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 18 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 158 138 158
Rank change year-on-year -20 +20 -8
Permanent jobs citing Configuration Management 26 13 61
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.42% 0.50% 1.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% 0.54% 1.24%
Number of salaries quoted 16 11 49
10th Percentile - £24,296 £36,500
25th Percentile £30,750 £42,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.22% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £51,313 £61,875 £70,000
90th Percentile £58,125 £68,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -11.11%

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 4,353 2,393 4,917
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 70.65% 92.50% 81.77%
Number of salaries quoted 2,548 1,396 3,681
10th Percentile £29,250 £28,500 £25,809
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,350 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +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 18 April 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 18 April 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
Hertfordshire -10 21 £47,000 -18.26% 6
Essex -22 4 £65,450 -37.67% 5
Bedfordshire +10 1 £57,500 - 6
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 (3.85%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (3.85%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 4 (15.38%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 8 (30.77%) Entra ID
2 6 (23.08%) Azure
3 4 (15.38%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (15.38%) Azure Event Grid
3 4 (15.38%) Azure Service Bus
3 4 (15.38%) Dynamics 365
3 4 (15.38%) Microsoft Copilot
3 4 (15.38%) Power Platform
4 2 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (3.85%) OneDrive
5 1 (3.85%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.85%) Firewall
1 1 (3.85%) LAN
1 1 (3.85%) VPN
1 1 (3.85%) WAN
Development Applications
1 4 (15.38%) Jenkins
General
1 11 (42.31%) Law
1 11 (42.31%) Marketing
2 4 (15.38%) Finance
2 4 (15.38%) Manufacturing
2 4 (15.38%) Retail
3 2 (7.69%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.85%) Police
4 1 (3.85%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (34.62%) Configuration Manager
2 6 (23.08%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 6 (23.08%) Support Engineer
3 5 (19.23%) 2nd Line Support
3 5 (19.23%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 5 (19.23%) Architect
3 5 (19.23%) IT Manager
4 4 (15.38%) Asset and Configuration Manager
4 4 (15.38%) Dynamics 365 Architect
4 4 (15.38%) Supply Chain Architect
5 3 (11.54%) Principal Engineer
5 3 (11.54%) Principal Software Engineer
5 3 (11.54%) Software Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) 3rd Line Support
6 1 (3.85%) Delivery Manager
6 1 (3.85%) IT Services Delivery Manager
6 1 (3.85%) Service Delivery Manager
6 1 (3.85%) Service Manager
6 1 (3.85%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (3.85%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (15.38%) Management Information System
2 2 (7.69%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.85%) CMDB
3 1 (3.85%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (3.85%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 7 (26.92%) Android
1 7 (26.92%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (46.15%) Service Management
2 7 (26.92%) Mobile Device Management
3 4 (15.38%) Analytics
3 4 (15.38%) Architectural Design
3 4 (15.38%) Cost Control
3 4 (15.38%) Cost Management
3 4 (15.38%) Decision-Making
3 4 (15.38%) DevOps
3 4 (15.38%) DevSecOps
3 4 (15.38%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 4 (15.38%) Event-Driven Architecture
3 4 (15.38%) IT Asset Management
3 4 (15.38%) Knowledge Transfer
3 4 (15.38%) Line Management
3 4 (15.38%) Microservices
3 4 (15.38%) Planning and Forecasting
3 4 (15.38%) Product Information Management
3 4 (15.38%) Storytelling
3 4 (15.38%) Technology Roadmap
3 4 (15.38%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.54%) Ada
1 3 (11.54%) Ada 95
2 1 (3.85%) Bash
2 1 (3.85%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.85%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (26.92%) SC Cleared
1 7 (26.92%) Security Cleared
2 3 (11.54%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (11.54%) Chartered Engineer
2 3 (11.54%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (26.92%) SLA
2 4 (15.38%) Accessibility
3 3 (11.54%) ISO/IEC 12207
System Software
1 1 (3.85%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.85%) Hyper-V
1 1 (3.85%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (26.92%) Jamf Pro
2 5 (19.23%) Ansible
3 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (3.85%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (26.92%) Apple
1 7 (26.92%) Samsung
2 6 (23.08%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.85%) VMware