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

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 133 155 159
Rank change year-on-year +22 +4 -16
Contract jobs citing Configuration Management 636 863 1,278
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.73% 1.75% 1.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.00% 1.95% 2.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 366 606 847
10th Percentile £358 £359 £413
25th Percentile £450 £461 £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 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 130 31 41
10th Percentile £37.91 £37.50 £17.70
25th Percentile £44.87 £41.81 £24.00
Median hourly rate £50.00 £50.42 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -0.83% +6.15% +23.38%
75th Percentile £62.96 £58.04 £68.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £50.42 £47.11
% change year-on-year -0.83% +7.04% +17.76%

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 31,802 44,352 63,890
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.49% 90.16% 90.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,831 31,133 45,414
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £446 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £765 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,249 1,562 1,738
10th Percentile £12.91 £10.64 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £37.18 £37.32 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.38% +49.28% +6.38%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +4.82%

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 12 May 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 12 May 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 12 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -13 238 £550 - 82
South East +20 100 £550 -7.17% 53
East of England +57 91 £500 - 18
South West +49 89 £553 +5.24% 47
North of England -26 62 £500 -4.31% 55
North West -11 45 £493 -1.40% 38
Midlands -29 39 £366 -32.18% 39
West Midlands -30 27 £359 -33.52% 21
Yorkshire +14 16 £558 -3.04% 13
East Midlands +10 12 £550 -6.38% 18
North East -6 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 42 (6.60%) Confluence
2 15 (2.36%) nginx
3 9 (1.42%) Apache
3 9 (1.42%) SharePoint
4 7 (1.10%) CMS
5 6 (0.94%) Apache Solr
6 5 (0.79%) Anypoint
6 5 (0.79%) OpenStack
7 4 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.63%) IIS
7 4 (0.63%) MQSeries
8 3 (0.47%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.31%) CICS
9 2 (0.31%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.31%) SAS
9 2 (0.31%) Traefik
10 1 (0.16%) JBoss
10 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.16%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.16%) WebSphere
Applications
1 10 (1.57%) Windchill
2 8 (1.26%) CATIA
2 8 (1.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.63%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.47%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 12 (1.89%) Teamcenter
2 9 (1.42%) Remedy ITSM
3 8 (1.26%) 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
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%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.16%) SAP GTS
6 1 (0.16%) SAP Hybris
6 1 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 138 (21.70%) AWS
2 83 (13.05%) Azure
3 34 (5.35%) GCP
4 32 (5.03%) Serverless
5 26 (4.09%) AWS Lambda
6 23 (3.62%) AWS CloudFormation
7 22 (3.46%) GitHub
8 20 (3.14%) Amazon EC2
9 17 (2.67%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 16 (2.52%) Amazon S3
11 15 (2.36%) Microsoft 365
12 13 (2.04%) Slack
13 12 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
13 12 (1.89%) Entra ID
13 12 (1.89%) OpenShift
13 12 (1.89%) SaaS
14 11 (1.73%) Apigee
14 11 (1.73%) PaaS
15 9 (1.42%) IaaS
15 9 (1.42%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 34 (5.35%) Firewall
1 34 (5.35%) TCP/IP
2 29 (4.56%) DNS
3 25 (3.93%) Network Security
4 18 (2.83%) Internet
4 18 (2.83%) SAN
5 17 (2.67%) DHCP
5 17 (2.67%) VPN
6 11 (1.73%) IPsec
7 8 (1.26%) BGP
7 8 (1.26%) HTTP
7 8 (1.26%) HTTPS
8 7 (1.10%) MPLS
8 7 (1.10%) SSL
9 6 (0.94%) FTP
9 6 (0.94%) LAN
9 6 (0.94%) OSPF
9 6 (0.94%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (0.79%) Broadband
10 5 (0.79%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (6.29%) SQL Server
2 34 (5.35%) MySQL
3 24 (3.77%) Amazon Redshift
3 24 (3.77%) NoSQL
4 23 (3.62%) Relational Database
5 15 (2.36%) Amazon RDS
6 10 (1.57%) Apache Cassandra
6 10 (1.57%) PostgreSQL
7 9 (1.42%) Couchbase
7 9 (1.42%) Elasticsearch
8 8 (1.26%) MongoDB
9 7 (1.10%) Sybase ASE
10 5 (0.79%) Amazon QuickSight
10 5 (0.79%) InfluxDB
10 5 (0.79%) Power BI
11 4 (0.63%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.63%) DB2
12 3 (0.47%) BigQuery
12 3 (0.47%) ClickHouse
12 3 (0.47%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 132 (20.75%) Jenkins
2 65 (10.22%) JIRA
3 56 (8.81%) Git
3 56 (8.81%) GitLab
4 27 (4.25%) Bitbucket
5 25 (3.93%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 20 (3.14%) SonarQube
7 18 (2.83%) Selenium
8 16 (2.52%) Cucumber
9 13 (2.04%) Subversion
9 13 (2.04%) TeamCity
10 12 (1.89%) REST Assured
11 11 (1.73%) Artifactory
12 6 (0.94%) Visual Studio
13 5 (0.79%) AppScan
13 5 (0.79%) Burp Suite
13 5 (0.79%) Maven
13 5 (0.79%) MSI
13 5 (0.79%) WiX
14 4 (0.63%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 166 (26.10%) Social Skills
2 87 (13.68%) Aerospace
3 64 (10.06%) Analytical Skills
4 60 (9.43%) Finance
5 41 (6.45%) Public Sector
6 21 (3.30%) Banking
7 19 (2.99%) Legal
8 16 (2.52%) Military
9 15 (2.36%) Electronics
9 15 (2.36%) Law
10 13 (2.04%) Marketing
11 11 (1.73%) Organisational Skills
11 11 (1.73%) Telecoms
12 9 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
13 8 (1.26%) Investment Banking
13 8 (1.26%) Police
14 7 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (1.10%) Pharmaceutical
15 6 (0.94%) Manufacturing
15 6 (0.94%) Retail
Job Titles
1 82 (12.89%) Developer
2 78 (12.26%) Configuration Manager
3 73 (11.48%) DevOps Engineer
4 62 (9.75%) Senior
5 45 (7.08%) Analyst
5 45 (7.08%) Architect
6 32 (5.03%) Software Engineer
7 30 (4.72%) Lead
8 28 (4.40%) Consultant
9 20 (3.14%) Site Reliability Engineer
10 19 (2.99%) Python Developer
11 18 (2.83%) Embedded Engineer
11 18 (2.83%) Embedded Software Engineer
11 18 (2.83%) Release Manager
12 17 (2.67%) Network Engineer
13 15 (2.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 15 (2.36%) Project Manager
14 14 (2.20%) AWS Engineer
14 14 (2.20%) Site Engineer
15 13 (2.04%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (8.49%) .NET
2 30 (4.72%) REST
3 28 (4.40%) .NET Core
4 24 (3.77%) RabbitMQ
5 22 (3.46%) Elastic Stack
6 19 (2.99%) JSON
7 14 (2.20%) Middleware
7 14 (2.20%) XML
8 13 (2.04%) ARM Templates
8 13 (2.04%) Java EE
9 12 (1.89%) Node.js
10 11 (1.73%) Kafka
11 10 (1.57%) RESTful
12 9 (1.42%) LDAP
12 9 (1.42%) OAuth
12 9 (1.42%) OpenAPI
12 9 (1.42%) Swagger
13 8 (1.26%) SAML
13 8 (1.26%) SOAP
14 7 (1.10%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 79 (12.42%) CMDB
2 66 (10.38%) Management Information System
3 25 (3.93%) Public Cloud
4 18 (2.83%) ARM Cortex
5 15 (2.36%) Data Centre
6 13 (2.04%) Cloud Native
7 12 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
8 11 (1.73%) Onboarding
9 10 (1.57%) Virtual Team
10 8 (1.26%) Linux Command Line
11 7 (1.10%) Client/Server
12 6 (0.94%) Distributed Systems
13 5 (0.79%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 5 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
13 5 (0.79%) Greenfield Project
13 5 (0.79%) Hybrid Cloud
13 5 (0.79%) Mobile App
13 5 (0.79%) Product Ownership
13 5 (0.79%) Social Media
13 5 (0.79%) Web 2.0
Operating Systems
1 144 (22.64%) Linux
2 48 (7.55%) Windows
3 32 (5.03%) Unix
4 25 (3.93%) Ubuntu
5 22 (3.46%) Windows Server
6 18 (2.83%) FreeRTOS
7 16 (2.52%) Debian
8 15 (2.36%) CentOS
9 9 (1.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 7 (1.10%) VMS
11 5 (0.79%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (0.63%) Android
12 4 (0.63%) Apple iOS
12 4 (0.63%) Windows 10
12 4 (0.63%) Windows 7
12 4 (0.63%) Windows Server 2016
13 3 (0.47%) Windows Server 2019
14 2 (0.31%) Mac OS
14 2 (0.31%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (22.96%) DevOps
2 132 (20.75%) CI/CD
3 116 (18.24%) Agile
4 114 (17.92%) Problem-Solving
5 104 (16.35%) ITIL
6 88 (13.84%) Continuous Integration
7 81 (12.74%) Software Engineering
8 77 (12.11%) PLM
9 76 (11.95%) Collaborative Working
10 71 (11.16%) Infrastructure as Code
11 68 (10.69%) Coaching
12 67 (10.53%) Service Management
13 51 (8.02%) Continuous Improvement
14 50 (7.86%) ITSM
15 47 (7.39%) Change Management
16 46 (7.23%) Containerisation
17 45 (7.08%) Migration
18 44 (6.92%) Analytics
19 42 (6.60%) SDLC
19 42 (6.60%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 147 (23.11%) Python
2 86 (13.52%) PowerShell
3 77 (12.11%) SQL
4 48 (7.55%) Java
5 43 (6.76%) C#
6 41 (6.45%) Bash
7 35 (5.50%) JavaScript
8 34 (5.35%) Go
9 27 (4.25%) C
10 20 (3.14%) Perl
10 20 (3.14%) Ruby
11 18 (2.83%) Embedded C
12 17 (2.67%) C++
13 16 (2.52%) Shell Script
14 9 (1.42%) Groovy
15 6 (0.94%) Scala
16 5 (0.79%) T-SQL
17 4 (0.63%) COBOL
17 4 (0.63%) PHP
17 4 (0.63%) REXX
Qualifications
1 236 (37.11%) Security Cleared
2 190 (29.87%) SC Cleared
3 73 (11.48%) Degree
4 62 (9.75%) DV Cleared
5 33 (5.19%) Computer Science Degree
6 19 (2.99%) Cisco Certification
7 16 (2.52%) ITIL Certification
8 13 (2.04%) BPSS Clearance
9 10 (1.57%) CCNP
10 9 (1.42%) CCIE
11 7 (1.10%) AWS Certification
11 7 (1.10%) Master's Degree
12 6 (0.94%) CISSP
13 4 (0.63%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 4 (0.63%) CCNA
14 3 (0.47%) CISA
14 3 (0.47%) CISM
15 2 (0.31%) Network+ Certification
15 2 (0.31%) PhD
15 2 (0.31%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (3.46%) QA
2 17 (2.67%) Data Quality
3 11 (1.73%) GDPR
4 10 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (1.57%) NIST
4 10 (1.57%) SLA
5 9 (1.42%) PMO
6 7 (1.10%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (0.79%) HIPAA
7 5 (0.79%) NCSC
8 3 (0.47%) GPG13
8 3 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 12207
8 3 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.16%) Def Stans
9 1 (0.16%) GRC
9 1 (0.16%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.16%) RMADS
9 1 (0.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 78 (12.26%) Docker
2 31 (4.87%) Active Directory
3 24 (3.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.57%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (1.26%) 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
1 169 (26.57%) Ansible
2 112 (17.61%) Terraform
3 96 (15.09%) Kubernetes
4 54 (8.49%) Puppet
5 45 (7.08%) Grafana
6 39 (6.13%) Progress Chef
7 31 (4.87%) Prometheus
8 23 (3.62%) PowerCLI
9 19 (2.99%) Docker Swarm
10 15 (2.36%) Podman
11 12 (1.89%) SCCM
12 9 (1.42%) BladeLogic
12 9 (1.42%) ITRS Geneos
12 9 (1.42%) Nagios
13 8 (1.26%) ZABBIX
14 7 (1.10%) Graylog
14 7 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
15 5 (0.79%) HP Fortify
15 5 (0.79%) Salt
15 5 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 82 (12.89%) Microsoft
2 51 (8.02%) ServiceNow
3 44 (6.92%) VMware
4 27 (4.25%) Atlassian
5 25 (3.93%) HP
5 25 (3.93%) Red Hat
6 23 (3.62%) Dell
7 22 (3.46%) IBM
8 21 (3.30%) Google
8 21 (3.30%) Splunk
9 20 (3.14%) Citrix
10 19 (2.99%) Oracle
10 19 (2.99%) SAP
11 18 (2.83%) Lauterbach
12 17 (2.67%) Denodo
12 17 (2.67%) Talend
13 13 (2.04%) Cisco
14 11 (1.73%) Salesforce
15 10 (1.57%) Dynatrace
16 9 (1.42%) Remedy