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

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 600 452 512
Rank change year-on-year -148 +60 -38
Permanent jobs citing Proactive Monitoring 211 217 284
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.18% 0.44% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.50% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 127 121 175
10th Percentile £32,750 £36,250 £32,700
25th Percentile £39,219 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £45,475
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +15.45% -4.26%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £64,375
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £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 85,482 43,719 62,334
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.07% 88.75% 81.46%
Number of salaries quoted 58,986 24,656 34,489
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,750 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
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 24 September 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 24 September 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 -121 192 £50,321 -4.15% 249
UK excluding London -126 159 £50,000 +17.65% 154
Work from Home -16 72 £52,500 +2.44% 111
London -52 46 £55,000 -21.99% 105
Midlands -41 41 £50,000 +16.28% 22
North of England -54 37 £50,000 +2.56% 53
South East -72 33 £42,000 -1.18% 31
North West -5 26 £50,000 +2.56% 37
East of England -19 24 £80,000 +116.22% 13
East Midlands -8 22 £37,500 - 9
West Midlands -56 19 £50,000 +16.28% 13
South West -94 12 £57,500 +9.52% 15
Wales -74 10 £36,961 -2.97% 7
Yorkshire -55 6 £40,000 -27.27% 12
North East -62 5 - - 4
Scotland +5 4 - - 5

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 28 (13.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 27 (12.80%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.42%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.95%) Confluence
4 2 (0.95%) IIS
5 1 (0.47%) Apache
5 1 (0.47%) CMS
5 1 (0.47%) Office Communications Server
5 1 (0.47%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.47%) WordPress
Applications
1 19 (9.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.47%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.47%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.47%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (0.47%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 69 (32.70%) Microsoft 365
2 50 (23.70%) Azure
3 29 (13.74%) AWS
4 28 (13.27%) Entra ID
5 23 (10.90%) Mimecast
6 19 (9.00%) GCP
7 15 (7.11%) OneDrive
8 10 (4.74%) GitHub
9 7 (3.32%) SaaS
10 6 (2.84%) Azure Monitor
10 6 (2.84%) Cloud Functions
10 6 (2.84%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (2.37%) Microsoft Copilot
11 5 (2.37%) Power Platform
12 4 (1.90%) dbt
12 4 (1.90%) Power Automate
13 3 (1.42%) Azure Key Vault
13 3 (1.42%) ChatGPT
13 3 (1.42%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 3 (1.42%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 69 (32.70%) Firewall
2 45 (21.33%) LAN
3 40 (18.96%) WAN
4 29 (13.74%) DNS
5 26 (12.32%) DHCP
6 22 (10.43%) TCP/IP
6 22 (10.43%) Wireless
7 19 (9.00%) Network Security
8 16 (7.58%) Wi-Fi
9 14 (6.64%) VPN
10 11 (5.21%) VLAN
11 6 (2.84%) Broadband
12 5 (2.37%) VoIP
13 4 (1.90%) SD-WAN
14 3 (1.42%) PBX
14 3 (1.42%) SAN
14 3 (1.42%) Wireless Security
15 2 (0.95%) Ethernet
15 2 (0.95%) Fibre Channel
15 2 (0.95%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (7.58%) SQL Server
2 10 (4.74%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (3.79%) MySQL
4 6 (2.84%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (1.90%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.42%) BigQuery
6 3 (1.42%) Metadata
6 3 (1.42%) Power BI
7 2 (0.95%) BusinessObjects
7 2 (0.95%) Crystal Reports
7 2 (0.95%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.95%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.95%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.95%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.47%) Adabas
8 1 (0.47%) Amazon Athena
8 1 (0.47%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.47%) DTS
8 1 (0.47%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 10 (4.74%) Jenkins
2 9 (4.27%) Git
3 4 (1.90%) GitLab
4 3 (1.42%) Bitbucket
4 3 (1.42%) JIRA
4 3 (1.42%) Maven
4 3 (1.42%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (0.95%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 2 (0.95%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.47%) Postman
General
1 62 (29.38%) Social Skills
2 40 (18.96%) Finance
3 20 (9.48%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (9.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 15 (7.11%) Telecoms
5 14 (6.64%) Advertising
5 14 (6.64%) Public Sector
6 12 (5.69%) Retail
7 11 (5.21%) Banking
7 11 (5.21%) Marketing
8 9 (4.27%) Aerospace
8 9 (4.27%) Legal
9 8 (3.79%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (3.79%) Law
10 7 (3.32%) Automotive
11 6 (2.84%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (2.37%) Welsh Language
13 4 (1.90%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.95%) Digital Economy
14 2 (0.95%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 47 (22.27%) Senior
2 31 (14.69%) IT Engineer
3 26 (12.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 22 (10.43%) Analyst
5 21 (9.95%) IT Support
6 19 (9.00%) Field Engineer
6 19 (9.00%) Field Service Engineer
7 18 (8.53%) Support Engineer
8 15 (7.11%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 13 (6.16%) Security Analyst
10 12 (5.69%) DevOps Engineer
10 12 (5.69%) Software Engineer
11 11 (5.21%) Senior Software Engineer
12 10 (4.74%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 10 (4.74%) IT Support Engineer
12 10 (4.74%) Network Engineer
12 10 (4.74%) Senior Analyst
13 9 (4.27%) 3rd Line Support
13 9 (4.27%) Platform Engineer
13 9 (4.27%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (14.69%) Terraform
2 9 (4.27%) React
3 7 (3.32%) .NET
4 6 (2.84%) OpenTelemetry
5 3 (1.42%) .NET Core
5 3 (1.42%) ARM Templates
5 3 (1.42%) HTML
5 3 (1.42%) RESTful
5 3 (1.42%) Ruby on Rails
5 3 (1.42%) Spring
5 3 (1.42%) Spring Boot
6 2 (0.95%) CSS
6 2 (0.95%) CSS3
6 2 (0.95%) HTML5
6 2 (0.95%) Jest
6 2 (0.95%) JSON
6 2 (0.95%) Next.js
6 2 (0.95%) Node.js
6 2 (0.95%) Playwright
6 2 (0.95%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 24 (11.37%) Security Posture
2 17 (8.06%) Onboarding
3 12 (5.69%) Cloud Native
4 10 (4.74%) Data Centre
4 10 (4.74%) Management Information System
4 10 (4.74%) Social Media
5 9 (4.27%) Product Ownership
6 8 (3.79%) Driving Licence
7 7 (3.32%) Clustering
7 7 (3.32%) Replication
8 6 (2.84%) Distributed Systems
8 6 (2.84%) Hybrid Cloud
8 6 (2.84%) Security Operations Centre
9 5 (2.37%) Blog
9 5 (2.37%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (2.37%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (2.37%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.90%) Culture of Ownership
11 3 (1.42%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (1.42%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 74 (35.07%) Windows
2 45 (21.33%) Windows Server
3 26 (12.32%) Windows 10
4 25 (11.85%) Linux
5 19 (9.00%) Apple iOS
6 18 (8.53%) Android
7 9 (4.27%) Unix
8 4 (1.90%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (1.42%) AIX
10 2 (0.95%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.95%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.47%) Solaris
11 1 (0.47%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (29.86%) Continuous Improvement
2 59 (27.96%) Problem-Solving
3 50 (23.70%) ITIL
4 46 (21.80%) Incident Response
5 38 (18.01%) Infrastructure as Code
6 32 (15.17%) Disaster Recovery
7 30 (14.22%) CI/CD
7 30 (14.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 29 (13.74%) Agile
9 28 (13.27%) Cybersecurity
9 28 (13.27%) Root Cause Analysis
10 26 (12.32%) Customer Service
10 26 (12.32%) High Availability
11 25 (11.85%) Observability
12 24 (11.37%) SIEM
13 23 (10.90%) Collaborative Working
13 23 (10.90%) Incident Management
14 22 (10.43%) Project Delivery
15 21 (9.95%) DevOps
15 21 (9.95%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 42 (19.91%) Python
2 38 (18.01%) PowerShell
3 18 (8.53%) SQL
4 16 (7.58%) Java
5 15 (7.11%) Bash
6 9 (4.27%) Go
7 7 (3.32%) Search Processing Language
7 7 (3.32%) TypeScript
8 6 (2.84%) JavaScript
8 6 (2.84%) Kusto Query Language
9 4 (1.90%) C#
10 3 (1.42%) C
10 3 (1.42%) Ruby
11 2 (0.95%) PHP
12 1 (0.47%) Natural
12 1 (0.47%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.47%) Scala
12 1 (0.47%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.47%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 40 (18.96%) Degree
2 29 (13.74%) Security Cleared
3 16 (7.58%) DV Cleared
4 14 (6.64%) Cisco Certification
5 13 (6.16%) CCNA
6 12 (5.69%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (5.69%) SC Cleared
7 6 (2.84%) CompTIA Security+
8 5 (2.37%) Azure Certification
8 5 (2.37%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (2.37%) CCNP
9 4 (1.90%) PMI Certification
10 3 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.42%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (1.42%) MCSA
10 3 (1.42%) SSCP
11 2 (0.95%) CISSP
11 2 (0.95%) CompTIA CySA+
12 1 (0.47%) CISM
12 1 (0.47%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (12.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (8.06%) SLA
3 12 (5.69%) Cyber Essentials
4 9 (4.27%) Data Quality
4 9 (4.27%) NIST
5 6 (2.84%) QA
6 5 (2.37%) GDPR
7 4 (1.90%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.95%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.95%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 2 (0.95%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.95%) WCAG
9 1 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.47%) SOC 2
System Software
1 39 (18.48%) Active Directory
2 12 (5.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (3.32%) Docker
4 6 (2.84%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (2.37%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.95%) Terminal Services
6 2 (0.95%) vSphere
7 1 (0.47%) Firmware
7 1 (0.47%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 20 (9.48%) Ansible
1 20 (9.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (8.53%) Kubernetes
3 12 (5.69%) Grafana
3 12 (5.69%) Prometheus
4 6 (2.84%) Progress Chef
5 3 (1.42%) FortiGate
5 3 (1.42%) Istio
5 3 (1.42%) linkerd
5 3 (1.42%) Puppet
5 3 (1.42%) SCCM
6 2 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.47%) Argo
7 1 (0.47%) Data Guard
7 1 (0.47%) Nagios
7 1 (0.47%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (0.47%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.47%) Podman
7 1 (0.47%) VxRail
Vendors
1 93 (44.08%) Microsoft
2 19 (9.00%) Cisco
3 18 (8.53%) Logitech
3 18 (8.53%) Sophos
3 18 (8.53%) TOWER Software
4 17 (8.06%) VMware
5 16 (7.58%) Splunk
6 9 (4.27%) Oracle
6 9 (4.27%) Zscaler
7 8 (3.79%) Meraki
7 8 (3.79%) RedGate
7 8 (3.79%) ServiceNow
7 8 (3.79%) Tanium
8 6 (2.84%) Dell
8 6 (2.84%) Google
9 5 (2.37%) YouTube
10 4 (1.90%) CheckPoint
10 4 (1.90%) HP
10 4 (1.90%) iManage
10 4 (1.90%) Red Hat