Configuration Management Job Trends in South Wales

Configuration Management
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring Configuration Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 64 64
Rank change year-on-year +13 0 +19
Permanent jobs citing Configuration Management 13 3 7
As % of all permanent jobs in South Wales 1.66% 0.48% 1.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.21% 0.57% 1.26%
Number of salaries quoted 12 1 7
10th Percentile - - £33,426
25th Percentile £48,250 £56,495 £33,431
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £59,430 £37,350
Median % change year-on-year -10.82% +59.12% -32.09%
75th Percentile £59,063 £62,365 £58,750
90th Percentile £60,000 - £75,000
Wales median annual salary £57,500 £59,430 £43,675
% change year-on-year -3.25% +36.07% -20.59%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 587 525 554
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 75.06% 83.47% 90.38%
Number of salaries quoted 407 267 426
10th Percentile £25,032 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £39,460
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £49,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.50% -0.50% +0.22%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,825 £79,600 £72,433
Wales median annual salary £48,122 £49,104 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.00% +3.38% -

Configuration Management
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Configuration Management job vacancy trend in South Wales

Configuration Management
Salary Trend in South Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Configuration Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Configuration Management

Configuration Management
Salary Histogram in South Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Configuration Management in South Wales over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Configuration Management in South Wales

Configuration Management
Job Locations in South Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 14 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
Cardiff +17 5 £57,500 -3.25% 5
Gwent - 5 £48,500 -
Newport -9 3 £67,100 - 8
Configuration Management
Wales

Configuration Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) JIRA
1 1 (7.69%) Rational DOORS
General
1 3 (23.08%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Analyst
1 6 (46.15%) Applications Support
1 6 (46.15%) Applications Support Analyst
1 6 (46.15%) Lead
1 6 (46.15%) Support Analyst
2 5 (38.46%) Developer
2 5 (38.46%) Salesforce Developer
3 1 (7.69%) Principal Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Principal Software Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Software Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) System Design Authority
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (84.62%) CI/CD
2 8 (61.54%) Agile
3 7 (53.85%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (46.15%) Change Control
4 6 (46.15%) Customer Service
4 6 (46.15%) Deployment Automation
4 6 (46.15%) Mentoring
4 6 (46.15%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (46.15%) Release Management
4 6 (46.15%) Software Deployment
5 5 (38.46%) DevOps
5 5 (38.46%) Infrastructure as Code
6 3 (23.08%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 3 (23.08%) Software Architecture
7 2 (15.38%) User Experience
7 2 (15.38%) Waterfall
8 1 (7.69%) Computer Science
8 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
8 1 (7.69%) Software Engineering
8 1 (7.69%) UML
Programming Languages
1 6 (46.15%) C#
2 3 (23.08%) Apex Code
3 1 (7.69%) Ada
3 1 (7.69%) Ada 95
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (15.38%) Chartered Engineer
1 2 (15.38%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 12207
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Salesforce
2 1 (7.69%) IBM