Configuration Management Jobs in the UK excluding London

Configuration Management
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Configuration Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Configuration Management over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 242 244 205
Rank change year-on-year +2 -39 -34
Permanent jobs citing Configuration Management 837 826 1,399
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.10% 1.46% 1.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.35% 1.53% 2.01%
Number of salaries quoted 441 417 771
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,733 £35,750
25th Percentile £44,750 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £68,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -12.41% +9.60% +4.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Configuration Management 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 advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 62,202 53,975 69,729
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 81.87% 95.46% 94.28%
Number of salaries quoted 42,597 28,532 41,279
10th Percentile £27,300 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%

Configuration Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Configuration Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Configuration Management in the UK excluding London

Configuration Management
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Configuration Management in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Configuration Management in the UK excluding London

Configuration Management
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Configuration Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Configuration Management in the UK excluding London

Configuration Management
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Configuration Management within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
South East -1 255 £54,918 -6.52% 34
South West +5 181 £55,000 -4.35% 35
North of England -32 109 £52,500 -16.00% 40
Midlands +3 98 £57,500 -11.54% 32
Scotland -34 92 £75,000 - 5
West Midlands 0 78 £57,500 -11.54% 25
North West -29 65 £57,500 -8.00% 21
East of England -29 62 £57,500 +6.48% 14
Yorkshire +31 32 £45,000 -30.77% 14
Wales +16 24 £50,000 -24.81% 7
East Midlands -16 20 £50,000 -4.76% 7
Northern Ireland +19 14 £64,400 -12.68% 3
North East -21 12 £45,000 +5.88% 5
Isle of Man - 3 - -
Configuration Management
UK

Configuration Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 34 (4.06%) Apache
2 31 (3.70%) Microsoft Exchange
3 30 (3.58%) Apache Spark
4 24 (2.87%) SharePoint
5 20 (2.39%) Confluence
6 15 (1.79%) CMS
7 13 (1.55%) OpenStack
8 11 (1.31%) IIS
9 9 (1.08%) nginx
10 4 (0.48%) JBoss
11 3 (0.36%) CloudStack
12 1 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 23 (2.75%) Simulink
2 21 (2.51%) Stateflow
3 19 (2.27%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
5 7 (0.84%) CANalyzer
6 6 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 5 (0.60%) Windchill
8 2 (0.24%) GNU Octave
9 1 (0.12%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.12%) Revit
9 1 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 4 (0.48%) Remedy ITSM
1 4 (0.48%) SAP IS-U
2 1 (0.12%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.12%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 271 (32.38%) Azure
2 250 (29.87%) AWS
3 141 (16.85%) GCP
4 125 (14.93%) Microsoft 365
5 90 (10.75%) SaaS
6 50 (5.97%) Serverless
7 49 (5.85%) Azure DevOps
8 41 (4.90%) AWS Lambda
9 38 (4.54%) OpenShift
10 36 (4.30%) AWS CloudFormation
11 34 (4.06%) Amazon EKS
12 23 (2.75%) GitHub
13 18 (2.15%) Entra ID
14 16 (1.91%) Cloud Computing
15 15 (1.79%) Amazon EC2
15 15 (1.79%) Dynamics 365
16 13 (1.55%) Azure ExpressRoute
16 13 (1.55%) Power Platform
17 12 (1.43%) Datadog
18 10 (1.19%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 82 (9.80%) Firewall
2 38 (4.54%) VPN
3 34 (4.06%) AMQP
4 24 (2.87%) DNS
5 23 (2.75%) WAN
6 22 (2.63%) DHCP
7 18 (2.15%) Wireless
8 17 (2.03%) Network Security
9 16 (1.91%) 5G
10 15 (1.79%) SD-WAN
10 15 (1.79%) VLAN
11 14 (1.67%) J1939
11 14 (1.67%) MPLS
11 14 (1.67%) TCP/IP
12 13 (1.55%) VoIP
13 11 (1.31%) IPv4
13 11 (1.31%) SNMP
14 10 (1.19%) HTTP
15 9 (1.08%) LAN
15 9 (1.08%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (5.02%) SQL Server
2 35 (4.18%) Big Data
3 29 (3.46%) Cloudera CDH
3 29 (3.46%) Hadoop
4 18 (2.15%) Apache Cassandra
5 17 (2.03%) Amazon RDS
6 15 (1.79%) Relational Database
7 13 (1.55%) PostgreSQL
7 13 (1.55%) Power BI
7 13 (1.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 13 (1.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 12 (1.43%) Azure SQL Database
8 12 (1.43%) Redis
9 7 (0.84%) MongoDB
9 7 (0.84%) MySQL
10 6 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
10 6 (0.72%) MariaDB
10 6 (0.72%) NoSQL
11 5 (0.60%) InfluxDB
11 5 (0.60%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 74 (8.84%) JIRA
2 70 (8.36%) Git
3 61 (7.29%) Jenkins
4 31 (3.70%) Subversion
5 22 (2.63%) ClearCase
6 21 (2.51%) Plastic SCM
7 19 (2.27%) GitLab
8 15 (1.79%) ClearQuest
8 15 (1.79%) CMake
9 14 (1.67%) Robot Framework
10 12 (1.43%) Rational DOORS
10 12 (1.43%) Visual Studio
11 10 (1.19%) Trac
12 9 (1.08%) Bitbucket
13 6 (0.72%) Moq
13 6 (0.72%) Team Foundation Server
14 5 (0.60%) LabVIEW
14 5 (0.60%) Rational Rhapsody
14 5 (0.60%) TeamCity
15 4 (0.48%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 149 (17.80%) Social Skills
2 115 (13.74%) Finance
3 101 (12.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 72 (8.60%) Legal
5 71 (8.48%) Aerospace
5 71 (8.48%) Law
6 70 (8.36%) Presentation Skills
7 47 (5.62%) Marketing
8 46 (5.50%) Analytical Skills
9 42 (5.02%) Electronics
10 35 (4.18%) Manufacturing
10 35 (4.18%) Telecoms
11 32 (3.82%) Automotive
11 32 (3.82%) Military
12 30 (3.58%) Retail
13 16 (1.91%) Banking
14 13 (1.55%) Public Sector
15 12 (1.43%) Documentation Skills
16 6 (0.72%) Private Banking
16 6 (0.72%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 165 (19.71%) Software Engineer
2 87 (10.39%) Senior
3 84 (10.04%) Architect
4 71 (8.48%) Systems Engineer
5 70 (8.36%) Cloud Architect
6 64 (7.65%) Lead
7 60 (7.17%) DevOps Engineer
8 49 (5.85%) Java Engineer
8 49 (5.85%) Java Software Engineer
9 42 (5.02%) Senior Software Engineer
10 39 (4.66%) Analyst
11 36 (4.30%) Network Engineer
12 35 (4.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 33 (3.94%) Configuration Manager
14 29 (3.46%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
15 25 (2.99%) Cloud Engineer
16 24 (2.87%) Windows Engineer
17 22 (2.63%) Administrator
17 22 (2.63%) Developer
18 21 (2.51%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (8.72%) HTML
2 69 (8.24%) React
3 66 (7.89%) AngularJS
3 66 (7.89%) Node.js
4 49 (5.85%) Spring
5 43 (5.14%) HTML5
6 36 (4.30%) Middleware
7 34 (4.06%) RabbitMQ
8 33 (3.94%) XML
9 32 (3.82%) REST
10 31 (3.70%) Drools
10 31 (3.70%) jBPM
10 31 (3.70%) Twitter Bootstrap
11 29 (3.46%) gRPC
11 29 (3.46%) Material-UI
11 29 (3.46%) OpenAPI
11 29 (3.46%) Spring Boot
11 29 (3.46%) Swagger
12 22 (2.63%) .NET
13 21 (2.51%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 114 (13.62%) Public Cloud
2 94 (11.23%) Algorithms
3 72 (8.60%) PKI
4 69 (8.24%) Management Information System
5 59 (7.05%) CMDB
6 51 (6.09%) Cloud Native
7 38 (4.54%) Onboarding
8 28 (3.35%) Linux Command Line
9 26 (3.11%) Data Centre
10 23 (2.75%) Hybrid Cloud
11 19 (2.27%) Driving Licence
11 19 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
12 17 (2.03%) Enterprise Software
13 16 (1.91%) Product Ownership
14 15 (1.79%) Data Structures
14 15 (1.79%) Embedded Systems
15 13 (1.55%) Replication
16 12 (1.43%) Enterprise Cloud
16 12 (1.43%) GNSS
17 10 (1.19%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 243 (29.03%) Linux
2 166 (19.83%) Windows
3 64 (7.65%) Windows Server
4 52 (6.21%) Debian
4 52 (6.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 48 (5.73%) Ubuntu
6 29 (3.46%) CentOS
7 18 (2.15%) Windows 10
8 17 (2.03%) Unix
9 10 (1.19%) VMS
10 8 (0.96%) Android
11 6 (0.72%) Apple iOS
11 6 (0.72%) Mesosphere
11 6 (0.72%) Windows Server 2016
12 5 (0.60%) Solaris
13 3 (0.36%) Embedded Linux
13 3 (0.36%) FreeRTOS
13 3 (0.36%) SUSE
13 3 (0.36%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
13 3 (0.36%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 244 (29.15%) Agile
2 198 (23.66%) Software Engineering
3 188 (22.46%) DevOps
4 138 (16.49%) Problem-Solving
5 137 (16.37%) Project Management
6 136 (16.25%) CI/CD
7 130 (15.53%) Actionable Insight
8 123 (14.70%) ITIL
9 109 (13.02%) Computer Science
10 105 (12.54%) Continuous Improvement
11 98 (11.71%) Change Management
11 98 (11.71%) Service Management
12 97 (11.59%) Migration
13 91 (10.87%) Containerisation
14 84 (10.04%) TOGAF
15 83 (9.92%) Infrastructure as Code
15 83 (9.92%) ITSM
16 78 (9.32%) Presales
17 73 (8.72%) SDLC
18 70 (8.36%) Application Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 207 (24.73%) Python
2 123 (14.70%) Java
3 93 (11.11%) Bash
4 85 (10.16%) SQL
5 68 (8.12%) JavaScript
5 68 (8.12%) PowerShell
6 53 (6.33%) C
7 39 (4.66%) C++
8 38 (4.54%) C#
9 33 (3.94%) Perl
10 32 (3.82%) Shell Script
11 27 (3.23%) Embedded C
12 25 (2.99%) Go
12 25 (2.99%) MATLAB
13 20 (2.39%) T-SQL
14 16 (1.91%) TypeScript
15 14 (1.67%) PHP
15 14 (1.67%) Ruby
16 9 (1.08%) Groovy
17 5 (0.60%) Ada
Qualifications
1 216 (25.81%) Security Cleared
2 170 (20.31%) Degree
3 150 (17.92%) SC Cleared
4 71 (8.48%) DV Cleared
5 51 (6.09%) Computer Science Degree
6 25 (2.99%) Cisco Certification
7 22 (2.63%) Microsoft Certification
8 21 (2.51%) PMI Certification
9 19 (2.27%) BPSS Clearance
9 19 (2.27%) CCNA
10 18 (2.15%) PMP
11 17 (2.03%) A+ Certification
12 16 (1.91%) HND
13 13 (1.55%) Azure Certification
13 13 (1.55%) Master's Degree
14 12 (1.43%) APMG
15 10 (1.19%) MCSE
16 9 (1.08%) AWS Certification
16 9 (1.08%) ITIL Certification
17 7 (0.84%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (4.18%) QA
2 31 (3.70%) PMO
3 22 (2.63%) MISRA
4 16 (1.91%) Cyber Essentials
5 15 (1.79%) SLA
6 14 (1.67%) Automotive SPICE
6 14 (1.67%) AUTOSAR
6 14 (1.67%) ISO 26262
6 14 (1.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 11 (1.31%) Accessibility
8 7 (0.84%) Data Quality
8 7 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 6 (0.72%) DO-178B
10 5 (0.60%) Def Stans
10 5 (0.60%) JSP 440
10 5 (0.60%) NCSC
10 5 (0.60%) PCI DSS
10 5 (0.60%) RMADS
11 3 (0.36%) GDPR
11 3 (0.36%) NIST
System Software
1 86 (10.27%) Active Directory
2 82 (9.80%) Docker
3 44 (5.26%) Hyper-V
4 31 (3.70%) Virtual Machines
5 24 (2.87%) VMware Infrastructure
6 20 (2.39%) Firmware
7 17 (2.03%) Embedded Firmware
8 16 (1.91%) pfSense
9 10 (1.19%) NFS
10 9 (1.08%) Virtual Desktop
11 8 (0.96%) VMware ESXi
11 8 (0.96%) vSphere
12 5 (0.60%) KVM
13 3 (0.36%) Ceph
13 3 (0.36%) Gluster
13 3 (0.36%) oVirt
13 3 (0.36%) VirtualBox
14 2 (0.24%) Xen
15 1 (0.12%) iptables
Systems Management
1 151 (18.04%) Ansible
2 136 (16.25%) Kubernetes
3 94 (11.23%) Puppet
3 94 (11.23%) Terraform
4 57 (6.81%) Progress Chef
5 32 (3.82%) Grafana
6 26 (3.11%) ZABBIX
7 19 (2.27%) Prometheus
8 14 (1.67%) SCOM
9 13 (1.55%) Microsoft Intune
10 11 (1.31%) Docker Swarm
11 10 (1.19%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 10 (1.19%) SCDPM
12 7 (0.84%) Podman
12 7 (0.84%) SCCM
13 4 (0.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 4 (0.48%) Nagios
13 4 (0.48%) Rancher
13 4 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
13 4 (0.48%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 220 (26.28%) Microsoft
2 109 (13.02%) Google
3 68 (8.12%) VMware
4 66 (7.89%) ServiceNow
5 60 (7.17%) Red Hat
6 57 (6.81%) SaltStack
7 28 (3.35%) Juniper
8 27 (3.23%) Cisco
8 27 (3.23%) IBM
9 21 (2.51%) Lauterbach
10 16 (1.91%) Fortinet
11 15 (1.79%) EMC
11 15 (1.79%) Meraki
11 15 (1.79%) Oracle
11 15 (1.79%) Snow
11 15 (1.79%) Veeam
12 13 (1.55%) New Relic
13 12 (1.43%) Aruba
13 12 (1.43%) Dynatrace
13 12 (1.43%) Salesforce