Capacity Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Capacity Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Capacity Management over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 679 830 667
Rank change year-on-year +151 -163 +56
Permanent jobs citing Capacity Management 217 163 625
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.16% 0.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.16% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 90 95 417
10th Percentile £37,950 £37,950 £40,000
25th Percentile £43,813 £50,375 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £84,056 £84,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,995 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -16.68% +9.09% +20.88%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Capacity Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,460 100,219 147,325
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.03% 95.64% 95.59%
Number of salaries quoted 59,759 58,822 83,132
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Capacity Management
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Capacity Management in the UK

Capacity Management
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Capacity Management.

Salary trend for Capacity Management in the UK

Capacity Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Capacity Management over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Capacity Management in the UK

Capacity Management
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Capacity Management within the UK over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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 +119 154 £55,000 -8.33% 36
UK excluding London +40 151 £49,995 -16.68% 22
Work from Home +96 67 £60,000 - 14
London +146 50 £71,250 +9.62% 14
South West +12 39 £59,500 +40.00% 1
Wales +40 34 £50,000 +25.00% 1
North of England +32 21 £52,500 +5.00% 10
South East +13 19 £34,000 -47.29% 4
Midlands -4 18 £44,000 -32.31% 3
North West +6 16 £43,000 -26.81% 9
East Midlands -11 10 £40,000 -43.66%
West Midlands +10 8 £44,000 -32.31% 3
Scotland -54 8 £52,495 -7.09% 1
East of England +30 7 £50,000 - 2
Yorkshire +91 5 £60,000 -24.65% 1
Isle of Man - 4 - -
Northern Ireland - 1 £51,000 -

Capacity Management
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 44 (20.28%) Oracle Service Bus
1 44 (20.28%) WebLogic
2 20 (9.22%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.38%) NetWeaver
4 1 (0.46%) Apache
4 1 (0.46%) Confluence
4 1 (0.46%) IIS
4 1 (0.46%) nginx
4 1 (0.46%) SAS
4 1 (0.46%) Tomcat
Applications
1 46 (21.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 44 (20.28%) Microsoft Office
2 44 (20.28%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.46%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 44 (20.28%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (2.30%) SAP ERP
3 3 (1.38%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 53 (24.42%) Azure
2 35 (16.13%) SaaS
3 29 (13.36%) AWS
4 15 (6.91%) Serverless
5 13 (5.99%) AWS Lambda
6 10 (4.61%) Entra ID
6 10 (4.61%) GitHub
7 8 (3.69%) Amazon EKS
7 8 (3.69%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (3.69%) GCP
7 8 (3.69%) GitHub Actions
8 6 (2.76%) Amazon S3
8 6 (2.76%) Rubrik
9 5 (2.30%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 5 (2.30%) AWS Fargate
9 5 (2.30%) Azure Pipelines
10 4 (1.84%) Google Workspace
11 3 (1.38%) IaaS
11 3 (1.38%) OCI
11 3 (1.38%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (8.76%) Firewall
2 14 (6.45%) DNS
3 13 (5.99%) DHCP
4 12 (5.53%) Network Security
5 10 (4.61%) SSL
5 10 (4.61%) VPN
6 9 (4.15%) SAN
7 8 (3.69%) HTTPS
7 8 (3.69%) LAN
8 7 (3.23%) SD-WAN
8 7 (3.23%) WAN
9 6 (2.76%) BGP
9 6 (2.76%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (2.30%) TCP/IP
10 5 (2.30%) VLAN
11 4 (1.84%) NetScaler
12 3 (1.38%) Internet
12 3 (1.38%) IPv6
12 3 (1.38%) OSPF
12 3 (1.38%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (20.74%) Oracle Database
1 45 (20.74%) Oracle Database 10g
2 44 (20.28%) Oracle Database 11g
2 44 (20.28%) VLDB
3 31 (14.29%) MongoDB
4 10 (4.61%) SQL Server
5 5 (2.30%) DynamoDB
5 5 (2.30%) MaxDB
5 5 (2.30%) Relational Database
5 5 (2.30%) SAP HANA
6 4 (1.84%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (1.38%) BusinessObjects
7 3 (1.38%) MySQL
7 3 (1.38%) SAP BW
8 2 (0.92%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (0.92%) Power BI
9 1 (0.46%) Amazon QuickSight
9 1 (0.46%) Hazelcast
9 1 (0.46%) InfluxDB
9 1 (0.46%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 16 (7.37%) Git
2 13 (5.99%) Jenkins
3 8 (3.69%) CircleCI
3 8 (3.69%) git-flow
3 8 (3.69%) GitLab
3 8 (3.69%) Vagrant
4 5 (2.30%) MSTest
5 4 (1.84%) JIRA
6 2 (0.92%) GoCD
General
1 72 (33.18%) Analytical Skills
2 55 (25.35%) Finance
3 27 (12.44%) Social Skills
4 11 (5.07%) Public Sector
5 10 (4.61%) Telecoms
6 7 (3.23%) Games
7 5 (2.30%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (2.30%) Retail
8 2 (0.92%) Back Office
8 2 (0.92%) Banking
8 2 (0.92%) Electronics
8 2 (0.92%) Manufacturing
8 2 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.46%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.46%) Law
9 1 (0.46%) Legal
9 1 (0.46%) Local Government
9 1 (0.46%) Marketing
9 1 (0.46%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 59 (27.19%) Analyst
2 45 (20.74%) Applications Support
3 44 (20.28%) Applications Support Analyst
3 44 (20.28%) Oracle Analyst
3 44 (20.28%) Oracle Support Analyst
3 44 (20.28%) SQL Analyst
3 44 (20.28%) SQL Support Analyst
3 44 (20.28%) Support Analyst
4 39 (17.97%) Administrator
5 31 (14.29%) DBA
6 30 (13.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 29 (13.36%) Senior
8 27 (12.44%) DV Cleared DBA
9 18 (8.29%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 12 (5.53%) Cloud Engineer
10 12 (5.53%) Infrastructure Support
10 12 (5.53%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
10 12 (5.53%) Network Engineer
10 12 (5.53%) Support Engineer
11 11 (5.07%) Senior Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.15%) Elastic Stack
2 7 (3.23%) .NET
2 7 (3.23%) XML
3 5 (2.30%) .NET Core
3 5 (2.30%) Blazor
3 5 (2.30%) BREW
3 5 (2.30%) JSON
3 5 (2.30%) SAP Basis
3 5 (2.30%) SAP Fiori
4 3 (1.38%) LDAP
4 3 (1.38%) Node.js
4 3 (1.38%) SAP PI
5 2 (0.92%) 802.1X
5 2 (0.92%) Middleware
6 1 (0.46%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.46%) Apache Camel
6 1 (0.46%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (0.46%) HTML5 Canvas
6 1 (0.46%) LEMP Stack
6 1 (0.46%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 33 (15.21%) Management Information System
2 22 (10.14%) Data Centre
3 19 (8.76%) Self-Motivation
4 17 (7.83%) Onboarding
5 10 (4.61%) Driving Licence
6 8 (3.69%) Cyber Threat
6 8 (3.69%) Virtual Team
7 7 (3.23%) Operational Technology
8 6 (2.76%) Clustering
9 5 (2.30%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (2.30%) Private Cloud
9 5 (2.30%) Public Cloud
9 5 (2.30%) Security Operations Centre
10 4 (1.84%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.84%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (1.38%) CMDB
12 2 (0.92%) Fibre Optics
12 2 (0.92%) Hedge funds
12 2 (0.92%) PKI
12 2 (0.92%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 118 (54.38%) Linux
2 77 (35.48%) Windows
3 57 (26.27%) Unix
4 44 (20.28%) Solaris
5 40 (18.43%) Windows Server 2012
6 39 (17.97%) CentOS
7 30 (13.82%) Windows Server 2016
7 30 (13.82%) Windows Server 2019
8 24 (11.06%) Windows Server
9 9 (4.15%) Ubuntu
10 8 (3.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (1.38%) Debian
12 2 (0.92%) Android
12 2 (0.92%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.46%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (36.41%) Performance Monitoring
2 78 (35.94%) Actionable Insight
3 57 (26.27%) Capacity Planning
4 49 (22.58%) Incident Management
4 49 (22.58%) Performance Tuning
5 48 (22.12%) ITSM
6 45 (20.74%) Artificial Intelligence
6 45 (20.74%) Release Management
7 36 (16.59%) Agile
8 35 (16.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 35 (16.13%) Mentoring
9 32 (14.75%) Problem-Solving
10 31 (14.29%) User Experience
11 30 (13.82%) Database Tuning
11 30 (13.82%) Storage Management
12 29 (13.36%) Availability Management
12 29 (13.36%) Continuous Improvement
13 27 (12.44%) ITIL
14 26 (11.98%) DevOps
15 24 (11.06%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 90 (41.47%) SQL
2 44 (20.28%) PL/SQL
3 41 (18.89%) PowerShell
4 39 (17.97%) Bash
5 18 (8.29%) Shell Script
6 16 (7.37%) Java
7 12 (5.53%) Python
8 8 (3.69%) ABAP
9 7 (3.23%) C#
10 4 (1.84%) JavaScript
11 1 (0.46%) Go
11 1 (0.46%) Perl
11 1 (0.46%) R
11 1 (0.46%) Ruby
11 1 (0.46%) VBA
Qualifications
1 91 (41.94%) Security Cleared
2 67 (30.88%) Degree
3 57 (26.27%) SC Cleared
4 32 (14.75%) DV Cleared
5 11 (5.07%) BPSS Clearance
6 7 (3.23%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (2.76%) Master's Degree
8 5 (2.30%) CCNP
9 3 (1.38%) CCNA
9 3 (1.38%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.38%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.92%) CCAA
10 2 (0.92%) CCIE
10 2 (0.92%) Citrix Certification
10 2 (0.92%) ISACA
10 2 (0.92%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.92%) MCP
10 2 (0.92%) MCTS
10 2 (0.92%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 1 (0.46%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (23.96%) SLA
2 16 (7.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (3.23%) QA
4 5 (2.30%) SOC 1
4 5 (2.30%) SOC 2
5 4 (1.84%) ISO 9001
6 3 (1.38%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (1.38%) GDPR
6 3 (1.38%) NIST
7 2 (0.92%) COBIT
8 1 (0.46%) CDISC
8 1 (0.46%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.46%) Good Clinical Practice
8 1 (0.46%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.46%) PMO
System Software
1 45 (20.74%) Oracle RAC
2 36 (16.59%) Active Directory
3 33 (15.21%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (10.14%) Docker
5 10 (4.61%) VMware ESXi
6 8 (3.69%) Hyper-V
7 6 (2.76%) DFS Replication
8 2 (0.92%) Firmware
8 2 (0.92%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 45 (20.74%) Data Guard
2 44 (20.28%) Oracle RMAN
3 29 (13.36%) Ansible
4 19 (8.76%) Terraform
5 12 (5.53%) Kubernetes
5 12 (5.53%) vCenter Server
6 7 (3.23%) Puppet
7 6 (2.76%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 6 (2.76%) NetBackup
7 6 (2.76%) vRealize Orchestrator
8 4 (1.84%) Progress Chef
8 4 (1.84%) SCOM
9 3 (1.38%) Grafana
9 3 (1.38%) Salt
10 1 (0.46%) Cacti
10 1 (0.46%) HAProxy
10 1 (0.46%) Icinga
10 1 (0.46%) Kibana
10 1 (0.46%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.46%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 79 (36.41%) Oracle
2 56 (25.81%) Microsoft
3 47 (21.66%) Remedy
4 45 (20.74%) Sun
5 38 (17.51%) VMware
6 33 (15.21%) Red Hat
7 17 (7.83%) Cisco
8 14 (6.45%) Citrix
9 12 (5.53%) Google
10 8 (3.69%) McAfee
10 8 (3.69%) SAP
11 7 (3.23%) Sybase
11 7 (3.23%) Veeam
12 4 (1.84%) Dynatrace
12 4 (1.84%) Globalscape
12 4 (1.84%) Juniper
13 3 (1.38%) HP
13 3 (1.38%) Meraki
13 3 (1.38%) ServiceNow
14 2 (0.92%) 3PAR