Capacity Planning
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Capacity Planning skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Capacity Planning over the 6 months to 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 538 570 607
Rank change year-on-year +32 +37 -29
Permanent jobs citing Capacity Planning 405 443 797
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.41% 0.44% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.48% 0.46% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 265 234 463
10th Percentile £31,250 £39,313 £36,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,125 £44,602
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £57,250 £59,483
Median % change year-on-year -10.04% -3.75% +3.45%
75th Percentile £72,000 £71,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £86,500 £87,125 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,335 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.63% -4.12% +10.53%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Capacity Planning 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 84,952 96,876 150,957
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.60% 95.70%
Number of salaries quoted 59,894 57,115 82,331
10th Percentile £29,002 £34,000 £33,515
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £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 Planning
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Capacity Planning in the UK

Capacity Planning
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Capacity Planning in the UK

Capacity Planning
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Capacity Planning over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Capacity Planning in the UK

Capacity Planning
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 Planning within the UK over the 6 months to 12 May 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
UK excluding London -2 311 £47,500 -5.63% 75
England +7 310 £52,500 -12.50% 116
Work from Home +104 137 £67,500 +12.50% 92
London +92 82 £75,000 +7.14% 41
South East +47 78 £62,500 -1.57% 21
North of England +41 69 £52,500 +9.38% 19
North West +46 59 £52,500 +2.94% 13
Wales - 53 £46,604 - 2
Midlands -71 46 £32,500 -29.73% 18
West Midlands +4 37 £45,000 +3.09% 11
Scotland -40 28 £32,500 -33.67% 5
South West -23 20 £47,500 +3.26% 5
East of England +5 12 £42,250 -29.58% 7
Yorkshire +46 10 £57,500 +4.55% 4
East Midlands -62 9 £26,500 -50.70% 7
Isle of Man - 4 - -
Northern Ireland +20 1 - - 2

Capacity Planning
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 45 (11.11%) WebLogic
2 44 (10.86%) Oracle Service Bus
3 38 (9.38%) IIS
4 26 (6.42%) Microsoft Exchange
5 19 (4.69%) SharePoint
6 4 (0.99%) Confluence
6 4 (0.99%) SAS
7 3 (0.74%) Apache
7 3 (0.74%) CICS
8 1 (0.25%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 65 (16.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 61 (15.06%) Microsoft Office
3 49 (12.10%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.99%) SPSS
5 3 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 51 (12.59%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.99%) NEC Housing
3 2 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.49%) Primavera
3 2 (0.49%) SAP Business One
3 2 (0.49%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 160 (39.51%) Azure
2 92 (22.72%) AWS
3 65 (16.05%) Microsoft 365
4 39 (9.63%) GCP
5 29 (7.16%) Cloud Computing
6 22 (5.43%) Power Platform
7 18 (4.44%) Entra ID
7 18 (4.44%) IaaS
8 15 (3.70%) Nutanix
9 14 (3.46%) OneDrive
10 13 (3.21%) Amazon S3
11 8 (1.98%) Azure DevOps
11 8 (1.98%) Azure Storage
11 8 (1.98%) PowerApps
12 7 (1.73%) Azure Monitor
12 7 (1.73%) Mavenlink
12 7 (1.73%) Power Automate
13 5 (1.23%) PaaS
14 3 (0.74%) SaaS
14 3 (0.74%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 75 (18.52%) DNS
2 70 (17.28%) WAN
3 63 (15.56%) Firewall
4 52 (12.84%) DHCP
5 30 (7.41%) LAN
6 24 (5.93%) TCP/IP
7 23 (5.68%) SAN
7 23 (5.68%) VPN
8 22 (5.43%) Network Security
9 20 (4.94%) Wireless
10 19 (4.69%) Wi-Fi
11 17 (4.20%) SD-WAN
12 15 (3.70%) SNMP
13 14 (3.46%) Internet
13 14 (3.46%) iSCSI
14 13 (3.21%) Unified Communications
15 12 (2.96%) IPsec
15 12 (2.96%) MPLS
15 12 (2.96%) tcpdump
16 11 (2.72%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (14.57%) SQL Server
2 52 (12.84%) Oracle Database
3 45 (11.11%) Oracle Database 11g
4 44 (10.86%) Oracle Database 10g
4 44 (10.86%) VLDB
5 38 (9.38%) MySQL
6 26 (6.42%) NoSQL
6 26 (6.42%) RDBMS
6 26 (6.42%) Relational Database
7 14 (3.46%) Power BI
8 13 (3.21%) MongoDB
9 12 (2.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 10 (2.47%) Elasticsearch
11 9 (2.22%) Tableau
12 6 (1.48%) PostgreSQL
13 4 (0.99%) Amazon QuickSight
13 4 (0.99%) Azure SQL Database
13 4 (0.99%) Data Warehouse
13 4 (0.99%) DB2
14 3 (0.74%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 17 (4.20%) JIRA
2 13 (3.21%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.49%) Sonatype Nexus
3 2 (0.49%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.25%) Git
4 1 (0.25%) GitLab
4 1 (0.25%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 133 (32.84%) Analytical Skills
2 106 (26.17%) Social Skills
3 85 (20.99%) Finance
4 25 (6.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 19 (4.69%) Telecoms
6 18 (4.44%) Manufacturing
7 15 (3.70%) Local Government
7 15 (3.70%) Police
8 11 (2.72%) Aerospace
9 10 (2.47%) Law
10 8 (1.98%) Influencing Skills
10 8 (1.98%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (1.73%) Retail
12 6 (1.48%) Pharmaceutical
13 5 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (0.99%) Legal
14 4 (0.99%) Public Sector
15 3 (0.74%) Automotive
15 3 (0.74%) Aviation
16 2 (0.49%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 82 (20.25%) Analyst
2 50 (12.35%) Senior
3 48 (11.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 45 (11.11%) Applications Support
5 44 (10.86%) Applications Support Analyst
5 44 (10.86%) DBA
5 44 (10.86%) Oracle Analyst
5 44 (10.86%) Oracle Support Analyst
5 44 (10.86%) SQL Analyst
5 44 (10.86%) SQL Support Analyst
5 44 (10.86%) Support Analyst
6 35 (8.64%) Network Engineer
7 31 (7.65%) Systems Engineer
8 26 (6.42%) Administrator
9 25 (6.17%) Lead
9 25 (6.17%) Oracle DBA
10 21 (5.19%) Cloud Engineer
11 20 (4.94%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
12 19 (4.69%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 18 (4.44%) Infrastructure Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.47%) Elastic Stack
1 10 (2.47%) YAML
2 6 (1.48%) LDAP
3 5 (1.23%) NETCONF
4 4 (0.99%) .NET
4 4 (0.99%) Akka
4 4 (0.99%) ARM Templates
4 4 (0.99%) JSON
4 4 (0.99%) Web Services
4 4 (0.99%) XML
5 3 (0.74%) Middleware
6 2 (0.49%) .NET Core
6 2 (0.49%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.49%) 802.1X
6 2 (0.49%) AngularJS
6 2 (0.49%) ASP.NET
6 2 (0.49%) AWS CDK
6 2 (0.49%) Keycloak
6 2 (0.49%) Node.js
7 1 (0.25%) React
Miscellaneous
1 43 (10.62%) Public Cloud
2 39 (9.63%) Clustering
3 37 (9.14%) Management Information System
4 26 (6.42%) Distributed Systems
5 22 (5.43%) PMI
6 21 (5.19%) Data Centre
7 15 (3.70%) IoT
8 14 (3.46%) Replication
9 12 (2.96%) Onboarding
10 10 (2.47%) Cyber Threat
10 10 (2.47%) PKI
11 8 (1.98%) Data Structures
12 7 (1.73%) Linux Command Line
13 6 (1.48%) Analytical Mindset
13 6 (1.48%) Team-Oriented Environment
14 5 (1.23%) Client/Server
14 5 (1.23%) Hybrid Cloud
14 5 (1.23%) Product Ownership
15 4 (0.99%) Algorithms
15 4 (0.99%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 123 (30.37%) Linux
2 100 (24.69%) Windows
3 67 (16.54%) Unix
4 45 (11.11%) Solaris
5 40 (9.88%) Windows Server
6 6 (1.48%) Windows Server 2012
6 6 (1.48%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (1.48%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (0.99%) zOS
8 3 (0.74%) CatOS
8 3 (0.74%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.49%) AIX
9 2 (0.49%) CentOS
10 1 (0.25%) Android
10 1 (0.25%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.25%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (30.12%) Problem-Solving
2 97 (23.95%) Disaster Recovery
3 94 (23.21%) Incident Management
4 86 (21.23%) Performance Tuning
5 84 (20.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 79 (19.51%) Artificial Intelligence
7 77 (19.01%) ITIL
8 69 (17.04%) Performance Monitoring
9 68 (16.79%) Continuous Improvement
10 67 (16.54%) Project Management
11 65 (16.05%) High Availability
11 65 (16.05%) ITSM
12 63 (15.56%) Actionable Insight
13 59 (14.57%) Capacity Management
14 55 (13.58%) Performance Analysis
15 51 (12.59%) Change Management
15 51 (12.59%) CI/CD
16 49 (12.10%) DevOps
17 48 (11.85%) Release Management
18 45 (11.11%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 128 (31.60%) SQL
2 50 (12.35%) PL/SQL
3 36 (8.89%) PowerShell
4 35 (8.64%) Bash
4 35 (8.64%) Python
5 33 (8.15%) Java
6 25 (6.17%) Perl
7 9 (2.22%) T-SQL
8 7 (1.73%) Shell Script
9 4 (0.99%) COBOL
9 4 (0.99%) REXX
9 4 (0.99%) VBA
10 3 (0.74%) JCL
11 2 (0.49%) C#
11 2 (0.49%) PHP
11 2 (0.49%) R
12 1 (0.25%) C++
12 1 (0.25%) Korn
12 1 (0.25%) sed
12 1 (0.25%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 140 (34.57%) Degree
2 100 (24.69%) Security Cleared
3 64 (15.80%) SC Cleared
4 24 (5.93%) PMI Certification
5 19 (4.69%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (4.44%) Cisco Certification
7 16 (3.95%) Azure Certification
8 15 (3.70%) CCNA
9 13 (3.21%) CCNP
10 8 (1.98%) PhD
10 8 (1.98%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 7 (1.73%) Numerate Degree
12 6 (1.48%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (1.23%) JNCIA
14 4 (0.99%) AWS Certification
14 4 (0.99%) CCIE
15 3 (0.74%) Check Point Certification
15 3 (0.74%) CISSP
15 3 (0.74%) ITIL Certification
16 2 (0.49%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (12.84%) SLA
2 18 (4.44%) Data Quality
3 13 (3.21%) GDPR
4 11 (2.72%) PMO
5 5 (1.23%) HIPAA
5 5 (1.23%) QA
6 4 (0.99%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.99%) ISO 14001
6 4 (0.99%) ISO 9001
7 3 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.49%) P3O
9 1 (0.25%) NCSC
9 1 (0.25%) NIST
9 1 (0.25%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 77 (19.01%) Active Directory
2 47 (11.60%) Oracle RAC
3 46 (11.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 26 (6.42%) VMware NSX
5 21 (5.19%) Hyper-V
6 20 (4.94%) Docker
6 20 (4.94%) Virtual Machines
7 14 (3.46%) VMware ESXi
8 11 (2.72%) Virtual Desktop
9 8 (1.98%) Firmware
10 3 (0.74%) RACF
10 3 (0.74%) Time Sharing Option
10 3 (0.74%) Virtual Servers
10 3 (0.74%) vSphere
11 2 (0.49%) KVM
11 2 (0.49%) NFS
12 1 (0.25%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 48 (11.85%) Data Guard
2 47 (11.60%) Oracle RMAN
3 29 (7.16%) Terraform
4 25 (6.17%) Ansible
5 18 (4.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 17 (4.20%) Kubernetes
7 16 (3.95%) Microsoft Intune
8 13 (3.21%) Grafana
8 13 (3.21%) vCenter Server
9 12 (2.96%) Opsgenie
9 12 (2.96%) Puppet
9 12 (2.96%) VxRail
9 12 (2.96%) ZABBIX
10 10 (2.47%) Graphite
10 10 (2.47%) HAProxy
10 10 (2.47%) Nagios
11 6 (1.48%) WSUS
12 3 (0.74%) MAINVIEW
12 3 (0.74%) Prometheus
13 2 (0.49%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 145 (35.80%) Microsoft
2 99 (24.44%) VMware
3 72 (17.78%) Oracle
4 51 (12.59%) Remedy
5 44 (10.86%) Sun
6 38 (9.38%) Cisco
7 32 (7.90%) Fortinet
8 22 (5.43%) SolarWinds
9 20 (4.94%) Citrix
10 19 (4.69%) Dell
11 15 (3.70%) NetApp
12 11 (2.72%) BT
12 11 (2.72%) Juniper
13 10 (2.47%) BMC
13 10 (2.47%) Mitel
14 9 (2.22%) Google
14 9 (2.22%) Veeam
15 7 (1.73%) ANSYS
15 7 (1.73%) SAP
16 6 (1.48%) IBM