Configuration Management Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Configuration Management
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring Configuration Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 32 40
Rank change year-on-year -8 +8 +2
Contract jobs citing Configuration Management 1 8 6
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 0.28% 2.33% 1.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 2.69% 1.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - £608
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £162 £615
Median % change year-on-year +161.62% -73.59% +22.88%
75th Percentile £438 - £623
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median daily rate £425 £162 £615
% change year-on-year +161.62% -73.59% +23.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £21.59 -
Wales median hourly rate - £21.59 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 284 297 320
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 80.00% 86.59% 89.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 195 172 243
10th Percentile £206 £167 £163
25th Percentile £290 £213 £223
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £413 £438
Median % change year-on-year -0.61% -5.71% -7.89%
75th Percentile £501 £550 £588
90th Percentile £608 £688 £650
Wales median daily rate £410 £425 £425
% change year-on-year -3.53% - -10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 40 23
10th Percentile £13.08 £19.63 £17.20
25th Percentile £15.11 £20.12 £21.34
Median hourly rate £19.19 £25.36 £27.17
Median % change year-on-year -24.33% -6.64% +36.13%
75th Percentile £25.53 £40.00 £53.13
90th Percentile £85.00 £48.75 £55.25
Wales median hourly rate £18.18 £25.36 £27.17
% change year-on-year -28.31% -6.64% +36.44%

Configuration Management
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Configuration Management job vacancy trend in South Wales

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Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

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

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Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

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

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

Configuration Management
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 23 December 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
Cardiff -5 1 £425 +161.62% 3
Configuration Management
Wales

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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 1 (100.00%) Drupal
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Drupal Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) CSS3
1 1 (100.00%) Drush
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) HTML5
1 1 (100.00%) Twig
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) PHP