Configuration Management Contracts in England

Configuration Management
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Configuration Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Configuration Management over the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 175 133 155
Rank change year-on-year -42 +22 +3
Contract jobs citing Configuration Management 380 633 813
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.59% 1.74% 1.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.75% 2.02% 1.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 244 367 573
10th Percentile £325 £357 £360
25th Percentile £463 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% -1.82%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £688 £725 £745
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 125 30
10th Percentile £32.03 £38.75 £37.50
25th Percentile £41.25 £45.00 £41.86
Median hourly rate £56.00 £50.00 £50.42
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -0.83% +5.06%
75th Percentile £67.50 £64.25 £58.40
90th Percentile - £70.00 £65.20
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £50.00 £50.42
% change year-on-year +20.00% -0.83% +7.04%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 21,762 31,336 43,140
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.29% 86.24% 90.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,222 20,550 30,257
10th Percentile £305 £300 £325
25th Percentile £412 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £768
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +3.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 920 2,253 1,528
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.88 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.13 £15.95 £16.13
Median hourly rate £28.08 £36.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% -2.67% +50.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £60.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £36.05 £37.00
% change year-on-year -23.71% -2.58% +44.08%

Configuration Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Configuration Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Configuration Management in England

Configuration Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Configuration Management in England

Configuration Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Configuration Management in England over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Configuration Management in England

Configuration Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Configuration Management in England

Configuration Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Configuration Management in England over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Configuration Management in England

Configuration Management
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 Management within the England region over the 6 months to 23 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
London +7 172 £550 - 252
South East +13 58 £500 -9.09% 237
North of England -1 46 £493 -0.81% 135
South West -5 44 £575 -4.17% 89
Midlands +9 31 £525 +44.83% 107
North West -10 28 £480 -2.09% 72
West Midlands +6 21 £524 +46.37% 59
East of England -24 18 £200 -60.00% 99
Yorkshire +16 17 £513 -8.07% 53
East Midlands +9 10 £555 +0.91% 40
North East 0 1 - - 11
Configuration Management
UK

Configuration Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 12 (3.16%) Confluence
2 5 (1.32%) Apache
3 3 (0.79%) IIS
3 3 (0.79%) JBoss
3 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.79%) nginx
3 3 (0.79%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.79%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.53%) CMS
4 2 (0.53%) WebSphere Application Server
5 1 (0.26%) Tomcat
Applications
1 14 (3.68%) Windchill
2 13 (3.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.05%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.05%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.26%) CATIA
5 1 (0.26%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.26%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (1.84%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (1.58%) Teamcenter
3 3 (0.79%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.79%) SAP SD
4 2 (0.53%) Shopify
5 1 (0.26%) Cloudability
5 1 (0.26%) LabWindows
5 1 (0.26%) Maximo
5 1 (0.26%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 134 (35.26%) Azure
2 122 (32.11%) AWS
3 46 (12.11%) GCP
4 36 (9.47%) GitHub
5 30 (7.89%) Azure DevOps
6 25 (6.58%) AWS CloudFormation
7 20 (5.26%) Amazon EKS
8 18 (4.74%) OpenShift
9 16 (4.21%) Amazon EC2
9 16 (4.21%) GitHub Actions
10 14 (3.68%) Microsoft 365
11 13 (3.42%) Power Platform
11 13 (3.42%) PowerApps
12 12 (3.16%) Azure AKS
12 12 (3.16%) Entra ID
13 11 (2.89%) SaaS
14 10 (2.63%) Serverless
14 10 (2.63%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 9 (2.37%) IaaS
15 9 (2.37%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 39 (10.26%) Firewall
2 30 (7.89%) DNS
3 20 (5.26%) HTTP
4 17 (4.47%) TCP/IP
5 15 (3.95%) OSPF
6 12 (3.16%) Network Security
7 11 (2.89%) HSRP
7 11 (2.89%) VPN
8 10 (2.63%) BGP
9 8 (2.11%) Internet
9 8 (2.11%) SSL
10 7 (1.84%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
10 7 (1.84%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 7 (1.84%) IPsec
10 7 (1.84%) SAN
11 6 (1.58%) DHCP
11 6 (1.58%) HTTPS
11 6 (1.58%) MPLS
11 6 (1.58%) Multicast
11 6 (1.58%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (4.21%) Amazon RDS
2 10 (2.63%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (2.11%) Amazon Aurora
4 7 (1.84%) SQL Server
5 6 (1.58%) Big Data
6 4 (1.05%) MySQL
7 3 (0.79%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.79%) SAP HANA
8 2 (0.53%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.53%) CockroachDB
8 2 (0.53%) DB2
8 2 (0.53%) DynamoDB
8 2 (0.53%) IMS/DB
8 2 (0.53%) MariaDB
8 2 (0.53%) Metadata
8 2 (0.53%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.53%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.26%) Apache Iceberg
9 1 (0.26%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 1 (0.26%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 92 (24.21%) Jenkins
2 65 (17.11%) GitLab
3 60 (15.79%) Git
4 42 (11.05%) JIRA
5 22 (5.79%) Bitbucket
6 21 (5.53%) SonarQube
7 17 (4.47%) Selenium
8 13 (3.42%) Cucumber
8 13 (3.42%) REST Assured
9 5 (1.32%) Artifactory
9 5 (1.32%) CircleCI
10 3 (0.79%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 3 (0.79%) JMeter
10 3 (0.79%) LSMW
10 3 (0.79%) Sonatype Nexus
11 2 (0.53%) PROIV
11 2 (0.53%) Rational DOORS
11 2 (0.53%) Terragrunt
11 2 (0.53%) TestNG
12 1 (0.26%) TeamCity
General
1 121 (31.84%) Social Skills
2 56 (14.74%) Analytical Skills
3 52 (13.68%) Finance
4 29 (7.63%) Public Sector
5 24 (6.32%) Banking
6 14 (3.68%) Telecoms
7 13 (3.42%) Law
8 10 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (2.63%) Retail
9 6 (1.58%) Aerospace
9 6 (1.58%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (1.58%) Police
10 5 (1.32%) Electronics
10 5 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (0.79%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.79%) Legal
11 3 (0.79%) Military
11 3 (0.79%) Multimedia
12 2 (0.53%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 60 (15.79%) DevOps Engineer
2 41 (10.79%) Architect
3 37 (9.74%) Senior
4 33 (8.68%) Lead
5 25 (6.58%) Platform Engineer
6 23 (6.05%) Developer
7 22 (5.79%) Network Engineer
8 20 (5.26%) Automation Engineer
8 20 (5.26%) Software Engineer
9 17 (4.47%) Consultant
10 16 (4.21%) AWS Engineer
11 15 (3.95%) Azure Engineer
11 15 (3.95%) Senior DevOps
11 15 (3.95%) Senior DevOps Engineer
11 15 (3.95%) Technical Leader
12 14 (3.68%) Analyst
13 13 (3.42%) AWS DevOps
13 13 (3.42%) Linux Engineer
14 10 (2.63%) AWS DevOps Engineer
14 10 (2.63%) Configuration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (10.00%) REST
2 26 (6.84%) Elastic Stack
3 19 (5.00%) SOAP
4 14 (3.68%) Web Services
5 13 (3.42%) Java EE
6 11 (2.89%) XML
7 10 (2.63%) Kafka
8 9 (2.37%) ARM Templates
9 8 (2.11%) LDAP
9 8 (2.11%) Middleware
9 8 (2.11%) React
10 7 (1.84%) Ajax
11 5 (1.32%) CSS
11 5 (1.32%) HTML
11 5 (1.32%) JSON
12 4 (1.05%) Node.js
12 4 (1.05%) RESTful
13 3 (0.79%) AngularJS
13 3 (0.79%) EDI
13 3 (0.79%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 47 (12.37%) CMDB
2 19 (5.00%) Management Information System
3 17 (4.47%) Data Centre
4 14 (3.68%) Cloud Native
4 14 (3.68%) Public Cloud
5 11 (2.89%) Private Cloud
6 10 (2.63%) Hedge funds
6 10 (2.63%) Replication
7 9 (2.37%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (1.84%) Onboarding
10 5 (1.32%) Data Structures
10 5 (1.32%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (1.05%) Linux Command Line
11 4 (1.05%) Virtual Team
12 3 (0.79%) Distributed Applications
12 3 (0.79%) Distributed Architecture
12 3 (0.79%) Legacy Applications
12 3 (0.79%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 100 (26.32%) Linux
2 68 (17.89%) Windows
3 30 (7.89%) Windows Server
4 15 (3.95%) Unix
5 13 (3.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 13 (3.42%) Ubuntu
6 6 (1.58%) CentOS
7 5 (1.32%) VMS
8 3 (0.79%) Rocky
8 3 (0.79%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.53%) AIX
9 2 (0.53%) Debian
9 2 (0.53%) HPUX
9 2 (0.53%) Solaris
9 2 (0.53%) SUSE
9 2 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.26%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.26%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.26%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 165 (43.42%) DevOps
2 107 (28.16%) CI/CD
3 106 (27.89%) Infrastructure as Code
4 104 (27.37%) Problem-Solving
5 83 (21.84%) Containerisation
6 79 (20.79%) Agile
7 59 (15.53%) Software Engineering
8 53 (13.95%) ITIL
9 50 (13.16%) Continuous Integration
10 46 (12.11%) Infrastructure Automation
10 46 (12.11%) Service Management
11 39 (10.26%) Migration
11 39 (10.26%) Test Automation
12 38 (10.00%) ITSM
13 37 (9.74%) Deployment Automation
14 34 (8.95%) Problem Management
15 31 (8.16%) High Availability
16 30 (7.89%) Platform Engineering
16 30 (7.89%) Technical Leadership
17 28 (7.37%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 140 (36.84%) Python
2 81 (21.32%) PowerShell
3 65 (17.11%) Bash
4 41 (10.79%) Java
5 38 (10.00%) SQL
6 26 (6.84%) Go
7 18 (4.74%) JavaScript
8 12 (3.16%) Shell Script
9 10 (2.63%) C#
10 9 (2.37%) Ruby
11 8 (2.11%) Perl
12 6 (1.58%) Bicep
13 4 (1.05%) C
13 4 (1.05%) Groovy
14 3 (0.79%) ABAP
14 3 (0.79%) Korn
14 3 (0.79%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.53%) REXX
16 1 (0.26%) C++
Qualifications
1 149 (39.21%) Security Cleared
2 120 (31.58%) SC Cleared
3 30 (7.89%) Cisco Certification
4 29 (7.63%) Degree
5 26 (6.84%) DV Cleared
6 25 (6.58%) CCNP
7 18 (4.74%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 11 (2.89%) AWS Certification
8 11 (2.89%) BPSS Clearance
8 11 (2.89%) OCA
8 11 (2.89%) Oracle Certification
8 11 (2.89%) RHCE
9 10 (2.63%) RHCA
10 7 (1.84%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 7 (1.84%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 6 (1.58%) CCNA
11 6 (1.58%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (1.32%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (1.05%) Azure Certification
14 3 (0.79%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.42%) QA
2 11 (2.89%) SLA
3 7 (1.84%) Def Stans
3 7 (1.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.58%) NIST
5 5 (1.32%) GDPR
6 3 (0.79%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.53%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.53%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.26%) ARP4754
8 1 (0.26%) NCSC
8 1 (0.26%) PMO
8 1 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 67 (17.63%) Docker
2 20 (5.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (4.47%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.79%) FreeRADIUS
4 3 (0.79%) iptables
5 2 (0.53%) Firmware
5 2 (0.53%) KVM
5 2 (0.53%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (0.53%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.53%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.26%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.26%) NFS
6 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.26%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 162 (42.63%) Ansible
2 132 (34.74%) Terraform
3 115 (30.26%) Kubernetes
4 72 (18.95%) Puppet
5 50 (13.16%) Progress Chef
6 30 (7.89%) Grafana
7 25 (6.58%) Prometheus
8 19 (5.00%) SCCM
9 15 (3.95%) Podman
10 13 (3.42%) Microsoft Intune
11 11 (2.89%) vCenter Server
12 10 (2.63%) Docker Swarm
13 6 (1.58%) Kustomize
13 6 (1.58%) Nagios
13 6 (1.58%) ZABBIX
14 5 (1.32%) Consul
15 4 (1.05%) FortiGate
15 4 (1.05%) WSUS
16 3 (0.79%) Cacti
16 3 (0.79%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 43 (11.32%) VMware
2 32 (8.42%) Cisco
2 32 (8.42%) Microsoft
3 30 (7.89%) ServiceNow
4 25 (6.58%) Red Hat
5 24 (6.32%) Oracle
6 15 (3.95%) Splunk
7 12 (3.16%) Juniper
7 12 (3.16%) SolarWinds
8 11 (2.89%) Atlassian
8 11 (2.89%) BMC
8 11 (2.89%) Fortinet
9 10 (2.63%) SAP
10 9 (2.37%) Google
11 8 (2.11%) F5
11 8 (2.11%) Remedy
12 7 (1.84%) Databricks
13 5 (1.32%) Arista
13 5 (1.32%) CyberArk
13 5 (1.32%) Salesforce