Configuration Management Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Configuration Management
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Milton Keynes requiring Configuration Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 38 46
Rank change year-on-year +2 +8 +26
Contract jobs citing Configuration Management 7 8 12
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 2.30% 2.73% 2.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.65% 3.19% 2.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 12
10th Percentile £517 £329 £387
25th Percentile £522 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £513 £421
Median % change year-on-year +7.32% +21.88% -20.66%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £550
90th Percentile - £631 -
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £550 £425 £421
% change year-on-year +29.41% +1.07% -20.66%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Milton Keynes

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 Milton Keynes.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 264 251 500
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 86.84% 85.67% 93.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 189 179 386
10th Percentile £225 £237 £275
25th Percentile £350 £400 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £488 £525
Median % change year-on-year -10.26% -7.14% +6.60%
75th Percentile £538 £560 £613
90th Percentile £627 £660 £700
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £435 £500 £521
% change year-on-year -13.00% -4.08% +4.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 7 14
10th Percentile £16.27 £13.93 £13.16
25th Percentile £23.81 £16.96 £14.18
Median hourly rate £29.61 £22.50 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year +31.60% +9.76% +22.39%
75th Percentile £32.81 £36.37 £24.00
90th Percentile £36.00 £37.25 £28.20
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year -26.03% +65.85% +32.26%

Configuration Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Configuration Management job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

Configuration Management
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Configuration Management

Configuration Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Configuration Management

Configuration Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) SAN
1 2 (28.57%) TCP/IP
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Change Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Developer
2 2 (28.57%) IT Change Manager
2 2 (28.57%) IT Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Change and Release Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Configuration Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Linux Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Python Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Release Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Senior
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Software Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Debian
1 2 (28.57%) Linux
1 2 (28.57%) Ubuntu
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
1 2 (28.57%) Windows Server
1 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) ITIL
2 4 (57.14%) Data Modelling
3 3 (42.86%) Agile
4 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (28.57%) Data Engineering
4 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
4 2 (28.57%) ITSM
4 2 (28.57%) Logistics
4 2 (28.57%) Prototyping
4 2 (28.57%) Service Management
4 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (28.57%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 2 (28.57%) Validation
5 1 (14.29%) Change Management
5 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
5 1 (14.29%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) Python
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
2 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) ISO 9001
1 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) JDA
1 2 (28.57%) Red Hat
1 2 (28.57%) ServiceNow
1 2 (28.57%) VMware
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft