Configuration Management Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Configuration Management
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 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 105 166 116
Rank change year-on-year +61 -50 +46
Permanent jobs citing Configuration Management 66 15 84
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.64% 0.44% 2.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.03% 0.48% 2.38%
Number of salaries quoted 28 9 59
10th Percentile £30,750 £41,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £52,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £50,000 £34,000
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% +47.06% -43.33%
75th Percentile £72,500 £58,750 £55,638
90th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £60,340
South East median annual salary £70,000 £57,500 £52,250
% change year-on-year +21.74% +10.05% -5.11%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,245 3,106 3,530
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 80.48% 91.78% 89.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,770 1,383 2,439
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,500 £45,000 £39,043
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £76,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £83,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £58,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.53% +11.43% -4.55%

Configuration Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Configuration Management job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Configuration Management
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Configuration Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Configuration Management

Configuration Management
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Salary histogram for Configuration Management in the Thames Valley

Configuration Management
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Configuration Management within the Thames Valley 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
Buckinghamshire +45 44 £70,000 +40.00% 11
Berkshire +9 22 £70,000 +40.00% 16
Configuration Management
South East

Configuration Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Applications
1 7 (10.61%) Windchill
Cloud Services
1 4 (6.06%) AWS
1 4 (6.06%) Entra ID
2 3 (4.55%) Azure
3 1 (1.52%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.52%) GCP
3 1 (1.52%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (16.67%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 33 (50.00%) Jenkins
2 32 (48.48%) Git
3 30 (45.45%) JIRA
4 2 (3.03%) GitLab
4 2 (3.03%) SonarQube
General
1 51 (77.27%) Social Skills
2 30 (45.45%) Organisational Skills
3 14 (21.21%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (10.61%) Finance
5 4 (6.06%) Law
5 4 (6.06%) Marketing
6 3 (4.55%) Aerospace
6 3 (4.55%) Manufacturing
6 3 (4.55%) Retail
Job Titles
1 27 (40.91%) Lead
2 22 (33.33%) Senior
3 18 (27.27%) Developer
3 18 (27.27%) Oracle Developer
3 18 (27.27%) Senior Developer
3 18 (27.27%) Senior Oracle Developer
4 4 (6.06%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 4 (6.06%) 2nd Line Support
4 4 (6.06%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 4 (6.06%) Configuration Management Specialist
4 4 (6.06%) Configuration Specialist
4 4 (6.06%) Integration Manager
4 4 (6.06%) Support Engineer
4 4 (6.06%) Technical Specialist
5 3 (4.55%) Administrator
5 3 (4.55%) Automation Engineer
6 1 (1.52%) Analyst
6 1 (1.52%) Applications Support
6 1 (1.52%) Infrastructure Project Manager
6 1 (1.52%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (19.70%) HTML
1 13 (19.70%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 13 (19.70%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (6.06%) Management Information System
3 3 (4.55%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (3.03%) PMI
5 1 (1.52%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.06%) Android
1 4 (6.06%) Apple iOS
1 4 (6.06%) Linux
2 2 (3.03%) Unix
2 2 (3.03%) Windows
3 1 (1.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (50.00%) Change Control
2 30 (45.45%) Continuous Improvement
2 30 (45.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 29 (43.94%) Change Management
4 28 (42.42%) Technical Leadership
5 26 (39.39%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 22 (33.33%) Customer Requirements
6 22 (33.33%) Process Improvement
6 22 (33.33%) Programme Management
6 22 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
7 13 (19.70%) Issue Tracking
8 11 (16.67%) Clean Code
9 5 (7.58%) Problem-Solving
10 4 (6.06%) ERP
10 4 (6.06%) Infrastructure as Code
10 4 (6.06%) Mobile Device Management
10 4 (6.06%) Performance Metrics
10 4 (6.06%) Project Delivery
10 4 (6.06%) Service Management
10 4 (6.06%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 18 (27.27%) PL/SQL
1 18 (27.27%) SQL
2 13 (19.70%) Java
2 13 (19.70%) JavaScript
3 3 (4.55%) Python
4 1 (1.52%) Bash
Qualifications
1 38 (57.58%) Security Cleared
2 33 (50.00%) Degree
3 16 (24.24%) SC Cleared
4 4 (6.06%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (3.03%) Numerate Degree
5 2 (3.03%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (45.45%) Def Stans
2 22 (33.33%) QA
3 4 (6.06%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (4.55%) Docker
2 2 (3.03%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 4 (6.06%) Ansible
1 4 (6.06%) Jamf Pro
2 3 (4.55%) Kubernetes
3 2 (3.03%) Docker Swarm
3 2 (3.03%) Rundeck
3 2 (3.03%) Terraform
4 1 (1.52%) Grafana
4 1 (1.52%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 18 (27.27%) Oracle
2 4 (6.06%) Apple
2 4 (6.06%) Samsung
3 2 (3.03%) Red Hat
3 2 (3.03%) VMware
4 1 (1.52%) SAP
4 1 (1.52%) SolarWinds
4 1 (1.52%) Workday