Computer Aided Facility Management (CAFM)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring CAFM skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited CAFM over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 691 840 954
Rank change year-on-year +149 +114 +282
Permanent jobs citing CAFM 11 67 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.020% 0.065% 0.015%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.021% 0.077% 0.015%
Number of salaries quoted 8 57 12
10th Percentile £44,042 £24,250 £26,350
25th Percentile £58,438 £30,000 £54,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,373 £41,871 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year +65.68% -34.32% +10.87%
75th Percentile £74,445 £48,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £76,111 £55,850 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £36,919 £80,000
% change year-on-year +76.06% -53.85% +25.49%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

CAFM 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 52,256 87,133 91,481
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.58% 84.04% 95.51%
Number of salaries quoted 25,854 60,896 54,581
10th Percentile £28,822 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £55,000 £60,899
Median % change year-on-year +3.64% -9.69% +1.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,564 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.13% -9.09% +4.76%

CAFM
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CAFM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CAFM in the UK

CAFM
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CAFM.

Salary trend for CAFM in the UK

CAFM
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CAFM over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for CAFM in the UK

CAFM
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CAFM within the UK over the 6 months to 31 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
England +119 10 £69,373 +59.71% 54
UK excluding London +141 6 £65,000 +76.06% 29
London +91 5 £69,373 +26.71% 25
North East +50 3 £75,000 +130.77% 4
North of England +26 3 £75,000 +163.16% 8
East of England +48 2 £43,195 +4.08% 6
Scotland +118 1 £65,000 +182.61%

CAFM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (9.09%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) Unified Communications
1 1 (9.09%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) SQL Server
General
1 7 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 4 (36.36%) Finance
3 3 (27.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Operations Manager
1 3 (27.27%) Security Manager
1 3 (27.27%) Senior
1 3 (27.27%) Senior Manager
1 3 (27.27%) Senior Technical Manager
1 3 (27.27%) Technical Manager
1 3 (27.27%) Technical Operations Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Project Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Information Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Information Security Manager
3 1 (9.09%) IT Manager
3 1 (9.09%) IT Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (18.18%) Data Centre
3 1 (9.09%) CCTV
3 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
3 1 (9.09%) Onboarding
3 1 (9.09%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
1 1 (9.09%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Energy Management
1 5 (45.45%) Facilities Management
1 5 (45.45%) Risk Management
2 4 (36.36%) ITIL
3 3 (27.27%) CI/CD
3 3 (27.27%) Collaborative Working
3 3 (27.27%) Community of Practice
3 3 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (27.27%) DevOps
3 3 (27.27%) Information Security
3 3 (27.27%) Offensive Security
3 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (27.27%) Product Management
3 3 (27.27%) Roadmaps
3 3 (27.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (27.27%) Tech Ops
3 3 (27.27%) Technology Roadmap
4 2 (18.18%) Customer Service
4 2 (18.18%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (18.18%) Data Privacy
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) Degree
2 3 (27.27%) CISA
2 3 (27.27%) CISM
2 3 (27.27%) CISSP
3 1 (9.09%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (9.09%) PMI Certification
3 1 (9.09%) PMP
3 1 (9.09%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (45.45%) GDPR
2 3 (27.27%) Accessibility
2 3 (27.27%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (27.27%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 3 (27.27%) NIST
2 3 (27.27%) SLA
3 2 (18.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Virtual Servers
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft