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

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 261 248 212
Rank change year-on-year -13 -36 -32
Permanent jobs citing Configuration Management 1,115 1,454 3,309
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.08% 1.50% 1.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.28% 1.57% 2.07%
Number of salaries quoted 635 852 1,449
10th Percentile £39,250 £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 86,886 92,843 159,778
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.13% 95.56% 95.90%
Number of salaries quoted 60,763 54,795 82,800
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +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%

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 29 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 29 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 -19 940 £60,000 -14.29% 254
UK excluding London +3 836 £55,000 -12.00% 179
Work from Home -10 416 £62,500 -10.71% 93
South East +5 252 £52,550 -10.55% 44
London -85 221 £75,000 - 76
South West +10 182 £55,000 -6.78% 37
North of England -29 109 £52,500 -16.00% 41
Midlands +1 99 £57,500 -11.54% 26
Scotland -30 93 £75,000 - 5
West Midlands +12 78 £57,500 -11.54% 16
North West -25 65 £57,500 -9.80% 25
East of England -28 61 £57,500 +6.48% 18
Yorkshire +48 32 £45,000 -30.77% 13
Wales +14 24 £50,000 -24.81% 8
East Midlands -21 21 £50,000 -4.76% 10
Northern Ireland +24 14 £64,400 -12.68% 3
North East -13 12 £45,000 +5.88% 3
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 45 (4.04%) Apache
2 42 (3.77%) Microsoft Exchange
3 35 (3.14%) SharePoint
4 29 (2.60%) Apache Spark
5 27 (2.42%) Confluence
6 19 (1.70%) nginx
7 17 (1.52%) CMS
8 13 (1.17%) OpenStack
9 12 (1.08%) IIS
10 6 (0.54%) JBoss
11 3 (0.27%) CloudStack
11 3 (0.27%) Tomcat
12 2 (0.18%) Drupal
12 2 (0.18%) GlassFish
12 2 (0.18%) JCAPS
12 2 (0.18%) WebLogic
12 2 (0.18%) WebSphere
12 2 (0.18%) WebSphere Application Server
12 2 (0.18%) WordPress
13 1 (0.090%) WinCC
Applications
1 26 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (2.06%) Simulink
3 21 (1.88%) Stateflow
4 9 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
5 7 (0.63%) CANalyzer
6 6 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 4 (0.36%) Windchill
8 2 (0.18%) GNU Octave
9 1 (0.090%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.090%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.090%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.090%) Revit
9 1 (0.090%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 6 (0.54%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.36%) SAP IS-U
3 2 (0.18%) Adaptiv
4 1 (0.090%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.090%) Endur
4 1 (0.090%) Maximo
4 1 (0.090%) SAP Business One
4 1 (0.090%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 393 (35.25%) Azure
2 368 (33.00%) AWS
3 174 (15.61%) GCP
4 158 (14.17%) Microsoft 365
5 122 (10.94%) SaaS
6 80 (7.17%) Serverless
7 79 (7.09%) Azure DevOps
8 58 (5.20%) AWS Lambda
9 57 (5.11%) Amazon EKS
10 54 (4.84%) AWS CloudFormation
11 45 (4.04%) OpenShift
12 39 (3.50%) GitHub
12 39 (3.50%) Power Platform
13 37 (3.32%) Amazon EC2
14 30 (2.69%) Amazon S3
15 29 (2.60%) Entra ID
15 29 (2.60%) PaaS
16 27 (2.42%) Amazon ECS
17 24 (2.15%) IaaS
18 23 (2.06%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 116 (10.40%) Firewall
2 53 (4.75%) DNS
3 47 (4.22%) VPN
4 36 (3.23%) DHCP
5 33 (2.96%) AMQP
6 31 (2.78%) WAN
7 30 (2.69%) Network Security
8 27 (2.42%) TCP/IP
9 21 (1.88%) Wireless
10 17 (1.52%) SSL
10 17 (1.52%) VLAN
10 17 (1.52%) VoIP
11 16 (1.43%) 5G
11 16 (1.43%) Internet
11 16 (1.43%) LAN
12 15 (1.35%) HTTP
12 15 (1.35%) SD-WAN
13 14 (1.26%) J1939
13 14 (1.26%) MPLS
13 14 (1.26%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (6.10%) SQL Server
2 35 (3.14%) Amazon RDS
3 34 (3.05%) Big Data
4 32 (2.87%) Power BI
5 28 (2.51%) Cloudera CDH
5 28 (2.51%) Hadoop
6 22 (1.97%) Azure SQL Database
7 19 (1.70%) Redis
7 19 (1.70%) Relational Database
8 18 (1.61%) Apache Cassandra
9 17 (1.52%) NoSQL
9 17 (1.52%) PostgreSQL
10 15 (1.35%) Elasticsearch
11 14 (1.26%) MySQL
11 14 (1.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 13 (1.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 11 (0.99%) DynamoDB
14 9 (0.81%) Crystal Reports
14 9 (0.81%) MongoDB
15 7 (0.63%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 111 (9.96%) Jenkins
2 104 (9.33%) Git
3 87 (7.80%) JIRA
4 51 (4.57%) GitLab
5 42 (3.77%) Subversion
6 29 (2.60%) Bitbucket
7 22 (1.97%) ClearCase
8 21 (1.88%) Plastic SCM
9 15 (1.35%) ClearQuest
9 15 (1.35%) CMake
9 15 (1.35%) TeamCity
10 14 (1.26%) Robot Framework
11 12 (1.08%) Rational DOORS
11 12 (1.08%) Visual Studio
12 11 (0.99%) Sonatype Nexus
13 10 (0.90%) Trac
14 8 (0.72%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
15 7 (0.63%) Maven
15 7 (0.63%) Moq
15 7 (0.63%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 215 (19.28%) Finance
2 205 (18.39%) Social Skills
3 122 (10.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 87 (7.80%) Law
5 83 (7.44%) Legal
5 83 (7.44%) Presentation Skills
6 74 (6.64%) Aerospace
6 74 (6.64%) Analytical Skills
7 54 (4.84%) Marketing
8 42 (3.77%) Electronics
9 41 (3.68%) Retail
9 41 (3.68%) Telecoms
10 40 (3.59%) Manufacturing
11 32 (2.87%) Military
12 31 (2.78%) Automotive
12 31 (2.78%) Banking
13 25 (2.24%) Public Sector
14 18 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
15 11 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
16 8 (0.72%) Billing
Job Titles
1 174 (15.61%) Software Engineer
2 142 (12.74%) Senior
3 117 (10.49%) Architect
4 110 (9.87%) DevOps Engineer
5 84 (7.53%) Cloud Architect
6 83 (7.44%) Lead
6 83 (7.44%) Systems Engineer
7 64 (5.74%) Analyst
8 56 (5.02%) Cloud Engineer
9 51 (4.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 49 (4.39%) Java Engineer
10 49 (4.39%) Java Software Engineer
11 44 (3.95%) Senior Software Engineer
12 43 (3.86%) Azure Engineer
13 42 (3.77%) Platform Engineer
14 41 (3.68%) Network Engineer
15 39 (3.50%) Windows Engineer
16 38 (3.41%) Linux Engineer
17 36 (3.23%) AWS Engineer
18 34 (3.05%) Configuration Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (7.09%) React
2 77 (6.91%) HTML
3 69 (6.19%) Node.js
4 66 (5.92%) AngularJS
5 56 (5.02%) Spring
6 46 (4.13%) HTML5
6 46 (4.13%) Middleware
7 39 (3.50%) REST
8 36 (3.23%) XML
9 35 (3.14%) RabbitMQ
10 31 (2.78%) Drools
10 31 (2.78%) jBPM
10 31 (2.78%) Twitter Bootstrap
11 30 (2.69%) Spring Boot
12 29 (2.60%) OpenAPI
12 29 (2.60%) Swagger
13 28 (2.51%) gRPC
13 28 (2.51%) Material-UI
14 27 (2.42%) .NET
15 25 (2.24%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 142 (12.74%) Public Cloud
2 104 (9.33%) Management Information System
3 99 (8.88%) Algorithms
4 83 (7.44%) PKI
5 77 (6.91%) CMDB
6 71 (6.37%) Cloud Native
7 52 (4.66%) Self-Motivation
8 40 (3.59%) Linux Command Line
9 38 (3.41%) Onboarding
10 30 (2.69%) Hybrid Cloud
11 29 (2.60%) Data Centre
12 25 (2.24%) Enterprise Software
13 21 (1.88%) Product Ownership
14 19 (1.70%) Data Structures
14 19 (1.70%) Driving Licence
15 15 (1.35%) Embedded Systems
15 15 (1.35%) Replication
16 14 (1.26%) Cyber Threat
16 14 (1.26%) Virtual Team
17 13 (1.17%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 321 (28.79%) Linux
2 231 (20.72%) Windows
3 80 (7.17%) Windows Server
4 71 (6.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 54 (4.84%) Ubuntu
6 53 (4.75%) Debian
7 38 (3.41%) Unix
8 36 (3.23%) CentOS
9 22 (1.97%) VMS
9 22 (1.97%) Windows 10
10 12 (1.08%) Android
11 10 (0.90%) Apple iOS
12 8 (0.72%) Windows Server 2016
13 6 (0.54%) Mesosphere
14 5 (0.45%) Solaris
15 4 (0.36%) Windows Server 2012
16 3 (0.27%) FreeRTOS
16 3 (0.27%) Oracle Linux
16 3 (0.27%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
16 3 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 327 (29.33%) Agile
2 302 (27.09%) DevOps
3 228 (20.45%) CI/CD
4 223 (20.00%) Software Engineering
5 209 (18.74%) Problem-Solving
6 178 (15.96%) Project Management
7 152 (13.63%) ITIL
8 146 (13.09%) Infrastructure as Code
9 144 (12.91%) Actionable Insight
10 136 (12.20%) Continuous Improvement
11 131 (11.75%) Computer Science
12 130 (11.66%) Migration
13 124 (11.12%) Containerisation
14 122 (10.94%) Change Management
15 109 (9.78%) Service Management
16 106 (9.51%) TOGAF
17 94 (8.43%) Presales
18 93 (8.34%) ITSM
19 91 (8.16%) Information Security
20 90 (8.07%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 293 (26.28%) Python
2 157 (14.08%) Java
3 133 (11.93%) Bash
4 123 (11.03%) SQL
5 116 (10.40%) PowerShell
6 82 (7.35%) JavaScript
7 62 (5.56%) C
8 54 (4.84%) Go
9 51 (4.57%) C#
10 50 (4.48%) Perl
11 47 (4.22%) Shell Script
12 44 (3.95%) C++
13 33 (2.96%) Ruby
14 27 (2.42%) Embedded C
15 25 (2.24%) MATLAB
16 23 (2.06%) TypeScript
17 21 (1.88%) T-SQL
18 17 (1.52%) PHP
19 13 (1.17%) Groovy
20 9 (0.81%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 261 (23.41%) Security Cleared
2 219 (19.64%) Degree
3 179 (16.05%) SC Cleared
4 83 (7.44%) DV Cleared
5 62 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
6 34 (3.05%) Cisco Certification
7 33 (2.96%) AWS Certification
8 30 (2.69%) Microsoft Certification
9 27 (2.42%) Azure Certification
10 22 (1.97%) PMI Certification
11 21 (1.88%) Master's Degree
12 20 (1.79%) CCNA
13 19 (1.70%) BPSS Clearance
13 19 (1.70%) PMP
14 18 (1.61%) CISSP
15 17 (1.52%) A+ Certification
15 17 (1.52%) HND
16 12 (1.08%) APMG
16 12 (1.08%) CCNP
17 11 (0.99%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (3.95%) QA
2 33 (2.96%) PMO
3 22 (1.97%) MISRA
3 22 (1.97%) SLA
4 18 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials
5 16 (1.43%) PCI DSS
6 14 (1.26%) Automotive SPICE
6 14 (1.26%) AUTOSAR
6 14 (1.26%) ISO 26262
6 14 (1.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 13 (1.17%) Accessibility
8 12 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 11 (0.99%) Data Quality
10 10 (0.90%) HIPAA
11 9 (0.81%) 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
1 148 (13.27%) Docker
2 106 (9.51%) Active Directory
3 51 (4.57%) Virtual Machines
4 50 (4.48%) Hyper-V
5 49 (4.39%) VMware Infrastructure
6 20 (1.79%) Firmware
7 17 (1.52%) Embedded Firmware
7 17 (1.52%) Virtual Desktop
8 16 (1.43%) pfSense
9 10 (0.90%) KVM
9 10 (0.90%) NFS
9 10 (0.90%) vSphere
10 9 (0.81%) VMware ESXi
11 7 (0.63%) DFS Replication
12 6 (0.54%) VirtualBox
13 4 (0.36%) Xen
14 3 (0.27%) Ceph
14 3 (0.27%) Gluster
14 3 (0.27%) oVirt
15 2 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 253 (22.69%) Ansible
2 226 (20.27%) Kubernetes
3 205 (18.39%) Terraform
4 153 (13.72%) Puppet
5 112 (10.04%) Progress Chef
6 44 (3.95%) Grafana
7 39 (3.50%) Prometheus
8 30 (2.69%) ZABBIX
9 22 (1.97%) Microsoft Intune
10 18 (1.61%) SCCM
11 16 (1.43%) SCOM
12 14 (1.26%) Packer
13 13 (1.17%) Single Sign-On
14 12 (1.08%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 11 (0.99%) Docker Swarm
15 11 (0.99%) Nagios
15 11 (0.99%) Salt
16 10 (0.90%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
16 10 (0.90%) SCDPM
17 8 (0.72%) Kibana
Vendors
1 280 (25.11%) Microsoft
2 127 (11.39%) Google
3 99 (8.88%) VMware
4 82 (7.35%) Red Hat
4 82 (7.35%) ServiceNow
5 60 (5.38%) SaltStack
6 34 (3.05%) Cisco
7 31 (2.78%) Oracle
8 28 (2.51%) IBM
8 28 (2.51%) Juniper
9 21 (1.88%) Lauterbach
10 20 (1.79%) New Relic
10 20 (1.79%) Veeam
11 19 (1.70%) Atlassian
12 18 (1.61%) Fortinet
12 18 (1.61%) Splunk
13 17 (1.52%) Snow
14 15 (1.35%) Dynatrace
14 15 (1.35%) EMC
15 14 (1.26%) Citrix