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 22 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 22 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	134	105	115
Rank change year-on-year	-29	+10	-15
Contract jobs citing Configuration Management	16	17	24
As % of all contract jobs in Central London	0.67%	0.91%	1.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	0.73%	0.96%	1.11%
Number of daily rates quoted	13	16	19
10^th Percentile	£370	£393	£203
25^th Percentile	£425	£405	£450
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£613	£525	£535
Median % change year-on-year	+16.67%	-1.87%	-10.83%
75^th Percentile	£710	£697	£656
90^th Percentile	£759	£775	£733
London median daily rate	£529	£588	£538
% change year-on-year	-10.00%	+9.30%	-7.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted	0	1	0
Median hourly rate	-	£22.00	-
London median hourly rate	£49.00	£22.00	£26.68
% change year-on-year	+122.73%	-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.

	6 months to 22 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills	2,183	1,765	2,166
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London	92.03%	94.18%	92.09%
Number of daily rates quoted	1,515	1,210	1,372
10^th Percentile	£363	£325	£363
25^th Percentile	£453	£425	£463
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£550	£550	£575
Median % change year-on-year	-	-4.35%	-1.71%
75^th Percentile	£675	£675	£688
90^th Percentile	£775	£775	£775
London median daily rate	£550	£540	£550
% change year-on-year	+1.85%	-1.82%	-4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted	33	22	26
10^th Percentile	£15.52	£17.25	£19.50
25^th Percentile	£17.60	£20.63	£28.06
Median hourly rate	£25.00	£27.04	£35.00
Median % change year-on-year	-7.53%	-22.76%	+30.84%
75^th Percentile	£43.00	£35.88	£74.38
90^th Percentile	£64.15	£63.05	£124.75
London median hourly rate	£32.50	£30.25	£38.07
% change year-on-year	+7.44%	-20.54%	-3.92%

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 Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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 22 October 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.

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 22 October 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	-27	14	£613	-2.00%	19
City of Westminster	-11	1	£525	+10.53%	1
Configuration Management London

Configuration Management Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 22 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Configuration Management also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Central London region with a requirement for Configuration Management.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Linux	50.0%	8
2	Ansible	43.8%	7
3	Azure	37.5%	6
3	ITSM	37.5%	6
3	Python	37.5%	6
6	Infrastructure as Code	31.3%	5
6	Microsoft	31.3%	5
6	PowerShell	31.3%	5
6	Red Hat Enterprise Linux	31.3%	5
6	Service Management	31.3%	5
6	ServiceNow	31.3%	5
6	Windows	31.3%	5
13	Incident Management	25.0%	4
13	ITIL	25.0%	4
15	Agile	18.8%	3
15	AWS	18.8%	3
15	Change Management	18.8%	3
15	CI/CD	18.8%	3
15	Deployment Automation	18.8%	3
15	DevOps	18.8%	3
15	JIRA	18.8%	3
15	Middleware	18.8%	3
15	Okta	18.8%	3
15	Problem-Solving	18.8%	3
15	Puppet	18.8%	3
15	Red Hat	18.8%	3
15	REST	18.8%	3
15	Runbook	18.8%	3
15	Security Cleared	18.8%	3
15	Single Sign-On	18.8%	3

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

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	ITSM	37.5%	6
2	Infrastructure as Code	31.3%	5
2	Service Management	31.3%	5
4	Incident Management	25.0%	4
4	ITIL	25.0%	4
6	Agile	18.8%	3
6	Change Management	18.8%	3
6	CI/CD	18.8%	3
6	Deployment Automation	18.8%	3
6	DevOps	18.8%	3
6	Problem-Solving	18.8%	3
6	Runbook	18.8%	3
6	Software Deployment	18.8%	3
6	Technical Leadership	18.8%	3
6	Test Automation	18.8%	3
6	Vulnerability Remediation	18.8%	3
17	Change Control	12.5%	2
17	Disaster Recovery	12.5%	2
17	Knowledge Transfer	12.5%	2
17	Platform Engineering	12.5%	2