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 contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 119 104 134
Rank change year-on-year -15 +30 -35
Contract jobs citing Configuration Management 57 75 82
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 1.48% 1.83% 1.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.68% 2.15% 1.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 44 56
10th Percentile £398 £360 £393
25th Percentile £420 £409 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £538 £555
Median % change year-on-year +0.47% -3.15% +0.91%
75th Percentile £619 £625 £625
90th Percentile £628 £654 £731
England median daily rate £527 £525 £575
% change year-on-year +0.33% -8.70% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 6
10th Percentile - - £21.13
25th Percentile - £31.25 £23.17
Median hourly rate £41.00 £33.75 £29.46
Median % change year-on-year +21.48% +14.56% -53.85%
75th Percentile £60.25 £35.00 £46.78
90th Percentile £64.60 - £61.19
England median hourly rate £23.05 £45.00 £49.44
% change year-on-year -48.78% -8.98% -1.12%

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 3,385 3,481 4,878
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 87.88% 84.99% 89.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,138 2,129 3,185
10th Percentile £219 £257 £215
25th Percentile £388 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £518
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -1.14% +1.15%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £615
90th Percentile £651 £688 £694
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.50% -0.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 376 167 250
10th Percentile £14.00 £17.72 £16.25
25th Percentile £16.17 £28.88 £25.00
Median hourly rate £20.71 £57.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -63.98% +9.52% +24.56%
75th Percentile £33.49 £70.00 £66.39
90th Percentile £68.75 £75.00 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £36.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -31.10% -17.98% +27.14%

Configuration Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Configuration Management job vacancy trend 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 9 November 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Configuration Management in the South East over the 6 months to 9 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Configuration Management in the South East

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 9 November 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
Hampshire -13 29 £598 +8.64% 19
Thames Valley +3 22 £529 +5.70% 49
Buckinghamshire +9 11 £550 -8.33% 6
Berkshire +5 10 £423 -14.43% 39
West Sussex -9 4 £275 -54.17% 11
Surrey +4 3 £275 -47.62% 4
Oxfordshire -12 1 £200 - 4
Configuration Management
England

Configuration Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (5.26%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.75%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (5.26%) Windchill
2 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.75%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (3.51%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 16 (28.07%) Azure
2 14 (24.56%) Amazon EKS
3 11 (19.30%) OpenShift
4 8 (14.04%) AWS
5 7 (12.28%) GCP
6 3 (5.26%) Amazon ECS
6 3 (5.26%) Entra ID
7 2 (3.51%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 1 (1.75%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (1.75%) Amazon S3
8 1 (1.75%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (1.75%) IaaS
8 1 (1.75%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (8.77%) Firewall
2 4 (7.02%) TCP/IP
3 3 (5.26%) DHCP
3 3 (5.26%) DNS
3 3 (5.26%) Network Security
4 2 (3.51%) HTTP
4 2 (3.51%) SAN
5 1 (1.75%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.75%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (1.75%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (1.75%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 17 (29.82%) Jenkins
2 7 (12.28%) Git
2 7 (12.28%) JIRA
3 3 (5.26%) GitLab
General
1 8 (14.04%) Public Sector
2 6 (10.53%) Aerospace
2 6 (10.53%) Social Skills
3 5 (8.77%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (8.77%) Finance
4 4 (7.02%) Electronics
5 3 (5.26%) Manufacturing
5 3 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (3.51%) Marketing
6 2 (3.51%) Retail
6 2 (3.51%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.75%) Avionics
7 1 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (19.30%) Platform Engineer
2 8 (14.04%) Software Engineer
3 6 (10.53%) Configuration Manager
4 5 (8.77%) C++ Software Engineer
4 5 (8.77%) Embedded C++ Engineer
4 5 (8.77%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
4 5 (8.77%) Embedded Engineer
4 5 (8.77%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 5 (8.77%) Kubernetes Engineer
4 5 (8.77%) Senior
5 4 (7.02%) Architect
6 3 (5.26%) Analyst
6 3 (5.26%) Change Manager
6 3 (5.26%) Developer
6 3 (5.26%) DevOps Engineer
6 3 (5.26%) Security Architect
6 3 (5.26%) Security Engineer
7 2 (3.51%) Ada Engineer
7 2 (3.51%) Ada Software Engineer
7 2 (3.51%) Configuration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (19.30%) Middleware
1 11 (19.30%) React
2 2 (3.51%) Web Services
3 1 (1.75%) REST
3 1 (1.75%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 11 (19.30%) Private Cloud
2 7 (12.28%) CMDB
3 6 (10.53%) CAN bus
4 5 (8.77%) Cloud Native
5 3 (5.26%) Cloud Security Posture
5 3 (5.26%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (5.26%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (5.26%) Onboarding
5 3 (5.26%) Public Cloud
5 3 (5.26%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.75%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.75%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.75%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 12 (21.05%) Linux
2 11 (19.30%) Windows
3 4 (7.02%) Ubuntu
4 3 (5.26%) Windows Server
5 2 (3.51%) CentOS
5 2 (3.51%) Debian
5 2 (3.51%) Unix
5 2 (3.51%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.75%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (36.84%) CI/CD
1 21 (36.84%) Infrastructure as Code
2 15 (26.32%) Containerisation
3 12 (21.05%) Agile
3 12 (21.05%) DevOps
4 11 (19.30%) Migration
4 11 (19.30%) Platform Engineering
5 9 (15.79%) Change Management
5 9 (15.79%) Software Engineering
6 7 (12.28%) Continuous Integration
6 7 (12.28%) High Availability
6 7 (12.28%) ITIL
7 6 (10.53%) Deployment Automation
7 6 (10.53%) Open Source
7 6 (10.53%) SysML
7 6 (10.53%) UML
8 5 (8.77%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (8.77%) Test Automation
9 4 (7.02%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (7.02%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 20 (35.09%) Python
2 17 (29.82%) C#
3 15 (26.32%) PowerShell
4 14 (24.56%) SQL
5 12 (21.05%) Java
5 12 (21.05%) JavaScript
6 6 (10.53%) C++
6 6 (10.53%) Embedded C++
7 5 (8.77%) Bash
8 2 (3.51%) Ada
8 2 (3.51%) Korn
8 2 (3.51%) Perl
9 1 (1.75%) Go
Qualifications
1 32 (56.14%) Security Cleared
2 24 (42.11%) SC Cleared
3 4 (7.02%) Degree
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
5 2 (3.51%) RHCE
5 2 (3.51%) RHCSA
6 1 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.75%) HNC
6 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%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.75%) ISO 9001
4 1 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 17 (29.82%) Docker
2 6 (10.53%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (7.02%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (3.51%) KVM
5 1 (1.75%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 20 (35.09%) Kubernetes
2 18 (31.58%) Ansible
3 7 (12.28%) Terraform
4 5 (8.77%) Puppet
5 3 (5.26%) Progress Chef
6 2 (3.51%) SCCM
7 1 (1.75%) Grafana
7 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (1.75%) Proxmox
7 1 (1.75%) Rundeck
7 1 (1.75%) Salt
7 1 (1.75%) vRealize
Vendors
1 15 (26.32%) Red Hat
2 12 (21.05%) Microsoft
3 6 (10.53%) ServiceNow
3 6 (10.53%) VMware
4 3 (5.26%) SAP
5 2 (3.51%) Ab Initio
5 2 (3.51%) Google
5 2 (3.51%) JDA
6 1 (1.75%) PagerDuty
6 1 (1.75%) Siemens