Configuration Management Jobs

Configuration Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Configuration Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Configuration Management over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 261 248 207
Rank change year-on-year -13 -41 -32
Permanent jobs citing Configuration Management 1,104 1,464 3,266
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.09% 1.49% 1.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.29% 1.55% 2.08%
Number of salaries quoted 635 866 1,468
10th Percentile £38,950 £41,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £83,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Configuration Management 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 85,549 94,155 156,986
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.76% 95.59% 95.83%
Number of salaries quoted 60,063 55,401 82,663
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
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% +10.53%

Configuration Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Configuration Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Configuration Management in the UK

Configuration Management
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Configuration Management.

Salary trend for Configuration Management in the UK

Configuration Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Configuration Management over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Configuration Management in the UK

Configuration Management
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Configuration Management within the UK over the 6 months to 23 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 -18 930 £60,000 -14.29% 327
UK excluding London +9 826 £55,000 -12.00% 260
Work from Home -9 422 £62,500 -10.71% 149
South East +10 245 £52,550 -10.55% 91
London -78 220 £75,000 - 121
South West +9 183 £55,000 -6.78% 37
North of England -16 109 £52,500 -16.00% 47
Midlands +2 97 £57,500 -11.54% 38
Scotland -29 92 £75,000 +3.45% 14
West Midlands +15 76 £57,500 -11.54% 23
North West -21 65 £57,500 -8.00% 29
East of England -23 61 £57,500 +7.98% 24
Yorkshire +54 32 £45,000 -30.77% 14
Wales +17 23 £50,000 -24.81% 7
East Midlands -1 21 £50,000 -4.76% 14
Northern Ireland +27 14 £64,400 -12.68% 6
North East -17 12 £45,000 +5.88% 4
Isle of Man - 3 - -

Configuration Management
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 46 (4.17%) Apache
2 44 (3.99%) Microsoft Exchange
3 38 (3.44%) SharePoint
4 29 (2.63%) Apache Spark
5 28 (2.54%) Confluence
6 19 (1.72%) nginx
7 16 (1.45%) CMS
8 13 (1.18%) OpenStack
9 12 (1.09%) IIS
10 6 (0.54%) JBoss
11 3 (0.27%) CloudStack
12 2 (0.18%) Drupal
12 2 (0.18%) GlassFish
12 2 (0.18%) JCAPS
12 2 (0.18%) Tomcat
12 2 (0.18%) WebLogic
12 2 (0.18%) WebSphere
12 2 (0.18%) WebSphere Application Server
12 2 (0.18%) WordPress
13 1 (0.091%) WinCC
Applications
1 26 (2.36%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (2.08%) Simulink
3 21 (1.90%) Stateflow
4 10 (0.91%) Microsoft Excel
5 7 (0.63%) CANalyzer
6 6 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 3 (0.27%) Windchill
8 2 (0.18%) GNU Octave
9 1 (0.091%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.091%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.091%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.091%) Revit
9 1 (0.091%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 6 (0.54%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.36%) SAP IS-U
3 2 (0.18%) Adaptiv
4 1 (0.091%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.091%) Endur
4 1 (0.091%) SAP Business One
4 1 (0.091%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 386 (34.96%) Azure
2 368 (33.33%) AWS
3 173 (15.67%) GCP
4 161 (14.58%) Microsoft 365
5 122 (11.05%) SaaS
6 83 (7.52%) Serverless
7 74 (6.70%) Azure DevOps
8 60 (5.43%) AWS Lambda
9 59 (5.34%) Amazon EKS
10 56 (5.07%) AWS CloudFormation
11 46 (4.17%) OpenShift
12 41 (3.71%) Power Platform
13 40 (3.62%) GitHub
14 38 (3.44%) Amazon EC2
15 33 (2.99%) Amazon S3
16 29 (2.63%) Entra ID
17 28 (2.54%) Amazon ECS
17 28 (2.54%) PaaS
18 24 (2.17%) IaaS
19 23 (2.08%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 115 (10.42%) Firewall
2 54 (4.89%) DNS
3 47 (4.26%) VPN
4 34 (3.08%) DHCP
5 33 (2.99%) AMQP
6 31 (2.81%) WAN
7 30 (2.72%) Network Security
8 27 (2.45%) TCP/IP
9 20 (1.81%) Wireless
10 19 (1.72%) Internet
11 18 (1.63%) SSL
11 18 (1.63%) VoIP
12 17 (1.54%) 5G
12 17 (1.54%) VLAN
13 16 (1.45%) SD-WAN
14 15 (1.36%) LAN
15 14 (1.27%) HTTP
15 14 (1.27%) J1939
15 14 (1.27%) SNMP
16 13 (1.18%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (6.25%) SQL Server
2 39 (3.53%) Amazon RDS
3 35 (3.17%) Power BI
4 34 (3.08%) Big Data
5 28 (2.54%) Cloudera CDH
5 28 (2.54%) Hadoop
6 22 (1.99%) Azure SQL Database
7 19 (1.72%) Redis
7 19 (1.72%) Relational Database
8 18 (1.63%) Apache Cassandra
8 18 (1.63%) NoSQL
9 16 (1.45%) Elasticsearch
9 16 (1.45%) PostgreSQL
10 15 (1.36%) MySQL
11 14 (1.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 13 (1.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 12 (1.09%) DynamoDB
14 9 (0.82%) Crystal Reports
14 9 (0.82%) MongoDB
15 7 (0.63%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 112 (10.14%) Jenkins
2 103 (9.33%) Git
3 88 (7.97%) JIRA
4 49 (4.44%) GitLab
5 45 (4.08%) Subversion
6 31 (2.81%) Bitbucket
7 22 (1.99%) ClearCase
8 21 (1.90%) Plastic SCM
9 16 (1.45%) CMake
10 15 (1.36%) ClearQuest
11 14 (1.27%) Robot Framework
11 14 (1.27%) TeamCity
12 13 (1.18%) Sonatype Nexus
12 13 (1.18%) Visual Studio
13 12 (1.09%) Rational DOORS
14 10 (0.91%) Trac
15 8 (0.72%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
16 7 (0.63%) Moq
16 7 (0.63%) Team Foundation Server
17 6 (0.54%) JUnit
General
1 213 (19.29%) Finance
2 199 (18.03%) Social Skills
3 123 (11.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 87 (7.88%) Law
5 83 (7.52%) Legal
5 83 (7.52%) Presentation Skills
6 75 (6.79%) Aerospace
7 73 (6.61%) Analytical Skills
8 54 (4.89%) Marketing
9 42 (3.80%) Electronics
9 42 (3.80%) Retail
10 41 (3.71%) Telecoms
11 38 (3.44%) Manufacturing
12 31 (2.81%) Military
13 30 (2.72%) Automotive
14 29 (2.63%) Banking
15 24 (2.17%) Public Sector
16 17 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
17 12 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
18 8 (0.72%) Billing
Job Titles
1 176 (15.94%) Software Engineer
2 138 (12.50%) Senior
3 112 (10.14%) Architect
4 110 (9.96%) DevOps Engineer
5 84 (7.61%) Cloud Architect
6 83 (7.52%) Lead
6 83 (7.52%) Systems Engineer
7 64 (5.80%) Analyst
8 57 (5.16%) Cloud Engineer
9 51 (4.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 49 (4.44%) Java Engineer
10 49 (4.44%) Java Software Engineer
11 46 (4.17%) Senior Software Engineer
12 43 (3.89%) Platform Engineer
13 42 (3.80%) Azure Engineer
14 41 (3.71%) AWS Engineer
15 40 (3.62%) Network Engineer
16 39 (3.53%) Linux Engineer
16 39 (3.53%) Windows Engineer
17 33 (2.99%) Configuration Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (7.25%) React
2 78 (7.07%) HTML
3 69 (6.25%) Node.js
4 66 (5.98%) AngularJS
5 56 (5.07%) Spring
6 46 (4.17%) HTML5
7 44 (3.99%) Middleware
8 39 (3.53%) REST
9 37 (3.35%) XML
10 35 (3.17%) RabbitMQ
11 31 (2.81%) Drools
11 31 (2.81%) jBPM
11 31 (2.81%) Twitter Bootstrap
12 29 (2.63%) OpenAPI
12 29 (2.63%) Spring Boot
12 29 (2.63%) Swagger
13 28 (2.54%) gRPC
13 28 (2.54%) Material-UI
14 27 (2.45%) .NET
15 26 (2.36%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 143 (12.95%) Public Cloud
2 102 (9.24%) Management Information System
3 99 (8.97%) Algorithms
4 82 (7.43%) PKI
5 74 (6.70%) CMDB
6 69 (6.25%) Cloud Native
7 52 (4.71%) Self-Motivation
8 41 (3.71%) Linux Command Line
9 38 (3.44%) Onboarding
10 29 (2.63%) Hybrid Cloud
11 27 (2.45%) Data Centre
11 27 (2.45%) Enterprise Software
12 21 (1.90%) Product Ownership
13 19 (1.72%) Data Structures
13 19 (1.72%) Driving Licence
14 15 (1.36%) Distributed Systems
14 15 (1.36%) Embedded Systems
14 15 (1.36%) Replication
15 13 (1.18%) Enterprise Cloud
15 13 (1.18%) GNSS
Operating Systems
1 321 (29.08%) Linux
2 234 (21.20%) Windows
3 82 (7.43%) Windows Server
4 71 (6.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 55 (4.98%) Ubuntu
6 53 (4.80%) Debian
7 40 (3.62%) Unix
8 35 (3.17%) CentOS
9 22 (1.99%) Windows 10
10 20 (1.81%) VMS
11 12 (1.09%) Android
12 10 (0.91%) Apple iOS
13 9 (0.82%) Windows Server 2016
14 6 (0.54%) Mesosphere
14 6 (0.54%) Solaris
15 5 (0.45%) Windows Server 2012
16 3 (0.27%) Oracle Linux
16 3 (0.27%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
16 3 (0.27%) Windows Embedded Compact
16 3 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 330 (29.89%) Agile
2 296 (26.81%) DevOps
3 227 (20.56%) CI/CD
4 225 (20.38%) Software Engineering
5 205 (18.57%) Problem-Solving
6 177 (16.03%) Project Management
7 154 (13.95%) ITIL
8 151 (13.68%) Infrastructure as Code
9 144 (13.04%) Actionable Insight
10 139 (12.59%) Continuous Improvement
11 133 (12.05%) Computer Science
11 133 (12.05%) Migration
12 123 (11.14%) Change Management
13 121 (10.96%) Containerisation
14 108 (9.78%) Service Management
15 106 (9.60%) TOGAF
16 94 (8.51%) ITSM
16 94 (8.51%) Presales
17 91 (8.24%) Mentoring
17 91 (8.24%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 294 (26.63%) Python
2 156 (14.13%) Java
3 134 (12.14%) Bash
4 125 (11.32%) SQL
5 111 (10.05%) PowerShell
6 83 (7.52%) JavaScript
7 61 (5.53%) C
8 55 (4.98%) Go
9 52 (4.71%) Perl
10 50 (4.53%) C#
11 48 (4.35%) Shell Script
12 45 (4.08%) C++
13 31 (2.81%) Ruby
14 27 (2.45%) Embedded C
15 25 (2.26%) MATLAB
15 25 (2.26%) TypeScript
16 21 (1.90%) T-SQL
17 17 (1.54%) PHP
18 13 (1.18%) Groovy
19 9 (0.82%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 256 (23.19%) Security Cleared
2 222 (20.11%) Degree
3 177 (16.03%) SC Cleared
4 81 (7.34%) DV Cleared
5 62 (5.62%) Computer Science Degree
6 35 (3.17%) Cisco Certification
7 33 (2.99%) AWS Certification
8 31 (2.81%) Microsoft Certification
9 27 (2.45%) Azure Certification
10 22 (1.99%) Master's Degree
10 22 (1.99%) PMI Certification
11 20 (1.81%) CCNA
12 19 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
12 19 (1.72%) PMP
13 18 (1.63%) CISSP
14 17 (1.54%) A+ Certification
14 17 (1.54%) HND
15 13 (1.18%) CCNP
16 12 (1.09%) APMG
17 11 (1.00%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (3.89%) QA
2 34 (3.08%) PMO
3 23 (2.08%) SLA
4 22 (1.99%) MISRA
5 18 (1.63%) Cyber Essentials
6 16 (1.45%) PCI DSS
7 14 (1.27%) Automotive SPICE
7 14 (1.27%) AUTOSAR
7 14 (1.27%) ISO 26262
7 14 (1.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 12 (1.09%) Accessibility
8 12 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 11 (1.00%) Data Quality
10 10 (0.91%) HIPAA
11 9 (0.82%) NIST
12 8 (0.72%) JSP 440
12 8 (0.72%) RMADS
13 6 (0.54%) COBIT
13 6 (0.54%) DO-178B
13 6 (0.54%) Web Application Security Consortium
System Software
1 153 (13.86%) Docker
2 105 (9.51%) Active Directory
3 50 (4.53%) Hyper-V
4 49 (4.44%) Virtual Machines
5 46 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure
6 20 (1.81%) Firmware
7 17 (1.54%) Embedded Firmware
7 17 (1.54%) Virtual Desktop
8 16 (1.45%) pfSense
9 10 (0.91%) NFS
9 10 (0.91%) vSphere
10 8 (0.72%) KVM
10 8 (0.72%) VMware ESXi
11 7 (0.63%) DFS Replication
12 6 (0.54%) VirtualBox
13 3 (0.27%) Ceph
13 3 (0.27%) Gluster
13 3 (0.27%) oVirt
13 3 (0.27%) Xen
14 2 (0.18%) Shibboleth
Systems Management
1 249 (22.55%) Ansible
2 227 (20.56%) Kubernetes
3 205 (18.57%) Terraform
4 154 (13.95%) Puppet
5 115 (10.42%) Progress Chef
6 44 (3.99%) Grafana
7 39 (3.53%) Prometheus
8 30 (2.72%) ZABBIX
9 22 (1.99%) Microsoft Intune
10 18 (1.63%) SCCM
11 16 (1.45%) SCOM
12 15 (1.36%) Packer
12 15 (1.36%) Salt
13 13 (1.18%) Single Sign-On
14 12 (1.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 11 (1.00%) Docker Swarm
15 11 (1.00%) Nagios
16 10 (0.91%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
16 10 (0.91%) SCDPM
17 9 (0.82%) Kibana
Vendors
1 276 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 126 (11.41%) Google
3 96 (8.70%) VMware
4 81 (7.34%) Red Hat
4 81 (7.34%) ServiceNow
5 60 (5.43%) SaltStack
6 36 (3.26%) Cisco
7 31 (2.81%) Oracle
8 28 (2.54%) Juniper
9 27 (2.45%) IBM
10 21 (1.90%) Atlassian
10 21 (1.90%) Lauterbach
11 20 (1.81%) New Relic
11 20 (1.81%) Veeam
12 18 (1.63%) Fortinet
13 17 (1.54%) Snow
13 17 (1.54%) Splunk
14 15 (1.36%) Dynatrace
14 15 (1.36%) EMC
15 14 (1.27%) Citrix