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

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 478 518 502
Rank change year-on-year +40 -16 +206
Permanent jobs citing Proactive Monitoring 202 151 339
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.28% 0.33% 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.36% 0.35% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 106 94 285
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,300 £27,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £41,063 £37,101
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +21.05% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £69,848 £61,538 £60,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £77,250 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% +5.88% -

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 56,435 42,676 68,967
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 78.59% 93.36% 87.81%
Number of salaries quoted 33,915 21,866 52,740
10th Percentile £29,250 £32,500 £29,329
25th Percentile £38,750 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £76,463 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +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 5 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Proactive Monitoring in the UK

Proactive Monitoring
Top 17 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 5 March 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 +35 180 £57,500 +21.05% 86
UK excluding London +29 130 £50,000 +11.11% 74
London +35 57 £62,000 +18.10% 26
Work from Home +25 56 £57,500 +13.30% 35
North of England -19 36 £50,000 +8.11% 12
Midlands +11 32 £33,000 -34.00% 14
South East -7 29 £48,000 +20.00% 22
North West -2 23 £49,375 +1.28% 9
West Midlands +12 21 £70,000 +3.70% 6
East of England +11 17 £47,500 - 13
East Midlands -20 11 £33,000 -26.67% 8
Yorkshire -42 9 £50,000 +11.11% 3
Scotland -7 6 £97,500 +2.63% 5
South West -22 5 £53,750 +19.44% 8
North East - 4 £48,445 -
Wales -9 3 £68,500 +44.80% 2
Northern Ireland - 2 - - 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 26 (12.87%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.96%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (3.47%) Anypoint
3 7 (3.47%) IIS
4 2 (0.99%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.99%) Confluence
5 1 (0.50%) Appian
5 1 (0.50%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.50%) Palantir Foundry
5 1 (0.50%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (6.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.48%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (1.98%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.98%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.50%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.50%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 6 (2.97%) Shopify
2 1 (0.50%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 77 (38.12%) Azure
2 52 (25.74%) Microsoft 365
3 36 (17.82%) Power Platform
4 33 (16.34%) AWS
4 33 (16.34%) Entra ID
5 13 (6.44%) Azure Data Factory
5 13 (6.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 13 (6.44%) SaaS
6 12 (5.94%) Azure Monitor
7 9 (4.46%) Microsoft Purview
8 8 (3.96%) Azure Storage
8 8 (3.96%) OneDrive
8 8 (3.96%) Power Automate
9 7 (3.47%) Boomi
9 7 (3.47%) GitHub
9 7 (3.47%) iPaaS
9 7 (3.47%) Workato
10 6 (2.97%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (2.97%) Datadog
11 5 (2.48%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 45 (22.28%) WAN
2 37 (18.32%) Firewall
3 32 (15.84%) LAN
4 19 (9.41%) VPN
5 15 (7.43%) SD-WAN
6 13 (6.44%) DHCP
6 13 (6.44%) DNS
7 10 (4.95%) Cisco IOS
8 9 (4.46%) BGP
8 9 (4.46%) Network Security
8 9 (4.46%) WAAS
8 9 (4.46%) WLAN
9 8 (3.96%) MPLS
10 7 (3.47%) Wireless
11 6 (2.97%) TCP/IP
12 5 (2.48%) OSPF
12 5 (2.48%) SAN
12 5 (2.48%) Software-Defined Networking
12 5 (2.48%) VoIP
13 4 (1.98%) Asterisk PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (13.37%) Power BI
1 27 (13.37%) SQL Server
2 17 (8.42%) Azure SQL Database
3 15 (7.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 6 (2.97%) Relational Database
5 5 (2.48%) Couchbase
5 5 (2.48%) DynamoDB
5 5 (2.48%) NoSQL
5 5 (2.48%) Redis
6 3 (1.49%) Oracle Database
6 3 (1.49%) Power Query
7 2 (0.99%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.99%) Metadata
7 2 (0.99%) MySQL
7 2 (0.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.50%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.50%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 8 (3.96%) Git
2 6 (2.97%) GitLab
3 4 (1.98%) JIRA
4 1 (0.50%) Browser DevTools
4 1 (0.50%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.50%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.50%) Jasmine
4 1 (0.50%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.50%) TeamCity
General
1 86 (42.57%) Social Skills
2 44 (21.78%) Analytical Skills
3 41 (20.30%) Finance
4 21 (10.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 12 (5.94%) Law
5 12 (5.94%) Marketing
5 12 (5.94%) Presentation Skills
6 9 (4.46%) Legal
7 6 (2.97%) Public Sector
7 6 (2.97%) Telecoms
8 5 (2.48%) Aerospace
9 4 (1.98%) Banking
9 4 (1.98%) Financial Institution
10 3 (1.49%) French Language
10 3 (1.49%) Greek Language
10 3 (1.49%) Italian Language
10 3 (1.49%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.49%) Portuguese Language
10 3 (1.49%) Retail
10 3 (1.49%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 41 (20.30%) Support Engineer
2 29 (14.36%) Senior
3 26 (12.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 20 (9.90%) IT Support
5 19 (9.41%) Lead
5 19 (9.41%) Platform Engineer
6 18 (8.91%) IT Engineer
6 18 (8.91%) IT Support Engineer
7 15 (7.43%) Technical Support
8 13 (6.44%) Technical Engineer
8 13 (6.44%) Technical Support Engineer
9 12 (5.94%) Analyst
9 12 (5.94%) Business Manager
9 12 (5.94%) Insight Manager
10 9 (4.46%) Development Engineer
11 8 (3.96%) Architect
11 8 (3.96%) Network Engineer
11 8 (3.96%) Support Analyst
12 7 (3.47%) Integration Engineer
12 7 (3.47%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (6.93%) REST
2 9 (4.46%) SOAP
3 7 (3.47%) Middleware
3 7 (3.47%) Web Services
4 6 (2.97%) Lightning Web Components
4 6 (2.97%) RESTful
4 6 (2.97%) Visualforce
5 5 (2.48%) CSS
5 5 (2.48%) HTML
5 5 (2.48%) JSON
5 5 (2.48%) Kafka
5 5 (2.48%) Memcached
5 5 (2.48%) Spring
5 5 (2.48%) XML
6 4 (1.98%) ADO
6 4 (1.98%) NETCONF
6 4 (1.98%) OAuth
6 4 (1.98%) RESTCONF
6 4 (1.98%) SAML
6 4 (1.98%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (11.39%) Data Centre
2 14 (6.93%) CMDB
2 14 (6.93%) Onboarding
3 12 (5.94%) Analytical Mindset
4 11 (5.45%) Management Information System
5 10 (4.95%) Cloud Native
6 9 (4.46%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (3.47%) Driving Licence
8 6 (2.97%) Distributed Systems
8 6 (2.97%) Low-Code
8 6 (2.97%) Virtual Team
9 5 (2.48%) Data Structures
9 5 (2.48%) Mobile App
9 5 (2.48%) Product Ownership
9 5 (2.48%) Robotics
9 5 (2.48%) Video Conferencing
10 4 (1.98%) Distributed Architecture
10 4 (1.98%) PKI
10 4 (1.98%) Public Cloud
11 3 (1.49%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 69 (34.16%) Windows
2 26 (12.87%) Windows Server
3 22 (10.89%) Linux
4 11 (5.45%) Android
5 9 (4.46%) Unix
6 5 (2.48%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (1.98%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.98%) VMS
8 3 (1.49%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.99%) AIX
9 2 (0.99%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.99%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.50%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.50%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.50%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (45.54%) Continuous Improvement
2 72 (35.64%) Problem-Solving
3 44 (21.78%) ITIL
4 42 (20.79%) AI
4 42 (20.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 39 (19.31%) Agile
6 33 (16.34%) Analytics
7 31 (15.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 30 (14.85%) Business Intelligence
9 28 (13.86%) DevOps
10 27 (13.37%) Change Management
10 27 (13.37%) CI/CD
11 24 (11.88%) Process Improvement
11 24 (11.88%) SIEM
12 23 (11.39%) Roadmaps
12 23 (11.39%) Root Cause Analysis
13 22 (10.89%) Computer Science
13 22 (10.89%) Incident Response
13 22 (10.89%) Observability
13 22 (10.89%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 43 (21.29%) SQL
2 28 (13.86%) Python
3 27 (13.37%) PowerShell
4 17 (8.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 13 (6.44%) Java
6 11 (5.45%) C#
6 11 (5.45%) JavaScript
7 9 (4.46%) Kusto Query Language
8 6 (2.97%) Apex Code
8 6 (2.97%) Scala
8 6 (2.97%) Shell Script
9 5 (2.48%) Kotlin
10 4 (1.98%) Ruby
10 4 (1.98%) SOQL
10 4 (1.98%) SOSL
11 3 (1.49%) Perl
11 3 (1.49%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.99%) Bash
12 2 (0.99%) Go
13 1 (0.50%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 54 (26.73%) Degree
2 27 (13.37%) Security Cleared
3 24 (11.88%) Cisco Certification
4 20 (9.90%) SC Cleared
5 16 (7.92%) CCNP
5 16 (7.92%) Microsoft Certification
6 15 (7.43%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (5.94%) CCIE
7 12 (5.94%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 11 (5.45%) Master's Degree
9 8 (3.96%) CCNA
9 8 (3.96%) DV Cleared
10 7 (3.47%) CISSP
11 5 (2.48%) CISA
11 5 (2.48%) JNCIP
12 4 (1.98%) Azure Certification
12 4 (1.98%) CISM
12 4 (1.98%) DBS Check
13 3 (1.49%) OSCP
14 2 (0.99%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (12.87%) SLA
2 16 (7.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (7.43%) GDPR
4 12 (5.94%) Actionable Recommendations
5 6 (2.97%) SOC 2
6 5 (2.48%) GRC
7 4 (1.98%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (1.98%) QA
8 3 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.99%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.99%) NIST
System Software
1 40 (19.80%) Active Directory
2 29 (14.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (5.94%) VMware ESXi
4 10 (4.95%) Docker
4 10 (4.95%) Firmware
4 10 (4.95%) Virtual Machines
4 10 (4.95%) vSphere
5 7 (3.47%) Hyper-V
6 5 (2.48%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (1.98%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 28 (13.86%) Terraform
2 27 (13.37%) Microsoft Intune
3 21 (10.40%) Ansible
4 15 (7.43%) Kubernetes
5 11 (5.45%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (4.46%) SCCM
7 6 (2.97%) vCenter Server
8 5 (2.48%) WSUS
9 4 (1.98%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.99%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.99%) NetBackup
10 2 (0.99%) PowerCLI
11 1 (0.50%) Argo
11 1 (0.50%) Control-M
11 1 (0.50%) Kibana
11 1 (0.50%) Nagios
11 1 (0.50%) Nessus
11 1 (0.50%) Netcool
11 1 (0.50%) Puppet
Vendors
1 72 (35.64%) Microsoft
2 40 (19.80%) Cisco
3 29 (14.36%) VMware
4 20 (9.90%) Dell
5 18 (8.91%) Juniper
6 15 (7.43%) Splunk
7 13 (6.44%) McAfee
8 12 (5.94%) SAP
9 11 (5.45%) IBM
10 10 (4.95%) Fortinet
10 10 (4.95%) Oracle
11 8 (3.96%) New Relic
11 8 (3.96%) Salesforce
12 7 (3.47%) Epicor
12 7 (3.47%) Infor
12 7 (3.47%) Informatica
12 7 (3.47%) SnapLogic
12 7 (3.47%) Software AG
12 7 (3.47%) Talend
12 7 (3.47%) TIBCO