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 10 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 135 120 107
Rank change year-on-year -15 -13 +14
Contract jobs citing Configuration Management 15 12 24
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.60% 0.60% 1.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 0.64% 1.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 11 22
10th Percentile £414 £406 £369
25th Percentile £481 £461 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £675 £538
Median % change year-on-year -9.26% +25.58% -10.42%
75th Percentile £725 £731 £716
90th Percentile £761 £775 £759
London median daily rate £550 £538 £538
% change year-on-year +2.33% - -8.90%
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% -52.85%

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 1,863 2,109
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 89.18% 93.85% 92.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,535 1,238 1,392
10th Percentile £363 £319 £375
25th Percentile £456 £419 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -3.77%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £787
London median daily rate £550 £538 £550
% change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 33 25
10th Percentile £17.60 £19.05 £17.00
25th Percentile £18.75 £23.75 £22.00
Median hourly rate £25.07 £29.07 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.78% -11.91% +20.00%
75th Percentile £42.56 £50.75 £42.25
90th Percentile £63.88 £63.75 £119.50
London median hourly rate £35.50 £32.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +10.94% -8.57% -12.50%

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 10 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 10 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 -16 12 £619 -8.33% 17
City of Westminster - 1 £525 - 2
Kensington and Chelsea - 1 £500 -
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 4 (26.67%) Azure
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (6.67%) AWS
3 1 (6.67%) Entra ID
3 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (6.67%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) DNS
1 1 (6.67%) HTTP
1 1 (6.67%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 3 (20.00%) JIRA
2 1 (6.67%) Git
2 1 (6.67%) GitLab
2 1 (6.67%) Subversion
General
1 6 (40.00%) Finance
2 3 (20.00%) Banking
3 2 (13.33%) Social Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Local Government
4 1 (6.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (26.67%) Linux Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) Automation Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) Automation Specialist
2 2 (13.33%) Consultant
2 2 (13.33%) Linux Systems Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (6.67%) Administrator
3 1 (6.67%) Architect
3 1 (6.67%) Automation Consultant
3 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Specialist
3 1 (6.67%) Linux Support
3 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Security Consultant
3 1 (6.67%) Senior
3 1 (6.67%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (6.67%) Support Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Systems Administrator
3 1 (6.67%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) REST
2 1 (6.67%) Ajax
2 1 (6.67%) CSS
2 1 (6.67%) HTML
2 1 (6.67%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (6.67%) SOAP
2 1 (6.67%) Terraform
2 1 (6.67%) Web Services
2 1 (6.67%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) CMDB
2 1 (6.67%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (6.67%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 5 (33.33%) Linux
2 3 (20.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 3 (20.00%) Windows
3 2 (13.33%) Unix
4 1 (6.67%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) ITSM
1 6 (40.00%) Service Management
2 5 (33.33%) ITIL
3 4 (26.67%) Incident Management
3 4 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 3 (20.00%) Risk Management
4 3 (20.00%) Software Deployment
4 3 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
5 2 (13.33%) Agile
5 2 (13.33%) Change Management
5 2 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (13.33%) Deployment Automation
5 2 (13.33%) Problem Management
5 2 (13.33%) Test Automation
6 1 (6.67%) AI
6 1 (6.67%) Capacity Planning
6 1 (6.67%) Release Management
6 1 (6.67%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 4 (26.67%) Python
2 2 (13.33%) PowerShell
3 1 (6.67%) Bash
3 1 (6.67%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) Degree
1 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.67%) CISA
2 1 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (6.67%) DV Cleared
2 1 (6.67%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) COBIT
1 1 (6.67%) GDPR
1 1 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (6.67%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (6.67%) Active Directory
1 1 (6.67%) BitLocker
1 1 (6.67%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (26.67%) Ansible
2 3 (20.00%) Puppet
2 3 (20.00%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (13.33%) Kubernetes
3 2 (13.33%) Progress Chef
4 1 (6.67%) SCCM
4 1 (6.67%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 5 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 5 (33.33%) ServiceNow
2 3 (20.00%) Okta
3 2 (13.33%) Red Hat
3 2 (13.33%) SaltStack
4 1 (6.67%) BMC
4 1 (6.67%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (6.67%) Oracle
4 1 (6.67%) Remedy
4 1 (6.67%) Splunk
4 1 (6.67%) VMware
4 1 (6.67%) Zscaler