Configuration Management Contract Job Trends in Central London

Configuration Management
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Configuration Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 139 113 112
Rank change year-on-year -26 -1 -4
Contract jobs citing Configuration Management 16 15 19
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.65% 0.77% 0.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.72% 0.82% 0.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 14 17
10th Percentile £403 £402 £324
25th Percentile £425 £433 £493
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £563 £538
Median % change year-on-year +8.89% +4.65% -10.42%
75th Percentile £710 £716 £725
90th Percentile £759 £775 £740
London median daily rate £535 £594 £538
% change year-on-year -9.89% +10.47% -8.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £22.00 -
London median hourly rate £53.75 £22.00 £26.68
% change year-on-year +144.32% -17.54% -55.53%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Central London

Configuration Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,225 1,819 2,134
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 89.97% 93.76% 91.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,537 1,218 1,374
10th Percentile £363 £320 £363
25th Percentile £453 £423 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -3.28%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
London median daily rate £550 £540 £550
% change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 30 28
10th Percentile £17.60 £18.69 £17.75
25th Percentile £18.75 £23.00 £24.83
Median hourly rate £25.00 £28.33 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.74% -19.07% +30.84%
75th Percentile £43.00 £50.75 £65.63
90th Percentile £64.15 £63.75 £119.65
London median hourly rate £33.60 £31.00 £36.80
% change year-on-year +8.40% -15.77% -1.87%

Configuration Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Configuration Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Configuration Management job vacancy trend in Central London

Configuration Management
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Configuration Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Configuration Management

Configuration Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Configuration Management in Central London over the 6 months to 24 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Configuration Management in Central London

Configuration Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Configuration Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Configuration Management

Configuration Management
Contract Job Locations in Central London

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 Central London region over the 6 months to 24 September 2026. 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
City of London -22 14 £613 -2.00% 17
City of Westminster -11 1 £525 +10.53% 1
Configuration Management
London

Configuration Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.25%) Confluence
1 1 (6.25%) JBoss
1 1 (6.25%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 5 (31.25%) Azure
2 2 (12.50%) AWS
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (6.25%) Entra ID
3 1 (6.25%) GitHub
3 1 (6.25%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (6.25%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) DNS
1 1 (6.25%) HTTP
1 1 (6.25%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 3 (18.75%) JIRA
2 1 (6.25%) Artifactory
2 1 (6.25%) Git
2 1 (6.25%) GitLab
2 1 (6.25%) SonarQube
2 1 (6.25%) Subversion
General
1 7 (43.75%) Finance
2 4 (25.00%) Banking
3 2 (12.50%) Social Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Financial Institution
4 1 (6.25%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) Linux Engineer
2 3 (18.75%) Automation Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Automation Specialist
3 2 (12.50%) Consultant
3 2 (12.50%) Linux Systems Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (6.25%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Designer
4 1 (6.25%) Engineering Specialist
4 1 (6.25%) Linux Support Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Platform Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Security Consultant
4 1 (6.25%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Support Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Windows Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Windows Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (18.75%) Middleware
2 2 (12.50%) REST
3 1 (6.25%) Ajax
3 1 (6.25%) CSS
3 1 (6.25%) HTML
3 1 (6.25%) SOAP
3 1 (6.25%) Terraform
3 1 (6.25%) Web Services
3 1 (6.25%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) CMDB
2 1 (6.25%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (6.25%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (6.25%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 8 (50.00%) Linux
2 5 (31.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 5 (31.25%) Windows
3 3 (18.75%) Unix
4 1 (6.25%) AIX
4 1 (6.25%) CentOS
4 1 (6.25%) Solaris
4 1 (6.25%) Ubuntu
4 1 (6.25%) Windows Server
4 1 (6.25%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (6.25%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (6.25%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) ITSM
2 5 (31.25%) Service Management
3 4 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 4 (25.00%) ITIL
3 4 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (18.75%) Change Management
4 3 (18.75%) Incident Management
4 3 (18.75%) Software Deployment
4 3 (18.75%) Technical Leadership
4 3 (18.75%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 2 (12.50%) Agile
5 2 (12.50%) CI/CD
5 2 (12.50%) Deployment Automation
5 2 (12.50%) DevOps
5 2 (12.50%) Risk Management
5 2 (12.50%) Runbook
5 2 (12.50%) Security Hardening
5 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (12.50%) Test Automation
5 2 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (31.25%) Python
2 4 (25.00%) PowerShell
3 2 (12.50%) Bash
3 2 (12.50%) Java
4 1 (6.25%) Korn
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) Degree
1 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) CISA
2 1 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (6.25%) DV Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (6.25%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (6.25%) Active Directory
2 1 (6.25%) BitLocker
2 1 (6.25%) Hyper-V
2 1 (6.25%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 7 (43.75%) Ansible
2 3 (18.75%) Puppet
2 3 (18.75%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (12.50%) Kubernetes
3 2 (12.50%) Progress Chef
3 2 (12.50%) Red Hat Satellite
3 2 (12.50%) SCCM
4 1 (6.25%) vCenter Server
4 1 (6.25%) WSUS
Vendors
1 5 (31.25%) Microsoft
1 5 (31.25%) ServiceNow
2 3 (18.75%) Okta
2 3 (18.75%) Red Hat
3 2 (12.50%) SaltStack
3 2 (12.50%) VMware
4 1 (6.25%) BMC
4 1 (6.25%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (6.25%) Oracle
4 1 (6.25%) Remedy
4 1 (6.25%) Splunk
4 1 (6.25%) Zscaler