Software Configuration Engineer Contract Job Trends in London
Software Configuration Engineer
England > London
The median Software Configuration Engineer daily rate in London is £488, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2026.
The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 14 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 467 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract Software Configuration Engineer jobs | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in London | 0.005% | - | - |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.005% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £469 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £488 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £506 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| England median daily rate | £333 | - | - |
All Contract IT Job Roles
London
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job adverts in London matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all contract IT job adverts they make up.
| 6 months to 14 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract job adverts in London matching a recognised job title | 19,013 | 13,021 | 14,778 |
| % of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title | 92.89% | 92.51% | 93.97% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 12,405 | 8,645 | 9,573 |
| 10th Percentile | £363 | £335 | £338 |
| 25th Percentile | £450 | £425 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £540 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.85% | -1.82% | -3.04% |
| 75th Percentile | £663 | £663 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £775 | £775 | £792 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £510 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.94% | -2.86% | -1.87% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 452 | 237 | 159 |
| 10th Percentile | £16.50 | £17.50 | £17.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £22.94 | £21.46 | £23.80 |
| Median hourly rate | £41.00 | £26.78 | £37.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +53.10% | -28.59% | -1.52% |
| 75th Percentile | £65.15 | £48.00 | £57.38 |
| 90th Percentile | £84.56 | £70.80 | £80.75 |
| England median hourly rate | £41.71 | £25.15 | £40.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +65.84% | -37.13% | -11.32% |
Software Configuration Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in London
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract Software Configuration Engineer job postings relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.
Software Configuration Engineer Daily Rate Trend in London
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Software Configuration Engineer job vacancies in London.
Software Configuration Engineer Skill Set Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London
For the 6 months to 14 November 2026, Software Configuration Engineer contract job ads cited 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 Software Configuration Engineer job ads across the London region.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agile | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | AWS | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Backlog Management | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Change Management | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | CI/CD | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Data Analysis | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Defect Management | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Deployment Automation | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | JIRA | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Migration | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Problem-Solving | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Programme Governance | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | QA | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | RBAC | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Release Management | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Runbook | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | SaaS | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | SQL | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Stakeholder Management | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Translating Business Requirements | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | User Acceptance Testing | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Workflow | 100.0% | 1 |
Software Configuration Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Software Support Engineer | 100.0% | 1 |