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

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 551 489 527
Rank change year-on-year -62 +38 +95
Permanent jobs citing Proactive Monitoring 180 169 379
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.19% 0.39% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.42% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 111 101 317
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £37,101
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,500 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% +16.30% +8.24%
75th Percentile £69,695 £67,500 £59,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £93,500
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 68,138 40,050 82,452
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.73% 93.30% 84.76%
Number of salaries quoted 44,115 21,094 59,611
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,795 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,648 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.59% +8.45% -9.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +0.96% +4.00% -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 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Proactive Monitoring in the UK

Proactive Monitoring
Top 15 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 May 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 -46 170 £56,500 +5.24% 62
UK excluding London -48 113 £50,000 +11.11% 49
London -23 55 £62,000 -4.62% 18
Midlands -26 43 £50,000 +10.75% 13
Work from Home +2 34 £56,000 +12.00% 31
West Midlands -24 29 £53,688 - 8
North of England -43 26 £50,000 - 11
South East -33 25 £42,250 -0.59% 16
North West -1 15 £51,250 +2.50% 7
East Midlands -27 14 £33,000 -20.48% 5
East of England -10 13 £65,000 +36.84% 5
Yorkshire -56 8 £50,000 -6.98% 2
North East -33 3 £48,445 - 2
Wales -41 3 £68,500 +79.82% 1
South West -64 3 £54,749 +9.50% 4

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 13 (7.22%) SharePoint
2 7 (3.89%) Apache Airflow
2 7 (3.89%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.22%) IIS
4 3 (1.67%) Confluence
5 2 (1.11%) Apache
6 1 (0.56%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.56%) CMS
6 1 (0.56%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.56%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.56%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.56%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.67%) MS Visio
2 3 (1.67%) SPSS
3 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.56%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (0.56%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 48 (26.67%) Azure
2 44 (24.44%) Microsoft 365
3 32 (17.78%) Entra ID
4 30 (16.67%) AWS
5 17 (9.44%) SaaS
6 12 (6.67%) Power Platform
7 10 (5.56%) Azure Monitor
7 10 (5.56%) GitHub
8 7 (3.89%) Mimecast
9 6 (3.33%) GCP
9 6 (3.33%) GitHub Actions
9 6 (3.33%) Microsoft Purview
9 6 (3.33%) OneDrive
10 5 (2.78%) Datadog
11 4 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (2.22%) IaaS
11 4 (2.22%) PaaS
11 4 (2.22%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 4 (2.22%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 4 (2.22%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 45 (25.00%) Firewall
2 41 (22.78%) LAN
3 40 (22.22%) WAN
4 16 (8.89%) VPN
5 11 (6.11%) DNS
6 10 (5.56%) Cisco IOS
6 10 (5.56%) DHCP
6 10 (5.56%) Network Security
6 10 (5.56%) SD-WAN
6 10 (5.56%) TCP/IP
7 9 (5.00%) WAAS
7 9 (5.00%) Wi-Fi
8 8 (4.44%) BGP
9 7 (3.89%) MPLS
9 7 (3.89%) Wireless
10 6 (3.33%) WLAN
11 4 (2.22%) Asterisk PBX
11 4 (2.22%) OSPF
11 4 (2.22%) VoIP
11 4 (2.22%) VPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (8.89%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.78%) Power BI
3 3 (1.67%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (1.67%) MySQL
3 3 (1.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (1.11%) BigQuery
4 2 (1.11%) Couchbase
4 2 (1.11%) DynamoDB
4 2 (1.11%) Metadata
4 2 (1.11%) NoSQL
4 2 (1.11%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.11%) Redis
4 2 (1.11%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.56%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (0.56%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.56%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.56%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.56%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.56%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 11 (6.11%) Git
2 8 (4.44%) GitLab
3 5 (2.78%) Jenkins
4 4 (2.22%) JIRA
5 1 (0.56%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.56%) TeamCity
General
1 49 (27.22%) Social Skills
2 30 (16.67%) Finance
3 26 (14.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 24 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (7.22%) Marketing
6 12 (6.67%) Advertising
7 9 (5.00%) Legal
8 8 (4.44%) Public Sector
9 7 (3.89%) Banking
10 6 (3.33%) Law
11 5 (2.78%) Automotive
12 4 (2.22%) Aerospace
12 4 (2.22%) Telecoms
13 3 (1.67%) Manufacturing
14 2 (1.11%) Corporate Banking
14 2 (1.11%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (1.11%) Public Speaking
14 2 (1.11%) Retail
15 1 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
15 1 (0.56%) Police
Job Titles
1 35 (19.44%) Support Engineer
2 29 (16.11%) Senior
3 25 (13.89%) IT Engineer
4 20 (11.11%) IT Support
5 17 (9.44%) IT Support Engineer
5 17 (9.44%) Lead
6 16 (8.89%) Technical Support
7 15 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 15 (8.33%) Platform Engineer
7 15 (8.33%) Technical Engineer
7 15 (8.33%) Technical Support Engineer
8 12 (6.67%) Analyst
9 11 (6.11%) Data Engineer
10 8 (4.44%) Network Engineer
11 6 (3.33%) Architect
11 6 (3.33%) Field Engineer
11 6 (3.33%) Field Service Engineer
11 6 (3.33%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 6 (3.33%) Software Engineer
12 5 (2.78%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.44%) Lightning Web Components
1 8 (4.44%) REST
1 8 (4.44%) Visualforce
2 5 (2.78%) .NET
2 5 (2.78%) CSS
2 5 (2.78%) HTML
2 5 (2.78%) Middleware
3 4 (2.22%) OpenTelemetry
3 4 (2.22%) SOAP
4 3 (1.67%) 802.1X
4 3 (1.67%) ARM Templates
4 3 (1.67%) Kafka
4 3 (1.67%) NETCONF
4 3 (1.67%) RESTCONF
5 2 (1.11%) ADO
5 2 (1.11%) Memcached
5 2 (1.11%) OAuth
5 2 (1.11%) SAML
5 2 (1.11%) Spring
5 2 (1.11%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (12.22%) Data Centre
2 15 (8.33%) Onboarding
3 11 (6.11%) Management Information System
4 10 (5.56%) Cloud Native
4 10 (5.56%) CMDB
4 10 (5.56%) Product Ownership
5 9 (5.00%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (4.44%) Security Posture
7 7 (3.89%) Social Media
8 6 (3.33%) Public Cloud
9 5 (2.78%) Robotics
9 5 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (2.78%) Video Conferencing
10 4 (2.22%) Distributed Architecture
10 4 (2.22%) Mobile App
10 4 (2.22%) PKI
10 4 (2.22%) Replication
11 3 (1.67%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (1.67%) Distributed Systems
11 3 (1.67%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 71 (39.44%) Windows
2 19 (10.56%) Linux
2 19 (10.56%) Windows Server
3 17 (9.44%) Android
4 12 (6.67%) Apple iOS
4 12 (6.67%) Windows 10
5 5 (2.78%) Mac OS
6 4 (2.22%) Unix
7 3 (1.67%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (1.67%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (1.11%) VMS
9 1 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.56%) Solaris
9 1 (0.56%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (37.22%) Continuous Improvement
2 49 (27.22%) Problem-Solving
3 38 (21.11%) ITIL
4 32 (17.78%) Agile
5 30 (16.67%) AI
6 29 (16.11%) SIEM
7 28 (15.56%) CI/CD
7 28 (15.56%) Root Cause Analysis
8 25 (13.89%) DevOps
8 25 (13.89%) Incident Response
9 24 (13.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 23 (12.78%) Roadmaps
11 21 (11.67%) Change Management
11 21 (11.67%) Mentoring
12 20 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 20 (11.11%) Service Delivery
13 19 (10.56%) Computer Science
14 18 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
14 18 (10.00%) Information Security
15 17 (9.44%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 32 (17.78%) Python
2 31 (17.22%) PowerShell
3 12 (6.67%) SQL
4 8 (4.44%) Apex Code
4 8 (4.44%) Bash
5 7 (3.89%) Java
6 6 (3.33%) JavaScript
6 6 (3.33%) Ruby
7 4 (2.22%) Scala
7 4 (2.22%) Shell Script
7 4 (2.22%) SOQL
7 4 (2.22%) SOSL
7 4 (2.22%) T-SQL
8 3 (1.67%) C
8 3 (1.67%) Perl
9 2 (1.11%) C#
9 2 (1.11%) Kotlin
9 2 (1.11%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (1.11%) PHP
10 1 (0.56%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 61 (33.89%) Degree
2 25 (13.89%) Cisco Certification
3 20 (11.11%) Security Cleared
4 16 (8.89%) Microsoft Certification
5 15 (8.33%) CCNP
5 15 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (6.67%) CISSP
6 12 (6.67%) SC Cleared
7 11 (6.11%) CCIE
8 10 (5.56%) CCNA
9 8 (4.44%) CompTIA Security+
9 8 (4.44%) Master's Degree
10 7 (3.89%) CISA
11 6 (3.33%) CISM
12 5 (2.78%) JNCIP
12 5 (2.78%) OSCP
13 4 (2.22%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 4 (2.22%) CCSP
13 4 (2.22%) CompTIA CySA+
13 4 (2.22%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (16.11%) SLA
2 23 (12.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (4.44%) GDPR
3 8 (4.44%) QA
4 6 (3.33%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (3.33%) SOC 2
5 5 (2.78%) GRC
6 4 (2.22%) NIST
7 3 (1.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (1.11%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.56%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.56%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 39 (21.67%) Active Directory
2 25 (13.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (7.22%) Docker
4 11 (6.11%) Firmware
5 7 (3.89%) vSphere
6 6 (3.33%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (2.22%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (2.22%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.56%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.56%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 29 (16.11%) Terraform
2 24 (13.33%) Ansible
3 19 (10.56%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (5.56%) SCCM
5 9 (5.00%) Kubernetes
5 9 (5.00%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (2.78%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (2.78%) WSUS
7 3 (1.67%) FortiGate
7 3 (1.67%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (1.11%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.56%) Argo
9 1 (0.56%) Autotask
9 1 (0.56%) Grafana
9 1 (0.56%) Nagios
9 1 (0.56%) Nessus
9 1 (0.56%) Oracle RMAN
9 1 (0.56%) Podman
9 1 (0.56%) Puppet
9 1 (0.56%) QRadar
Vendors
1 70 (38.89%) Microsoft
2 36 (20.00%) Cisco
3 25 (13.89%) VMware
4 19 (10.56%) Juniper
5 17 (9.44%) Dell
6 14 (7.78%) McAfee
6 14 (7.78%) Splunk
7 9 (5.00%) Fortinet
8 8 (4.44%) Salesforce
9 6 (3.33%) Apple
9 6 (3.33%) Logitech
9 6 (3.33%) New Relic
9 6 (3.33%) SolarWinds
9 6 (3.33%) Sophos
9 6 (3.33%) TOWER Software
10 5 (2.78%) CrowdStrike
10 5 (2.78%) Dynatrace
10 5 (2.78%) Palo Alto
11 3 (1.67%) Meraki
11 3 (1.67%) Tenable