Configuration Management Jobs

Configuration Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Configuration Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Configuration Management over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 248 264 249
Rank change year-on-year +16 -15 -45
Permanent jobs citing Configuration Management 623 1,086 1,513
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.20% 1.10% 1.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.28% 1.28% 1.52%
Number of salaries quoted 428 627 905
10th Percentile £44,000 £35,000 £41,000
25th Percentile £50,818 £46,199 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,700 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.21% -13.04% +3.85%
75th Percentile £68,568 £77,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £52,550 £60,000
% change year-on-year +14.18% -12.42% +4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Configuration Management 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 48,568 84,685 99,386
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.32% 85.99% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 26,511 59,837 58,366
10th Percentile £30,500 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%
75th Percentile £76,009 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Configuration Management
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Configuration Management in the UK

Configuration Management
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Configuration Management in the UK

Configuration Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Configuration Management over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Configuration Management in the UK

Configuration Management
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Configuration Management within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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 -4 519 £60,000 +2.21% 426
UK excluding London +53 503 £60,000 +14.18% 330
South East +74 208 £60,000 +14.18% 102
Work from Home -31 124 £60,000 -7.69% 276
London +12 102 £80,000 +6.67% 145
North of England +68 98 £50,818 -3.20% 66
North West +50 84 £50,818 -6.97% 40
Scotland +102 60 £44,000 -41.33% 23
South West +10 58 £52,500 -2.33% 54
Midlands +26 35 £57,500 - 42
Wales +48 25 £60,000 +20.00% 6
West Midlands +5 24 £58,750 +2.17% 28
Yorkshire +49 14 £72,500 +38.10% 18
East of England +11 14 £57,500 - 41
East Midlands +39 11 £57,000 +14.00% 12
Northern Ireland +27 5 - - 8

Configuration 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 34 (5.46%) SharePoint
2 16 (2.57%) IIS
3 13 (2.09%) Confluence
4 10 (1.61%) nginx
5 8 (1.28%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.64%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.16%) Apache
7 1 (0.16%) CMS
7 1 (0.16%) Jetty
7 1 (0.16%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 46 (7.38%) Windchill
2 37 (5.94%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.80%) Simulink
4 3 (0.48%) Mozilla Thunderbird
5 1 (0.16%) GNU Octave
5 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.16%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 46 (7.38%) Teamcenter
2 12 (1.93%) PeopleSoft HCM
3 5 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.64%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.48%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 124 (19.90%) AWS
2 103 (16.53%) Azure
3 49 (7.87%) GCP
4 41 (6.58%) SaaS
5 32 (5.14%) PaaS
6 28 (4.49%) Microsoft 365
7 26 (4.17%) Serverless
8 24 (3.85%) AWS CloudFormation
9 22 (3.53%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 20 (3.21%) GitHub
11 19 (3.05%) AWS Lambda
11 19 (3.05%) IaaS
12 18 (2.89%) Amazon S3
13 16 (2.57%) Amazon EC2
13 16 (2.57%) Azure DevOps
14 14 (2.25%) Amazon ECS
14 14 (2.25%) Power Platform
15 13 (2.09%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 12 (1.93%) Entra ID
16 12 (1.93%) IBM Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 23 (3.69%) Firewall
2 20 (3.21%) DNS
3 17 (2.73%) VoIP
4 13 (2.09%) DHCP
4 13 (2.09%) WAN
5 12 (1.93%) MPLS
6 11 (1.77%) Cisco ISE
6 11 (1.77%) Ethernet
6 11 (1.77%) SD-WAN
7 10 (1.61%) SAN
7 10 (1.61%) VPN
8 8 (1.28%) 5G
8 8 (1.28%) Network Security
8 8 (1.28%) VLAN
9 7 (1.12%) TCP/IP
10 5 (0.80%) LAN
10 5 (0.80%) Multicast
10 5 (0.80%) NAS
10 5 (0.80%) VSAN
10 5 (0.80%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (4.98%) SQL Server
2 18 (2.89%) NoSQL
3 15 (2.41%) PostgreSQL
4 14 (2.25%) Amazon RDS
5 13 (2.09%) Relational Database
6 11 (1.77%) MySQL
7 9 (1.44%) Power BI
7 9 (1.44%) RDBMS
8 8 (1.28%) Data Lake
9 6 (0.96%) Elasticsearch
9 6 (0.96%) MariaDB
9 6 (0.96%) OLTP
9 6 (0.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 5 (0.80%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (0.64%) DB2
11 4 (0.64%) MongoDB
12 2 (0.32%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 2 (0.32%) Data Warehouse
12 2 (0.32%) DynamoDB
12 2 (0.32%) Redis
Development Applications
1 75 (12.04%) Rational DOORS
2 46 (7.38%) JIRA
3 34 (5.46%) Git
4 31 (4.98%) Jenkins
5 29 (4.65%) GitLab
6 20 (3.21%) Bitbucket
7 17 (2.73%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 14 (2.25%) Visual Studio
9 8 (1.28%) CircleCI
10 7 (1.12%) Subversion
10 7 (1.12%) Vagrant
11 6 (0.96%) Artifactory
12 5 (0.80%) Sonatype Nexus
13 4 (0.64%) JUnit
13 4 (0.64%) TeamCity
14 3 (0.48%) Bitbucket Server
14 3 (0.48%) Selenium
15 2 (0.32%) Apache Archiva
16 1 (0.16%) SonarQube
16 1 (0.16%) TestRail
General
1 180 (28.89%) Social Skills
2 69 (11.08%) Finance
3 42 (6.74%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (5.94%) Public Sector
5 35 (5.62%) Manufacturing
6 24 (3.85%) Banking
7 20 (3.21%) Marketing
8 17 (2.73%) Electronics
9 15 (2.41%) Telecoms
10 14 (2.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 13 (2.09%) Retail
12 12 (1.93%) Documentation Skills
13 10 (1.61%) Legal
14 9 (1.44%) Aerospace
15 7 (1.12%) Advertising
15 7 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
15 7 (1.12%) Private Banking
16 6 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
17 5 (0.80%) Financial Institution
17 5 (0.80%) Military
Job Titles
1 204 (32.74%) Senior
2 109 (17.50%) Architect
3 72 (11.56%) Software Engineer
4 59 (9.47%) Systems Architect
5 56 (8.99%) Senior Software Engineer
6 54 (8.67%) Lead
7 44 (7.06%) Test Engineer
8 43 (6.90%) Senior Software Test Engineer
8 43 (6.90%) Senior Test Engineer
8 43 (6.90%) Software Test Engineer
9 36 (5.78%) Developer
10 35 (5.62%) Principal Engineer
11 31 (4.98%) Analyst
11 31 (4.98%) DevOps Engineer
12 27 (4.33%) Configuration Management Engineer
12 27 (4.33%) SCM Engineer
13 23 (3.69%) Configuration Manager
14 22 (3.53%) Project Manager
15 19 (3.05%) Senior Developer
15 19 (3.05%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (4.01%) Middleware
2 22 (3.53%) .NET
3 18 (2.89%) REST
4 15 (2.41%) Elastic Stack
4 15 (2.41%) HTML
4 15 (2.41%) JSON
5 14 (2.25%) AWS CDK
6 10 (1.61%) Web Services
7 9 (1.44%) ARM Templates
7 9 (1.44%) CSS
8 8 (1.28%) Ajax
8 8 (1.28%) FastAPI
8 8 (1.28%) RESTful
9 7 (1.12%) Flask
10 6 (0.96%) SOAP
11 5 (0.80%) Kafka
11 5 (0.80%) LDAP
11 5 (0.80%) XML
12 4 (0.64%) Bootstrap
12 4 (0.64%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 99 (15.89%) Management Information System
2 41 (6.58%) CMDB
3 26 (4.17%) Hybrid Cloud
4 21 (3.37%) Public Cloud
5 15 (2.41%) Private Cloud
6 14 (2.25%) Client/Server
7 12 (1.93%) Blockchain
8 11 (1.77%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (1.44%) Clustering
9 9 (1.44%) Data Centre
10 8 (1.28%) Cloud Native
10 8 (1.28%) GNSS
10 8 (1.28%) Self-Driving Car
11 7 (1.12%) Algorithms
11 7 (1.12%) Data Structures
12 6 (0.96%) Product Ownership
13 5 (0.80%) Onboarding
13 5 (0.80%) Replication
13 5 (0.80%) Virtual Team
14 4 (0.64%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 76 (12.20%) Linux
2 48 (7.70%) Windows
3 21 (3.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 19 (3.05%) Windows Server
5 13 (2.09%) Unix
6 10 (1.61%) Android
6 10 (1.61%) CentOS
7 6 (0.96%) Apple iOS
7 6 (0.96%) VMS
8 5 (0.80%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.48%) Debian
9 3 (0.48%) Rocky
9 3 (0.48%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.16%) FreeRTOS
11 1 (0.16%) VxWorks
11 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 189 (30.34%) Agile
2 132 (21.19%) DevOps
3 125 (20.06%) Computer Science
4 122 (19.58%) Waterfall
5 101 (16.21%) Mentoring
5 101 (16.21%) UML
6 99 (15.89%) CI/CD
7 91 (14.61%) Software Engineering
8 86 (13.80%) Test Automation
9 77 (12.36%) ITIL
10 76 (12.20%) Requirements Management
10 76 (12.20%) Systems Engineering
11 73 (11.72%) Infrastructure as Code
12 72 (11.56%) Customer Requirements
13 68 (10.91%) Coaching
14 67 (10.75%) Problem-Solving
15 63 (10.11%) Software Testing
16 62 (9.95%) Service Management
17 59 (9.47%) Validation
18 57 (9.15%) Business Case
Programming Languages
1 99 (15.89%) Python
2 58 (9.31%) Ada
3 55 (8.83%) Bash
4 49 (7.87%) Java
5 47 (7.54%) SQL
6 43 (6.90%) PowerShell
7 31 (4.98%) C
7 31 (4.98%) C#
8 28 (4.49%) JavaScript
9 17 (2.73%) C++
9 17 (2.73%) Ruby
9 17 (2.73%) VB
10 14 (2.25%) Go
11 12 (1.93%) Perl
12 9 (1.44%) Bicep
13 7 (1.12%) R
13 7 (1.12%) TypeScript
14 6 (0.96%) Groovy
14 6 (0.96%) MATLAB
14 6 (0.96%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 315 (50.56%) Degree
2 234 (37.56%) BPSS Clearance
3 129 (20.71%) Chartered Engineer
4 48 (7.70%) Security Cleared
5 35 (5.62%) SC Cleared
6 32 (5.14%) Computer Science Degree
7 23 (3.69%) DV Cleared
7 23 (3.69%) ITIL Certification
8 17 (2.73%) AWS Certification
9 11 (1.77%) Azure Certification
10 8 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (1.12%) HNC
11 7 (1.12%) HND
12 6 (0.96%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 5 (0.80%) Cisco Certification
13 5 (0.80%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 4 (0.64%) DBS Check
15 3 (0.48%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
15 3 (0.48%) CISM
15 3 (0.48%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (14.77%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 56 (8.99%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 47 (7.54%) QA
4 36 (5.78%) SLA
5 9 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.28%) PMO
7 5 (0.80%) Accessibility
7 5 (0.80%) GDPR
8 2 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.32%) GRC
8 2 (0.32%) NIST
8 2 (0.32%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.16%) Basel III
9 1 (0.16%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.16%) DO-254
9 1 (0.16%) IFRS
9 1 (0.16%) IFRS 9
9 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.16%) NCSC
9 1 (0.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 64 (10.27%) Docker
2 31 (4.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (4.17%) Active Directory
4 9 (1.44%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.80%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (0.80%) vSphere
6 3 (0.48%) Firmware
6 3 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.48%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.32%) Embedded Firmware
7 2 (0.32%) Postfix
8 1 (0.16%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.16%) HDFS
8 1 (0.16%) NDS
8 1 (0.16%) NFS
Systems Management
1 93 (14.93%) Ansible
2 84 (13.48%) Terraform
3 74 (11.88%) Kubernetes
4 38 (6.10%) Puppet
5 27 (4.33%) Progress Chef
6 22 (3.53%) Grafana
7 21 (3.37%) Prometheus
8 14 (2.25%) Nagios
9 10 (1.61%) Microsoft Intune
10 9 (1.44%) Argo
11 6 (0.96%) Proxmox
11 6 (0.96%) SCCM
11 6 (0.96%) vRealize
12 5 (0.80%) Consul
12 5 (0.80%) PowerCLI
12 5 (0.80%) vCenter Server
12 5 (0.80%) vMotion
13 4 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
13 4 (0.64%) ZABBIX
14 3 (0.48%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 81 (13.00%) Microsoft
2 70 (11.24%) IBM
3 41 (6.58%) VMware
4 40 (6.42%) Red Hat
5 38 (6.10%) Oracle
6 33 (5.30%) ServiceNow
7 30 (4.82%) SAP
8 27 (4.33%) Micro Focus
9 23 (3.69%) Cisco
10 19 (3.05%) Google
11 16 (2.57%) Siemens
12 15 (2.41%) Juniper
13 12 (1.93%) PeopleSoft
14 11 (1.77%) SevOne
14 11 (1.77%) Splunk
15 8 (1.28%) HP
15 8 (1.28%) Veeam
16 7 (1.12%) Avaloq
17 6 (0.96%) Citrix
18 5 (0.80%) Sybase