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

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 567 470 542
Rank change year-on-year -97 +72 +40
Permanent jobs citing Proactive Monitoring 165 191 403
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.18% 0.43% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.46% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 104 102 318
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,170 £27,500
25th Percentile £44,500 £42,500 £37,101
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £53,594 £45,475
Median % change year-on-year -2.04% +17.85% +2.11%
75th Percentile £67,973 £67,500 £59,000
90th Percentile £87,125 £81,125 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £46,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +7.53% +9.41% -

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 68,162 41,264 88,785
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.90% 92.57% 81.89%
Number of salaries quoted 46,887 22,044 62,842
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,822 £29,607
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £91,991
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -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 17 June 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 17 June 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 -87 153 £53,094 -1.11% 59
UK excluding London -91 114 £50,000 +7.53% 61
Midlands -14 41 £50,000 +10.75% 11
London -41 40 £62,500 -3.85% 16
Work from Home -6 35 £53,499 +7.00% 37
West Midlands -21 27 £50,000 +1.18% 5
South East -24 27 £42,000 -1.18% 17
North of England -42 23 £50,000 - 11
East of England -2 16 £55,000 +15.79% 3
North West +1 14 £50,625 +3.85% 6
East Midlands -19 14 - - 6
Yorkshire -54 8 £45,000 -28.00% 3
Wales -46 4 £57,755 +51.61% 2
South West -68 3 £54,749 +15.26% 4
Scotland +6 2 - - 5
North East -47 1 - - 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 14 (8.48%) SharePoint
2 9 (5.45%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (4.24%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (3.03%) IIS
5 2 (1.21%) Apache
5 2 (1.21%) Confluence
6 1 (0.61%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.61%) CMS
6 1 (0.61%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.61%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.61%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (6.06%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.82%) SPSS
3 2 (1.21%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.61%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (0.61%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 41 (24.85%) Microsoft 365
2 40 (24.24%) Azure
3 25 (15.15%) AWS
4 21 (12.73%) Entra ID
5 12 (7.27%) Mimecast
5 12 (7.27%) SaaS
6 8 (4.85%) GCP
6 8 (4.85%) GitHub
6 8 (4.85%) Power Platform
7 5 (3.03%) OneDrive
8 4 (2.42%) Azure Monitor
8 4 (2.42%) Cloud Functions
8 4 (2.42%) GitHub Actions
8 4 (2.42%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 4 (2.42%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 4 (2.42%) Snowflake
9 3 (1.82%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (1.82%) IaaS
9 3 (1.82%) PaaS
9 3 (1.82%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 45 (27.27%) Firewall
2 39 (23.64%) LAN
3 34 (20.61%) WAN
4 13 (7.88%) VPN
5 10 (6.06%) Wi-Fi
6 9 (5.45%) DNS
6 9 (5.45%) Wireless
7 8 (4.85%) DHCP
7 8 (4.85%) Network Security
7 8 (4.85%) TCP/IP
8 7 (4.24%) SD-WAN
9 6 (3.64%) BGP
9 6 (3.64%) MPLS
9 6 (3.64%) VoIP
10 4 (2.42%) Asterisk PBX
10 4 (2.42%) Software-Defined Networking
10 4 (2.42%) VLAN
10 4 (2.42%) VPLS
11 3 (1.82%) Cisco IOS
11 3 (1.82%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (9.09%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.03%) Power BI
3 4 (2.42%) MySQL
4 3 (1.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (1.21%) BigQuery
5 2 (1.21%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.21%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.61%) Adabas
6 1 (0.61%) Amazon Athena
6 1 (0.61%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.61%) Big Data
6 1 (0.61%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.61%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (0.61%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.61%) Metadata
6 1 (0.61%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.61%) Neo4j
6 1 (0.61%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 11 (6.67%) Git
2 9 (5.45%) GitLab
3 7 (4.24%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.82%) JIRA
5 2 (1.21%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.61%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 50 (30.30%) Social Skills
2 22 (13.33%) Finance
3 18 (10.91%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (9.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 13 (7.88%) Advertising
6 11 (6.67%) Marketing
7 9 (5.45%) Legal
8 7 (4.24%) Banking
9 6 (3.64%) Automotive
9 6 (3.64%) Public Sector
10 5 (3.03%) Aerospace
10 5 (3.03%) Law
10 5 (3.03%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.21%) Corporate Banking
11 2 (1.21%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.21%) Retail
12 1 (0.61%) Back Office
12 1 (0.61%) Games
12 1 (0.61%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.61%) Military
Job Titles
1 31 (18.79%) Support Engineer
2 28 (16.97%) Senior
3 26 (15.76%) IT Engineer
4 24 (14.55%) IT Support
5 20 (12.12%) Analyst
6 16 (9.70%) IT Support Engineer
7 14 (8.48%) Technical Support
8 13 (7.88%) Platform Engineer
8 13 (7.88%) Technical Engineer
8 13 (7.88%) Technical Support Engineer
9 12 (7.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 10 (6.06%) Data Engineer
10 10 (6.06%) Security Analyst
11 9 (5.45%) Lead
12 8 (4.85%) Field Engineer
12 8 (4.85%) Field Service Engineer
12 8 (4.85%) Senior Analyst
12 8 (4.85%) Support Analyst
13 7 (4.24%) IT Analyst
14 6 (3.64%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.85%) Lightning Web Components
1 8 (4.85%) Visualforce
2 7 (4.24%) REST
3 5 (3.03%) .NET
3 5 (3.03%) CSS
3 5 (3.03%) HTML
4 4 (2.42%) Middleware
4 4 (2.42%) OpenTelemetry
4 4 (2.42%) SOAP
5 3 (1.82%) 802.1X
6 2 (1.21%) ARM Templates
6 2 (1.21%) NETCONF
6 2 (1.21%) Node.js
6 2 (1.21%) React
6 2 (1.21%) RESTCONF
7 1 (0.61%) CSS3
7 1 (0.61%) Laravel
7 1 (0.61%) PySpark
7 1 (0.61%) Serverless Framework
7 1 (0.61%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 21 (12.73%) Data Centre
2 15 (9.09%) Security Posture
3 14 (8.48%) Onboarding
4 11 (6.67%) Management Information System
4 11 (6.67%) Product Ownership
5 8 (4.85%) Cloud Native
6 7 (4.24%) Social Media
7 5 (3.03%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (3.03%) Public Cloud
7 5 (3.03%) Robotics
8 4 (2.42%) CMDB
8 4 (2.42%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (2.42%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (2.42%) PKI
8 4 (2.42%) Replication
8 4 (2.42%) Security Operations Centre
9 3 (1.82%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.82%) Clustering
9 3 (1.82%) Distributed Architecture
10 2 (1.21%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 65 (39.39%) Windows
2 20 (12.12%) Windows Server
3 18 (10.91%) Windows 10
4 14 (8.48%) Apple iOS
4 14 (8.48%) Linux
5 13 (7.88%) Android
6 5 (3.03%) Mac OS
7 4 (2.42%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (1.82%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (1.21%) Unix
10 1 (0.61%) AIX
10 1 (0.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.61%) Solaris
10 1 (0.61%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (37.58%) Continuous Improvement
2 44 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
3 32 (19.39%) ITIL
4 31 (18.79%) SIEM
5 26 (15.76%) Incident Response
6 25 (15.15%) Agile
6 25 (15.15%) AI
6 25 (15.15%) CI/CD
7 22 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
7 22 (13.33%) Root Cause Analysis
8 18 (10.91%) Infrastructure as Code
8 18 (10.91%) Platform Engineering
8 18 (10.91%) Roadmaps
9 17 (10.30%) Service Delivery
10 16 (9.70%) Change Management
10 16 (9.70%) Computer Science
10 16 (9.70%) Customer Service
10 16 (9.70%) Information Security
11 15 (9.09%) Observability
11 15 (9.09%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 30 (18.18%) Python
2 27 (16.36%) PowerShell
3 10 (6.06%) Bash
3 10 (6.06%) SQL
4 8 (4.85%) Apex Code
5 7 (4.24%) Java
6 6 (3.64%) JavaScript
7 5 (3.03%) Ruby
8 4 (2.42%) SOQL
8 4 (2.42%) SOSL
9 3 (1.82%) C
9 3 (1.82%) Shell Script
9 3 (1.82%) T-SQL
10 2 (1.21%) Go
10 2 (1.21%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (1.21%) PHP
10 2 (1.21%) Search Processing Language
11 1 (0.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.61%) Scala
11 1 (0.61%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 53 (32.12%) Degree
2 20 (12.12%) Cisco Certification
3 19 (11.52%) Security Cleared
4 12 (7.27%) Computer Science Degree
4 12 (7.27%) Microsoft Certification
5 11 (6.67%) CCNA
6 10 (6.06%) SC Cleared
7 9 (5.45%) CCNP
7 9 (5.45%) CompTIA Security+
8 8 (4.85%) CISSP
9 6 (3.64%) CCIE
9 6 (3.64%) DV Cleared
10 5 (3.03%) Master's Degree
11 4 (2.42%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (2.42%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (2.42%) CCSP
11 4 (2.42%) CISM
11 4 (2.42%) CompTIA CySA+
12 3 (1.82%) CISA
12 3 (1.82%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (13.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (12.12%) SLA
3 10 (6.06%) Cyber Essentials
4 8 (4.85%) QA
5 7 (4.24%) NIST
6 3 (1.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (1.82%) GDPR
6 3 (1.82%) SOC 2
7 2 (1.21%) Data Quality
7 2 (1.21%) GRC
7 2 (1.21%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.61%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.61%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 36 (21.82%) Active Directory
2 22 (13.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (7.27%) Docker
4 5 (3.03%) Firmware
4 5 (3.03%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (3.03%) vSphere
5 4 (2.42%) VMware NSX
6 2 (1.21%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.61%) Terminal Server
7 1 (0.61%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 23 (13.94%) Terraform
2 18 (10.91%) Ansible
3 13 (7.88%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (4.24%) Kubernetes
5 6 (3.64%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (3.03%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (2.42%) Grafana
7 4 (2.42%) SCCM
7 4 (2.42%) WSUS
8 3 (1.82%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (1.82%) Prometheus
9 2 (1.21%) FortiGate
9 2 (1.21%) Istio
9 2 (1.21%) linkerd
9 2 (1.21%) Progress Chef
9 2 (1.21%) Puppet
10 1 (0.61%) Oracle RMAN
10 1 (0.61%) Podman
10 1 (0.61%) PowerCLI
10 1 (0.61%) QRadar
Vendors
1 65 (39.39%) Microsoft
2 27 (16.36%) Cisco
3 22 (13.33%) VMware
4 15 (9.09%) Dell
5 14 (8.48%) Juniper
6 12 (7.27%) McAfee
7 11 (6.67%) Splunk
8 8 (4.85%) Logitech
8 8 (4.85%) Salesforce
8 8 (4.85%) Sophos
8 8 (4.85%) TOWER Software
9 6 (3.64%) Apple
9 6 (3.64%) Meraki
10 5 (3.03%) CheckPoint
10 5 (3.03%) CrowdStrike
10 5 (3.03%) Fortinet
10 5 (3.03%) SolarWinds
11 4 (2.42%) Google
12 3 (1.82%) Intel
12 3 (1.82%) Oracle