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

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 671 337 353
Rank change year-on-year -334 +16 -101
Permanent jobs citing Progress Chef 232 1,045 1,665
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.23% 1.03% 1.06%
As % of the Systems Management category 2.34% 7.08% 5.77%
Number of salaries quoted 168 384 746
10th Percentile £42,888 £52,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,576 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.90% +3.45% +16.00%
75th Percentile £84,063 £95,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £105,000 £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 9,900 14,758 28,851
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.98% 14.61% 18.34%
Number of salaries quoted 7,125 9,159 14,065
10th Percentile £32,750 £35,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -3.57% +12.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,810 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.86% -3.65% +9.09%

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 10 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 10 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 -312 199 £70,576 -5.90% 76
UK excluding London -332 142 £70,000 - 38
Work from Home -107 104 £70,576 -5.90% 46
London -43 83 £75,000 -6.25% 41
North of England -35 47 £60,000 -12.82% 12
South West -32 31 £70,000 +0.80% 6
North West -27 30 £58,750 +2.17% 7
Yorkshire +34 16 £70,576 +1.62% 4
Midlands -205 16 £87,500 +22.81% 6
Scotland -64 15 £70,576 +8.58% 1
East of England +20 14 £62,500 -30.56% 5
East Midlands -100 14 £87,500 +25.00% 2
Wales +3 11 £70,576 - 3
South East -149 5 £120,000 +54.84% 6
Northern Ireland +22 3 £70,000 +7.69%
West Midlands -140 2 £80,000 +10.34% 4
North East -9 1 - - 1

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 14 (6.03%) Apache
2 8 (3.45%) Confluence
3 7 (3.02%) nginx
3 7 (3.02%) OpenStack
4 4 (1.72%) JBoss
5 3 (1.29%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.86%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.86%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.43%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.43%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.86%) Misys Midas
2 1 (0.43%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 131 (56.47%) Azure
2 117 (50.43%) AWS
3 54 (23.28%) GCP
4 32 (13.79%) OpenShift
5 30 (12.93%) GitHub
6 29 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
7 23 (9.91%) Amazon S3
8 21 (9.05%) Serverless
9 20 (8.62%) AWS Lambda
10 19 (8.19%) AWS CloudFormation
11 18 (7.76%) Amazon EC2
12 16 (6.90%) GitHub Actions
13 15 (6.47%) Amazon ECS
14 14 (6.03%) Azure AKS
14 14 (6.03%) Datadog
15 12 (5.17%) Amazon EKS
16 11 (4.74%) Pulumi
17 10 (4.31%) Azure Monitor
18 8 (3.45%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 8 (3.45%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 28 (12.07%) Firewall
2 20 (8.62%) DNS
3 12 (5.17%) SSL
4 11 (4.74%) DHCP
5 10 (4.31%) Cisco ASA
5 10 (4.31%) HTTP
6 9 (3.88%) VPN
6 9 (3.88%) WAN
7 8 (3.45%) BGP
7 8 (3.45%) DWDM
7 8 (3.45%) EIGRP
7 8 (3.45%) GLBP
7 8 (3.45%) IGRP
7 8 (3.45%) Internet
7 8 (3.45%) IPsec
7 8 (3.45%) MPLS
7 8 (3.45%) Multicast
7 8 (3.45%) OSPF
7 8 (3.45%) SNMP
7 8 (3.45%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.47%) Amazon RDS
2 14 (6.03%) PostgreSQL
2 14 (6.03%) SQL Server
3 13 (5.60%) MySQL
4 10 (4.31%) Azure SQL Database
5 9 (3.88%) Big Data
5 9 (3.88%) Redis
6 7 (3.02%) Elasticsearch
6 7 (3.02%) MariaDB
6 7 (3.02%) MongoDB
7 6 (2.59%) InfluxDB
7 6 (2.59%) SQLite
8 5 (2.16%) Relational Database
9 3 (1.29%) Flink
10 2 (0.86%) Amazon Aurora
10 2 (0.86%) Apache Hive
10 2 (0.86%) Apache Pinot
10 2 (0.86%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.86%) Presto
11 1 (0.43%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 86 (37.07%) Jenkins
2 47 (20.26%) Git
3 31 (13.36%) GitLab
4 20 (8.62%) Bitbucket
5 18 (7.76%) IBM UrbanCode
6 17 (7.33%) JIRA
6 17 (7.33%) SonarQube
7 16 (6.90%) Sonatype Nexus
7 16 (6.90%) TeamCity
8 12 (5.17%) Subversion
9 10 (4.31%) Team Foundation Server
10 9 (3.88%) Selenium
11 8 (3.45%) Maven
12 7 (3.02%) Artifactory
13 6 (2.59%) Octopus Deploy
14 5 (2.16%) Clang
15 4 (1.72%) CircleCI
16 3 (1.29%) MSBuild
16 3 (1.29%) Travis CI
16 3 (1.29%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 54 (23.28%) Social Skills
2 45 (19.40%) Finance
3 28 (12.07%) Banking
4 24 (10.34%) Retail
5 19 (8.19%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (8.19%) Presentation Skills
6 10 (4.31%) Automotive
7 8 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (2.59%) Games
8 6 (2.59%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (2.59%) Law
8 6 (2.59%) Public Sector
8 6 (2.59%) Tech for Good
9 5 (2.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.72%) Aerospace
10 4 (1.72%) Marketing
11 3 (1.29%) Advertising
11 3 (1.29%) Legal
11 3 (1.29%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.29%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 96 (41.38%) DevOps Engineer
2 60 (25.86%) Senior
3 42 (18.10%) Senior DevOps
3 42 (18.10%) Senior DevOps Engineer
4 35 (15.09%) AWS Engineer
5 29 (12.50%) Platform Engineer
6 27 (11.64%) Azure Engineer
7 23 (9.91%) Architect
7 23 (9.91%) Cloud Engineer
8 22 (9.48%) Cloud Platform Engineer
9 20 (8.62%) Software Engineer
10 18 (7.76%) Linux Engineer
10 18 (7.76%) Support Engineer
11 17 (7.33%) Senior Support Engineer
12 16 (6.90%) Automation Engineer
12 16 (6.90%) AWS DevOps
12 16 (6.90%) AWS DevOps Engineer
13 15 (6.47%) Compiler Engineer
14 14 (6.03%) Cloud Automation Engineer
14 14 (6.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (10.34%) .NET
2 15 (6.47%) LLVM
3 12 (5.17%) XML
4 11 (4.74%) ARM Templates
4 11 (4.74%) HTML
5 10 (4.31%) OAuth
6 9 (3.88%) Elastic Stack
6 9 (3.88%) React
7 8 (3.45%) .NET Core
7 8 (3.45%) 802.1X
8 7 (3.02%) .NET Framework
8 7 (3.02%) SAML
9 6 (2.59%) AWS CDK
9 6 (2.59%) Keycloak
10 5 (2.16%) JSON
10 5 (2.16%) Kafka
10 5 (2.16%) RabbitMQ
10 5 (2.16%) RESTful
11 4 (1.72%) CSS3
11 4 (1.72%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 46 (19.83%) Public Cloud
2 23 (9.91%) Linux Command Line
3 18 (7.76%) Cloud Native
4 16 (6.90%) Hybrid Cloud
5 15 (6.47%) Greenfield Project
6 14 (6.03%) Product Ownership
7 12 (5.17%) Self-Motivation
8 11 (4.74%) Data Centre
8 11 (4.74%) Enterprise Software
8 11 (4.74%) IoT
9 9 (3.88%) Distributed Systems
10 7 (3.02%) Virtual Team
11 6 (2.59%) FMCG
11 6 (2.59%) Mobile App
12 5 (2.16%) Private Cloud
13 2 (0.86%) Client/Server
13 2 (0.86%) Cyberattack
13 2 (0.86%) Hedge funds
13 2 (0.86%) Life Science
13 2 (0.86%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 139 (59.91%) Linux
2 57 (24.57%) Windows
3 20 (8.62%) Unix
4 16 (6.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (4.74%) Ubuntu
6 8 (3.45%) CentOS
7 6 (2.59%) Debian
7 6 (2.59%) Mesosphere
7 6 (2.59%) Solaris
7 6 (2.59%) Windows 10
8 5 (2.16%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.86%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.86%) Windows Server
9 2 (0.86%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.86%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.43%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (68.10%) DevOps
2 114 (49.14%) Configuration Management
3 97 (41.81%) Agile
4 81 (34.91%) Infrastructure as Code
5 72 (31.03%) CI/CD
6 52 (22.41%) Mentoring
7 46 (19.83%) Continuous Integration
8 43 (18.53%) Software Engineering
9 41 (17.67%) Test Automation
10 38 (16.38%) Technical Leadership
11 36 (15.52%) Open Source
12 35 (15.09%) Problem-Solving
13 34 (14.66%) Platform Engineering
14 30 (12.93%) Containerisation
15 27 (11.64%) Roadmaps
16 23 (9.91%) Software Delivery
17 22 (9.48%) Coaching
18 21 (9.05%) Customer Service
18 21 (9.05%) ITIL
19 19 (8.19%) Infrastructure Automation
Programming Languages
1 111 (47.84%) Python
2 63 (27.16%) Bash
3 54 (23.28%) Java
4 47 (20.26%) PowerShell
5 45 (19.40%) SQL
6 33 (14.22%) JavaScript
7 30 (12.93%) C#
7 30 (12.93%) Go
8 25 (10.78%) Groovy
9 24 (10.34%) Ruby
10 23 (9.91%) Shell Script
11 22 (9.48%) Perl
12 20 (8.62%) C
13 13 (5.60%) PHP
14 11 (4.74%) TypeScript
15 6 (2.59%) C++
16 5 (2.16%) Fortran
17 4 (1.72%) Lua
17 4 (1.72%) Rust
17 4 (1.72%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 36 (15.52%) Security Cleared
2 30 (12.93%) Degree
3 17 (7.33%) SC Cleared
4 14 (6.03%) DV Cleared
5 10 (4.31%) AWS Certification
6 8 (3.45%) Azure Certification
6 8 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (3.02%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 7 (3.02%) CCNA
7 7 (3.02%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.29%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.86%) Linux+ Certification
9 2 (0.86%) RHCE
10 1 (0.43%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 1 (0.43%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
10 1 (0.43%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.43%) MCSA
10 1 (0.43%) MCSE
10 1 (0.43%) OCP
10 1 (0.43%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.02%) QA
2 1 (0.43%) GDPR
2 1 (0.43%) ISO 15022
2 1 (0.43%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 91 (39.22%) Docker
2 11 (4.74%) Virtual Machines
3 10 (4.31%) Hyper-V
3 10 (4.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (3.45%) Active Directory
5 6 (2.59%) KVM
6 5 (2.16%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (1.72%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (1.29%) VirtualBox
9 2 (0.86%) Shibboleth
10 1 (0.43%) etcd
Systems Management
1 179 (77.16%) Ansible
2 130 (56.03%) Puppet
3 116 (50.00%) Terraform
4 110 (47.41%) Kubernetes
5 27 (11.64%) Prometheus
6 22 (9.48%) Grafana
7 20 (8.62%) Salt
8 11 (4.74%) Docker Swarm
9 10 (4.31%) Single Sign-On
10 8 (3.45%) Argo
10 8 (3.45%) Nagios
11 7 (3.02%) Packer
12 5 (2.16%) Jamf Pro
12 5 (2.16%) Microsoft Intune
13 4 (1.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 4 (1.72%) Kibana
13 4 (1.72%) logstash
13 4 (1.72%) vRealize
14 3 (1.29%) HAProxy
14 3 (1.29%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 35 (15.09%) Google
2 27 (11.64%) Microsoft
3 26 (11.21%) Red Hat
4 24 (10.34%) VMware
5 22 (9.48%) Cisco
6 17 (7.33%) IBM
7 15 (6.47%) New Relic
8 14 (6.03%) SaltStack
9 11 (4.74%) Atlassian
9 11 (4.74%) Splunk
10 9 (3.88%) ServiceNow
11 8 (3.45%) Arista
11 8 (3.45%) Fortinet
11 8 (3.45%) Juniper
11 8 (3.45%) Oracle
11 8 (3.45%) Tufin
12 6 (2.59%) Apple
12 6 (2.59%) ForgeRock
12 6 (2.59%) Zscaler
13 2 (0.86%) Citrix