Configuration Management Job Trends in Bristol

Configuration Management
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Configuration Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 83 103
Rank change year-on-year +11 +20 +25
Permanent jobs citing Configuration Management 21 23 25
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 1.05% 1.60% 1.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.61% 1.82% 1.61%
Number of salaries quoted 13 14 19
10th Percentile £63,400 £49,750 £42,200
25th Percentile - £54,688 £42,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +52.63% -18.80%
75th Percentile - £77,500 £56,250
90th Percentile £101,000 £82,925 £71,250
South West median annual salary £65,000 £53,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +22.64% +0.95% -4.55%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bristol

Configuration Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Bristol.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,303 1,263 1,556
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 65.25% 87.65% 93.96%
Number of salaries quoted 968 690 1,274
10th Percentile £28,925 £30,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £39,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,886 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,300 £87,500 £90,000
South West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +1.85% +6.32%

Configuration Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Configuration Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Configuration Management job vacancy trend in Bristol

Configuration Management
Salary Trend in Bristol

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Configuration Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Configuration Management

Configuration Management
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing Configuration Management in Bristol over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Configuration Management in Bristol

Configuration Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 4 (19.05%) AWS
2 3 (14.29%) Amazon EC2
2 3 (14.29%) Amazon S3
2 3 (14.29%) AWS Lambda
2 3 (14.29%) OpenShift
2 3 (14.29%) Serverless
3 2 (9.52%) Azure
4 1 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (14.29%) AMQP
2 1 (4.76%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (14.29%) Amazon RDS
1 3 (14.29%) InfluxDB
1 3 (14.29%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (28.57%) Jenkins
2 2 (9.52%) Git
2 2 (9.52%) GitLab
3 1 (4.76%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 3 (14.29%) Aeronautics
1 3 (14.29%) Aviation
1 3 (14.29%) Finance
1 3 (14.29%) Social Skills
2 2 (9.52%) Aerospace
2 2 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (33.33%) Configuration Engineer
1 7 (33.33%) Configuration Management Engineer
1 7 (33.33%) SCM Engineer
1 7 (33.33%) Software Configuration Engineer
2 3 (14.29%) Site Engineer
2 3 (14.29%) Site Reliability Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Data Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Principal Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Principal Modelling Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Technical Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Configuration Controller
4 1 (4.76%) DevOps Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Lead
4 1 (4.76%) Project Leader
4 1 (4.76%) Software Project Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (14.29%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) Algorithms
1 3 (14.29%) Augmented Reality
1 3 (14.29%) Linux Command Line
1 3 (14.29%) Virtual Reality
2 2 (9.52%) e-Learning
2 2 (9.52%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.76%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (14.29%) Linux
2 2 (9.52%) Windows
3 1 (4.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (23.81%) DevOps
1 5 (23.81%) Innovative Thinking
1 5 (23.81%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (19.05%) CI/CD
2 4 (19.05%) Containerisation
2 4 (19.05%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (19.05%) Infrastructure as Code
3 3 (14.29%) Agile
3 3 (14.29%) AI
3 3 (14.29%) Analytics
3 3 (14.29%) Data Analytics
3 3 (14.29%) Machine Learning
3 3 (14.29%) Scrum
3 3 (14.29%) Site Reliability Engineering
4 2 (9.52%) Decision-Making
4 2 (9.52%) Kanban
4 2 (9.52%) Model Validation
4 2 (9.52%) Systems Engineering
4 2 (9.52%) Test Automation
4 2 (9.52%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 7 (33.33%) Python
2 6 (28.57%) C++
2 6 (28.57%) Java
3 3 (14.29%) C
3 3 (14.29%) Go
3 3 (14.29%) Shell Script
3 3 (14.29%) SQL
4 2 (9.52%) MATLAB
5 1 (4.76%) Bash
5 1 (4.76%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (47.62%) Security Cleared
2 7 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 6 (28.57%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (14.29%) Degree
4 3 (14.29%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (19.05%) Docker
2 1 (4.76%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (19.05%) Ansible
1 4 (19.05%) Kubernetes
1 4 (19.05%) Terraform
2 3 (14.29%) Docker Swarm
2 3 (14.29%) Grafana
2 3 (14.29%) Progress Chef
2 3 (14.29%) Prometheus
3 1 (4.76%) Puppet
Vendors
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft
2 3 (14.29%) Google
3 1 (4.76%) Red Hat