Configuration Specialist Contracts in England

Configuration Specialist
UK > England

The median Configuration Specialist daily rate in England is £400 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 515 644 785
Rank change year-on-year +129 +141 -155
Contract jobs requiring a Configuration Specialist 23 4 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.062% 0.008% 0.006%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.067% 0.008% 0.006%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 1 3
10th Percentile £219 - £395
25th Percentile £353 £313 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £325 £451
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% -27.86% +58.07%
75th Percentile £491 £338 £519
90th Percentile £504 - £560
UK median daily rate £463 £325 £451
% change year-on-year +42.31% -27.86% +31.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 2 0
10th Percentile £27.38 £31.65 -
25th Percentile £36.84 £33.35 -
Median hourly rate £40.00 £40.08 -
Median % change year-on-year -0.20% - -
75th Percentile £70.39 £45.08 -
90th Percentile - £45.74 -
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.08 -
% change year-on-year -0.20% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 34,178 47,326 67,913
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 94.63% 95.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,701 33,606 48,311
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £643 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £760 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,433 1,407 1,890
10th Percentile £13.00 £14.37 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.96 £15.37
Median hourly rate £36.50 £44.53 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.03% +97.91% +2.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.82 £77.00 £62.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.81
% change year-on-year -18.89% +89.04% +5.80%

Configuration Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Configuration Specialist in England

Configuration Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Configuration Specialist in England

Configuration Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Configuration Specialist in England over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Configuration Specialist in England

Configuration Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Configuration Specialist in England

Configuration Specialist
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Configuration Specialist in England over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Configuration Specialist in England

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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 Specialist within the England region over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. 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
South East - 10 £375 - 9
London - 8 £500 -
North of England +28 3 £425 -
Yorkshire - 2 £425 -
Midlands +29 1 - -
West Midlands +25 1 - -
North West +19 1 £350 -
East of England +10 1 - -
Configuration Specialist
UK

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Configuration Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.

1 12 (52.17%) Configuration Management
2 7 (30.43%) ITIL
3 6 (26.09%) NHS
4 5 (21.74%) Asset Management
4 5 (21.74%) Microsoft
4 5 (21.74%) Security Cleared
5 4 (17.39%) SCCM
5 4 (17.39%) Change Control
5 4 (17.39%) User Experience
5 4 (17.39%) Windows
5 4 (17.39%) ITIL Certification
5 4 (17.39%) DV Cleared
6 3 (13.04%) NEC
6 3 (13.04%) Validation
6 3 (13.04%) Migration
6 3 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (13.04%) WSUS
6 3 (13.04%) Software Packaging
6 3 (13.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (13.04%) NEC Housing
6 3 (13.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 3 (13.04%) Public Sector
6 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (13.04%) PowerShell
7 2 (8.70%) Dashboard Development
7 2 (8.70%) Windows 10
7 2 (8.70%) QA
7 2 (8.70%) Knowledge Management
7 2 (8.70%) Software Testing
7 2 (8.70%) Cerner

Configuration Specialist 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:

Business Applications
1 3 (13.04%) NEC Housing
2 1 (4.35%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (4.35%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.35%) Boomi
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Git
General
1 3 (13.04%) Public Sector
2 1 (4.35%) Finance
2 1 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (4.35%) Military
2 1 (4.35%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (13.04%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 6 (26.09%) NHS
2 2 (8.70%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.35%) Housing Association
3 1 (4.35%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 4 (17.39%) Windows
2 2 (8.70%) Windows 10
3 1 (4.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (52.17%) Configuration Management
2 7 (30.43%) ITIL
3 5 (21.74%) Asset Management
4 4 (17.39%) Change Control
4 4 (17.39%) User Experience
5 3 (13.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 3 (13.04%) Migration
5 3 (13.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (13.04%) Validation
6 2 (8.70%) Dashboard Development
6 2 (8.70%) Knowledge Management
6 2 (8.70%) Software Testing
7 1 (4.35%) Collaborative Working
7 1 (4.35%) Data Cleansing
7 1 (4.35%) Data Migration
7 1 (4.35%) Enterprise Architecture
7 1 (4.35%) Housing Management
7 1 (4.35%) IT Asset Management
7 1 (4.35%) WFM
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.04%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.35%) PL/SQL
2 1 (4.35%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (21.74%) Security Cleared
2 4 (17.39%) DV Cleared
2 4 (17.39%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (4.35%) A+ Certification
3 1 (4.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (4.35%) MCSE
3 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (4.35%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.70%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (17.39%) SCCM
2 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (13.04%) WSUS
3 1 (4.35%) Ansible
3 1 (4.35%) Progress Chef
3 1 (4.35%) Puppet
3 1 (4.35%) SCOM
Vendors
1 5 (21.74%) Microsoft
2 3 (13.04%) NEC
3 2 (8.70%) Cerner
4 1 (4.35%) BMC
4 1 (4.35%) Dell
4 1 (4.35%) Kronos
4 1 (4.35%) Northgate
4 1 (4.35%) Remedy
4 1 (4.35%) SaltStack
4 1 (4.35%) ServiceNow
4 1 (4.35%) SolarWinds
4 1 (4.35%) Workday