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 3 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 444 513 478
Rank change year-on-year +69 -35 +232
Permanent jobs citing Proactive Monitoring 199 229 237
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.36% 0.36% 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 0.42% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 110 142 193
10th Percentile £27,250 £36,000 £27,900
25th Percentile £40,707 £41,250 £38,084
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,250 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.67% -14.29% +15.38%
75th Percentile £63,750 £55,938 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,625 £77,250 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% - +12.50%

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 45,786 54,654 47,090
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.83% 86.14% 93.75%
Number of salaries quoted 27,991 28,426 36,268
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £99,700
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £54,793 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.31% +4.37% -0.94%

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 3 December 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 3 December 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 +77 176 £50,000 +11.11% 76
UK excluding London +72 147 £46,500 +3.33% 77
Work from Home +57 55 £57,500 +21.55% 36
South East +55 42 £47,250 +5.04% 24
London +17 39 £75,000 +27.66% 18
Midlands +52 28 £33,000 -40.00% 9
North of England -2 25 £47,500 +5.04% 22
South West +37 24 £57,500 +66.67% 11
West Midlands +45 21 £43,000 -40.69% 8
East of England +49 17 £46,160 -12.08% 4
North West +31 15 £47,500 - 14
Scotland +20 7 £97,500 +85.71% 4
East Midlands +14 7 £33,000 -26.67% 1
Yorkshire -16 6 £46,500 +3.33% 6
North East +12 4 £48,445 +9.42% 2
Northern Ireland - 3 £55,000 -
Wales +8 1 - - 4

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 23 (11.56%) SharePoint
2 11 (5.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (3.52%) Anypoint
3 7 (3.52%) IIS
4 2 (1.01%) Confluence
5 1 (0.50%) Appian
5 1 (0.50%) HCL Notes
5 1 (0.50%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.50%) WordPress
Applications
1 12 (6.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.52%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (1.51%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.01%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.50%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.50%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 6 (3.02%) Shopify
2 2 (1.01%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.50%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 78 (39.20%) Azure
2 47 (23.62%) Microsoft 365
3 34 (17.09%) Power Platform
4 26 (13.07%) AWS
5 18 (9.05%) Entra ID
6 13 (6.53%) Azure Data Factory
6 13 (6.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 12 (6.03%) Power Automate
7 12 (6.03%) SaaS
8 11 (5.53%) Azure Monitor
9 10 (5.03%) Azure Storage
10 9 (4.52%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (3.52%) Boomi
11 7 (3.52%) Datadog
11 7 (3.52%) iPaaS
11 7 (3.52%) PowerApps
11 7 (3.52%) Workato
12 5 (2.51%) Azure AKS
12 5 (2.51%) Copilot Studio
12 5 (2.51%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 59 (29.65%) Firewall
2 39 (19.60%) WAN
3 24 (12.06%) LAN
4 23 (11.56%) DNS
4 23 (11.56%) VPN
5 22 (11.06%) DHCP
6 19 (9.55%) LTE
6 19 (9.55%) Network Security
6 19 (9.55%) VSAT
7 18 (9.05%) Wireless
8 13 (6.53%) SD-WAN
9 12 (6.03%) TCP/IP
10 10 (5.03%) SAN
10 10 (5.03%) VLAN
10 10 (5.03%) Wi-Fi
11 9 (4.52%) 802.11
11 9 (4.52%) SSL
12 7 (3.52%) WLAN
13 6 (3.02%) NAS
14 5 (2.51%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (14.57%) Power BI
2 22 (11.06%) SQL Server
3 17 (8.54%) Azure SQL Database
4 15 (7.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 7 (3.52%) Relational Database
6 6 (3.02%) Oracle Database
7 3 (1.51%) Couchbase
7 3 (1.51%) DynamoDB
7 3 (1.51%) NoSQL
7 3 (1.51%) Power Query
7 3 (1.51%) Redis
8 2 (1.01%) Metadata
8 2 (1.01%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 2 (1.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.50%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.50%) Crystal Reports
9 1 (0.50%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.50%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.50%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.50%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 6 (3.02%) JIRA
2 3 (1.51%) Git
3 1 (0.50%) Browser DevTools
3 1 (0.50%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.50%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.50%) GitLab
3 1 (0.50%) Jasmine
3 1 (0.50%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.50%) TeamCity
3 1 (0.50%) Visual Studio
General
1 98 (49.25%) Social Skills
2 46 (23.12%) Finance
3 42 (21.11%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (11.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 13 (6.53%) Law
5 13 (6.53%) Legal
5 13 (6.53%) Presentation Skills
6 11 (5.53%) Aerospace
6 11 (5.53%) Manufacturing
7 10 (5.03%) Electronics
8 9 (4.52%) Automotive
8 9 (4.52%) Billing
9 8 (4.02%) Marketing
10 7 (3.52%) Financial Institution
10 7 (3.52%) Telecoms
11 4 (2.01%) Back Office
12 3 (1.51%) French Language
12 3 (1.51%) Greek Language
12 3 (1.51%) Italian Language
12 3 (1.51%) Portuguese Language
Job Titles
1 54 (27.14%) Support Engineer
2 39 (19.60%) Technical Support
3 37 (18.59%) Technical Engineer
3 37 (18.59%) Technical Support Engineer
4 29 (14.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 20 (10.05%) Senior
6 12 (6.03%) Business Manager
6 12 (6.03%) Insight Manager
7 11 (5.53%) Lead
7 11 (5.53%) Platform Engineer
8 9 (4.52%) Analyst
8 9 (4.52%) IT Engineer
9 8 (4.02%) Cloud Engineer
10 7 (3.52%) Development Engineer
10 7 (3.52%) Integration Engineer
10 7 (3.52%) IT Support
10 7 (3.52%) IT Support Engineer
10 7 (3.52%) Network Engineer
11 6 (3.02%) Operations Engineer
11 6 (3.02%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (5.53%) REST
2 10 (5.03%) Web Services
3 9 (4.52%) 802.1X
4 6 (3.02%) SAML
4 6 (3.02%) SOAP
5 5 (2.51%) JSON
5 5 (2.51%) Middleware
5 5 (2.51%) RESTful
5 5 (2.51%) XML
6 4 (2.01%) ADO
6 4 (2.01%) Kafka
6 4 (2.01%) ModSecurity
6 4 (2.01%) OAuth
6 4 (2.01%) YAML
7 3 (1.51%) .NET
7 3 (1.51%) CSS
7 3 (1.51%) HTML
7 3 (1.51%) Memcached
7 3 (1.51%) Spring
8 2 (1.01%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 24 (12.06%) Data Centre
2 12 (6.03%) Analytical Mindset
3 9 (4.52%) Driving Licence
3 9 (4.52%) Renewable Energy
4 8 (4.02%) Onboarding
5 7 (3.52%) Cloud Native
5 7 (3.52%) CMDB
6 6 (3.02%) Low-Code
7 5 (2.51%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (2.51%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (2.01%) Management Information System
8 4 (2.01%) Security Posture
8 4 (2.01%) Virtual Team
9 3 (1.51%) Data Structures
9 3 (1.51%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (1.51%) e-Learning
9 3 (1.51%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (1.51%) Web Conferencing
10 2 (1.01%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 2 (1.01%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 53 (26.63%) Windows
2 26 (13.07%) Windows Server
3 16 (8.04%) Linux
4 11 (5.53%) Unix
5 4 (2.01%) AIX
5 4 (2.01%) VMS
6 3 (1.51%) Mac OS
6 3 (1.51%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (1.01%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.50%) Check Point GAiA
8 1 (0.50%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.50%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.50%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (41.71%) Problem-Solving
2 71 (35.68%) Continuous Improvement
3 38 (19.10%) Customer Service
4 37 (18.59%) Agile
5 32 (16.08%) Business Intelligence
5 32 (16.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 32 (16.08%) ITIL
6 29 (14.57%) Change Management
7 28 (14.07%) Analytics
8 26 (13.07%) High Availability
9 25 (12.56%) AI
10 24 (12.06%) Disaster Recovery
10 24 (12.06%) Incident Response
11 23 (11.56%) Cybersecurity
11 23 (11.56%) Process Improvement
11 23 (11.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 22 (11.06%) Business Continuity
12 22 (11.06%) Collaborative Working
12 22 (11.06%) DevOps
13 21 (10.55%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 53 (26.63%) SQL
2 26 (13.07%) PowerShell
3 20 (10.05%) Python
4 17 (8.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 14 (7.04%) C#
6 10 (5.03%) JavaScript
7 9 (4.52%) Java
7 9 (4.52%) Kusto Query Language
8 6 (3.02%) Shell Script
9 4 (2.01%) Bash
9 4 (2.01%) Scala
9 4 (2.01%) T-SQL
10 3 (1.51%) Go
10 3 (1.51%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.50%) Bicep
11 1 (0.50%) Perl
11 1 (0.50%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 33 (16.58%) Cisco Certification
2 30 (15.08%) Degree
3 29 (14.57%) Security Cleared
4 25 (12.56%) CCNA
5 23 (11.56%) SC Cleared
6 19 (9.55%) JNCIA
7 13 (6.53%) CCNP
8 12 (6.03%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 9 (4.52%) GCSC
10 7 (3.52%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (3.02%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (2.51%) Master's Degree
13 4 (2.01%) CCIE
13 4 (2.01%) DV Cleared
14 3 (1.51%) Azure Certification
14 3 (1.51%) CISA
14 3 (1.51%) CISM
15 2 (1.01%) CCSA
15 2 (1.01%) CISSP
15 2 (1.01%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (10.05%) GDPR
2 15 (7.54%) SLA
3 12 (6.03%) Actionable Recommendations
3 12 (6.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (3.02%) SOC 2
5 3 (1.51%) NIST
6 2 (1.01%) COBIT
6 2 (1.01%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.50%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.50%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.50%) WCAG
System Software
1 32 (16.08%) VMware Infrastructure
2 26 (13.07%) Active Directory
3 14 (7.04%) Hyper-V
4 13 (6.53%) Virtual Machines
5 11 (5.53%) Docker
6 9 (4.52%) vSphere
7 8 (4.02%) VMware ESXi
8 7 (3.52%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.50%) Firmware
9 1 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 23 (11.56%) Terraform
2 16 (8.04%) Kubernetes
3 15 (7.54%) Microsoft Intune
4 11 (5.53%) Ansible
5 7 (3.52%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (3.52%) vCenter Server
6 3 (1.51%) Netcool
7 2 (1.01%) FortiGate
7 2 (1.01%) Grafana
7 2 (1.01%) NetBackup
7 2 (1.01%) Puppet
7 2 (1.01%) Suricata
8 1 (0.50%) Argo
8 1 (0.50%) Cisco CUCM
8 1 (0.50%) CSIRT
8 1 (0.50%) Kibana
8 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Clustering
8 1 (0.50%) Nessus
8 1 (0.50%) PowerCLI
8 1 (0.50%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 58 (29.15%) Microsoft
2 33 (16.58%) VMware
3 30 (15.08%) Cisco
4 20 (10.05%) Dell
5 15 (7.54%) Juniper
5 15 (7.54%) Oracle
6 13 (6.53%) Freshdesk
6 13 (6.53%) IBM
6 13 (6.53%) McAfee
7 12 (6.03%) Palo Alto
8 10 (5.03%) SAP
8 10 (5.03%) ServiceNow
8 10 (5.03%) SolarWinds
9 7 (3.52%) Epicor
9 7 (3.52%) Informatica
9 7 (3.52%) Jitterbit
9 7 (3.52%) MuleSoft
9 7 (3.52%) SnapLogic
9 7 (3.52%) Software AG
9 7 (3.52%) TIBCO