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

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 600 461 517
Rank change year-on-year -139 +56 -38
Permanent jobs citing Proactive Monitoring 207 219 287
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.18% 0.44% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.50% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 129 122 189
10th Percentile £34,800 £32,500 £30,200
25th Percentile £42,000 £40,000 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,594 £45,475
Median % change year-on-year -6.71% +17.85% -4.26%
75th Percentile £61,250 £68,438 £57,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £76,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £44,982
% change year-on-year +17.65% -5.52% -0.04%

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 82,520 44,009 63,385
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.04% 88.59% 80.80%
Number of salaries quoted 57,449 24,888 36,814
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,500 £31,875
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,288 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%

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 September 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 September 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 -129 185 £52,500 -2.21% 115
UK excluding London -125 150 £50,000 +17.65% 89
Work from Home -16 69 £52,500 +5.00% 64
London -61 48 £56,500 -16.30% 35
Midlands -42 38 £50,000 +10.93% 19
South East -34 34 £42,000 -1.18% 15
North of England -56 32 £50,000 +5.26% 27
North West -1 22 £50,000 +36.39% 18
East Midlands -5 22 - - 7
East of England -13 22 £80,000 +201.89% 14
West Midlands -45 16 £50,000 +10.93% 12
South West -96 12 £57,500 +9.52% 8
Wales -73 10 £36,961 -2.97% 4
Yorkshire -61 6 £40,000 -27.27% 5
Scotland +8 4 - - 3
North East -57 4 - - 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 26 (12.56%) Microsoft Exchange
1 26 (12.56%) SharePoint
2 7 (3.38%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.97%) Apache
3 2 (0.97%) Confluence
3 2 (0.97%) IIS
4 1 (0.48%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.48%) CMS
4 1 (0.48%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.48%) WordPress
Applications
1 17 (8.21%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.45%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.48%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.48%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (0.48%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 67 (32.37%) Microsoft 365
2 48 (23.19%) Azure
3 29 (14.01%) AWS
4 27 (13.04%) Entra ID
5 22 (10.63%) Mimecast
6 18 (8.70%) GCP
7 15 (7.25%) OneDrive
8 13 (6.28%) GitHub
9 8 (3.86%) GitHub Actions
9 8 (3.86%) SaaS
10 6 (2.90%) Azure Monitor
10 6 (2.90%) Cloud Functions
10 6 (2.90%) Power Platform
10 6 (2.90%) Snowflake
11 5 (2.42%) Microsoft Copilot
12 4 (1.93%) AWS Lambda
12 4 (1.93%) dbt
12 4 (1.93%) Power Automate
12 4 (1.93%) Serverless
13 3 (1.45%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 69 (33.33%) Firewall
2 45 (21.74%) LAN
3 39 (18.84%) WAN
4 26 (12.56%) DNS
5 23 (11.11%) DHCP
6 22 (10.63%) TCP/IP
7 20 (9.66%) Network Security
8 18 (8.70%) Wireless
9 17 (8.21%) Wi-Fi
10 13 (6.28%) VPN
11 10 (4.83%) VLAN
12 6 (2.90%) Broadband
13 5 (2.42%) VoIP
14 3 (1.45%) PBX
14 3 (1.45%) SD-WAN
15 2 (0.97%) SAN
15 2 (0.97%) Wireless Security
16 1 (0.48%) Fibre Channel
16 1 (0.48%) Structured Cabling
16 1 (0.48%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (6.76%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.38%) MySQL
2 7 (3.38%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (1.93%) Power BI
4 3 (1.45%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (1.45%) BigQuery
4 3 (1.45%) Metadata
5 2 (0.97%) BusinessObjects
5 2 (0.97%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (0.97%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.97%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.97%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.48%) Adabas
6 1 (0.48%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.48%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.48%) Big Data
6 1 (0.48%) DTS
6 1 (0.48%) Neo4j
6 1 (0.48%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 11 (5.31%) Jenkins
2 10 (4.83%) Git
3 5 (2.42%) GitLab
4 4 (1.93%) JIRA
5 3 (1.45%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.97%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (0.97%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.97%) Maven
6 2 (0.97%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 59 (28.50%) Social Skills
2 37 (17.87%) Finance
3 23 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 19 (9.18%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (8.21%) Advertising
6 14 (6.76%) Telecoms
7 13 (6.28%) Marketing
7 13 (6.28%) Public Sector
8 11 (5.31%) Legal
9 10 (4.83%) Banking
10 9 (4.35%) Aerospace
11 7 (3.38%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (2.90%) Automotive
12 6 (2.90%) Retail
13 5 (2.42%) Law
13 5 (2.42%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (2.42%) Welsh Language
14 4 (1.93%) Manufacturing
15 2 (0.97%) Digital Economy
15 2 (0.97%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 47 (22.71%) Senior
2 30 (14.49%) IT Engineer
3 25 (12.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 22 (10.63%) Analyst
4 22 (10.63%) IT Support
5 20 (9.66%) Support Engineer
6 17 (8.21%) Field Engineer
6 17 (8.21%) Field Service Engineer
7 15 (7.25%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 14 (6.76%) Security Analyst
9 13 (6.28%) DevOps Engineer
10 11 (5.31%) IT Support Engineer
10 11 (5.31%) Senior Analyst
11 10 (4.83%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 10 (4.83%) Data Engineer
11 10 (4.83%) Network Engineer
11 10 (4.83%) Platform Engineer
11 10 (4.83%) Senior Security Analyst
11 10 (4.83%) Software Engineer
12 9 (4.35%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (15.46%) Terraform
2 8 (3.86%) React
3 7 (3.38%) .NET
4 4 (1.93%) OpenTelemetry
5 3 (1.45%) .NET Core
5 3 (1.45%) 802.1X
5 3 (1.45%) ARM Templates
5 3 (1.45%) Ruby on Rails
5 3 (1.45%) Spring
5 3 (1.45%) Spring Boot
6 2 (0.97%) HTML
6 2 (0.97%) Jest
6 2 (0.97%) Next.js
6 2 (0.97%) Node.js
6 2 (0.97%) Playwright
6 2 (0.97%) RESTful
7 1 (0.48%) CSS3
7 1 (0.48%) Laravel
7 1 (0.48%) Lightning Web Components
7 1 (0.48%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 24 (11.59%) Security Posture
2 17 (8.21%) Onboarding
3 13 (6.28%) Social Media
4 11 (5.31%) Cloud Native
5 10 (4.83%) Data Centre
6 9 (4.35%) Management Information System
6 9 (4.35%) Product Ownership
7 7 (3.38%) Clustering
8 6 (2.90%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (2.42%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (2.42%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (2.42%) Replication
9 5 (2.42%) Security Operations Centre
10 4 (1.93%) Culture of Ownership
10 4 (1.93%) Distributed Systems
10 4 (1.93%) Driving Licence
11 3 (1.45%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (1.45%) Cyber Threat
11 3 (1.45%) Public Cloud
11 3 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 71 (34.30%) Windows
2 40 (19.32%) Windows Server
3 26 (12.56%) Windows 10
4 25 (12.08%) Linux
5 20 (9.66%) Apple iOS
6 17 (8.21%) Android
7 9 (4.35%) Unix
8 4 (1.93%) Mac OS
8 4 (1.93%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (1.45%) AIX
10 2 (0.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.97%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.48%) Solaris
11 1 (0.48%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (30.92%) Continuous Improvement
2 59 (28.50%) Problem-Solving
3 47 (22.71%) ITIL
4 46 (22.22%) Incident Response
5 39 (18.84%) Infrastructure as Code
6 35 (16.91%) Agile
7 32 (15.46%) CI/CD
8 29 (14.01%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 28 (13.53%) Root Cause Analysis
10 27 (13.04%) Cybersecurity
10 27 (13.04%) Disaster Recovery
11 26 (12.56%) Customer Service
11 26 (12.56%) SIEM
12 24 (11.59%) Collaborative Working
12 24 (11.59%) High Availability
13 23 (11.11%) Observability
14 22 (10.63%) DevOps
14 22 (10.63%) Incident Management
14 22 (10.63%) Project Delivery
15 21 (10.14%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 47 (22.71%) Python
2 37 (17.87%) PowerShell
3 18 (8.70%) Bash
3 18 (8.70%) SQL
4 15 (7.25%) Java
5 9 (4.35%) Go
6 7 (3.38%) TypeScript
7 6 (2.90%) Kusto Query Language
7 6 (2.90%) Search Processing Language
8 5 (2.42%) JavaScript
9 4 (1.93%) Ruby
10 3 (1.45%) C
10 3 (1.45%) C#
10 3 (1.45%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.97%) PHP
12 1 (0.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.48%) Natural
12 1 (0.48%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.48%) Scala
12 1 (0.48%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 42 (20.29%) Degree
2 29 (14.01%) Security Cleared
3 16 (7.73%) DV Cleared
4 15 (7.25%) Cisco Certification
5 13 (6.28%) CCNA
6 12 (5.80%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (5.80%) SC Cleared
7 7 (3.38%) CompTIA Security+
8 5 (2.42%) Azure Certification
8 5 (2.42%) CCNP
9 4 (1.93%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.93%) CISSP
9 4 (1.93%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.45%) CompTIA CySA+
10 3 (1.45%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (1.45%) MCSA
10 3 (1.45%) PMI Certification
10 3 (1.45%) SSCP
11 2 (0.97%) CCSP
11 2 (0.97%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (13.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (7.73%) SLA
3 13 (6.28%) Cyber Essentials
4 10 (4.83%) NIST
5 8 (3.86%) Data Quality
5 8 (3.86%) QA
6 5 (2.42%) GDPR
7 4 (1.93%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.97%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.97%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.97%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.97%) WCAG
9 1 (0.48%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 38 (18.36%) Active Directory
2 13 (6.28%) Docker
3 11 (5.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (2.42%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.93%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.48%) Firmware
6 1 (0.48%) Terminal Server
6 1 (0.48%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 21 (10.14%) Ansible
1 21 (10.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (8.21%) Kubernetes
3 11 (5.31%) Grafana
4 10 (4.83%) Prometheus
5 5 (2.42%) Progress Chef
6 3 (1.45%) FortiGate
6 3 (1.45%) Istio
6 3 (1.45%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (1.45%) linkerd
6 3 (1.45%) Puppet
7 2 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.48%) Argo
8 1 (0.48%) Autotask
8 1 (0.48%) Forefront Identity Manager
8 1 (0.48%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 1 (0.48%) Podman
8 1 (0.48%) QRadar
8 1 (0.48%) VxRail
Vendors
1 88 (42.51%) Microsoft
2 18 (8.70%) Cisco
3 17 (8.21%) Logitech
3 17 (8.21%) Sophos
3 17 (8.21%) TOWER Software
4 16 (7.73%) VMware
5 15 (7.25%) Splunk
6 9 (4.35%) Oracle
6 9 (4.35%) Zscaler
7 8 (3.86%) ServiceNow
7 8 (3.86%) Tanium
8 7 (3.38%) Dell
9 6 (2.90%) Google
9 6 (2.90%) RedGate
10 5 (2.42%) Apple
10 5 (2.42%) Meraki
10 5 (2.42%) YouTube
11 4 (1.93%) CheckPoint
11 4 (1.93%) HP
11 4 (1.93%) Juniper