Configuration Management Contracts in Reading

Configuration Management
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading requiring Configuration Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Configuration Management over the 6 months leading up to 24 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 72 76
Rank change year-on-year +19 +4 +6
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Configuration Management 13 19 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 2.20% 1.73% 1.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.39% 2.01% 1.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 12 10
10th Percentile - £450 £463
25th Percentile £725 £497 £534
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £588 £604
Median % change year-on-year +27.66% -2.69% +75.64%
75th Percentile £775 £688 £688
90th Percentile - - £706
Berkshire median daily rate £470 £588 £576
% change year-on-year -20.00% +1.95% +35.59%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 543 943 969
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 91.72% 85.73% 88.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 342 512 643
10th Percentile £350 £350 £330
25th Percentile £450 £463 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £586 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.18% +6.59% +10.00%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £638
90th Percentile £700 £715 £700
Berkshire median daily rate £521 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -5.36% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 33 22
10th Percentile - £14.50 £21.40
25th Percentile £14.75 £51.52 £54.50
Median hourly rate £20.38 £61.60 £65.56
Median % change year-on-year -66.92% -6.04% +134.15%
75th Percentile £38.42 £74.87 £73.00
90th Percentile £59.13 £87.46 £75.23
Berkshire median hourly rate £32.05 £61.60 £60.00
% change year-on-year -47.97% +2.67% +114.29%

Configuration Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Configuration Management in Reading

Configuration Management
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

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

Configuration Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

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

Configuration Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Cloud Services
1 12 (92.31%) AWS
1 12 (92.31%) Azure
2 2 (15.38%) Entra ID
2 2 (15.38%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) Firewall
1 2 (15.38%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 10 (76.92%) Cucumber
1 10 (76.92%) GitLab
1 10 (76.92%) Jenkins
1 10 (76.92%) JIRA
1 10 (76.92%) REST Assured
1 10 (76.92%) Selenium
2 6 (46.15%) SonarQube
General
1 8 (61.54%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (46.15%) Social Skills
3 5 (38.46%) Law
4 4 (30.77%) Police
5 2 (15.38%) Finance
6 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (69.23%) Java Engineer
1 9 (69.23%) Java Software Engineer
1 9 (69.23%) Software Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Architect
3 2 (15.38%) Security Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Java Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (76.92%) Java EE
1 10 (76.92%) REST
2 6 (46.15%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Cloud Native
1 2 (15.38%) Cloud Security Posture
1 2 (15.38%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (15.38%) Hybrid Cloud
1 2 (15.38%) Public Cloud
1 2 (15.38%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (92.31%) Test Automation
2 10 (76.92%) Continuous Integration
2 10 (76.92%) DevOps
2 10 (76.92%) Software Architecture
2 10 (76.92%) Software Engineering
2 10 (76.92%) Technical Leadership
3 8 (61.54%) Infrastructure as Code
4 6 (46.15%) Containerisation
4 6 (46.15%) Decision-Making
5 4 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (15.38%) Application Security
6 2 (15.38%) Architectural Design
6 2 (15.38%) DevSecOps
6 2 (15.38%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
6 2 (15.38%) Secrets Management
6 2 (15.38%) Security Architecture
6 2 (15.38%) SIEM
6 2 (15.38%) Static Application Security Testing
6 2 (15.38%) Strategic Roadmap
6 2 (15.38%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (76.92%) Java
2 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (84.62%) Security Cleared
2 10 (76.92%) SC Cleared
3 2 (15.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 2 (15.38%) AWS Certification
3 2 (15.38%) Azure Certification
3 2 (15.38%) CCSP
3 2 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (15.38%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) GDPR
1 2 (15.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (15.38%) NIST
1 2 (15.38%) PCI DSS
1 2 (15.38%) PSD2
System Software
1 8 (61.54%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (61.54%) Kubernetes
2 6 (46.15%) Ansible
2 6 (46.15%) Docker Swarm
2 6 (46.15%) Podman
2 6 (46.15%) Terraform
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (7.69%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft