Configuration Management Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Configuration Management
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring Configuration Management skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 23 26
Rank change year-on-year 0 +3 +11
Contract jobs citing Configuration Management 4 3 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire 2.40% 1.46% 5.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.74% 2.13% 6.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 13
10th Percentile - - £383
25th Percentile £146 £488 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £284 £525 £623
Median % change year-on-year -45.95% -15.66% -10.43%
75th Percentile £444 £606 £645
90th Percentile £496 £633 -
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £541
% change year-on-year -5.00% -7.62% +20.21%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 146 141 230
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 87.43% 68.78% 90.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 57 136
10th Percentile £363 £259 £353
25th Percentile £425 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £493 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.65% -10.36% +10.00%
75th Percentile £580 £600 £645
90th Percentile £671 £647 £720
North West median daily rate £450 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -8.72% -1.40% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 26 52
10th Percentile £18.87 £25.78 £20.58
25th Percentile £23.32 £35.36 £37.70
Median hourly rate £51.16 £40.33 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +26.87% -12.68% +22.18%
75th Percentile £63.40 £46.18 £49.52
90th Percentile £74.32 £51.44 £73.02
North West median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -40.84% +21.43% +59.09%

Configuration Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Job vacancy trend for Configuration Management in Lancashire

Configuration Management
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

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

Configuration Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Lancashire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Configuration Management in Lancashire over the 6 months to 16 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Configuration Management in Lancashire

Configuration Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

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

Configuration Management
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

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 Lancashire region over the 6 months to 16 September 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
Preston - 4 £284 -
Configuration Management
North West

Configuration Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) IT Manager
2 2 (50.00%) IT Technician
2 2 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (50.00%) Senior
2 2 (50.00%) Senior IT Manager
2 2 (50.00%) Senior IT Technician
2 2 (50.00%) Senior Manager
2 2 (50.00%) Senior Technician
3 1 (25.00%) IT Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) CMDB
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) Change Management
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (25.00%) PMP
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft