Configuration Management Contract Job Trends in Kent

Configuration Management
South East > Kent

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

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 - 19
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Configuration Management 7 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in Kent 3.15% - 2.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.67% - 4.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile £557 - -
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £570
% change year-on-year +4.95% -12.24% -2.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £54.85
Median hourly rate - - £58.91
75th Percentile - - £62.96
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £88.00 £41.00 £70.39
% change year-on-year +114.63% -41.75% +43.65%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Kent

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 Kent.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 150 101 122
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 67.57% 82.79% 65.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 79 73
10th Percentile £180 £160 £155
25th Percentile £193 £220 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £375 £400
Median % change year-on-year +23.33% -6.25% -11.11%
75th Percentile £623 £506 £550
90th Percentile £649 £623 £727
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £515
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.91% -0.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 4 16
10th Percentile £14.00 - -
25th Percentile £21.00 £16.36 £15.00
Median hourly rate £38.56 £18.38 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +109.77% -5.74% -68.67%
75th Percentile £42.00 £20.66 £54.09
90th Percentile £53.90 £21.12 £62.96
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £21.41 £57.35
% change year-on-year +156.89% -62.67% +14.70%

Configuration Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Configuration Management job vacancy trend in Kent

Configuration Management
Daily Rate Trend in Kent

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

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

Configuration Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Kent

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

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

Configuration Management
Contract Job Locations in Kent

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 Kent region over the 6 months to 8 August 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
West Malling - 1 £525 - 1
Configuration Management
South East

Configuration Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) Azure
1 3 (42.86%) Dynamics 365
1 3 (42.86%) Entra ID
1 3 (42.86%) SaaS
General
1 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Architect
1 7 (100.00%) Security Architect
2 3 (42.86%) Dynamics 365 Architect
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Security Posture
2 3 (42.86%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 7 (100.00%) Programme Delivery
1 7 (100.00%) Risk Management
2 6 (85.71%) Enterprise Architecture
2 6 (85.71%) Security Architecture
3 3 (42.86%) Architecture Governance
3 3 (42.86%) RBAC
3 3 (42.86%) Zero Trust
4 2 (28.57%) Architectural Design
4 2 (28.57%) Impact Assessments
5 1 (14.29%) Business Transformation
5 1 (14.29%) Data Management
5 1 (14.29%) GAP Analysis
5 1 (14.29%) Information Security
5 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) GRC
2 3 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (42.86%) NIST
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft