Configuration Management Jobs

Configuration Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Configuration Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Configuration Management over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 269 246 207
Rank change year-on-year -23 -39 -36
Permanent jobs citing Configuration Management 1,082 1,507 3,111
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.10% 1.46% 1.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.28% 1.52% 2.08%
Number of salaries quoted 627 896 1,529
10th Percentile £36,350 £41,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £46,199 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,700 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,400 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -11.00% +4.35% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Configuration 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 84,624 98,922 149,770
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.89% 95.62% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 59,744 58,119 83,346
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,500 £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%

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 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Configuration Management in the UK

Configuration Management
Top 18 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 5 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
England -23 906 £59,350 -12.07% 339
UK excluding London +6 806 £53,400 -11.00% 244
Work from Home +1 430 £65,000 -7.14% 152
South East +11 234 £52,550 -9.59% 54
London -79 214 £75,000 - 102
South West -10 176 £55,000 -5.58% 56
North of England +9 114 £52,500 -4.55% 63
Midlands +26 93 £57,500 -11.54% 35
Scotland -35 92 £75,000 +7.14% 10
West Midlands +22 71 £57,500 -11.54% 18
North West -1 64 £55,000 +4.76% 42
East of England -14 61 £57,500 +9.52% 23
Yorkshire +68 39 £52,500 -19.23% 19
Wales +21 22 £47,500 -28.57% 5
East Midlands -4 22 £50,000 -4.76% 17
Northern Ireland +25 13 £70,000 -3.45% 6
North East -19 11 £45,000 +12.50% 2
Isle of Man - 3 - -

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 47 (4.34%) Microsoft Exchange
2 45 (4.16%) SharePoint
3 40 (3.70%) Apache
4 29 (2.68%) Confluence
5 26 (2.40%) Apache Spark
6 19 (1.76%) nginx
7 15 (1.39%) CMS
7 15 (1.39%) IIS
8 12 (1.11%) OpenStack
9 3 (0.28%) CloudStack
9 3 (0.28%) Drupal
9 3 (0.28%) JBoss
9 3 (0.28%) Tomcat
9 3 (0.28%) WordPress
10 2 (0.18%) GlassFish
10 2 (0.18%) JCAPS
10 2 (0.18%) WebLogic
10 2 (0.18%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.18%) WebSphere Application Server
10 2 (0.18%) WinCC
Applications
1 30 (2.77%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (2.13%) Simulink
3 21 (1.94%) Stateflow
4 10 (0.92%) Microsoft Excel
5 7 (0.65%) CANalyzer
6 6 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (0.18%) GNU Octave
8 1 (0.092%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.092%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.092%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.092%) Revit
8 1 (0.092%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 6 (0.55%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.37%) SAP IS-U
3 2 (0.18%) Adaptiv
3 2 (0.18%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.092%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.092%) Endur
4 1 (0.092%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 388 (35.86%) Azure
2 362 (33.46%) AWS
3 167 (15.43%) Microsoft 365
4 166 (15.34%) GCP
5 119 (11.00%) SaaS
6 89 (8.23%) Serverless
7 76 (7.02%) Azure DevOps
8 59 (5.45%) AWS Lambda
9 56 (5.18%) AWS CloudFormation
10 54 (4.99%) Amazon EKS
11 47 (4.34%) Power Platform
12 42 (3.88%) OpenShift
13 40 (3.70%) GitHub
14 36 (3.33%) Amazon EC2
15 34 (3.14%) Amazon S3
16 29 (2.68%) PaaS
17 27 (2.50%) Amazon ECS
17 27 (2.50%) Entra ID
18 26 (2.40%) IaaS
19 24 (2.22%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 113 (10.44%) Firewall
2 54 (4.99%) DNS
3 46 (4.25%) VPN
4 36 (3.33%) DHCP
5 31 (2.87%) WAN
6 30 (2.77%) AMQP
7 29 (2.68%) Network Security
8 26 (2.40%) TCP/IP
9 19 (1.76%) 5G
10 18 (1.66%) Internet
10 18 (1.66%) VoIP
10 18 (1.66%) Wireless
11 17 (1.57%) SD-WAN
12 16 (1.48%) SNMP
12 16 (1.48%) VLAN
13 15 (1.39%) SSL
14 14 (1.29%) J1939
14 14 (1.29%) LAN
15 13 (1.20%) MPLS
16 12 (1.11%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (6.75%) SQL Server
2 40 (3.70%) Power BI
3 35 (3.23%) Amazon RDS
4 31 (2.87%) Big Data
5 25 (2.31%) Cloudera CDH
5 25 (2.31%) Hadoop
6 22 (2.03%) Azure SQL Database
7 19 (1.76%) Redis
7 19 (1.76%) Relational Database
8 18 (1.66%) Apache Cassandra
8 18 (1.66%) PostgreSQL
9 17 (1.57%) NoSQL
10 16 (1.48%) Elasticsearch
11 15 (1.39%) MySQL
12 14 (1.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 13 (1.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 12 (1.11%) DynamoDB
15 9 (0.83%) Crystal Reports
15 9 (0.83%) MongoDB
16 7 (0.65%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 109 (10.07%) Git
1 109 (10.07%) Jenkins
2 84 (7.76%) JIRA
3 52 (4.81%) GitLab
4 48 (4.44%) Subversion
5 28 (2.59%) Bitbucket
6 24 (2.22%) ClearCase
7 21 (1.94%) Plastic SCM
8 17 (1.57%) ClearQuest
8 17 (1.57%) CMake
9 15 (1.39%) Sonatype Nexus
10 14 (1.29%) TeamCity
11 13 (1.20%) Visual Studio
12 12 (1.11%) Rational DOORS
13 10 (0.92%) Robot Framework
13 10 (0.92%) Trac
14 8 (0.74%) Octopus Deploy
14 8 (0.74%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
15 7 (0.65%) Moq
15 7 (0.65%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 207 (19.13%) Finance
2 183 (16.91%) Social Skills
3 116 (10.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 88 (8.13%) Law
5 83 (7.67%) Legal
5 83 (7.67%) Presentation Skills
6 72 (6.65%) Analytical Skills
7 71 (6.56%) Aerospace
8 55 (5.08%) Marketing
9 45 (4.16%) Retail
10 42 (3.88%) Electronics
11 41 (3.79%) Telecoms
12 35 (3.23%) Manufacturing
13 31 (2.87%) Banking
14 28 (2.59%) Military
15 27 (2.50%) Automotive
16 23 (2.13%) Public Sector
17 17 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
18 12 (1.11%) Organisational Skills
19 7 (0.65%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 174 (16.08%) Software Engineer
2 124 (11.46%) Senior
3 117 (10.81%) DevOps Engineer
4 112 (10.35%) Architect
5 84 (7.76%) Cloud Architect
6 82 (7.58%) Systems Engineer
7 74 (6.84%) Lead
8 64 (5.91%) Analyst
9 57 (5.27%) Cloud Engineer
10 54 (4.99%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 49 (4.53%) Java Engineer
11 49 (4.53%) Java Software Engineer
12 46 (4.25%) AWS Engineer
12 46 (4.25%) Platform Engineer
12 46 (4.25%) Senior Software Engineer
13 44 (4.07%) Azure Engineer
14 42 (3.88%) Windows Engineer
15 38 (3.51%) Network Engineer
16 36 (3.33%) Linux Engineer
17 32 (2.96%) Cloud Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (7.02%) React
2 72 (6.65%) HTML
3 67 (6.19%) Node.js
4 63 (5.82%) AngularJS
5 51 (4.71%) Spring
6 41 (3.79%) HTML5
6 41 (3.79%) Middleware
7 36 (3.33%) .NET
7 36 (3.33%) REST
8 34 (3.14%) XML
9 32 (2.96%) RabbitMQ
10 31 (2.87%) Drools
10 31 (2.87%) jBPM
10 31 (2.87%) Twitter Bootstrap
11 26 (2.40%) OpenAPI
11 26 (2.40%) Spring Boot
11 26 (2.40%) Swagger
12 25 (2.31%) gRPC
12 25 (2.31%) Material-UI
13 24 (2.22%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 141 (13.03%) Public Cloud
2 99 (9.15%) Algorithms
3 93 (8.60%) Management Information System
4 82 (7.58%) PKI
5 69 (6.38%) CMDB
6 61 (5.64%) Cloud Native
7 51 (4.71%) Self-Motivation
8 43 (3.97%) Linux Command Line
9 39 (3.60%) Onboarding
10 32 (2.96%) Hybrid Cloud
11 30 (2.77%) Enterprise Software
12 25 (2.31%) Data Centre
13 19 (1.76%) Driving Licence
14 18 (1.66%) Data Structures
14 18 (1.66%) Product Ownership
15 16 (1.48%) Enterprise Cloud
15 16 (1.48%) Replication
16 14 (1.29%) Embedded Systems
17 13 (1.20%) Distributed Systems
17 13 (1.20%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 318 (29.39%) Linux
2 245 (22.64%) Windows
3 87 (8.04%) Windows Server
4 63 (5.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 53 (4.90%) Ubuntu
6 51 (4.71%) Debian
7 40 (3.70%) Unix
8 31 (2.87%) CentOS
9 23 (2.13%) VMS
9 23 (2.13%) Windows 10
10 11 (1.02%) Android
11 9 (0.83%) Apple iOS
12 8 (0.74%) Solaris
12 8 (0.74%) Windows Server 2016
13 6 (0.55%) Mesosphere
14 5 (0.46%) Windows Server 2012
15 3 (0.28%) Embedded Linux
15 3 (0.28%) Oracle Linux
15 3 (0.28%) SUSE
15 3 (0.28%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 337 (31.15%) Agile
2 299 (27.63%) DevOps
3 226 (20.89%) CI/CD
3 226 (20.89%) Software Engineering
4 201 (18.58%) Problem-Solving
5 173 (15.99%) Project Management
6 151 (13.96%) ITIL
7 149 (13.77%) Infrastructure as Code
8 146 (13.49%) Actionable Insight
9 139 (12.85%) Continuous Improvement
10 132 (12.20%) Migration
11 130 (12.01%) Computer Science
12 122 (11.28%) Change Management
13 107 (9.89%) Containerisation
14 104 (9.61%) Service Management
14 104 (9.61%) TOGAF
15 95 (8.78%) Presales
16 92 (8.50%) ITSM
16 92 (8.50%) SDLC
17 91 (8.41%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 286 (26.43%) Python
2 156 (14.42%) Java
3 135 (12.48%) Bash
4 134 (12.38%) SQL
5 119 (11.00%) PowerShell
6 79 (7.30%) JavaScript
7 61 (5.64%) C
8 56 (5.18%) Go
9 55 (5.08%) C#
10 54 (4.99%) Perl
11 47 (4.34%) C++
11 47 (4.34%) Shell Script
12 33 (3.05%) Ruby
13 27 (2.50%) Embedded C
14 26 (2.40%) TypeScript
15 25 (2.31%) MATLAB
16 21 (1.94%) T-SQL
17 18 (1.66%) PHP
18 13 (1.20%) Groovy
19 9 (0.83%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 253 (23.38%) Security Cleared
2 222 (20.52%) Degree
3 172 (15.90%) SC Cleared
4 83 (7.67%) DV Cleared
5 62 (5.73%) Computer Science Degree
6 36 (3.33%) Cisco Certification
7 34 (3.14%) Microsoft Certification
8 30 (2.77%) AWS Certification
9 26 (2.40%) Azure Certification
10 22 (2.03%) Master's Degree
10 22 (2.03%) PMI Certification
11 21 (1.94%) BPSS Clearance
12 20 (1.85%) CCNA
13 19 (1.76%) PMP
14 18 (1.66%) CISSP
14 18 (1.66%) HND
15 17 (1.57%) A+ Certification
16 14 (1.29%) CCNP
17 12 (1.11%) APMG
17 12 (1.11%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (3.88%) QA
2 34 (3.14%) PMO
3 26 (2.40%) SLA
4 22 (2.03%) MISRA
5 16 (1.48%) Cyber Essentials
6 14 (1.29%) Automotive SPICE
6 14 (1.29%) AUTOSAR
6 14 (1.29%) ISO 26262
6 14 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 14 (1.29%) PCI DSS
6 14 (1.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 11 (1.02%) Accessibility
8 10 (0.92%) HIPAA
9 9 (0.83%) Data Quality
9 9 (0.83%) JSP 440
9 9 (0.83%) RMADS
10 7 (0.65%) DO-178B
10 7 (0.65%) NIST
11 6 (0.55%) GDPR
11 6 (0.55%) Web Application Security Consortium
System Software
1 158 (14.60%) Docker
2 108 (9.98%) Active Directory
3 52 (4.81%) Virtual Machines
4 49 (4.53%) Hyper-V
5 43 (3.97%) VMware Infrastructure
6 20 (1.85%) Firmware
7 17 (1.57%) Embedded Firmware
8 16 (1.48%) pfSense
9 12 (1.11%) Virtual Desktop
10 10 (0.92%) DFS Replication
10 10 (0.92%) NFS
11 9 (0.83%) vSphere
12 8 (0.74%) VMware ESXi
13 7 (0.65%) KVM
14 6 (0.55%) VirtualBox
15 3 (0.28%) Ceph
15 3 (0.28%) Gluster
15 3 (0.28%) oVirt
15 3 (0.28%) Xen
16 2 (0.18%) iptables
Systems Management
1 233 (21.53%) Ansible
2 216 (19.96%) Kubernetes
3 196 (18.11%) Terraform
4 148 (13.68%) Puppet
5 111 (10.26%) Progress Chef
6 44 (4.07%) Grafana
7 38 (3.51%) Prometheus
8 29 (2.68%) ZABBIX
9 23 (2.13%) Microsoft Intune
10 21 (1.94%) Salt
11 20 (1.85%) SCCM
12 19 (1.76%) SCOM
13 15 (1.39%) Packer
14 11 (1.02%) Docker Swarm
14 11 (1.02%) Kibana
15 10 (0.92%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 10 (0.92%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
15 10 (0.92%) SCDPM
16 9 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
17 8 (0.74%) Nagios
Vendors
1 292 (26.99%) Microsoft
2 121 (11.18%) Google
3 98 (9.06%) VMware
4 71 (6.56%) ServiceNow
5 68 (6.28%) Red Hat
6 58 (5.36%) SaltStack
7 37 (3.42%) Cisco
8 31 (2.87%) Oracle
9 28 (2.59%) IBM
9 28 (2.59%) Juniper
10 21 (1.94%) Lauterbach
10 21 (1.94%) Veeam
11 18 (1.66%) Fortinet
12 17 (1.57%) Dynatrace
12 17 (1.57%) Snow
13 16 (1.48%) Atlassian
13 16 (1.48%) New Relic
14 15 (1.39%) Citrix
14 15 (1.39%) EMC
14 15 (1.39%) Splunk