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

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 579 470 520
Rank change year-on-year -109 +50 +29
Permanent jobs citing Proactive Monitoring 201 214 334
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.20% 0.43% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.48% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 133 112 263
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,950 £27,949
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,584 £37,101
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,594 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.71% +19.10% -4.73%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £59,000
90th Percentile £85,750 £82,375 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £46,500 £43,364
% change year-on-year +2.15% +7.23% -2.63%

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 75,424 44,229 70,800
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.68% 89.64% 81.30%
Number of salaries quoted 51,991 25,065 47,390
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -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 30 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 30 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 -103 182 £50,000 -6.87% 82
UK excluding London -92 149 £47,500 +2.15% 63
Work from Home -22 60 £51,250 +2.50% 37
Midlands -27 44 £50,000 -6.87% 11
London -38 42 £58,250 -10.38% 23
South East -34 37 £42,250 -0.59% 23
North of England -36 32 £50,000 +2.56% 13
West Midlands -34 25 £50,000 -6.87% 7
North West +10 23 £50,000 +5.26% 5
East Midlands -5 19 - - 4
East of England -19 18 £55,000 +107.55% 11
Wales -58 9 £36,961 -2.97% 1
Yorkshire -43 7 £40,000 -36.00% 6
South West -88 7 £54,749 +4.28% 7
Scotland +14 4 - - 1
North East -50 2 - - 2

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 27 (13.43%) SharePoint
2 25 (12.44%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (3.48%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (2.49%) IIS
5 2 (1.00%) Apache
5 2 (1.00%) Confluence
6 1 (0.50%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.50%) CMS
6 1 (0.50%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.50%) WordPress
Applications
1 17 (8.46%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.49%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.50%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.50%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (0.50%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 64 (31.84%) Microsoft 365
2 56 (27.86%) Azure
3 32 (15.92%) AWS
4 31 (15.42%) Entra ID
5 17 (8.46%) Mimecast
6 14 (6.97%) OneDrive
7 13 (6.47%) GCP
8 11 (5.47%) SaaS
9 10 (4.98%) GitHub
10 6 (2.99%) GitHub Actions
10 6 (2.99%) Power Platform
11 5 (2.49%) Cloud Functions
12 4 (1.99%) Azure Monitor
12 4 (1.99%) Power Automate
12 4 (1.99%) Snowflake
13 3 (1.49%) Azure Sentinel
13 3 (1.49%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 3 (1.49%) IaaS
13 3 (1.49%) PaaS
13 3 (1.49%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 66 (32.84%) Firewall
2 50 (24.88%) LAN
3 41 (20.40%) WAN
4 25 (12.44%) DNS
5 23 (11.44%) DHCP
6 20 (9.95%) TCP/IP
7 18 (8.96%) Wi-Fi
8 17 (8.46%) Network Security
8 17 (8.46%) VPN
9 16 (7.96%) Wireless
10 10 (4.98%) VLAN
11 7 (3.48%) VoIP
12 5 (2.49%) Broadband
13 4 (1.99%) SD-WAN
14 3 (1.49%) PBX
15 2 (1.00%) BGP
15 2 (1.00%) MPLS
15 2 (1.00%) SAN
15 2 (1.00%) Software-Defined Networking
15 2 (1.00%) VPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (8.96%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.48%) MySQL
3 4 (1.99%) Power BI
4 3 (1.49%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (1.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (1.00%) BigQuery
5 2 (1.00%) BusinessObjects
5 2 (1.00%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (1.00%) Metadata
5 2 (1.00%) MongoDB
5 2 (1.00%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.50%) Adabas
6 1 (0.50%) Amazon Athena
6 1 (0.50%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.50%) Big Data
6 1 (0.50%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.50%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.50%) Neo4j
6 1 (0.50%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 11 (5.47%) Git
2 9 (4.48%) Jenkins
3 8 (3.98%) GitLab
4 4 (1.99%) JIRA
5 3 (1.49%) Bitbucket
6 2 (1.00%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.50%) Cypress.io
General
1 62 (30.85%) Social Skills
2 25 (12.44%) Finance
3 21 (10.45%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (8.46%) Advertising
4 17 (8.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 13 (6.47%) Marketing
5 13 (6.47%) Telecoms
6 12 (5.97%) Legal
6 12 (5.97%) Public Sector
7 7 (3.48%) Banking
8 6 (2.99%) Automotive
9 5 (2.49%) Aerospace
9 5 (2.49%) Welsh Language
10 4 (1.99%) Law
11 3 (1.49%) Retail
12 2 (1.00%) Corporate Banking
12 2 (1.00%) Digital Economy
12 2 (1.00%) Financial Institution
12 2 (1.00%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (1.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 39 (19.40%) Senior
2 34 (16.92%) Support Engineer
3 31 (15.42%) IT Engineer
4 29 (14.43%) IT Support
5 24 (11.94%) Analyst
5 24 (11.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 17 (8.46%) IT Support Engineer
7 15 (7.46%) Security Analyst
7 15 (7.46%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 13 (6.47%) Senior Analyst
9 12 (5.97%) Field Engineer
9 12 (5.97%) Field Service Engineer
9 12 (5.97%) Technical Engineer
9 12 (5.97%) Technical Support
9 12 (5.97%) Technical Support Engineer
10 11 (5.47%) Data Engineer
10 11 (5.47%) Platform Engineer
10 11 (5.47%) Senior Security Analyst
11 10 (4.98%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 9 (4.48%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.48%) .NET
2 5 (2.49%) Lightning Web Components
2 5 (2.49%) React
2 5 (2.49%) Visualforce
3 3 (1.49%) 802.1X
3 3 (1.49%) ARM Templates
3 3 (1.49%) HTML
3 3 (1.49%) OpenTelemetry
4 2 (1.00%) CSS
4 2 (1.00%) Middleware
4 2 (1.00%) Node.js
4 2 (1.00%) REST
4 2 (1.00%) RESTful
4 2 (1.00%) Ruby on Rails
4 2 (1.00%) Spring
4 2 (1.00%) Spring Boot
5 1 (0.50%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.50%) CSS3
5 1 (0.50%) HTML5
5 1 (0.50%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 22 (10.95%) Security Posture
2 17 (8.46%) Data Centre
3 14 (6.97%) Onboarding
4 12 (5.97%) Social Media
5 11 (5.47%) Management Information System
6 9 (4.48%) Product Ownership
7 7 (3.48%) Cloud Native
8 6 (2.99%) Clustering
8 6 (2.99%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (2.49%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (2.49%) Public Cloud
9 5 (2.49%) Replication
10 4 (1.99%) Cyber Threat
10 4 (1.99%) Driving Licence
10 4 (1.99%) Robotics
11 3 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (1.49%) Security Operations Centre
11 3 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
12 2 (1.00%) Culture of Ownership
12 2 (1.00%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 82 (40.80%) Windows
2 40 (19.90%) Windows Server
3 24 (11.94%) Linux
4 23 (11.44%) Windows 10
5 18 (8.96%) Apple iOS
6 14 (6.97%) Android
7 9 (4.48%) Unix
8 4 (1.99%) Mac OS
8 4 (1.99%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (1.00%) AIX
9 2 (1.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (1.00%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.50%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (34.83%) Continuous Improvement
2 54 (26.87%) Problem-Solving
3 43 (21.39%) Incident Response
4 37 (18.41%) ITIL
5 35 (17.41%) Agile
5 35 (17.41%) SIEM
6 32 (15.92%) CI/CD
7 31 (15.42%) Root Cause Analysis
8 29 (14.43%) Infrastructure as Code
9 28 (13.93%) Cybersecurity
9 28 (13.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 23 (11.44%) Disaster Recovery
11 22 (10.95%) AI
12 21 (10.45%) Change Management
12 21 (10.45%) DevOps
12 21 (10.45%) Incident Management
13 20 (9.95%) Collaborative Working
14 19 (9.45%) High Availability
14 19 (9.45%) Observability
14 19 (9.45%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 47 (23.38%) Python
2 35 (17.41%) PowerShell
3 17 (8.46%) Bash
3 17 (8.46%) SQL
4 14 (6.97%) Java
5 7 (3.48%) Go
6 6 (2.99%) Ruby
7 5 (2.49%) Apex Code
7 5 (2.49%) JavaScript
8 4 (1.99%) Kusto Query Language
8 4 (1.99%) Search Processing Language
8 4 (1.99%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.49%) C
9 3 (1.49%) Shell Script
9 3 (1.49%) T-SQL
10 2 (1.00%) C#
10 2 (1.00%) PHP
11 1 (0.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.50%) Natural
11 1 (0.50%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 53 (26.37%) Degree
2 25 (12.44%) Security Cleared
3 18 (8.96%) Cisco Certification
4 15 (7.46%) CCNA
5 14 (6.97%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (5.97%) SC Cleared
7 10 (4.98%) DV Cleared
8 8 (3.98%) CompTIA Security+
9 7 (3.48%) CISSP
10 6 (2.99%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (2.49%) Azure Certification
11 5 (2.49%) CCNP
12 4 (1.99%) CompTIA CySA+
13 3 (1.49%) CCSP
13 3 (1.49%) CISA
13 3 (1.49%) CISM
13 3 (1.49%) GCIA
13 3 (1.49%) GCIH
13 3 (1.49%) MCSA
13 3 (1.49%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (13.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (11.44%) SLA
3 16 (7.96%) Cyber Essentials
4 12 (5.97%) QA
5 11 (5.47%) NIST
6 5 (2.49%) Data Quality
6 5 (2.49%) GDPR
7 3 (1.49%) Accessibility
7 3 (1.49%) SOC 2
8 2 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (1.00%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.50%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.50%) WCAG
System Software
1 46 (22.89%) Active Directory
2 20 (9.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (6.47%) Docker
4 5 (2.49%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.99%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (1.49%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (1.49%) vSphere
7 2 (1.00%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.50%) Firmware
8 1 (0.50%) Terminal Server
8 1 (0.50%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 25 (12.44%) Terraform
2 22 (10.95%) Microsoft Intune
3 19 (9.45%) Ansible
4 10 (4.98%) Kubernetes
5 8 (3.98%) Grafana
6 7 (3.48%) Prometheus
7 4 (1.99%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (1.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (1.49%) FortiGate
8 3 (1.49%) Istio
8 3 (1.49%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (1.49%) linkerd
8 3 (1.49%) Progress Chef
8 3 (1.49%) Puppet
9 2 (1.00%) WSUS
10 1 (0.50%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.50%) Nagios
10 1 (0.50%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.50%) Oracle RMAN
10 1 (0.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 91 (45.27%) Microsoft
2 24 (11.94%) VMware
3 23 (11.44%) Cisco
4 14 (6.97%) Dell
5 13 (6.47%) Splunk
6 12 (5.97%) Logitech
6 12 (5.97%) Sophos
6 12 (5.97%) TOWER Software
7 11 (5.47%) Juniper
7 11 (5.47%) McAfee
8 8 (3.98%) ServiceNow
8 8 (3.98%) Tanium
8 8 (3.98%) Zscaler
9 7 (3.48%) Oracle
10 6 (2.99%) Apple
11 5 (2.49%) CrowdStrike
11 5 (2.49%) Google
11 5 (2.49%) Salesforce
12 4 (1.99%) CheckPoint
12 4 (1.99%) Meraki