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

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 584 481 523
Rank change year-on-year -103 +42 +4
Permanent jobs citing Proactive Monitoring 206 220 314
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.20% 0.44% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.49% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 133 116 238
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £28,923
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 £85,750 £82,500 £76,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £44,008
% change year-on-year +5.56% +2.25% -1.18%

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 77,641 44,566 67,247
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.69% 89.32% 81.09%
Number of salaries quoted 53,461 25,406 43,850
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,000 £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 £48,073 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.41% -3.85% -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 9 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 9 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 -97 187 £50,000 -6.54% 103
UK excluding London -100 150 £47,500 +5.56% 70
Work from Home -16 62 £52,500 +10.53% 40
London -51 46 £58,250 -12.08% 39
Midlands -24 43 £50,000 +1.18% 10
South East -48 37 £42,000 -1.18% 23
North of England -39 33 £50,000 +5.26% 17
North West +7 23 £50,000 +21.21% 7
West Midlands -43 22 £50,000 +1.18% 8
East Midlands -7 21 - - 2
East of England -20 19 £55,000 +107.55% 10
Wales -62 9 £36,961 -2.97% 4
South West -84 7 £59,749 +13.81% 5
Yorkshire -53 6 £40,000 -27.27% 7
Scotland +6 4 - - 3
North East -50 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 (12.62%) Microsoft Exchange
1 26 (12.62%) SharePoint
2 7 (3.40%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.94%) IIS
4 2 (0.97%) Apache
4 2 (0.97%) 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 (9.22%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.46%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.49%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.49%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (0.49%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 65 (31.55%) Microsoft 365
2 55 (26.70%) Azure
3 32 (15.53%) Entra ID
4 30 (14.56%) AWS
5 18 (8.74%) Mimecast
6 15 (7.28%) OneDrive
7 14 (6.80%) GCP
8 12 (5.83%) GitHub
9 11 (5.34%) SaaS
10 7 (3.40%) GitHub Actions
10 7 (3.40%) Power Platform
11 6 (2.91%) Azure Monitor
11 6 (2.91%) Cloud Functions
12 5 (2.43%) Snowflake
13 4 (1.94%) Power Automate
14 3 (1.46%) Azure Key Vault
14 3 (1.46%) ChatGPT
14 3 (1.46%) dbt
14 3 (1.46%) Google Kubernetes Engine
14 3 (1.46%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 68 (33.01%) Firewall
2 50 (24.27%) LAN
3 41 (19.90%) WAN
4 25 (12.14%) DNS
5 23 (11.17%) DHCP
6 22 (10.68%) TCP/IP
7 19 (9.22%) Wi-Fi
8 17 (8.25%) Network Security
8 17 (8.25%) Wireless
9 16 (7.77%) VPN
10 10 (4.85%) VLAN
11 6 (2.91%) Broadband
11 6 (2.91%) VoIP
12 3 (1.46%) PBX
12 3 (1.46%) SD-WAN
13 2 (0.97%) SAN
14 1 (0.49%) Asterisk PBX
14 1 (0.49%) BGP
14 1 (0.49%) MPLS
14 1 (0.49%) VPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (8.25%) SQL Server
2 8 (3.88%) MySQL
3 5 (2.43%) Power BI
4 4 (1.94%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (1.46%) BigQuery
5 3 (1.46%) Metadata
6 2 (0.97%) BusinessObjects
6 2 (0.97%) Crystal Reports
6 2 (0.97%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.97%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.97%) 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 (5.34%) Git
2 8 (3.88%) Jenkins
3 6 (2.91%) GitLab
4 4 (1.94%) JIRA
5 3 (1.46%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.97%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.49%) Cypress.io
General
1 64 (31.07%) Social Skills
2 27 (13.11%) Finance
3 19 (9.22%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (8.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 17 (8.25%) Advertising
6 14 (6.80%) Marketing
6 14 (6.80%) Telecoms
7 12 (5.83%) Public Sector
8 11 (5.34%) Legal
9 10 (4.85%) Banking
10 6 (2.91%) Aerospace
10 6 (2.91%) Automotive
11 5 (2.43%) Welsh Language
12 3 (1.46%) Law
12 3 (1.46%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.46%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.46%) Retail
13 2 (0.97%) Corporate Banking
13 2 (0.97%) Digital Economy
13 2 (0.97%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 40 (19.42%) Senior
2 31 (15.05%) IT Engineer
2 31 (15.05%) Support Engineer
3 28 (13.59%) IT Support
4 24 (11.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 23 (11.17%) Analyst
6 16 (7.77%) IT Support Engineer
7 15 (7.28%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 14 (6.80%) Security Analyst
9 13 (6.31%) Field Engineer
9 13 (6.31%) Field Service Engineer
10 12 (5.83%) DevOps Engineer
10 12 (5.83%) Senior Analyst
11 11 (5.34%) Data Engineer
11 11 (5.34%) Technical Engineer
11 11 (5.34%) Technical Support
11 11 (5.34%) Technical Support Engineer
12 10 (4.85%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 10 (4.85%) Network Engineer
12 10 (4.85%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.37%) .NET
2 6 (2.91%) React
3 4 (1.94%) Lightning Web Components
3 4 (1.94%) Visualforce
4 3 (1.46%) .NET Core
4 3 (1.46%) 802.1X
4 3 (1.46%) ARM Templates
4 3 (1.46%) HTML
5 2 (0.97%) CSS
5 2 (0.97%) Middleware
5 2 (0.97%) Node.js
5 2 (0.97%) OpenTelemetry
5 2 (0.97%) REST
5 2 (0.97%) RESTful
5 2 (0.97%) Ruby on Rails
5 2 (0.97%) Spring
5 2 (0.97%) Spring Boot
6 1 (0.49%) CSS3
6 1 (0.49%) Kafka
6 1 (0.49%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 22 (10.68%) Security Posture
2 18 (8.74%) Onboarding
3 16 (7.77%) Data Centre
4 12 (5.83%) Social Media
5 11 (5.34%) Management Information System
6 9 (4.37%) Product Ownership
7 7 (3.40%) Cloud Native
7 7 (3.40%) Clustering
8 6 (2.91%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (2.43%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (2.43%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.94%) Culture of Ownership
10 4 (1.94%) Cyber Threat
10 4 (1.94%) Driving Licence
10 4 (1.94%) Replication
11 3 (1.46%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (1.46%) Robotics
11 3 (1.46%) Security Operations Centre
11 3 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
12 2 (0.97%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 81 (39.32%) Windows
2 41 (19.90%) Windows Server
3 24 (11.65%) Linux
3 24 (11.65%) Windows 10
4 19 (9.22%) Apple iOS
5 15 (7.28%) Android
6 9 (4.37%) Unix
7 4 (1.94%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.94%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.97%) AIX
8 2 (0.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.97%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.49%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (33.01%) Continuous Improvement
2 58 (28.16%) Problem-Solving
3 44 (21.36%) Incident Response
4 40 (19.42%) ITIL
5 35 (16.99%) Agile
5 35 (16.99%) CI/CD
5 35 (16.99%) Infrastructure as Code
6 33 (16.02%) SIEM
7 29 (14.08%) Root Cause Analysis
8 28 (13.59%) Cybersecurity
8 28 (13.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 25 (12.14%) Incident Management
10 23 (11.17%) Collaborative Working
10 23 (11.17%) DevOps
10 23 (11.17%) Disaster Recovery
11 22 (10.68%) AI
12 21 (10.19%) Change Management
12 21 (10.19%) Customer Service
12 21 (10.19%) High Availability
12 21 (10.19%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 48 (23.30%) Python
2 34 (16.50%) PowerShell
3 18 (8.74%) SQL
4 17 (8.25%) Bash
5 13 (6.31%) Java
6 8 (3.88%) Go
7 5 (2.43%) JavaScript
7 5 (2.43%) Kusto Query Language
7 5 (2.43%) Ruby
7 5 (2.43%) Search Processing Language
7 5 (2.43%) TypeScript
8 4 (1.94%) Apex Code
9 3 (1.46%) C
9 3 (1.46%) C#
9 3 (1.46%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.97%) PHP
10 2 (0.97%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.49%) Natural
11 1 (0.49%) Scala
Qualifications
1 52 (25.24%) Degree
2 26 (12.62%) Security Cleared
3 16 (7.77%) Cisco Certification
4 14 (6.80%) CCNA
4 14 (6.80%) Microsoft Certification
5 13 (6.31%) SC Cleared
6 11 (5.34%) DV Cleared
7 7 (3.40%) CompTIA Security+
8 6 (2.91%) CISSP
8 6 (2.91%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (2.43%) Azure Certification
9 5 (2.43%) CCNP
10 3 (1.46%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (1.46%) CISA
10 3 (1.46%) CompTIA CySA+
10 3 (1.46%) CRISC
10 3 (1.46%) MCSA
10 3 (1.46%) SSCP
11 2 (0.97%) CISM
11 2 (0.97%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (13.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 24 (11.65%) SLA
3 14 (6.80%) Cyber Essentials
4 12 (5.83%) QA
5 10 (4.85%) NIST
6 7 (3.40%) Data Quality
7 5 (2.43%) GDPR
8 3 (1.46%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.97%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.97%) 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 44 (21.36%) Active Directory
2 18 (8.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (6.31%) Docker
4 5 (2.43%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.94%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.97%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.97%) vSphere
7 1 (0.49%) Firmware
7 1 (0.49%) Terminal Server
7 1 (0.49%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.49%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 27 (13.11%) Terraform
2 23 (11.17%) Microsoft Intune
3 19 (9.22%) Ansible
4 11 (5.34%) Kubernetes
5 8 (3.88%) Grafana
6 7 (3.40%) Prometheus
7 3 (1.46%) FortiGate
7 3 (1.46%) Istio
7 3 (1.46%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (1.46%) linkerd
7 3 (1.46%) Progress Chef
7 3 (1.46%) Puppet
8 2 (0.97%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
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 91 (44.17%) Microsoft
2 23 (11.17%) Cisco
2 23 (11.17%) VMware
3 14 (6.80%) Splunk
4 13 (6.31%) Dell
4 13 (6.31%) Logitech
4 13 (6.31%) Sophos
4 13 (6.31%) TOWER Software
5 10 (4.85%) Juniper
5 10 (4.85%) McAfee
6 9 (4.37%) Zscaler
7 8 (3.88%) Oracle
7 8 (3.88%) ServiceNow
7 8 (3.88%) Tanium
8 6 (2.91%) Apple
8 6 (2.91%) Google
9 4 (1.94%) CheckPoint
9 4 (1.94%) HP
9 4 (1.94%) Red Hat
9 4 (1.94%) Salesforce