Configuration Management Jobs with Work from Home Options

Configuration Management
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 260 246 230
Rank change year-on-year -14 -16 -33
Permanent jobs citing Configuration Management 417 563 1,309
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.23% 1.39% 1.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.35% 1.44% 1.91%
Number of salaries quoted 250 404 723
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £49,063 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,787 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.88% +7.69% -
75th Percentile £80,938 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £97,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +12.00% +4.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 30,860 38,962 68,422
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.20% 96.03% 97.03%
Number of salaries quoted 23,358 27,133 41,275
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

Configuration Management
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Configuration Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Configuration Management trend for jobs with a WFH option

Configuration Management
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing Configuration Management over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

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 23 (5.52%) Confluence
2 21 (5.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (3.84%) SharePoint
4 7 (1.68%) nginx
5 3 (0.72%) CloudStack
6 2 (0.48%) Apache
6 2 (0.48%) CMS
6 2 (0.48%) Drupal
6 2 (0.48%) WordPress
7 1 (0.24%) Tomcat
Applications
1 8 (1.92%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.68%) Simulink
2 7 (1.68%) Stateflow
3 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.48%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.24%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 178 (42.69%) Azure
2 175 (41.97%) AWS
3 123 (29.50%) Microsoft 365
4 100 (23.98%) SaaS
5 93 (22.30%) GCP
6 28 (6.71%) Azure DevOps
7 26 (6.24%) GitHub
8 20 (4.80%) Serverless
9 16 (3.84%) Amazon EC2
10 15 (3.60%) Amazon S3
10 15 (3.60%) AWS Lambda
10 15 (3.60%) Dynamics 365
11 13 (3.12%) AWS CloudFormation
12 12 (2.88%) PaaS
12 12 (2.88%) Power Platform
12 12 (2.88%) Pulumi
13 11 (2.64%) Azure AKS
13 11 (2.64%) IaaS
14 9 (2.16%) Datadog
15 8 (1.92%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 31 (7.43%) Firewall
2 28 (6.71%) VPN
3 25 (6.00%) DNS
4 18 (4.32%) DHCP
5 17 (4.08%) 5G
6 14 (3.36%) TCP/IP
7 12 (2.88%) WAN
8 11 (2.64%) Network Security
9 8 (1.92%) IPv4
10 7 (1.68%) NGFW
10 7 (1.68%) OSPF
10 7 (1.68%) VLAN
11 6 (1.44%) LAN
11 6 (1.44%) SD-WAN
12 5 (1.20%) BGP
12 5 (1.20%) HTTP
12 5 (1.20%) MPLS
12 5 (1.20%) SAN
12 5 (1.20%) SSL
12 5 (1.20%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (5.52%) SQL Server
2 15 (3.60%) Azure SQL Database
3 14 (3.36%) Amazon RDS
3 14 (3.36%) NoSQL
4 13 (3.12%) Relational Database
5 11 (2.64%) Power BI
6 10 (2.40%) MySQL
7 8 (1.92%) Redis
8 7 (1.68%) MariaDB
8 7 (1.68%) MongoDB
8 7 (1.68%) PostgreSQL
9 6 (1.44%) InfluxDB
9 6 (1.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 6 (1.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 5 (1.20%) RDBMS
11 3 (0.72%) BigQuery
11 3 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
12 1 (0.24%) Crystal Reports
12 1 (0.24%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 43 (10.31%) Jenkins
2 41 (9.83%) JIRA
3 26 (6.24%) Git
4 20 (4.80%) Subversion
5 15 (3.60%) CMake
6 14 (3.36%) GitLab
7 10 (2.40%) Trac
8 9 (2.16%) Bitbucket
8 9 (2.16%) Rational DOORS
9 7 (1.68%) ClearCase
9 7 (1.68%) ClearQuest
9 7 (1.68%) Plastic SCM
9 7 (1.68%) Sonatype Nexus
9 7 (1.68%) Team Foundation Server
10 5 (1.20%) DTrace
10 5 (1.20%) GDB
10 5 (1.20%) LabVIEW
10 5 (1.20%) Rational Rhapsody
11 3 (0.72%) CircleCI
12 2 (0.48%) TeamCity
General
1 81 (19.42%) Presentation Skills
2 69 (16.55%) Social Skills
3 50 (11.99%) Finance
4 29 (6.95%) Legal
5 27 (6.47%) Analytical Skills
6 21 (5.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 19 (4.56%) Military
7 19 (4.56%) Telecoms
8 16 (3.84%) Retail
9 15 (3.60%) Aerospace
10 12 (2.88%) Automotive
11 10 (2.40%) Law
12 8 (1.92%) Public Sector
13 7 (1.68%) Electronics
14 6 (1.44%) Manufacturing
14 6 (1.44%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (1.44%) Tech for Good
15 5 (1.20%) Fire and Rescue
15 5 (1.20%) Marketing
16 4 (0.96%) Banking
Job Titles
1 88 (21.10%) Architect
2 81 (19.42%) Cloud Architect
3 50 (11.99%) Senior
4 47 (11.27%) DevOps Engineer
5 39 (9.35%) Software Engineer
6 38 (9.11%) Lead
7 29 (6.95%) Platform Engineer
8 28 (6.71%) Azure Engineer
8 28 (6.71%) Cloud Engineer
8 28 (6.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 25 (6.00%) AWS Engineer
10 23 (5.52%) Cloud Platform Engineer
11 20 (4.80%) C++ Software Engineer
12 18 (4.32%) Senior Software Engineer
13 16 (3.84%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
14 15 (3.60%) Analyst
14 15 (3.60%) Automation Engineer
15 12 (2.88%) Business Manager
15 12 (2.88%) Cloud Automation Engineer
15 12 (2.88%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (4.80%) XML
2 15 (3.60%) MFC
2 15 (3.60%) Qt
2 15 (3.60%) STL
3 10 (2.40%) JSON
4 9 (2.16%) Elastic Stack
4 9 (2.16%) React
5 8 (1.92%) ADO
5 8 (1.92%) ARM Templates
6 7 (1.68%) Spring
7 6 (1.44%) .NET
7 6 (1.44%) HTML
7 6 (1.44%) REST
7 6 (1.44%) SOAP
7 6 (1.44%) Web Services
8 5 (1.20%) RabbitMQ
8 5 (1.20%) SAML
9 4 (0.96%) Middleware
9 4 (0.96%) Node.js
9 4 (0.96%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 86 (20.62%) Public Cloud
2 81 (19.42%) PKI
3 46 (11.03%) Algorithms
4 29 (6.95%) Management Information System
5 26 (6.24%) CMDB
5 26 (6.24%) Linux Command Line
6 19 (4.56%) Data Centre
6 19 (4.56%) Data Structures
6 19 (4.56%) Hybrid Cloud
6 19 (4.56%) Product Ownership
7 15 (3.60%) Cloud Native
8 14 (3.36%) Self-Motivation
9 12 (2.88%) Enterprise Software
10 10 (2.40%) Distributed Systems
10 10 (2.40%) Embedded Systems
11 6 (1.44%) Client/Server
11 6 (1.44%) Replication
12 5 (1.20%) Virtual Team
13 4 (0.96%) Enterprise Cloud
14 3 (0.72%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 103 (24.70%) Linux
2 100 (23.98%) Windows
3 37 (8.87%) Windows Server
4 18 (4.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 14 (3.36%) Unix
6 9 (2.16%) Android
6 9 (2.16%) Apple iOS
7 6 (1.44%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (1.20%) VMS
9 3 (0.72%) SUSE
9 3 (0.72%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 3 (0.72%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.72%) Windows Embedded Compact
9 3 (0.72%) Windows Vista
10 2 (0.48%) CentOS
11 1 (0.24%) Debian
11 1 (0.24%) Fedora
11 1 (0.24%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (30.22%) Project Management
2 113 (27.10%) DevOps
3 104 (24.94%) Migration
4 100 (23.98%) TOGAF
5 97 (23.26%) Actionable Insight
5 97 (23.26%) Agile
6 81 (19.42%) Application Virtualisation
6 81 (19.42%) Presales
7 75 (17.99%) Problem-Solving
8 73 (17.51%) Software Engineering
9 68 (16.31%) Infrastructure as Code
10 67 (16.07%) CI/CD
11 63 (15.11%) Continuous Improvement
12 54 (12.95%) ITIL
13 53 (12.71%) Computer Science
14 46 (11.03%) Mentoring
15 44 (10.55%) Platform Engineering
16 41 (9.83%) Information Security
16 41 (9.83%) Service Management
17 34 (8.15%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 96 (23.02%) Python
2 67 (16.07%) PowerShell
3 45 (10.79%) SQL
4 44 (10.55%) Java
5 33 (7.91%) Go
6 28 (6.71%) Bash
7 26 (6.24%) C#
8 23 (5.52%) Ruby
9 22 (5.28%) C
10 21 (5.04%) C++
10 21 (5.04%) JavaScript
11 17 (4.08%) Perl
12 16 (3.84%) PHP
13 15 (3.60%) TypeScript
14 12 (2.88%) Groovy
14 12 (2.88%) Shell Script
15 9 (2.16%) MATLAB
16 8 (1.92%) Embedded C
17 7 (1.68%) T-SQL
18 5 (1.20%) OCaml
Qualifications
1 97 (23.26%) Degree
2 91 (21.82%) Security Cleared
3 56 (13.43%) SC Cleared
4 33 (7.91%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (4.08%) BPSS Clearance
6 15 (3.60%) PMI Certification
7 13 (3.12%) Master's Degree
8 12 (2.88%) APMG
8 12 (2.88%) PMP
9 11 (2.64%) Cisco Certification
9 11 (2.64%) CISM
9 11 (2.64%) CISSP
10 10 (2.40%) Azure Certification
11 9 (2.16%) DV Cleared
12 7 (1.68%) Microsoft Certification
12 7 (1.68%) Numerate Degree
13 6 (1.44%) AWS Certification
13 6 (1.44%) CCNA
13 6 (1.44%) GIAC
13 6 (1.44%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (4.56%) QA
2 10 (2.40%) SLA
3 8 (1.92%) MISRA
4 6 (1.44%) Accessibility
4 6 (1.44%) COBIT
4 6 (1.44%) NIST
4 6 (1.44%) Web Application Security Consortium
5 5 (1.20%) JSP 440
5 5 (1.20%) NCSC
5 5 (1.20%) RMADS
6 4 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.72%) GDPR
7 3 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.48%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.48%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 12207
8 2 (0.48%) PMO
9 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.24%) GRC
9 1 (0.24%) SEPA
System Software
1 66 (15.83%) Docker
2 46 (11.03%) Active Directory
3 26 (6.24%) Virtual Machines
4 25 (6.00%) Hyper-V
5 16 (3.84%) pfSense
6 10 (2.40%) NFS
6 10 (2.40%) VMware Infrastructure
7 8 (1.92%) DFS Replication
7 8 (1.92%) Virtual Desktop
8 7 (1.68%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.72%) Ceph
9 3 (0.72%) Gluster
9 3 (0.72%) KVM
9 3 (0.72%) oVirt
10 1 (0.24%) Shibboleth
10 1 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 88 (21.10%) Kubernetes
2 87 (20.86%) Ansible
3 73 (17.51%) Terraform
4 54 (12.95%) Puppet
5 48 (11.51%) Progress Chef
6 32 (7.67%) Grafana
7 22 (5.28%) Prometheus
8 19 (4.56%) ZABBIX
9 16 (3.84%) Microsoft Intune
10 13 (3.12%) Salt
11 10 (2.40%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 10 (2.40%) SCDPM
12 9 (2.16%) SCCM
13 8 (1.92%) Packer
14 6 (1.44%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
15 5 (1.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 5 (1.20%) Docker Swarm
15 5 (1.20%) Rancher
15 5 (1.20%) SCOM
15 5 (1.20%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 161 (38.61%) Microsoft
2 86 (20.62%) Google
3 43 (10.31%) VMware
4 37 (8.87%) ServiceNow
5 18 (4.32%) Fortinet
6 16 (3.84%) Juniper
7 15 (3.60%) Veeam
8 12 (2.88%) IBM
8 12 (2.88%) Oracle
8 12 (2.88%) Salesforce
8 12 (2.88%) SaltStack
9 10 (2.40%) Cisco
9 10 (2.40%) McAfee
10 9 (2.16%) New Relic
11 7 (1.68%) Lauterbach
11 7 (1.68%) Red Hat
12 6 (1.44%) Meraki
13 5 (1.20%) Citrix
14 4 (0.96%) Atlassian
14 4 (0.96%) HP