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

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 566 485 514
Rank change year-on-year -81 +29 +47
Permanent jobs citing Proactive Monitoring 191 209 361
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.19% 0.43% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.47% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 127 108 286
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,775 £28,122
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £37,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,688 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.87% +19.31% -4.73%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £84,750 £84,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £43,227
% change year-on-year - +9.89% -2.94%

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 73,727 44,243 76,601
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.60% 89.97% 81.83%
Number of salaries quoted 51,045 24,911 52,533
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +1.82% -8.73%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,474 £93,750
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 22 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 22 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 -82 175 £50,000 -6.87% 76
UK excluding London -94 143 £47,500 - 56
Work from Home +1 56 £50,000 - 44
Midlands -17 44 £50,000 +1.18% 8
London -34 37 £56,500 -13.08% 27
South East -31 36 £42,250 -0.59% 21
North of England -32 31 £50,000 +2.56% 13
West Midlands -23 26 £50,000 -6.87% 5
North West +5 22 £50,000 +5.26% 5
East of England +4 18 £55,000 +107.55% 6
East Midlands -11 18 - - 3
Yorkshire -52 8 £40,000 -36.00% 7
Wales -59 6 £36,961 -2.97% 3
South West -88 6 £55,000 -8.33% 7
Scotland +16 4 - -
North East -51 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 25 (13.09%) SharePoint
2 22 (11.52%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (3.66%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (2.62%) IIS
5 2 (1.05%) Apache
5 2 (1.05%) Confluence
6 1 (0.52%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.52%) CMS
6 1 (0.52%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.52%) WordPress
Applications
1 15 (7.85%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.57%) SPSS
3 1 (0.52%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.52%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.52%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (0.52%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 60 (31.41%) Microsoft 365
2 52 (27.23%) Azure
3 30 (15.71%) AWS
4 27 (14.14%) Entra ID
5 16 (8.38%) Mimecast
6 12 (6.28%) OneDrive
7 10 (5.24%) GCP
7 10 (5.24%) SaaS
8 8 (4.19%) GitHub
9 4 (2.09%) Cloud Functions
9 4 (2.09%) GitHub Actions
9 4 (2.09%) Power Automate
9 4 (2.09%) Power Platform
9 4 (2.09%) Snowflake
10 3 (1.57%) Azure Monitor
10 3 (1.57%) Azure Sentinel
10 3 (1.57%) Google Compute Engine
10 3 (1.57%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 3 (1.57%) IaaS
10 3 (1.57%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 63 (32.98%) Firewall
2 48 (25.13%) LAN
3 41 (21.47%) WAN
4 23 (12.04%) DNS
5 22 (11.52%) DHCP
6 19 (9.95%) VPN
7 17 (8.90%) TCP/IP
7 17 (8.90%) Wi-Fi
7 17 (8.90%) Wireless
8 15 (7.85%) Network Security
9 10 (5.24%) VLAN
10 8 (4.19%) VoIP
11 6 (3.14%) SD-WAN
12 5 (2.62%) Broadband
13 4 (2.09%) BGP
13 4 (2.09%) MPLS
14 3 (1.57%) Asterisk PBX
14 3 (1.57%) PBX
14 3 (1.57%) Software-Defined Networking
14 3 (1.57%) VPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (8.38%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.62%) MySQL
3 3 (1.57%) Power BI
3 3 (1.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (1.05%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (1.05%) Crystal Reports
4 2 (1.05%) Metadata
4 2 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.05%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.52%) Adabas
5 1 (0.52%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.52%) Big Data
5 1 (0.52%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.52%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.52%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.52%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.52%) Neo4j
5 1 (0.52%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 10 (5.24%) Git
2 9 (4.71%) GitLab
3 8 (4.19%) Jenkins
4 4 (2.09%) JIRA
5 3 (1.57%) Bitbucket
6 2 (1.05%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 59 (30.89%) Social Skills
2 23 (12.04%) Finance
3 19 (9.95%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (8.38%) Advertising
5 14 (7.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (6.81%) Marketing
7 12 (6.28%) Legal
7 12 (6.28%) Telecoms
8 10 (5.24%) Public Sector
9 6 (3.14%) Aerospace
9 6 (3.14%) Automotive
9 6 (3.14%) Banking
10 4 (2.09%) Law
10 4 (2.09%) Welsh Language
11 3 (1.57%) Retail
12 2 (1.05%) Corporate Banking
12 2 (1.05%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.52%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.52%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.52%) Police
Job Titles
1 37 (19.37%) Senior
2 36 (18.85%) Support Engineer
3 32 (16.75%) IT Engineer
4 31 (16.23%) IT Support
5 24 (12.57%) Analyst
6 21 (10.99%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 19 (9.95%) IT Support Engineer
8 15 (7.85%) Security Analyst
9 13 (6.81%) Senior Analyst
9 13 (6.81%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 12 (6.28%) Technical Engineer
10 12 (6.28%) Technical Support
10 12 (6.28%) Technical Support Engineer
11 11 (5.76%) Data Engineer
11 11 (5.76%) Field Engineer
11 11 (5.76%) Field Service Engineer
11 11 (5.76%) Platform Engineer
11 11 (5.76%) Senior Security Analyst
12 10 (5.24%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 9 (4.71%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.14%) .NET
1 6 (3.14%) Lightning Web Components
1 6 (3.14%) Visualforce
2 4 (2.09%) HTML
2 4 (2.09%) REST
3 3 (1.57%) 802.1X
3 3 (1.57%) ARM Templates
3 3 (1.57%) CSS
3 3 (1.57%) Middleware
3 3 (1.57%) OpenTelemetry
3 3 (1.57%) React
4 2 (1.05%) Node.js
4 2 (1.05%) SOAP
5 1 (0.52%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.52%) CSS3
5 1 (0.52%) Kafka
5 1 (0.52%) Laravel
5 1 (0.52%) NETCONF
5 1 (0.52%) RESTCONF
5 1 (0.52%) Serverless Framework
Miscellaneous
1 22 (11.52%) Security Posture
2 18 (9.42%) Data Centre
3 11 (5.76%) Management Information System
3 11 (5.76%) Onboarding
4 10 (5.24%) Social Media
5 9 (4.71%) Product Ownership
6 7 (3.66%) Cloud Native
7 6 (3.14%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (2.62%) Clustering
8 5 (2.62%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (2.62%) Public Cloud
8 5 (2.62%) Robotics
9 4 (2.09%) Cyber Threat
9 4 (2.09%) Replication
10 3 (1.57%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.57%) Driving Licence
10 3 (1.57%) PKI
10 3 (1.57%) Security Operations Centre
10 3 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (1.05%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 77 (40.31%) Windows
2 35 (18.32%) Windows Server
3 22 (11.52%) Windows 10
4 21 (10.99%) Linux
5 17 (8.90%) Apple iOS
6 13 (6.81%) Android
7 7 (3.66%) Unix
8 4 (2.09%) Mac OS
8 4 (2.09%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (1.05%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.52%) AIX
10 1 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.52%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (33.51%) Continuous Improvement
2 52 (27.23%) Problem-Solving
3 38 (19.90%) Incident Response
4 36 (18.85%) SIEM
5 35 (18.32%) ITIL
6 32 (16.75%) Agile
7 29 (15.18%) CI/CD
8 28 (14.66%) Cybersecurity
9 27 (14.14%) Root Cause Analysis
10 26 (13.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 25 (13.09%) Infrastructure as Code
12 22 (11.52%) AI
13 20 (10.47%) Disaster Recovery
14 18 (9.42%) Change Management
14 18 (9.42%) Collaborative Working
14 18 (9.42%) Platform Engineering
15 17 (8.90%) Customer Service
15 17 (8.90%) DevOps
15 17 (8.90%) High Availability
16 16 (8.38%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 41 (21.47%) Python
2 34 (17.80%) PowerShell
3 16 (8.38%) SQL
4 14 (7.33%) Bash
5 12 (6.28%) Java
6 6 (3.14%) Apex Code
7 5 (2.62%) Go
7 5 (2.62%) JavaScript
7 5 (2.62%) Ruby
8 4 (2.09%) Kusto Query Language
8 4 (2.09%) Search Processing Language
9 3 (1.57%) C
9 3 (1.57%) Shell Script
9 3 (1.57%) T-SQL
10 2 (1.05%) C#
10 2 (1.05%) PHP
10 2 (1.05%) SOQL
10 2 (1.05%) SOSL
10 2 (1.05%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 55 (28.80%) Degree
2 23 (12.04%) Security Cleared
3 21 (10.99%) Cisco Certification
4 17 (8.90%) CCNA
5 14 (7.33%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (5.76%) SC Cleared
7 10 (5.24%) DV Cleared
8 8 (4.19%) CompTIA Security+
8 8 (4.19%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (3.66%) CCNP
9 7 (3.66%) CISSP
10 5 (2.62%) Azure Certification
11 4 (2.09%) CompTIA CySA+
12 3 (1.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 3 (1.57%) CISA
12 3 (1.57%) CISM
12 3 (1.57%) CRISC
12 3 (1.57%) GCIA
12 3 (1.57%) OSCP
12 3 (1.57%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (14.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (9.95%) SLA
3 16 (8.38%) Cyber Essentials
4 11 (5.76%) NIST
5 9 (4.71%) QA
6 5 (2.62%) Data Quality
6 5 (2.62%) GDPR
7 3 (1.57%) SOC 2
8 2 (1.05%) Accessibility
8 2 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (1.05%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.52%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 44 (23.04%) Active Directory
2 21 (10.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (6.81%) Docker
4 5 (2.62%) Hyper-V
5 4 (2.09%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (2.09%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (2.09%) vSphere
6 3 (1.57%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.52%) Firmware
7 1 (0.52%) Terminal Server
7 1 (0.52%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 24 (12.57%) Terraform
2 19 (9.95%) Ansible
2 19 (9.95%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (5.24%) Kubernetes
4 7 (3.66%) Grafana
5 5 (2.62%) Prometheus
6 4 (2.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (2.09%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (1.57%) FortiGate
7 3 (1.57%) Istio
7 3 (1.57%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (1.57%) linkerd
7 3 (1.57%) Progress Chef
7 3 (1.57%) Puppet
7 3 (1.57%) WSUS
8 1 (0.52%) Oracle RMAN
8 1 (0.52%) Podman
8 1 (0.52%) PowerCLI
8 1 (0.52%) QRadar
8 1 (0.52%) SCCM
Vendors
1 86 (45.03%) Microsoft
2 23 (12.04%) Cisco
2 23 (12.04%) VMware
3 14 (7.33%) Dell
4 12 (6.28%) Splunk
5 11 (5.76%) Juniper
5 11 (5.76%) Logitech
5 11 (5.76%) McAfee
5 11 (5.76%) Sophos
5 11 (5.76%) TOWER Software
6 8 (4.19%) Tanium
7 7 (3.66%) ServiceNow
8 6 (3.14%) Apple
8 6 (3.14%) Salesforce
8 6 (3.14%) Zscaler
9 5 (2.62%) CheckPoint
9 5 (2.62%) CrowdStrike
9 5 (2.62%) Meraki
9 5 (2.62%) Oracle
9 5 (2.62%) SolarWinds