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 21 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 464 514 463
Rank change year-on-year +50 -51 +224
Permanent jobs citing Proactive Monitoring 206 243 257
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.39% 0.36% 0.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.45% 0.43% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 106 144 213
10th Percentile £27,250 £36,075 £26,450
25th Percentile £40,125 £41,250 £38,084
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -12.62% +13.19%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,625 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,125 £77,250 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,160 £45,000 £45,750
% change year-on-year +2.58% -1.64% +14.38%

All Process and 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 45,592 56,393 48,809
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.45% 83.65% 93.81%
Number of salaries quoted 27,617 29,299 37,445
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,404 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -

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 21 November 2025.

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 21 November 2025. 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 +57 184 £48,000 +6.67% 121
UK excluding London +80 161 £46,160 +2.58% 90
South East +69 55 £46,000 +2.26% 26
Work from Home +63 54 £57,500 +21.55% 45
London +4 33 £80,000 +23.08% 51
South West +48 29 £52,500 +32.08% 5
Midlands +56 28 £33,000 -50.38% 20
West Midlands +50 22 £41,000 -43.45% 14
North of England -1 22 £45,750 +1.67% 18
East of England +32 16 £46,160 -12.08% 11
North West +25 12 £42,080 -8.52% 10
Scotland +16 7 £97,500 +90.24% 9
Yorkshire -7 7 £45,750 +1.67% 7
East Midlands +25 6 £29,750 -40.50% 6
North East +5 3 - - 1
Northern Ireland - 3 £55,000 - 3
Wales +12 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 21 (10.19%) SharePoint
2 10 (4.85%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (3.40%) Anypoint
3 7 (3.40%) IIS
4 1 (0.49%) Appian
4 1 (0.49%) Cloud Foundry
4 1 (0.49%) Confluence
4 1 (0.49%) HCL Notes
4 1 (0.49%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (6.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.40%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (1.94%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.49%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.49%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.49%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 6 (2.91%) Shopify
2 4 (1.94%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.49%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.49%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.49%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 83 (40.29%) Azure
2 44 (21.36%) Microsoft 365
3 34 (16.50%) AWS
3 34 (16.50%) Power Platform
4 20 (9.71%) Azure Monitor
5 15 (7.28%) GCP
6 14 (6.80%) Entra ID
7 13 (6.31%) Azure Data Factory
7 13 (6.31%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 13 (6.31%) Power Automate
8 10 (4.85%) SaaS
9 8 (3.88%) Azure Storage
9 8 (3.88%) PowerApps
10 7 (3.40%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (3.40%) Boomi
10 7 (3.40%) iPaaS
10 7 (3.40%) Workato
11 6 (2.91%) Copilot Studio
12 4 (1.94%) Amazon EC2
12 4 (1.94%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 56 (27.18%) Firewall
2 34 (16.50%) WAN
3 23 (11.17%) LAN
4 22 (10.68%) DNS
5 21 (10.19%) DHCP
6 20 (9.71%) LTE
6 20 (9.71%) VPN
6 20 (9.71%) VSAT
7 18 (8.74%) Wireless
8 17 (8.25%) Network Security
9 11 (5.34%) SD-WAN
10 10 (4.85%) 802.11
10 10 (4.85%) TCP/IP
10 10 (4.85%) Wi-Fi
11 9 (4.37%) SAN
11 9 (4.37%) SSL
11 9 (4.37%) VLAN
12 8 (3.88%) Internet
13 5 (2.43%) NAS
13 5 (2.43%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (15.05%) Power BI
2 22 (10.68%) SQL Server
3 15 (7.28%) Azure SQL Database
3 15 (7.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 7 (3.40%) Relational Database
5 6 (2.91%) Oracle Database
6 3 (1.46%) Couchbase
6 3 (1.46%) DynamoDB
6 3 (1.46%) NoSQL
6 3 (1.46%) Power Query
6 3 (1.46%) Redis
7 2 (0.97%) Metadata
7 2 (0.97%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (0.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.49%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (0.49%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.49%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.49%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.49%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 6 (2.91%) JIRA
2 1 (0.49%) Browser DevTools
2 1 (0.49%) Cucumber
2 1 (0.49%) Cypress.io
2 1 (0.49%) Git
2 1 (0.49%) Jasmine
2 1 (0.49%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.49%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (0.49%) Visual Studio
General
1 114 (55.34%) Social Skills
2 59 (28.64%) Finance
3 42 (20.39%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (13.59%) Law
5 26 (12.62%) Legal
6 24 (11.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (6.31%) Presentation Skills
8 12 (5.83%) Manufacturing
9 11 (5.34%) Aerospace
9 11 (5.34%) Electronics
10 10 (4.85%) Automotive
10 10 (4.85%) Billing
10 10 (4.85%) Marketing
11 7 (3.40%) Financial Institution
12 6 (2.91%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.94%) Back Office
13 4 (1.94%) Police
14 3 (1.46%) French Language
14 3 (1.46%) Greek Language
14 3 (1.46%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 54 (26.21%) Support Engineer
2 44 (21.36%) Technical Support
3 40 (19.42%) Technical Engineer
3 40 (19.42%) Technical Support Engineer
4 35 (16.99%) Senior
5 26 (12.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 13 (6.31%) Senior Manager
7 12 (5.83%) Business Manager
7 12 (5.83%) Insight Manager
7 12 (5.83%) Lead
8 11 (5.34%) Analyst
9 8 (3.88%) Cloud Engineer
9 8 (3.88%) IT Engineer
10 7 (3.40%) Development Engineer
10 7 (3.40%) Integration Engineer
10 7 (3.40%) IT Support
10 7 (3.40%) Network Engineer
10 7 (3.40%) Platform Engineer
10 7 (3.40%) Software Engineer
10 7 (3.40%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (6.31%) Hugging Face
1 13 (6.31%) LangChain
1 13 (6.31%) PyTorch
1 13 (6.31%) TensorFlow
2 12 (5.83%) REST
3 11 (5.34%) Web Services
4 10 (4.85%) 802.1X
5 6 (2.91%) SOAP
6 5 (2.43%) CSS
6 5 (2.43%) HTML
6 5 (2.43%) JSON
6 5 (2.43%) RESTful
6 5 (2.43%) XML
7 4 (1.94%) AngularJS
7 4 (1.94%) Kafka
7 4 (1.94%) Middleware
7 4 (1.94%) ModSecurity
7 4 (1.94%) SAML
8 3 (1.46%) Memcached
8 3 (1.46%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 24 (11.65%) Data Centre
2 12 (5.83%) Analytical Mindset
3 10 (4.85%) Driving Licence
3 10 (4.85%) Renewable Energy
4 8 (3.88%) Onboarding
5 7 (3.40%) CMDB
6 6 (2.91%) Low-Code
6 6 (2.91%) Security Posture
7 4 (1.94%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.94%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.46%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.46%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.46%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (1.46%) e-Learning
8 3 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.46%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.46%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.46%) Web Conferencing
9 2 (0.97%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 1 (0.49%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 49 (23.79%) Windows
2 23 (11.17%) Windows Server
3 11 (5.34%) Linux
4 10 (4.85%) Unix
5 4 (1.94%) AIX
6 3 (1.46%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.97%) VMS
7 2 (0.97%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.97%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.49%) Check Point GAiA
8 1 (0.49%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.49%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (40.78%) Problem-Solving
2 83 (40.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 45 (21.84%) ITIL
4 42 (20.39%) Change Management
5 38 (18.45%) Customer Service
5 38 (18.45%) High Availability
6 35 (16.99%) Agile
6 35 (16.99%) Business Intelligence
7 34 (16.50%) AI
8 33 (16.02%) Service Delivery
9 32 (15.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 30 (14.56%) Service Management
11 28 (13.59%) Incident Management
12 27 (13.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 27 (13.11%) Roadmaps
13 23 (11.17%) Analytics
13 23 (11.17%) Decision-Making
13 23 (11.17%) Root Cause Analysis
14 22 (10.68%) Computer Science
14 22 (10.68%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 50 (24.27%) SQL
2 26 (12.62%) PowerShell
3 19 (9.22%) Python
4 17 (8.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 14 (6.80%) C#
6 12 (5.83%) JavaScript
7 9 (4.37%) Java
8 7 (3.40%) Kusto Query Language
9 5 (2.43%) Shell Script
10 4 (1.94%) Bash
10 4 (1.94%) Scala
10 4 (1.94%) T-SQL
11 3 (1.46%) Go
11 3 (1.46%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.49%) Bicep
12 1 (0.49%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 38 (18.45%) Degree
2 32 (15.53%) Cisco Certification
3 29 (14.08%) Security Cleared
4 26 (12.62%) CCNA
5 24 (11.65%) SC Cleared
6 20 (9.71%) JNCIA
7 18 (8.74%) Computer Science Degree
8 17 (8.25%) Master's Degree
9 12 (5.83%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 11 (5.34%) CCNP
11 10 (4.85%) GCSC
12 8 (3.88%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (1.94%) DV Cleared
14 3 (1.46%) CISM
15 2 (0.97%) CCSA
15 2 (0.97%) CISA
15 2 (0.97%) CISSP
15 2 (0.97%) GCFA
15 2 (0.97%) GCIA
15 2 (0.97%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (7.28%) GDPR
1 15 (7.28%) SLA
2 12 (5.83%) Actionable Recommendations
3 8 (3.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.94%) NIST
4 4 (1.94%) SOC 2
5 2 (0.97%) COBIT
6 1 (0.49%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.49%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.49%) GRC
6 1 (0.49%) WCAG
System Software
1 30 (14.56%) VMware Infrastructure
2 22 (10.68%) Active Directory
3 13 (6.31%) Hyper-V
4 10 (4.85%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (3.88%) Docker
6 7 (3.40%) Virtual Servers
6 7 (3.40%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (3.40%) vSphere
7 1 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 16 (7.77%) Terraform
2 15 (7.28%) Grafana
3 14 (6.80%) Prometheus
4 13 (6.31%) Microsoft Intune
5 11 (5.34%) Kubernetes
6 7 (3.40%) vCenter Server
7 5 (2.43%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (1.94%) Ansible
9 3 (1.46%) Netcool
10 2 (0.97%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.97%) NetBackup
10 2 (0.97%) Suricata
11 1 (0.49%) CA Spectrum
11 1 (0.49%) Cisco CUCM
11 1 (0.49%) Control-M
11 1 (0.49%) CSIRT
11 1 (0.49%) Kibana
11 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Clustering
11 1 (0.49%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.49%) Puppet
Vendors
1 52 (25.24%) Microsoft
2 31 (15.05%) VMware
3 28 (13.59%) Cisco
4 20 (9.71%) Dell
5 17 (8.25%) Oracle
6 14 (6.80%) Freshdesk
6 14 (6.80%) Juniper
7 13 (6.31%) McAfee
7 13 (6.31%) OpenAI
8 12 (5.83%) IBM
8 12 (5.83%) ServiceNow
9 10 (4.85%) SAP
10 9 (4.37%) SolarWinds
11 8 (3.88%) Palo Alto
12 7 (3.40%) IFS
12 7 (3.40%) Jitterbit
12 7 (3.40%) MuleSoft
12 7 (3.40%) SnapLogic
12 7 (3.40%) Talend
12 7 (3.40%) Workday