Chef
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Progress Chef skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Progress Chef over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 690 343 359
Rank change year-on-year -347 +16 -103
Permanent jobs citing Progress Chef 227 947 1,767
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.97% 1.06%
As % of the Systems Management category 2.30% 6.64% 5.74%
Number of salaries quoted 162 354 703
10th Percentile £43,875 £50,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £61,250 £61,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,576 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.90% +7.14% +12.00%
75th Percentile £84,688 £95,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £94,750 £106,000 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +16.67% -

All Systems Management Skills
UK

Progress Chef is in the Systems Management category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 9,853 14,263 30,780
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.60% 14.65% 18.44%
Number of salaries quoted 7,027 8,875 14,106
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,400 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,000 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.63% -3.57% +9.38%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £101,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £59,526 £59,000
% change year-on-year -7.60% +0.89% +7.27%

Progress Chef
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Progress Chef as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Progress Chef in the UK

Progress Chef
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Progress Chef.

Salary trend for Progress Chef in the UK

Progress Chef
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Progress Chef over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Progress Chef in the UK

Progress Chef
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Progress Chef within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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 -316 193 £70,576 -5.90% 101
UK excluding London -320 140 £70,000 - 68
Work from Home -89 99 £70,576 -5.90% 45
London -10 80 £75,000 -6.25% 37
North of England -17 49 £60,000 -12.37% 19
North West -19 31 £57,500 -1.73% 12
South West -36 30 £70,000 - 11
Yorkshire +41 17 £70,576 +0.82% 3
Scotland -57 16 £70,576 +8.58% 7
Midlands -182 16 £87,500 +25.00% 9
East Midlands -93 14 £87,500 +25.00%
East of England -3 13 £65,000 -27.78% 7
Wales -2 11 £70,576 +101.64% 6
Northern Ireland +21 3 £70,000 +7.69% 1
West Midlands -130 2 £80,000 +10.34% 9
South East -151 2 £120,000 +54.84% 9
North East -8 1 - - 4

Progress Chef
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 16 (7.05%) Apache
2 9 (3.96%) nginx
3 7 (3.08%) OpenStack
4 6 (2.64%) Confluence
4 6 (2.64%) JBoss
5 3 (1.32%) Apache Spark
5 3 (1.32%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.88%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.88%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.44%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.88%) Misys Midas
2 1 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 130 (57.27%) Azure
2 116 (51.10%) AWS
3 55 (24.23%) GCP
4 34 (14.98%) OpenShift
5 31 (13.66%) Azure DevOps
6 24 (10.57%) GitHub
7 20 (8.81%) Amazon S3
8 18 (7.93%) Serverless
9 17 (7.49%) AWS CloudFormation
9 17 (7.49%) AWS Lambda
10 16 (7.05%) Amazon EC2
10 16 (7.05%) Amazon ECS
10 16 (7.05%) Datadog
11 15 (6.61%) Azure AKS
12 13 (5.73%) Amazon EKS
13 11 (4.85%) GitHub Actions
13 11 (4.85%) Pulumi
14 10 (4.41%) Azure Monitor
15 9 (3.96%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 8 (3.52%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (12.78%) Firewall
2 19 (8.37%) DNS
3 14 (6.17%) SSL
4 12 (5.29%) DHCP
5 10 (4.41%) Cisco ASA
5 10 (4.41%) HTTP
5 10 (4.41%) TCP/IP
5 10 (4.41%) VPN
6 9 (3.96%) WAN
7 8 (3.52%) BGP
7 8 (3.52%) DWDM
7 8 (3.52%) EIGRP
7 8 (3.52%) GLBP
7 8 (3.52%) IGRP
7 8 (3.52%) IPsec
7 8 (3.52%) MPLS
7 8 (3.52%) Multicast
7 8 (3.52%) OSPF
7 8 (3.52%) SNMP
8 7 (3.08%) DMVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.61%) PostgreSQL
1 15 (6.61%) SQL Server
2 13 (5.73%) MySQL
3 11 (4.85%) Amazon RDS
4 10 (4.41%) Azure SQL Database
5 9 (3.96%) Redis
6 8 (3.52%) Big Data
6 8 (3.52%) Elasticsearch
7 7 (3.08%) MariaDB
7 7 (3.08%) MongoDB
8 6 (2.64%) InfluxDB
8 6 (2.64%) Relational Database
8 6 (2.64%) SQLite
9 3 (1.32%) Flink
10 2 (0.88%) Amazon Aurora
10 2 (0.88%) Apache Hive
10 2 (0.88%) Apache Pinot
10 2 (0.88%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.88%) Presto
11 1 (0.44%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 85 (37.44%) Jenkins
2 48 (21.15%) Git
3 31 (13.66%) GitLab
4 21 (9.25%) Bitbucket
5 18 (7.93%) IBM UrbanCode
5 18 (7.93%) TeamCity
6 14 (6.17%) JIRA
7 12 (5.29%) SonarQube
8 11 (4.85%) Sonatype Nexus
9 10 (4.41%) Subversion
9 10 (4.41%) Team Foundation Server
10 8 (3.52%) Maven
10 8 (3.52%) Selenium
11 7 (3.08%) Octopus Deploy
12 6 (2.64%) CircleCI
13 5 (2.20%) Clang
14 4 (1.76%) Artifactory
15 3 (1.32%) MSBuild
15 3 (1.32%) TestNG
15 3 (1.32%) Travis CI
General
1 61 (26.87%) Social Skills
2 43 (18.94%) Finance
3 26 (11.45%) Banking
4 24 (10.57%) Retail
5 19 (8.37%) Presentation Skills
6 17 (7.49%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (4.41%) Automotive
7 10 (4.41%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (2.64%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (2.64%) Law
8 6 (2.64%) Public Sector
8 6 (2.64%) Tech for Good
9 5 (2.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.76%) Aerospace
10 4 (1.76%) Games
10 4 (1.76%) Marketing
11 3 (1.32%) Advertising
11 3 (1.32%) Legal
11 3 (1.32%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.32%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 95 (41.85%) DevOps Engineer
2 62 (27.31%) Senior
3 41 (18.06%) Senior DevOps
3 41 (18.06%) Senior DevOps Engineer
4 27 (11.89%) AWS Engineer
5 25 (11.01%) Architect
6 23 (10.13%) Azure Engineer
7 22 (9.69%) Platform Engineer
8 20 (8.81%) Software Engineer
9 18 (7.93%) Cloud Engineer
9 18 (7.93%) Linux Engineer
9 18 (7.93%) Support Engineer
10 17 (7.49%) Senior Support Engineer
11 15 (6.61%) AWS DevOps
11 15 (6.61%) AWS DevOps Engineer
11 15 (6.61%) Cloud Platform Engineer
11 15 (6.61%) Compiler Engineer
12 14 (6.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 11 (4.85%) Solutions Architect
14 10 (4.41%) Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (9.25%) .NET
2 15 (6.61%) LLVM
3 13 (5.73%) HTML
3 13 (5.73%) OAuth
4 12 (5.29%) XML
5 11 (4.85%) ARM Templates
5 11 (4.85%) React
6 9 (3.96%) Elastic Stack
6 9 (3.96%) Keycloak
7 8 (3.52%) 802.1X
8 7 (3.08%) .NET Framework
9 6 (2.64%) AWS CDK
9 6 (2.64%) CSS
9 6 (2.64%) CSS3
9 6 (2.64%) HTML5
9 6 (2.64%) OAuth2
9 6 (2.64%) OpenID
9 6 (2.64%) RabbitMQ
9 6 (2.64%) RESTful
10 5 (2.20%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 45 (19.82%) Public Cloud
2 19 (8.37%) Linux Command Line
3 17 (7.49%) Cloud Native
3 17 (7.49%) Greenfield Project
4 14 (6.17%) Product Ownership
5 13 (5.73%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (5.29%) Hybrid Cloud
7 11 (4.85%) Data Centre
7 11 (4.85%) IoT
8 9 (3.96%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (3.08%) Distributed Systems
10 6 (2.64%) FMCG
10 6 (2.64%) Mobile App
11 5 (2.20%) Virtual Team
12 3 (1.32%) Private Cloud
12 3 (1.32%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 2 (0.88%) Client/Server
13 2 (0.88%) Clustering
13 2 (0.88%) Cyberattack
13 2 (0.88%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 135 (59.47%) Linux
2 59 (25.99%) Windows
3 19 (8.37%) Unix
4 14 (6.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (3.96%) Ubuntu
6 8 (3.52%) CentOS
7 6 (2.64%) Mesosphere
7 6 (2.64%) Windows 10
8 5 (2.20%) Apple iOS
9 4 (1.76%) Debian
9 4 (1.76%) Solaris
10 2 (0.88%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.88%) Windows Server
10 2 (0.88%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.88%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.44%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.44%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 157 (69.16%) DevOps
2 113 (49.78%) Configuration Management
3 95 (41.85%) Agile
4 74 (32.60%) Infrastructure as Code
5 70 (30.84%) CI/CD
6 53 (23.35%) Mentoring
7 45 (19.82%) Continuous Integration
8 40 (17.62%) Software Engineering
9 38 (16.74%) Technical Leadership
10 37 (16.30%) Problem-Solving
11 36 (15.86%) Open Source
11 36 (15.86%) Test Automation
12 30 (13.22%) Containerisation
13 28 (12.33%) Platform Engineering
13 28 (12.33%) Roadmaps
14 23 (10.13%) Software Delivery
15 22 (9.69%) Coaching
16 21 (9.25%) Customer Service
16 21 (9.25%) ITIL
17 19 (8.37%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 108 (47.58%) Python
2 61 (26.87%) Bash
3 48 (21.15%) PowerShell
4 46 (20.26%) SQL
5 45 (19.82%) Java
6 33 (14.54%) JavaScript
7 27 (11.89%) C#
8 25 (11.01%) Groovy
8 25 (11.01%) Shell Script
9 24 (10.57%) Go
9 24 (10.57%) Ruby
10 20 (8.81%) C
11 19 (8.37%) Perl
12 13 (5.73%) PHP
13 11 (4.85%) TypeScript
14 6 (2.64%) C++
15 5 (2.20%) Fortran
16 4 (1.76%) Bicep
16 4 (1.76%) Lua
16 4 (1.76%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 39 (17.18%) Security Cleared
2 32 (14.10%) Degree
3 19 (8.37%) SC Cleared
4 14 (6.17%) DV Cleared
5 11 (4.85%) AWS Certification
6 10 (4.41%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (3.52%) Azure Certification
8 7 (3.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 7 (3.08%) CCNA
8 7 (3.08%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.32%) Linux+ Certification
9 3 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (1.32%) RHCE
10 2 (0.88%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 1 (0.44%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
11 1 (0.44%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.44%) MCSA
11 1 (0.44%) MCSE
11 1 (0.44%) OCP
11 1 (0.44%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.08%) QA
2 1 (0.44%) GDPR
2 1 (0.44%) ISO 15022
2 1 (0.44%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 87 (38.33%) Docker
2 12 (5.29%) Virtual Machines
2 12 (5.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (4.41%) Hyper-V
4 9 (3.96%) Active Directory
5 7 (3.08%) KVM
5 7 (3.08%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (1.76%) VirtualBox
6 4 (1.76%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.88%) Shibboleth
8 1 (0.44%) etcd
Systems Management
1 178 (78.41%) Ansible
2 133 (58.59%) Puppet
3 113 (49.78%) Terraform
4 107 (47.14%) Kubernetes
5 30 (13.22%) Prometheus
6 24 (10.57%) Grafana
7 13 (5.73%) Single Sign-On
8 12 (5.29%) Salt
9 11 (4.85%) Docker Swarm
10 10 (4.41%) Nagios
11 6 (2.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 6 (2.64%) Argo
11 6 (2.64%) Packer
12 5 (2.20%) Jamf Pro
12 5 (2.20%) Microsoft Intune
13 4 (1.76%) Kibana
13 4 (1.76%) logstash
13 4 (1.76%) vRealize
14 3 (1.32%) HAProxy
14 3 (1.32%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 37 (16.30%) Google
2 28 (12.33%) Microsoft
2 28 (12.33%) Red Hat
3 26 (11.45%) VMware
4 23 (10.13%) Cisco
5 18 (7.93%) New Relic
6 17 (7.49%) IBM
7 15 (6.61%) Splunk
8 14 (6.17%) SaltStack
9 11 (4.85%) Atlassian
10 10 (4.41%) Oracle
11 9 (3.96%) ServiceNow
12 8 (3.52%) Arista
12 8 (3.52%) Fortinet
12 8 (3.52%) Juniper
12 8 (3.52%) Tufin
13 7 (3.08%) ForgeRock
13 7 (3.08%) Zscaler
14 6 (2.64%) Apple
15 2 (0.88%) Citrix