Knowledge Transfer Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Knowledge Transfer
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Knowledge Transfer skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 431 433 419
Rank change year-on-year +2 -14 +108
Permanent jobs citing Knowledge Transfer 84 135 122
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.20% 0.36% 0.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.41% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 35 57 54
10th Percentile £29,000 £42,888 £31,325
25th Percentile £39,750 £47,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year - +11.70% -4.08%
75th Percentile £77,500 £58,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £88,250 £67,500 £78,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +13.04% -4.17% +13.21%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Knowledge Transfer 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 33,444 33,009 27,736
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 79.71% 88.20% 90.56%
Number of salaries quoted 19,110 15,194 20,646
10th Percentile £27,707 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,760 £41,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.34%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,435
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Knowledge Transfer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Knowledge Transfer relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Knowledge Transfer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Knowledge Transfer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Knowledge Transfer.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Knowledge Transfer

Knowledge Transfer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Knowledge Transfer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Knowledge Transfer in the UK excluding London

Knowledge Transfer
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 Knowledge Transfer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
North of England +14 30 £70,000 +33.33% 252
South East +22 22 £45,000 -21.74% 282
Yorkshire 0 15 £42,500 -23.08% 120
Northern Ireland +2 13 £59,000 - 17
North West +19 10 £75,000 +48.51% 119
Midlands +19 7 £35,250 -45.77% 228
South West +9 7 £75,000 +53.06% 136
North East - 5 - - 13
West Midlands +21 4 £45,000 -30.77% 109
Scotland -7 4 £87,500 +99.89% 57
East Midlands -6 3 £25,500 -49.00% 103
Wales +1 1 - - 30
Knowledge Transfer
UK

Knowledge Transfer
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 19 (22.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (10.71%) SharePoint
3 5 (5.95%) Exchange Server 2013
4 3 (3.57%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (1.19%) IIS
5 1 (1.19%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 3 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (2.38%) MS Visio
2 2 (2.38%) Weka
3 1 (1.19%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.19%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 40 (47.62%) Azure
2 24 (28.57%) AWS
3 22 (26.19%) Microsoft 365
3 22 (26.19%) Power Platform
4 10 (11.90%) Nutanix
5 5 (5.95%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (4.76%) Entra ID
7 2 (2.38%) Amazon EC2
7 2 (2.38%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (1.19%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (1.19%) Amazon S3
8 1 (1.19%) AWS CodePipeline
8 1 (1.19%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (1.19%) GCP
8 1 (1.19%) GitHub
8 1 (1.19%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (1.19%) IaaS
8 1 (1.19%) SaaS
8 1 (1.19%) Serverless
8 1 (1.19%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 15 (17.86%) LAN
2 13 (15.48%) WAN
3 12 (14.29%) DHCP
3 12 (14.29%) DNS
3 12 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
4 10 (11.90%) Remote Desktop
5 9 (10.71%) Firewall
5 9 (10.71%) TCP/IP
6 8 (9.52%) SAN
7 7 (8.33%) VLAN
8 3 (3.57%) SMTP
8 3 (3.57%) X.400
8 3 (3.57%) X.500
9 2 (2.38%) Cisco Wireless
9 2 (2.38%) MPLS
9 2 (2.38%) VoIP
9 2 (2.38%) Wireless
9 2 (2.38%) WLAN
10 1 (1.19%) PBX
10 1 (1.19%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (21.43%) Power BI
1 18 (21.43%) Tableau
2 3 (3.57%) Oracle Database
2 3 (3.57%) Oracle Database 10g
3 1 (1.19%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (1.19%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 1 (1.19%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (4.76%) GitLab
2 3 (3.57%) Balsamiq
2 3 (3.57%) Jenkins
3 2 (2.38%) Artifactory
3 2 (2.38%) Git
4 1 (1.19%) JIRA
4 1 (1.19%) Testinfra
General
1 48 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 22 (26.19%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (21.43%) Games
3 18 (21.43%) Presentation Skills
4 6 (7.14%) Finance
5 3 (3.57%) Military
6 2 (2.38%) Aviation
6 2 (2.38%) Banking
6 2 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.38%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (2.38%) Retail
7 1 (1.19%) Advertising
7 1 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.19%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.19%) Law
7 1 (1.19%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.19%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.19%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 30 (35.71%) Senior
2 20 (23.81%) Architect
3 18 (21.43%) Senior Architect
3 18 (21.43%) Senior Manager
4 14 (16.67%) Support Technician
5 11 (13.10%) Cloud Engineer
6 9 (10.71%) IT Support
6 9 (10.71%) IT Support Technician
6 9 (10.71%) IT Technician
7 8 (9.52%) 3rd Line Support
8 7 (8.33%) 3rd Line Support Technician
8 7 (8.33%) Consultant
8 7 (8.33%) Senior IT Support
8 7 (8.33%) Senior IT Technician
8 7 (8.33%) Senior Support Technician
8 7 (8.33%) Senior Technician
9 5 (5.95%) Lead
10 4 (4.76%) Developer
10 4 (4.76%) Lead Developer
11 3 (3.57%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.95%) .NET
2 1 (1.19%) ARM Templates
2 1 (1.19%) JSON
2 1 (1.19%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 15 (17.86%) Replication
2 10 (11.90%) Data Centre
2 10 (11.90%) Hybrid Cloud
2 10 (11.90%) Public Cloud
3 7 (8.33%) Driving Licence
4 4 (4.76%) AI Agents
4 4 (4.76%) NHS
5 2 (2.38%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (2.38%) Low-Code
5 2 (2.38%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.38%) Robotics
5 2 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.38%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.19%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (1.19%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 31 (36.90%) Windows
2 26 (30.95%) Windows Server
3 7 (8.33%) Android
4 5 (5.95%) Linux
4 5 (5.95%) Unix
5 3 (3.57%) HPUX
5 3 (3.57%) Solaris
5 3 (3.57%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (1.19%) Ubuntu
6 1 (1.19%) Windows 10
6 1 (1.19%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (41.67%) ITIL
2 27 (32.14%) Stakeholder Management
3 25 (29.76%) Continuous Improvement
3 25 (29.76%) Problem-Solving
4 24 (28.57%) Migration
5 22 (26.19%) Project Management
5 22 (26.19%) Time Management
6 21 (25.00%) Business Continuity
7 20 (23.81%) Strategic Thinking
8 19 (22.62%) Business Intelligence
8 19 (22.62%) Mentoring
9 18 (21.43%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 18 (21.43%) Decision-Making
9 18 (21.43%) Lean Six Sigma
9 18 (21.43%) Six Sigma
9 18 (21.43%) Translating Business Requirements
9 18 (21.43%) WFM
10 17 (20.24%) Change Management
11 16 (19.05%) Disaster Recovery
11 16 (19.05%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.95%) Bash
1 5 (5.95%) PowerShell
2 4 (4.76%) Python
3 3 (3.57%) C#
3 3 (3.57%) Go
3 3 (3.57%) VBScript
4 1 (1.19%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 27 (32.14%) Degree
2 18 (21.43%) PMI Certification
2 18 (21.43%) PMP
3 9 (10.71%) ITIL Certification
3 9 (10.71%) SC Cleared
3 9 (10.71%) Security Cleared
4 6 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (5.95%) Azure Certification
5 5 (5.95%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (4.76%) DV Cleared
7 3 (3.57%) AWS Certification
7 3 (3.57%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (3.57%) CITP
7 3 (3.57%) CREST Certified
8 2 (2.38%) CCNP
8 2 (2.38%) CISM
8 2 (2.38%) CISSP
9 1 (1.19%) CCNA
9 1 (1.19%) MCSA
9 1 (1.19%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (11.90%) SLA
2 8 (9.52%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (5.95%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 5 (5.95%) QA
5 4 (4.76%) Accessibility
6 2 (2.38%) GxP
7 1 (1.19%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 26 (30.95%) Hyper-V
1 26 (30.95%) VMware Infrastructure
2 25 (29.76%) Active Directory
3 4 (4.76%) Docker
4 2 (2.38%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (9.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (7.14%) SCCM
2 6 (7.14%) Terraform
3 4 (4.76%) Ansible
3 4 (4.76%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.19%) AirWatch
4 1 (1.19%) Grafana
4 1 (1.19%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (1.19%) Packer
4 1 (1.19%) Prometheus
4 1 (1.19%) SCOM
Vendors
1 30 (35.71%) Microsoft
2 28 (33.33%) VMware
3 19 (22.62%) Anaplan
3 19 (22.62%) ServiceNow
4 18 (21.43%) Genesys
4 18 (21.43%) Verint
5 10 (11.90%) Dell
5 10 (11.90%) Dell Compellent
5 10 (11.90%) HP
5 10 (11.90%) Nimble Storage
6 8 (9.52%) Veeam
7 5 (5.95%) arcserve
7 5 (5.95%) Oracle
8 4 (4.76%) Cisco
9 3 (3.57%) Fortinet
10 2 (2.38%) Aruba
10 2 (2.38%) Red Hat
11 1 (1.19%) Meraki
11 1 (1.19%) Palo Alto
11 1 (1.19%) SolarWinds