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

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 269 248 209
Rank change year-on-year -21 -39 -42
Permanent jobs citing Configuration Management 1,087 1,481 3,124
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.10% 1.46% 1.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.28% 1.53% 2.08%
Number of salaries quoted 627 879 1,495
10th Percentile £37,400 £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 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,625 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.96% +9.09% -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 84,809 96,894 150,102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.61% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 59,843 56,945 82,179
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
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 £96,550
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 9 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 9 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 -14 912 £60,000 -11.11% 292
UK excluding London +12 811 £54,625 -8.96% 226
Work from Home -2 425 £64,108 -8.42% 142
South East -1 241 £52,550 -10.55% 50
London -87 213 £75,000 - 76
South West -3 176 £55,000 -6.78% 47
North of England +17 115 £52,500 -7.08% 56
Midlands 0 93 £57,500 - 36
Scotland -38 91 £75,000 +7.14% 14
West Midlands +16 71 £57,500 -11.54% 18
North West +1 64 £55,000 -0.45% 37
East of England -11 59 £57,500 +9.52% 18
Yorkshire +74 40 £52,500 -19.23% 16
Wales +12 22 £47,500 -28.57% 4
East Midlands -10 22 £50,000 -4.76% 18
Northern Ireland +27 13 £70,000 -3.45% 5
North East -16 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 46 (4.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 43 (3.96%) Apache
3 42 (3.86%) SharePoint
4 28 (2.58%) Confluence
5 27 (2.48%) Apache Spark
6 20 (1.84%) nginx
7 14 (1.29%) CMS
7 14 (1.29%) IIS
8 12 (1.10%) OpenStack
9 4 (0.37%) JBoss
10 3 (0.28%) CloudStack
11 2 (0.18%) Drupal
11 2 (0.18%) GlassFish
11 2 (0.18%) JCAPS
11 2 (0.18%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.18%) WebLogic
11 2 (0.18%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.18%) WebSphere Application Server
11 2 (0.18%) WinCC
11 2 (0.18%) WordPress
Applications
1 29 (2.67%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (2.12%) Simulink
3 21 (1.93%) Stateflow
4 10 (0.92%) Microsoft Excel
5 7 (0.64%) 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
1 384 (35.33%) Azure
2 365 (33.58%) AWS
3 166 (15.27%) GCP
4 164 (15.09%) Microsoft 365
5 119 (10.95%) SaaS
6 87 (8.00%) Serverless
7 74 (6.81%) Azure DevOps
8 60 (5.52%) AWS Lambda
9 57 (5.24%) AWS CloudFormation
10 56 (5.15%) Amazon EKS
11 45 (4.14%) Power Platform
12 43 (3.96%) OpenShift
13 40 (3.68%) GitHub
14 38 (3.50%) Amazon EC2
15 34 (3.13%) Amazon S3
16 28 (2.58%) PaaS
17 27 (2.48%) Amazon ECS
18 26 (2.39%) Entra ID
19 25 (2.30%) IaaS
20 24 (2.21%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 113 (10.40%) Firewall
2 53 (4.88%) DNS
3 46 (4.23%) VPN
4 36 (3.31%) DHCP
5 31 (2.85%) AMQP
5 31 (2.85%) WAN
6 29 (2.67%) Network Security
7 26 (2.39%) TCP/IP
8 19 (1.75%) 5G
9 18 (1.66%) Internet
9 18 (1.66%) VoIP
9 18 (1.66%) Wireless
10 17 (1.56%) SD-WAN
11 16 (1.47%) SSL
11 16 (1.47%) VLAN
12 15 (1.38%) SNMP
13 14 (1.29%) J1939
13 14 (1.29%) LAN
14 13 (1.20%) MPLS
15 12 (1.10%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (6.62%) SQL Server
2 38 (3.50%) Power BI
3 37 (3.40%) Amazon RDS
4 32 (2.94%) Big Data
5 26 (2.39%) Cloudera CDH
5 26 (2.39%) Hadoop
6 22 (2.02%) Azure SQL Database
7 19 (1.75%) Redis
7 19 (1.75%) Relational Database
8 18 (1.66%) Apache Cassandra
9 17 (1.56%) NoSQL
9 17 (1.56%) PostgreSQL
10 16 (1.47%) Elasticsearch
11 15 (1.38%) MySQL
12 14 (1.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 13 (1.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 12 (1.10%) DynamoDB
15 9 (0.83%) Crystal Reports
15 9 (0.83%) MongoDB
16 7 (0.64%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 110 (10.12%) Jenkins
2 108 (9.94%) Git
3 86 (7.91%) JIRA
4 50 (4.60%) GitLab
5 46 (4.23%) Subversion
6 28 (2.58%) Bitbucket
7 23 (2.12%) ClearCase
8 21 (1.93%) Plastic SCM
9 16 (1.47%) ClearQuest
9 16 (1.47%) CMake
10 14 (1.29%) Sonatype Nexus
10 14 (1.29%) TeamCity
11 13 (1.20%) Visual Studio
12 12 (1.10%) Rational DOORS
12 12 (1.10%) Robot Framework
13 10 (0.92%) Trac
14 8 (0.74%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
15 7 (0.64%) Moq
15 7 (0.64%) Octopus Deploy
15 7 (0.64%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 209 (19.23%) Finance
2 188 (17.30%) Social Skills
3 116 (10.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 88 (8.10%) Law
5 83 (7.64%) Legal
5 83 (7.64%) Presentation Skills
6 74 (6.81%) Aerospace
7 73 (6.72%) Analytical Skills
8 55 (5.06%) Marketing
9 45 (4.14%) Retail
10 42 (3.86%) Electronics
11 41 (3.77%) Telecoms
12 37 (3.40%) Manufacturing
13 31 (2.85%) Banking
14 28 (2.58%) Military
15 27 (2.48%) Automotive
16 22 (2.02%) Public Sector
17 17 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
18 13 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
19 7 (0.64%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 173 (15.92%) Software Engineer
2 127 (11.68%) Senior
3 117 (10.76%) DevOps Engineer
4 111 (10.21%) Architect
5 84 (7.73%) Cloud Architect
5 84 (7.73%) Systems Engineer
6 75 (6.90%) Lead
7 65 (5.98%) Analyst
8 56 (5.15%) Cloud Engineer
9 53 (4.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 49 (4.51%) Java Engineer
10 49 (4.51%) Java Software Engineer
11 45 (4.14%) AWS Engineer
11 45 (4.14%) Senior Software Engineer
12 44 (4.05%) Platform Engineer
13 43 (3.96%) Azure Engineer
14 41 (3.77%) Windows Engineer
15 38 (3.50%) Linux Engineer
15 38 (3.50%) Network Engineer
16 30 (2.76%) Cloud Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (7.18%) React
2 74 (6.81%) HTML
3 69 (6.35%) Node.js
4 64 (5.89%) AngularJS
5 52 (4.78%) Spring
6 43 (3.96%) Middleware
7 42 (3.86%) HTML5
8 37 (3.40%) REST
9 35 (3.22%) XML
10 34 (3.13%) .NET
11 33 (3.04%) RabbitMQ
12 31 (2.85%) Drools
12 31 (2.85%) jBPM
12 31 (2.85%) Twitter Bootstrap
13 27 (2.48%) OpenAPI
13 27 (2.48%) Spring Boot
13 27 (2.48%) Swagger
14 26 (2.39%) gRPC
14 26 (2.39%) Material-UI
15 24 (2.21%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 142 (13.06%) Public Cloud
2 98 (9.02%) Algorithms
3 95 (8.74%) Management Information System
4 82 (7.54%) PKI
5 69 (6.35%) CMDB
6 62 (5.70%) Cloud Native
7 51 (4.69%) Self-Motivation
8 44 (4.05%) Linux Command Line
9 39 (3.59%) Onboarding
10 30 (2.76%) Hybrid Cloud
11 29 (2.67%) Enterprise Software
12 27 (2.48%) Data Centre
13 19 (1.75%) Driving Licence
13 19 (1.75%) Product Ownership
14 18 (1.66%) Data Structures
15 16 (1.47%) Replication
16 15 (1.38%) Enterprise Cloud
17 14 (1.29%) Embedded Systems
18 13 (1.20%) Distributed Systems
18 13 (1.20%) GNSS
Operating Systems
1 320 (29.44%) Linux
2 239 (21.99%) Windows
3 85 (7.82%) Windows Server
4 67 (6.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 55 (5.06%) Ubuntu
6 52 (4.78%) Debian
7 41 (3.77%) Unix
8 33 (3.04%) CentOS
9 22 (2.02%) VMS
9 22 (2.02%) Windows 10
10 11 (1.01%) Android
11 9 (0.83%) 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%) Embedded Linux
15 3 (0.28%) Oracle Linux
15 3 (0.28%) SUSE
15 3 (0.28%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 338 (31.09%) Agile
2 299 (27.51%) DevOps
3 224 (20.61%) Software Engineering
4 223 (20.52%) CI/CD
5 204 (18.77%) Problem-Solving
6 173 (15.92%) Project Management
7 152 (13.98%) Infrastructure as Code
8 149 (13.71%) ITIL
9 145 (13.34%) Actionable Insight
10 140 (12.88%) Continuous Improvement
11 131 (12.05%) Migration
12 130 (11.96%) Computer Science
13 124 (11.41%) Change Management
14 109 (10.03%) Containerisation
15 105 (9.66%) Service Management
15 105 (9.66%) TOGAF
16 95 (8.74%) Presales
17 93 (8.56%) ITSM
18 92 (8.46%) SDLC
19 90 (8.28%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 288 (26.49%) Python
2 156 (14.35%) Java
3 136 (12.51%) Bash
4 130 (11.96%) SQL
5 115 (10.58%) PowerShell
6 80 (7.36%) JavaScript
7 61 (5.61%) C
8 56 (5.15%) Go
9 54 (4.97%) Perl
10 53 (4.88%) C#
11 48 (4.42%) Shell Script
12 46 (4.23%) C++
13 32 (2.94%) Ruby
14 27 (2.48%) Embedded C
15 25 (2.30%) MATLAB
15 25 (2.30%) TypeScript
16 21 (1.93%) T-SQL
17 17 (1.56%) PHP
18 13 (1.20%) Groovy
19 9 (0.83%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 252 (23.18%) Security Cleared
2 221 (20.33%) Degree
3 170 (15.64%) SC Cleared
4 83 (7.64%) DV Cleared
5 61 (5.61%) Computer Science Degree
6 36 (3.31%) Cisco Certification
7 33 (3.04%) Microsoft Certification
8 31 (2.85%) AWS Certification
9 26 (2.39%) Azure Certification
10 22 (2.02%) Master's Degree
10 22 (2.02%) PMI Certification
11 20 (1.84%) BPSS Clearance
11 20 (1.84%) CCNA
12 19 (1.75%) PMP
13 18 (1.66%) CISSP
13 18 (1.66%) HND
14 17 (1.56%) A+ Certification
15 14 (1.29%) CCNP
16 12 (1.10%) APMG
17 11 (1.01%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (3.86%) QA
2 34 (3.13%) PMO
3 25 (2.30%) SLA
4 22 (2.02%) MISRA
5 16 (1.47%) 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 (1.01%) 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 (0.64%) DO-178B
11 7 (0.64%) NIST
12 6 (0.55%) COBIT
12 6 (0.55%) Web Application Security Consortium
System Software
1 153 (14.08%) Docker
2 105 (9.66%) Active Directory
3 50 (4.60%) Virtual Machines
4 49 (4.51%) Hyper-V
5 44 (4.05%) VMware Infrastructure
6 20 (1.84%) Firmware
7 17 (1.56%) Embedded Firmware
8 16 (1.47%) pfSense
9 13 (1.20%) Virtual Desktop
10 10 (0.92%) DFS Replication
10 10 (0.92%) NFS
11 9 (0.83%) vSphere
12 8 (0.74%) KVM
12 8 (0.74%) VMware ESXi
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%) iptables
Systems Management
1 236 (21.71%) Ansible
2 220 (20.24%) Kubernetes
3 198 (18.22%) Terraform
4 152 (13.98%) Puppet
5 113 (10.40%) Progress Chef
6 46 (4.23%) Grafana
7 40 (3.68%) Prometheus
8 29 (2.67%) ZABBIX
9 21 (1.93%) Microsoft Intune
10 20 (1.84%) Salt
11 18 (1.66%) SCCM
11 18 (1.66%) SCOM
12 15 (1.38%) Packer
13 11 (1.01%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 11 (1.01%) Docker Swarm
13 11 (1.01%) Kibana
14 10 (0.92%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
14 10 (0.92%) SCDPM
14 10 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
15 9 (0.83%) Nagios
Vendors
1 286 (26.31%) Microsoft
2 122 (11.22%) Google
3 99 (9.11%) VMware
4 73 (6.72%) ServiceNow
5 72 (6.62%) Red Hat
6 58 (5.34%) SaltStack
7 37 (3.40%) Cisco
8 31 (2.85%) Oracle
9 28 (2.58%) IBM
9 28 (2.58%) Juniper
10 21 (1.93%) Lauterbach
10 21 (1.93%) Veeam
11 18 (1.66%) Fortinet
11 18 (1.66%) New Relic
12 17 (1.56%) Dynatrace
12 17 (1.56%) Snow
12 17 (1.56%) Splunk
13 16 (1.47%) Atlassian
14 15 (1.38%) Citrix
14 15 (1.38%) EMC