Configuration Management Contracts in the Thames Valley

Configuration Management
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 86 92
Rank change year-on-year +38 +6 +19
Contract jobs citing Configuration Management 54 59 60
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 3.57% 2.20% 2.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.85% 2.52% 2.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 38 41
10th Percentile £307 £307 £360
25th Percentile £408 £506 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +23.83%
75th Percentile £513 £644 £688
90th Percentile £623 £688 £740
South East median daily rate £500 £550 £600
% change year-on-year -9.09% -8.33% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 2
10th Percentile - £53.07 £49.34
25th Percentile £62.50 £62.42 £50.59
Median hourly rate £65.00 £70.20 £53.88
Median % change year-on-year -7.40% +30.29% +13.42%
75th Percentile £67.50 £70.39 £57.84
90th Percentile - - £59.51
South East median hourly rate £65.00 £70.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year -7.14% +21.74% +18.36%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,403 2,340 2,682
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 92.85% 87.12% 91.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 851 1,306 1,860
10th Percentile £300 £213 £320
25th Percentile £413 £369 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £605 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 170 62
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.30 £18.60
25th Percentile £14.54 £19.48 £24.86
Median hourly rate £32.05 £45.00 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.78% -12.20% +192.86%
75th Percentile £62.44 £64.57 £66.21
90th Percentile £78.03 £85.65 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

Configuration Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Configuration Management in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Configuration Management in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Configuration Management in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Configuration Management in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Configuration Management in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Configuration Management in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Configuration Management in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Berkshire +29 40 £500 -18.53% 25
Buckinghamshire +11 11 £425 -22.73% 20
Oxfordshire +7 3 £488 - 12
Configuration Management
South East

Configuration Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Applications
1 2 (3.70%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 2 (3.70%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.85%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 26 (48.15%) Azure
2 22 (40.74%) AWS
3 10 (18.52%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (12.96%) GitHub
5 3 (5.56%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (5.56%) SaaS
6 2 (3.70%) Azure AKS
6 2 (3.70%) Azure Monitor
6 2 (3.70%) GCP
6 2 (3.70%) IaaS
6 2 (3.70%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.41%) Firewall
1 4 (7.41%) HTTP
2 2 (3.70%) VPN
2 2 (3.70%) Wireless
3 1 (1.85%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (9.26%) Big Data
2 2 (3.70%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (3.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 18 (33.33%) Jenkins
2 16 (29.63%) GitLab
3 13 (24.07%) Cucumber
3 13 (24.07%) JIRA
3 13 (24.07%) REST Assured
3 13 (24.07%) Selenium
4 9 (16.67%) SonarQube
5 7 (12.96%) Git
General
1 18 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 14 (25.93%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (14.81%) Law
4 6 (11.11%) Finance
5 4 (7.41%) Police
5 4 (7.41%) Telecoms
6 2 (3.70%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.85%) Electronics
7 1 (1.85%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.85%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 9 (16.67%) Java Engineer
1 9 (16.67%) Java Software Engineer
1 9 (16.67%) Software Engineer
2 6 (11.11%) Architect
3 5 (9.26%) Azure Engineer
3 5 (9.26%) Cloud Platform Engineer
3 5 (9.26%) Consultant
3 5 (9.26%) Platform Engineer
4 4 (7.41%) AWS Engineer
4 4 (7.41%) AWS Platform Engineer
4 4 (7.41%) Developer
4 4 (7.41%) Java Developer
4 4 (7.41%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
4 4 (7.41%) ServiceNow Architect
5 3 (5.56%) Analyst
5 3 (5.56%) Automation Engineer
5 3 (5.56%) Configuration Management Consultant
5 3 (5.56%) Data Analyst
5 3 (5.56%) DevOps Engineer
5 3 (5.56%) Telecoms Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (31.48%) REST
2 13 (24.07%) Java EE
3 9 (16.67%) ARM Templates
4 5 (9.26%) Web Services
5 4 (7.41%) Ajax
5 4 (7.41%) CSS
5 4 (7.41%) HTML
5 4 (7.41%) SOAP
5 4 (7.41%) XML
6 1 (1.85%) Jinja
6 1 (1.85%) JSON
6 1 (1.85%) NETCONF
6 1 (1.85%) RESTCONF
6 1 (1.85%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 18 (33.33%) CMDB
2 4 (7.41%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (5.56%) Cloud Native
3 3 (5.56%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (3.70%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (3.70%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.70%) Replication
5 1 (1.85%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.85%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (1.85%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 11 (20.37%) Linux
2 9 (16.67%) Windows
3 7 (12.96%) Ubuntu
4 5 (9.26%) Windows Server
5 4 (7.41%) AIX
5 4 (7.41%) Unix
6 2 (3.70%) CentOS
6 2 (3.70%) HPUX
6 2 (3.70%) Solaris
7 1 (1.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (1.85%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (46.30%) DevOps
2 16 (29.63%) Continuous Integration
2 16 (29.63%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (29.63%) Software Engineering
3 14 (25.93%) Infrastructure as Code
4 13 (24.07%) Software Architecture
4 13 (24.07%) Technical Leadership
4 13 (24.07%) Test Automation
5 12 (22.22%) Containerisation
5 12 (22.22%) ITSM
6 11 (20.37%) Service Management
7 10 (18.52%) Agile
8 9 (16.67%) Decision-Making
8 9 (16.67%) ITIL
9 8 (14.81%) IT Asset Management
10 7 (12.96%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (12.96%) High Availability
10 7 (12.96%) Incident Management
10 7 (12.96%) Problem Management
10 7 (12.96%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 14 (25.93%) Python
2 13 (24.07%) Java
2 13 (24.07%) PowerShell
3 5 (9.26%) Bicep
4 2 (3.70%) Bash
4 2 (3.70%) SQL
5 1 (1.85%) Korn
5 1 (1.85%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 20 (37.04%) Security Cleared
2 19 (35.19%) SC Cleared
3 3 (5.56%) Degree
4 2 (3.70%) DV Cleared
4 2 (3.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (1.85%) CCNP
5 1 (1.85%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.85%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.70%) Def Stans
1 2 (3.70%) NIST
2 1 (1.85%) QA
System Software
1 13 (24.07%) Docker
2 2 (3.70%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 24 (44.44%) Ansible
2 18 (33.33%) Terraform
3 14 (25.93%) Kubernetes
4 9 (16.67%) Docker Swarm
4 9 (16.67%) Podman
5 7 (12.96%) Puppet
6 5 (9.26%) SCCM
7 4 (7.41%) Progress Chef
8 3 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (3.70%) Oracle ZFS
9 2 (3.70%) WSUS
10 1 (1.85%) Grafana
10 1 (1.85%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 8 (14.81%) Microsoft
2 5 (9.26%) BMC
2 5 (9.26%) Databricks
2 5 (9.26%) ServiceNow
3 4 (7.41%) VMware
4 2 (3.70%) Cisco
4 2 (3.70%) PTC
4 2 (3.70%) Red Hat
4 2 (3.70%) Remedy
4 2 (3.70%) SAP
5 1 (1.85%) Fortinet
5 1 (1.85%) Google
5 1 (1.85%) HP
5 1 (1.85%) Snow