Puppet
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Puppet skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Puppet over the 6 months to 10 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 333 341 248
Rank change year-on-year +8 -93 -111
Permanent jobs citing Puppet 476 1,273 1,891
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.91% 1.04% 1.49%
As % of the Systems Management category 5.99% 6.71% 8.96%
Number of salaries quoted 275 710 1,374
10th Percentile £44,263 £50,000 £38,792
25th Percentile £57,750 £60,000 £54,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,576 £75,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.90% +11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £83,750 £93,750 £83,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £106,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +16.67% +9.09%

All Systems Management Skills
UK

Puppet is in the Systems Management category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 7,942 18,973 21,100
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.19% 15.52% 16.60%
Number of salaries quoted 6,281 11,371 14,021
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,091 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% - +12.50%
75th Percentile £84,056 £87,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £105,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,525 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -1.70% - +9.52%

Puppet
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Puppet in the UK

Puppet
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Puppet.

Salary trend for Puppet in the UK

Puppet
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Puppet over the 6 months to 10 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Puppet in the UK

Puppet
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Puppet within the UK over the 6 months to 10 December 2023. 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 +10 428 £71,800 -4.27% 126
UK excluding London +108 303 £65,000 -7.14% 88
Work from Home +37 193 £72,000 -4.00% 84
London -35 149 £75,000 -6.25% 54
South West +78 99 £71,188 +18.65% 16
South East +108 73 £46,000 -34.29% 31
North of England +68 54 £68,500 -8.67% 18
Midlands +107 38 £67,500 -3.57% 6
North West +73 27 £44,263 -42.89% 6
Yorkshire +73 26 £83,577 +4.47% 10
West Midlands +101 20 £67,500 -10.00% 2
Scotland +28 20 £72,788 +21.31% 11
East Midlands +53 18 £60,000 -14.29% 4
East of England +105 14 £85,000 +3.03% 4
Wales +11 5 £62,500 +25.00% 3
Northern Ireland - 5 - -
North East +24 1 £60,000 -14.29% 2

Puppet
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 14 (2.94%) Apache
2 12 (2.52%) Confluence
3 9 (1.89%) nginx
4 6 (1.26%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.26%) SharePoint
5 4 (0.84%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.42%) Cloud Foundry
6 2 (0.42%) JBoss
6 2 (0.42%) MS Exchange
6 2 (0.42%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.21%) Apache Pulsar
7 1 (0.21%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.21%) Drupal
7 1 (0.21%) IIS
7 1 (0.21%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.21%) Luigi
7 1 (0.21%) Red Hat Fuse
7 1 (0.21%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (0.21%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 2 (0.42%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 279 (58.61%) AWS
2 239 (50.21%) Azure
3 117 (24.58%) OpenShift
4 53 (11.13%) GCP
5 42 (8.82%) Azure DevOps
6 37 (7.77%) SaaS
7 35 (7.35%) GitHub
8 33 (6.93%) AWS CloudFormation
9 31 (6.51%) IaaS
10 26 (5.46%) PaaS
10 26 (5.46%) Serverless
11 24 (5.04%) Datadog
12 22 (4.62%) AWS Lambda
13 18 (3.78%) Azure Monitor
14 14 (2.94%) Amazon EC2
15 13 (2.73%) Azure AKS
15 13 (2.73%) Cloud Computing
16 12 (2.52%) Amazon S3
16 12 (2.52%) Microsoft 365
16 12 (2.52%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 146 (30.67%) DNS
2 139 (29.20%) TCP/IP
3 130 (27.31%) DHCP
4 81 (17.02%) HTTP
5 40 (8.40%) VPN
6 38 (7.98%) IPv4
7 28 (5.88%) VLAN
8 25 (5.25%) Firewall
9 23 (4.83%) OSPF
10 11 (2.31%) Network Security
11 8 (1.68%) Intrusion Detection
12 7 (1.47%) Internet
13 6 (1.26%) Cisco ASA
13 6 (1.26%) LAN
13 6 (1.26%) SAN
14 5 (1.05%) AMQP
14 5 (1.05%) BGP
14 5 (1.05%) SSL
14 5 (1.05%) WAN
15 4 (0.84%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (4.62%) Big Data
2 15 (3.15%) Elasticsearch
2 15 (3.15%) MySQL
3 12 (2.52%) Amazon RDS
4 11 (2.31%) NoSQL
5 9 (1.89%) MongoDB
5 9 (1.89%) SQL Server
6 8 (1.68%) Apache Accumulo
6 8 (1.68%) Data Lake
6 8 (1.68%) Hadoop
7 6 (1.26%) Amazon Redshift
8 5 (1.05%) Cloudera CDH
8 5 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (0.84%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.63%) Apache Cassandra
11 2 (0.42%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (0.42%) InfluxDB
11 2 (0.42%) MariaDB
11 2 (0.42%) Redis
11 2 (0.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 115 (24.16%) Jenkins
2 78 (16.39%) Git
3 40 (8.40%) GitLab
4 24 (5.04%) Maven
5 21 (4.41%) Bitbucket
5 21 (4.41%) Selenium
6 18 (3.78%) Cucumber
6 18 (3.78%) JIRA
7 17 (3.57%) SonarQube
7 17 (3.57%) Team Foundation Server
8 13 (2.73%) Mocha
8 13 (2.73%) Sonatype Nexus
8 13 (2.73%) Zephyr
9 12 (2.52%) Artifactory
9 12 (2.52%) Gradle
10 11 (2.31%) Subversion
10 11 (2.31%) TeamCity
11 10 (2.10%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 10 (2.10%) CircleCI
12 8 (1.68%) Spinnaker
General
1 66 (13.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 65 (13.66%) Finance
3 64 (13.45%) Aerospace
4 49 (10.29%) Social Skills
5 32 (6.72%) Banking
6 19 (3.99%) Public Sector
7 15 (3.15%) Analytical Skills
7 15 (3.15%) Investment Banking
8 10 (2.10%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (1.89%) Law
10 8 (1.68%) Influencing Skills
10 8 (1.68%) Telecoms
11 6 (1.26%) Financial Institution
12 5 (1.05%) Marketing
13 2 (0.42%) Aviation
13 2 (0.42%) Military
13 2 (0.42%) Retail
14 1 (0.21%) Billing
14 1 (0.21%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.21%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 180 (37.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 135 (28.36%) DevOps Engineer
3 99 (20.80%) Senior
4 54 (11.34%) Senior DevOps
5 49 (10.29%) Lead
6 44 (9.24%) Senior DevOps Engineer
7 43 (9.03%) Cloud Engineer
8 42 (8.82%) Azure Engineer
9 39 (8.19%) Linux Engineer
10 32 (6.72%) AWS Engineer
11 27 (5.67%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 24 (5.04%) Lead DevOps
12 24 (5.04%) Lead DevOps Engineer
12 24 (5.04%) Platform Engineer
13 21 (4.41%) Azure DevOps Engineer
14 20 (4.20%) Architect
15 18 (3.78%) Administrator
15 18 (3.78%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
15 18 (3.78%) Operations Engineer
16 16 (3.36%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (7.14%) Elastic Stack
2 18 (3.78%) ARM Templates
3 15 (3.15%) JSON
3 15 (3.15%) YAML
4 11 (2.31%) Node.js
5 10 (2.10%) REST
6 9 (1.89%) Kafka
7 8 (1.68%) LDAP
7 8 (1.68%) RabbitMQ
8 6 (1.26%) ADO
8 6 (1.26%) React
8 6 (1.26%) Spring
9 5 (1.05%) AngularJS
9 5 (1.05%) gRPC
9 5 (1.05%) LAMP
9 5 (1.05%) Material-UI
9 5 (1.05%) OpenAPI
9 5 (1.05%) Spring Boot
9 5 (1.05%) Swagger
9 5 (1.05%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 60 (12.61%) Public Cloud
2 38 (7.98%) Data Centre
3 34 (7.14%) Linux Command Line
4 32 (6.72%) Hybrid Cloud
5 23 (4.83%) Cloud Native
6 22 (4.62%) Management Information System
7 20 (4.20%) Private Cloud
8 18 (3.78%) Clustering
9 10 (2.10%) Greenfield Project
10 9 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
10 9 (1.89%) Product Ownership
11 8 (1.68%) Credit Risk
11 8 (1.68%) Enterprise Cloud
12 6 (1.26%) CMDB
13 5 (1.05%) Enterprise Storage
13 5 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
14 4 (0.84%) Enterprise Software
14 4 (0.84%) Legacy Systems
14 4 (0.84%) Virtual Team
15 3 (0.63%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 332 (69.75%) Linux
2 220 (46.22%) Windows
3 149 (31.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 88 (18.49%) Windows Server
5 70 (14.71%) Unix
6 48 (10.08%) Android
7 31 (6.51%) Ubuntu
8 30 (6.30%) CentOS
9 8 (1.68%) Debian
10 6 (1.26%) CoreOS
10 6 (1.26%) Solaris
11 4 (0.84%) Mac OS
12 3 (0.63%) Windows 10
12 3 (0.63%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (0.63%) Windows Server 2016
12 3 (0.63%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.21%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 256 (53.78%) DevOps
2 193 (40.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 191 (40.13%) Infrastructure as Code
4 155 (32.56%) Configuration Management
5 146 (30.67%) Agile
6 137 (28.78%) CI/CD
7 97 (20.38%) Containerisation
8 90 (18.91%) Actionable Insight
9 84 (17.65%) Continuous Integration
10 74 (15.55%) Collaborative Working
11 62 (13.03%) Task Automation
12 48 (10.08%) DevSecOps
12 48 (10.08%) Functional Testing
12 48 (10.08%) Project Planning
12 48 (10.08%) Virtual Infrastructure
13 40 (8.40%) Problem-Solving
14 36 (7.56%) Platform Engineering
15 35 (7.35%) Mentoring
16 32 (6.72%) Analytics
17 31 (6.51%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 344 (72.27%) Python
2 269 (56.51%) PowerShell
3 253 (53.15%) Bash
4 149 (31.30%) Java
5 58 (12.18%) Ruby
6 53 (11.13%) Perl
7 33 (6.93%) Go
8 22 (4.62%) SQL
9 18 (3.78%) Groovy
10 14 (2.94%) Korn
11 13 (2.73%) C++
11 13 (2.73%) Shell Script
12 11 (2.31%) JavaScript
13 7 (1.47%) C
14 6 (1.26%) Kotlin
15 5 (1.05%) Bicep
15 5 (1.05%) SOQL
16 4 (0.84%) PHP
17 2 (0.42%) C#
17 2 (0.42%) Clojure
Qualifications
1 118 (24.79%) Security Cleared
2 79 (16.60%) Degree
3 56 (11.76%) SC Cleared
4 54 (11.34%) Cisco Certification
5 50 (10.50%) DV Cleared
6 18 (3.78%) AWS Certification
7 12 (2.52%) RHCE
8 10 (2.10%) GIAC
9 7 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (1.05%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 5 (1.05%) CCNA
11 4 (0.84%) Azure Certification
11 4 (0.84%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.63%) CCNP
13 2 (0.42%) AWS Certified Developer
13 2 (0.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.42%) JNCIA
13 2 (0.42%) JNCIS
14 1 (0.21%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
14 1 (0.21%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (1.26%) Data Quality
2 6 (1.26%) NCSC
3 5 (1.05%) QA
4 4 (0.84%) NIST
4 4 (0.84%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (0.42%) GDPR
5 2 (0.42%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.21%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.21%) SLA
System Software
1 246 (51.68%) Docker
2 124 (26.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 89 (18.70%) Hyper-V
4 45 (9.45%) Active Directory
5 10 (2.10%) KVM
6 9 (1.89%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (1.89%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (1.26%) Varnish
8 4 (0.84%) Ceph
8 4 (0.84%) DFS Replication
8 4 (0.84%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 2 (0.42%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 2 (0.42%) NFS
9 2 (0.42%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 2 (0.42%) vSphere
10 1 (0.21%) Gluster
10 1 (0.21%) Samba
10 1 (0.21%) VirtualBox
10 1 (0.21%) XenApp
10 1 (0.21%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 393 (82.56%) Ansible
2 264 (55.46%) Kubernetes
3 224 (47.06%) Terraform
4 113 (23.74%) Progress Chef
5 54 (11.34%) Prometheus
6 53 (11.13%) Grafana
7 38 (7.98%) Nagios
8 27 (5.67%) Red Hat Satellite
9 20 (4.20%) Kibana
10 16 (3.36%) Packer
11 15 (3.15%) Salt
12 12 (2.52%) Tivoli
12 12 (2.52%) ZABBIX
13 10 (2.10%) Tivoli Storage Manager
14 7 (1.47%) Red Hat Spacewalk
15 6 (1.26%) Docker Swarm
15 6 (1.26%) vCenter Server
16 5 (1.05%) Active Directory Federation Services
17 4 (0.84%) Fortio
17 4 (0.84%) Kiali
Vendors
1 148 (31.09%) VMware
2 139 (29.20%) Red Hat
3 63 (13.24%) Cisco
4 49 (10.29%) Microsoft
5 41 (8.61%) Splunk
6 33 (6.93%) New Relic
7 26 (5.46%) Google
8 22 (4.62%) SaltStack
9 19 (3.99%) Oracle
10 17 (3.57%) Dynatrace
11 15 (3.15%) TOWER Software
12 14 (2.94%) Sun
12 14 (2.94%) Veritas
13 13 (2.73%) Veracode
14 12 (2.52%) EMC
15 11 (2.31%) Atlassian
16 9 (1.89%) Fortinet
16 9 (1.89%) Juniper
17 8 (1.68%) Citrix
18 5 (1.05%) Salesforce