Configuration Management Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Configuration Management
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 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 46 85 67
Rank change year-on-year +39 -18 +16
Permanent jobs citing Configuration Management 43 8 10
As % of all permanent jobs in Buckinghamshire 3.31% 0.86% 1.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.98% 0.91% 1.33%
Number of salaries quoted 11 4 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £30,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £50,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% +66.67% -43.40%
75th Percentile £82,500 - £41,292
90th Percentile - - £48,067
South East median annual salary £70,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +21.74% +9.52% -8.70%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,080 875 753
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 83.14% 94.29% 92.17%
Number of salaries quoted 622 411 542
10th Percentile £30,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,000 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £64,688 £73,833 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £90,000 £77,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £53,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +7.48% -2.73%

Configuration Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Configuration Management job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

Configuration Management
Salary Trend in Buckinghamshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Configuration Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Configuration Management

Configuration Management
Salary Histogram in Buckinghamshire

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

Salary histogram for Configuration Management in Buckinghamshire

Configuration Management
Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Configuration Management within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 1 January 2026. 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
Milton Keynes -1 10 £33,500 -33.00% 3
Marlow - 7 - -
Buckingham - 4 £80,000 -
Configuration Management
South East

Configuration Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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 7 (16.28%) Windchill
Cloud Services
1 4 (9.30%) AWS
1 4 (9.30%) Entra ID
2 3 (6.98%) Azure
3 1 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.33%) GCP
3 1 (2.33%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 33 (76.74%) Jenkins
2 32 (74.42%) Git
3 30 (69.77%) JIRA
4 2 (4.65%) GitLab
4 2 (4.65%) SonarQube
General
1 38 (88.37%) Social Skills
2 30 (69.77%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (9.30%) Law
3 4 (9.30%) Marketing
4 3 (6.98%) Aerospace
4 3 (6.98%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.33%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 27 (62.79%) Lead
2 4 (9.30%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 4 (9.30%) 2nd Line Support
2 4 (9.30%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 4 (9.30%) Configuration Management Specialist
2 4 (9.30%) Configuration Specialist
2 4 (9.30%) Senior
2 4 (9.30%) Support Engineer
2 4 (9.30%) Technical Specialist
3 3 (6.98%) Administrator
3 3 (6.98%) Automation Engineer
4 1 (2.33%) Analyst
4 1 (2.33%) Applications Support
4 1 (2.33%) Applications Support Analyst
4 1 (2.33%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (2.33%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 1 (2.33%) Operations Team Leader
4 1 (2.33%) Project Manager
4 1 (2.33%) Support Analyst
4 1 (2.33%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.98%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.33%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (9.30%) Android
1 4 (9.30%) Apple iOS
1 4 (9.30%) Linux
2 2 (4.65%) Unix
2 2 (4.65%) Windows
3 1 (2.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (76.74%) Change Control
2 30 (69.77%) Continuous Improvement
3 29 (67.44%) Change Management
4 26 (60.47%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 26 (60.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 26 (60.47%) Technical Leadership
5 22 (51.16%) Customer Requirements
5 22 (51.16%) Process Improvement
5 22 (51.16%) Programme Management
5 22 (51.16%) Strategic Thinking
6 4 (9.30%) ERP
6 4 (9.30%) Infrastructure as Code
6 4 (9.30%) Mobile Device Management
6 4 (9.30%) Performance Metrics
6 4 (9.30%) Service Management
7 3 (6.98%) CI/CD
7 3 (6.98%) Collaborative Working
7 3 (6.98%) Infrastructure Automation
7 3 (6.98%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (6.98%) Requirements Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.98%) Python
2 1 (2.33%) Bash
Qualifications
1 34 (79.07%) Security Cleared
2 31 (72.09%) Degree
3 12 (27.91%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (69.77%) Def Stans
2 22 (51.16%) QA
3 4 (9.30%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (6.98%) Docker
2 2 (4.65%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 4 (9.30%) Ansible
1 4 (9.30%) Jamf Pro
2 3 (6.98%) Kubernetes
3 2 (4.65%) Docker Swarm
3 2 (4.65%) Rundeck
3 2 (4.65%) Terraform
4 1 (2.33%) Grafana
4 1 (2.33%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 4 (9.30%) Apple
1 4 (9.30%) Samsung
2 2 (4.65%) Red Hat
2 2 (4.65%) VMware
3 1 (2.33%) SAP
3 1 (2.33%) SolarWinds
3 1 (2.33%) Workday