Configuration Management Contracts in the Midlands

Configuration Management
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 96 68 50
Rank change year-on-year -28 -18 +5
Contract jobs citing Configuration Management 38 113 190
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.39% 3.31% 3.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.69% 3.74% 4.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 97 128
10th Percentile £350 £350 £414
25th Percentile £358 £500 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £540 £523
Median % change year-on-year -32.87% +3.35% +29.01%
75th Percentile £500 £590 £550
90th Percentile £550 £610 £638
England median daily rate £550 £540 £550
% change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 7
10th Percentile - £20.58 £15.42
25th Percentile £46.24 £27.98 -
Median hourly rate £48.48 £40.64 £17.70
Median % change year-on-year +19.27% +129.62% -27.76%
75th Percentile £50.71 £52.98 £18.85
90th Percentile - £60.19 £20.00
England median hourly rate £50.00 £50.42 £47.50
% change year-on-year -0.83% +6.15% +17.28%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,250 3,018 4,423
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 82.30% 88.43% 88.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,505 2,107 3,273
10th Percentile £250 £250 £250
25th Percentile £356 £370 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £495 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% +4.21% +17.28%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £566
90th Percentile £700 £680 £653
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 170 122 147
10th Percentile £11.06 £12.05 £10.50
25th Percentile £13.60 £15.13 £13.73
Median hourly rate £19.00 £18.43 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.08% +5.33% +10.34%
75th Percentile £35.00 £28.69 £22.18
90th Percentile £55.00 £53.53 £34.70
England median hourly rate £36.33 £37.15 £24.35
% change year-on-year -2.21% +52.57% +3.62%

Configuration Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Configuration Management in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Configuration Management in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Configuration Management in the Midlands over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Configuration Management in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Configuration Management in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 4 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
West Midlands -32 26 £358 -33.70% 16
East Midlands +11 12 £550 -6.38% 17
Configuration Management
England

Configuration Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 2 (5.26%) CICS
1 2 (5.26%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (7.89%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (5.26%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (7.89%) Azure
2 2 (5.26%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (5.26%) Power Automate
2 2 (5.26%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.63%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 5 (13.16%) SAN
1 5 (13.16%) TCP/IP
2 4 (10.53%) Network Security
3 1 (2.63%) Firewall
3 1 (2.63%) NGFW
3 1 (2.63%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (39.47%) Amazon Redshift
1 15 (39.47%) MySQL
2 2 (5.26%) DB2
2 2 (5.26%) IDMS
3 1 (2.63%) Flink
3 1 (2.63%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 18 (47.37%) Git
General
1 10 (26.32%) Social Skills
2 8 (21.05%) Public Sector
3 4 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (5.26%) Finance
4 2 (5.26%) Marketing
5 1 (2.63%) Advertising
5 1 (2.63%) Aerospace
5 1 (2.63%) Aviation
5 1 (2.63%) Back Office
5 1 (2.63%) Banking
5 1 (2.63%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (23.68%) Developer
2 5 (13.16%) Python Developer
3 4 (10.53%) Network Manager
3 4 (10.53%) Project Manager
4 3 (7.89%) SAP Manager
4 3 (7.89%) SAP Project Manager
5 2 (5.26%) Architect
5 2 (5.26%) Configuration and Release Manager
5 2 (5.26%) Configuration Manager
5 2 (5.26%) Dynamics 365 Architect
5 2 (5.26%) IBM Mainframe Developer
5 2 (5.26%) Mainframe Developer
5 2 (5.26%) Power Platform Architect
5 2 (5.26%) Release and Configuration Manager
5 2 (5.26%) Release Manager
5 2 (5.26%) Senior
5 2 (5.26%) Senior Developer
5 2 (5.26%) Senior Python Developer
5 2 (5.26%) Senior Software Developer
6 1 (2.63%) Denodo Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.63%) Kafka
1 1 (2.63%) RabbitMQ
1 1 (2.63%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.26%) IBM Mainframe
1 2 (5.26%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 5 (13.16%) Debian
1 5 (13.16%) Linux
1 5 (13.16%) Ubuntu
2 2 (5.26%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (57.89%) Agile
2 20 (52.63%) Software Engineering
3 17 (44.74%) Analytics
3 17 (44.74%) Continuous Integration
3 17 (44.74%) Requirements Gathering
4 16 (42.11%) Data Analytics
4 16 (42.11%) Data Extraction
4 16 (42.11%) ETL
4 16 (42.11%) Scrum
5 15 (39.47%) Dashboard Development
6 12 (31.58%) Process Improvement
6 12 (31.58%) Test Strategy
7 7 (18.42%) Customer Service
8 6 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (13.16%) Data Engineering
9 5 (13.16%) Data Modelling
9 5 (13.16%) ITIL
9 5 (13.16%) Matrix Organization
9 5 (13.16%) Prototyping
9 5 (13.16%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 6 (15.79%) Python
2 2 (5.26%) CLIST
2 2 (5.26%) COBOL
2 2 (5.26%) REXX
2 2 (5.26%) SELCOPY
3 1 (2.63%) C#
3 1 (2.63%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 23 (60.53%) Security Cleared
2 22 (57.89%) SC Cleared
3 5 (13.16%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (13.16%) DV Cleared
4 4 (10.53%) CCIE
4 4 (10.53%) CCNP
5 2 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (5.26%) Degree
6 1 (2.63%) CCNA
System Software
1 1 (2.63%) Docker
Systems Management
1 15 (39.47%) Grafana
2 1 (2.63%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.63%) SCCM
2 1 (2.63%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (39.47%) Denodo
1 15 (39.47%) Talend
2 12 (31.58%) Microsoft
3 5 (13.16%) Red Hat
3 5 (13.16%) VMware
4 3 (7.89%) SAP
5 2 (5.26%) IBM
5 2 (5.26%) Syncsort
6 1 (2.63%) Oracle