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 1 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 575 485 544
Rank change year-on-year -90 +59 +30
Permanent jobs citing Proactive Monitoring 179 195 394
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.19% 0.42% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.46% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 113 101 313
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,170 £27,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £37,101
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,688 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.87% +16.71% +1.10%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £59,000
90th Percentile £87,250 £81,250 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% +11.76% -

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 70,838 42,616 86,708
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.43% 91.47% 82.17%
Number of salaries quoted 48,971 23,341 61,278
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,822 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.09%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,171 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +6.34% - -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 1 July 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 1 July 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 -65 165 £52,500 -2.21% 73
UK excluding London -88 128 £50,000 +5.26% 57
Work from Home -2 47 £54,749 +9.50% 36
Midlands -30 44 £50,000 +10.75% 8
London -38 40 £66,250 +1.92% 27
South East -32 31 £42,000 -1.18% 17
West Midlands -34 28 £50,000 +1.18% 2
North of England -51 24 £50,000 - 11
East of England -1 18 £55,000 +15.79% 4
East Midlands -13 16 - - 6
North West -3 14 £50,000 +2.56% 9
Yorkshire -46 9 £40,000 -36.00% 1
South West -74 5 £54,749 +15.26% 8
Scotland +18 4 - - 3
Wales -52 4 £36,961 -2.97% 2
North East -52 1 - - 1

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 22 (12.29%) SharePoint
2 19 (10.61%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (3.91%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (2.79%) IIS
5 2 (1.12%) Apache
5 2 (1.12%) Confluence
6 1 (0.56%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.56%) CMS
6 1 (0.56%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.56%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.56%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (7.26%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.68%) SPSS
3 2 (1.12%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.56%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.56%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (0.56%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 54 (30.17%) Microsoft 365
2 51 (28.49%) Azure
3 29 (16.20%) AWS
4 25 (13.97%) Entra ID
5 14 (7.82%) Mimecast
6 11 (6.15%) OneDrive
7 10 (5.59%) SaaS
8 8 (4.47%) GitHub
9 6 (3.35%) GCP
9 6 (3.35%) Power Platform
10 4 (2.23%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (2.23%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 4 (2.23%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 4 (2.23%) Snowflake
11 3 (1.68%) Azure Monitor
11 3 (1.68%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (1.68%) IaaS
11 3 (1.68%) PaaS
11 3 (1.68%) Serverless
12 2 (1.12%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 58 (32.40%) Firewall
2 48 (26.82%) LAN
3 43 (24.02%) WAN
4 20 (11.17%) DNS
5 19 (10.61%) DHCP
6 18 (10.06%) VPN
7 17 (9.50%) Wi-Fi
8 14 (7.82%) Network Security
8 14 (7.82%) Wireless
9 12 (6.70%) TCP/IP
10 9 (5.03%) VoIP
11 8 (4.47%) SD-WAN
11 8 (4.47%) VLAN
12 6 (3.35%) BGP
12 6 (3.35%) MPLS
13 5 (2.79%) Broadband
14 4 (2.23%) Asterisk PBX
14 4 (2.23%) Software-Defined Networking
14 4 (2.23%) VPLS
15 3 (1.68%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (8.94%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.79%) Power BI
3 4 (2.23%) MySQL
4 3 (1.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (1.12%) BusinessObjects
5 2 (1.12%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (1.12%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.12%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.56%) Adabas
6 1 (0.56%) Amazon Athena
6 1 (0.56%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.56%) Big Data
6 1 (0.56%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.56%) Metadata
6 1 (0.56%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.56%) Neo4j
6 1 (0.56%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 11 (6.15%) Git
2 9 (5.03%) GitLab
3 7 (3.91%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.68%) JIRA
5 2 (1.12%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.56%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 54 (30.17%) Social Skills
2 22 (12.29%) Finance
3 18 (10.06%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (7.26%) Advertising
5 12 (6.70%) Telecoms
6 11 (6.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (6.15%) Marketing
7 9 (5.03%) Legal
8 8 (4.47%) Public Sector
9 7 (3.91%) Aerospace
9 7 (3.91%) Banking
10 6 (3.35%) Automotive
11 5 (2.79%) Law
12 3 (1.68%) Manufacturing
13 2 (1.12%) Corporate Banking
13 2 (1.12%) Retail
13 2 (1.12%) Welsh Language
14 1 (0.56%) Back Office
14 1 (0.56%) Games
14 1 (0.56%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 34 (18.99%) Support Engineer
2 31 (17.32%) Senior
3 30 (16.76%) IT Support
4 28 (15.64%) IT Engineer
5 22 (12.29%) Analyst
6 19 (10.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 17 (9.50%) IT Support Engineer
8 14 (7.82%) Technical Support
9 13 (7.26%) Technical Engineer
9 13 (7.26%) Technical Support Engineer
10 12 (6.70%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 11 (6.15%) Security Analyst
12 10 (5.59%) Data Engineer
13 9 (5.03%) Field Engineer
13 9 (5.03%) Field Service Engineer
13 9 (5.03%) Platform Engineer
13 9 (5.03%) Senior Analyst
13 9 (5.03%) Support Analyst
14 8 (4.47%) IT Analyst
14 8 (4.47%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.47%) Lightning Web Components
1 8 (4.47%) Visualforce
2 7 (3.91%) REST
3 5 (2.79%) .NET
3 5 (2.79%) CSS
3 5 (2.79%) HTML
4 4 (2.23%) Middleware
4 4 (2.23%) OpenTelemetry
4 4 (2.23%) SOAP
5 3 (1.68%) 802.1X
5 3 (1.68%) ARM Templates
6 2 (1.12%) NETCONF
6 2 (1.12%) Node.js
6 2 (1.12%) React
6 2 (1.12%) RESTCONF
7 1 (0.56%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.56%) CSS3
7 1 (0.56%) Kafka
7 1 (0.56%) Laravel
7 1 (0.56%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 21 (11.73%) Data Centre
2 17 (9.50%) Security Posture
3 13 (7.26%) Onboarding
4 11 (6.15%) Management Information System
4 11 (6.15%) Product Ownership
5 8 (4.47%) Cloud Native
6 7 (3.91%) Social Media
7 5 (2.79%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (2.79%) Public Cloud
7 5 (2.79%) Robotics
8 4 (2.23%) Clustering
8 4 (2.23%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (2.23%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (2.23%) PKI
8 4 (2.23%) Replication
8 4 (2.23%) Security Operations Centre
9 3 (1.68%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.68%) Distributed Architecture
9 3 (1.68%) Driving Licence
9 3 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 74 (41.34%) Windows
2 30 (16.76%) Windows Server
3 20 (11.17%) Windows 10
4 17 (9.50%) Linux
5 15 (8.38%) Apple iOS
6 11 (6.15%) Android
7 5 (2.79%) Mac OS
7 5 (2.79%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (2.23%) Unix
9 3 (1.68%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.56%) AIX
10 1 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.56%) Solaris
10 1 (0.56%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (38.55%) Continuous Improvement
2 49 (27.37%) Problem-Solving
3 33 (18.44%) SIEM
4 31 (17.32%) Incident Response
4 31 (17.32%) ITIL
5 26 (14.53%) Agile
6 25 (13.97%) Cybersecurity
6 25 (13.97%) Root Cause Analysis
7 24 (13.41%) CI/CD
8 23 (12.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 20 (11.17%) AI
9 20 (11.17%) Infrastructure as Code
10 19 (10.61%) Disaster Recovery
11 18 (10.06%) Collaborative Working
12 17 (9.50%) Customer Service
12 17 (9.50%) Process Improvement
12 17 (9.50%) Technical Leadership
13 16 (8.94%) Computer Science
13 16 (8.94%) High Availability
13 16 (8.94%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 31 (17.32%) Python
2 29 (16.20%) PowerShell
3 12 (6.70%) SQL
4 10 (5.59%) Bash
5 9 (5.03%) Java
6 8 (4.47%) Apex Code
7 6 (3.35%) JavaScript
8 5 (2.79%) Ruby
9 4 (2.23%) SOQL
9 4 (2.23%) SOSL
10 3 (1.68%) C
10 3 (1.68%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (1.68%) Search Processing Language
10 3 (1.68%) Shell Script
10 3 (1.68%) T-SQL
11 2 (1.12%) Go
11 2 (1.12%) PHP
12 1 (0.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.56%) Scala
12 1 (0.56%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 52 (29.05%) Degree
2 23 (12.85%) Cisco Certification
3 22 (12.29%) Security Cleared
4 16 (8.94%) CCNA
5 13 (7.26%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (6.70%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (6.15%) SC Cleared
8 9 (5.03%) CCNP
8 9 (5.03%) CompTIA Security+
9 8 (4.47%) CISSP
9 8 (4.47%) DV Cleared
10 6 (3.35%) Azure Certification
11 4 (2.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (2.23%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (2.23%) CCIE
11 4 (2.23%) CCSP
11 4 (2.23%) CISM
11 4 (2.23%) CompTIA CySA+
11 4 (2.23%) Master's Degree
12 3 (1.68%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (13.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (10.61%) SLA
3 14 (7.82%) Cyber Essentials
4 8 (4.47%) NIST
4 8 (4.47%) QA
5 5 (2.79%) GDPR
6 3 (1.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (1.68%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.68%) SOC 2
7 2 (1.12%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.56%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.56%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 45 (25.14%) Active Directory
2 24 (13.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (6.70%) Docker
4 5 (2.79%) Hyper-V
4 5 (2.79%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (2.79%) vSphere
5 4 (2.23%) VMware NSX
6 2 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.56%) Firmware
7 1 (0.56%) Terminal Server
7 1 (0.56%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 21 (11.73%) Terraform
2 18 (10.06%) Ansible
3 17 (9.50%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (4.47%) Kubernetes
5 5 (2.79%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (2.23%) Grafana
6 4 (2.23%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (2.23%) WSUS
7 3 (1.68%) FortiGate
7 3 (1.68%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (1.68%) Prometheus
8 2 (1.12%) Istio
8 2 (1.12%) linkerd
8 2 (1.12%) Progress Chef
8 2 (1.12%) Puppet
9 1 (0.56%) Oracle RMAN
9 1 (0.56%) Podman
9 1 (0.56%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.56%) QRadar
9 1 (0.56%) SCCM
Vendors
1 77 (43.02%) Microsoft
2 26 (14.53%) Cisco
3 25 (13.97%) VMware
4 15 (8.38%) Dell
5 12 (6.70%) Juniper
5 12 (6.70%) McAfee
6 10 (5.59%) Splunk
7 9 (5.03%) Logitech
7 9 (5.03%) Sophos
7 9 (5.03%) TOWER Software
8 8 (4.47%) Salesforce
9 7 (3.91%) Meraki
10 6 (3.35%) Apple
10 6 (3.35%) CheckPoint
10 6 (3.35%) SolarWinds
11 5 (2.79%) CrowdStrike
11 5 (2.79%) Zscaler
12 4 (2.23%) Oracle
12 4 (2.23%) SAP
12 4 (2.23%) Tanium