Configuration Management Jobs in England

Configuration Management
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Configuration Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Configuration Management over the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 275 261 247
Rank change year-on-year -14 -14 -47
Permanent jobs citing Configuration Management 540 912 1,349
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.13% 1.06% 1.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.20% 1.24% 1.56%
Number of salaries quoted 404 574 803
10th Percentile £48,869 £35,000 £41,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £46,199 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - -11.11% +3.85%
75th Percentile £73,000 £76,250 £86,250
90th Percentile £85,950 £87,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year - -11.11% +8.00%

All Process and 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 45,091 73,310 86,322
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 94.02% 85.47% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 23,996 53,944 51,053
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £34,308
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £76,250 £73,332 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £101,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%

Configuration Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Configuration Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Configuration Management in England

Configuration Management
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Configuration Management in England.

Salary trend for Configuration Management in England

Configuration Management
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Configuration Management in England over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

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 9 May 2025. 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
South East +78 241 £65,000 +23.69% 115
London +11 100 £80,000 +6.67% 187
North of England +24 91 £50,818 -3.20% 70
North West +25 77 £50,818 -7.60% 42
South West +11 56 £52,500 -4.55% 54
Midlands +4 34 £60,000 +4.35% 45
West Midlands +13 25 £58,750 +2.17% 29
Yorkshire +35 14 £72,500 +38.10% 18
East of England -8 14 £57,500 - 52
East Midlands +32 9 £60,000 +20.00% 12
Configuration Management
UK

Configuration Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 33 (6.11%) SharePoint
2 15 (2.78%) IIS
3 10 (1.85%) Confluence
4 9 (1.67%) nginx
5 7 (1.30%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.74%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.37%) Apache
8 1 (0.19%) CMS
8 1 (0.19%) JBoss
8 1 (0.19%) Jetty
8 1 (0.19%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.19%) WebSphere
Applications
1 36 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.93%) Simulink
3 3 (0.56%) Mozilla Thunderbird
4 1 (0.19%) GNU Octave
4 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.19%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.74%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.37%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 108 (20.00%) AWS
2 90 (16.67%) Azure
3 39 (7.22%) GCP
4 28 (5.19%) SaaS
5 26 (4.81%) Microsoft 365
6 21 (3.89%) Serverless
7 20 (3.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 20 (3.70%) AWS CloudFormation
8 17 (3.15%) Azure DevOps
9 16 (2.96%) Amazon S3
9 16 (2.96%) PaaS
10 15 (2.78%) IaaS
11 14 (2.59%) Amazon EC2
11 14 (2.59%) Amazon ECS
11 14 (2.59%) AWS Lambda
11 14 (2.59%) GitHub
12 12 (2.22%) Power Platform
13 11 (2.04%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 10 (1.85%) Entra ID
15 8 (1.48%) AWS CloudTrail
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.52%) Firewall
2 17 (3.15%) DNS
2 17 (3.15%) VoIP
3 12 (2.22%) DHCP
3 12 (2.22%) MPLS
4 11 (2.04%) Cisco ISE
4 11 (2.04%) Ethernet
4 11 (2.04%) SAN
5 9 (1.67%) WAN
6 8 (1.48%) Network Security
6 8 (1.48%) VLAN
7 7 (1.30%) SD-WAN
7 7 (1.30%) VPN
8 6 (1.11%) NAS
8 6 (1.11%) VSAN
9 5 (0.93%) LAN
9 5 (0.93%) TCP/IP
9 5 (0.93%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (0.74%) SSL
10 4 (0.74%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (5.00%) SQL Server
2 15 (2.78%) Amazon RDS
2 15 (2.78%) PostgreSQL
3 14 (2.59%) NoSQL
4 12 (2.22%) MySQL
5 11 (2.04%) Relational Database
6 9 (1.67%) RDBMS
7 8 (1.48%) Power BI
8 7 (1.30%) OLTP
9 6 (1.11%) Elasticsearch
9 6 (1.11%) MariaDB
9 6 (1.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 5 (0.93%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.74%) DB2
12 3 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (0.56%) MongoDB
13 2 (0.37%) Data Warehouse
13 2 (0.37%) DynamoDB
13 2 (0.37%) HDInsight
13 2 (0.37%) Redis
Development Applications
1 67 (12.41%) Rational DOORS
2 46 (8.52%) JIRA
3 31 (5.74%) Jenkins
4 30 (5.56%) Git
5 24 (4.44%) GitLab
6 18 (3.33%) Bitbucket
7 17 (3.15%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 9 (1.67%) Visual Studio
9 8 (1.48%) CircleCI
10 6 (1.11%) Vagrant
11 5 (0.93%) Artifactory
11 5 (0.93%) Sonatype Nexus
11 5 (0.93%) Subversion
12 3 (0.56%) Bitbucket Server
12 3 (0.56%) Selenium
12 3 (0.56%) Team Foundation Server
12 3 (0.56%) TeamCity
13 2 (0.37%) JUnit
13 2 (0.37%) Maven
14 1 (0.19%) Ant
General
1 156 (28.89%) Social Skills
2 64 (11.85%) Finance
3 35 (6.48%) Analytical Skills
3 35 (6.48%) Manufacturing
4 23 (4.26%) Banking
5 22 (4.07%) Public Sector
6 16 (2.96%) Electronics
6 16 (2.96%) Marketing
7 15 (2.78%) Telecoms
8 14 (2.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 11 (2.04%) Retail
10 8 (1.48%) Aerospace
10 8 (1.48%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (1.30%) Advertising
11 7 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (1.30%) Private Banking
12 6 (1.11%) Legal
13 5 (0.93%) Financial Institution
13 5 (0.93%) Military
14 4 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 147 (27.22%) Senior
2 111 (20.56%) Architect
3 76 (14.07%) Software Engineer
4 50 (9.26%) Systems Architect
5 48 (8.89%) Senior Software Engineer
6 43 (7.96%) Lead
6 43 (7.96%) Principal Engineer
6 43 (7.96%) Test Engineer
7 42 (7.78%) Senior Software Test Engineer
7 42 (7.78%) Senior Test Engineer
7 42 (7.78%) Software Test Engineer
8 30 (5.56%) Analyst
8 30 (5.56%) Software Architect
9 29 (5.37%) Developer
9 29 (5.37%) DevOps Engineer
10 22 (4.07%) Configuration Manager
10 22 (4.07%) Project Manager
11 21 (3.89%) Cloud Engineer
11 21 (3.89%) Principal Software Engineer
12 19 (3.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (6.67%) Middleware
2 21 (3.89%) .NET
3 13 (2.41%) REST
4 12 (2.22%) Elastic Stack
4 12 (2.22%) HTML
4 12 (2.22%) JSON
5 9 (1.67%) ARM Templates
5 9 (1.67%) AWS CDK
6 8 (1.48%) FastAPI
6 8 (1.48%) Web Services
7 7 (1.30%) Flask
7 7 (1.30%) RESTful
8 5 (0.93%) Node.js
9 4 (0.74%) Ajax
9 4 (0.74%) CSS
9 4 (0.74%) Kafka
9 4 (0.74%) LDAP
9 4 (0.74%) SOAP
10 3 (0.56%) LEMP Stack
10 3 (0.56%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 90 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 37 (6.85%) CMDB
3 16 (2.96%) Public Cloud
4 14 (2.59%) Client/Server
4 14 (2.59%) Private Cloud
5 13 (2.41%) Hybrid Cloud
6 11 (2.04%) Clustering
6 11 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (1.67%) Data Centre
8 7 (1.30%) Cloud Native
9 5 (0.93%) Onboarding
9 5 (0.93%) Replication
10 4 (0.74%) GNSS
10 4 (0.74%) Self-Driving Car
10 4 (0.74%) Virtual Team
11 3 (0.56%) Algorithms
11 3 (0.56%) Cyber Threat
11 3 (0.56%) Data Structures
11 3 (0.56%) Hedge funds
11 3 (0.56%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 65 (12.04%) Linux
2 45 (8.33%) Windows
3 22 (4.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 19 (3.52%) Windows Server
5 12 (2.22%) Unix
6 9 (1.67%) CentOS
7 5 (0.93%) Android
7 5 (0.93%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.93%) VMS
8 3 (0.56%) Debian
8 3 (0.56%) Rocky
8 3 (0.56%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.37%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 195 (36.11%) Agile
2 145 (26.85%) Computer Science
3 142 (26.30%) Waterfall
4 137 (25.37%) DevOps
5 129 (23.89%) UML
6 104 (19.26%) Mentoring
7 93 (17.22%) Software Engineering
8 87 (16.11%) CI/CD
9 78 (14.44%) Test Automation
10 71 (13.15%) ITIL
11 68 (12.59%) Infrastructure as Code
11 68 (12.59%) Requirements Management
11 68 (12.59%) Systems Engineering
12 65 (12.04%) Continuous Improvement
13 62 (11.48%) Customer Requirements
14 60 (11.11%) Service Management
15 57 (10.56%) Problem-Solving
15 57 (10.56%) Software Testing
16 55 (10.19%) Validation
17 52 (9.63%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 86 (15.93%) Python
2 76 (14.07%) Ada
3 49 (9.07%) Java
4 48 (8.89%) Bash
5 38 (7.04%) PowerShell
6 37 (6.85%) SQL
7 27 (5.00%) C#
8 26 (4.81%) C
9 21 (3.89%) JavaScript
10 18 (3.33%) Ada 95
11 16 (2.96%) VB
12 12 (2.22%) C++
13 9 (1.67%) Ruby
14 8 (1.48%) Go
14 8 (1.48%) Perl
15 7 (1.30%) Bicep
15 7 (1.30%) PL/SQL
15 7 (1.30%) R
16 6 (1.11%) Groovy
16 6 (1.11%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 275 (50.93%) Degree
2 205 (37.96%) BPSS Clearance
3 145 (26.85%) Chartered Engineer
4 46 (8.52%) Computer Science Degree
5 43 (7.96%) Security Cleared
6 30 (5.56%) SC Cleared
7 22 (4.07%) DV Cleared
8 19 (3.52%) ITIL Certification
9 15 (2.78%) AWS Certification
10 13 (2.41%) Azure Certification
11 7 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (1.11%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 6 (1.11%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 4 (0.74%) Cisco Certification
13 4 (0.74%) DBS Check
14 3 (0.56%) CISM
14 3 (0.56%) CISSP
15 2 (0.37%) CCSP
15 2 (0.37%) PMI Certification
15 2 (0.37%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 120 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 48 (8.89%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 40 (7.41%) QA
4 35 (6.48%) SLA
5 9 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.74%) GDPR
6 4 (0.74%) PMO
7 3 (0.56%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.37%) GRC
8 2 (0.37%) NIST
9 1 (0.19%) Basel III
9 1 (0.19%) COBIT
9 1 (0.19%) DO-254
9 1 (0.19%) IFRS
9 1 (0.19%) IFRS 9
9 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.19%) NCSC
9 1 (0.19%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.19%) SOC 2
System Software
1 59 (10.93%) Docker
2 32 (5.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (5.00%) Active Directory
4 9 (1.67%) Hyper-V
5 6 (1.11%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (1.11%) vSphere
6 4 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.56%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.37%) Firmware
8 2 (0.37%) Postfix
9 1 (0.19%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.19%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.19%) HDFS
9 1 (0.19%) KVM
9 1 (0.19%) NFS
9 1 (0.19%) Xen
Systems Management
1 90 (16.67%) Ansible
2 78 (14.44%) Terraform
3 69 (12.78%) Kubernetes
4 41 (7.59%) Puppet
5 26 (4.81%) Progress Chef
6 20 (3.70%) Grafana
7 19 (3.52%) Prometheus
8 14 (2.59%) Nagios
9 8 (1.48%) Microsoft Intune
10 7 (1.30%) Argo
10 7 (1.30%) vRealize
11 6 (1.11%) PowerCLI
11 6 (1.11%) Proxmox
11 6 (1.11%) vCenter Server
11 6 (1.11%) vMotion
12 5 (0.93%) Consul
12 5 (0.93%) SCCM
13 4 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
13 4 (0.74%) ZABBIX
14 3 (0.56%) Istio
Vendors
1 83 (15.37%) Microsoft
2 49 (9.07%) IBM
3 42 (7.78%) VMware
4 30 (5.56%) SAP
4 30 (5.56%) ServiceNow
5 27 (5.00%) Red Hat
6 26 (4.81%) Oracle
7 23 (4.26%) Cisco
8 19 (3.52%) Micro Focus
9 17 (3.15%) Juniper
10 16 (2.96%) Google
10 16 (2.96%) Siemens
11 11 (2.04%) SevOne
12 10 (1.85%) Splunk
13 9 (1.67%) HP
13 9 (1.67%) Veeam
14 7 (1.30%) Avaloq
14 7 (1.30%) Citrix
15 5 (0.93%) Intel
15 5 (0.93%) Sybase