Software Distribution
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Software Distribution skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Software Distribution over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 882 954 1189
Rank change year-on-year +72 +235 -302
Permanent jobs citing Software Distribution 20 18 40
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.020% 0.018% 0.025%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.024% 0.019% 0.027%
Number of salaries quoted 17 14 35
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,900 £29,464
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,750 £39,575
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £38,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +19.48% -26.67% +12.90%
75th Percentile £61,250 £40,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £63,500 £50,600 £76,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £37,000 £48,250
% change year-on-year +55.41% -23.32% +13.53%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Software Distribution 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 84,809 96,894 150,102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.61% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 59,843 56,945 82,179
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,550
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Software Distribution
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Distribution in the UK

Software Distribution
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Distribution.

Salary trend for Software Distribution in the UK

Software Distribution
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Distribution over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Distribution in the UK

Software Distribution
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Distribution within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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 +102 20 £46,000 +19.48% 4
UK excluding London +12 16 £57,500 +55.41% 3
South West - 11 £57,500 - 2
London +99 4 £28,000 -27.27% 1
Work from Home +75 4 £55,500 +70.77% 2
North of England +54 3 £60,000 +62.16%
Yorkshire - 3 £60,000 -
South East +1 2 £32,500 -39.25% 1

Software Distribution
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 6 (30.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (5.00%) Apache
2 1 (5.00%) IIS
2 1 (5.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.00%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.00%) AutoCAD
2 1 (5.00%) PTC Creo
2 1 (5.00%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 11 (55.00%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (35.00%) Azure
3 5 (25.00%) Azure Sentinel
4 3 (15.00%) Entra ID
5 1 (5.00%) AWS
5 1 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (5.00%) GCP
5 1 (5.00%) IaaS
5 1 (5.00%) OneDrive
5 1 (5.00%) PaaS
5 1 (5.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (20.00%) Intranet
2 2 (10.00%) Firewall
2 2 (10.00%) LAN
2 2 (10.00%) VPN
2 2 (10.00%) WAN
2 2 (10.00%) WLAN
3 1 (5.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.00%) Hadoop
2 1 (5.00%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Git
1 2 (10.00%) Jenkins
2 1 (5.00%) Artifactory
2 1 (5.00%) Chocolatey
General
1 6 (30.00%) Aerospace
1 6 (30.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 4 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (5.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (35.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 6 (30.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 6 (30.00%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
2 6 (30.00%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
3 4 (20.00%) Administrator
3 4 (20.00%) IT Support
3 4 (20.00%) Microsoft 365 Administrator
4 2 (10.00%) Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (10.00%) IT Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (10.00%) IT Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Senior
5 1 (5.00%) Automation Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Infrastructure Operations Manager
5 1 (5.00%) IT Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Lead
5 1 (5.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Platform Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Senior IT Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Senior Technical Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (30.00%) Software Packaging
2 1 (5.00%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (5.00%) XML
2 1 (5.00%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Driving Licence
2 2 (10.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (5.00%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (5.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.00%) Operational Technology
3 1 (5.00%) Product Ownership
3 1 (5.00%) Public Cloud
3 1 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 13 (65.00%) Windows
2 10 (50.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (5.00%) Android
3 1 (5.00%) Apple iOS
3 1 (5.00%) Linux
3 1 (5.00%) Mac OS
3 1 (5.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (5.00%) Windows 7
3 1 (5.00%) Windows 8
3 1 (5.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (5.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 8 (40.00%) ITIL
2 6 (30.00%) Application Virtualisation
2 6 (30.00%) Compatibility Testing
2 6 (30.00%) Software Testing
2 6 (30.00%) Workload Management
3 5 (25.00%) Configuration Management
3 5 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (25.00%) Data Strategy
3 5 (25.00%) IT Governance
3 5 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 5 (25.00%) Strategic Roadmap
3 5 (25.00%) Time Management
4 4 (20.00%) Inventory Control
4 4 (20.00%) Inventory Management
5 2 (10.00%) CI/CD
5 2 (10.00%) Contract Management
5 2 (10.00%) Logistics
5 2 (10.00%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (60.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (10.00%) SQL
3 1 (5.00%) Bash
3 1 (5.00%) MATLAB
3 1 (5.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (30.00%) DV Cleared
1 6 (30.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (30.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (5.00%) AWS Certification
3 1 (5.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 1 (5.00%) Azure Certification
3 1 (5.00%) MCSA
3 1 (5.00%) MCSE
3 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 9 (45.00%) Active Directory
2 6 (30.00%) Microsoft App-V
3 2 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (5.00%) Docker
4 1 (5.00%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 7 (35.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 7 (35.00%) SCCM
2 1 (5.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (5.00%) Ansible
2 1 (5.00%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (5.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (5.00%) Podman
2 1 (5.00%) SCOM
2 1 (5.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (95.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (30.00%) Citrix
3 4 (20.00%) Facebook
4 2 (10.00%) VMware
5 1 (5.00%) Apple
5 1 (5.00%) IBM
5 1 (5.00%) MathWorks
5 1 (5.00%) Meraki
5 1 (5.00%) NETGEAR
5 1 (5.00%) Oracle
5 1 (5.00%) PTC
5 1 (5.00%) Red Hat
5 1 (5.00%) SAP
5 1 (5.00%) TOWER Software
5 1 (5.00%) Ubiquiti