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

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 589 465 496
Rank change year-on-year -124 +31 -37
Permanent jobs citing Proactive Monitoring 217 209 284
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.18% 0.42% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.47% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 125 112 177
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,875 £34,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,250 £45,475
Median % change year-on-year -0.50% +10.50% -4.26%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,625 £76,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% -5.56% +1.05%

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 86,399 44,171 61,013
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.12% 89.11% 81.89%
Number of salaries quoted 59,417 24,443 33,150
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £58,700
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -6.30% -2.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
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 3 October 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 3 October 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 -103 197 £50,000 - 264
UK excluding London -129 166 £50,000 +17.65% 224
Work from Home -12 74 £50,000 - 176
Midlands -32 45 £50,000 +25.00% 28
London -58 45 £55,000 -26.67% 91
North of England -51 39 £50,000 +5.26% 63
South East -65 33 £42,000 -1.18% 37
North West -12 27 £50,000 +5.26% 40
East Midlands -16 25 £37,500 - 11
East of England -25 25 £80,000 +116.22% 16
West Midlands -46 20 £50,000 +25.00% 17
Wales -70 11 £36,961 -2.97% 20
South West -91 11 £61,250 +16.67% 21
Yorkshire -55 6 £40,000 -15.79% 16
North East -58 6 - - 8
Scotland +2 4 - - 30

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 29 (13.36%) Microsoft Exchange
1 29 (13.36%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.38%) Confluence
2 3 (1.38%) Office Communications Server
3 2 (0.92%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.92%) IIS
4 1 (0.46%) Apache
4 1 (0.46%) CMS
4 1 (0.46%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.46%) WordPress
Applications
1 21 (9.68%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.46%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.46%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 71 (32.72%) Microsoft 365
2 51 (23.50%) Azure
3 34 (15.67%) AWS
4 28 (12.90%) Entra ID
5 25 (11.52%) Mimecast
6 20 (9.22%) GCP
7 15 (6.91%) OneDrive
8 10 (4.61%) GitHub
9 7 (3.23%) GitHub Actions
9 7 (3.23%) SaaS
10 6 (2.76%) Azure Monitor
10 6 (2.76%) Cloud Functions
11 5 (2.30%) Microsoft Copilot
11 5 (2.30%) Power Platform
12 4 (1.84%) AWS Lambda
12 4 (1.84%) dbt
12 4 (1.84%) Power Automate
12 4 (1.84%) Serverless
13 3 (1.38%) Amazon ECS
13 3 (1.38%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 70 (32.26%) Firewall
2 47 (21.66%) LAN
3 43 (19.82%) WAN
4 32 (14.75%) DNS
5 27 (12.44%) DHCP
6 24 (11.06%) Wireless
7 22 (10.14%) TCP/IP
8 19 (8.76%) Network Security
9 16 (7.37%) VPN
10 15 (6.91%) Wi-Fi
11 12 (5.53%) VLAN
12 6 (2.76%) Broadband
13 5 (2.30%) VoIP
14 4 (1.84%) SD-WAN
15 3 (1.38%) PBX
15 3 (1.38%) SAN
15 3 (1.38%) Wireless Security
16 2 (0.92%) Ethernet
16 2 (0.92%) Fibre Channel
16 2 (0.92%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.99%) SQL Server
2 11 (5.07%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (3.69%) MySQL
4 7 (3.23%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (1.38%) BigQuery
5 3 (1.38%) Metadata
5 3 (1.38%) Power BI
5 3 (1.38%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.92%) BusinessObjects
6 2 (0.92%) Crystal Reports
6 2 (0.92%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.92%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.92%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.46%) Adabas
7 1 (0.46%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (0.46%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.46%) DTS
7 1 (0.46%) GIS
7 1 (0.46%) Neo4j
7 1 (0.46%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 11 (5.07%) Jenkins
2 8 (3.69%) Git
3 6 (2.76%) GitLab
4 4 (1.84%) JIRA
5 3 (1.38%) Bitbucket
5 3 (1.38%) Cypress.io
5 3 (1.38%) Maven
5 3 (1.38%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (0.92%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.46%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.46%) Postman
General
1 65 (29.95%) Social Skills
2 41 (18.89%) Finance
3 21 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (9.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 15 (6.91%) Retail
5 15 (6.91%) Telecoms
6 14 (6.45%) Public Sector
7 13 (5.99%) Advertising
8 11 (5.07%) Banking
9 10 (4.61%) Marketing
10 9 (4.15%) Aerospace
10 9 (4.15%) Automotive
10 9 (4.15%) Law
10 9 (4.15%) Legal
11 8 (3.69%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (2.30%) Welsh Language
14 4 (1.84%) Manufacturing
15 3 (1.38%) Local Government
15 3 (1.38%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 49 (22.58%) Senior
2 33 (15.21%) IT Engineer
3 27 (12.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 23 (10.60%) Analyst
5 22 (10.14%) IT Support
6 21 (9.68%) Field Engineer
6 21 (9.68%) Field Service Engineer
7 18 (8.29%) Support Engineer
8 15 (6.91%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 14 (6.45%) DevOps Engineer
10 13 (5.99%) Software Engineer
11 12 (5.53%) Security Analyst
11 12 (5.53%) Senior Software Engineer
12 11 (5.07%) Network Engineer
13 10 (4.61%) IT Support Engineer
13 10 (4.61%) Senior Analyst
13 10 (4.61%) Support Analyst
14 9 (4.15%) Cybersecurity Analyst
14 9 (4.15%) Platform Engineer
14 9 (4.15%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (14.75%) Terraform
2 10 (4.61%) React
3 7 (3.23%) .NET
3 7 (3.23%) OpenTelemetry
4 4 (1.84%) RESTful
4 4 (1.84%) Ruby on Rails
4 4 (1.84%) Spring
4 4 (1.84%) Spring Boot
5 3 (1.38%) .NET Core
5 3 (1.38%) ARM Templates
5 3 (1.38%) HTML
5 3 (1.38%) Jest
5 3 (1.38%) Next.js
5 3 (1.38%) Playwright
6 2 (0.92%) CSS
6 2 (0.92%) CSS3
6 2 (0.92%) HTML5
6 2 (0.92%) JSON
6 2 (0.92%) Node.js
6 2 (0.92%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 23 (10.60%) Security Posture
2 17 (7.83%) Onboarding
3 14 (6.45%) Cloud Native
4 10 (4.61%) Product Ownership
5 9 (4.15%) Data Centre
5 9 (4.15%) Driving Licence
5 9 (4.15%) Management Information System
5 9 (4.15%) Social Media
6 7 (3.23%) Clustering
6 7 (3.23%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (3.23%) Replication
7 6 (2.76%) Blog
7 6 (2.76%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (2.76%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (2.76%) Security Operations Centre
8 5 (2.30%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.84%) Culture of Ownership
9 4 (1.84%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.84%) FMCG
9 4 (1.84%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 79 (36.41%) Windows
2 48 (22.12%) Windows Server
3 28 (12.90%) Windows 10
4 24 (11.06%) Linux
5 20 (9.22%) Android
5 20 (9.22%) Apple iOS
6 8 (3.69%) Unix
7 4 (1.84%) AIX
7 4 (1.84%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.92%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.46%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.46%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (27.65%) Continuous Improvement
2 58 (26.73%) Problem-Solving
3 54 (24.88%) ITIL
4 47 (21.66%) Incident Response
5 41 (18.89%) Infrastructure as Code
6 35 (16.13%) Disaster Recovery
7 33 (15.21%) CI/CD
8 32 (14.75%) Agile
9 31 (14.29%) Customer Service
9 31 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 28 (12.90%) Cybersecurity
10 28 (12.90%) Observability
11 27 (12.44%) High Availability
12 26 (11.98%) Collaborative Working
12 26 (11.98%) Root Cause Analysis
13 24 (11.06%) Incident Management
14 23 (10.60%) Mentoring
14 23 (10.60%) Project Delivery
14 23 (10.60%) SIEM
14 23 (10.60%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 42 (19.35%) Python
2 40 (18.43%) PowerShell
3 19 (8.76%) SQL
4 18 (8.29%) Java
5 15 (6.91%) Bash
6 11 (5.07%) Go
7 8 (3.69%) TypeScript
8 7 (3.23%) JavaScript
8 7 (3.23%) Search Processing Language
9 6 (2.76%) Kusto Query Language
10 4 (1.84%) C#
10 4 (1.84%) Ruby
11 3 (1.38%) C
12 2 (0.92%) PHP
13 1 (0.46%) Natural
13 1 (0.46%) Scala
Qualifications
1 39 (17.97%) Degree
2 31 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 16 (7.37%) DV Cleared
4 14 (6.45%) Cisco Certification
4 14 (6.45%) SC Cleared
5 13 (5.99%) CCNA
6 12 (5.53%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (2.76%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (2.76%) CCNP
8 5 (2.30%) Azure Certification
8 5 (2.30%) CompTIA Security+
9 4 (1.84%) PMI Certification
10 3 (1.38%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (1.38%) MCSA
10 3 (1.38%) SSCP
11 2 (0.92%) CompTIA CySA+
12 1 (0.46%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 1 (0.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.46%) Computer Science Degree
12 1 (0.46%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (13.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (7.37%) SLA
3 13 (5.99%) Cyber Essentials
4 9 (4.15%) Data Quality
4 9 (4.15%) NIST
5 7 (3.23%) QA
6 5 (2.30%) Accessibility
6 5 (2.30%) GDPR
7 3 (1.38%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (1.38%) WCAG
8 2 (0.92%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 2 (0.92%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.46%) SOC 2
System Software
1 38 (17.51%) Active Directory
2 13 (5.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (3.23%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (2.30%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.84%) Docker
5 4 (1.84%) vSphere
6 2 (0.92%) Firmware
6 2 (0.92%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.46%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 20 (9.22%) Ansible
1 20 (9.22%) Kubernetes
2 19 (8.76%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (5.99%) Grafana
3 13 (5.99%) Prometheus
4 6 (2.76%) Progress Chef
5 3 (1.38%) FortiGate
5 3 (1.38%) Istio
5 3 (1.38%) linkerd
5 3 (1.38%) Puppet
5 3 (1.38%) SCCM
6 2 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.46%) Argo
7 1 (0.46%) Autotask
7 1 (0.46%) Data Guard
7 1 (0.46%) Forefront Identity Manager
7 1 (0.46%) Opsview
7 1 (0.46%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (0.46%) QRadar
7 1 (0.46%) VxRail
Vendors
1 95 (43.78%) Microsoft
2 21 (9.68%) Cisco
3 20 (9.22%) Logitech
3 20 (9.22%) Sophos
3 20 (9.22%) TOWER Software
4 18 (8.29%) VMware
5 16 (7.37%) Splunk
6 10 (4.61%) Zscaler
7 9 (4.15%) Meraki
7 9 (4.15%) Oracle
7 9 (4.15%) RedGate
8 8 (3.69%) ServiceNow
8 8 (3.69%) Tanium
8 8 (3.69%) YouTube
9 6 (2.76%) Dell
9 6 (2.76%) Google
10 4 (1.84%) Aruba
10 4 (1.84%) CheckPoint
10 4 (1.84%) HP
10 4 (1.84%) SolarWinds