Configuration Manager
UK

The median Configuration Manager salary in the UK is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 840 911 1193
Rank change year-on-year +71 +282 -317
Permanent jobs requiring a Configuration Manager 65 62 29
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.066% 0.060% 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.070% 0.065% 0.020%
Number of salaries quoted 43 22 23
10th Percentile £48,765 £38,328 -
25th Percentile £48,825 £47,688 £32,097
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,250 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +32.35% -3.95%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,313 £61,500
90th Percentile - £94,450 £66,450
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,250 £55,000 £38,398
% change year-on-year -1.36% +43.24% -11.73%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 92,813 95,219 148,250
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.52% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,625 59,878 85,347
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Configuration Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Configuration Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Configuration Manager in the UK

Configuration Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Configuration Manager in the UK

Configuration Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Configuration Manager over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Configuration Manager in the UK

Configuration Manager
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Configuration Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 28 April 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 +112 62 £55,000 -2.22% 10
UK excluding London +10 59 £54,250 -1.36% 8
South East +24 25 £52,550 -8.61% 4
Midlands - 21 £55,000 - 1
West Midlands - 17 £55,000 -
South West -16 7 £70,000 +27.27%
Work from Home +52 6 £70,000 +21.74% 2
North of England +37 4 £39,500 - 3
East Midlands - 4 £40,000 - 1
London +122 3 £56,500 -13.08%
Yorkshire - 3 £39,500 - 1
East of England +2 2 £65,000 +31.31% 1
North West +14 1 £54,250 - 2

Configuration Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 28 April 2024, Configuration Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Configuration Manager in the job title.

1 28 (43.08%) Configuration Management
2 17 (26.15%) Aerospace
3 16 (24.62%) Migration
4 14 (21.54%) Agile
4 14 (21.54%) Subversion
4 14 (21.54%) Git
4 14 (21.54%) Ansible
4 14 (21.54%) DevOps
4 14 (21.54%) Actionable Insight
4 14 (21.54%) Collaborative Working
5 10 (15.38%) Decision-Making
5 10 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
5 10 (15.38%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 10 (15.38%) Security Cleared
6 9 (13.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 9 (13.85%) ITIL
7 8 (12.31%) ITIL Certification
8 7 (10.77%) Management Information System
8 7 (10.77%) Knowledge Management
8 7 (10.77%) Stakeholder Management
8 7 (10.77%) Change Control
8 7 (10.77%) Coaching
8 7 (10.77%) User Experience
8 7 (10.77%) ServiceNow
9 6 (9.23%) Service Asset and Configuration Management
9 6 (9.23%) Finance
10 5 (7.69%) Service Management
10 5 (7.69%) ITSM
10 5 (7.69%) CMDB
10 5 (7.69%) Problem Management

Configuration Manager Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (1.54%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 14 (21.54%) Git
1 14 (21.54%) Subversion
General
1 17 (26.15%) Aerospace
2 6 (9.23%) Finance
3 5 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (4.62%) Public Sector
5 2 (3.08%) Military
6 1 (1.54%) Avionics
6 1 (1.54%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.77%) Management Information System
2 5 (7.69%) CMDB
2 5 (7.69%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.62%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (43.08%) Configuration Management
2 16 (24.62%) Migration
3 14 (21.54%) Actionable Insight
3 14 (21.54%) Agile
3 14 (21.54%) Collaborative Working
3 14 (21.54%) DevOps
4 10 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
4 10 (15.38%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 10 (15.38%) Decision-Making
5 9 (13.85%) ITIL
5 9 (13.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 7 (10.77%) Change Control
6 7 (10.77%) Coaching
6 7 (10.77%) Knowledge Management
6 7 (10.77%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (10.77%) User Experience
7 6 (9.23%) Service Asset and Configuration Management
8 5 (7.69%) ITSM
8 5 (7.69%) Problem Management
8 5 (7.69%) Tech Ops
Qualifications
1 10 (15.38%) Security Cleared
2 8 (12.31%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (3.08%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.54%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.54%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.54%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 14 (21.54%) Ansible
Vendors
1 7 (10.77%) ServiceNow
2 3 (4.62%) Siemens
3 1 (1.54%) Oracle