Configuration Management Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Configuration Management
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring Configuration Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 50 56
Rank change year-on-year -24 +6 -36
Contract jobs citing Configuration Management 3 6 7
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 0.46% 1.34% 1.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.52% 1.47% 1.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 5
10th Percentile - - £465
25th Percentile £275 £463 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £287 £625 £590
Median % change year-on-year -54.08% +5.93% +47.50%
75th Percentile £447 £638 £638
90th Percentile £535 - £645
North West median daily rate £588 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +23.79% +5.56% -9.09%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 582 407 454
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 89.26% 90.85% 87.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 417 238 303
10th Percentile £300 £295 £308
25th Percentile £356 £356 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £444 £475 £510
Median % change year-on-year -6.63% -6.86% +7.37%
75th Percentile £538 £564 £560
90th Percentile £666 £650 £615
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 27 34
10th Percentile £15.50 £17.80 £14.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.05 £17.29
Median hourly rate £22.85 £27.39 £25.14
Median % change year-on-year -16.56% +8.95% +29.50%
75th Percentile £43.00 £81.75 £39.50
90th Percentile £83.68 £86.00 £43.75
North West median hourly rate £42.69 £30.95 £30.00
% change year-on-year +37.92% +3.17% -20.00%

Configuration Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Configuration Management job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Configuration Management
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Configuration Management

Configuration Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Configuration Management in Cheshire over the 6 months to 8 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Configuration Management in Cheshire

Configuration Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Configuration Management

Configuration Management
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

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 Cheshire region over the 6 months to 8 February 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
Knutsford - 3 £287 -
Configuration Management
North West

Configuration Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) SSH
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) CMDB
1 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Cryptography
2 2 (66.67%) Fintech
2 2 (66.67%) Information Security
2 2 (66.67%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) Key Management
2 2 (66.67%) Security Operations
2 2 (66.67%) Task Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Product Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Gemalto
1 2 (66.67%) Thales
2 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow