Configuration Management Job Trends in Scotland

Configuration Management
UK > Scotland

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

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 117 187
Rank change year-on-year +5 +70 -47
Permanent jobs citing Configuration Management 29 29 15
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 1.05% 1.13% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.31% 1.22% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 7 13 4
10th Percentile £50,580 £46,499 £41,892
25th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 £44,729
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,700 £90,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.78% +71.43% +23.53%
75th Percentile - £125,000 £60,313
90th Percentile - - £60,875
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -14.29%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,210 2,381 2,946
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 79.75% 92.90% 93.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1,079 1,002 1,801
10th Percentile £26,250 £32,275 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,529 £41,250 £33,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.64% +4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £88,750 £84,056
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Configuration Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Configuration Management job vacancy trend in Scotland

Configuration Management
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Configuration Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Configuration Management

Configuration Management
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Configuration Management in Scotland over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Configuration Management in Scotland

Configuration Management
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Configuration Management within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 15 January 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
Edinburgh -5 16 - - 7
Renfrewshire -8 4 £42,500 -3.41%
South Ayrshire +11 3 £85,700 -
East Ayrshire - 3 £85,700 -
Glasgow +11 1 - - 3
Moray +4 1 - -
Inverclyde 0 1 £56,800 -
Configuration Management
UK

Configuration Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 8 (27.59%) Microsoft Exchange
1 8 (27.59%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.45%) Apache
2 1 (3.45%) JBoss
2 1 (3.45%) WebSphere
Cloud Services
1 10 (34.48%) Azure
1 10 (34.48%) Entra ID
2 8 (27.59%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (27.59%) Microsoft Purview
2 8 (27.59%) Mimecast
3 2 (6.90%) AWS
4 1 (3.45%) OpenShift
Development Applications
1 2 (6.90%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (3.45%) Ant
2 1 (3.45%) Artifactory
2 1 (3.45%) Git
2 1 (3.45%) Jenkins
2 1 (3.45%) JIRA
2 1 (3.45%) Maven
2 1 (3.45%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 15 (51.72%) Finance
2 5 (17.24%) Social Skills
3 4 (13.79%) Influencing Skills
3 4 (13.79%) Legal
4 2 (6.90%) Banking
4 2 (6.90%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (27.59%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 6 (20.69%) Architect
2 6 (20.69%) Software Architect
3 4 (13.79%) Analyst
3 4 (13.79%) IT Analyst
3 4 (13.79%) Service Analyst
3 4 (13.79%) Service Design Analyst
3 4 (13.79%) Service Transition Analyst
3 4 (13.79%) Transition Analyst
4 3 (10.34%) Senior
5 2 (6.90%) Asset and Configuration Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Configuration Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Consultant
5 2 (6.90%) Control Systems Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Linux Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Service Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Systems Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Principal Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Principal Software Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (24.14%) Middleware
2 1 (3.45%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (3.45%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 8 (27.59%) Product Ownership
2 6 (20.69%) CMDB
3 2 (6.90%) SCADA
4 1 (3.45%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.90%) Linux
1 2 (6.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (3.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (58.62%) Agile
2 16 (55.17%) Continuous Improvement
3 15 (51.72%) DevOps
3 15 (51.72%) ITIL
4 14 (48.28%) Asset Management
5 12 (41.38%) Coaching
6 8 (27.59%) AI
6 8 (27.59%) Analytics
6 8 (27.59%) FinOps
6 8 (27.59%) Information Security
6 8 (27.59%) Infrastructure as Code
6 8 (27.59%) Machine Learning
6 8 (27.59%) Mentoring
6 8 (27.59%) Roadmaps
6 8 (27.59%) Technology Roadmap
7 7 (24.14%) Computer Science
7 7 (24.14%) UML
7 7 (24.14%) Waterfall
8 6 (20.69%) SDLC
8 6 (20.69%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (34.48%) Bash
1 10 (34.48%) Python
2 8 (27.59%) PowerShell
3 1 (3.45%) Ada
3 1 (3.45%) Ada 95
3 1 (3.45%) Groovy
3 1 (3.45%) Perl
Qualifications
1 9 (31.03%) BPSS Clearance
2 7 (24.14%) Chartered Engineer
2 7 (24.14%) Degree
3 6 (20.69%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.45%) DV Cleared
4 1 (3.45%) RHCE
4 1 (3.45%) RHCSA
4 1 (3.45%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (24.14%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 4 (13.79%) COBIT
3 2 (6.90%) ISO/IEC 19770
System Software
1 2 (6.90%) Active Directory
1 2 (6.90%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (3.45%) Docker
2 1 (3.45%) KVM
2 1 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (27.59%) Terraform
2 2 (6.90%) Ansible
2 2 (6.90%) Kubernetes
2 2 (6.90%) Puppet
3 1 (3.45%) Podman
Vendors
1 10 (34.48%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.90%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.45%) Red Hat
3 1 (3.45%) VMware