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 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 556 643 680
Rank change year-on-year +87 +37 -28
Permanent jobs citing Proactive Monitoring 375 333 647
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.38% 0.33% 0.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.44% 0.35% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 313 275 431
10th Percentile £27,300 £26,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,101 £30,771 £34,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,475 £42,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.00% -10.53% +0.53%
75th Percentile £59,000 £57,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £65,000 £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 85,150 95,114 154,445
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.20% 95.57% 95.77%
Number of salaries quoted 59,851 56,202 82,517
10th Percentile £29,079 £34,000 £33,645
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +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% +10.43%

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 19 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 19 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 +93 337 £47,500 +11.76% 101
UK excluding London -5 267 £42,500 - 79
Work from Home +55 113 £50,000 +10.50% 36
London +142 93 £74,500 +26.81% 34
North of England +68 93 £42,500 -10.53% 22
Midlands +27 62 £43,227 -13.45% 14
South East -25 53 £49,329 +16.07% 22
Yorkshire +89 47 £34,000 -33.33% 8
West Midlands +41 46 £42,864 +4.86% 9
North West +32 43 £43,742 +9.36% 10
South West -29 21 £30,000 +9.09% 5
East Midlands -12 16 £47,500 -9.52% 5
Wales +2 13 £41,067 +49.33% 3
East of England -15 13 £57,500 -6.12% 5
Scotland -65 12 £55,000 +3.77% 9
North East -16 3 £37,500 -6.25% 5

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 51 (13.60%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (6.67%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.13%) IIS
4 7 (1.87%) JBoss
4 7 (1.87%) Tomcat
4 7 (1.87%) WebLogic
4 7 (1.87%) WebSphere
4 7 (1.87%) WildFly
5 1 (0.27%) Confluence
Applications
1 33 (8.80%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (5.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (3.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.80%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.27%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 7 (1.87%) Teamcenter
2 5 (1.33%) Fidessa
2 5 (1.33%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (1.33%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.53%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.53%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.27%) Endur
4 1 (0.27%) Findur
Cloud Services
1 129 (34.40%) Azure
2 67 (17.87%) AWS
3 63 (16.80%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (3.73%) Mimecast
5 12 (3.20%) Cloud Computing
5 12 (3.20%) OCI
6 11 (2.93%) Entra ID
7 9 (2.40%) SaaS
8 8 (2.13%) GCP
9 7 (1.87%) Slack
10 6 (1.60%) PaaS
11 5 (1.33%) Azure Stack
11 5 (1.33%) DigitalOcean
11 5 (1.33%) Firebase
11 5 (1.33%) Nutanix
11 5 (1.33%) OneDrive
11 5 (1.33%) Power Automate
12 4 (1.07%) Google Workspace
12 4 (1.07%) Power Platform
13 3 (0.80%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 80 (21.33%) Firewall
2 65 (17.33%) DNS
3 59 (15.73%) DHCP
4 42 (11.20%) SAN
5 36 (9.60%) TCP/IP
6 35 (9.33%) WAN
7 25 (6.67%) LAN
8 23 (6.13%) Network Security
9 18 (4.80%) SD-WAN
10 17 (4.53%) MPLS
10 17 (4.53%) VPN
11 16 (4.27%) VoIP
12 14 (3.73%) VLAN
13 9 (2.40%) BGP
13 9 (2.40%) Wireless
13 9 (2.40%) WLAN
14 8 (2.13%) HTTP
14 8 (2.13%) Internet
14 8 (2.13%) NAS
15 7 (1.87%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (14.13%) SQL Server
2 17 (4.53%) MySQL
3 13 (3.47%) MongoDB
4 11 (2.93%) Azure SQL Database
5 9 (2.40%) NoSQL
6 8 (2.13%) Amazon RDS
6 8 (2.13%) Relational Database
7 6 (1.60%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (1.33%) InfluxDB
9 4 (1.07%) Apache Cassandra
9 4 (1.07%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (1.07%) Power BI
10 3 (0.80%) 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 (0.27%) MariaDB
12 1 (0.27%) Oracle Reports
12 1 (0.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 15 (4.00%) JIRA
2 6 (1.60%) Cypress.io
3 4 (1.07%) Git
4 3 (0.80%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.53%) Subversion
5 2 (0.53%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.27%) webpack
General
1 168 (44.80%) Social Skills
2 81 (21.60%) Analytical Skills
3 80 (21.33%) Finance
4 33 (8.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 20 (5.33%) Manufacturing
6 17 (4.53%) Banking
7 14 (3.73%) Legal
7 14 (3.73%) Public Sector
8 12 (3.20%) Law
9 11 (2.93%) Retail
10 10 (2.67%) Telecoms
11 7 (1.87%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.33%) Games
13 4 (1.07%) Automotive
13 4 (1.07%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.07%) Electronics
13 4 (1.07%) Financial Institution
13 4 (1.07%) Marketing
13 4 (1.07%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (1.07%) Police
Job Titles
1 79 (21.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 51 (13.60%) Analyst
3 43 (11.47%) IT Engineer
4 39 (10.40%) Senior
5 31 (8.27%) Support Engineer
6 29 (7.73%) Network Engineer
7 28 (7.47%) IT Support
8 25 (6.67%) DBA
9 19 (5.07%) Lead
10 17 (4.53%) Service Analyst
11 16 (4.27%) 1st Line Support
11 16 (4.27%) Applications Support
11 16 (4.27%) IT Support Engineer
12 15 (4.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
13 14 (3.73%) Administrator
13 14 (3.73%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
13 14 (3.73%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 14 (3.73%) Support Manager
14 13 (3.47%) 3rd Line Support
14 13 (3.47%) Applications Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.93%) React
2 10 (2.67%) CSS
3 9 (2.40%) .NET
3 9 (2.40%) EDI
4 6 (1.60%) JSON
4 6 (1.60%) XML
5 5 (1.33%) AngularJS
5 5 (1.33%) CSS3
5 5 (1.33%) FIX Protocol
5 5 (1.33%) HTML
5 5 (1.33%) HTML5
5 5 (1.33%) Jest
5 5 (1.33%) jQuery
5 5 (1.33%) Oracle Fusion
5 5 (1.33%) Svelte
5 5 (1.33%) Tailwind CSS
5 5 (1.33%) Twitter Bootstrap
5 5 (1.33%) Vue
5 5 (1.33%) Web Services
6 4 (1.07%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 43 (11.47%) Data Centre
2 34 (9.07%) Management Information System
3 17 (4.53%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (3.47%) Product Ownership
4 13 (3.47%) Public Cloud
5 12 (3.20%) Clustering
6 10 (2.67%) Replication
7 9 (2.40%) Onboarding
8 8 (2.13%) Security Operations Centre
9 7 (1.87%) CMDB
10 6 (1.60%) Driving Licence
10 6 (1.60%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (1.60%) PMI
10 6 (1.60%) Private Cloud
11 5 (1.33%) Eurex
11 5 (1.33%) NHS
12 4 (1.07%) IoT
12 4 (1.07%) PKI
12 4 (1.07%) Security Posture
13 3 (0.80%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 154 (41.07%) Windows
2 90 (24.00%) Windows Server
3 88 (23.47%) Linux
4 26 (6.93%) Windows 10
5 19 (5.07%) Windows Server 2016
6 14 (3.73%) Windows Server 2019
7 13 (3.47%) Mac OS
7 13 (3.47%) Windows Server 2012
8 12 (3.20%) Unix
8 12 (3.20%) Windows XP
9 7 (1.87%) CentOS
10 6 (1.60%) VMS
11 4 (1.07%) Debian
11 4 (1.07%) Embedded Linux
12 2 (0.53%) Apple iOS
12 2 (0.53%) Oracle Linux
12 2 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (0.53%) Solaris
13 1 (0.27%) Android
13 1 (0.27%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (27.73%) Problem-Solving
2 97 (25.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 90 (24.00%) ITIL
4 69 (18.40%) Disaster Recovery
5 68 (18.13%) Continuous Improvement
6 62 (16.53%) Incident Management
7 54 (14.40%) Customer Service
8 34 (9.07%) Project Management
9 33 (8.80%) Cybersecurity
10 32 (8.53%) Service Delivery
11 30 (8.00%) Server Management
12 27 (7.20%) Mentoring
13 26 (6.93%) Agile
13 26 (6.93%) Change Management
13 26 (6.93%) Performance Tuning
14 24 (6.40%) ITSM
15 22 (5.87%) Stakeholder Management
16 21 (5.60%) Incident Response
16 21 (5.60%) Service Management
17 20 (5.33%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 63 (16.80%) SQL
2 59 (15.73%) PowerShell
3 26 (6.93%) Python
4 24 (6.40%) JavaScript
5 14 (3.73%) T-SQL
6 13 (3.47%) C#
7 12 (3.20%) C++
8 11 (2.93%) Bash
9 9 (2.40%) Java
10 8 (2.13%) Perl
11 7 (1.87%) Ruby
12 6 (1.60%) TypeScript
13 4 (1.07%) ActionScript
13 4 (1.07%) ActionScript 2.0
13 4 (1.07%) PL/SQL
13 4 (1.07%) VB
13 4 (1.07%) VBScript
14 3 (0.80%) Shell Script
15 2 (0.53%) PHP
15 2 (0.53%) Scala
Qualifications
1 51 (13.60%) Cisco Certification
2 49 (13.07%) CCNA
3 48 (12.80%) Degree
4 37 (9.87%) Microsoft Certification
4 37 (9.87%) Security Cleared
5 29 (7.73%) CCNP
5 29 (7.73%) SC Cleared
6 21 (5.60%) DV Cleared
7 18 (4.80%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 17 (4.53%) MCSA
9 15 (4.00%) MCSE
10 8 (2.13%) Network+ Certification
11 7 (1.87%) HND
12 6 (1.60%) DBS Check
12 6 (1.60%) PMI Certification
13 5 (1.33%) Azure Certification
13 5 (1.33%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (1.33%) Computer Science Degree
14 4 (1.07%) CISM
14 4 (1.07%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (8.00%) SLA
2 10 (2.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (2.40%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (1.60%) GDPR
5 5 (1.33%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.07%) NIST
7 3 (0.80%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.53%) COBIT
8 2 (0.53%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.53%) QA
9 1 (0.27%) GRC
9 1 (0.27%) GxP
9 1 (0.27%) NCSC
9 1 (0.27%) SOC 2
System Software
1 104 (27.73%) Active Directory
2 60 (16.00%) Hyper-V
3 58 (15.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (4.00%) Docker
5 13 (3.47%) Virtual Machines
5 13 (3.47%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (1.33%) Virtual Servers
6 5 (1.33%) vSphere
7 4 (1.07%) Embedded Firmware
7 4 (1.07%) Firmware
7 4 (1.07%) NFS
7 4 (1.07%) XenApp
7 4 (1.07%) XenDesktop
8 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.27%) Ceph
9 1 (0.27%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.27%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 28 (7.47%) Microsoft Intune
1 28 (7.47%) SCCM
2 20 (5.33%) SCOM
3 18 (4.80%) WSUS
4 17 (4.53%) Kubernetes
4 17 (4.53%) Terraform
5 14 (3.73%) Ansible
6 13 (3.47%) vCenter Server
7 12 (3.20%) EMC NetWorker
7 12 (3.20%) NetBackup
8 8 (2.13%) Grafana
9 6 (1.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 5 (1.33%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (1.07%) Proxmox
12 2 (0.53%) Failover Clustering
12 2 (0.53%) Host Intrusion Detection System
12 2 (0.53%) Nessus
12 2 (0.53%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
12 2 (0.53%) ZABBIX
13 1 (0.27%) Puppet
Vendors
1 159 (42.40%) Microsoft
2 94 (25.07%) VMware
3 60 (16.00%) Cisco
4 41 (10.93%) Oracle
5 32 (8.53%) Citrix
6 31 (8.27%) HP
7 28 (7.47%) Dell
8 24 (6.40%) Palo Alto
9 19 (5.07%) Veeam
10 16 (4.27%) Juniper
11 14 (3.73%) ServiceNow
11 14 (3.73%) Symantec
12 13 (3.47%) Extreme Networks
12 13 (3.47%) NetApp
13 12 (3.20%) 3PAR
13 12 (3.20%) EMC
14 11 (2.93%) Red Hat
14 11 (2.93%) Remedy
15 9 (2.40%) Google
16 8 (2.13%) SolarWinds