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

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 572 473 541
Rank change year-on-year -99 +68 +45
Permanent jobs citing Proactive Monitoring 173 194 398
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.18% 0.43% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.46% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 110 100 316
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,153 £27,500
25th Percentile £43,877 £42,500 £37,101
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,688 £45,475
Median % change year-on-year -6.87% +18.06% +1.06%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £59,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £81,875 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% +11.76% -

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 69,702 41,872 87,252
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.38% 92.19% 82.13%
Number of salaries quoted 48,070 22,602 61,776
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £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 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,681 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.36% - -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 26 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 26 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 -71 160 £52,500 -2.21% 50
UK excluding London -77 124 £50,000 +5.26% 48
Midlands -11 44 £50,000 +10.75% 12
Work from Home -1 42 £54,498 +9.00% 26
London -37 38 £70,000 +7.69% 12
South East -41 30 £42,250 -0.59% 14
West Midlands -22 28 £50,000 +1.18% 5
North of England -45 23 £50,000 - 4
East of England -3 18 £55,000 +15.79% 4
East Midlands -9 16 - - 7
North West +4 13 £50,000 +2.56% 3
Yorkshire -49 9 £40,000 -36.00%
Wales -52 4 £41,985 +10.21% 2
South West -77 4 £54,749 +15.26% 8
Scotland +6 3 - - 4
North East -43 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 19 (10.98%) SharePoint
2 16 (9.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (4.05%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (2.89%) IIS
5 2 (1.16%) Apache
5 2 (1.16%) Confluence
6 1 (0.58%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.58%) CMS
6 1 (0.58%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.58%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.58%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (6.36%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.73%) SPSS
3 2 (1.16%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.58%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 50 (28.90%) Microsoft 365
2 47 (27.17%) Azure
3 27 (15.61%) AWS
4 22 (12.72%) Entra ID
5 14 (8.09%) Mimecast
6 10 (5.78%) SaaS
7 8 (4.62%) GitHub
7 8 (4.62%) OneDrive
8 7 (4.05%) GCP
9 6 (3.47%) Power Platform
10 4 (2.31%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (2.31%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 4 (2.31%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 4 (2.31%) Snowflake
11 3 (1.73%) Azure Monitor
11 3 (1.73%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (1.73%) Cloud Functions
11 3 (1.73%) IaaS
11 3 (1.73%) PaaS
11 3 (1.73%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 54 (31.21%) Firewall
2 45 (26.01%) LAN
3 40 (23.12%) WAN
4 17 (9.83%) DNS
4 17 (9.83%) VPN
5 16 (9.25%) DHCP
6 15 (8.67%) Wi-Fi
7 12 (6.94%) Wireless
8 11 (6.36%) Network Security
8 11 (6.36%) TCP/IP
9 8 (4.62%) VoIP
10 7 (4.05%) SD-WAN
10 7 (4.05%) VLAN
11 6 (3.47%) BGP
11 6 (3.47%) MPLS
12 4 (2.31%) Asterisk PBX
12 4 (2.31%) Broadband
12 4 (2.31%) Software-Defined Networking
12 4 (2.31%) VPLS
13 3 (1.73%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (8.67%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.89%) Power BI
3 4 (2.31%) MySQL
4 3 (1.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (1.16%) BusinessObjects
5 2 (1.16%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.16%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.58%) Adabas
6 1 (0.58%) Amazon Athena
6 1 (0.58%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.58%) Big Data
6 1 (0.58%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.58%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.58%) Metadata
6 1 (0.58%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.58%) Neo4j
6 1 (0.58%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 11 (6.36%) Git
2 9 (5.20%) GitLab
3 7 (4.05%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.73%) JIRA
5 2 (1.16%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.58%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 53 (30.64%) Social Skills
2 22 (12.72%) Finance
3 17 (9.83%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (7.51%) Advertising
5 11 (6.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (6.36%) Marketing
6 9 (5.20%) Legal
6 9 (5.20%) Telecoms
7 7 (4.05%) Aerospace
7 7 (4.05%) Banking
8 6 (3.47%) Automotive
8 6 (3.47%) Public Sector
9 5 (2.89%) Law
10 3 (1.73%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.16%) Corporate Banking
11 2 (1.16%) Retail
12 1 (0.58%) Games
12 1 (0.58%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.58%) Military
12 1 (0.58%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 33 (19.08%) Support Engineer
2 30 (17.34%) Senior
3 29 (16.76%) IT Support
4 28 (16.18%) IT Engineer
5 22 (12.72%) Analyst
6 17 (9.83%) IT Support Engineer
7 16 (9.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 14 (8.09%) Technical Support
9 13 (7.51%) Technical Engineer
9 13 (7.51%) Technical Support Engineer
10 11 (6.36%) Security Analyst
11 10 (5.78%) Data Engineer
11 10 (5.78%) Platform Engineer
11 10 (5.78%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 9 (5.20%) Field Engineer
12 9 (5.20%) Field Service Engineer
12 9 (5.20%) Senior Analyst
12 9 (5.20%) Support Analyst
13 8 (4.62%) IT Analyst
14 7 (4.05%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.62%) Lightning Web Components
1 8 (4.62%) Visualforce
2 7 (4.05%) REST
3 5 (2.89%) .NET
3 5 (2.89%) CSS
3 5 (2.89%) HTML
4 4 (2.31%) Middleware
4 4 (2.31%) OpenTelemetry
4 4 (2.31%) SOAP
5 3 (1.73%) 802.1X
5 3 (1.73%) ARM Templates
6 2 (1.16%) NETCONF
6 2 (1.16%) Node.js
6 2 (1.16%) React
6 2 (1.16%) RESTCONF
7 1 (0.58%) CSS3
7 1 (0.58%) Laravel
7 1 (0.58%) PySpark
7 1 (0.58%) Serverless Framework
7 1 (0.58%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 21 (12.14%) Data Centre
2 17 (9.83%) Security Posture
3 13 (7.51%) Onboarding
4 11 (6.36%) Product Ownership
5 10 (5.78%) Management Information System
6 8 (4.62%) Cloud Native
7 7 (4.05%) Social Media
8 5 (2.89%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (2.89%) Public Cloud
8 5 (2.89%) Robotics
9 4 (2.31%) Clustering
9 4 (2.31%) Cyber Threat
9 4 (2.31%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (2.31%) PKI
9 4 (2.31%) Replication
9 4 (2.31%) Security Operations Centre
10 3 (1.73%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.73%) Distributed Architecture
10 3 (1.73%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (1.16%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 71 (41.04%) Windows
2 27 (15.61%) Windows Server
3 20 (11.56%) Windows 10
4 16 (9.25%) Linux
5 15 (8.67%) Apple iOS
6 11 (6.36%) Android
7 5 (2.89%) Mac OS
7 5 (2.89%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (1.73%) Unix
8 3 (1.73%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.58%) AIX
9 1 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.58%) Solaris
9 1 (0.58%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (38.15%) Continuous Improvement
2 47 (27.17%) Problem-Solving
3 33 (19.08%) SIEM
4 30 (17.34%) ITIL
5 29 (16.76%) Incident Response
6 25 (14.45%) Agile
6 25 (14.45%) CI/CD
6 25 (14.45%) Cybersecurity
7 22 (12.72%) Root Cause Analysis
8 20 (11.56%) AI
8 20 (11.56%) Infrastructure as Code
8 20 (11.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 17 (9.83%) Customer Service
9 17 (9.83%) Disaster Recovery
10 16 (9.25%) Computer Science
10 16 (9.25%) Platform Engineering
10 16 (9.25%) Process Improvement
10 16 (9.25%) Roadmaps
10 16 (9.25%) Technical Leadership
11 15 (8.67%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 30 (17.34%) Python
2 28 (16.18%) PowerShell
3 11 (6.36%) SQL
4 10 (5.78%) Bash
5 8 (4.62%) Apex Code
5 8 (4.62%) Java
6 6 (3.47%) JavaScript
7 5 (2.89%) Ruby
8 4 (2.31%) SOQL
8 4 (2.31%) SOSL
9 3 (1.73%) C
9 3 (1.73%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (1.73%) Search Processing Language
9 3 (1.73%) Shell Script
9 3 (1.73%) T-SQL
10 2 (1.16%) Go
10 2 (1.16%) PHP
11 1 (0.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.58%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.58%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 52 (30.06%) Degree
2 21 (12.14%) Cisco Certification
3 20 (11.56%) Security Cleared
4 14 (8.09%) CCNA
5 12 (6.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (6.94%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (5.20%) CompTIA Security+
6 9 (5.20%) SC Cleared
7 8 (4.62%) CCNP
7 8 (4.62%) CISSP
7 8 (4.62%) DV Cleared
8 5 (2.89%) Azure Certification
9 4 (2.31%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 4 (2.31%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (2.31%) CCIE
9 4 (2.31%) CCSP
9 4 (2.31%) CISM
9 4 (2.31%) CompTIA CySA+
9 4 (2.31%) Master's Degree
10 3 (1.73%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (14.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (9.83%) SLA
3 13 (7.51%) Cyber Essentials
4 8 (4.62%) NIST
4 8 (4.62%) QA
5 5 (2.89%) GDPR
6 3 (1.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (1.73%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.73%) SOC 2
7 2 (1.16%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.58%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.58%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 42 (24.28%) Active Directory
2 23 (13.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (6.94%) Docker
4 5 (2.89%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (2.89%) vSphere
5 4 (2.31%) Hyper-V
5 4 (2.31%) VMware NSX
6 2 (1.16%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.58%) Firmware
7 1 (0.58%) Terminal Server
7 1 (0.58%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 22 (12.72%) Terraform
2 18 (10.40%) Ansible
3 14 (8.09%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (4.62%) Kubernetes
5 5 (2.89%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (2.31%) Grafana
6 4 (2.31%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (2.31%) WSUS
7 3 (1.73%) FortiGate
7 3 (1.73%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (1.73%) Prometheus
8 2 (1.16%) Istio
8 2 (1.16%) linkerd
8 2 (1.16%) Progress Chef
8 2 (1.16%) Puppet
9 1 (0.58%) Autotask
9 1 (0.58%) Podman
9 1 (0.58%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.58%) QRadar
9 1 (0.58%) SCCM
Vendors
1 73 (42.20%) Microsoft
2 24 (13.87%) Cisco
3 23 (13.29%) VMware
4 15 (8.67%) Dell
5 12 (6.94%) Juniper
5 12 (6.94%) McAfee
6 10 (5.78%) Splunk
7 9 (5.20%) Logitech
7 9 (5.20%) Sophos
7 9 (5.20%) TOWER Software
8 8 (4.62%) Salesforce
9 7 (4.05%) Meraki
10 6 (3.47%) Apple
10 6 (3.47%) CheckPoint
10 6 (3.47%) SolarWinds
11 5 (2.89%) CrowdStrike
12 4 (2.31%) iManage
12 4 (2.31%) SAP
12 4 (2.31%) Tanium
13 3 (1.73%) Oracle