Capacity Planning Job Trends in the South East

Capacity Planning
England > South East

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

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 258 260 228
Rank change year-on-year +2 -32 +112
Permanent jobs citing Capacity Planning 13 35 53
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.13% 0.38% 0.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.44% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 12 26 40
10th Percentile - - £36,255
25th Percentile £42,500 £52,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £59,688 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £72,625 £85,000 £69,800
England median annual salary £70,156 £55,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year +27.56% -3.51% +5.56%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

Capacity Planning 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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,326 8,020 7,334
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 80.48% 87.89% 89.09%
Number of salaries quoted 4,927 3,878 5,081
10th Percentile £27,750 £32,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,500 £45,000 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +8.49% -3.64%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Capacity Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Capacity Planning relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Capacity Planning job vacancy trend in the South East

Capacity Planning
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Capacity Planning.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Capacity Planning

Capacity Planning
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Capacity Planning in the South East over the 6 months to 6 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Capacity Planning in the South East

Capacity Planning
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Capacity Planning within the South East region over the 6 months to 6 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
Hampshire +23 4 £55,000 -15.38% 3
Thames Valley +12 4 £61,000 +10.91% 13
Sussex - 4 £45,000 -
Berkshire -1 3 £59,250 +7.73% 7
Buckinghamshire - 1 £82,500 - 2
Capacity Planning
England

Capacity Planning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 5 (38.46%) SharePoint
2 3 (23.08%) HCL Domino
2 3 (23.08%) HCL Notes
3 1 (7.69%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (7.69%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (30.77%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (38.46%) Azure
2 4 (30.77%) Azure DevOps
2 4 (30.77%) Dynamics 365
2 4 (30.77%) Power Platform
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) WAN
2 2 (15.38%) LAN
2 2 (15.38%) SD-WAN
3 1 (7.69%) DHCP
3 1 (7.69%) DNS
3 1 (7.69%) Firewall
3 1 (7.69%) IPsec
3 1 (7.69%) Junos
3 1 (7.69%) MPLS
3 1 (7.69%) Network Security
3 1 (7.69%) VoIP
3 1 (7.69%) VPN
3 1 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (7.69%) Wireless
3 1 (7.69%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (30.77%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 8 (61.54%) Finance
2 6 (46.15%) Social Skills
3 3 (23.08%) Advertising
3 3 (23.08%) Billing
4 1 (7.69%) Marketing
4 1 (7.69%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Coordinator
1 4 (30.77%) PMO Coordinator
2 3 (23.08%) Delivery Manager
2 3 (23.08%) IT Manager
2 3 (23.08%) IT Operations Manager
2 3 (23.08%) IT Services Delivery Manager
2 3 (23.08%) IT Services Manager
2 3 (23.08%) Operations Manager
2 3 (23.08%) Service Delivery Manager
2 3 (23.08%) Service Manager
2 3 (23.08%) Software Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Azure Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Chief Operating Officer
3 1 (7.69%) Data Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Data Centre Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Network Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Release Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (23.08%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Onboarding
2 1 (7.69%) CMDB
2 1 (7.69%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Continuous Improvement
1 7 (53.85%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (38.46%) Collaborative Culture
3 4 (30.77%) Agile
3 4 (30.77%) Analytics
3 4 (30.77%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (30.77%) CRM
3 4 (30.77%) Customer Engagement
3 4 (30.77%) Customer-Centric Approach
3 4 (30.77%) Customer-Centricity
3 4 (30.77%) DevOps
3 4 (30.77%) ITIL
3 4 (30.77%) Planning and Forecasting
3 4 (30.77%) Presales
3 4 (30.77%) PRINCE2
3 4 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (30.77%) Process Management
3 4 (30.77%) Project Management
3 4 (30.77%) Waterfall
4 3 (23.08%) Tech Ops
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
1 1 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (46.15%) Degree
2 4 (30.77%) PMI Certification
2 4 (30.77%) PMP
3 2 (15.38%) CCNA
3 2 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
3 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
4 1 (7.69%) Azure Certification
4 1 (7.69%) CCNP
4 1 (7.69%) HND
4 1 (7.69%) JNCIA
4 1 (7.69%) MCP
4 1 (7.69%) MCSA
4 1 (7.69%) MCSE
4 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (53.85%) QA
2 4 (30.77%) PMO
3 3 (23.08%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (23.08%) ISO 9001
3 3 (23.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Active Directory
1 1 (7.69%) Hyper-V
1 1 (7.69%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (7.69%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (7.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (61.54%) Microsoft
2 3 (23.08%) IBM
2 3 (23.08%) Lotus
3 1 (7.69%) Cisco
3 1 (7.69%) Fortinet
3 1 (7.69%) Fujitsu
3 1 (7.69%) Juniper