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 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 182 209 148
Rank change year-on-year +27 -61 +14
Permanent jobs citing Configuration Management 91 88 159
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.88% 0.98% 1.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.10% 1.11% 2.03%
Number of salaries quoted 38 56 108
10th Percentile £45,975 - £31,900
25th Percentile £54,938 £50,000 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £57,500 £52,250
Median % change year-on-year +21.74% +10.05% -5.11%
75th Percentile £77,100 £65,000 £68,125
90th Percentile £85,700 £76,875 £82,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £62,450
% change year-on-year +16.67% -3.92% -10.79%

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 8,306 7,897 7,821
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 80.19% 88.14% 88.35%
Number of salaries quoted 4,952 3,758 5,459
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,250 £45,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £58,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.79% +10.48% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 13 January 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 13 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
Thames Valley +63 65 £70,000 +40.00% 29
Buckinghamshire +41 43 £70,000 +40.00% 10
Berkshire +9 22 £70,000 +40.00% 15
Isle of Wight -3 13 £75,900 +26.50% 4
Hampshire +7 8 £90,000 +16.13% 20
East Sussex +1 2 £56,500 +13.00% 4
Surrey -9 1 - - 5
Kent -20 1 £85,700 +14.27% 5
West Sussex - 1 £85,700 - 5
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 (2.20%) IIS
2 1 (1.10%) Confluence
2 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (8.79%) Windchill
2 2 (2.20%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.10%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 5 (5.49%) Azure
2 4 (4.40%) AWS
2 4 (4.40%) Entra ID
3 3 (3.30%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.10%) GCP
4 1 (1.10%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.10%) InfiniBand
1 1 (1.10%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (12.09%) OLTP
2 2 (2.20%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 34 (37.36%) Git
2 33 (36.26%) Jenkins
2 33 (36.26%) JIRA
3 4 (4.40%) Rational DOORS
4 2 (2.20%) GitLab
4 2 (2.20%) SonarQube
General
1 53 (58.24%) Social Skills
2 30 (32.97%) Organisational Skills
3 16 (17.58%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (9.89%) Finance
5 4 (4.40%) Aerospace
5 4 (4.40%) Law
5 4 (4.40%) Manufacturing
5 4 (4.40%) Marketing
6 3 (3.30%) Retail
7 2 (2.20%) Military
Job Titles
1 27 (29.67%) Lead
2 26 (28.57%) Senior
3 18 (19.78%) Developer
3 18 (19.78%) Oracle Developer
3 18 (19.78%) Senior Developer
3 18 (19.78%) Senior Oracle Developer
4 9 (9.89%) Architect
4 9 (9.89%) Software Architect
5 5 (5.49%) Principal Engineer
5 5 (5.49%) Principal Software Engineer
5 5 (5.49%) Software Engineer
6 4 (4.40%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 4 (4.40%) 2nd Line Support
6 4 (4.40%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 4 (4.40%) Configuration Management Specialist
6 4 (4.40%) Configuration Specialist
6 4 (4.40%) Integration Manager
6 4 (4.40%) Support Engineer
6 4 (4.40%) Technical Specialist
7 3 (3.30%) Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (14.29%) HTML
1 13 (14.29%) JSON
2 10 (10.99%) Middleware
3 2 (2.20%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 13 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (5.49%) Management Information System
3 3 (3.30%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (2.20%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (2.20%) PMI
5 1 (1.10%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.10%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.10%) FPGA
5 1 (1.10%) NVMe
5 1 (1.10%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.10%) PCIe
5 1 (1.10%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.40%) Android
1 4 (4.40%) Apple iOS
1 4 (4.40%) Linux
1 4 (4.40%) Windows
2 2 (2.20%) Unix
3 1 (1.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (45.05%) Continuous Improvement
2 33 (36.26%) Change Control
3 30 (32.97%) Change Management
3 30 (32.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 30 (32.97%) Technical Leadership
4 26 (28.57%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 22 (24.18%) Customer Requirements
5 22 (24.18%) Process Improvement
5 22 (24.18%) Programme Management
5 22 (24.18%) Strategic Thinking
6 21 (23.08%) Agile
7 19 (20.88%) Waterfall
8 18 (19.78%) Computer Science
9 17 (18.68%) UML
10 13 (14.29%) Issue Tracking
11 12 (13.19%) DevOps
12 11 (12.09%) Clean Code
12 11 (12.09%) Mentoring
12 11 (12.09%) SDLC
13 9 (9.89%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 20 (21.98%) SQL
2 18 (19.78%) PL/SQL
3 13 (14.29%) Java
3 13 (14.29%) JavaScript
4 5 (5.49%) Ada
4 5 (5.49%) Ada 95
5 4 (4.40%) Python
6 2 (2.20%) Bash
6 2 (2.20%) MATLAB
6 2 (2.20%) PowerShell
7 1 (1.10%) Assembly Language
7 1 (1.10%) C
7 1 (1.10%) C++
Qualifications
1 54 (59.34%) Degree
2 40 (43.96%) Security Cleared
3 24 (26.37%) BPSS Clearance
4 17 (18.68%) SC Cleared
5 16 (17.58%) Chartered Engineer
6 13 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (5.49%) Numerate Degree
8 2 (2.20%) PMI Certification
9 1 (1.10%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (32.97%) Def Stans
2 22 (24.18%) QA
3 14 (15.38%) ISO/IEC 12207
4 4 (4.40%) SLA
5 1 (1.10%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (3.30%) Docker
2 2 (2.20%) Firmware
2 2 (2.20%) vCloud
3 1 (1.10%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (1.10%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 5 (5.49%) Ansible
2 4 (4.40%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (3.30%) Kubernetes
4 2 (2.20%) Docker Swarm
4 2 (2.20%) Rundeck
4 2 (2.20%) Terraform
5 1 (1.10%) Grafana
5 1 (1.10%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 18 (19.78%) Oracle
2 4 (4.40%) Apple
2 4 (4.40%) Samsung
3 2 (2.20%) IBM
3 2 (2.20%) Microsoft
3 2 (2.20%) Red Hat
3 2 (2.20%) VMware
4 1 (1.10%) Altera
4 1 (1.10%) Atlassian
4 1 (1.10%) EMC
4 1 (1.10%) PTC
4 1 (1.10%) SAP
4 1 (1.10%) SolarWinds
4 1 (1.10%) Workday
4 1 (1.10%) Xilinx