Configuration Management Jobs

Configuration Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 266 253 211
Rank change year-on-year -13 -42 -39
Permanent jobs citing Configuration Management 1,082 1,460 3,168
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.09% 1.45% 1.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.28% 1.52% 2.07%
Number of salaries quoted 623 874 1,489
10th Percentile £37,300 £41,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £46,199 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £99,625 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,250 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.20% +13.64% -4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,701 95,929 153,018
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.52% 95.60% 95.73%
Number of salaries quoted 59,701 56,502 82,944
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,740
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 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Configuration Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Configuration Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Configuration Management in the UK

Configuration Management
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Configuration Management.

Salary trend for Configuration Management in the UK

Configuration Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Configuration Management over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Configuration Management in the UK

Configuration Management
Top 18 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 14 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 -18 910 £60,000 -11.11% 315
UK excluding London 0 808 £54,250 -13.20% 243
Work from Home -10 420 £64,108 -8.42% 152
South East +6 239 £52,550 -10.55% 49
London -84 213 £75,000 - 87
South West +2 178 £55,000 -6.78% 49
North of England -8 113 £52,500 -9.48% 56
Midlands +18 93 £57,500 -4.17% 41
Scotland -27 90 £75,000 +7.14% 22
West Midlands +9 72 £57,500 -11.54% 21
North West -15 63 £56,250 -3.02% 38
East of England -28 59 £57,500 +9.52% 20
Yorkshire +70 39 £52,500 -19.23% 15
Wales +21 22 £47,500 -28.57% 7
East Midlands -9 21 £50,000 -4.76% 20
Northern Ireland +30 13 £70,000 -3.45% 5
North East -17 11 £45,000 +12.50% 3
Isle of Man - 3 - -

Configuration Management
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 45 (4.16%) Microsoft Exchange
2 43 (3.97%) Apache
3 39 (3.60%) SharePoint
4 27 (2.50%) Apache Spark
5 26 (2.40%) Confluence
6 18 (1.66%) nginx
7 15 (1.39%) CMS
8 14 (1.29%) IIS
9 12 (1.11%) OpenStack
10 4 (0.37%) JBoss
11 3 (0.28%) CloudStack
12 2 (0.18%) Drupal
12 2 (0.18%) GlassFish
12 2 (0.18%) JCAPS
12 2 (0.18%) Tomcat
12 2 (0.18%) WebLogic
12 2 (0.18%) WebSphere
12 2 (0.18%) WebSphere Application Server
12 2 (0.18%) WinCC
12 2 (0.18%) WordPress
Applications
1 29 (2.68%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (2.13%) Simulink
3 21 (1.94%) Stateflow
4 10 (0.92%) Microsoft Excel
5 7 (0.65%) CANalyzer
6 6 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (0.18%) GNU Octave
7 2 (0.18%) Windchill
8 1 (0.092%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.092%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.092%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.092%) Revit
8 1 (0.092%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 6 (0.55%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.37%) SAP IS-U
3 2 (0.18%) Adaptiv
3 2 (0.18%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.092%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.092%) Endur
4 1 (0.092%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 382 (35.30%) Azure
2 360 (33.27%) AWS
3 166 (15.34%) GCP
4 160 (14.79%) Microsoft 365
5 119 (11.00%) SaaS
6 85 (7.86%) Serverless
7 76 (7.02%) Azure DevOps
8 60 (5.55%) AWS Lambda
9 57 (5.27%) Amazon EKS
10 56 (5.18%) AWS CloudFormation
11 43 (3.97%) Power Platform
12 42 (3.88%) OpenShift
13 40 (3.70%) GitHub
14 37 (3.42%) Amazon EC2
15 34 (3.14%) Amazon S3
16 28 (2.59%) Amazon ECS
16 28 (2.59%) PaaS
17 26 (2.40%) Entra ID
18 25 (2.31%) Azure AKS
18 25 (2.31%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 114 (10.54%) Firewall
2 51 (4.71%) DNS
3 47 (4.34%) VPN
4 35 (3.23%) DHCP
5 31 (2.87%) AMQP
6 30 (2.77%) WAN
7 29 (2.68%) Network Security
8 26 (2.40%) TCP/IP
9 19 (1.76%) Internet
9 19 (1.76%) Wireless
10 18 (1.66%) 5G
10 18 (1.66%) VoIP
11 16 (1.48%) SD-WAN
11 16 (1.48%) SSL
11 16 (1.48%) VLAN
12 15 (1.39%) SNMP
13 14 (1.29%) J1939
13 14 (1.29%) LAN
14 13 (1.20%) MPLS
15 12 (1.11%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (6.56%) SQL Server
2 37 (3.42%) Amazon RDS
3 36 (3.33%) Power BI
4 32 (2.96%) Big Data
5 26 (2.40%) Cloudera CDH
5 26 (2.40%) Hadoop
6 22 (2.03%) Azure SQL Database
7 19 (1.76%) Redis
7 19 (1.76%) Relational Database
8 18 (1.66%) Apache Cassandra
8 18 (1.66%) NoSQL
9 16 (1.48%) Elasticsearch
9 16 (1.48%) PostgreSQL
10 15 (1.39%) MySQL
11 14 (1.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 13 (1.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 12 (1.11%) DynamoDB
14 9 (0.83%) Crystal Reports
14 9 (0.83%) MongoDB
15 7 (0.65%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 110 (10.17%) Jenkins
2 106 (9.80%) Git
3 84 (7.76%) JIRA
4 49 (4.53%) GitLab
5 45 (4.16%) Subversion
6 28 (2.59%) Bitbucket
7 22 (2.03%) ClearCase
8 21 (1.94%) Plastic SCM
9 16 (1.48%) CMake
10 15 (1.39%) ClearQuest
11 14 (1.29%) TeamCity
12 13 (1.20%) Sonatype Nexus
12 13 (1.20%) Visual Studio
13 12 (1.11%) Rational DOORS
13 12 (1.11%) Robot Framework
14 10 (0.92%) Trac
15 8 (0.74%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
16 7 (0.65%) Moq
16 7 (0.65%) Octopus Deploy
16 7 (0.65%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 209 (19.32%) Finance
2 192 (17.74%) Social Skills
3 115 (10.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 87 (8.04%) Law
5 83 (7.67%) Legal
5 83 (7.67%) Presentation Skills
6 74 (6.84%) Aerospace
7 73 (6.75%) Analytical Skills
8 55 (5.08%) Marketing
9 43 (3.97%) Retail
10 42 (3.88%) Electronics
11 41 (3.79%) Telecoms
12 38 (3.51%) Manufacturing
13 32 (2.96%) Banking
14 29 (2.68%) Automotive
15 28 (2.59%) Military
16 22 (2.03%) Public Sector
17 17 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
18 12 (1.11%) Organisational Skills
19 7 (0.65%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 175 (16.17%) Software Engineer
2 127 (11.74%) Senior
3 116 (10.72%) DevOps Engineer
4 110 (10.17%) Architect
5 84 (7.76%) Cloud Architect
6 83 (7.67%) Systems Engineer
7 75 (6.93%) Lead
8 64 (5.91%) Analyst
9 53 (4.90%) Cloud Engineer
10 52 (4.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 49 (4.53%) Java Engineer
11 49 (4.53%) Java Software Engineer
12 46 (4.25%) Senior Software Engineer
13 44 (4.07%) Azure Engineer
13 44 (4.07%) Platform Engineer
14 43 (3.97%) AWS Engineer
15 41 (3.79%) Windows Engineer
16 39 (3.60%) Network Engineer
17 38 (3.51%) Linux Engineer
18 30 (2.77%) Cloud Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (7.21%) React
2 73 (6.75%) HTML
3 69 (6.38%) Node.js
4 64 (5.91%) AngularJS
5 52 (4.81%) Spring
6 43 (3.97%) Middleware
7 42 (3.88%) HTML5
8 37 (3.42%) REST
9 35 (3.23%) XML
10 33 (3.05%) .NET
10 33 (3.05%) RabbitMQ
11 31 (2.87%) Drools
11 31 (2.87%) jBPM
11 31 (2.87%) Twitter Bootstrap
12 27 (2.50%) OpenAPI
12 27 (2.50%) Spring Boot
12 27 (2.50%) Swagger
13 26 (2.40%) gRPC
13 26 (2.40%) Material-UI
14 23 (2.13%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 143 (13.22%) Public Cloud
2 99 (9.15%) Algorithms
3 96 (8.87%) Management Information System
4 82 (7.58%) PKI
5 70 (6.47%) CMDB
6 62 (5.73%) Cloud Native
7 52 (4.81%) Self-Motivation
8 42 (3.88%) Linux Command Line
9 38 (3.51%) Onboarding
10 29 (2.68%) Hybrid Cloud
11 27 (2.50%) Enterprise Software
12 26 (2.40%) Data Centre
13 20 (1.85%) Product Ownership
14 19 (1.76%) Data Structures
14 19 (1.76%) Driving Licence
15 15 (1.39%) Embedded Systems
15 15 (1.39%) Replication
16 14 (1.29%) Enterprise Cloud
17 13 (1.20%) Distributed Systems
17 13 (1.20%) GNSS
Operating Systems
1 317 (29.30%) Linux
2 239 (22.09%) Windows
3 84 (7.76%) Windows Server
4 67 (6.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 54 (4.99%) Ubuntu
6 52 (4.81%) Debian
7 41 (3.79%) Unix
8 32 (2.96%) CentOS
9 22 (2.03%) VMS
9 22 (2.03%) Windows 10
10 12 (1.11%) Android
11 10 (0.92%) Apple iOS
12 8 (0.74%) Solaris
12 8 (0.74%) Windows Server 2016
13 6 (0.55%) Mesosphere
14 5 (0.46%) Windows Server 2012
15 3 (0.28%) Oracle Linux
15 3 (0.28%) SUSE
15 3 (0.28%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
15 3 (0.28%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 335 (30.96%) Agile
2 295 (27.26%) DevOps
3 226 (20.89%) Software Engineering
4 220 (20.33%) CI/CD
5 205 (18.95%) Problem-Solving
6 174 (16.08%) Project Management
7 150 (13.86%) Infrastructure as Code
8 147 (13.59%) ITIL
9 144 (13.31%) Actionable Insight
10 141 (13.03%) Continuous Improvement
11 132 (12.20%) Computer Science
12 129 (11.92%) Migration
13 123 (11.37%) Change Management
14 108 (9.98%) Containerisation
15 106 (9.80%) Service Management
16 105 (9.70%) TOGAF
17 95 (8.78%) Presales
18 94 (8.69%) ITSM
19 93 (8.60%) SDLC
20 91 (8.41%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 285 (26.34%) Python
2 153 (14.14%) Java
3 135 (12.48%) Bash
4 129 (11.92%) SQL
5 115 (10.63%) PowerShell
6 79 (7.30%) JavaScript
7 62 (5.73%) C
8 57 (5.27%) Go
9 53 (4.90%) C#
9 53 (4.90%) Perl
10 48 (4.44%) Shell Script
11 47 (4.34%) C++
12 32 (2.96%) Ruby
13 27 (2.50%) Embedded C
14 25 (2.31%) MATLAB
15 24 (2.22%) TypeScript
16 21 (1.94%) T-SQL
17 17 (1.57%) PHP
18 13 (1.20%) Groovy
19 9 (0.83%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 250 (23.11%) Security Cleared
2 222 (20.52%) Degree
3 169 (15.62%) SC Cleared
4 82 (7.58%) DV Cleared
5 62 (5.73%) Computer Science Degree
6 36 (3.33%) Cisco Certification
7 32 (2.96%) Microsoft Certification
8 31 (2.87%) AWS Certification
9 26 (2.40%) Azure Certification
10 22 (2.03%) Master's Degree
10 22 (2.03%) PMI Certification
11 20 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
11 20 (1.85%) CCNA
12 19 (1.76%) PMP
13 18 (1.66%) CISSP
13 18 (1.66%) HND
14 17 (1.57%) A+ Certification
15 14 (1.29%) CCNP
16 12 (1.11%) APMG
17 11 (1.02%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (3.97%) QA
2 34 (3.14%) PMO
3 24 (2.22%) SLA
4 22 (2.03%) MISRA
5 16 (1.48%) Cyber Essentials
6 14 (1.29%) Automotive SPICE
6 14 (1.29%) AUTOSAR
6 14 (1.29%) ISO 26262
6 14 (1.29%) PCI DSS
6 14 (1.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 13 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (1.02%) Accessibility
9 10 (0.92%) HIPAA
10 9 (0.83%) Data Quality
10 9 (0.83%) JSP 440
10 9 (0.83%) RMADS
11 7 (0.65%) DO-178B
11 7 (0.65%) NIST
12 6 (0.55%) COBIT
12 6 (0.55%) Web Application Security Consortium
System Software
1 149 (13.77%) Docker
2 103 (9.52%) Active Directory
3 50 (4.62%) Virtual Machines
4 49 (4.53%) Hyper-V
5 44 (4.07%) VMware Infrastructure
6 20 (1.85%) Firmware
7 17 (1.57%) Embedded Firmware
8 16 (1.48%) pfSense
9 13 (1.20%) Virtual Desktop
10 10 (0.92%) NFS
11 9 (0.83%) DFS Replication
12 8 (0.74%) KVM
12 8 (0.74%) VMware ESXi
12 8 (0.74%) vSphere
13 6 (0.55%) VirtualBox
14 3 (0.28%) Ceph
14 3 (0.28%) Gluster
14 3 (0.28%) oVirt
14 3 (0.28%) Xen
15 2 (0.18%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 237 (21.90%) Ansible
2 219 (20.24%) Kubernetes
3 196 (18.11%) Terraform
4 153 (14.14%) Puppet
5 114 (10.54%) Progress Chef
6 45 (4.16%) Grafana
7 40 (3.70%) Prometheus
8 30 (2.77%) ZABBIX
9 20 (1.85%) Microsoft Intune
10 18 (1.66%) Salt
10 18 (1.66%) SCOM
11 17 (1.57%) SCCM
12 15 (1.39%) Packer
13 11 (1.02%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 11 (1.02%) Docker Swarm
13 11 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
14 10 (0.92%) Kibana
14 10 (0.92%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
14 10 (0.92%) SCDPM
15 9 (0.83%) Nagios
Vendors
1 282 (26.06%) Microsoft
2 122 (11.28%) Google
3 96 (8.87%) VMware
4 74 (6.84%) Red Hat
5 71 (6.56%) ServiceNow
6 58 (5.36%) SaltStack
7 37 (3.42%) Cisco
8 31 (2.87%) Oracle
9 28 (2.59%) Juniper
10 27 (2.50%) IBM
11 21 (1.94%) Lauterbach
11 21 (1.94%) Veeam
12 18 (1.66%) Fortinet
12 18 (1.66%) New Relic
13 17 (1.57%) Dynatrace
13 17 (1.57%) Snow
14 16 (1.48%) Splunk
15 15 (1.39%) Atlassian
15 15 (1.39%) Citrix
15 15 (1.39%) EMC