Proactive Monitoring
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Proactive Monitoring skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Proactive Monitoring over the 6 months to 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 554 647 685
Rank change year-on-year +93 +38 -29
Permanent jobs citing Proactive Monitoring 379 328 629
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.38% 0.32% 0.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.45% 0.34% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 317 263 426
10th Percentile £27,400 £26,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,101 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.24% -10.53% -5.00%
75th Percentile £59,000 £57,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £65,200 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year - +6.25% -5.88%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Proactive Monitoring is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,952 96,876 150,957
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.60% 95.70%
Number of salaries quoted 59,894 57,115 82,331
10th Percentile £29,002 £34,000 £33,515
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Proactive Monitoring
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Proactive Monitoring as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Proactive Monitoring in the UK

Proactive Monitoring
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Proactive Monitoring.

Salary trend for Proactive Monitoring in the UK

Proactive Monitoring
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Proactive Monitoring over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

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 12 May 2024. 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 +115 341 £47,500 +11.76% 81
UK excluding London -4 270 £42,500 - 59
Work from Home +78 116 £50,000 +9.89% 31
London +166 94 £76,086 +32.32% 28
North of England +75 92 £42,500 -10.53% 16
Midlands +24 62 £43,227 -13.55% 13
South East -10 57 £49,329 +16.07% 15
Yorkshire +89 47 £34,000 -33.33% 5
West Midlands +53 46 £42,864 +6.49% 9
North West +32 42 £46,000 +15.37% 8
South West -37 21 £30,000 +9.09% 2
East Midlands -11 16 £47,500 -9.52% 4
Wales +16 13 £41,067 +49.33% 1
East of England -2 13 £57,500 - 4
Scotland -48 12 £55,000 +3.77% 9
North East -17 3 £37,500 -6.25% 4

Proactive Monitoring
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 52 (13.72%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (6.60%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.11%) IIS
4 7 (1.85%) JBoss
4 7 (1.85%) Tomcat
4 7 (1.85%) WebLogic
4 7 (1.85%) WebSphere
4 7 (1.85%) WildFly
5 1 (0.26%) Confluence
Applications
1 31 (8.18%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (5.54%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (3.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.79%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.26%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 7 (1.85%) Teamcenter
2 5 (1.32%) Fidessa
2 5 (1.32%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (1.32%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.79%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (0.79%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.26%) Endur
4 1 (0.26%) Findur
4 1 (0.26%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 131 (34.56%) Azure
2 69 (18.21%) AWS
3 67 (17.68%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (3.17%) Entra ID
4 12 (3.17%) Mimecast
4 12 (3.17%) OCI
5 11 (2.90%) Cloud Computing
6 9 (2.37%) SaaS
7 8 (2.11%) GCP
8 7 (1.85%) PaaS
8 7 (1.85%) Slack
9 5 (1.32%) Azure Stack
9 5 (1.32%) DigitalOcean
9 5 (1.32%) Firebase
9 5 (1.32%) Nutanix
9 5 (1.32%) OneDrive
9 5 (1.32%) Power Automate
9 5 (1.32%) Power Platform
10 4 (1.06%) Google Workspace
10 4 (1.06%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 80 (21.11%) Firewall
2 63 (16.62%) DNS
3 57 (15.04%) DHCP
4 42 (11.08%) SAN
5 36 (9.50%) TCP/IP
6 35 (9.23%) WAN
7 25 (6.60%) LAN
8 20 (5.28%) Network Security
9 18 (4.75%) MPLS
9 18 (4.75%) VPN
10 17 (4.49%) SD-WAN
11 16 (4.22%) VoIP
12 13 (3.43%) VLAN
13 10 (2.64%) Internet
13 10 (2.64%) WLAN
14 9 (2.37%) BGP
14 9 (2.37%) HTTP
15 8 (2.11%) NAS
15 8 (2.11%) Wireless
16 7 (1.85%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (14.51%) SQL Server
2 17 (4.49%) MySQL
3 13 (3.43%) MongoDB
4 11 (2.90%) Azure SQL Database
5 9 (2.37%) NoSQL
6 8 (2.11%) Amazon RDS
6 8 (2.11%) Relational Database
7 6 (1.58%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (1.32%) InfluxDB
8 5 (1.32%) Power BI
9 4 (1.06%) Apache Cassandra
10 3 (0.79%) Ingres
11 2 (0.53%) Crystal Reports
11 2 (0.53%) Neo4j
11 2 (0.53%) Oracle Database
11 2 (0.53%) RDBMS
12 1 (0.26%) MariaDB
12 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 15 (3.96%) JIRA
2 6 (1.58%) Cypress.io
3 4 (1.06%) Git
3 4 (1.06%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.53%) Subversion
4 2 (0.53%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.26%) webpack
General
1 170 (44.85%) Social Skills
2 82 (21.64%) Analytical Skills
3 78 (20.58%) Finance
4 33 (8.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 20 (5.28%) Manufacturing
6 16 (4.22%) Banking
7 15 (3.96%) Legal
7 15 (3.96%) Public Sector
8 11 (2.90%) Law
8 11 (2.90%) Retail
8 11 (2.90%) Telecoms
9 8 (2.11%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.32%) Games
11 4 (1.06%) Automotive
11 4 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.06%) Electronics
11 4 (1.06%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.06%) Marketing
11 4 (1.06%) Pharmaceutical
11 4 (1.06%) Police
Job Titles
1 82 (21.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 52 (13.72%) Analyst
3 44 (11.61%) IT Engineer
4 39 (10.29%) Senior
5 32 (8.44%) Support Engineer
6 28 (7.39%) IT Support
6 28 (7.39%) Network Engineer
7 25 (6.60%) DBA
8 18 (4.75%) Lead
9 17 (4.49%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
9 17 (4.49%) Service Analyst
10 16 (4.22%) 1st Line Support
10 16 (4.22%) Applications Support
10 16 (4.22%) IT Support Engineer
11 14 (3.69%) 3rd Line Support
11 14 (3.69%) Administrator
11 14 (3.69%) Cloud Engineer
11 14 (3.69%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
11 14 (3.69%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 14 (3.69%) Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.90%) React
2 10 (2.64%) CSS
2 10 (2.64%) EDI
3 9 (2.37%) .NET
4 7 (1.85%) JSON
4 7 (1.85%) XML
5 5 (1.32%) AngularJS
5 5 (1.32%) CSS3
5 5 (1.32%) FIX Protocol
5 5 (1.32%) HTML
5 5 (1.32%) HTML5
5 5 (1.32%) Jest
5 5 (1.32%) jQuery
5 5 (1.32%) Oracle Fusion
5 5 (1.32%) Svelte
5 5 (1.32%) Tailwind CSS
5 5 (1.32%) Twitter Bootstrap
5 5 (1.32%) Vue
5 5 (1.32%) Web Services
6 4 (1.06%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 43 (11.35%) Data Centre
2 34 (8.97%) Management Information System
3 16 (4.22%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (3.43%) Product Ownership
5 12 (3.17%) Clustering
6 10 (2.64%) Public Cloud
6 10 (2.64%) Replication
7 9 (2.37%) Onboarding
8 8 (2.11%) Security Operations Centre
9 7 (1.85%) CMDB
10 6 (1.58%) Driving Licence
10 6 (1.58%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (1.58%) PMI
10 6 (1.58%) Private Cloud
11 5 (1.32%) Eurex
12 4 (1.06%) IoT
12 4 (1.06%) PKI
12 4 (1.06%) Security Posture
13 3 (0.79%) NHS
13 3 (0.79%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 156 (41.16%) Windows
2 91 (24.01%) Windows Server
3 88 (23.22%) Linux
4 24 (6.33%) Windows 10
5 20 (5.28%) Windows Server 2016
6 15 (3.96%) Windows Server 2019
7 14 (3.69%) Windows Server 2012
8 13 (3.43%) Mac OS
9 12 (3.17%) Unix
9 12 (3.17%) Windows XP
10 7 (1.85%) CentOS
11 6 (1.58%) VMS
12 4 (1.06%) Debian
12 4 (1.06%) Embedded Linux
13 2 (0.53%) Apple iOS
13 2 (0.53%) Oracle Linux
13 2 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 2 (0.53%) Solaris
13 2 (0.53%) Windows 8
14 1 (0.26%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (28.23%) Problem-Solving
2 100 (26.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 96 (25.33%) ITIL
4 72 (19.00%) Disaster Recovery
5 71 (18.73%) Continuous Improvement
6 65 (17.15%) Incident Management
7 54 (14.25%) Customer Service
8 34 (8.97%) Project Management
9 32 (8.44%) Cybersecurity
9 32 (8.44%) Server Management
9 32 (8.44%) Service Delivery
10 28 (7.39%) Agile
10 28 (7.39%) Change Management
10 28 (7.39%) Mentoring
11 26 (6.86%) Performance Tuning
12 24 (6.33%) ITSM
13 22 (5.80%) Incident Response
13 22 (5.80%) Service Management
13 22 (5.80%) Stakeholder Management
14 21 (5.54%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 66 (17.41%) SQL
2 57 (15.04%) PowerShell
3 26 (6.86%) Python
4 24 (6.33%) JavaScript
5 15 (3.96%) T-SQL
6 13 (3.43%) C#
7 12 (3.17%) C++
8 11 (2.90%) Bash
9 9 (2.37%) Java
10 8 (2.11%) Perl
11 7 (1.85%) Ruby
12 6 (1.58%) TypeScript
13 5 (1.32%) PL/SQL
14 4 (1.06%) ActionScript
14 4 (1.06%) ActionScript 2.0
14 4 (1.06%) VB
14 4 (1.06%) VBScript
15 3 (0.79%) Shell Script
16 2 (0.53%) PHP
16 2 (0.53%) Scala
Qualifications
1 51 (13.46%) Cisco Certification
2 49 (12.93%) CCNA
3 48 (12.66%) Degree
4 37 (9.76%) Microsoft Certification
5 36 (9.50%) Security Cleared
6 29 (7.65%) CCNP
6 29 (7.65%) SC Cleared
7 21 (5.54%) DV Cleared
8 18 (4.75%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 17 (4.49%) MCSA
10 15 (3.96%) MCSE
11 8 (2.11%) Network+ Certification
12 7 (1.85%) HND
13 6 (1.58%) DBS Check
13 6 (1.58%) PMI Certification
14 5 (1.32%) Azure Certification
14 5 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
14 5 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
15 4 (1.06%) CISM
15 4 (1.06%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (7.92%) SLA
2 10 (2.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (2.37%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (1.58%) GDPR
5 5 (1.32%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.06%) Data Quality
6 4 (1.06%) NIST
7 3 (0.79%) QA
8 2 (0.53%) COBIT
8 2 (0.53%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.26%) GRC
9 1 (0.26%) GxP
9 1 (0.26%) NCSC
9 1 (0.26%) PMO
9 1 (0.26%) SOC 2
System Software
1 104 (27.44%) Active Directory
2 63 (16.62%) Hyper-V
3 60 (15.83%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (3.96%) Docker
5 13 (3.43%) Virtual Machines
5 13 (3.43%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (1.32%) Virtual Servers
6 5 (1.32%) vSphere
7 4 (1.06%) Embedded Firmware
7 4 (1.06%) Firmware
7 4 (1.06%) NFS
8 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 2 (0.53%) XenApp
8 2 (0.53%) XenDesktop
9 1 (0.26%) Ceph
9 1 (0.26%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.26%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 27 (7.12%) SCCM
2 26 (6.86%) Microsoft Intune
3 20 (5.28%) SCOM
4 18 (4.75%) WSUS
5 17 (4.49%) Kubernetes
6 15 (3.96%) Terraform
7 14 (3.69%) Ansible
8 13 (3.43%) vCenter Server
9 12 (3.17%) EMC NetWorker
9 12 (3.17%) NetBackup
10 8 (2.11%) Grafana
11 4 (1.06%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (1.06%) Proxmox
12 3 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
13 2 (0.53%) Failover Clustering
13 2 (0.53%) Host Intrusion Detection System
13 2 (0.53%) Nessus
13 2 (0.53%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
13 2 (0.53%) ZABBIX
14 1 (0.26%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 162 (42.74%) Microsoft
2 94 (24.80%) VMware
3 60 (15.83%) Cisco
4 42 (11.08%) Oracle
5 32 (8.44%) Citrix
6 31 (8.18%) HP
7 29 (7.65%) Dell
8 24 (6.33%) Palo Alto
9 19 (5.01%) Veeam
10 16 (4.22%) Juniper
11 15 (3.96%) ServiceNow
12 14 (3.69%) Symantec
13 13 (3.43%) Extreme Networks
13 13 (3.43%) NetApp
14 12 (3.17%) 3PAR
14 12 (3.17%) EMC
14 12 (3.17%) Remedy
15 11 (2.90%) Red Hat
16 9 (2.37%) Google
16 9 (2.37%) Salesforce