Configuration Management Contract Job Trends in the South East

Configuration Management
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Configuration Management skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 103 93 126
Rank change year-on-year -10 +33 -14
Contract jobs citing Configuration Management 57 92 84
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.66% 2.01% 1.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.86% 2.44% 1.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 50 52
10th Percentile £413 £307 £380
25th Percentile £480 £413 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £550 £555
Median % change year-on-year -9.00% -0.90% -5.53%
75th Percentile £583 £625 £678
90th Percentile £619 £688 £760
England median daily rate £525 £530 £575
% change year-on-year -0.94% -7.83% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 11 6
10th Percentile - £31.25 £21.13
25th Percentile - £35.00 £23.44
Median hourly rate £41.00 £70.39 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.75% +78.20% -39.23%
75th Percentile - £91.00 £58.56
90th Percentile - £92.37 £65.95
England median hourly rate £41.00 £50.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -18.00% -16.67% +20.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,069 3,769 5,018
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 89.14% 82.53% 89.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,911 2,254 3,357
10th Percentile £220 £257 £250
25th Percentile £380 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £518
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -1.14% +1.90%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £625
90th Percentile £654 £689 £700
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 301 255 258
10th Percentile £13.25 £16.10 £15.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £33.00 £23.52
Median hourly rate £20.75 £57.35 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -63.82% +9.24% +61.54%
75th Percentile £50.00 £71.82 £66.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £78.75 £75.67
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.54
% change year-on-year -41.51% -1.24% +50.14%

Configuration Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Configuration Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Configuration Management in the South East

Configuration Management
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Configuration Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Configuration Management

Configuration Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Configuration Management in the South East over the 6 months to 16 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Configuration Management in the South East

Configuration Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Configuration Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Configuration Management

Configuration Management
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 16 September 2025. 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
Thames Valley +13 35 £501 -9.00% 25
Berkshire +12 24 £500 -9.05% 11
Hampshire -10 18 £595 +3.48% 18
Buckinghamshire +11 11 £550 +96.45% 8
Surrey +6 3 £275 -48.84% 7
West Sussex -3 2 £275 -54.17% 2
Configuration Management
England

Configuration Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 3 (5.26%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.75%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (1.75%) IIS
2 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (5.26%) Windchill
2 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (3.51%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 27 (47.37%) Azure
2 16 (28.07%) AWS
3 11 (19.30%) Amazon EKS
3 11 (19.30%) OpenShift
4 5 (8.77%) GCP
5 3 (5.26%) Entra ID
6 2 (3.51%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 2 (3.51%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (1.75%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.02%) HTTP
2 3 (5.26%) Firewall
2 3 (5.26%) Network Security
3 2 (3.51%) SAN
3 2 (3.51%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.75%) DHCP
4 1 (1.75%) DNS
4 1 (1.75%) FTP
4 1 (1.75%) HTTPS
4 1 (1.75%) SSL
Development Applications
1 24 (42.11%) Jenkins
2 16 (28.07%) GitLab
3 14 (24.56%) JIRA
4 13 (22.81%) Cucumber
4 13 (22.81%) REST Assured
4 13 (22.81%) Selenium
5 9 (15.79%) SonarQube
General
1 14 (24.56%) Social Skills
2 12 (21.05%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (14.04%) Law
4 4 (7.02%) Aerospace
4 4 (7.02%) Police
5 3 (5.26%) Finance
5 3 (5.26%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.51%) Electronics
6 2 (3.51%) Retail
7 1 (1.75%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.75%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (19.30%) Platform Engineer
1 11 (19.30%) Software Engineer
2 9 (15.79%) Java Engineer
2 9 (15.79%) Java Software Engineer
3 7 (12.28%) Developer
4 6 (10.53%) Kubernetes Engineer
5 5 (8.77%) Configuration Manager
6 4 (7.02%) Architect
6 4 (7.02%) Java Developer
6 4 (7.02%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
6 4 (7.02%) Senior
7 3 (5.26%) Change Manager
7 3 (5.26%) Security Architect
7 3 (5.26%) Security Engineer
7 3 (5.26%) Senior Platform Engineer
8 2 (3.51%) Ada Software Engineer
8 2 (3.51%) Configuration Engineer
8 2 (3.51%) Configuration Management Engineer
8 2 (3.51%) Consultant
8 2 (3.51%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (26.32%) REST
2 13 (22.81%) Java EE
3 11 (19.30%) Middleware
3 11 (19.30%) React
4 9 (15.79%) ARM Templates
5 3 (5.26%) Web Services
6 1 (1.75%) Ajax
6 1 (1.75%) CSS
6 1 (1.75%) HTML
6 1 (1.75%) SOAP
6 1 (1.75%) Swagger
6 1 (1.75%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (19.30%) Private Cloud
2 5 (8.77%) CMDB
3 4 (7.02%) Cloud Native
4 3 (5.26%) Cloud Security Posture
4 3 (5.26%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (5.26%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (5.26%) Onboarding
4 3 (5.26%) Public Cloud
4 3 (5.26%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.75%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.75%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 7 (12.28%) Windows
2 4 (7.02%) Linux
2 4 (7.02%) Windows Server
3 2 (3.51%) Debian
3 2 (3.51%) Ubuntu
3 2 (3.51%) Windows 7
3 2 (3.51%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (1.75%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.75%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (47.37%) Infrastructure as Code
2 18 (31.58%) CI/CD
2 18 (31.58%) Containerisation
2 18 (31.58%) Test Automation
3 17 (29.82%) DevOps
4 15 (26.32%) Software Engineering
5 13 (22.81%) Continuous Integration
5 13 (22.81%) Software Architecture
5 13 (22.81%) Technical Leadership
6 12 (21.05%) Migration
7 11 (19.30%) Decision-Making
7 11 (19.30%) Platform Engineering
8 10 (17.54%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (15.79%) Change Management
10 8 (14.04%) ITIL
11 6 (10.53%) Agile
11 6 (10.53%) High Availability
12 5 (8.77%) Deployment Automation
12 5 (8.77%) Open Source
13 4 (7.02%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 25 (43.86%) Java
2 16 (28.07%) Python
3 15 (26.32%) PowerShell
3 15 (26.32%) SQL
4 12 (21.05%) JavaScript
5 11 (19.30%) C#
6 2 (3.51%) Ada
6 2 (3.51%) Korn
7 1 (1.75%) Bash
7 1 (1.75%) Go
Qualifications
1 37 (64.91%) Security Cleared
2 30 (52.63%) SC Cleared
3 4 (7.02%) DV Cleared
4 3 (5.26%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 3 (5.26%) AWS Certification
4 3 (5.26%) Azure Certification
4 3 (5.26%) CCSP
4 3 (5.26%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (5.26%) CISSP
4 3 (5.26%) Degree
5 1 (1.75%) HNC
5 1 (1.75%) NVQ Level 5
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (5.26%) GDPR
2 3 (5.26%) NIST
2 3 (5.26%) PCI DSS
2 3 (5.26%) PSD2
3 2 (3.51%) ARP4754
4 1 (1.75%) ISO 9001
4 1 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 15 (26.32%) Docker
2 2 (3.51%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.75%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 27 (47.37%) Kubernetes
2 22 (38.60%) Ansible
3 13 (22.81%) Terraform
4 9 (15.79%) Docker Swarm
4 9 (15.79%) Podman
5 3 (5.26%) SCCM
6 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (1.75%) Proxmox
6 1 (1.75%) Rundeck
6 1 (1.75%) Salt
6 1 (1.75%) vRealize
6 1 (1.75%) WSUS
Vendors
1 13 (22.81%) Red Hat
2 8 (14.04%) Microsoft
3 6 (10.53%) ServiceNow
4 4 (7.02%) VMware
5 2 (3.51%) Ab Initio
5 2 (3.51%) Google
5 2 (3.51%) JDA
6 1 (1.75%) SAP
6 1 (1.75%) Siemens