Configuration Management Contracts in England

Configuration Management
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Configuration Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Configuration Management over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 135 151 148
Rank change year-on-year +16 -3 -4
Contract jobs citing Configuration Management 638 917 1,336
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.73% 1.81% 1.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.99% 2.01% 2.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 374 641 881
10th Percentile £358 £350 £413
25th Percentile £450 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% +15.79%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £725 £745 £725
UK median daily rate £550 £543 £550
% change year-on-year +1.38% -1.36% +13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 130 30 45
10th Percentile £37.91 £37.25 £16.83
25th Percentile £41.81 £41.80 £20.00
Median hourly rate £50.00 £50.42 £45.14
Median % change year-on-year -0.83% +11.70% +11.46%
75th Percentile £62.32 £58.40 £68.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £65.20 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £50.42 £45.93
% change year-on-year -0.83% +9.79% +8.06%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Configuration Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,985 45,619 64,566
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.53% 90.25% 90.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,974 32,022 45,804
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £769 £749
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,225 1,607 1,769
10th Percentile £12.86 £10.94 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.31 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
Median % change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.15
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -

Configuration Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Configuration Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Configuration Management in England

Configuration Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Configuration Management in England.

Daily rate trend for Configuration Management in England

Configuration Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Configuration Management in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Configuration Management in England

Configuration Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Configuration Management in England.

Hourly rate trend for Configuration Management in England

Configuration Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Configuration Management in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Configuration Management in England

Configuration Management
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Configuration Management within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -4 241 £550 - 81
South East +9 96 £550 -8.33% 57
East of England +72 94 £500 +5.26% 17
South West +50 92 £553 +5.24% 51
North of England -34 62 £497 -5.41% 65
North West -28 45 £490 -3.87% 43
Midlands -45 33 £416 -22.96% 46
West Midlands -33 20 £360 -33.29% 28
Yorkshire +8 16 £558 -7.08% 19
East Midlands +6 13 £550 -3.30% 18
North East -3 1 - - 4
Configuration Management
UK

Configuration Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 41 (6.43%) Confluence
2 17 (2.66%) nginx
3 9 (1.41%) Apache
3 9 (1.41%) SharePoint
4 7 (1.10%) Apache Solr
4 7 (1.10%) CMS
5 5 (0.78%) Anypoint
5 5 (0.78%) OpenStack
6 4 (0.63%) IIS
6 4 (0.63%) MQSeries
7 3 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.47%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.31%) CICS
8 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.31%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.31%) SAS
8 2 (0.31%) Traefik
9 1 (0.16%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.16%) WebLogic
Applications
1 11 (1.72%) Windchill
2 8 (1.25%) CATIA
2 8 (1.25%) Chatbot
2 8 (1.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.47%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (2.04%) Teamcenter
2 9 (1.41%) Remedy ITSM
3 8 (1.25%) DELMIA
4 3 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.47%) ENOVIA
4 3 (0.47%) SAP PLM
5 2 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.31%) Remedy AR System
5 2 (0.31%) SAP Hybris
6 1 (0.16%) Aareon QL
6 1 (0.16%) MIS ActiveH
6 1 (0.16%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.16%) OPENHousing
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.16%) Primavera
6 1 (0.16%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.16%) SAP GTS
6 1 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 140 (21.94%) AWS
2 86 (13.48%) Azure
3 37 (5.80%) GCP
4 32 (5.02%) Serverless
5 27 (4.23%) AWS Lambda
6 26 (4.08%) GitHub
7 23 (3.61%) AWS CloudFormation
8 20 (3.13%) Amazon EC2
9 18 (2.82%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 17 (2.66%) Microsoft 365
11 15 (2.35%) Amazon S3
12 14 (2.19%) Azure DevOps
13 13 (2.04%) Entra ID
13 13 (2.04%) PaaS
13 13 (2.04%) Slack
14 12 (1.88%) SaaS
15 11 (1.72%) Apigee
15 11 (1.72%) IaaS
15 11 (1.72%) OpenShift
16 10 (1.57%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 37 (5.80%) TCP/IP
2 32 (5.02%) DNS
3 31 (4.86%) Firewall
4 25 (3.92%) Network Security
5 20 (3.13%) DHCP
5 20 (3.13%) SAN
6 18 (2.82%) Internet
7 17 (2.66%) VPN
8 11 (1.72%) BGP
8 11 (1.72%) IPsec
9 10 (1.57%) MPLS
10 8 (1.25%) HTTP
10 8 (1.25%) HTTPS
11 7 (1.10%) Cisco IOS
11 7 (1.10%) IOS XR
11 7 (1.10%) SSL
12 6 (0.94%) FTP
12 6 (0.94%) OSPF
12 6 (0.94%) Wi-Fi
13 5 (0.78%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (6.27%) SQL Server
2 29 (4.55%) MySQL
3 24 (3.76%) NoSQL
4 22 (3.45%) Relational Database
5 17 (2.66%) Amazon Redshift
6 15 (2.35%) Amazon RDS
7 11 (1.72%) Apache Cassandra
7 11 (1.72%) PostgreSQL
8 9 (1.41%) Couchbase
8 9 (1.41%) Elasticsearch
8 9 (1.41%) MongoDB
9 7 (1.10%) Sybase ASE
10 5 (0.78%) Amazon QuickSight
10 5 (0.78%) Data Lake
10 5 (0.78%) InfluxDB
10 5 (0.78%) Power BI
10 5 (0.78%) Redis
11 4 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (0.63%) DB2
12 3 (0.47%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 129 (20.22%) Jenkins
2 63 (9.87%) JIRA
3 53 (8.31%) GitLab
4 52 (8.15%) Git
5 27 (4.23%) Bitbucket
6 24 (3.76%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 20 (3.13%) SonarQube
8 18 (2.82%) Selenium
9 16 (2.51%) Cucumber
10 13 (2.04%) Subversion
10 13 (2.04%) TeamCity
11 12 (1.88%) REST Assured
12 9 (1.41%) Artifactory
13 7 (1.10%) LoadRunner
14 6 (0.94%) Visual Studio
15 5 (0.78%) AppScan
15 5 (0.78%) Burp Suite
15 5 (0.78%) MSI
15 5 (0.78%) WiX
16 4 (0.63%) Maven
General
1 168 (26.33%) Social Skills
2 86 (13.48%) Aerospace
3 65 (10.19%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (9.09%) Finance
5 42 (6.58%) Public Sector
6 21 (3.29%) Banking
7 19 (2.98%) Legal
8 15 (2.35%) Law
8 15 (2.35%) Military
8 15 (2.35%) Telecoms
9 14 (2.19%) Electronics
10 13 (2.04%) Marketing
11 12 (1.88%) Organisational Skills
12 10 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
13 9 (1.41%) Investment Banking
14 8 (1.25%) Police
15 7 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 7 (1.10%) Retail
16 6 (0.94%) Manufacturing
16 6 (0.94%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 86 (13.48%) Developer
2 82 (12.85%) Configuration Manager
3 70 (10.97%) DevOps Engineer
4 63 (9.87%) Senior
5 41 (6.43%) Analyst
6 37 (5.80%) Architect
7 32 (5.02%) Consultant
8 31 (4.86%) Software Engineer
9 28 (4.39%) Lead
10 21 (3.29%) Python Developer
10 21 (3.29%) Site Reliability Engineer
11 20 (3.13%) Network Engineer
12 18 (2.82%) Release Manager
13 17 (2.66%) Embedded Engineer
13 17 (2.66%) Embedded Software Engineer
14 15 (2.35%) Site Engineer
15 14 (2.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 14 (2.19%) Project Manager
16 13 (2.04%) AWS Engineer
16 13 (2.04%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (8.46%) .NET
2 30 (4.70%) REST
3 28 (4.39%) .NET Core
4 23 (3.61%) RabbitMQ
5 22 (3.45%) JSON
6 20 (3.13%) Elastic Stack
7 17 (2.66%) XML
8 15 (2.35%) RESTful
9 14 (2.19%) ARM Templates
10 13 (2.04%) Java EE
10 13 (2.04%) Middleware
11 11 (1.72%) Kafka
11 11 (1.72%) Node.js
12 10 (1.57%) LDAP
13 9 (1.41%) OAuth
13 9 (1.41%) OpenAPI
13 9 (1.41%) Swagger
14 8 (1.25%) SAML
14 8 (1.25%) SOAP
15 7 (1.10%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 74 (11.60%) CMDB
2 63 (9.87%) Management Information System
3 25 (3.92%) Public Cloud
4 17 (2.66%) ARM Cortex
5 15 (2.35%) Data Centre
6 12 (1.88%) Cloud Native
7 11 (1.72%) Onboarding
8 10 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (1.41%) Virtual Team
10 8 (1.25%) IVR
10 8 (1.25%) Linux Command Line
11 7 (1.10%) Client/Server
12 5 (0.78%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 5 (0.78%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (0.78%) Greenfield Project
12 5 (0.78%) Hybrid Cloud
12 5 (0.78%) Mobile App
12 5 (0.78%) Security Posture
12 5 (0.78%) Social Media
12 5 (0.78%) Web 2.0
Operating Systems
1 140 (21.94%) Linux
2 53 (8.31%) Windows
3 34 (5.33%) Unix
4 27 (4.23%) Ubuntu
5 22 (3.45%) Windows Server
6 18 (2.82%) Debian
7 17 (2.66%) FreeRTOS
8 15 (2.35%) CentOS
9 7 (1.10%) VMS
10 6 (0.94%) Android
10 6 (0.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 5 (0.78%) Apple iOS
11 5 (0.78%) Windows 10
11 5 (0.78%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (0.63%) Windows 7
12 4 (0.63%) Windows Server 2016
13 3 (0.47%) Mac OS
13 3 (0.47%) Windows Server 2019
14 2 (0.31%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (23.35%) DevOps
2 133 (20.85%) CI/CD
3 114 (17.87%) Problem-Solving
4 110 (17.24%) Agile
5 105 (16.46%) ITIL
6 79 (12.38%) Continuous Integration
6 79 (12.38%) PLM
7 74 (11.60%) Infrastructure as Code
8 73 (11.44%) Software Engineering
9 72 (11.29%) Collaborative Working
10 71 (11.13%) Coaching
11 65 (10.19%) Service Management
12 52 (8.15%) Continuous Improvement
13 50 (7.84%) ITSM
14 46 (7.21%) Change Management
14 46 (7.21%) Roadmaps
15 45 (7.05%) Migration
16 44 (6.90%) Containerisation
17 42 (6.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 42 (6.58%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 152 (23.82%) Python
2 94 (14.73%) PowerShell
3 77 (12.07%) SQL
4 50 (7.84%) Java
5 43 (6.74%) C#
6 40 (6.27%) Bash
7 35 (5.49%) Go
7 35 (5.49%) JavaScript
8 26 (4.08%) C
9 20 (3.13%) Perl
9 20 (3.13%) Ruby
10 17 (2.66%) C++
10 17 (2.66%) Embedded C
11 15 (2.35%) Shell Script
12 8 (1.25%) Groovy
13 6 (0.94%) Scala
14 5 (0.78%) T-SQL
15 4 (0.63%) COBOL
15 4 (0.63%) PHP
15 4 (0.63%) REXX
Qualifications
1 231 (36.21%) Security Cleared
2 184 (28.84%) SC Cleared
3 73 (11.44%) Degree
4 62 (9.72%) DV Cleared
5 31 (4.86%) Computer Science Degree
6 21 (3.29%) Cisco Certification
7 16 (2.51%) ITIL Certification
8 14 (2.19%) BPSS Clearance
9 13 (2.04%) CCNP
10 9 (1.41%) CCIE
11 6 (0.94%) AWS Certification
11 6 (0.94%) Network+ Certification
12 5 (0.78%) CISSP
12 5 (0.78%) Master's Degree
13 4 (0.63%) A+ Certification
13 4 (0.63%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 4 (0.63%) MCSE
13 4 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
14 3 (0.47%) CCNA
14 3 (0.47%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (3.45%) QA
2 18 (2.82%) Data Quality
3 11 (1.72%) GDPR
4 10 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (1.57%) NIST
4 10 (1.57%) SLA
5 7 (1.10%) PCI DSS
5 7 (1.10%) PMO
6 5 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (0.78%) HIPAA
6 5 (0.78%) NCSC
7 3 (0.47%) GPG13
7 3 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 3 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.16%) Def Stans
8 1 (0.16%) GRC
8 1 (0.16%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.16%) RMADS
8 1 (0.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 76 (11.91%) Docker
2 31 (4.86%) Active Directory
3 23 (3.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.57%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (1.25%) XenApp
6 6 (0.94%) XenDesktop
7 4 (0.63%) Samba
8 3 (0.47%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 3 (0.47%) Firmware
8 3 (0.47%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.31%) KVM
9 2 (0.31%) Time Sharing Option
9 2 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.31%) vSphere
10 1 (0.16%) NFS
10 1 (0.16%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.16%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.16%) VMware Workstation
10 1 (0.16%) Xen
Systems Management
1 171 (26.80%) Ansible
2 112 (17.55%) Terraform
3 90 (14.11%) Kubernetes
4 54 (8.46%) Puppet
5 40 (6.27%) Grafana
5 40 (6.27%) Progress Chef
6 32 (5.02%) Prometheus
7 23 (3.61%) PowerCLI
8 19 (2.98%) Docker Swarm
9 18 (2.82%) SCCM
10 14 (2.19%) Podman
11 12 (1.88%) Microsoft Intune
12 10 (1.57%) Nagios
13 9 (1.41%) BladeLogic
13 9 (1.41%) ITRS Geneos
13 9 (1.41%) ZABBIX
14 7 (1.10%) Graylog
15 6 (0.94%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 5 (0.78%) Consul
16 5 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 89 (13.95%) Microsoft
2 51 (7.99%) ServiceNow
3 45 (7.05%) VMware
4 28 (4.39%) HP
5 27 (4.23%) Red Hat
6 26 (4.08%) Atlassian
7 24 (3.76%) Dell
8 22 (3.45%) Oracle
9 21 (3.29%) Google
9 21 (3.29%) IBM
10 20 (3.13%) Citrix
10 20 (3.13%) SAP
10 20 (3.13%) Splunk
11 17 (2.66%) Cisco
11 17 (2.66%) Lauterbach
12 11 (1.72%) Genesys
12 11 (1.72%) Salesforce
13 10 (1.57%) Dynatrace
13 10 (1.57%) Nokia
13 10 (1.57%) Talend