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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 535 581 615
Rank change year-on-year +46 +34 -16
Permanent jobs citing Capacity Planning 389 444 812
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.39% 0.45% 0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.46% 0.47% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 248 233 458
10th Percentile £31,250 £39,250 £36,638
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £44,202
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £58,492
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -1.70% +5.06%
75th Percentile £72,313 £71,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,835 £52,500
% change year-on-year -6.56% -3.17% +10.53%

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 85,108 95,066 155,930
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.18% 95.58% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 59,794 56,135 83,138
10th Percentile £29,071 £34,000 £33,645
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% +10.53%

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 20 May 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 20 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 0 297 £55,000 -8.33% 104
UK excluding London -12 297 £47,500 -6.56% 71
Work from Home +96 130 £67,500 +12.50% 43
London +72 80 £75,000 +7.14% 34
South East +50 78 £62,500 -6.72% 21
North of England +19 61 £52,500 +7.14% 12
North West +37 53 £51,750 +1.47% 8
Wales - 53 £46,604 - 2
Midlands -81 43 £43,750 -7.89% 20
West Midlands -8 34 £45,000 - 14
Scotland -54 25 £32,500 -33.67% 7
South West -22 20 £47,500 +3.26% 3
East of England -1 12 £42,250 -29.58% 8
East Midlands -75 9 £26,500 -50.70% 6
Yorkshire +43 8 £57,500 +4.55% 2
Isle of Man - 4 - -
Northern Ireland +28 1 - - 2

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 (11.57%) WebLogic
2 44 (11.31%) Oracle Service Bus
3 32 (8.23%) IIS
4 23 (5.91%) Microsoft Exchange
5 17 (4.37%) SharePoint
6 4 (1.03%) Confluence
6 4 (1.03%) SAS
7 3 (0.77%) Apache
8 1 (0.26%) CICS
8 1 (0.26%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 64 (16.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 57 (14.65%) Microsoft Office
3 49 (12.60%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.03%) SPSS
5 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 51 (13.11%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (1.03%) NEC Housing
3 2 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.51%) Primavera
3 2 (0.51%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.26%) SAP Business One
4 1 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 152 (39.07%) Azure
2 84 (21.59%) AWS
3 62 (15.94%) Microsoft 365
4 39 (10.03%) GCP
5 23 (5.91%) Cloud Computing
6 21 (5.40%) Power Platform
7 19 (4.88%) IaaS
8 17 (4.37%) Entra ID
9 16 (4.11%) Nutanix
10 13 (3.34%) OneDrive
11 12 (3.08%) Amazon S3
12 8 (2.06%) Azure Storage
13 7 (1.80%) Azure DevOps
13 7 (1.80%) Azure Monitor
13 7 (1.80%) Mavenlink
13 7 (1.80%) Power Automate
13 7 (1.80%) PowerApps
14 5 (1.29%) PaaS
15 3 (0.77%) SaaS
15 3 (0.77%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 71 (18.25%) DNS
2 64 (16.45%) WAN
3 62 (15.94%) Firewall
4 48 (12.34%) DHCP
5 30 (7.71%) LAN
6 24 (6.17%) SAN
7 23 (5.91%) TCP/IP
7 23 (5.91%) VPN
8 21 (5.40%) Network Security
9 20 (5.14%) Wireless
10 18 (4.63%) Wi-Fi
11 17 (4.37%) SD-WAN
12 14 (3.60%) iSCSI
12 14 (3.60%) SNMP
13 13 (3.34%) Unified Communications
14 12 (3.08%) Internet
14 12 (3.08%) IPsec
14 12 (3.08%) MPLS
15 11 (2.83%) tcpdump
15 11 (2.83%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (13.88%) SQL Server
2 52 (13.37%) Oracle Database
3 45 (11.57%) Oracle Database 11g
4 44 (11.31%) Oracle Database 10g
4 44 (11.31%) VLDB
5 37 (9.51%) MySQL
6 26 (6.68%) RDBMS
6 26 (6.68%) Relational Database
7 20 (5.14%) NoSQL
8 14 (3.60%) Power BI
9 12 (3.08%) MongoDB
9 12 (3.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 9 (2.31%) Elasticsearch
10 9 (2.31%) Tableau
11 6 (1.54%) PostgreSQL
12 4 (1.03%) Amazon QuickSight
12 4 (1.03%) Azure SQL Database
13 3 (0.77%) Big Data
13 3 (0.77%) Data Lake
13 3 (0.77%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 16 (4.11%) JIRA
2 13 (3.34%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.51%) Sonatype Nexus
3 2 (0.51%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.26%) Git
4 1 (0.26%) GitLab
4 1 (0.26%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 131 (33.68%) Analytical Skills
2 99 (25.45%) Social Skills
3 84 (21.59%) Finance
4 26 (6.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 18 (4.63%) Manufacturing
5 18 (4.63%) Telecoms
6 15 (3.86%) Police
7 14 (3.60%) Local Government
8 12 (3.08%) Aerospace
9 10 (2.57%) Law
10 8 (2.06%) Influencing Skills
10 8 (2.06%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (1.80%) Retail
12 6 (1.54%) Pharmaceutical
13 5 (1.29%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (1.03%) Public Sector
15 3 (0.77%) Automotive
15 3 (0.77%) Aviation
15 3 (0.77%) Legal
16 2 (0.51%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 78 (20.05%) Analyst
2 49 (12.60%) Senior
3 46 (11.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 45 (11.57%) Applications Support
5 44 (11.31%) Applications Support Analyst
5 44 (11.31%) DBA
5 44 (11.31%) Oracle Analyst
5 44 (11.31%) Oracle Support Analyst
5 44 (11.31%) SQL Analyst
5 44 (11.31%) SQL Support Analyst
5 44 (11.31%) Support Analyst
6 35 (9.00%) Network Engineer
7 26 (6.68%) Administrator
7 26 (6.68%) Lead
8 25 (6.43%) Oracle DBA
8 25 (6.43%) Systems Engineer
9 19 (4.88%) Cloud Engineer
9 19 (4.88%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 18 (4.63%) Infrastructure Manager
11 17 (4.37%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.31%) Elastic Stack
1 9 (2.31%) YAML
2 5 (1.29%) LDAP
2 5 (1.29%) NETCONF
3 4 (1.03%) .NET
3 4 (1.03%) Akka
3 4 (1.03%) ARM Templates
3 4 (1.03%) JSON
3 4 (1.03%) Web Services
4 2 (0.51%) .NET Core
4 2 (0.51%) .NET Framework
4 2 (0.51%) 802.1X
4 2 (0.51%) AngularJS
4 2 (0.51%) ASP.NET
4 2 (0.51%) AWS CDK
4 2 (0.51%) Keycloak
4 2 (0.51%) Middleware
4 2 (0.51%) Node.js
4 2 (0.51%) XML
5 1 (0.26%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 38 (9.77%) Management Information System
2 37 (9.51%) Public Cloud
3 31 (7.97%) Clustering
4 22 (5.66%) PMI
5 20 (5.14%) Data Centre
5 20 (5.14%) Distributed Systems
6 16 (4.11%) IoT
7 15 (3.86%) Replication
8 12 (3.08%) Onboarding
9 10 (2.57%) Cyber Threat
9 10 (2.57%) PKI
10 8 (2.06%) Data Structures
11 7 (1.80%) Linux Command Line
12 6 (1.54%) Analytical Mindset
12 6 (1.54%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 5 (1.29%) Client/Server
13 5 (1.29%) Hybrid Cloud
14 4 (1.03%) Product Ownership
14 4 (1.03%) Renewable Energy
15 3 (0.77%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 122 (31.36%) Linux
2 97 (24.94%) Windows
3 67 (17.22%) Unix
4 45 (11.57%) Solaris
5 37 (9.51%) Windows Server
6 5 (1.29%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (1.29%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (1.29%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.77%) CatOS
7 3 (0.77%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.51%) CentOS
8 2 (0.51%) zOS
9 1 (0.26%) AIX
9 1 (0.26%) Android
9 1 (0.26%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.26%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (28.53%) Problem-Solving
2 94 (24.16%) Disaster Recovery
3 92 (23.65%) Incident Management
4 83 (21.34%) Performance Tuning
5 82 (21.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 79 (20.31%) Artificial Intelligence
7 71 (18.25%) ITIL
8 67 (17.22%) Project Management
9 65 (16.71%) Performance Monitoring
10 63 (16.20%) Actionable Insight
11 61 (15.68%) ITSM
12 59 (15.17%) Continuous Improvement
13 58 (14.91%) Capacity Management
14 56 (14.40%) High Availability
15 50 (12.85%) Performance Analysis
16 48 (12.34%) DevOps
16 48 (12.34%) Release Management
17 47 (12.08%) Decision-Making
18 44 (11.31%) Change Management
18 44 (11.31%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 121 (31.11%) SQL
2 50 (12.85%) PL/SQL
3 36 (9.25%) Python
4 33 (8.48%) Bash
4 33 (8.48%) PowerShell
5 27 (6.94%) Java
6 26 (6.68%) Perl
7 9 (2.31%) T-SQL
8 7 (1.80%) Shell Script
9 4 (1.03%) VBA
10 2 (0.51%) C#
10 2 (0.51%) COBOL
10 2 (0.51%) PHP
10 2 (0.51%) R
10 2 (0.51%) REXX
11 1 (0.26%) AWK
11 1 (0.26%) JCL
11 1 (0.26%) ProC
11 1 (0.26%) sed
11 1 (0.26%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 140 (35.99%) Degree
2 94 (24.16%) Security Cleared
3 64 (16.45%) SC Cleared
4 24 (6.17%) PMI Certification
5 19 (4.88%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (4.63%) Cisco Certification
7 16 (4.11%) Azure Certification
8 15 (3.86%) CCNA
9 13 (3.34%) CCNP
10 9 (2.31%) PhD
11 8 (2.06%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 7 (1.80%) Numerate Degree
13 6 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
14 5 (1.29%) JNCIA
15 4 (1.03%) AWS Certification
15 4 (1.03%) CCIE
16 3 (0.77%) Check Point Certification
16 3 (0.77%) CISSP
17 2 (0.51%) ITIL Certification
17 2 (0.51%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (13.37%) SLA
2 18 (4.63%) Data Quality
3 13 (3.34%) GDPR
4 10 (2.57%) PMO
5 5 (1.29%) HIPAA
5 5 (1.29%) QA
6 4 (1.03%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.03%) ISO 14001
6 4 (1.03%) ISO 9001
7 3 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.51%) P3O
9 1 (0.26%) NCSC
9 1 (0.26%) NIST
9 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 75 (19.28%) Active Directory
2 47 (12.08%) Oracle RAC
2 47 (12.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (5.40%) Virtual Machines
4 20 (5.14%) VMware NSX
5 19 (4.88%) Docker
5 19 (4.88%) Hyper-V
6 13 (3.34%) VMware ESXi
7 11 (2.83%) Virtual Desktop
8 8 (2.06%) Firmware
9 3 (0.77%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.77%) vSphere
10 2 (0.51%) KVM
10 2 (0.51%) NFS
11 1 (0.26%) RACF
11 1 (0.26%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 48 (12.34%) Data Guard
1 48 (12.34%) Oracle RMAN
2 28 (7.20%) Terraform
3 24 (6.17%) Ansible
4 17 (4.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 17 (4.37%) Kubernetes
5 16 (4.11%) Microsoft Intune
6 12 (3.08%) Grafana
6 12 (3.08%) Opsgenie
6 12 (3.08%) vCenter Server
6 12 (3.08%) VxRail
6 12 (3.08%) ZABBIX
7 11 (2.83%) Puppet
8 9 (2.31%) Graphite
8 9 (2.31%) HAProxy
8 9 (2.31%) Nagios
9 5 (1.29%) WSUS
10 3 (0.77%) Prometheus
11 2 (0.51%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.26%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 130 (33.42%) Microsoft
2 94 (24.16%) VMware
3 72 (18.51%) Oracle
4 51 (13.11%) Remedy
5 44 (11.31%) Sun
6 38 (9.77%) Cisco
7 32 (8.23%) Fortinet
8 22 (5.66%) SolarWinds
9 19 (4.88%) Dell
10 18 (4.63%) Citrix
11 16 (4.11%) NetApp
12 11 (2.83%) BT
12 11 (2.83%) Google
12 11 (2.83%) Juniper
13 10 (2.57%) Mitel
14 9 (2.31%) Veeam
15 8 (2.06%) ANSYS
15 8 (2.06%) BMC
16 6 (1.54%) CheckPoint
16 6 (1.54%) SAP