Configuration Management Contracts

Configuration Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 141 135 154
Rank change year-on-year -6 +19 -20
Contract jobs citing Configuration Management 743 1,144 1,632
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.71% 1.91% 1.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.98% 2.12% 2.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 436 788 1,093
10th Percentile £363 £350 £413
25th Percentile £463 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% +14.23%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £700 £738 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £540 £530
% change year-on-year +1.85% +1.89% +21.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 153 33 55
10th Percentile £37.91 £18.91 £16.83
25th Percentile £40.94 £39.55 £22.00
Median hourly rate £50.00 £50.42 £45.14
Median % change year-on-year -0.83% +11.70% +8.77%
75th Percentile £60.75 £57.33 £63.13
90th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £48.99 £45.14
% change year-on-year +2.06% +8.53% +11.46%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,600 53,916 80,351
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.32% 89.91% 90.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,240 37,368 56,382
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,433 1,775 1,932
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.41% +48.00% -
75th Percentile £59.50 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +4.29% +75.00% -8.34%

Configuration Management
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Configuration Management in the UK

Configuration Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Configuration Management in the UK

Configuration Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Configuration Management over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Configuration Management in the UK

Configuration Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Configuration Management in the UK

Configuration Management
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Configuration Management over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Configuration Management in the UK

Configuration Management
Top 16 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 26 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 +7 642 £550 +1.85% 317
UK excluding London +10 419 £550 +1.85% 250
Work from Home +2 242 £550 +1.85% 152
London -4 242 £550 - 83
South East +12 97 £550 -8.33% 54
East of England +69 95 £500 +5.26% 16
South West +54 93 £553 +5.24% 54
North of England -37 62 £497 -5.41% 60
North West -23 45 £490 -2.92% 40
Scotland -8 35 £600 - 16
Midlands -43 33 £416 -22.96% 47
West Midlands -35 20 £360 -33.29% 28
Yorkshire +8 16 £558 -7.08% 17
East Midlands +10 13 £550 -3.30% 19
Wales 0 5 £615 +14.42% 3
North East -2 1 - - 4

Configuration Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 43 (5.79%) Confluence
2 18 (2.42%) nginx
3 10 (1.35%) Apache
4 9 (1.21%) SharePoint
5 7 (0.94%) Apache Solr
5 7 (0.94%) CMS
6 6 (0.81%) Anypoint
7 5 (0.67%) OpenStack
8 4 (0.54%) IIS
8 4 (0.54%) MQSeries
9 3 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.40%) CICS
9 3 (0.40%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.40%) SAS
10 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.27%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.27%) Traefik
11 1 (0.13%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.13%) WebLogic
Applications
1 12 (1.62%) Chatbot
2 11 (1.48%) Windchill
3 9 (1.21%) Microsoft Excel
4 8 (1.08%) CATIA
5 6 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
7 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (1.88%) Teamcenter
2 13 (1.75%) Remedy ITSM
3 8 (1.08%) DELMIA
4 3 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.40%) ENOVIA
4 3 (0.40%) SAP PLM
5 2 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.27%) Remedy AR System
5 2 (0.27%) SAP Hybris
6 1 (0.13%) Aareon QL
6 1 (0.13%) MIS ActiveH
6 1 (0.13%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.13%) OPENHousing
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.13%) Primavera
6 1 (0.13%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.13%) SAP GTS
6 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 157 (21.13%) AWS
2 99 (13.32%) Azure
3 45 (6.06%) GCP
4 34 (4.58%) Serverless
5 31 (4.17%) GitHub
6 28 (3.77%) AWS Lambda
7 25 (3.36%) AWS CloudFormation
8 21 (2.83%) Amazon EC2
9 19 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
10 18 (2.42%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 18 (2.42%) SaaS
11 17 (2.29%) Microsoft 365
12 15 (2.02%) Amazon S3
12 15 (2.02%) OpenShift
12 15 (2.02%) Slack
13 14 (1.88%) Apigee
13 14 (1.88%) Entra ID
13 14 (1.88%) IaaS
14 13 (1.75%) PaaS
15 10 (1.35%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 40 (5.38%) TCP/IP
2 36 (4.85%) Firewall
3 33 (4.44%) DNS
4 26 (3.50%) Network Security
5 22 (2.96%) Internet
6 21 (2.83%) DHCP
7 20 (2.69%) SAN
8 18 (2.42%) VPN
9 12 (1.62%) BGP
10 11 (1.48%) IPsec
10 11 (1.48%) MPLS
11 9 (1.21%) HTTP
12 8 (1.08%) HTTPS
12 8 (1.08%) SSL
13 7 (0.94%) Cisco IOS
13 7 (0.94%) IOS XR
14 6 (0.81%) FTP
14 6 (0.81%) OSPF
14 6 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
15 5 (0.67%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (5.65%) SQL Server
2 33 (4.44%) MySQL
3 25 (3.36%) NoSQL
4 24 (3.23%) Relational Database
5 18 (2.42%) Amazon Redshift
6 16 (2.15%) Amazon RDS
7 12 (1.62%) PostgreSQL
8 11 (1.48%) Apache Cassandra
9 9 (1.21%) Couchbase
9 9 (1.21%) Elasticsearch
9 9 (1.21%) MongoDB
10 7 (0.94%) Sybase ASE
11 6 (0.81%) Data Lake
12 5 (0.67%) Amazon QuickSight
12 5 (0.67%) Azure SQL Database
12 5 (0.67%) DB2
12 5 (0.67%) InfluxDB
12 5 (0.67%) Power BI
12 5 (0.67%) Redis
13 4 (0.54%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 141 (18.98%) Jenkins
2 76 (10.23%) JIRA
3 70 (9.42%) Git
4 59 (7.94%) GitLab
5 30 (4.04%) Bitbucket
6 25 (3.36%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 23 (3.10%) SonarQube
8 19 (2.56%) Selenium
9 16 (2.15%) Cucumber
10 15 (2.02%) TeamCity
11 14 (1.88%) Subversion
11 14 (1.88%) Visual Studio
12 13 (1.75%) Artifactory
13 12 (1.62%) REST Assured
14 9 (1.21%) LoadRunner
15 8 (1.08%) PVCS
16 7 (0.94%) Sonatype Nexus
17 6 (0.81%) AppScan
17 6 (0.81%) Burp Suite
17 6 (0.81%) Maven
General
1 186 (25.03%) Social Skills
2 88 (11.84%) Aerospace
3 66 (8.88%) Analytical Skills
4 65 (8.75%) Public Sector
5 60 (8.08%) Finance
6 22 (2.96%) Banking
7 19 (2.56%) Electronics
7 19 (2.56%) Legal
7 19 (2.56%) Telecoms
8 15 (2.02%) Law
8 15 (2.02%) Military
9 13 (1.75%) Marketing
9 13 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
10 12 (1.62%) Retail
11 11 (1.48%) Pharmaceutical
12 10 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
12 10 (1.35%) Investment Banking
12 10 (1.35%) Manufacturing
13 8 (1.08%) Police
14 7 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 91 (12.25%) Developer
2 87 (11.71%) Configuration Manager
3 78 (10.50%) DevOps Engineer
4 69 (9.29%) Senior
5 44 (5.92%) Analyst
5 44 (5.92%) Architect
6 39 (5.25%) Lead
7 37 (4.98%) Consultant
8 36 (4.85%) Software Engineer
9 23 (3.10%) Python Developer
10 22 (2.96%) Embedded Engineer
10 22 (2.96%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 22 (2.96%) Site Reliability Engineer
11 21 (2.83%) Network Engineer
12 19 (2.56%) Release Manager
13 16 (2.15%) Project Manager
13 16 (2.15%) Site Engineer
14 15 (2.02%) Cloud Engineer
14 15 (2.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 14 (1.88%) Configuration Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (7.40%) .NET
2 35 (4.71%) REST
3 28 (3.77%) .NET Core
4 25 (3.36%) JSON
4 25 (3.36%) RabbitMQ
5 22 (2.96%) Elastic Stack
6 21 (2.83%) RESTful
6 21 (2.83%) XML
7 15 (2.02%) Middleware
7 15 (2.02%) Node.js
8 14 (1.88%) ARM Templates
9 13 (1.75%) Java EE
9 13 (1.75%) SOAP
10 12 (1.62%) Kafka
11 10 (1.35%) LDAP
11 10 (1.35%) OpenAPI
11 10 (1.35%) Swagger
11 10 (1.35%) YAML
12 9 (1.21%) OAuth
13 8 (1.08%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 80 (10.77%) CMDB
2 65 (8.75%) Management Information System
3 28 (3.77%) Public Cloud
4 20 (2.69%) Data Centre
5 18 (2.42%) ARM Cortex
6 12 (1.62%) Cloud Native
6 12 (1.62%) Onboarding
7 11 (1.48%) IVR
8 10 (1.35%) Private Cloud
8 10 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (1.21%) Virtual Team
10 8 (1.08%) Linux Command Line
11 7 (0.94%) Client/Server
11 7 (0.94%) IoT
11 7 (0.94%) VHDL
12 6 (0.81%) Hybrid Cloud
12 6 (0.81%) Mobile App
12 6 (0.81%) Security Posture
13 5 (0.67%) Distributed Systems
13 5 (0.67%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 158 (21.27%) Linux
2 60 (8.08%) Windows
3 39 (5.25%) Unix
4 27 (3.63%) Ubuntu
5 25 (3.36%) Windows Server
6 18 (2.42%) Debian
6 18 (2.42%) FreeRTOS
7 15 (2.02%) CentOS
8 12 (1.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 7 (0.94%) VMS
10 6 (0.81%) Android
11 5 (0.67%) Apple iOS
11 5 (0.67%) Windows 10
11 5 (0.67%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (0.54%) Embedded Linux
12 4 (0.54%) VxWorks
12 4 (0.54%) Windows 7
12 4 (0.54%) Windows Server 2016
13 3 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
13 3 (0.40%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 172 (23.15%) DevOps
2 153 (20.59%) CI/CD
3 131 (17.63%) Problem-Solving
4 128 (17.23%) Agile
5 117 (15.75%) ITIL
6 101 (13.59%) Continuous Integration
7 96 (12.92%) Infrastructure as Code
8 89 (11.98%) Service Management
9 83 (11.17%) Coaching
10 82 (11.04%) Software Engineering
11 80 (10.77%) PLM
12 73 (9.83%) Collaborative Working
13 65 (8.75%) ITSM
14 59 (7.94%) Continuous Improvement
15 57 (7.67%) Change Management
16 55 (7.40%) Containerisation
17 52 (7.00%) Roadmaps
18 49 (6.59%) Analytics
18 49 (6.59%) Migration
18 49 (6.59%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 170 (22.88%) Python
2 99 (13.32%) PowerShell
3 81 (10.90%) SQL
4 55 (7.40%) Java
5 44 (5.92%) C#
6 42 (5.65%) Bash
7 39 (5.25%) C
8 38 (5.11%) Go
9 36 (4.85%) JavaScript
10 24 (3.23%) Ruby
11 22 (2.96%) Embedded C
11 22 (2.96%) Perl
12 17 (2.29%) C++
13 15 (2.02%) Shell Script
14 10 (1.35%) PL/SQL
15 8 (1.08%) Groovy
16 6 (0.81%) Scala
17 5 (0.67%) COBOL
17 5 (0.67%) REXX
17 5 (0.67%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 269 (36.20%) Security Cleared
2 217 (29.21%) SC Cleared
3 80 (10.77%) Degree
4 62 (8.34%) DV Cleared
5 33 (4.44%) Computer Science Degree
6 21 (2.83%) Cisco Certification
7 18 (2.42%) BPSS Clearance
8 16 (2.15%) ITIL Certification
9 13 (1.75%) CCNP
10 9 (1.21%) CCIE
10 9 (1.21%) PMP
11 6 (0.81%) AWS Certification
11 6 (0.81%) Network+ Certification
12 5 (0.67%) CISSP
12 5 (0.67%) Master's Degree
13 4 (0.54%) A+ Certification
13 4 (0.54%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 4 (0.54%) MCSE
13 4 (0.54%) Microsoft Certification
14 3 (0.40%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (3.63%) QA
2 19 (2.56%) Data Quality
3 12 (1.62%) GDPR
4 11 (1.48%) SLA
5 10 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (1.35%) NIST
6 7 (0.94%) PCI DSS
6 7 (0.94%) PMO
7 5 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (0.67%) HIPAA
7 5 (0.67%) NCSC
8 4 (0.54%) MISRA
8 4 (0.54%) MISRA C
9 3 (0.40%) Disclosure Scotland
9 3 (0.40%) GPG13
9 3 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 3 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.13%) Def Stans
10 1 (0.13%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.13%) RMADS
System Software
1 86 (11.57%) Docker
2 35 (4.71%) Active Directory
3 28 (3.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (1.62%) Virtual Machines
5 11 (1.48%) Firmware
6 8 (1.08%) XenApp
7 6 (0.81%) vSphere
7 6 (0.81%) XenDesktop
8 5 (0.67%) VMware NSX
9 4 (0.54%) Samba
10 3 (0.40%) Apache ZooKeeper
10 3 (0.40%) Hyper-V
10 3 (0.40%) vCloud
11 2 (0.27%) KVM
11 2 (0.27%) Time Sharing Option
11 2 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.13%) Postfix
12 1 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 192 (25.84%) Ansible
2 129 (17.36%) Terraform
3 104 (14.00%) Kubernetes
4 64 (8.61%) Puppet
5 48 (6.46%) Progress Chef
6 44 (5.92%) Grafana
7 34 (4.58%) Prometheus
8 23 (3.10%) PowerCLI
9 20 (2.69%) Docker Swarm
10 19 (2.56%) SCCM
11 14 (1.88%) Podman
12 13 (1.75%) Microsoft Intune
13 11 (1.48%) Nagios
14 10 (1.35%) Packer
15 9 (1.21%) BladeLogic
15 9 (1.21%) ITRS Geneos
15 9 (1.21%) ZABBIX
16 8 (1.08%) Graylog
17 7 (0.94%) Consul
18 6 (0.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 99 (13.32%) Microsoft
2 55 (7.40%) ServiceNow
3 53 (7.13%) VMware
4 30 (4.04%) Atlassian
5 29 (3.90%) HP
6 28 (3.77%) Oracle
6 28 (3.77%) Red Hat
7 27 (3.63%) SAP
8 24 (3.23%) Dell
9 23 (3.10%) Google
9 23 (3.10%) IBM
10 22 (2.96%) Splunk
11 21 (2.83%) Citrix
12 18 (2.42%) Lauterbach
13 17 (2.29%) Cisco
14 14 (1.88%) Genesys
15 13 (1.75%) Remedy
15 13 (1.75%) Salesforce
16 11 (1.48%) Denodo
16 11 (1.48%) Talend