Configuration Specialist Contract Job Trends in England

Configuration Specialist
UK > England

The median Configuration Specialist daily rate in England is £513, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 539 482 538
Rank change year-on-year -57 +56 +159
Contract jobs requiring a Configuration Specialist 6 3 12
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.019% 0.011% 0.033%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.021% 0.012% 0.036%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 9
10th Percentile £359 - £219
25th Percentile £409 £425 £223
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year +13.89% +5.88% +30.77%
75th Percentile £609 £475 £500
90th Percentile £656 - £540
UK median daily rate £450 £413 £425
% change year-on-year +9.09% -2.94% -39.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £32.37
25th Percentile - - £34.05
Median hourly rate - - £36.84
75th Percentile - - £38.58
90th Percentile - - £39.62
UK median hourly rate - - £36.84

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 28,977 24,875 33,578
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.56% 92.88% 93.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,506 15,412 22,849
10th Percentile £300 £300 £275
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,753 755 1,530
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.81 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.25 £19.06
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £43.63
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% -19.77% +24.64%
75th Percentile £61.25 £64.61 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.60 £75.00 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £26.30 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -19.08% -23.53% +25.00%

Configuration Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Configuration Specialist' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Configuration Specialist job vacancy trend in England

Configuration Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Configuration Specialist job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Configuration Specialist job vacancies in England

Configuration Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Configuration Specialist in England over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Configuration Specialist in England

Configuration Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Configuration Specialist job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Configuration Specialist job vacancies in England

Configuration Specialist
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 14 January 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
London -28 2 - -
East of England - 2 £675 -
Configuration Specialist
UK

Configuration Specialist Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Configuration Specialist contract job roles required 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 England region featuring Configuration Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (33.33%) Configuration Management
1 2 (33.33%) Electronic Trading
1 2 (33.33%) ION MarketView
1 2 (33.33%) ION Trading
1 2 (33.33%) ITIL
1 2 (33.33%) ITSM
1 2 (33.33%) Project Delivery
1 2 (33.33%) Roadmaps
1 2 (33.33%) ServiceNow
2 1 (16.67%) Ad Operations
2 1 (16.67%) Analytics
2 1 (16.67%) CMS
2 1 (16.67%) Customer Experience
2 1 (16.67%) Data Integration
2 1 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (16.67%) JIRA
2 1 (16.67%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (16.67%) Migration
2 1 (16.67%) Order Management
2 1 (16.67%) Product Management
2 1 (16.67%) Project Management
2 1 (16.67%) Project Planning
2 1 (16.67%) Salesforce
2 1 (16.67%) SDLC
2 1 (16.67%) Server Management
2 1 (16.67%) Service Management
2 1 (16.67%) Slack
2 1 (16.67%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
2 1 (16.67%) Video Advertising

Configuration Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) CMS
Business Applications
1 2 (33.33%) ION MarketView
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Slack
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Advertising
2 1 (16.67%) Games
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) CMDB
1 2 (33.33%) Fixed Income
2 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Configuration Management
1 2 (33.33%) Electronic Trading
1 2 (33.33%) ITIL
1 2 (33.33%) ITSM
1 2 (33.33%) Project Delivery
1 2 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (16.67%) Ad Operations
2 1 (16.67%) Analytics
2 1 (16.67%) Customer Experience
2 1 (16.67%) Data Integration
2 1 (16.67%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (16.67%) Order Management
2 1 (16.67%) Product Management
2 1 (16.67%) Project Management
2 1 (16.67%) Project Planning
2 1 (16.67%) SDLC
2 1 (16.67%) Server Management
2 1 (16.67%) Service Management
2 1 (16.67%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
2 1 (16.67%) Video Advertising
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) ION Trading
1 2 (33.33%) ServiceNow
2 1 (16.67%) Salesforce