ICT application configurator
ICT application configurators identify, record, and maintain user-specific application configurations based upon user requirements and business rules. They configure generic software systems in order to create a specific version applied to an organisation's context. These configurations range from adjusting basic parameters through the creation of business rules and roles in the ICT system to developing specific modules (including the configuration of Commercial off-the-shelf systems (COTS). They also document configurations, perform configuration updates, and ensure the configurations are correctly implemented in the application.
ICT application configurator iCT application configurators identify, record, and maintain user-specific application configurations based upon user requirements and business rules. The role shows moderate AI exposure (0.50 on a 0-1 scale) — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. The most in-demand skills for the role include computer programming, digital systems, ICT debugging tools, integrated development environment software, tools for software configuration management.
Pay in the UK
UK: median £56,914 a year for Programmers and software development professionals (ONS ASHE 2025, full-time)
Middle half of full-time jobs: £42,289 to £75,794 a year
UK jobs are grouped differently; this is the closest UK occupation group (ONS SOC 2020 2134). ONS rates this estimate precise. 2025 provisional figures; ONS revises them a year later. Source: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (Open Government Licence)
Pay in India (occupation group)
Average monthly earnings of salaried employees in the occupation group “Professionals” in India, from the Government of India's Periodic Labour Force Survey (January–December 2025). It covers everyone in this group, not only ICT application configurator, and it is not US pay converted to rupees.
Source: MoSPI (Government of India), Periodic Labour Force Survey Annual Report 2025, Table 51 — average wage/salary earnings of regular wage/salaried employees, NCO-2015 division 2. Official India data gives one average per occupation group: there are no official India figures for single careers, experience levels or cities. Read the report
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Frequently asked questions
What does ICT application configurator do?
ICT application configurators identify, record, and maintain user-specific application configurations based upon user requirements and business rules. They configure generic software systems in order to create a specific version applied to an organisation's context. These configurations range from adjusting basic parameters through the creation of business rules and roles in the ICT system to developing specific modules (including the configuration of Commercial off-the-shelf systems (COTS).
What skills does ICT application configurator need?
The most in-demand skills for this role include computer programming, digital systems, ICT debugging tools, integrated development environment software, tools for software configuration management, migrate existing data. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.
Will AI replace ICT application configurator?
Our AI-durability model gives ICT application configurator a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.