SaltStack Job Trends
SaltStack
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of SaltStack products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SaltStack over the 6 months leading up to 17 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within SaltStack.
| 6 months to 17 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 813 | 674 | 751 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -139 | +77 | -30 |
| Permanent jobs citing SaltStack | 9 | 3 | 8 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 0.008% | 0.006% | 0.011% |
| As % of the Vendors category | 0.031% | 0.014% | 0.035% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £71,375 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,500 | £83,000 | £71,563 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £47,000 | £86,000 | £73,750 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -45.35% | +16.61% | +18.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £48,500 | £89,000 | £76,563 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £77,125 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £47,000 | £86,000 | - |
| % change year-on-year | -45.35% | - | - |
All Vendors
UK
SaltStack falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.
| 6 months to 17 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services | 28,677 | 21,228 | 22,901 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 23.96% | 43.45% | 32.80% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 18,346 | 11,062 | 11,850 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,750 | £26,500 | £31,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,750 | £32,500 | £41,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £50,000 | £57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +10.00% | -13.04% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £77,500 | £71,250 | £76,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £90,000 | £95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £42,000 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +19.05% | -16.00% | - |
SaltStack Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SaltStack relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.
SaltStack Salary Trend
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SaltStack.
SaltStack Top 8 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SaltStack within the UK over the 6 months to 17 October 2026. 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 | -142 | 9 | £47,000 | -45.35% | 8 |
| England | -135 | 8 | £47,000 | -45.35% | 8 |
| South West | - | 5 | - | - | 4 |
| North of England | -65 | 3 | £47,000 | -45.35% | |
| North West | -38 | 2 | - | - | |
| Yorkshire | - | 1 | £47,000 | - | |
| Scotland | - | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Work from Home | - | 1 | £47,000 | - | 2 |
SaltStack Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.