Hybrid/Remote Proactive Management Job Trends

Proactive Management
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Proactive Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 331 397 448
Rank change year-on-year +66 +51 +127
Permanent jobs citing Proactive Management 40 35 41
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.27% 0.21% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.23% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 22 21 22
10th Percentile £32,125 £42,750 £47,500
25th Percentile £43,125 £50,000 £60,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -17.24% +21.80%
75th Percentile £62,500 £73,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £73,625 £81,250 £104,750
UK median annual salary £43,000 £63,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year -32.55% +27.50% -16.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Proactive Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,070 15,388 20,350
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 87.44% 93.64% 93.51%
Number of salaries quoted 8,286 9,071 16,480
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,750 £45,164
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,000 £79,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Proactive Management
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Proactive Management and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Proactive Management job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Proactive Management
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Proactive Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Proactive Management

Proactive Management
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Proactive Management over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Proactive Management salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Proactive Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 6 (15.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (15.00%) SharePoint
2 4 (10.00%) IIS
3 2 (5.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 13 (32.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (22.50%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (22.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (2.50%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 9 (22.50%) Azure
2 7 (17.50%) Entra ID
2 7 (17.50%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (12.50%) OneDrive
4 4 (10.00%) Power Platform
4 4 (10.00%) PowerApps
4 4 (10.00%) SaaS
5 2 (5.00%) Slack
6 1 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (2.50%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 7 (17.50%) DHCP
1 7 (17.50%) DNS
1 7 (17.50%) TCP/IP
2 5 (12.50%) SD-WAN
2 5 (12.50%) VPN
2 5 (12.50%) WAN
3 3 (7.50%) Firewall
4 1 (2.50%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (12.50%) SQL Server
2 4 (10.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (10.00%) Browser DevTools
2 2 (5.00%) JIRA
3 1 (2.50%) Git
3 1 (2.50%) Jenkins
General
1 22 (55.00%) Finance
2 20 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 13 (32.50%) Billing
4 9 (22.50%) Marketing
4 9 (22.50%) Presentation Skills
5 6 (15.00%) Legal
5 6 (15.00%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (22.50%) Analyst
1 9 (22.50%) Associate Director
2 8 (20.00%) Senior
3 6 (15.00%) Governance Analyst
3 6 (15.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 5 (12.50%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (10.00%) Accountant
5 4 (10.00%) IT Manager
5 4 (10.00%) Support Specialist
5 4 (10.00%) Systems Accountant
5 4 (10.00%) Technical Specialist
5 4 (10.00%) Technical Support
5 4 (10.00%) Technical Support Specialist
6 2 (5.00%) Business Analyst
6 2 (5.00%) IT Project Manager
6 2 (5.00%) Lead
6 2 (5.00%) Project Manager
6 2 (5.00%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (5.00%) Senior Business Analyst
7 1 (2.50%) Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (10.00%) LAMP
1 4 (10.00%) REST
1 4 (10.00%) SOAP
2 1 (2.50%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 9 (22.50%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (10.00%) Linux Command Line
3 2 (5.00%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.00%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.50%) CMDB
4 1 (2.50%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.50%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.50%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 10 (25.00%) Windows
2 8 (20.00%) Windows Server
3 5 (12.50%) Apple iOS
3 5 (12.50%) Linux
3 5 (12.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (37.50%) Agile
2 12 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 11 (27.50%) Project Delivery
4 10 (25.00%) Line Management
4 10 (25.00%) Risk Management
5 9 (22.50%) Business Development
5 9 (22.50%) Coaching
5 9 (22.50%) Cybersecurity
5 9 (22.50%) Financial Modelling
5 9 (22.50%) Project Management
5 9 (22.50%) Service Delivery
6 8 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
7 7 (17.50%) Problem Management
7 7 (17.50%) Root Cause Analysis
7 7 (17.50%) Service Management
8 6 (15.00%) Customer Experience
8 6 (15.00%) Information Security
8 6 (15.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 6 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (12.50%) Cost Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (22.50%) SQL
2 4 (10.00%) JavaScript
2 4 (10.00%) PHP
2 4 (10.00%) T-SQL
3 3 (7.50%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.50%) Bash
4 1 (2.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (27.50%) Degree
2 9 (22.50%) CFA
3 4 (10.00%) ACCA
3 4 (10.00%) CIMA
4 1 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (15.00%) NIST
2 4 (10.00%) QA
3 1 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.50%) NCSC
System Software
1 14 (35.00%) Active Directory
2 7 (17.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (5.00%) Hyper-V
4 1 (2.50%) Docker
4 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 1 (2.50%) vCloud
4 1 (2.50%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 5 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.50%) Ansible
2 1 (2.50%) Docker Swarm
2 1 (2.50%) Grafana
2 1 (2.50%) Prometheus
2 1 (2.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (32.50%) Microsoft
2 7 (17.50%) VMware
3 5 (12.50%) Oracle
4 4 (10.00%) HubSpot
4 4 (10.00%) Salesforce
5 3 (7.50%) ServiceNow
6 1 (2.50%) BMC
6 1 (2.50%) Dynatrace
6 1 (2.50%) IFS
6 1 (2.50%) Remedy