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 citing Configuration Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 13 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	173	147	156
Rank change year-on-year	-26	+9	-39
Permanent jobs citing Configuration Management	48	20	23
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England	0.54%	0.57%	0.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	0.76%	0.69%	0.70%
Number of salaries quoted	20	20	18
10^th Percentile	£52,000	-	£34,286
25^th Percentile	£60,625	£30,750	£53,125
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£92,500	£47,000	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	+96.81%	-21.67%	+0.84%
75^th Percentile	£100,000	£60,000	£75,000
90^th Percentile	-	£75,250	-
England median annual salary	£66,250	£70,000	£66,000
% change year-on-year	-5.36%	+6.06%	+5.60%

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 citing process or methodology skills in the East of England.

	6 months to 13 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing process or methodology skills	6,355	2,884	3,272
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England	71.34%	82.28%	78.26%
Number of salaries quoted	4,547	1,748	1,396
10^th Percentile	£30,000	£27,000	£30,625
25^th Percentile	£39,000	£31,250	£43,750
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£52,500	£45,000	£55,000
Median % change year-on-year	+16.67%	-18.18%	-
75^th Percentile	£70,000	£61,063	£73,750
90^th Percentile	£85,000	£75,900	£85,000
England median annual salary	£60,000	£55,000	£60,000
% change year-on-year	+9.09%	-8.33%	-

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 Salary Trend in the East of England

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 13 November 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 13 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Cambridgeshire	-21	16	£100,000	+48.15%	19
Essex	-	13	£67,500	-	7
Hertfordshire	-41	8	£58,750	+25.00%	21
Bedfordshire	-	7	£100,000	-	12
Norfolk	-	3	£65,000	-	2
Suffolk	-	1	-	-
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Configuration Management Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 13 November 2026, job vacancies citing Configuration Management also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the East of England region citing Configuration Management.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Degree	41.7%	20
2	Security Cleared	39.6%	19
3	ITIL	31.3%	15
4	Continuous Improvement	29.2%	14
4	SC Cleared	29.2%	14
6	Software Engineering	25.0%	12
7	Requirements Management	22.9%	11
8	Service Management	20.8%	10
9	Microsoft	18.8%	9
9	Quality Management	18.8%	9
11	Cost Management	16.7%	8
11	Data Warehouse	16.7%	8
11	ERP	16.7%	8
11	SAP	16.7%	8
11	SAP BW	16.7%	8
11	SAP ERP	16.7%	8
11	SAP R/3	16.7%	8
11	Supply Chain Management	16.7%	8
19	Problem-Solving	14.6%	7
20	AWS	12.5%	6
20	AWS Certification	12.5%	6
20	Azure	12.5%	6
20	Azure Certification	12.5%	6
20	CI/CD	12.5%	6
20	Computer Science	12.5%	6
20	DV Cleared	12.5%	6
20	Service Delivery	12.5%	6
20	Test Automation	12.5%	6
29	C	10.4%	5
29	Change Advisory Board	10.4%	5

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

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	ITIL	31.3%	15
2	Continuous Improvement	29.2%	14
3	Software Engineering	25.0%	12
4	Requirements Management	22.9%	11
5	Service Management	20.8%	10
6	Quality Management	18.8%	9
7	Cost Management	16.7%	8
7	ERP	16.7%	8
7	Supply Chain Management	16.7%	8
10	Problem-Solving	14.6%	7
11	CI/CD	12.5%	6
11	Computer Science	12.5%	6
11	Service Delivery	12.5%	6
11	Test Automation	12.5%	6
15	Change Advisory Board	10.4%	5
15	Change Control	10.4%	5
15	Change Management	10.4%	5
15	DevOps	10.4%	5
15	Impact Analysis	10.4%	5
15	IT Asset Management	10.4%	5