Configuration Engineer Contracts in England

Configuration Engineer
UK > England

The median Configuration Engineer daily rate in England is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 464 526 636
Rank change year-on-year +62 +110 +137
Contract jobs requiring a Configuration Engineer 21 16 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.086% 0.043% 0.034%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.093% 0.046% 0.036%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 2 9
10th Percentile £397 £418 -
25th Percentile £438 £444 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -1.96% +45.71%
75th Percentile £463 £569 £530
90th Percentile £500 £603 £599
UK median daily rate £450 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +5.88% -15.00% +42.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 9 4
10th Percentile - £37.33 -
25th Percentile £41.25 £37.91 £37.50
Median hourly rate £43.75 £40.28 £40.90
Median % change year-on-year +8.63% -1.53% +83.57%
75th Percentile £48.75 £42.64 £42.50
90th Percentile £55.50 £44.00 -
UK median hourly rate £43.75 £40.28 £40.90
% change year-on-year +8.63% -1.53% +83.57%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Configuration Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Configuration Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Configuration Engineer in England

Configuration Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Configuration Engineer in England

Configuration Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Configuration Engineer in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Configuration Engineer in England

Configuration Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Configuration Engineer in England

Configuration Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Configuration Engineer in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Configuration Engineer in England

Configuration Engineer
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Configuration Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
North of England +29 11 £450 +12.50% 7
North West +27 11 £450 +12.50% 3
East of England +30 8 £340 - 3
South West +47 2 £600 - 5
Configuration Engineer
UK

Configuration Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Configuration Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Configuration Engineer in the job title.

1 19 (90.48%) PLM
2 15 (71.43%) Teamcenter
3 11 (52.38%) XML
4 10 (47.62%) CAD
4 10 (47.62%) Configuration Management
4 10 (47.62%) SC Cleared
4 10 (47.62%) Security Cleared
4 10 (47.62%) Data Governance
4 10 (47.62%) Data Quality
4 10 (47.62%) User Experience
4 10 (47.62%) Siemens NX
5 8 (38.10%) Social Skills
6 6 (28.57%) Windchill
7 5 (23.81%) Customer Requirements
8 4 (19.05%) Change Management
9 3 (14.29%) Aerospace
9 3 (14.29%) Change Control
10 2 (9.52%) SAP
10 2 (9.52%) Product Management
10 2 (9.52%) Aviation
10 2 (9.52%) Workload Management
10 2 (9.52%) Def Stans
10 2 (9.52%) Twitter
10 2 (9.52%) Process Improvement
11 1 (4.76%) Contract Management
11 1 (4.76%) Master's Degree
11 1 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (4.76%) Systems Engineering
11 1 (4.76%) Public Sector
11 1 (4.76%) Programme Management

Configuration Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 10 (47.62%) Siemens NX
2 6 (28.57%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 15 (71.43%) Teamcenter
General
1 8 (38.10%) Social Skills
2 3 (14.29%) Aerospace
3 2 (9.52%) Aviation
4 1 (4.76%) Automotive
4 1 (4.76%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (52.38%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (90.48%) PLM
2 10 (47.62%) CAD
2 10 (47.62%) Configuration Management
2 10 (47.62%) Data Governance
2 10 (47.62%) User Experience
3 5 (23.81%) Customer Requirements
4 4 (19.05%) Change Management
5 3 (14.29%) Change Control
6 2 (9.52%) Process Improvement
6 2 (9.52%) Product Management
6 2 (9.52%) Workload Management
7 1 (4.76%) Contract Management
7 1 (4.76%) Data Management
7 1 (4.76%) PDM
7 1 (4.76%) Programme Management
7 1 (4.76%) Systems Engineering
Qualifications
1 10 (47.62%) SC Cleared
1 10 (47.62%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.76%) Degree
2 1 (4.76%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (47.62%) Data Quality
2 2 (9.52%) Def Stans
Vendors
1 2 (9.52%) SAP
1 2 (9.52%) Twitter