Capacity Manager Job Trends

Capacity Manager
UK

The median Capacity Manager salary in the UK is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 February 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 660 704 790
Rank change year-on-year +44 +86 +203
Permanent jobs requiring a Capacity Manager 1 4 7
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.002% 0.008% 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.002% 0.008% 0.010%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 6
10th Percentile - - £56,875
25th Percentile - £42,750 £60,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £43,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +106.90% -33.08% -40.91%
75th Percentile - £44,250 £67,500
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary - £43,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -33.08% +30.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 58,106 47,542 69,388
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.93% 92.03% 95.01%
Number of salaries quoted 36,180 24,354 54,507
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £79,600 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,439 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.15% +8.88% -4.76%

Capacity Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Capacity Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Capacity Manager job vacancy trend in the UK

Capacity Manager
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Capacity Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Capacity Manager job vacancies in the UK

Capacity Manager
Top 2 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Capacity Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 2 February 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
England +59 1 £90,000 +106.90% 6
London - 1 £90,000 -

Capacity Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 2 February 2026, Capacity Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Capacity Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Forecasting
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Datadog
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Grafana
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 1 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Observability
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Predictive Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Prometheus
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Queueing Theory
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service-Level Objective
1 1 (100.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) SQL

Capacity Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Datadog
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) SQLPlus
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Forecasting
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Predictive Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service-Level Objective
1 1 (100.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stress Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Trend Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Grafana
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Prometheus
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform