Configuration Management Job Trends in the South East

Configuration Management
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Configuration Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 184 226 195
Rank change year-on-year +42 -31 -33
Permanent jobs citing Configuration Management 118 60 234
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.80% 0.77% 1.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.12% 0.85% 1.56%
Number of salaries quoted 57 51 133
10th Percentile £33,000 - £30,000
25th Percentile £41,585 £56,250 £39,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,303 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.84% +18.18% -4.35%
75th Percentile £67,000 £67,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £73,000 £73,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £58,750 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.62% +8.33% -12.41%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 10,520 7,053 14,992
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 71.38% 90.32% 81.19%
Number of salaries quoted 7,447 3,417 10,398
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £39,876 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.77% +4.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £78,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%

Configuration Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Configuration Management job vacancy trend in the South East

Configuration Management
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Configuration Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Configuration Management

Configuration Management
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Configuration Management in the South East over the 6 months to 17 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Configuration Management in the South East

Configuration Management
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 Configuration Management within the South East region over the 6 months to 17 June 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 -9 47 £45,000 -21.74% 10
Thames Valley +20 35 £55,000 -15.38% 10
Buckinghamshire +9 23 £47,500 -5.00% 3
Surrey -5 22 £57,303 -4.50% 3
Isle of Wight -4 9 £66,300 -2.50%
Berkshire +11 8 £70,000 +7.69% 3
Oxfordshire - 4 £29,000 - 4
Sussex -9 1 - -
Kent -25 1 £35,000 -41.67%
West Sussex - 1 £56,000 -
Configuration Management
England

Configuration Management
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 2 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (9.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (5.08%) CATIA
3 2 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.69%) PTC Creo
3 2 (1.69%) Windchill
4 1 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (10.17%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 16 (13.56%) Azure
2 12 (10.17%) AWS
2 12 (10.17%) GitHub
3 11 (9.32%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 8 (6.78%) Amazon EKS
4 8 (6.78%) GitHub Actions
5 2 (1.69%) Azure Stack
5 2 (1.69%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (1.69%) Entra ID
5 2 (1.69%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 12 (10.17%) Firewall
2 9 (7.63%) VPN
3 5 (4.24%) DHCP
3 5 (4.24%) DNS
4 1 (0.85%) BGP
4 1 (0.85%) IPsec
4 1 (0.85%) LAN
4 1 (0.85%) Network Security
4 1 (0.85%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.85%) SNMP
4 1 (0.85%) SSL
4 1 (0.85%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.85%) VLAN
4 1 (0.85%) VSAN
4 1 (0.85%) WAN
4 1 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.54%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 19 (16.10%) Rational DOORS
2 8 (6.78%) Git
3 3 (2.54%) GitLab
3 3 (2.54%) JIRA
General
1 28 (23.73%) Social Skills
2 20 (16.95%) Finance
3 12 (10.17%) Aerospace
3 12 (10.17%) Retail
4 11 (9.32%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (9.32%) Influencing Skills
4 11 (9.32%) Local Government
5 10 (8.47%) Aviation
5 10 (8.47%) Electronics
5 10 (8.47%) Military
6 9 (7.63%) Aeronautics
7 4 (3.39%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.69%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.85%) Automotive
9 1 (0.85%) Banking
9 1 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.85%) Retail Finance
Job Titles
1 29 (24.58%) Senior
2 20 (16.95%) Data Engineer
2 20 (16.95%) Platform Engineer
3 17 (14.41%) Administrator
4 12 (10.17%) FPGA Engineer
4 12 (10.17%) Systems Engineer
5 11 (9.32%) Consultant
5 11 (9.32%) Management Consultant
5 11 (9.32%) Programme Management Office Consultant
5 11 (9.32%) Programme Office Consultant
6 10 (8.47%) Field Support Technician
6 10 (8.47%) Support Technician
7 8 (6.78%) DevOps Administrator
7 8 (6.78%) Senior DevOps
7 8 (6.78%) Senior Systems Administrator
7 8 (6.78%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 8 (6.78%) Systems Administrator
8 7 (5.93%) Design Engineer
8 7 (5.93%) FPGA Design Engineer
9 5 (4.24%) Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.54%) HTML
1 3 (2.54%) JSON
2 2 (1.69%) ARM Templates
2 2 (1.69%) Web Services
3 1 (0.85%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 15 (12.71%) Management Information System
2 12 (10.17%) Algorithms
2 12 (10.17%) FPGA
2 12 (10.17%) NVMe
2 12 (10.17%) PCIe
2 12 (10.17%) VHDL
3 11 (9.32%) Private Cloud
4 10 (8.47%) Driving Licence
4 10 (8.47%) Robotics
5 9 (7.63%) Hybrid Cloud
5 9 (7.63%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (2.54%) CMDB
6 3 (2.54%) Distributed Systems
6 3 (2.54%) Life Science
6 3 (2.54%) PMI
6 3 (2.54%) Public Cloud
6 3 (2.54%) Renewable Energy
6 3 (2.54%) Virtual Team
7 2 (1.69%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 16 (13.56%) Linux
2 8 (6.78%) Windows
3 5 (4.24%) Ubuntu
3 5 (4.24%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.69%) CentOS
4 2 (1.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.85%) Debian
5 1 (0.85%) Gentoo
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (29.66%) Problem-Solving
2 25 (21.19%) Platform Engineering
3 21 (17.80%) AI
3 21 (17.80%) Asset Management
3 21 (17.80%) Project Management
4 17 (14.41%) Infrastructure as Code
5 16 (13.56%) CI/CD
5 16 (13.56%) DevOps
5 16 (13.56%) Roadmaps
6 14 (11.86%) Agile
6 14 (11.86%) Release Management
6 14 (11.86%) Requirements Analysis
6 14 (11.86%) Software Engineering
7 13 (11.02%) Observability
7 13 (11.02%) Project Delivery
7 13 (11.02%) System Testing
8 12 (10.17%) Decision-Making
8 12 (10.17%) FPGA Design
8 12 (10.17%) Technology Roadmap
8 12 (10.17%) UVM
Programming Languages
1 20 (16.95%) Python
2 17 (14.41%) Bash
3 12 (10.17%) Assembly Language
3 12 (10.17%) C
3 12 (10.17%) C++
4 9 (7.63%) PowerShell
5 8 (6.78%) Go
6 5 (4.24%) Java
6 5 (4.24%) PL/SQL
6 5 (4.24%) SQL
7 3 (2.54%) JavaScript
7 3 (2.54%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.85%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 16 (13.56%) Security Cleared
2 13 (11.02%) BPSS Clearance
3 12 (10.17%) Degree
3 12 (10.17%) SC Cleared
4 10 (8.47%) DBS Check
4 10 (8.47%) HNC
5 9 (7.63%) AWS Certification
5 9 (7.63%) Chartered Engineer
6 5 (4.24%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (2.54%) Numerate Degree
7 3 (2.54%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.69%) MCAD
8 2 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.85%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.85%) CCNP
9 1 (0.85%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.85%) CompTIA CySA+
9 1 (0.85%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.85%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.85%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (11.86%) QA
2 11 (9.32%) PMO
3 7 (5.93%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 3 (2.54%) ISO/IEC 12207
4 3 (2.54%) SOC 2
5 2 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.85%) NIST
6 1 (0.85%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (10.17%) Embedded Firmware
1 12 (10.17%) Firmware
2 9 (7.63%) Docker
3 6 (5.08%) Active Directory
4 3 (2.54%) Hyper-V
4 3 (2.54%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.85%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 20 (16.95%) Terraform
2 18 (15.25%) Ansible
3 16 (13.56%) Kubernetes
4 11 (9.32%) Grafana
4 11 (9.32%) Prometheus
5 8 (6.78%) Proxmox
6 5 (4.24%) Nagios
7 2 (1.69%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.85%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.85%) Podman
Vendors
1 12 (10.17%) Altera
1 12 (10.17%) Xilinx
2 11 (9.32%) VMware
3 7 (5.93%) IBM
3 7 (5.93%) Microsoft
4 5 (4.24%) Oracle
4 5 (4.24%) Splunk
5 2 (1.69%) Cisco
5 2 (1.69%) PTC
5 2 (1.69%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.85%) Juniper