Configuration Management Contracts in London

Configuration Management
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Configuration Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Configuration Management over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 176 178 195
Rank change year-on-year +2 +17 -22
Contract jobs citing Configuration Management 242 417 608
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.35% 1.53% 1.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.53% 1.68% 1.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 168 286 431
10th Percentile £374 £363 £438
25th Percentile £475 £455 £497
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £580
Median % change year-on-year - -5.17% +10.48%
75th Percentile £678 £725 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
England median daily rate £550 £540 £550
% change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 6 4
10th Percentile £32.00 - £17.20
25th Percentile £37.91 - £19.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £50.42 £29.83
Median % change year-on-year -20.67% +69.05% +49.13%
75th Percentile £44.06 £52.33 £50.36
90th Percentile £60.00 £58.99 £67.40
England median hourly rate £50.00 £50.42 £43.95
% change year-on-year -0.83% +14.72% +8.52%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Configuration Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,803 24,767 35,785
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.42% 91.14% 92.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,321 17,758 26,094
10th Percentile £338 £375 £390
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 329 288 429
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.63 £17.23
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.86 £23.91
Median hourly rate £30.00 £39.00 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +9.86% +10.18%
75th Percentile £47.50 £62.55 £50.00
90th Percentile £66.10 £78.15 £67.50
England median hourly rate £35.25 £37.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year -6.00% +56.25% -

Configuration Management
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Configuration Management in London

Configuration Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Configuration Management in London

Configuration Management
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Configuration Management in London over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Configuration Management in London

Configuration Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Configuration Management in London

Configuration Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Configuration Management in London over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Configuration Management in London

Configuration Management
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 25 April 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
Central London +29 30 £605 +10.00% 7
South London +17 14 £620 +45.88% 1
East London - 2 - - 3
North London - 1 - -
Configuration Management
England

Configuration Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 14 (5.79%) Confluence
2 9 (3.72%) Apache
3 6 (2.48%) nginx
4 5 (2.07%) Anypoint
4 5 (2.07%) OpenStack
5 4 (1.65%) IIS
6 3 (1.24%) Apache Solr
6 3 (1.24%) MQSeries
7 2 (0.83%) CMS
7 2 (0.83%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.83%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.41%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.41%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (0.41%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.24%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.83%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.83%) Remedy AR System
2 2 (0.83%) SAP Hybris
3 1 (0.41%) Aareon QL
3 1 (0.41%) MIS ActiveH
3 1 (0.41%) NEC Housing
3 1 (0.41%) OPENHousing
3 1 (0.41%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.41%) Primavera
3 1 (0.41%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 82 (33.88%) AWS
2 48 (19.83%) Azure
3 19 (7.85%) AWS Lambda
3 19 (7.85%) Serverless
4 16 (6.61%) AWS CloudFormation
5 14 (5.79%) Microsoft 365
6 13 (5.37%) Slack
7 12 (4.96%) GCP
7 12 (4.96%) PaaS
8 11 (4.55%) SaaS
9 10 (4.13%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 10 (4.13%) Entra ID
10 9 (3.72%) Amazon EC2
10 9 (3.72%) Azure DevOps
10 9 (3.72%) GitHub
10 9 (3.72%) IaaS
11 7 (2.89%) Amazon EKS
11 7 (2.89%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 6 (2.48%) Apigee
12 6 (2.48%) AWS CodePipeline
Communications & Networking
1 23 (9.50%) Firewall
2 15 (6.20%) DNS
3 14 (5.79%) Network Security
4 13 (5.37%) Internet
5 11 (4.55%) DHCP
6 10 (4.13%) BGP
6 10 (4.13%) TCP/IP
7 9 (3.72%) MPLS
8 8 (3.31%) VPN
9 6 (2.48%) Cisco IOS
9 6 (2.48%) HTTP
9 6 (2.48%) IOS XR
9 6 (2.48%) IPsec
10 5 (2.07%) Broadband
10 5 (2.07%) FTP
11 4 (1.65%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 4 (1.65%) Intrusion Detection
11 4 (1.65%) L2TP
11 4 (1.65%) Multicast
11 4 (1.65%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (8.68%) SQL Server
2 14 (5.79%) NoSQL
3 12 (4.96%) Relational Database
4 9 (3.72%) Elasticsearch
4 9 (3.72%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (3.31%) MySQL
6 7 (2.89%) Sybase ASE
7 6 (2.48%) Amazon RDS
8 5 (2.07%) Amazon QuickSight
8 5 (2.07%) Couchbase
8 5 (2.07%) MongoDB
8 5 (2.07%) Redis
9 4 (1.65%) Apache Cassandra
10 3 (1.24%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (1.24%) Big Data
10 3 (1.24%) Hadoop
11 2 (0.83%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (0.83%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.83%) MariaDB
11 2 (0.83%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 62 (25.62%) Jenkins
2 31 (12.81%) Git
3 21 (8.68%) GitLab
4 18 (7.44%) JIRA
5 12 (4.96%) Subversion
5 12 (4.96%) TeamCity
6 9 (3.72%) Artifactory
7 5 (2.07%) MSI
7 5 (2.07%) Visual Studio
7 5 (2.07%) WiX
8 4 (1.65%) Selenium
8 4 (1.65%) SonarQube
9 3 (1.24%) Cucumber
9 3 (1.24%) Robot Framework
9 3 (1.24%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.83%) Team Foundation Server
11 1 (0.41%) AppScan
11 1 (0.41%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 1 (0.41%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.41%) Burp Suite
General
1 61 (25.21%) Social Skills
2 40 (16.53%) Finance
3 16 (6.61%) Banking
4 9 (3.72%) Investment Banking
4 9 (3.72%) Marketing
4 9 (3.72%) Public Sector
5 7 (2.89%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (2.89%) Telecoms
6 6 (2.48%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (2.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (2.07%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.24%) Law
8 3 (1.24%) Legal
9 2 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.83%) Retail
10 1 (0.41%) Advertising
10 1 (0.41%) Electronics
10 1 (0.41%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 41 (16.94%) DevOps Engineer
2 29 (11.98%) Senior
3 26 (10.74%) Developer
4 20 (8.26%) Analyst
5 19 (7.85%) Consultant
6 18 (7.44%) Network Engineer
7 14 (5.79%) Architect
7 14 (5.79%) Release Manager
8 10 (4.13%) Configuration Manager
8 10 (4.13%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 9 (3.72%) AWS Engineer
9 9 (3.72%) Lead
9 9 (3.72%) Senior DevOps
10 8 (3.31%) Azure Engineer
10 8 (3.31%) Platform Engineer
10 8 (3.31%) Site Engineer
11 7 (2.89%) Cloud Engineer
11 7 (2.89%) Cloud Platform Engineer
11 7 (2.89%) Python Engineer
11 7 (2.89%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (9.92%) .NET
2 16 (6.61%) JSON
2 16 (6.61%) XML
3 14 (5.79%) REST
4 13 (5.37%) RabbitMQ
5 12 (4.96%) Elastic Stack
5 12 (4.96%) Middleware
6 9 (3.72%) LDAP
7 8 (3.31%) OpenAPI
7 8 (3.31%) Swagger
8 7 (2.89%) Kafka
8 7 (2.89%) Node.js
8 7 (2.89%) SOAP
8 7 (2.89%) WCF
8 7 (2.89%) WinForms
9 6 (2.48%) NETCONF
9 6 (2.48%) YANG
10 5 (2.07%) Entity Framework
10 5 (2.07%) LAPP Stack
10 5 (2.07%) RAML
Miscellaneous
1 32 (13.22%) CMDB
2 20 (8.26%) Management Information System
3 14 (5.79%) Public Cloud
4 9 (3.72%) Data Centre
5 7 (2.89%) Client/Server
5 7 (2.89%) Cloud Native
6 5 (2.07%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 5 (2.07%) Greenfield Project
6 5 (2.07%) Social Media
6 5 (2.07%) Web 2.0
7 4 (1.65%) NHS
8 3 (1.24%) Credit Risk
8 3 (1.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (1.24%) Market Risk
8 3 (1.24%) Security Posture
9 2 (0.83%) Data Fabric
9 2 (0.83%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (0.83%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.83%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.83%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 47 (19.42%) Linux
2 36 (14.88%) Windows
3 24 (9.92%) Unix
4 18 (7.44%) Windows Server
5 7 (2.89%) VMS
6 6 (2.48%) CentOS
6 6 (2.48%) Ubuntu
7 3 (1.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.83%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.41%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (33.47%) DevOps
2 59 (24.38%) CI/CD
3 47 (19.42%) ITIL
4 39 (16.12%) Problem-Solving
5 35 (14.46%) Agile
5 35 (14.46%) SDLC
6 33 (13.64%) Cybersecurity
7 28 (11.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 27 (11.16%) Change Management
8 27 (11.16%) Infrastructure as Code
9 23 (9.50%) Disaster Recovery
10 22 (9.09%) Computer Science
10 22 (9.09%) ITSM
11 21 (8.68%) Analytics
11 21 (8.68%) Migration
12 20 (8.26%) High Availability
12 20 (8.26%) Release Management
13 19 (7.85%) Platform Engineering
14 17 (7.02%) Software Engineering
14 17 (7.02%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 65 (26.86%) Python
2 49 (20.25%) SQL
3 47 (19.42%) PowerShell
4 38 (15.70%) C#
5 24 (9.92%) JavaScript
6 19 (7.85%) Bash
6 19 (7.85%) Java
7 18 (7.44%) Go
8 15 (6.20%) Perl
9 10 (4.13%) C++
10 8 (3.31%) Shell Script
11 7 (2.89%) Ruby
12 5 (2.07%) T-SQL
13 4 (1.65%) AWK
14 2 (0.83%) COBOL
14 2 (0.83%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.83%) REXX
14 2 (0.83%) Scala
14 2 (0.83%) SELCOPY
15 1 (0.41%) Ada
Qualifications
1 50 (20.66%) Security Cleared
2 46 (19.01%) SC Cleared
3 31 (12.81%) Degree
4 19 (7.85%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (5.79%) DV Cleared
6 12 (4.96%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (3.31%) ITIL Certification
8 7 (2.89%) CCNP
9 5 (2.07%) CCIE
10 4 (1.65%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.65%) CISSP
11 3 (1.24%) AWS Certification
11 3 (1.24%) CISA
11 3 (1.24%) CISM
12 2 (0.83%) A+ Certification
12 2 (0.83%) MCSE
12 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.83%) Network+ Certification
13 1 (0.41%) CEH
13 1 (0.41%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.72%) QA
2 5 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.65%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.65%) SLA
4 3 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (1.24%) GPG13
4 3 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 3 (1.24%) NCSC
4 3 (1.24%) NIST
5 2 (0.83%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.41%) GDPR
System Software
1 25 (10.33%) Docker
2 22 (9.09%) Active Directory
3 9 (3.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (2.89%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.24%) Samba
6 2 (0.83%) Time Sharing Option
6 2 (0.83%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.83%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 91 (37.60%) Ansible
2 51 (21.07%) Terraform
3 38 (15.70%) Kubernetes
4 33 (13.64%) Puppet
5 21 (8.68%) Progress Chef
6 14 (5.79%) Grafana
6 14 (5.79%) Prometheus
7 9 (3.72%) BladeLogic
7 9 (3.72%) ITRS Geneos
8 7 (2.89%) Microsoft Intune
9 6 (2.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 6 (2.48%) SCCM
10 5 (2.07%) ZABBIX
11 4 (1.65%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (1.65%) WSUS
12 3 (1.24%) Consul
12 3 (1.24%) Nagios
12 3 (1.24%) Netcool
12 3 (1.24%) Packer
12 3 (1.24%) Salt
Vendors
1 40 (16.53%) Microsoft
2 22 (9.09%) ServiceNow
3 15 (6.20%) Cisco
4 14 (5.79%) Citrix
5 13 (5.37%) Oracle
6 10 (4.13%) Salesforce
6 10 (4.13%) SAP
7 9 (3.72%) Altiris
7 9 (3.72%) Dynatrace
7 9 (3.72%) Nokia
7 9 (3.72%) VMware
8 7 (2.89%) Google
8 7 (2.89%) Sybase
9 6 (2.48%) Qualys
9 6 (2.48%) Red Hat
9 6 (2.48%) Splunk
10 5 (2.07%) Arista
10 5 (2.07%) Juniper
10 5 (2.07%) MuleSoft
10 5 (2.07%) WSO2