Configuration Management Job Trends in the East of England

Configuration Management
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Configuration Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 171 173 141
Rank change year-on-year +2 -32 -18
Permanent jobs citing Configuration Management 28 7 37
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.38% 0.20% 0.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.55% 0.23% 1.07%
Number of salaries quoted 18 6 31
10th Percentile £52,350 £33,398 £37,500
25th Percentile £56,875 £46,875 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% - +11.11%
75th Percentile - £71,250 £75,000
90th Percentile - £76,250 -
England median annual salary £62,000 £70,000 £60,202
% change year-on-year -11.43% +16.28% -10.81%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,136 3,028 3,462
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 70.46% 87.79% 73.97%
Number of salaries quoted 3,663 1,624 2,226
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £27,309
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £75,000 £82,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -12.00%

Configuration Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Configuration Management job vacancy trend in the East of England

Configuration Management
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Configuration Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Configuration Management

Configuration Management
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Configuration Management in the East of England over the 6 months to 15 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Configuration Management in the East of England

Configuration Management
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Configuration Management within the East of England region over the 6 months to 15 August 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
Cambridgeshire -18 9 £100,000 +66.67% 12
Hertfordshire -19 8 £58,750 -2.08% 5
Bedfordshire - 6 £100,000 - 8
Norfolk - 3 £65,000 - 5
Essex -16 2 £55,000 - 10
Configuration Management
England

Configuration Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (3.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (7.14%) Simulink
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 4 (14.29%) Azure
1 4 (14.29%) Power Platform
2 3 (10.71%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (10.71%) Azure Event Grid
2 3 (10.71%) Azure Service Bus
2 3 (10.71%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Copilot
3 2 (7.14%) Entra ID
3 2 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (7.14%) Power Automate
4 1 (3.57%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.57%) Broadband
1 1 (3.57%) Firewall
1 1 (3.57%) LAN
1 1 (3.57%) VPN
1 1 (3.57%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) MongoDB
1 1 (3.57%) MySQL
1 1 (3.57%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Jenkins
2 1 (3.57%) Git
2 1 (3.57%) GitLab
General
1 5 (17.86%) Electronics
2 4 (14.29%) Finance
2 4 (14.29%) Manufacturing
2 4 (14.29%) Marketing
3 3 (10.71%) Advertising
3 3 (10.71%) Automotive
3 3 (10.71%) Law
3 3 (10.71%) Retail
3 3 (10.71%) Social Skills
4 2 (7.14%) Aerospace
4 2 (7.14%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.57%) Police
Job Titles
1 13 (46.43%) Configuration Manager
2 6 (21.43%) Architect
3 4 (14.29%) IT Manager
4 3 (10.71%) Asset and Configuration Manager
4 3 (10.71%) Dynamics 365 Architect
4 3 (10.71%) Supply Chain Architect
5 2 (7.14%) DevOps Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) Software Architect
6 1 (3.57%) Administrator
6 1 (3.57%) Cloud Consultant
6 1 (3.57%) Consultant
6 1 (3.57%) Embedded Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Service Delivery Manager
6 1 (3.57%) Service Manager
6 1 (3.57%) Software Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (3.57%) Systems Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Technical Architect
6 1 (3.57%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.14%) Middleware
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.71%) Management Information System
2 2 (7.14%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (3.57%) Algorithms
3 1 (3.57%) Cloud Native
3 1 (3.57%) CMDB
3 1 (3.57%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (3.57%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.57%) Operational Technology
3 1 (3.57%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.57%) Linux
1 1 (3.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
1 8 (28.57%) DevOps
2 6 (21.43%) CI/CD
2 6 (21.43%) Continuous Integration
2 6 (21.43%) Test Automation
3 5 (17.86%) AI
4 4 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 4 (14.29%) ITIL
4 4 (14.29%) Microservices
4 4 (14.29%) Roadmaps
4 4 (14.29%) Service Management
4 4 (14.29%) Software Engineering
4 4 (14.29%) Validation
5 3 (10.71%) Cost Control
5 3 (10.71%) Cost Management
5 3 (10.71%) Event-Driven
5 3 (10.71%) GitOps
5 3 (10.71%) Integration Patterns
5 3 (10.71%) Integration Testing
5 3 (10.71%) Order Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.71%) Bash
1 3 (10.71%) C
1 3 (10.71%) PowerShell
1 3 (10.71%) Python
2 2 (7.14%) C++
2 2 (7.14%) Embedded C
2 2 (7.14%) Embedded C++
2 2 (7.14%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 2 (7.14%) SC Cleared
1 2 (7.14%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.57%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (3.57%) Degree
2 1 (3.57%) DV Cleared
2 1 (3.57%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.29%) Accessibility
2 3 (10.71%) Automotive SPICE
3 1 (3.57%) ISO 13485
3 1 (3.57%) ISO 26262
3 1 (3.57%) MISRA
3 1 (3.57%) MISRA C
3 1 (3.57%) QA
System Software
1 3 (10.71%) Docker
2 2 (7.14%) Active Directory
2 2 (7.14%) Firmware
3 1 (3.57%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (3.57%) Hyper-V
3 1 (3.57%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (3.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (17.86%) Ansible
2 3 (10.71%) Functional Safety
2 3 (10.71%) Kubernetes
2 3 (10.71%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.57%) Red Hat
2 1 (3.57%) VMware