Capacity Planning
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Capacity Planning skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Capacity Planning over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 540 584 608
Rank change year-on-year +44 +24 -31
Permanent jobs citing Capacity Planning 397 449 791
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.40% 0.43% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.47% 0.45% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 264 241 468
10th Percentile £31,250 £39,125 £37,275
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% -8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £71,500 £71,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +6.06%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Capacity Planning 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 84,746 99,225 149,638
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.94% 95.61% 95.61%
Number of salaries quoted 59,834 58,281 83,297
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,750 £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%

Capacity Planning
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Capacity Planning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Capacity Planning in the UK

Capacity Planning
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Capacity Planning.

Salary trend for Capacity Planning in the UK

Capacity Planning
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Capacity Planning over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Capacity Planning in the UK

Capacity Planning
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Capacity Planning within the UK over the 6 months to 3 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
UK excluding London +23 313 £47,500 -5.00% 67
England +7 302 £52,500 -12.50% 109
Work from Home +106 138 £65,000 +13.54% 50
South East +47 83 £62,500 +4.17% 16
London +68 72 £75,000 +7.14% 41
North of England +40 68 £52,500 +5.00% 20
North West +47 58 £52,500 +2.94% 12
Wales - 53 £46,604 -
Midlands -46 46 £32,500 -29.73% 16
West Midlands -3 37 £45,000 - 10
Scotland -52 28 £32,500 -33.67% 3
South West -24 18 £45,000 +7.78% 4
East of England +8 12 £42,250 -29.58% 8
Yorkshire +45 10 £57,500 +4.55% 6
East Midlands -48 9 £26,500 -44.21% 6
Isle of Man - 4 - -
Northern Ireland +27 1 - - 3

Capacity Planning
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 (11.59%) WebLogic
2 45 (11.34%) Oracle Service Bus
3 38 (9.57%) IIS
4 26 (6.55%) Microsoft Exchange
5 19 (4.79%) SharePoint
6 4 (1.01%) Confluence
7 3 (0.76%) CICS
8 2 (0.50%) Apache
8 2 (0.50%) SAS
9 1 (0.25%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 62 (15.62%) Microsoft Excel
1 62 (15.62%) Microsoft Office
2 50 (12.59%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.50%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 50 (12.59%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (1.01%) NEC Housing
3 2 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.50%) Primavera
3 2 (0.50%) SAP Business One
3 2 (0.50%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 160 (40.30%) Azure
2 90 (22.67%) AWS
3 64 (16.12%) Microsoft 365
4 38 (9.57%) GCP
5 29 (7.30%) Cloud Computing
6 19 (4.79%) IaaS
6 19 (4.79%) Power Platform
7 17 (4.28%) Nutanix
8 16 (4.03%) Entra ID
9 14 (3.53%) OneDrive
10 13 (3.27%) Amazon S3
11 8 (2.02%) PowerApps
12 7 (1.76%) Azure DevOps
12 7 (1.76%) Mavenlink
12 7 (1.76%) Power Automate
13 6 (1.51%) Azure Storage
14 5 (1.26%) Azure Monitor
15 4 (1.01%) PaaS
16 3 (0.76%) Apigee
16 3 (0.76%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 77 (19.40%) DNS
2 70 (17.63%) WAN
3 64 (16.12%) Firewall
4 52 (13.10%) DHCP
5 30 (7.56%) LAN
6 24 (6.05%) TCP/IP
7 23 (5.79%) SAN
8 22 (5.54%) Network Security
8 22 (5.54%) VPN
9 21 (5.29%) Wireless
10 20 (5.04%) Wi-Fi
11 17 (4.28%) SD-WAN
12 15 (3.78%) SNMP
13 14 (3.53%) iSCSI
14 13 (3.27%) Internet
14 13 (3.27%) Unified Communications
15 12 (3.02%) MPLS
15 12 (3.02%) VLAN
16 11 (2.77%) IPsec
16 11 (2.77%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (14.86%) SQL Server
2 53 (13.35%) Oracle Database
3 46 (11.59%) Oracle Database 11g
4 45 (11.34%) Oracle Database 10g
4 45 (11.34%) VLDB
5 38 (9.57%) MySQL
6 26 (6.55%) NoSQL
6 26 (6.55%) RDBMS
6 26 (6.55%) Relational Database
7 13 (3.27%) MongoDB
8 12 (3.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 11 (2.77%) Power BI
10 10 (2.52%) Elasticsearch
11 6 (1.51%) PostgreSQL
11 6 (1.51%) Tableau
12 4 (1.01%) DB2
13 3 (0.76%) Azure SQL Database
13 3 (0.76%) Big Data
13 3 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
13 3 (0.76%) Easytrieve
Development Applications
1 17 (4.28%) JIRA
2 13 (3.27%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.50%) Sonatype Nexus
3 2 (0.50%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.25%) Git
4 1 (0.25%) GitLab
4 1 (0.25%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 126 (31.74%) Analytical Skills
2 104 (26.20%) Social Skills
3 79 (19.90%) Finance
4 25 (6.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 19 (4.79%) Telecoms
6 15 (3.78%) Local Government
6 15 (3.78%) Police
7 14 (3.53%) Manufacturing
8 11 (2.77%) Aerospace
9 9 (2.27%) Law
10 8 (2.02%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (1.76%) Retail
12 6 (1.51%) Pharmaceutical
13 5 (1.26%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (1.01%) Legal
14 4 (1.01%) Public Sector
15 3 (0.76%) Automotive
15 3 (0.76%) Aviation
15 3 (0.76%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 75 (18.89%) Analyst
2 50 (12.59%) Senior
3 49 (12.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 46 (11.59%) Applications Support
5 45 (11.34%) Applications Support Analyst
5 45 (11.34%) Oracle Analyst
5 45 (11.34%) Oracle Support Analyst
5 45 (11.34%) SQL Analyst
5 45 (11.34%) SQL Support Analyst
5 45 (11.34%) Support Analyst
6 44 (11.08%) DBA
7 35 (8.82%) Network Engineer
8 31 (7.81%) Systems Engineer
9 25 (6.30%) Administrator
9 25 (6.30%) Lead
9 25 (6.30%) Oracle DBA
10 21 (5.29%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 20 (5.04%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
12 19 (4.79%) Cloud Engineer
13 18 (4.53%) Infrastructure Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.52%) Elastic Stack
1 10 (2.52%) YAML
2 6 (1.51%) LDAP
3 5 (1.26%) NETCONF
4 4 (1.01%) .NET
4 4 (1.01%) Akka
4 4 (1.01%) Web Services
4 4 (1.01%) XML
5 3 (0.76%) ARM Templates
5 3 (0.76%) JSON
6 2 (0.50%) .NET Core
6 2 (0.50%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.50%) 802.1X
6 2 (0.50%) AngularJS
6 2 (0.50%) ASP.NET
6 2 (0.50%) AWS CDK
6 2 (0.50%) Middleware
6 2 (0.50%) Node.js
7 1 (0.25%) J2EE
7 1 (0.25%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 41 (10.33%) Public Cloud
2 39 (9.82%) Clustering
3 36 (9.07%) Management Information System
4 26 (6.55%) Distributed Systems
5 22 (5.54%) PMI
6 21 (5.29%) Data Centre
7 17 (4.28%) IoT
8 14 (3.53%) Replication
9 10 (2.52%) Cyber Threat
9 10 (2.52%) PKI
10 8 (2.02%) Data Structures
11 6 (1.51%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (1.51%) Product Ownership
11 6 (1.51%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 5 (1.26%) Hybrid Cloud
12 5 (1.26%) Linux Command Line
13 4 (1.01%) Algorithms
13 4 (1.01%) Client/Server
13 4 (1.01%) Onboarding
13 4 (1.01%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 122 (30.73%) Linux
2 102 (25.69%) Windows
3 68 (17.13%) Unix
4 46 (11.59%) Solaris
5 41 (10.33%) Windows Server
6 6 (1.51%) Windows Server 2012
6 6 (1.51%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (1.51%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (1.01%) zOS
8 3 (0.76%) CatOS
9 2 (0.50%) AIX
9 2 (0.50%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.25%) Android
10 1 (0.25%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.25%) CentOS
10 1 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (29.97%) Problem-Solving
2 98 (24.69%) Disaster Recovery
3 93 (23.43%) Incident Management
4 86 (21.66%) Performance Tuning
5 84 (21.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 80 (20.15%) Artificial Intelligence
7 79 (19.90%) ITIL
8 71 (17.88%) Performance Monitoring
9 64 (16.12%) Actionable Insight
9 64 (16.12%) High Availability
9 64 (16.12%) ITSM
10 63 (15.87%) Continuous Improvement
11 59 (14.86%) Project Management
12 57 (14.36%) Performance Analysis
13 56 (14.11%) Capacity Management
14 49 (12.34%) Change Management
14 49 (12.34%) CI/CD
14 49 (12.34%) DevOps
14 49 (12.34%) Release Management
15 43 (10.83%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 120 (30.23%) SQL
2 51 (12.85%) PL/SQL
3 35 (8.82%) Python
4 34 (8.56%) Bash
4 34 (8.56%) PowerShell
5 33 (8.31%) Java
6 26 (6.55%) Perl
7 9 (2.27%) T-SQL
8 6 (1.51%) Shell Script
9 4 (1.01%) COBOL
9 4 (1.01%) REXX
10 3 (0.76%) JCL
11 2 (0.50%) C#
11 2 (0.50%) PHP
12 1 (0.25%) AWK
12 1 (0.25%) C++
12 1 (0.25%) Korn
12 1 (0.25%) ProC
12 1 (0.25%) R
12 1 (0.25%) VBA
Qualifications
1 131 (33.00%) Degree
2 99 (24.94%) Security Cleared
3 65 (16.37%) SC Cleared
4 24 (6.05%) PMI Certification
5 19 (4.79%) Cisco Certification
6 18 (4.53%) Computer Science Degree
7 16 (4.03%) CCNA
8 14 (3.53%) Azure Certification
8 14 (3.53%) CCNP
9 8 (2.02%) PhD
9 8 (2.02%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 5 (1.26%) JNCIA
10 5 (1.26%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (1.26%) Numerate Degree
11 4 (1.01%) CCIE
12 3 (0.76%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.76%) Check Point Certification
12 3 (0.76%) CISSP
12 3 (0.76%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.50%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (13.10%) SLA
2 19 (4.79%) Data Quality
3 13 (3.27%) GDPR
4 11 (2.77%) PMO
5 5 (1.26%) HIPAA
5 5 (1.26%) QA
6 4 (1.01%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.01%) ISO 14001
6 4 (1.01%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.50%) P3O
8 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.25%) NCSC
8 1 (0.25%) NIST
System Software
1 77 (19.40%) Active Directory
2 48 (12.09%) Oracle RAC
2 48 (12.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (6.55%) VMware NSX
4 21 (5.29%) Hyper-V
4 21 (5.29%) Virtual Machines
5 19 (4.79%) Docker
6 14 (3.53%) VMware ESXi
7 11 (2.77%) Virtual Desktop
8 8 (2.02%) Firmware
9 3 (0.76%) RACF
9 3 (0.76%) Time Sharing Option
9 3 (0.76%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.76%) vSphere
10 2 (0.50%) NFS
11 1 (0.25%) KVM
11 1 (0.25%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 49 (12.34%) Data Guard
2 48 (12.09%) Oracle RMAN
3 28 (7.05%) Terraform
4 24 (6.05%) Ansible
5 18 (4.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 16 (4.03%) Microsoft Intune
7 15 (3.78%) Kubernetes
8 13 (3.27%) vCenter Server
9 12 (3.02%) Grafana
9 12 (3.02%) Opsgenie
9 12 (3.02%) VxRail
9 12 (3.02%) ZABBIX
10 11 (2.77%) Puppet
11 10 (2.52%) Graphite
11 10 (2.52%) HAProxy
11 10 (2.52%) Nagios
12 6 (1.51%) WSUS
13 3 (0.76%) MAINVIEW
14 2 (0.50%) Prometheus
15 1 (0.25%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 141 (35.52%) Microsoft
2 101 (25.44%) VMware
3 73 (18.39%) Oracle
4 50 (12.59%) Remedy
5 45 (11.34%) Sun
6 39 (9.82%) Cisco
7 32 (8.06%) Fortinet
8 22 (5.54%) SolarWinds
9 20 (5.04%) Citrix
10 19 (4.79%) Dell
11 15 (3.78%) NetApp
12 11 (2.77%) BT
12 11 (2.77%) Juniper
13 10 (2.52%) Mitel
14 9 (2.27%) Google
14 9 (2.27%) Veeam
15 8 (2.02%) BMC
16 7 (1.76%) ANSYS
16 7 (1.76%) SAP
17 6 (1.51%) CheckPoint