Capacity Planning Jobs in the UK excluding London

Capacity Planning
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Capacity Planning skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Capacity Planning over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 522 487 469
Rank change year-on-year -35 -18 +26
Permanent jobs citing Capacity Planning 55 301 305
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.14% 0.40% 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.49% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 35 179 146
10th Percentile £40,400 £31,250 £37,875
25th Percentile £46,250 £35,195 £40,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £51,725
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -8.17% -1.48%
75th Percentile £60,875 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £79,811 £75,000 £76,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +23.81% -12.50% +0.87%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,483 61,419 55,450
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.65% 82.37% 95.58%
Number of salaries quoted 17,392 42,187 28,711
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,750 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,574 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.15% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,443 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +4.44% -9.69% +1.50%

Capacity Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Capacity Planning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Capacity Planning in the UK excluding London

Capacity Planning
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Capacity Planning in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Capacity Planning in the UK excluding London

Capacity Planning
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Capacity Planning in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Capacity Planning in the UK excluding London

Capacity Planning
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Capacity Planning within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 30 May 2025. 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
Midlands +59 17 £55,000 +22.22% 80
North of England +5 15 £60,000 +14.29% 89
West Midlands +36 13 £50,000 +11.11% 46
North West -33 12 £53,750 +3.86% 46
South East +19 9 £47,500 -24.00% 123
Scotland +99 7 £47,500 +46.15% 13
East Midlands +41 4 £55,000 +107.55% 28
East of England +39 4 £66,410 +57.18% 64
South West +87 3 £55,000 +15.79% 47
Yorkshire +55 3 £70,000 +21.74% 35
Capacity Planning
UK

Capacity Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.82%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (3.64%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (3.64%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.82%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (3.64%) SAP ERP
2 1 (1.82%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 19 (34.55%) Azure
2 11 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (18.18%) AWS
4 6 (10.91%) SaaS
5 2 (3.64%) GCP
5 2 (3.64%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.82%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (1.82%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.82%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.82%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 6 (10.91%) Network Security
2 5 (9.09%) Firewall
3 3 (5.45%) LAN
3 3 (5.45%) VLAN
3 3 (5.45%) WAN
3 3 (5.45%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (5.45%) Wireless
4 2 (3.64%) DNS
4 2 (3.64%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (3.64%) NAS
4 2 (3.64%) SAN
4 2 (3.64%) SNMP
5 1 (1.82%) BGP
5 1 (1.82%) DHCP
5 1 (1.82%) OpenScape
5 1 (1.82%) OSPF
5 1 (1.82%) SD-WAN
5 1 (1.82%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.82%) VPN
5 1 (1.82%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (10.91%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.64%) Power BI
3 1 (1.82%) DataStage
3 1 (1.82%) DB2
3 1 (1.82%) GIS
3 1 (1.82%) MySQL
3 1 (1.82%) QualityStage
3 1 (1.82%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (5.45%) JIRA
2 1 (1.82%) GitLab
General
1 15 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 9 (16.36%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (12.73%) Law
3 7 (12.73%) Legal
4 6 (10.91%) Finance
4 6 (10.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (7.27%) Manufacturing
5 4 (7.27%) Retail
6 2 (3.64%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.82%) Aviation
7 1 (1.82%) Back Office
7 1 (1.82%) Front Office
7 1 (1.82%) Local Government
7 1 (1.82%) Marketing
7 1 (1.82%) Police
Job Titles
1 7 (12.73%) Azure Specialist
1 7 (12.73%) Cloud Specialist
1 7 (12.73%) Infrastructure Specialist
2 6 (10.91%) Consultant
2 6 (10.91%) IT Consultant
2 6 (10.91%) Senior
3 5 (9.09%) DBA
3 5 (9.09%) SQL DBA
3 5 (9.09%) SQL Server DBA
4 4 (7.27%) Administrator
4 4 (7.27%) Cloud Engineer
4 4 (7.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (7.27%) IT Engineer
4 4 (7.27%) Lead
5 3 (5.45%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (5.45%) Network Engineer
5 3 (5.45%) Senior Cloud Engineer
5 3 (5.45%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (5.45%) Systems Engineer
6 2 (3.64%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.64%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 8 (14.55%) Data Centre
1 8 (14.55%) Management Information System
2 7 (12.73%) Enterprise Cloud
3 4 (7.27%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (3.64%) Product Ownership
4 2 (3.64%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.82%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.82%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.82%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 11 (20.00%) Windows
2 7 (12.73%) Linux
3 4 (7.27%) Windows Server
4 3 (5.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (3.64%) CentOS
5 2 (3.64%) Solaris
5 2 (3.64%) Unix
6 1 (1.82%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (34.55%) ITIL
2 12 (21.82%) Service Delivery
3 11 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 11 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 10 (18.18%) Coaching
4 10 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (18.18%) Roadmaps
5 8 (14.55%) Architectural Design
6 7 (12.73%) Change Management
6 7 (12.73%) Performance Tuning
6 7 (12.73%) Root Cause Analysis
7 6 (10.91%) Business Transformation
7 6 (10.91%) Project Delivery
7 6 (10.91%) Project Management
8 5 (9.09%) Customer Service
8 5 (9.09%) High Availability
8 5 (9.09%) Incident Response
8 5 (9.09%) Process Improvement
9 4 (7.27%) Change Control
9 4 (7.27%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 6 (10.91%) SQL
2 5 (9.09%) T-SQL
3 2 (3.64%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.82%) Bash
4 1 (1.82%) Java
4 1 (1.82%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (18.18%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (12.73%) Degree
3 6 (10.91%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (9.09%) CCNA
5 4 (7.27%) CCNP
6 3 (5.45%) PMI Certification
6 3 (5.45%) PMP
6 3 (5.45%) Security Cleared
7 2 (3.64%) HNC
7 2 (3.64%) MCSA
7 2 (3.64%) MCSE
7 2 (3.64%) RHCE
8 1 (1.82%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.82%) HP ASE
8 1 (1.82%) MCITP
8 1 (1.82%) NCIE
8 1 (1.82%) PgMP
8 1 (1.82%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (1.82%) SC Cleared
8 1 (1.82%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (16.36%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (7.27%) PMO
3 2 (3.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (3.64%) Data Quality
3 2 (3.64%) GDPR
3 2 (3.64%) NIST
3 2 (3.64%) QA
4 1 (1.82%) P3O
4 1 (1.82%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (10.91%) Active Directory
2 3 (5.45%) VMware NSX
3 2 (3.64%) Firmware
3 2 (3.64%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (3.64%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (3.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.82%) Docker
4 1 (1.82%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.82%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (1.82%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (5.45%) Terraform
2 2 (3.64%) Grafana
2 2 (3.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (3.64%) Prometheus
2 2 (3.64%) SCCM
2 2 (3.64%) VxRail
3 1 (1.82%) Ansible
3 1 (1.82%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (1.82%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.82%) NetApp OnCommand
3 1 (1.82%) PowerCLI
3 1 (1.82%) vRealize
Vendors
1 15 (27.27%) Cisco
2 13 (23.64%) Microsoft
3 5 (9.09%) VMware
4 4 (7.27%) Red Hat
5 3 (5.45%) Dell
5 3 (5.45%) Fortinet
5 3 (5.45%) Meraki
5 3 (5.45%) SAP
6 2 (3.64%) EMC
6 2 (3.64%) Juniper
6 2 (3.64%) NetApp
6 2 (3.64%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.82%) Brocade
7 1 (1.82%) Facebook
7 1 (1.82%) HP
7 1 (1.82%) IBM
7 1 (1.82%) Planview
7 1 (1.82%) Pure Storage
7 1 (1.82%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.82%) SonicWALL