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

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 538 579 623
Rank change year-on-year +41 +44 -41
Permanent jobs citing Capacity Planning 390 443 809
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% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 248 232 459
10th Percentile £31,250 £39,188 £36,675
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £44,218
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +3.28%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,688 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,125 £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 85,135 94,784 153,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.22% 95.58% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 59,872 55,911 82,488
10th Percentile £29,089 £34,000 £33,635
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% +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 18 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 18 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 -1 298 £55,000 -8.33% 108
UK excluding London -24 298 £47,500 -6.56% 68
Work from Home +85 130 £67,500 +12.50% 46
London +72 80 £75,000 +7.14% 40
South East +40 77 £62,500 -6.72% 19
North of England +37 63 £52,500 +7.14% 11
North West +44 54 £52,500 +2.94% 7
Wales - 53 £46,604 - 2
Midlands -81 43 £43,750 -7.89% 20
West Midlands -9 34 £45,000 - 13
Scotland -52 25 £32,500 -33.67% 6
South West -26 20 £47,500 +3.26% 4
East of England -3 12 £42,250 -29.58% 8
Yorkshire +45 9 £57,500 +4.55% 2
East Midlands -65 9 £26,500 -50.70% 7
Isle of Man - 4 - -
Northern Ireland +18 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 (11.54%) WebLogic
2 44 (11.28%) Oracle Service Bus
3 32 (8.21%) IIS
4 23 (5.90%) Microsoft Exchange
5 17 (4.36%) SharePoint
6 4 (1.03%) Confluence
6 4 (1.03%) SAS
7 3 (0.77%) Apache
8 2 (0.51%) CICS
9 1 (0.26%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 65 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 57 (14.62%) Microsoft Office
3 49 (12.56%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.03%) SPSS
5 3 (0.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 51 (13.08%) 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
1 151 (38.72%) Azure
2 84 (21.54%) AWS
3 62 (15.90%) Microsoft 365
4 39 (10.00%) GCP
5 23 (5.90%) Cloud Computing
6 21 (5.38%) Power Platform
7 18 (4.62%) IaaS
8 17 (4.36%) Entra ID
9 15 (3.85%) Nutanix
10 13 (3.33%) OneDrive
11 12 (3.08%) Amazon S3
12 8 (2.05%) Azure Storage
13 7 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
13 7 (1.79%) Azure Monitor
13 7 (1.79%) Mavenlink
13 7 (1.79%) Power Automate
13 7 (1.79%) PowerApps
14 5 (1.28%) PaaS
15 3 (0.77%) SaaS
15 3 (0.77%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 70 (17.95%) DNS
2 64 (16.41%) WAN
3 62 (15.90%) Firewall
4 48 (12.31%) DHCP
5 30 (7.69%) LAN
6 24 (6.15%) SAN
7 23 (5.90%) TCP/IP
7 23 (5.90%) VPN
8 21 (5.38%) Network Security
9 20 (5.13%) Wireless
10 18 (4.62%) Wi-Fi
11 17 (4.36%) SD-WAN
12 14 (3.59%) iSCSI
12 14 (3.59%) SNMP
13 13 (3.33%) Internet
13 13 (3.33%) Unified Communications
14 12 (3.08%) IPsec
14 12 (3.08%) MPLS
15 11 (2.82%) tcpdump
15 11 (2.82%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (13.85%) SQL Server
2 52 (13.33%) Oracle Database
3 45 (11.54%) Oracle Database 11g
4 44 (11.28%) Oracle Database 10g
4 44 (11.28%) VLDB
5 37 (9.49%) MySQL
6 26 (6.67%) RDBMS
6 26 (6.67%) Relational Database
7 20 (5.13%) NoSQL
8 14 (3.59%) 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 (4.10%) JIRA
2 13 (3.33%) 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
1 130 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 100 (25.64%) Social Skills
3 83 (21.28%) Finance
4 26 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 18 (4.62%) Manufacturing
5 18 (4.62%) Telecoms
6 15 (3.85%) Local Government
6 15 (3.85%) Police
7 12 (3.08%) Aerospace
8 10 (2.56%) Law
9 8 (2.05%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (2.05%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (1.79%) Retail
11 6 (1.54%) Pharmaceutical
12 5 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (1.03%) Legal
13 4 (1.03%) Public Sector
14 3 (0.77%) Automotive
14 3 (0.77%) Aviation
15 2 (0.51%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 78 (20.00%) Analyst
2 48 (12.31%) Senior
3 45 (11.54%) Applications Support
3 45 (11.54%) DBA
3 45 (11.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 44 (11.28%) Applications Support Analyst
4 44 (11.28%) Oracle Analyst
4 44 (11.28%) Oracle Support Analyst
4 44 (11.28%) SQL Analyst
4 44 (11.28%) SQL Support Analyst
4 44 (11.28%) Support Analyst
5 35 (8.97%) Network Engineer
6 26 (6.67%) Administrator
6 26 (6.67%) Lead
7 25 (6.41%) Oracle DBA
7 25 (6.41%) Systems Engineer
8 19 (4.87%) Cloud Engineer
9 18 (4.62%) Infrastructure Manager
9 18 (4.62%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 17 (4.36%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.31%) Elastic Stack
1 9 (2.31%) YAML
2 5 (1.28%) LDAP
2 5 (1.28%) 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 3 (0.77%) XML
5 2 (0.51%) .NET Core
5 2 (0.51%) .NET Framework
5 2 (0.51%) 802.1X
5 2 (0.51%) AngularJS
5 2 (0.51%) ASP.NET
5 2 (0.51%) AWS CDK
5 2 (0.51%) Keycloak
5 2 (0.51%) Middleware
5 2 (0.51%) Node.js
6 1 (0.26%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 39 (10.00%) Management Information System
2 37 (9.49%) Public Cloud
3 31 (7.95%) Clustering
4 22 (5.64%) PMI
5 20 (5.13%) Data Centre
5 20 (5.13%) Distributed Systems
6 15 (3.85%) IoT
6 15 (3.85%) Replication
7 12 (3.08%) Onboarding
8 10 (2.56%) Cyber Threat
8 10 (2.56%) PKI
9 8 (2.05%) Data Structures
10 7 (1.79%) Linux Command Line
11 6 (1.54%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (1.54%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 5 (1.28%) Client/Server
12 5 (1.28%) Hybrid Cloud
13 4 (1.03%) Product Ownership
13 4 (1.03%) Renewable Energy
14 3 (0.77%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 122 (31.28%) Linux
2 96 (24.62%) Windows
3 67 (17.18%) Unix
4 45 (11.54%) Solaris
5 37 (9.49%) Windows Server
6 5 (1.28%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (1.28%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (1.28%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.77%) CatOS
7 3 (0.77%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.77%) zOS
8 2 (0.51%) CentOS
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
1 110 (28.21%) Problem-Solving
2 93 (23.85%) Disaster Recovery
3 92 (23.59%) Incident Management
4 84 (21.54%) Performance Tuning
5 81 (20.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 79 (20.26%) Artificial Intelligence
7 70 (17.95%) ITIL
8 68 (17.44%) Project Management
9 66 (16.92%) Performance Monitoring
10 63 (16.15%) Actionable Insight
11 61 (15.64%) ITSM
12 60 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
13 58 (14.87%) Capacity Management
14 56 (14.36%) High Availability
15 49 (12.56%) Performance Analysis
16 48 (12.31%) Release Management
17 47 (12.05%) DevOps
18 46 (11.79%) Change Management
18 46 (11.79%) Decision-Making
19 44 (11.28%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 123 (31.54%) SQL
2 50 (12.82%) PL/SQL
3 35 (8.97%) Python
4 33 (8.46%) PowerShell
5 32 (8.21%) Bash
6 27 (6.92%) Java
7 25 (6.41%) Perl
8 9 (2.31%) T-SQL
9 7 (1.79%) Shell Script
10 4 (1.03%) VBA
11 3 (0.77%) COBOL
11 3 (0.77%) REXX
12 2 (0.51%) C#
12 2 (0.51%) JCL
12 2 (0.51%) PHP
12 2 (0.51%) R
13 1 (0.26%) AWK
13 1 (0.26%) ProC
13 1 (0.26%) sed
13 1 (0.26%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 140 (35.90%) Degree
2 94 (24.10%) Security Cleared
3 64 (16.41%) SC Cleared
4 24 (6.15%) PMI Certification
5 19 (4.87%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (4.62%) Cisco Certification
7 16 (4.10%) Azure Certification
8 15 (3.85%) CCNA
9 13 (3.33%) CCNP
10 9 (2.31%) PhD
11 8 (2.05%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 7 (1.79%) Numerate Degree
13 6 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
14 5 (1.28%) 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%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (13.33%) SLA
2 18 (4.62%) Data Quality
3 13 (3.33%) GDPR
4 10 (2.56%) PMO
5 5 (1.28%) HIPAA
5 5 (1.28%) 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 74 (18.97%) Active Directory
2 47 (12.05%) Oracle RAC
3 46 (11.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (5.13%) Virtual Machines
4 20 (5.13%) VMware NSX
5 19 (4.87%) Docker
5 19 (4.87%) Hyper-V
6 13 (3.33%) VMware ESXi
7 11 (2.82%) Virtual Desktop
8 8 (2.05%) Firmware
9 3 (0.77%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.77%) vSphere
10 2 (0.51%) KVM
10 2 (0.51%) NFS
10 2 (0.51%) RACF
10 2 (0.51%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 48 (12.31%) Data Guard
1 48 (12.31%) Oracle RMAN
2 28 (7.18%) Terraform
3 24 (6.15%) Ansible
4 17 (4.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 17 (4.36%) Kubernetes
5 16 (4.10%) 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 (2.82%) Puppet
8 9 (2.31%) Graphite
8 9 (2.31%) HAProxy
8 9 (2.31%) Nagios
9 5 (1.28%) WSUS
10 3 (0.77%) Prometheus
11 2 (0.51%) MAINVIEW
11 2 (0.51%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 130 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 93 (23.85%) VMware
3 72 (18.46%) Oracle
4 51 (13.08%) Remedy
5 44 (11.28%) Sun
6 38 (9.74%) Cisco
7 32 (8.21%) Fortinet
8 22 (5.64%) SolarWinds
9 19 (4.87%) Dell
10 18 (4.62%) Citrix
11 16 (4.10%) NetApp
12 11 (2.82%) BT
12 11 (2.82%) Google
12 11 (2.82%) Juniper
13 10 (2.56%) Mitel
14 9 (2.31%) BMC
14 9 (2.31%) Veeam
15 8 (2.05%) ANSYS
16 6 (1.54%) CheckPoint
16 6 (1.54%) SAP