Puppet Jobs in the West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for Puppet skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Puppet over the 3 months to 25 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Puppet England / West Midlands
Location	3 months to 25 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	167	192	172
Rank change year-on-year	+25	-20
Permanent jobs citing Puppet	66	53	51
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands	1.30%	0.87%	0.89%
As % of the Systems Management category	16.42%	14.64%	14.21%
Number of salaries quoted	43	27	39
Median salary	£52,500	£55,000	£50,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	-4.54%	+10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than	£34,500	£35,400	£28,160
10% offered a salary of more than	£71,500	£62,500	£65,000
UK excluding London median salary	£50,000	£50,000	£47,500
% change year-on-year	-	+5.26%

Puppet is in the systems management skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for systems management skills.

Systems Management Skills West Midlands
Permanent job vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills	402	362	359
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands	7.89%	5.94%	6.28%
Number of salaries quoted	287	238	309
Median salary	£40,000	£45,000	£45,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	-11.11%	-
90% offered a salary of more than	£30,000	£30,000	£31,500
10% offered a salary of more than	£65,000	£65,000	£62,500
UK excluding London median salary	£46,000	£45,000	£44,750
% change year-on-year	+2.22%	+0.55%

Puppet
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in the West Midlands citing Puppet as a proportion of all permanent or contract IT jobs with a match in the Systems Management category.

Job vacancy trend for Puppet in the West Midlands

Puppet
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Puppet in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Puppet in the West Midlands

Puppet
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Puppet in the West Midlands over the 3 months to 25 June 2017.

Salary histogram for Puppet in the West Midlands

Puppet
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Puppet within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 25 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
Shropshire	+32	24	£71,500	+5.92%	6
Birmingham	+2	11	£40,000	-27.27%	4
Warwickshire	0	9	£34,500	-40.00%
Staffordshire	-	6	£65,000	-
Coventry	-9	5	£28,500	-34.48%	2
Worcestershire	-	3	£40,000	-
Solihull	-	1	£47,500	-
Puppet England

Puppet
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 25 June 2017, IT jobs citing Puppet also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads across the West Midlands region with a requirement for Puppet.

1	61 (65.59%)	Linux
1	61 (65.59%)	DevOps
2	56 (60.22%)	Agile Software Development
3	55 (59.14%)	Docker
4	52 (55.91%)	Amazon AWS
5	38 (40.86%)	Jenkins
6	37 (39.78%)	Ansible
7	35 (37.63%)	Opscode Chef
8	34 (36.56%)	Configuration Management
9	33 (35.48%)	Web Services
9	33 (35.48%)	Scrum
9	33 (35.48%)	Terraform
10	32 (34.41%)	Software Engineering
11	30 (32.26%)	Security Cleared
12	26 (27.96%)	Microsoft

13	25 (26.88%)	Ubuntu
13	25 (26.88%)	Microsoft Azure
14	23 (24.73%)	Microservices
14	23 (24.73%)	Public Cloud
14	23 (24.73%)	Nagios
14	23 (24.73%)	Java
15	22 (23.66%)	Test Automation
16	21 (22.58%)	ITIL
17	20 (21.51%)	Consul
18	19 (20.43%)	Python
18	19 (20.43%)	TDD
18	19 (20.43%)	Kanban
18	19 (20.43%)	SC Cleared
19	18 (19.35%)	Node.js
19	18 (19.35%)	New Relic

Puppet
Co-occurring IT Skills in the West Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	17 (18.28%)	Apache
2	13 (13.98%)	Documentum
3	10 (10.75%)	Tomcat
4	6 (6.45%)	SharePoint
5	5 (5.38%)	IIS
5	5 (5.38%)	nginx
6	3 (3.23%)	Oracle SOA Suite
6	3 (3.23%)	WebLogic
7	1 (1.08%)	OpenStack

Business Applications
1	6 (6.45%)	Dynamics CRM

Cloud Services
1	52 (55.91%)	Amazon AWS
2	25 (26.88%)	Microsoft Azure
3	11 (11.83%)	AWS CloudFormation
4	10 (10.75%)	SaaS
5	9 (9.68%)	Amazon EC2
5	9 (9.68%)	Cloud Computing
6	8 (8.60%)	PaaS
7	7 (7.53%)	IaaS
8	6 (6.45%)	Office 365
9	3 (3.23%)	GitHub
10	1 (1.08%)	Google Cloud Platform
10	1 (1.08%)	OpenShift

Communications & Networking
1	16 (17.20%)	DNS
2	14 (15.05%)	TCP/IP
3	5 (5.38%)	Asterisk PBX
3	5 (5.38%)	DHCP
3	5 (5.38%)	Firewall
3	5 (5.38%)	VPN
4	4 (4.30%)	SAN
5	3 (3.23%)	FTP
5	3 (3.23%)	Network Security
5	3 (3.23%)	SSH
6	2 (2.15%)	Internet

Database & Business Intelligence
1	9 (9.68%)	Amazon RDS
1	9 (9.68%)	Apache Cassandra
1	9 (9.68%)	InfluxDB
1	9 (9.68%)	MySQL
2	5 (5.38%)	MariaDB
3	4 (4.30%)	SQL Server
4	3 (3.23%)	Oracle Reports
4	3 (3.23%)	PostgreSQL
5	2 (2.15%)	Big Data

Development Applications
1	38 (40.86%)	Jenkins
2	15 (16.13%)	Git (software)
3	14 (15.05%)	Vagrant
4	10 (10.75%)	Selenium
5	7 (7.53%)	Atlassian Bamboo
5	7 (7.53%)	Maven
6	5 (5.38%)	GoCD
6	5 (5.38%)	Hudson
6	5 (5.38%)	MSBuild
6	5 (5.38%)	Octopus Deploy
6	5 (5.38%)	Team Foundation Server
6	5 (5.38%)	TeamCity
7	2 (2.15%)	SonarQube

General
1	5 (5.38%)	Games
1	5 (5.38%)	Retail
2	2 (2.15%)	Marketing
3	1 (1.08%)	Manufacturing
3	1 (1.08%)	Telecoms

Job Titles
1	15 (16.13%)	AWS Engineer
2	13 (13.98%)	Administrator
2	13 (13.98%)	Systems Administrator
3	12 (12.90%)	DevOps Engineer
3	12 (12.90%)	Linux Administrator
3	12 (12.90%)	Linux Systems Administrator
4	11 (11.83%)	AWS Developer
4	11 (11.83%)	Developer
4	11 (11.83%)	Linux Engineer
5	10 (10.75%)	Architect
5	10 (10.75%)	Systems Engineer
6	9 (9.68%)	Operations Engineer
6	9 (9.68%)	Senior DevOps
6	9 (9.68%)	Senior DevOps Engineer
6	9 (9.68%)	Technical Engineer
6	9 (9.68%)	Technical Operations Engineer
7	8 (8.60%)	Cloud Consultant
7	8 (8.60%)	Cloud Engineer
7	8 (8.60%)	Consultant
7	8 (8.60%)	Linux Systems Engineer

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	33 (35.48%)	Web Services
2	18 (19.35%)	Node.js
3	17 (18.28%)	Elastic Stack
4	16 (17.20%)	REST
4	16 (17.20%)	SOAP
5	11 (11.83%)	.NET
6	10 (10.75%)	HTML
6	10 (10.75%)	Middleware
7	9 (9.68%)	ActiveMQ
7	9 (9.68%)	HornetQ
7	9 (9.68%)	JMS
7	9 (9.68%)	Kafka
7	9 (9.68%)	RESTful
8	8 (8.60%)	LAMP
9	7 (7.53%)	LEMP Stack
10	6 (6.45%)	.NET Framework
10	6 (6.45%)	ASP.NET
11	5 (5.38%)	J2EE
12	1 (1.08%)	CSS
12	1 (1.08%)	XML

Miscellaneous
1	23 (24.73%)	Public Cloud
2	13 (13.98%)	Analytical Skills
3	9 (9.68%)	Hybrid Cloud
3	9 (9.68%)	Smart Meter
4	6 (6.45%)	Data Centre
5	5 (5.38%)	Greenfield Project
5	5 (5.38%)	Linux Command Line
6	3 (3.23%)	Management Information System
7	1 (1.08%)	Private Cloud
7	1 (1.08%)	Replication

Operating Systems
1	61 (65.59%)	Linux
2	25 (26.88%)	Ubuntu
3	15 (16.13%)	CentOS
4	13 (13.98%)	Windows
5	11 (11.83%)	Windows Server
6	5 (5.38%)	Debian
6	5 (5.38%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6	5 (5.38%)	Windows Server 2008
6	5 (5.38%)	Windows Server 2012
7	4 (4.30%)	HPUX
7	4 (4.30%)	Unix
8	2 (2.15%)	Mac OS X

Processes & Methodologies
1	61 (65.59%)	DevOps
2	56 (60.22%)	Agile Software Development
3	34 (36.56%)	Configuration Management
4	33 (35.48%)	Scrum
5	32 (34.41%)	Software Engineering
6	23 (24.73%)	Microservices
7	22 (23.66%)	Test Automation
8	21 (22.58%)	ITIL
9	19 (20.43%)	Kanban
9	19 (20.43%)	TDD
10	18 (19.35%)	IT Strategy
10	18 (19.35%)	Mentoring
10	18 (19.35%)	Validation
11	17 (18.28%)	Continuous Integration
12	16 (17.20%)	Analytics
12	16 (17.20%)	Data Analytics
12	16 (17.20%)	Technical Architecture
13	15 (16.13%)	SOA
14	13 (13.98%)	Data Management
14	13 (13.98%)	Risk Management

Programming Languages
1	23 (24.73%)	Java
2	19 (20.43%)	Python
3	17 (18.28%)	PowerShell
4	16 (17.20%)	JavaScript
5	12 (12.90%)	Shell Script
6	11 (11.83%)	Bash Shell
6	11 (11.83%)	C#
6	11 (11.83%)	Ruby
7	9 (9.68%)	Groovy
7	9 (9.68%)	Scala
8	7 (7.53%)	Go
9	5 (5.38%)	C++
9	5 (5.38%)	PHP
10	1 (1.08%)	Perl
10	1 (1.08%)	SQL

Qualifications
1	30 (32.26%)	Security Cleared
2	19 (20.43%)	SC Cleared
3	5 (5.38%)	Degree
4	3 (3.23%)	RHCE

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	11 (11.83%)	SLA
2	10 (10.75%)	Disclosure Scotland

System Software
1	55 (59.14%)	Docker
2	14 (15.05%)	VirtualBox
3	13 (13.98%)	Active Directory
4	11 (11.83%)	VMware Infrastructure
5	5 (5.38%)	Hyper-V
5	5 (5.38%)	KVM
5	5 (5.38%)	pfSense
5	5 (5.38%)	Samba
5	5 (5.38%)	Virtual Servers
5	5 (5.38%)	VMware ESXi
6	3 (3.23%)	iptables
6	3 (3.23%)	Postfix
7	2 (2.15%)	etcd
7	2 (2.15%)	flannel

Systems Management
1	37 (39.78%)	Ansible
2	35 (37.63%)	Opscode Chef
3	33 (35.48%)	Terraform
4	23 (24.73%)	Nagios
5	20 (21.51%)	Consul
6	12 (12.90%)	Kubernetes
7	11 (11.83%)	Icinga
8	9 (9.68%)	Docker Swarm
8	9 (9.68%)	Mesos
8	9 (9.68%)	StatsD
9	8 (8.60%)	Grafana
10	7 (7.53%)	Salt
11	5 (5.38%)	Failover Clustering
11	5 (5.38%)	Microsoft Clustering
12	3 (3.23%)	Red Hat Spacewalk
12	3 (3.23%)	SELinux
12	3 (3.23%)	ZABBIX
13	2 (2.15%)	Sysdig
13	2 (2.15%)	vRealize
14	1 (1.08%)	CloudForms

Vendors
1	26 (27.96%)	Microsoft
2	18 (19.35%)	New Relic
2	18 (19.35%)	Red Hat
3	16 (17.20%)	VMware
4	13 (13.98%)	Pega
5	12 (12.90%)	EMC
6	9 (9.68%)	AppDynamics
7	8 (8.60%)	Splunk
8	6 (6.45%)	Google
8	6 (6.45%)	Oracle
9	2 (2.15%)	Cisco
9	2 (2.15%)	Dell
9	2 (2.15%)	Intel
9	2 (2.15%)	ServiceNow
10	1 (1.08%)	3PAR
10	1 (1.08%)	SolarWinds