Configuration Engineer
UK

The median Configuration Engineer salary in the UK is £30,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 888 949 1208
Rank change year-on-year +61 +259 -290
Permanent jobs requiring a Configuration Engineer 13 10 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.013% 0.010% 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.014% 0.011% 0.011%
Number of salaries quoted 9 3 11
10th Percentile £28,050 - -
25th Percentile £28,500 - £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £35,000 £31,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +11.11% +6.78%
75th Percentile - £48,750 £44,375
90th Percentile £102,500 £57,000 £56,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £60,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -50.00% +50.00% +23.08%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 93,937 92,745 151,578
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.52% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 67,282 58,546 84,308
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,604
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,627 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Configuration Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Configuration Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Configuration Engineer in the UK

Configuration Engineer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Configuration Engineer.

Salary trend for Configuration Engineer in the UK

Configuration Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Configuration Engineer over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Configuration Engineer in the UK

Configuration Engineer
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Configuration Engineer 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 0 11 £30,000 -50.00% 16
England +86 8 £62,000 +77.14% 16
Scotland - 5 £30,000 - 1
North West - 5 £29,000 - 5
North of England - 5 £29,000 - 5
Work from Home +86 4 £62,000 - 7
London +128 2 £95,000 +171.43% 1
Midlands -4 1 £29,000 -51.67% 2
West Midlands - 1 £29,000 - 2

Configuration Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 12 May 2024, Configuration Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Configuration Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (46.15%) Configuration Management
1 6 (46.15%) Law
2 5 (38.46%) SQL
3 3 (23.08%) MS Access
3 3 (23.08%) .NET
3 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (23.08%) Power Platform
3 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
3 3 (23.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (23.08%) C#
3 3 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (23.08%) Power BI
3 3 (23.08%) Degree
3 3 (23.08%) Computer Science
4 2 (15.38%) CMDB
4 2 (15.38%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (15.38%) Data Quality
4 2 (15.38%) Concur
4 2 (15.38%) Expense Management
4 2 (15.38%) Service Asset and Configuration Management
4 2 (15.38%) SAP
4 2 (15.38%) ITIL
4 2 (15.38%) Service Management
4 2 (15.38%) Financial Institution
4 2 (15.38%) ITSM
4 2 (15.38%) Finance
4 2 (15.38%) BMC
4 2 (15.38%) Remedy
4 2 (15.38%) PLM
4 2 (15.38%) Banking

Configuration Engineer Skill Set
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:

Business Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (23.08%) MS Access
1 3 (23.08%) Power BI
General
1 6 (46.15%) Law
2 3 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Banking
3 2 (15.38%) Finance
3 2 (15.38%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (23.08%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) CMDB
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Configuration Management
2 3 (23.08%) Computer Science
2 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (15.38%) Asset Management
3 2 (15.38%) Expense Management
3 2 (15.38%) ITIL
3 2 (15.38%) ITSM
3 2 (15.38%) PLM
3 2 (15.38%) Service Asset and Configuration Management
3 2 (15.38%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (38.46%) SQL
2 3 (23.08%) C#
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) BMC
1 2 (15.38%) Concur
1 2 (15.38%) Remedy
1 2 (15.38%) SAP