystal Reports
6 2 (0.98%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.98%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.98%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.98%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.49%) Adabas
7 1 (0.49%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.49%) Big Data
7 1 (0.49%) DTS
7 1 (0.49%) Neo4j
7 1 (0.49%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 11 (5.39%) Git
2 8 (3.92%) Jenkins
3 5 (2.45%) GitLab
4 4 (1.96%) JIRA
5 3 (1.47%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.98%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.49%) Cypress.io
General
1 63 (30.88%) Social Skills
2 27 (13.24%) Finance
3 19 (9.31%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (8.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 17 (8.33%) Advertising
6 14 (6.86%) Marketing
6 14 (6.86%) Telecoms
7 12 (5.88%) Public Sector
8 11 (5.39%) Legal
9 10 (4.90%) Banking
10 7 (3.43%) Aerospace
11 6 (2.94%) Automotive
12 5 (2.45%) Welsh Language
13 3 (1.47%) Law
13 3 (1.47%) Manufacturing
13 3 (1.47%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (1.47%) Retail
14 2 (0.98%) Corporate Banking
14 2 (0.98%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 40 (19.61%) Senior
2 29 (14.22%) IT Engineer
3 28 (13.73%) Support Engineer
4 26 (12.75%) IT Support
5 24 (11.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 23 (11.27%) Analyst
7 15 (7.35%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 14 (6.86%) IT Support Engineer
8 14 (6.86%) Security Analyst
9 13 (6.37%) Field Engineer
9 13 (6.37%) Field Service Engineer
10 12 (5.88%) DevOps Engineer
10 12 (5.88%) Senior Analyst
11 11 (5.39%) Data Engineer
12 10 (4.90%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 10 (4.90%) Platform Engineer
12 10 (4.90%) Senior Security Analyst
12 10 (4.90%) Technical Engineer
12 10 (4.90%) Technical Support
12 10 (4.90%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.41%) .NET
2 6 (2.94%) React
3 4 (1.96%) Lightning Web Components
3 4 (1.96%) Visualforce
4 3 (1.47%) .NET Core
4 3 (1.47%) 802.1X
4 3 (1.47%) ARM Templates
4 3 (1.47%) HTML
5 2 (0.98%) CSS
5 2 (0.98%) Middleware
5 2 (0.98%) Node.js
5 2 (0.98%) REST
5 2 (0.98%) RESTful
5 2 (0.98%) Ruby on Rails
5 2 (0.98%) Spring
5 2 (0.98%) Spring Boot
6 1 (0.49%) HTML5
6 1 (0.49%) Jest
6 1 (0.49%) Next.js
6 1 (0.49%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 23 (11.27%) Security Posture
2 19 (9.31%) Onboarding
3 15 (7.35%) Data Centre
4 12 (5.88%) Social Media
5 11 (5.39%) Management Information System
6 9 (4.41%) Product Ownership
7 8 (3.92%) Clustering
8 7 (3.43%) Cloud Native
9 6 (2.94%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (2.45%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (2.45%) Public Cloud
11 4 (1.96%) Culture of Ownership
11 4 (1.96%) Cyber Threat
11 4 (1.96%) Driving Licence
11 4 (1.96%) Replication
12 3 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
12 3 (1.47%) Security Operations Centre
12 3 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
13 2 (0.98%) Distributed Systems
13 2 (0.98%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 78 (38.24%) Windows
2 40 (19.61%) Windows Server
3 24 (11.76%) Windows 10
4 23 (11.27%) Linux
5 19 (9.31%) Apple iOS
6 15 (7.35%) Android
7 9 (4.41%) Unix
8 4 (1.96%) Mac OS
8 4 (1.96%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.98%) AIX
9 2 (0.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.98%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.49%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (32.35%) Continuous Improvement
2 58 (28.43%) Problem-Solving
3 44 (21.57%) Incident Response
4 40 (19.61%) ITIL
5 36 (17.65%) CI/CD
5 36 (17.65%) Infrastructure as Code
6 35 (17.16%) Agile
7 32 (15.69%) SIEM
8 28 (13.73%) Cybersecurity
8 28 (13.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 28 (13.73%) Root Cause Analysis
9 25 (12.25%) Incident Management
10 24 (11.76%) Disaster Recovery
11 23 (11.27%) Collaborative Working
11 23 (11.27%) DevOps
12 22 (10.78%) High Availability
13 21 (10.29%) AI
13 21 (10.29%) Change Management
13 21 (10.29%) Customer Service
13 21 (10.29%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 48 (23.53%) Python
2 33 (16.18%) PowerShell
3 18 (8.82%) SQL
4 17 (8.33%) Bash
5 13 (6.37%) Java
6 8 (3.92%) Go
7 6 (2.94%) Kusto Query Language
7 6 (2.94%) Search Processing Language
8 5 (2.45%) JavaScript
8 5 (2.45%) Ruby
8 5 (2.45%) TypeScript
9 4 (1.96%) Apex Code
10 3 (1.47%) C
10 3 (1.47%) C#
10 3 (1.47%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.98%) PHP
11 2 (0.98%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.49%) Natural
12 1 (0.49%) Scala
12 1 (0.49%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 51 (25.00%) Degree
2 26 (12.75%) Security Cleared
3 15 (7.35%) Cisco Certification
4 14 (6.86%) Microsoft Certification
5 13 (6.37%) CCNA
5 13 (6.37%) SC Cleared
6 11 (5.39%) DV Cleared
7 7 (3.43%) CompTIA Security+
8 6 (2.94%) CISSP
8 6 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (2.45%) Azure Certification
9 5 (2.45%) CCNP
10 3 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (1.47%) CISA
10 3 (1.47%) CompTIA CySA+
10 3 (1.47%) CRISC
10 3 (1.47%) MCSA
10 3 (1.47%) SSCP
11 2 (0.98%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.98%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (13.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (11.27%) SLA
3 14 (6.86%) Cyber Essentials
4 12 (5.88%) QA
5 10 (4.90%) NIST
6 8 (3.92%) Data Quality
7 5 (2.45%) GDPR
8 3 (1.47%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.98%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.98%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.49%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.49%) WCAG
System Software
1 42 (20.59%) Active Directory
2 16 (7.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (6.37%) Docker
4 5 (2.45%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.96%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.49%) Firmware
6 1 (0.49%) Terminal Server
6 1 (0.49%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.49%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.49%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 28 (13.73%) Terraform
2 23 (11.27%) Microsoft Intune
3 19 (9.31%) Ansible
4 11 (5.39%) Kubernetes
5 8 (3.92%) Grafana
6 7 (3.43%) Prometheus
7 3 (1.47%) FortiGate
7 3 (1.47%) Istio
7 3 (1.47%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (1.47%) linkerd
7 3 (1.47%) Progress Chef
7 3 (1.47%) Puppet
8 2 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.49%) Argo
9 1 (0.49%) Autotask
9 1 (0.49%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.49%) Podman
9 1 (0.49%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.49%) QRadar
Vendors
1 90 (44.12%) Microsoft
2 22 (10.78%) Cisco
3 21 (10.29%) VMware
4 14 (6.86%) Splunk
5 13 (6.37%) Logitech
5 13 (6.37%) Sophos
5 13 (6.37%) TOWER Software
6 12 (5.88%) Dell
7 9 (4.41%) Juniper
7 9 (4.41%) McAfee
7 9 (4.41%) Zscaler
8 8 (3.92%) Oracle
8 8 (3.92%) ServiceNow
8 8 (3.92%) Tanium
9 6 (2.94%) Apple
9 6 (2.94%) Google
10 4 (1.96%) CheckPoint
10 4 (1.96%) HP
10 4 (1.96%) Red Hat
10 4 (1.96%) Salesforce