Build and Configuration Engineer Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Build and Configuration Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

As of 21 March 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Build and Configuration Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London.

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 423 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Build and Configuration Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.005% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.005% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 20,141 11,802 19,467
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.60% 92.54% 92.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,991 7,625 12,088
10th Percentile £256 £213 £210
25th Percentile £396 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £475 £487
Median % change year-on-year +1.32% -2.46% -2.60%
75th Percentile £580 £588 £594
90th Percentile £675 £663 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,175 704 2,084
10th Percentile £14.42 £15.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £18.87 £20.12 £15.52
Median hourly rate £36.00 £32.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.77% - -18.75%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.79 £75.25 £71.75
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £33.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.54% -23.53%

Build and Configuration Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Build and Configuration Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Build and Configuration Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Build and Configuration Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Build and Configuration Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Build and Configuration Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Build and Configuration Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Build and Configuration Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Build and Configuration Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Build and Configuration Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Build and Configuration Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 21 March 2026. 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
South West - 1 - -
Build and Configuration Engineer
UK

Build and Configuration Engineer Skill Set
Top 9 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 21 March 2026, Build and Configuration Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Build and Configuration Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Remedy
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Statistics

Build and Configuration Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Military
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Statistics
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Remedy