The first table below looks at the demand for Configuration Management skills in IT jobs advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Configuration Management over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the City of London region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Configuration Management
Rank 178 172 208
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +36
Permanent jobs citing Configuration Management 147 164 129
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 1.259% 1.247% 0.842%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.615% 1.629% 1.116%
Number of salaries quoted 142 152 106
Average salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.00% -9.09%
90% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £35,000 £36,250
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £70,000 £77,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,000 £41,500 £42,000
% change year-on-year
+1.20% -1.19%
All Processes & Methodologies
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
9102 10067 11556
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 77.98% 76.57% 75.46%
Number of salaries quoted 7833 9132 10306
Average salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.34% -4.16%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £36,000 £36,500
10% offered a salary of more than £80,000 £87,500 £82,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Configuration Management
London

Configuration Management
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Configuration Management across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

City of London Configuration Management Jobs Demand Trend

Configuration Management
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Configuration Management across the City of London region.

City of London Configuration Management Salary Trend

Configuration Management
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Configuration Management across the City of London region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

City of London Configuration Management Salary Histogram

Configuration Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region citing Configuration Management also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Configuration Management.

1 132 (37.29%) Linux
2 131 (37.01%) Windows
3 113 (31.92%) Finance
4 99 (27.97%) SQL
4 99 (27.97%) Microsoft
5 98 (27.68%) SQL Server
6 97 (27.40%) Oracle
7 83 (23.45%) UNIX
8 78 (22.03%) Change Management
8 78 (22.03%) Puppet
9 75 (21.19%) ITIL
10 74 (20.90%) Java
11 72 (20.34%) .NET
12 68 (19.21%) Release Management
13 66 (18.64%) OO
14 65 (18.36%) C#
15 63 (17.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 62 (17.51%) TDD
17 61 (17.23%) SharePoint
18 60 (16.95%) Degree
19 58 (16.38%) Perl
20 57 (16.10%) SQL Server 2008
20 57 (16.10%) Bash shell
21 56 (15.82%) TCP/IP
22 54 (15.25%) Red Hat
23 53 (14.97%) Waterfall
24 51 (14.41%) VMware
24 51 (14.41%) Windows Server 2008
25 49 (13.84%) Banking
26 48 (13.56%) VMware Infrastructure

Configuration Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region citing Configuration Management also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Configuration Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 72 (20.34%) .NET
2 34 (9.605%) WCF
3 28 (7.910%) WPF
4 25 (7.062%) J2EE
5 22 (6.215%) Web Services
5 22 (6.215%) WinForms
6 21 (5.932%) .NET Framework
7 20 (5.650%) Spring
8 19 (5.367%) XML
8 19 (5.367%) HTML5
9 16 (4.520%) Hibernate
10 15 (4.237%) HTML
10 15 (4.237%) Task Parallel Library
11 12 (3.390%) Java SE
12 10 (2.825%) Struts
12 10 (2.825%) Ext JS
13 9 (2.542%) FIX Protocol
14 7 (1.977%) ASP.NET
15 6 (1.695%) LAMP
16 5 (1.412%) SAML
Application Platforms
1 61 (17.23%) SharePoint
2 18 (5.085%) Confluence
3 15 (4.237%) Apache
3 15 (4.237%) Tomcat
4 13 (3.672%) IIS
5 11 (3.107%) MS Exchange
6 7 (1.977%) Amazon AWS
7 6 (1.695%) SharePoint 2010
7 6 (1.695%) Exchange Server 2010
7 6 (1.695%) nginx
8 5 (1.412%) Amazon EC2
8 5 (1.412%) Windows Azure
9 3 (0.847%) Amazon ELB
9 3 (0.847%) Amazon S3
9 3 (0.847%) Apache Solr
9 3 (0.847%) ESB
10 2 (0.565%) SAS
10 2 (0.565%) WebLogic Portal
10 2 (0.565%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 2 (0.565%) CMS
Applications
1 45 (12.71%) MS Office
2 41 (11.58%) MS Excel
3 8 (2.260%) MS Project
4 7 (1.977%) MS Visio
5 6 (1.695%) InfoPath
6 5 (1.412%) Office 365
7 1 (0.282%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 15 (4.237%) Oracle EBS
2 13 (3.672%) Oracle EBS R12
3 9 (2.542%) Oracle 11i
4 4 (1.130%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.847%) SimCorp Dimension
6 1 (0.282%) Google Analytics
6 1 (0.282%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.282%) Summit
Communications & Networking
1 56 (15.82%) TCP/IP
2 41 (11.58%) DNS
3 30 (8.475%) Firewall
4 25 (7.062%) SAN
5 22 (6.215%) Wireshark
6 17 (4.802%) tcpdump
7 15 (4.237%) iSCSI
8 14 (3.955%) DHCP
9 13 (3.672%) OpenLDAP
10 10 (2.825%) LAN
11 9 (2.542%) LDAP
11 9 (2.542%) HTTP
12 8 (2.260%) VoIP
12 8 (2.260%) Internet
13 7 (1.977%) WAN
13 7 (1.977%) NetScaler
14 5 (1.412%) Network Security
14 5 (1.412%) Cisco ASA
14 5 (1.412%) Kerberos
14 5 (1.412%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 98 (27.68%) SQL Server
2 57 (16.10%) SQL Server 2008
3 39 (11.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 28 (7.910%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 28 (7.910%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 26 (7.345%) MySQL
6 24 (6.780%) Oracle 10g
6 24 (6.780%) SQL Server 2005
7 22 (6.215%) Oracle 11g
8 18 (5.085%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 13 (3.672%) Oracle 8/8i
9 13 (3.672%) Oracle 9i
10 8 (2.260%) RDBMS
11 7 (1.977%) Oracle OWB
11 7 (1.977%) PostgreSQL
11 7 (1.977%) Data Warehouse
12 5 (1.412%) SQL Server 2012
13 4 (1.130%) Apache Cassandra
13 4 (1.130%) Oracle Reports
13 4 (1.130%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 38 (10.73%) Subversion
1 38 (10.73%) Team Foundation Server
2 21 (5.932%) JIRA
3 20 (5.650%) Visual Studio
4 17 (4.802%) Git (software)
5 14 (3.955%) Ant
5 14 (3.955%) Maven
6 12 (3.390%) PVCS
7 11 (3.107%) ClearCase
8 10 (2.825%) MSBuild
9 8 (2.260%) VSS/SourceSafe
10 7 (1.977%) Hudson
11 5 (1.412%) TeamCity
11 5 (1.412%) Jenkins
12 4 (1.130%) Mercurial
12 4 (1.130%) CruiseControl
12 4 (1.130%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 3 (0.847%) ERwin
13 3 (0.847%) MSI
13 3 (0.847%) SpecFlow
General
1 113 (31.92%) Finance
2 49 (13.84%) Banking
3 20 (5.650%) Telecoms
4 16 (4.520%) Advertising
5 14 (3.955%) Investment Banking
6 13 (3.672%) Billing
7 8 (2.260%) Music
8 7 (1.977%) Music Industry
8 7 (1.977%) Back Office
8 7 (1.977%) Legal
9 6 (1.695%) Retail
10 5 (1.412%) Law
10 5 (1.412%) Publishing
10 5 (1.412%) Games
11 4 (1.130%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.130%) Front Office
12 3 (0.847%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.847%) Marketing
13 2 (0.565%) International Banking
13 2 (0.565%) Military
Job Titles
1 61 (17.23%) Developer
2 44 (12.43%) Analyst
2 44 (12.43%) Systems Administrator
3 43 (12.15%) Administrator
4 27 (7.627%) DBA
5 24 (6.780%) Oracle DBA
6 23 (6.497%) Senior Developer
6 23 (6.497%) Architect
7 22 (6.215%) Configuration Manager
7 22 (6.215%) Development Engineer
8 21 (5.932%) Process Engineer
9 20 (5.650%) Software Engineer
10 19 (5.367%) Software Development Engineer
11 18 (5.085%) Linux Administrator
11 18 (5.085%) Service Manager
12 17 (4.802%) Linux Systems Administrator
12 17 (4.802%) Team Leader
12 17 (4.802%) Senior Systems Administrator
12 17 (4.802%) DevOps Engineer
13 16 (4.520%) Junior
Miscellaneous
1 24 (6.780%) Mathematics
2 18 (5.085%) Open Source
3 15 (4.237%) CMDB
4 14 (3.955%) Computer Science
5 11 (3.107%) SaaS
5 11 (3.107%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (2.542%) CLARiiON
6 9 (2.542%) Fixed Income
6 9 (2.542%) Equities
6 9 (2.542%) Streaming Media
7 8 (2.260%) PMI
7 8 (2.260%) Management Information System
7 8 (2.260%) Clustering
8 7 (1.977%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 5 (1.412%) Client/Server
9 5 (1.412%) Mobile App
10 3 (0.847%) IaaS
10 3 (0.847%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (0.847%) Reference Data
10 3 (0.847%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 132 (37.29%) Linux
2 131 (37.01%) Windows
3 83 (23.45%) UNIX
4 63 (17.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 51 (14.41%) Windows Server 2008
6 27 (7.627%) Solaris
7 25 (7.062%) Windows Server 2003
8 23 (6.497%) Debian
9 22 (6.215%) Ubuntu
10 10 (2.825%) CentOS
10 10 (2.825%) Fedora
10 10 (2.825%) VMS
11 9 (2.542%) FreeBSD
12 7 (1.977%) Mac OS
13 5 (1.412%) Windows 7
13 5 (1.412%) Windows Server 2012
14 1 (0.282%) Windows Mobile
14 1 (0.282%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (22.03%) Change Management
2 75 (21.19%) ITIL
3 68 (19.21%) Release Management
4 66 (18.64%) OO
5 62 (17.51%) TDD
6 53 (14.97%) Waterfall
7 37 (10.45%) Change Control
7 37 (10.45%) Continuous Integration
8 31 (8.757%) Service Delivery
9 30 (8.475%) Problem Management
10 29 (8.192%) Project Management
11 27 (7.627%) Multithreading
12 26 (7.345%) MVVM
12 26 (7.345%) Service Management
13 25 (7.062%) Agile Software Development
14 24 (6.780%) Web Development
14 24 (6.780%) Unit Testing
15 22 (6.215%) OOP
15 22 (6.215%) OOD
16 21 (5.932%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 99 (27.97%) SQL
2 74 (20.90%) Java
3 65 (18.36%) C#
4 58 (16.38%) Perl
5 57 (16.10%) Bash shell
6 44 (12.43%) PHP
7 42 (11.86%) Ruby
8 36 (10.17%) VBA
9 33 (9.322%) Python
10 26 (7.345%) Shell Script
11 18 (5.085%) JavaScript
12 17 (4.802%) PL/SQL
12 17 (4.802%) PowerShell
13 14 (3.955%) C
14 11 (3.107%) C++
15 10 (2.825%) sed
15 10 (2.825%) AWK
16 6 (1.695%) Korn
17 4 (1.130%) T-SQL
18 2 (0.565%) VB
Qualifications
1 60 (16.95%) Degree
2 15 (4.237%) Microsoft Certification
2 15 (4.237%) RHCE
3 14 (3.955%) ISEB
4 9 (2.542%) MCITP
5 8 (2.260%) PMI Certification
5 8 (2.260%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 6 (1.695%) MCSE
7 5 (1.412%) JNCIA
7 5 (1.412%) MCTS
8 4 (1.130%) CCNA
8 4 (1.130%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (1.130%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (1.130%) OCP
8 4 (1.130%) Oracle Certification
9 3 (0.847%) JNCIS
9 3 (0.847%) JNCIP
9 3 (0.847%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 2 (0.565%) Security Cleared
11 1 (0.282%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (9.040%) SLA
2 12 (3.390%) QA
3 11 (3.107%) PCI DSS
4 7 (1.977%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.847%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.282%) Dublin Core
6 1 (0.282%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.282%) COBIT
System Software
1 48 (13.56%) VMware Infrastructure
2 27 (7.627%) Active Directory
3 17 (4.802%) vSphere
4 13 (3.672%) NFS
5 9 (2.542%) Samba
6 8 (2.260%) Oracle RAC
7 7 (1.977%) Xen
7 7 (1.977%) Hyper-V
8 6 (1.695%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (1.412%) Forefront TMG
9 5 (1.412%) UAG
9 5 (1.412%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 5 (1.412%) Oracle RMAN
10 2 (0.565%) Microsoft App-V
11 1 (0.282%) Varnish
11 1 (0.282%) Shibboleth
11 1 (0.282%) Postfix
11 1 (0.282%) XenApp
11 1 (0.282%) VirtualBox
11 1 (0.282%) OpenSIPS
Systems Management
1 78 (22.03%) Puppet
2 27 (7.627%) Nagios
3 14 (3.955%) ZABBIX
4 13 (3.672%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 12 (3.390%) Tivoli
5 12 (3.390%) Zenoss
6 11 (3.107%) Cacti
7 9 (2.542%) SCCM
8 7 (1.977%) Tivoli Monitoring
9 5 (1.412%) SCOM
9 5 (1.412%) Data Guard
10 4 (1.130%) Red Hat Spacewalk
11 3 (0.847%) YUM
12 2 (0.565%) WSUS
13 1 (0.282%) Cobbler
13 1 (0.282%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
13 1 (0.282%) CA Wily
13 1 (0.282%) Sysprep
13 1 (0.282%) McAfee ePO
13 1 (0.282%) Munin
Vendors
1 99 (27.97%) Microsoft
2 97 (27.40%) Oracle
3 54 (15.25%) Red Hat
4 51 (14.41%) VMware
5 26 (7.345%) Tableau
6 23 (6.497%) HP
7 21 (5.932%) Juniper
8 18 (5.085%) Cisco
9 15 (4.237%) Atlassian
10 14 (3.955%) JBoss
11 13 (3.672%) Citrix
12 11 (3.107%) NetApp
12 11 (3.107%) Salesforce.com
12 11 (3.107%) LANDesk
13 10 (2.825%) EMC
14 9 (2.542%) Sybase
14 9 (2.542%) Cerillion
15 8 (2.260%) Sun
16 5 (1.412%) Dell
16 5 (1.412%) CheckPoint
City, London
Opensource Virtualization, MySQLn and scripting such as Bash, Perl, Python etc.... Configuration Management Systems. Scripting or Programming a real plus in Bash, Python, Perl or PHP... Experience running...
Harrington Starr
Salary: £45000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus and Benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
City of London
bash, Perl, Python, Ruby* Administering and configuring Internet applications (preferably PHP /Java)* Deployment management* Mobile Internet applicationsThe Senior Systems Administrator will be responsible for; Supporting, monitoring, maintaining and...
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 27 April 2013
City, London
Key Responsibilities: Build and support of Debian / Red Hat Linux, Windows Server and Solaris systems; Ensuring systems are deployed in carrier grade highly available/fault tolerant configurations... vSphere...
Truphone
Salary: Up to £55,000 per annum
Posted: 30 April 2013
City, London
Source control and configuration management, specifically Subversion although exposure to other tools and DSCM would be valuable. Continuous Integration tools (specifically TeamCity and Jenkins) Test automation (specifically Selenium...
Truphone
Salary: From £50,000 to £55,000 per annum Excellent plus benefits
Posted: 23 April 2013
City, London
Experience in the following would be essential: - Linux - preferably CentOS. - DNS - bind. - LAMP -configuration and performance tuning. - Storage technologies - SAN,NAS etc. - MySQL DB - HA, scaling high traffic...
BrightTALK
Salary: Competative
Posted: 17 May 2013
City of London
The role of the Head of Networks and Unified Communications will be to provide detailed technical skills and resources needed to support the ongoing operation of Network and...
WorldPay
Salary: Competitive + Bens
Posted: 18 May 2013