Capacity Planning Jobs

Capacity Planning
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Capacity Planning skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Capacity Planning 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 552 553 625
Rank change year-on-year +1 +72 -36
Permanent jobs citing Capacity Planning 398 438 812
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.38% 0.46% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.45% 0.48% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 252 238 443
10th Percentile £31,250 £39,738 £36,275
25th Percentile £42,188 £45,500 £43,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% +3.28%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,375 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £51,950 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.57% -1.05% +12.30%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Capacity Planning 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 87,829 90,354 161,874
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.68% 95.46% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 61,251 54,292 82,971
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +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%

Capacity Planning
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Capacity Planning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Capacity Planning in the UK

Capacity Planning
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Capacity Planning.

Salary trend for Capacity Planning in the UK

Capacity Planning
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Capacity Planning over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Capacity Planning in the UK

Capacity Planning
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Capacity Planning within the UK 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
England -38 307 £55,000 -8.33% 92
UK excluding London -28 301 £47,500 -8.57% 60
Work from Home +66 134 £67,500 +12.50% 38
London +89 85 £73,750 +5.36% 42
South East +27 78 £62,500 -1.57% 21
North of England +15 62 £51,750 +3.50% 7
Wales +60 53 £46,604 +9.66% 5
North West +34 53 £51,000 - 2
Midlands -84 43 £45,000 -5.26% 13
West Midlands -29 34 £45,000 +3.09% 5
Scotland -57 25 £32,500 -33.67% 7
South West -20 23 £47,500 -1.04% 4
East of England -5 12 £42,250 -29.58% 5
Yorkshire +22 9 £57,500 +4.55% 3
East Midlands -81 9 £26,500 -53.91% 8
Isle of Man - 4 - -
Northern Ireland +17 1 - - 1

Capacity Planning
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 (11.31%) WebLogic
2 44 (11.06%) Oracle Service Bus
3 30 (7.54%) IIS
4 23 (5.78%) Microsoft Exchange
5 17 (4.27%) SharePoint
6 4 (1.01%) Apache
6 4 (1.01%) Confluence
6 4 (1.01%) SAS
7 1 (0.25%) CICS
7 1 (0.25%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 64 (16.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 57 (14.32%) Microsoft Office
3 49 (12.31%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.01%) SPSS
5 3 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 53 (13.32%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (1.01%) NEC Housing
3 2 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.50%) Primavera
3 2 (0.50%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.25%) SAP Business One
4 1 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 155 (38.94%) Azure
2 83 (20.85%) AWS
3 64 (16.08%) Microsoft 365
4 37 (9.30%) GCP
5 21 (5.28%) Cloud Computing
5 21 (5.28%) Power Platform
6 19 (4.77%) Entra ID
6 19 (4.77%) IaaS
7 16 (4.02%) Nutanix
8 13 (3.27%) OneDrive
9 11 (2.76%) Amazon S3
10 10 (2.51%) Azure Storage
11 9 (2.26%) Azure Monitor
12 8 (2.01%) Azure DevOps
13 7 (1.76%) Mavenlink
13 7 (1.76%) PaaS
13 7 (1.76%) Power Automate
13 7 (1.76%) PowerApps
14 3 (0.75%) Azure Service Fabric
14 3 (0.75%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 72 (18.09%) DNS
2 66 (16.58%) Firewall
3 65 (16.33%) WAN
4 50 (12.56%) DHCP
5 33 (8.29%) LAN
6 29 (7.29%) VPN
7 28 (7.04%) SAN
8 25 (6.28%) TCP/IP
9 24 (6.03%) Network Security
10 22 (5.53%) Wireless
11 20 (5.03%) Wi-Fi
12 18 (4.52%) SD-WAN
13 14 (3.52%) IPsec
13 14 (3.52%) iSCSI
13 14 (3.52%) Unified Communications
14 13 (3.27%) Internet
14 13 (3.27%) SNMP
14 13 (3.27%) VLAN
15 12 (3.02%) MPLS
16 11 (2.76%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (12.81%) Oracle Database
1 51 (12.81%) SQL Server
2 45 (11.31%) Oracle Database 11g
3 44 (11.06%) Oracle Database 10g
3 44 (11.06%) VLDB
4 34 (8.54%) MySQL
5 26 (6.53%) RDBMS
5 26 (6.53%) Relational Database
6 18 (4.52%) NoSQL
7 14 (3.52%) Power BI
8 12 (3.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 10 (2.51%) MongoDB
10 9 (2.26%) Tableau
11 8 (2.01%) Elasticsearch
12 6 (1.51%) PostgreSQL
13 5 (1.26%) DB2
14 4 (1.01%) Amazon QuickSight
15 3 (0.75%) Azure SQL Database
15 3 (0.75%) Big Data
15 3 (0.75%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 16 (4.02%) JIRA
2 12 (3.02%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.50%) Git
3 2 (0.50%) Sonatype Nexus
3 2 (0.50%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.25%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 134 (33.67%) Analytical Skills
2 100 (25.13%) Social Skills
3 84 (21.11%) Finance
4 26 (6.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 18 (4.52%) Manufacturing
6 17 (4.27%) Telecoms
7 15 (3.77%) Police
8 14 (3.52%) Local Government
9 12 (3.02%) Aerospace
9 12 (3.02%) Law
10 8 (2.01%) Influencing Skills
10 8 (2.01%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (1.76%) Retail
12 6 (1.51%) Pharmaceutical
13 5 (1.26%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (1.01%) Public Sector
15 3 (0.75%) Automotive
15 3 (0.75%) Aviation
15 3 (0.75%) Legal
16 2 (0.50%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 78 (19.60%) Analyst
2 50 (12.56%) Senior
3 46 (11.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 45 (11.31%) Applications Support
5 44 (11.06%) Applications Support Analyst
5 44 (11.06%) Oracle Analyst
5 44 (11.06%) Oracle Support Analyst
5 44 (11.06%) SQL Analyst
5 44 (11.06%) SQL Support Analyst
5 44 (11.06%) Support Analyst
6 43 (10.80%) DBA
7 41 (10.30%) Network Engineer
8 26 (6.53%) Administrator
8 26 (6.53%) Lead
9 25 (6.28%) Oracle DBA
10 24 (6.03%) Systems Engineer
11 22 (5.53%) Cloud Engineer
12 19 (4.77%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 18 (4.52%) Infrastructure Manager
14 17 (4.27%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.01%) Elastic Stack
1 8 (2.01%) YAML
2 5 (1.26%) .NET
2 5 (1.26%) ARM Templates
2 5 (1.26%) LDAP
2 5 (1.26%) NETCONF
3 4 (1.01%) Akka
3 4 (1.01%) JSON
3 4 (1.01%) Web Services
4 3 (0.75%) .NET Framework
4 3 (0.75%) Keycloak
4 3 (0.75%) Middleware
5 2 (0.50%) .NET Core
5 2 (0.50%) 802.1X
5 2 (0.50%) AngularJS
5 2 (0.50%) ASP.NET
5 2 (0.50%) AWS CDK
5 2 (0.50%) Node.js
5 2 (0.50%) XML
6 1 (0.25%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 41 (10.30%) Management Information System
2 37 (9.30%) Public Cloud
3 28 (7.04%) Clustering
4 22 (5.53%) PMI
5 20 (5.03%) Data Centre
6 18 (4.52%) Distributed Systems
7 16 (4.02%) IoT
8 15 (3.77%) Replication
9 12 (3.02%) Onboarding
9 12 (3.02%) PKI
10 10 (2.51%) Cyber Threat
11 9 (2.26%) Linux Command Line
12 8 (2.01%) Data Structures
13 7 (1.76%) Client/Server
13 7 (1.76%) Team-Oriented Environment
14 6 (1.51%) Analytical Mindset
15 5 (1.26%) Driving Licence
15 5 (1.26%) Hybrid Cloud
16 4 (1.01%) Product Ownership
16 4 (1.01%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 127 (31.91%) Linux
2 102 (25.63%) Windows
3 66 (16.58%) Unix
4 45 (11.31%) Solaris
5 37 (9.30%) Windows Server
6 5 (1.26%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (1.26%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (1.26%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (1.01%) AIX
7 4 (1.01%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.75%) CatOS
8 3 (0.75%) CentOS
9 2 (0.50%) zOS
10 1 (0.25%) Android
10 1 (0.25%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.25%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (28.39%) Problem-Solving
2 96 (24.12%) Disaster Recovery
3 94 (23.62%) Incident Management
4 87 (21.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 82 (20.60%) Performance Tuning
6 79 (19.85%) Artificial Intelligence
7 73 (18.34%) ITIL
8 67 (16.83%) Performance Monitoring
8 67 (16.83%) Project Management
9 63 (15.83%) Actionable Insight
9 63 (15.83%) ITSM
10 61 (15.33%) Continuous Improvement
11 58 (14.57%) Capacity Management
12 55 (13.82%) High Availability
13 49 (12.31%) DevOps
14 48 (12.06%) Release Management
15 47 (11.81%) Decision-Making
15 47 (11.81%) Performance Analysis
16 46 (11.56%) Change Management
17 43 (10.80%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 119 (29.90%) SQL
2 50 (12.56%) PL/SQL
3 36 (9.05%) Python
4 35 (8.79%) Bash
4 35 (8.79%) PowerShell
5 26 (6.53%) Perl
6 24 (6.03%) Java
7 8 (2.01%) T-SQL
8 7 (1.76%) Shell Script
9 4 (1.01%) VBA
10 3 (0.75%) C#
11 2 (0.50%) COBOL
11 2 (0.50%) PHP
11 2 (0.50%) R
11 2 (0.50%) REXX
12 1 (0.25%) C++
12 1 (0.25%) JCL
12 1 (0.25%) ProC
12 1 (0.25%) sed
12 1 (0.25%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 146 (36.68%) Degree
2 95 (23.87%) Security Cleared
3 64 (16.08%) SC Cleared
4 24 (6.03%) Computer Science Degree
4 24 (6.03%) PMI Certification
5 22 (5.53%) Cisco Certification
6 18 (4.52%) Azure Certification
7 17 (4.27%) CCNA
8 16 (4.02%) CCNP
9 9 (2.26%) PhD
10 8 (2.01%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 7 (1.76%) Numerate Degree
12 6 (1.51%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (1.26%) JNCIA
14 4 (1.01%) AWS Certification
14 4 (1.01%) CCIE
15 3 (0.75%) Check Point Certification
15 3 (0.75%) CISSP
15 3 (0.75%) Linux+ Certification
15 3 (0.75%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (13.32%) SLA
2 18 (4.52%) Data Quality
3 13 (3.27%) GDPR
4 10 (2.51%) PMO
5 5 (1.26%) HIPAA
5 5 (1.26%) QA
6 4 (1.01%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.01%) ISO 14001
6 4 (1.01%) ISO 9001
7 3 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.50%) P3O
8 2 (0.50%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.25%) NCSC
9 1 (0.25%) NIST
9 1 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 77 (19.35%) Active Directory
2 49 (12.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 47 (11.81%) Oracle RAC
4 22 (5.53%) Virtual Machines
5 19 (4.77%) Hyper-V
6 18 (4.52%) VMware NSX
7 17 (4.27%) Docker
8 13 (3.27%) VMware ESXi
9 11 (2.76%) Virtual Desktop
10 9 (2.26%) Firmware
11 3 (0.75%) KVM
11 3 (0.75%) Virtual Servers
11 3 (0.75%) vSphere
12 2 (0.50%) NFS
13 1 (0.25%) RACF
13 1 (0.25%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 48 (12.06%) Data Guard
1 48 (12.06%) Oracle RMAN
2 26 (6.53%) Terraform
3 24 (6.03%) Ansible
4 17 (4.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 17 (4.27%) Kubernetes
5 16 (4.02%) Microsoft Intune
6 12 (3.02%) Opsgenie
6 12 (3.02%) VxRail
6 12 (3.02%) ZABBIX
7 11 (2.76%) Grafana
7 11 (2.76%) Puppet
7 11 (2.76%) vCenter Server
8 8 (2.01%) Graphite
8 8 (2.01%) HAProxy
8 8 (2.01%) Nagios
9 5 (1.26%) WSUS
10 3 (0.75%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.75%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.25%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 131 (32.91%) Microsoft
2 94 (23.62%) VMware
3 71 (17.84%) Oracle
4 53 (13.32%) Remedy
5 44 (11.06%) Sun
6 40 (10.05%) Cisco
7 33 (8.29%) Fortinet
8 23 (5.78%) SolarWinds
9 19 (4.77%) Dell
10 18 (4.52%) Citrix
11 16 (4.02%) NetApp
12 11 (2.76%) BT
12 11 (2.76%) Juniper
13 10 (2.51%) BMC
13 10 (2.51%) Google
13 10 (2.51%) Mitel
14 9 (2.26%) Veeam
15 8 (2.01%) ANSYS
16 6 (1.51%) CheckPoint
16 6 (1.51%) IBM