Configuration Management Contract Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Configuration Management
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear requiring Configuration Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 28 26
Rank change year-on-year -11 -2 +14
Contract jobs citing Configuration Management 1 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Tyne and Wear 0.37% 0.51% 0.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% 0.55% 0.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £650 £350
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +85.71% -50.00%
North East median daily rate £500 £650 £350
% change year-on-year -23.08% +85.71% -50.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 242 182 141
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 89.30% 91.92% 84.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 76 104
10th Percentile £171 £325 £236
25th Percentile £359 £391 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% -10.38%
75th Percentile £555 £586 £582
90th Percentile £617 £685 £717
North East median daily rate £450 £450 £450
% change year-on-year - - -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 20 7
10th Percentile £13.83 £13.75 £16.40
25th Percentile £16.38 £15.44 £17.50
Median hourly rate £19.25 £17.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -10.26% +39.29%
75th Percentile £20.63 £50.00 £26.13
90th Percentile £34.46 £70.00 £32.70
North East median hourly rate £19.25 £34.02 £32.00
% change year-on-year -43.42% +6.31% +82.86%

Configuration Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

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

Configuration Management job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

Configuration Management
Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Configuration Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Configuration Management

Configuration Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Configuration Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Configuration Management

Configuration Management
Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 28 October 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
Newcastle upon Tyne -17 1 £500 -23.08% 3
Configuration Management
North East

Configuration Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leader
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) API Design
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Deployment
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java