Configuration Management Contract Job Trends in Preston

Configuration Management
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Preston requiring Configuration Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Configuration Management 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 2.08% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.74% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £738 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 - -
75th Percentile £813 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median daily rate £775 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £30.49 - -
Lancashire median hourly rate £30.49 - £11.00

All Process & Methodology Skills
Preston

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 Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 73 65 59
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 76.04% 91.55% 92.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 42 17
10th Percentile £255 £350 £350
25th Percentile £525 £447 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £530 £593
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% -10.61% +41.16%
75th Percentile £785 £574 £740
90th Percentile £875 £630 £980
Lancashire median daily rate £550 £538 £545
% change year-on-year +2.23% -1.28% +3.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 11 40
10th Percentile £39.53 £24.76 £13.53
25th Percentile £40.74 £26.88 -
Median hourly rate £42.69 £28.75 £16.06
Median % change year-on-year +48.47% +79.02% -62.06%
75th Percentile £69.80 £31.07 £46.18
90th Percentile £74.26 £43.39 £48.20
Lancashire median hourly rate £45.46 £28.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year +58.12% -17.86% -17.65%

Configuration Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Configuration Management job vacancy trend in Preston

Configuration Management
Daily Rate Trend in Preston

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

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

Configuration Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Preston

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

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

Configuration Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Data Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (50.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (50.00%) Change Control
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Data Cleansing
1 1 (50.00%) Data Management
1 1 (50.00%) DoDAF
1 1 (50.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Network Segmentation
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (50.00%) NCSC
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
1 1 (50.00%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Alteryx