Configuration Engineer Contracts in the UK excluding London

Configuration Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Configuration Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 310 387 412
Rank change year-on-year +77 +25 +103
Contract jobs requiring a Configuration Engineer 25 10 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.19% 0.049% 0.092%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.053% 0.098%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 2 13
10th Percentile £367 £401 -
25th Percentile £431 £403 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £413 £500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -17.50% +60.00%
75th Percentile £463 £428 £510
90th Percentile £485 £434 £586
UK median daily rate £450 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +5.88% -15.00% +42.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 3
10th Percentile - £38.58 -
25th Percentile £41.25 £39.58 £37.50
Median hourly rate £43.75 £42.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% +6.25% -
75th Percentile £48.75 £49.38 £42.50
90th Percentile £55.50 £52.75 -
UK median hourly rate £43.75 £42.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +2.94% +6.25% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 11,802 19,038 21,534
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.73% 92.39% 94.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,509 11,591 14,985
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £594 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 844 2,364 1,082
10th Percentile £13.76 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.75 £17.81
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -5.88% +112.50%
75th Percentile £62.24 £62.14 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £27.97 £37.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -24.78% -17.38% +87.50%

Configuration Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Configuration Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Configuration Engineer in the UK excluding London

Configuration Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Configuration Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Configuration Engineer in the UK excluding London

Configuration Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Configuration Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Configuration Engineer in the UK excluding London

Configuration Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Configuration Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Configuration Engineer in the UK excluding London

Configuration Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Configuration Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Configuration Engineer in the UK excluding London

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 Configuration Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 29 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
North of England +22 14 £450 +12.50% 9
North West +18 14 £450 +12.50% 5
East of England +37 8 £340 - 7
South West - 2 £600 - 4
Scotland +8 1 £425 -
Configuration Engineer
UK

Configuration Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 29 May 2025, Configuration Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Configuration Engineer in the job title.

1 22 (88.00%) PLM
2 19 (76.00%) Teamcenter
3 14 (56.00%) XML
4 13 (52.00%) CAD
4 13 (52.00%) SC Cleared
4 13 (52.00%) Security Cleared
4 13 (52.00%) Data Governance
4 13 (52.00%) Data Quality
4 13 (52.00%) User Experience
4 13 (52.00%) Siemens NX
5 11 (44.00%) Configuration Management
6 8 (32.00%) Social Skills
7 6 (24.00%) Windchill
8 5 (20.00%) Customer Requirements
9 4 (16.00%) Change Management
9 4 (16.00%) Aerospace
9 4 (16.00%) Change Control
10 3 (12.00%) SAP
10 3 (12.00%) Def Stans
11 2 (8.00%) Twitter
11 2 (8.00%) Process Improvement
11 2 (8.00%) Aviation
11 2 (8.00%) Workload Management
11 2 (8.00%) Product Management
11 2 (8.00%) Data Management
12 1 (4.00%) Degree
12 1 (4.00%) Programme Management
12 1 (4.00%) PDM
12 1 (4.00%) Automotive
12 1 (4.00%) Master's Degree

Configuration Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 13 (52.00%) Siemens NX
2 6 (24.00%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 19 (76.00%) Teamcenter
General
1 8 (32.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (16.00%) Aerospace
3 2 (8.00%) Aviation
4 1 (4.00%) Automotive
4 1 (4.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (56.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (88.00%) PLM
2 13 (52.00%) CAD
2 13 (52.00%) Data Governance
2 13 (52.00%) User Experience
3 11 (44.00%) Configuration Management
4 5 (20.00%) Customer Requirements
5 4 (16.00%) Change Control
5 4 (16.00%) Change Management
6 2 (8.00%) Data Management
6 2 (8.00%) Process Improvement
6 2 (8.00%) Product Management
6 2 (8.00%) Workload Management
7 1 (4.00%) Contract Management
7 1 (4.00%) PDM
7 1 (4.00%) Programme Management
7 1 (4.00%) Systems Engineering
Qualifications
1 13 (52.00%) SC Cleared
1 13 (52.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.00%) Degree
2 1 (4.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (52.00%) Data Quality
2 3 (12.00%) Def Stans
Vendors
1 3 (12.00%) SAP
2 2 (8.00%) Twitter