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

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 674 325 356
Rank change year-on-year -349 +31 -109
Permanent jobs citing Progress Chef 232 1,076 1,674
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.24% 1.04% 1.07%
As % of the Systems Management category 2.32% 7.08% 5.90%
Number of salaries quoted 169 399 793
10th Percentile £42,925 £52,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £62,500 £61,180 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,576 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.90% +7.14% +12.00%
75th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £95,250 £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 9,987 15,208 28,384
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.13% 14.65% 18.14%
Number of salaries quoted 7,206 9,346 14,192
10th Percentile £32,750 £35,450 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,091 £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 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +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 3 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 3 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 -325 199 £70,576 -5.90% 85
UK excluding London -317 142 £70,000 - 39
Work from Home -90 105 £70,576 -5.90% 46
London -47 83 £75,000 -6.25% 45
North of England -37 47 £60,000 -11.11% 10
South West -38 31 £70,000 +0.80% 7
North West -24 30 £58,750 +2.17% 4
Yorkshire +23 16 £70,576 +1.62% 5
Midlands -179 16 £87,500 +25.00% 7
Scotland -71 15 £70,576 +17.63%
East Midlands -96 14 £87,500 +25.00% 1
East of England +16 13 £58,750 -4.08% 4
Wales +3 11 £70,576 - 3
South East -147 6 £85,000 +9.68% 8
Northern Ireland +29 3 £70,000 +7.69%
West Midlands -132 2 £80,000 +10.34% 6
North East -7 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 12 (5.17%) Apache
2 8 (3.45%) Confluence
3 7 (3.02%) OpenStack
4 6 (2.59%) nginx
5 3 (1.29%) Apache Spark
5 3 (1.29%) JBoss
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
Applications
1 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.86%) Misys Midas
Cloud Services
1 129 (55.60%) Azure
2 115 (49.57%) AWS
3 53 (22.84%) GCP
4 31 (13.36%) GitHub
4 31 (13.36%) OpenShift
5 27 (11.64%) Azure DevOps
6 23 (9.91%) Amazon S3
7 20 (8.62%) Serverless
8 19 (8.19%) AWS CloudFormation
8 19 (8.19%) AWS Lambda
9 17 (7.33%) Amazon EC2
9 17 (7.33%) GitHub Actions
10 15 (6.47%) Amazon ECS
11 14 (6.03%) Azure AKS
12 13 (5.60%) Datadog
13 12 (5.17%) Amazon EKS
14 11 (4.74%) Pulumi
15 10 (4.31%) Azure Monitor
16 8 (3.45%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 8 (3.45%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 31 (13.36%) Firewall
2 21 (9.05%) DNS
3 11 (4.74%) BGP
3 11 (4.74%) SSL
3 11 (4.74%) VPN
4 10 (4.31%) Cisco ASA
4 10 (4.31%) DHCP
4 10 (4.31%) HTTP
5 9 (3.88%) WAN
6 8 (3.45%) DWDM
6 8 (3.45%) EIGRP
6 8 (3.45%) GLBP
6 8 (3.45%) IGRP
6 8 (3.45%) Internet
6 8 (3.45%) IPsec
6 8 (3.45%) MPLS
6 8 (3.45%) Multicast
6 8 (3.45%) OSPF
6 8 (3.45%) SNMP
7 7 (3.02%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.47%) Amazon RDS
2 14 (6.03%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (5.60%) MySQL
3 13 (5.60%) SQL Server
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%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 85 (36.64%) Jenkins
2 45 (19.40%) Git
3 30 (12.93%) GitLab
4 19 (8.19%) Bitbucket
5 18 (7.76%) IBM UrbanCode
5 18 (7.76%) JIRA
5 18 (7.76%) SonarQube
6 17 (7.33%) Sonatype Nexus
7 14 (6.03%) TeamCity
8 12 (5.17%) Subversion
9 10 (4.31%) Team Foundation Server
10 9 (3.88%) Selenium
11 8 (3.45%) Artifactory
11 8 (3.45%) Maven
12 6 (2.59%) Octopus Deploy
13 5 (2.16%) Clang
14 4 (1.72%) CircleCI
15 3 (1.29%) TestNG
15 3 (1.29%) Travis CI
15 3 (1.29%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 50 (21.55%) Social Skills
2 44 (18.97%) 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 9 (3.88%) Games
8 7 (3.02%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (2.59%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (2.59%) Law
9 6 (2.59%) Public Sector
9 6 (2.59%) Tech for Good
10 5 (2.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.72%) Aerospace
11 4 (1.72%) Marketing
12 3 (1.29%) Advertising
12 3 (1.29%) Legal
12 3 (1.29%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.29%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 94 (40.52%) DevOps Engineer
2 58 (25.00%) Senior
3 41 (17.67%) Senior DevOps
3 41 (17.67%) Senior DevOps Engineer
4 36 (15.52%) AWS Engineer
5 29 (12.50%) Platform Engineer
6 27 (11.64%) Azure Engineer
7 24 (10.34%) Cloud Engineer
8 23 (9.91%) Architect
8 23 (9.91%) Cloud Platform Engineer
9 20 (8.62%) Linux Engineer
9 20 (8.62%) Software 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%) Cloud Automation Engineer
13 15 (6.47%) Compiler Engineer
14 14 (6.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (10.34%) .NET
2 15 (6.47%) LLVM
3 11 (4.74%) ARM Templates
3 11 (4.74%) XML
4 10 (4.31%) HTML
5 9 (3.88%) .NET Core
5 9 (3.88%) Elastic Stack
5 9 (3.88%) OAuth
6 8 (3.45%) 802.1X
6 8 (3.45%) React
7 7 (3.02%) SAML
8 6 (2.59%) .NET Framework
8 6 (2.59%) AWS CDK
9 5 (2.16%) JSON
9 5 (2.16%) RabbitMQ
9 5 (2.16%) RESTful
10 4 (1.72%) Django
10 4 (1.72%) Kafka
10 4 (1.72%) LDAP
10 4 (1.72%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 46 (19.83%) Public Cloud
2 24 (10.34%) Linux Command Line
3 19 (8.19%) Cloud Native
4 17 (7.33%) Hybrid Cloud
5 14 (6.03%) Data Centre
5 14 (6.03%) Greenfield Project
6 13 (5.60%) Product Ownership
7 12 (5.17%) Self-Motivation
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
1 141 (60.78%) Linux
2 57 (24.57%) Windows
3 20 (8.62%) Unix
4 16 (6.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (4.31%) Ubuntu
6 9 (3.88%) Debian
7 7 (3.02%) CentOS
8 6 (2.59%) Mesosphere
8 6 (2.59%) Solaris
8 6 (2.59%) Windows 10
9 5 (2.16%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.86%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.86%) Windows Server
10 2 (0.86%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.86%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.43%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (67.24%) DevOps
2 111 (47.84%) Configuration Management
3 96 (41.38%) Agile
4 80 (34.48%) Infrastructure as Code
5 71 (30.60%) CI/CD
6 52 (22.41%) Mentoring
7 46 (19.83%) Continuous Integration
8 44 (18.97%) Software Engineering
9 42 (18.10%) Test Automation
10 37 (15.95%) Technical Leadership
11 36 (15.52%) Open Source
12 33 (14.22%) Platform Engineering
12 33 (14.22%) Problem-Solving
13 29 (12.50%) Containerisation
14 27 (11.64%) Roadmaps
15 23 (9.91%) Software Delivery
16 21 (9.05%) Coaching
16 21 (9.05%) Customer Service
16 21 (9.05%) ITIL
17 18 (7.76%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 111 (47.84%) Python
2 63 (27.16%) Bash
3 55 (23.71%) Java
4 47 (20.26%) PowerShell
5 44 (18.97%) SQL
6 32 (13.79%) JavaScript
7 31 (13.36%) Go
8 30 (12.93%) C#
9 25 (10.78%) Groovy
9 25 (10.78%) Ruby
10 22 (9.48%) Perl
10 22 (9.48%) Shell Script
11 20 (8.62%) C
12 13 (5.60%) PHP
13 11 (4.74%) TypeScript
14 6 (2.59%) C++
15 5 (2.16%) Fortran
15 5 (2.16%) Rust
16 4 (1.72%) Bicep
16 4 (1.72%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 35 (15.09%) Security Cleared
2 28 (12.07%) 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
7 7 (3.02%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 7 (3.02%) CCNA
7 7 (3.02%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (3.02%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.29%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.43%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 1 (0.43%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
9 1 (0.43%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.43%) Linux+ Certification
9 1 (0.43%) MCSA
9 1 (0.43%) MCSE
9 1 (0.43%) OCP
9 1 (0.43%) Oracle Certification
9 1 (0.43%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.02%) QA
2 1 (0.43%) GDPR
System Software
1 92 (39.66%) Docker
2 10 (4.31%) Hyper-V
2 10 (4.31%) Virtual Machines
2 10 (4.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (3.45%) Active Directory
4 5 (2.16%) KVM
5 4 (1.72%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (1.72%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (1.29%) VirtualBox
7 2 (0.86%) Shibboleth
8 1 (0.43%) etcd
8 1 (0.43%) XenApp
8 1 (0.43%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 180 (77.59%) Ansible
2 127 (54.74%) Puppet
3 116 (50.00%) Terraform
4 107 (46.12%) Kubernetes
5 25 (10.78%) Prometheus
6 24 (10.34%) Salt
7 20 (8.62%) Grafana
8 11 (4.74%) Docker Swarm
9 9 (3.88%) Single Sign-On
10 8 (3.45%) Argo
11 7 (3.02%) Nagios
11 7 (3.02%) Packer
12 5 (2.16%) Jamf Pro
12 5 (2.16%) Microsoft Intune
13 4 (1.72%) Kibana
13 4 (1.72%) logstash
13 4 (1.72%) vRealize
14 3 (1.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 3 (1.29%) HAProxy
14 3 (1.29%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 35 (15.09%) Google
2 27 (11.64%) Microsoft
2 27 (11.64%) Red Hat
3 24 (10.34%) Cisco
3 24 (10.34%) VMware
4 17 (7.33%) IBM
5 14 (6.03%) New Relic
6 13 (5.60%) SaltStack
7 11 (4.74%) Juniper
8 10 (4.31%) Atlassian
9 9 (3.88%) ServiceNow
9 9 (3.88%) Splunk
10 8 (3.45%) Arista
10 8 (3.45%) Fortinet
10 8 (3.45%) Oracle
10 8 (3.45%) Tufin
11 6 (2.59%) Apple
11 6 (2.59%) ForgeRock
11 6 (2.59%) Zscaler
12 3 (1.29%) Citrix