Configuration Management Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Configuration Management
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring Configuration Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Configuration Management over the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 295 245 246
Rank change year-on-year -50 +1 -29
Permanent jobs citing Configuration Management 122 431 594
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.80% 1.27% 1.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.85% 1.39% 1.45%
Number of salaries quoted 87 257 419
10th Percentile £43,250 £40,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,848 £48,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -7.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £91,250 £88,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £58,700 £67,500
% change year-on-year +2.21% -13.04% +6.72%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Configuration Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,284 31,001 40,855
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.23% 91.62% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 9,786 23,546 28,388
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,759 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%

Configuration Management
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Configuration Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Configuration Management trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Configuration Management
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Configuration Management.

Configuration Management salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Configuration Management
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Configuration Management over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Configuration Management salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Configuration Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (11.48%) IIS
2 9 (7.38%) nginx
3 4 (3.28%) Confluence
4 2 (1.64%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.82%) Apache
5 1 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.82%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.82%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (12.30%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.82%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 3 (2.46%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (1.64%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 51 (41.80%) AWS
2 39 (31.97%) Azure
3 21 (17.21%) SaaS
4 17 (13.93%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (10.66%) GCP
6 11 (9.02%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 10 (8.20%) GitHub
8 9 (7.38%) AWS Lambda
8 9 (7.38%) Serverless
9 7 (5.74%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (4.92%) Amazon S3
10 6 (4.92%) AWS CloudTrail
11 5 (4.10%) Amazon ECS
11 5 (4.10%) AWS CloudFormation
11 5 (4.10%) Power Platform
12 4 (3.28%) Amazon EC2
13 3 (2.46%) Amazon ECR
13 3 (2.46%) AWS Control Tower
13 3 (2.46%) Dynamics 365
13 3 (2.46%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.56%) 5G
1 8 (6.56%) SD-WAN
1 8 (6.56%) WAN
2 5 (4.10%) DNS
2 5 (4.10%) Firewall
3 4 (3.28%) IPv4
3 4 (3.28%) SAN
3 4 (3.28%) VLAN
3 4 (3.28%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (2.46%) DHCP
4 3 (2.46%) HTTP
4 3 (2.46%) Internet
4 3 (2.46%) Network Security
4 3 (2.46%) TCP/IP
4 3 (2.46%) Unified Communications
5 2 (1.64%) ADSL
5 2 (1.64%) Multicast
5 2 (1.64%) OSPF
5 2 (1.64%) VPN
6 1 (0.82%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (13.11%) SQL Server
2 9 (7.38%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (5.74%) MySQL
3 7 (5.74%) NoSQL
4 6 (4.92%) MariaDB
5 5 (4.10%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (3.28%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (3.28%) Relational Database
7 3 (2.46%) MongoDB
7 3 (2.46%) Power BI
8 2 (1.64%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.82%) Amazon Aurora
9 1 (0.82%) Big Data
9 1 (0.82%) InfluxDB
9 1 (0.82%) Pentaho
9 1 (0.82%) Redis
9 1 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 20 (16.39%) Git
2 16 (13.11%) JIRA
3 13 (10.66%) Jenkins
4 12 (9.84%) Visual Studio
5 6 (4.92%) GitLab
6 3 (2.46%) Bitbucket
6 3 (2.46%) JUnit
7 2 (1.64%) Artifactory
7 2 (1.64%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (1.64%) Subversion
7 2 (1.64%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.82%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.82%) Gradle
8 1 (0.82%) Maven
8 1 (0.82%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.82%) Selenium
8 1 (0.82%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.82%) Spinnaker
8 1 (0.82%) TestNG
8 1 (0.82%) TestRail
General
1 42 (34.43%) Social Skills
2 29 (23.77%) Finance
3 12 (9.84%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (8.20%) Marketing
5 8 (6.56%) Banking
6 6 (4.92%) Legal
7 5 (4.10%) Aerospace
7 5 (4.10%) Public Sector
7 5 (4.10%) Retail
7 5 (4.10%) Telecoms
8 4 (3.28%) Advertising
8 4 (3.28%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (3.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (3.28%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.64%) Electronics
9 2 (1.64%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.64%) Law
9 2 (1.64%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.64%) Military
9 2 (1.64%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 19 (15.57%) Lead
2 18 (14.75%) Senior
3 15 (12.30%) Service Manager
4 14 (11.48%) Developer
4 14 (11.48%) DevOps Engineer
5 13 (10.66%) Software Engineer
6 11 (9.02%) Architect
6 11 (9.02%) Cloud Engineer
6 11 (9.02%) Service Desk Manager
7 9 (7.38%) Administrator
7 9 (7.38%) Solutions Architect
8 8 (6.56%) C Software Engineer
8 8 (6.56%) C/C++ Software Engineer
8 8 (6.56%) C++ Software Engineer
8 8 (6.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 7 (5.74%) Systems Administrator
10 6 (4.92%) Azure Engineer
10 6 (4.92%) Lead DevOps
10 6 (4.92%) Senior Cloud Engineer
11 5 (4.10%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (14.75%) .NET
2 7 (5.74%) Elastic Stack
3 5 (4.10%) ARM Templates
3 5 (4.10%) HTML
4 4 (3.28%) Ajax
4 4 (3.28%) CSS
4 4 (3.28%) REST
4 4 (3.28%) Ruby on Rails
5 3 (2.46%) AWS CDK
5 3 (2.46%) AWS SAM
5 3 (2.46%) Kafka
5 3 (2.46%) LDAP
5 3 (2.46%) Node.js
5 3 (2.46%) RESTful
5 3 (2.46%) Web Services
5 3 (2.46%) YAML
6 2 (1.64%) Django
6 2 (1.64%) JSON
6 2 (1.64%) SOAP
6 2 (1.64%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 20 (16.39%) Management Information System
2 14 (11.48%) Client/Server
2 14 (11.48%) Private Cloud
3 13 (10.66%) CMDB
4 10 (8.20%) Hybrid Cloud
5 8 (6.56%) GNSS
5 8 (6.56%) Self-Driving Car
6 5 (4.10%) Algorithms
6 5 (4.10%) Data Structures
7 4 (3.28%) Data Centre
7 4 (3.28%) Product Ownership
7 4 (3.28%) Public Cloud
8 3 (2.46%) Cloud Native
8 3 (2.46%) Clustering
8 3 (2.46%) IoT
8 3 (2.46%) Replication
9 2 (1.64%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (1.64%) Low-Code
9 2 (1.64%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.64%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 37 (30.33%) Linux
2 16 (13.11%) Windows
3 7 (5.74%) Unix
4 5 (4.10%) Android
4 5 (4.10%) Apple iOS
4 5 (4.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (4.10%) Windows Server
5 4 (3.28%) CentOS
6 2 (1.64%) Debian
6 2 (1.64%) Rocky
7 1 (0.82%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (36.07%) DevOps
2 34 (27.87%) ITIL
3 32 (26.23%) Service Management
4 29 (23.77%) CI/CD
4 29 (23.77%) Infrastructure as Code
4 29 (23.77%) ITSM
5 28 (22.95%) Agile
6 25 (20.49%) Problem-Solving
7 22 (18.03%) Asset Management
7 22 (18.03%) Problem Management
8 19 (15.57%) Change Management
8 19 (15.57%) Customer-Centricity
8 19 (15.57%) Information Security
8 19 (15.57%) Mentoring
9 18 (14.75%) Test Automation
10 17 (13.93%) Continuous Improvement
11 15 (12.30%) Containerisation
11 15 (12.30%) People Management
11 15 (12.30%) Process Improvement
11 15 (12.30%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 34 (27.87%) Python
2 25 (20.49%) Bash
3 13 (10.66%) SQL
4 12 (9.84%) JavaScript
4 12 (9.84%) PowerShell
5 9 (7.38%) C++
5 9 (7.38%) Go
5 9 (7.38%) Ruby
6 8 (6.56%) C
6 8 (6.56%) Java
7 6 (4.92%) C#
7 6 (4.92%) Perl
7 6 (4.92%) R
8 4 (3.28%) TypeScript
9 3 (2.46%) Bicep
10 2 (1.64%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.82%) Fortran
11 1 (0.82%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 22 (18.03%) Degree
2 18 (14.75%) ITIL Certification
2 18 (14.75%) Security Cleared
3 13 (10.66%) SC Cleared
4 9 (7.38%) AWS Certification
5 5 (4.10%) Azure Certification
6 4 (3.28%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (2.46%) DV Cleared
7 3 (2.46%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (1.64%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 2 (1.64%) Chartered Engineer
8 2 (1.64%) DBS Check
8 2 (1.64%) MCSA
9 1 (0.82%) CCNA
9 1 (0.82%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.82%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.82%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.82%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (13.93%) SLA
2 15 (12.30%) QA
3 8 (6.56%) PMO
4 4 (3.28%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.64%) GRC
5 2 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.82%) Basel III
6 1 (0.82%) DO-254
6 1 (0.82%) GDPR
6 1 (0.82%) IFRS
6 1 (0.82%) IFRS 9
6 1 (0.82%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 17 (13.93%) Docker
2 8 (6.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (3.28%) Active Directory
4 3 (2.46%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (1.64%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.82%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 34 (27.87%) Ansible
2 26 (21.31%) Terraform
3 22 (18.03%) Kubernetes
4 15 (12.30%) Puppet
5 8 (6.56%) Progress Chef
6 6 (4.92%) Grafana
7 5 (4.10%) Nagios
8 4 (3.28%) Prometheus
8 4 (3.28%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (1.64%) Argo
9 2 (1.64%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (1.64%) Red Hat Satellite
9 2 (1.64%) SCOM
10 1 (0.82%) Check_MK
10 1 (0.82%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.82%) Kibana
10 1 (0.82%) Kustomize
10 1 (0.82%) logstash
10 1 (0.82%) Opsgenie
10 1 (0.82%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 26 (21.31%) Microsoft
2 15 (12.30%) Oracle
3 13 (10.66%) ServiceNow
4 10 (8.20%) Red Hat
5 8 (6.56%) VMware
6 6 (4.92%) Google
7 5 (4.10%) Cisco
7 5 (4.10%) Splunk
8 4 (3.28%) Intel
8 4 (3.28%) SaltStack
9 3 (2.46%) Atlassian
9 3 (2.46%) EMC
9 3 (2.46%) Remedy
9 3 (2.46%) Symantec
10 2 (1.64%) Apple
10 2 (1.64%) ArcSight
10 2 (1.64%) IBM
10 2 (1.64%) Mercator
10 2 (1.64%) Pega
10 2 (1.64%) Rapid7