Configuration Management Job Trends in England

Configuration Management
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Configuration Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 404 322 267
Rank change year-on-year -82 -55 -28
Permanent jobs citing Configuration Management 299 335 834
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.40% 0.92% 1.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.53% 0.99% 1.21%
Number of salaries quoted 179 243 584
10th Percentile £32,500 £42,750 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,500 £51,473 £46,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.11%
75th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,700 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% -11.11%

All Process & Methodology Skills
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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 56,409 34,008 69,006
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 76.20% 93.07% 85.98%
Number of salaries quoted 35,591 20,482 53,043
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,227 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £93,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%

Configuration Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Configuration Management job vacancy trend in England

Configuration Management
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Configuration Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Configuration Management

Configuration Management
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Configuration Management in England over the 6 months to 10 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Configuration Management in England

Configuration Management
Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 10 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
London -22 96 £75,000 -6.25% 33
South East -30 73 £70,000 +19.15% 45
North of England -76 44 £42,750 -25.65% 32
South West -64 35 £54,750 +1.96% 29
East of England -22 29 £47,500 -17.39% 19
North West -40 29 £44,000 -23.48% 16
Midlands -64 18 £62,500 +9.17% 19
West Midlands -29 10 £62,500 +8.70% 17
Yorkshire -57 10 £37,500 -46.43% 7
East Midlands -54 8 £61,859 +8.52% 2
North East -26 5 £42,500 -28.49% 9
Configuration Management
UK

Configuration Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 19 (6.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (2.34%) Tomcat
3 6 (2.01%) Apache
3 6 (2.01%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.67%) IIS
5 4 (1.34%) Confluence
5 4 (1.34%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.67%) nginx
7 1 (0.33%) OpenStack
Applications
1 7 (2.34%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.34%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.34%) Weka
3 2 (0.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.33%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.33%) EPLAN
Business Applications
1 9 (3.01%) Towers Watson Igloo
2 4 (1.34%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (1.00%) FLEXCUBE
4 2 (0.67%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.33%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 85 (28.43%) Azure
2 73 (24.41%) AWS
3 39 (13.04%) GCP
4 36 (12.04%) Microsoft 365
5 23 (7.69%) Serverless
6 22 (7.36%) Entra ID
6 22 (7.36%) GitHub
7 21 (7.02%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 21 (7.02%) AWS CloudFormation
8 19 (6.35%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 18 (6.02%) AWS Lambda
9 18 (6.02%) GitHub Actions
10 16 (5.35%) Amazon EKS
11 15 (5.02%) Azure DevOps
11 15 (5.02%) SaaS
12 14 (4.68%) IaaS
12 14 (4.68%) PaaS
13 13 (4.35%) Datadog
14 12 (4.01%) OpenShift
15 10 (3.34%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 35 (11.71%) Firewall
2 26 (8.70%) VPN
3 19 (6.35%) DNS
4 14 (4.68%) WAN
5 11 (3.68%) Network Security
6 8 (2.68%) DHCP
6 8 (2.68%) LAN
7 7 (2.34%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (2.01%) AMQP
9 5 (1.67%) ADSL
10 3 (1.00%) TCP/IP
11 2 (0.67%) InfiniBand
11 2 (0.67%) Multicast
11 2 (0.67%) SD-WAN
11 2 (0.67%) VLAN
12 1 (0.33%) Broadband
12 1 (0.33%) NAS
12 1 (0.33%) Wireless
12 1 (0.33%) Wireshark
12 1 (0.33%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.68%) SQL Server
2 9 (3.01%) Elasticsearch
3 8 (2.68%) MySQL
4 6 (2.01%) Amazon RDS
4 6 (2.01%) Big Data
4 6 (2.01%) Cloudera CDH
4 6 (2.01%) Hadoop
4 6 (2.01%) OLTP
5 4 (1.34%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (1.34%) Oracle Database
6 3 (1.00%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.67%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.33%) Apache Cassandra
8 1 (0.33%) InfluxDB
8 1 (0.33%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.33%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.33%) Power BI
8 1 (0.33%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.33%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 27 (9.03%) Git
2 23 (7.69%) JIRA
3 22 (7.36%) Jenkins
4 18 (6.02%) Rational DOORS
5 15 (5.02%) GitLab
6 13 (4.35%) Bitbucket
7 9 (3.01%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 2 (0.67%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.33%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.33%) git-flow
9 1 (0.33%) Maven
9 1 (0.33%) Rational Rhapsody
9 1 (0.33%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.33%) TeamCity
General
1 77 (25.75%) Social Skills
2 68 (22.74%) Finance
3 30 (10.03%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (8.03%) Retail
5 20 (6.69%) Law
5 20 (6.69%) Marketing
6 19 (6.35%) Banking
7 15 (5.02%) Aerospace
7 15 (5.02%) Manufacturing
8 14 (4.68%) Public Sector
9 9 (3.01%) Legal
10 4 (1.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.34%) Mandarin Language
11 3 (1.00%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.00%) Electronics
11 3 (1.00%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.00%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.67%) Advertising
12 2 (0.67%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.67%) Military
Job Titles
1 43 (14.38%) Senior
2 34 (11.37%) Support Engineer
3 32 (10.70%) Configuration Manager
4 29 (9.70%) Platform Engineer
5 23 (7.69%) DevOps Engineer
6 19 (6.35%) Administrator
7 18 (6.02%) Architect
8 17 (5.69%) IT Manager
9 16 (5.35%) Systems Administrator
10 15 (5.02%) Cloud Engineer
10 15 (5.02%) Senior DevOps
11 14 (4.68%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 14 (4.68%) Asset and Configuration Manager
11 14 (4.68%) Automation Engineer
11 14 (4.68%) Desktop Engineer
11 14 (4.68%) Desktop Support
11 14 (4.68%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 14 (4.68%) Developer
11 14 (4.68%) Lead
12 13 (4.35%) Oracle Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.68%) Middleware
2 10 (3.34%) JSON
3 9 (3.01%) HTML
3 9 (3.01%) Node.js
4 8 (2.68%) RabbitMQ
4 8 (2.68%) REST
5 6 (2.01%) AngularJS
5 6 (2.01%) gRPC
5 6 (2.01%) Kafka
5 6 (2.01%) Material-UI
5 6 (2.01%) OpenAPI
5 6 (2.01%) React
5 6 (2.01%) Spring
5 6 (2.01%) Spring Boot
5 6 (2.01%) Swagger
6 5 (1.67%) ADO
6 5 (1.67%) OAuth
6 5 (1.67%) YAML
7 4 (1.34%) ARM Templates
7 4 (1.34%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 44 (14.72%) CMDB
2 33 (11.04%) Management Information System
3 15 (5.02%) Hybrid Cloud
3 15 (5.02%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (3.68%) FPGA
4 11 (3.68%) Hedge funds
4 11 (3.68%) Security Posture
5 10 (3.34%) NVMe
6 9 (3.01%) Algorithms
6 9 (3.01%) Cloud Native
6 9 (3.01%) PCIe
6 9 (3.01%) Private Cloud
6 9 (3.01%) VHDL
7 7 (2.34%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.34%) Blockchain
8 4 (1.34%) Data Centre
8 4 (1.34%) PKI
8 4 (1.34%) Web3
9 3 (1.00%) PMI
9 3 (1.00%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 77 (25.75%) Linux
2 42 (14.05%) Windows
3 26 (8.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 25 (8.36%) Windows Server
5 22 (7.36%) CentOS
6 20 (6.69%) Ubuntu
7 18 (6.02%) Unix
8 11 (3.68%) Android
8 11 (3.68%) Apple iOS
9 7 (2.34%) Debian
10 5 (1.67%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (1.67%) Windows Server 2016
10 5 (1.67%) Windows Server 2019
11 4 (1.34%) VMS
12 3 (1.00%) AIX
12 3 (1.00%) Oracle Linux
12 3 (1.00%) Rocky
13 1 (0.33%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (29.77%) DevOps
2 84 (28.09%) Infrastructure as Code
3 69 (23.08%) CI/CD
4 59 (19.73%) Service Management
5 58 (19.40%) Problem-Solving
6 55 (18.39%) Continuous Improvement
7 54 (18.06%) Agile
8 48 (16.05%) ITIL
9 45 (15.05%) Containerisation
10 39 (13.04%) ITSM
11 36 (12.04%) Infrastructure Automation
12 34 (11.37%) Computer Science
13 32 (10.70%) Platform Engineering
14 29 (9.70%) AI
14 29 (9.70%) Asset Management
14 29 (9.70%) Cloud Security
15 28 (9.36%) Mentoring
15 28 (9.36%) Observability
16 27 (9.03%) Disaster Recovery
17 25 (8.36%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 81 (27.09%) Python
2 66 (22.07%) Bash
3 29 (9.70%) PowerShell
4 27 (9.03%) SQL
5 23 (7.69%) Java
6 20 (6.69%) JavaScript
7 16 (5.35%) PL/SQL
8 15 (5.02%) Go
9 10 (3.34%) C
9 10 (3.34%) C++
10 9 (3.01%) Assembly Language
11 7 (2.34%) Shell Script
12 5 (1.67%) Ada
12 5 (1.67%) Ada 95
12 5 (1.67%) Kusto Query Language
13 4 (1.34%) C#
14 3 (1.00%) Korn
15 2 (0.67%) Perl
16 1 (0.33%) Groovy
16 1 (0.33%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 52 (17.39%) Degree
2 51 (17.06%) Security Cleared
3 30 (10.03%) BPSS Clearance
4 29 (9.70%) SC Cleared
5 25 (8.36%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (6.02%) DV Cleared
7 14 (4.68%) Chartered Engineer
7 14 (4.68%) CISSP
8 12 (4.01%) AWS Certification
9 11 (3.68%) CCSK
10 4 (1.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (1.34%) Numerate Degree
10 4 (1.34%) Postgraduate
11 3 (1.00%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.67%) CESG Certified Professional
12 2 (0.67%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.67%) OSCP
13 1 (0.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 1 (0.33%) Azure Certification
13 1 (0.33%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (8.70%) SLA
2 13 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 13 (4.35%) QA
3 11 (3.68%) Data Quality
4 10 (3.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (2.68%) GDPR
5 8 (2.68%) ISO/IEC 19770
6 6 (2.01%) NIST
7 5 (1.67%) Accessibility
7 5 (1.67%) PMO
7 5 (1.67%) SOC 2
8 4 (1.34%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (1.00%) GRC
10 2 (0.67%) Def Stans
10 2 (0.67%) JSP 440
10 2 (0.67%) MISRA
10 2 (0.67%) NCSC
10 2 (0.67%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.67%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 44 (14.72%) Docker
2 38 (12.71%) Active Directory
3 25 (8.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (5.35%) Virtual Machines
5 13 (4.35%) Firmware
6 9 (3.01%) Embedded Firmware
7 7 (2.34%) Hyper-V
8 5 (1.67%) iptables
9 4 (1.34%) KVM
9 4 (1.34%) VMware NSX
10 3 (1.00%) Oracle RAC
11 2 (0.67%) GPFS
11 2 (0.67%) Lustre
11 2 (0.67%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 2 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (0.67%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.67%) vSphere
12 1 (0.33%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 93 (31.10%) Terraform
2 91 (30.43%) Ansible
3 62 (20.74%) Kubernetes
4 34 (11.37%) Grafana
5 24 (8.03%) Prometheus
6 21 (7.02%) Puppet
7 17 (5.69%) Nagios
8 16 (5.35%) Progress Chef
9 14 (4.68%) SCCM
10 11 (3.68%) Jamf Pro
11 10 (3.34%) Proxmox
12 7 (2.34%) Microsoft Intune
13 5 (1.67%) Argo
13 5 (1.67%) ZABBIX
14 3 (1.00%) Data Guard
14 3 (1.00%) Oracle RMAN
15 2 (0.67%) Red Hat Satellite
15 2 (0.67%) SCOM
15 2 (0.67%) SCOrch
15 2 (0.67%) SELinux
Vendors
1 61 (20.40%) Microsoft
2 37 (12.37%) VMware
3 26 (8.70%) Red Hat
3 26 (8.70%) ServiceNow
4 23 (7.69%) Oracle
5 19 (6.35%) Google
6 14 (4.68%) Splunk
7 11 (3.68%) Apple
8 10 (3.34%) Samsung
8 10 (3.34%) Zscaler
9 9 (3.01%) Altera
9 9 (3.01%) Xilinx
10 8 (2.68%) SAP
11 7 (2.34%) SaltStack
12 6 (2.01%) CrowdStrike
12 6 (2.01%) IBM
13 5 (1.67%) Adobe
13 5 (1.67%) Citrix
13 5 (1.67%) Palo Alto
13 5 (1.67%) Tenable