Configuration Manager Contracts

Configuration Manager
UK

The median Configuration Manager daily rate in the UK is £456 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 499 661 796
Rank change year-on-year +162 +135 -133
Contract jobs requiring a Configuration Manager 99 58 53
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.23% 0.097% 0.060%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.10% 0.062%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 44 34
10th Percentile £339 £400 £366
25th Percentile £356 £500 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £544 £488
Median % change year-on-year -16.13% +11.59% +16.07%
75th Percentile £550 £605 £538
90th Percentile £575 £676 £592
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £582 £485
% change year-on-year -22.72% +20.06% +15.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 6 0
10th Percentile £40.00 £50.90 -
25th Percentile £45.00 £60.00 -
Median hourly rate £50.00 £61.25 -
Median % change year-on-year -18.37% - -
75th Percentile - £64.69 -
90th Percentile - £66.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £63.75 -
% change year-on-year -21.57% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 40,172 56,583 84,829
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.61% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,161 39,538 59,512
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £731
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.93% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,642 1,585 2,099
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.27 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.83 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.38% +95.65% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.55%

Configuration Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Configuration Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Configuration Manager in the UK

Configuration Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Configuration Manager in the UK

Configuration Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Configuration Manager in the UK

Configuration Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Configuration Manager in the UK

Configuration Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

Hourly rate histogram for Configuration Manager in the UK

Configuration Manager
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Configuration Manager within the UK 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
England +167 92 £450 -15.33% 9
UK excluding London +114 81 £450 -22.72% 7
East of England +77 65 £406 -14.47% 1
Work from Home +128 18 £550 +4.76% 2
London +92 11 £401 -23.57%
North of England +24 8 £488 -2.50% 3
North West +20 8 £488 -2.50% 2
South East +27 3 £450 -34.55% 4
Midlands +17 3 £363 -39.58%
East Midlands +17 2 £356 -13.64%
Scotland - 2 - -
West Midlands +24 1 £363 -39.58%

Configuration Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Configuration Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Configuration Manager in the job title.

1 87 (87.88%) Configuration Management
2 61 (61.62%) Aerospace
3 59 (59.60%) PLM
4 56 (56.57%) Coaching
5 55 (55.56%) Collaborative Working
6 16 (16.16%) SC Cleared
6 16 (16.16%) Security Cleared
7 14 (14.14%) Social Skills
8 13 (13.13%) Service Management
9 12 (12.12%) CMDB
9 12 (12.12%) Service Asset and Configuration Management
10 11 (11.11%) JIRA
10 11 (11.11%) Asset Management
11 10 (10.10%) Management Information System
12 8 (8.08%) Public Sector
13 6 (6.06%) ITIL
14 5 (5.05%) Statistics
14 5 (5.05%) Quality Management
14 5 (5.05%) Problem-Solving
14 5 (5.05%) Virtual Team Management
14 5 (5.05%) Virtual Team
14 5 (5.05%) Mentoring
14 5 (5.05%) Continuous Improvement
14 5 (5.05%) Analytical Skills
15 4 (4.04%) IT Asset Management
15 4 (4.04%) IaaS
15 4 (4.04%) User Stories
15 4 (4.04%) Data Quality
15 4 (4.04%) Release Management
15 4 (4.04%) SCCM

Configuration Manager Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 3 (3.03%) Windchill
Cloud Services
1 4 (4.04%) IaaS
1 4 (4.04%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.01%) VPN
Development Applications
1 11 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 61 (61.62%) Aerospace
2 14 (14.14%) Social Skills
3 8 (8.08%) Public Sector
4 5 (5.05%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (3.03%) Military
6 1 (1.01%) Advertising
6 1 (1.01%) Banking
6 1 (1.01%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.01%) Law
6 1 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.03%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 12 (12.12%) CMDB
2 10 (10.10%) Management Information System
3 5 (5.05%) Virtual Team
4 4 (4.04%) Life Science
5 2 (2.02%) NHS
6 1 (1.01%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.01%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.04%) Windows
2 2 (2.02%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (87.88%) Configuration Management
2 59 (59.60%) PLM
3 56 (56.57%) Coaching
4 55 (55.56%) Collaborative Working
5 13 (13.13%) Service Management
6 12 (12.12%) Service Asset and Configuration Management
7 11 (11.11%) Asset Management
8 6 (6.06%) ITIL
9 5 (5.05%) Continuous Improvement
9 5 (5.05%) Mentoring
9 5 (5.05%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (5.05%) Quality Management
9 5 (5.05%) Statistics
9 5 (5.05%) Virtual Team Management
10 4 (4.04%) Information Security
10 4 (4.04%) Internal Audit
10 4 (4.04%) IT Asset Management
10 4 (4.04%) ITSM
10 4 (4.04%) Release Management
10 4 (4.04%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.04%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 16 (16.16%) SC Cleared
1 16 (16.16%) Security Cleared
2 4 (4.04%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (2.02%) A+ Certification
3 2 (2.02%) MCSE
3 2 (2.02%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (2.02%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.01%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.04%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.01%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.01%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 4 (4.04%) SCCM
2 3 (3.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (3.03%) WSUS
Vendors
1 3 (3.03%) Microsoft
1 3 (3.03%) PTC
2 1 (1.01%) Cisco