Configuration Management Contracts in the UK excluding London

Configuration Management
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 142 106 112
Rank change year-on-year -36 +6 +8
Contract jobs citing Configuration Management 231 417 528
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.81% 2.01% 2.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.00% 2.37% 2.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 205 365
10th Percentile £312 £358 £326
25th Percentile £414 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -7.28% +1.85% +1.89%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £638
90th Percentile £653 £700 £676
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 141 27
10th Percentile £41.25 £37.91 £16.00
25th Percentile £45.00 £41.81 £37.50
Median hourly rate £60.00 £50.00 £48.99
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +2.06% +4.88%
75th Percentile £67.50 £60.75 £58.04
90th Percentile - £70.00 £65.80
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £50.00 £50.42
% change year-on-year +20.00% -0.83% +7.94%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,562 17,588 21,473
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.38% 84.75% 89.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,253 10,507 14,891
10th Percentile £235 £250 £255
25th Percentile £375 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £663 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 821 2,055 1,305
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.32 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.22 £15.81
Median hourly rate £27.50 £36.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.66% +4.29% +75.00%
75th Percentile £64.52 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £72.98
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £36.42
% change year-on-year -18.31% -2.53% +45.69%

Configuration Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Configuration Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Configuration Management in the UK excluding London

Configuration Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Configuration Management in the UK excluding London

Configuration Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Configuration Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Configuration Management in the UK excluding London

Configuration Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Configuration Management in the UK excluding London

Configuration Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Configuration Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Configuration Management in the UK excluding London

Configuration Management
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 Management within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 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
South East +14 62 £500 -9.09% 101
North of England +14 51 £493 -1.50% 67
South West +5 47 £575 +4.07% 58
Midlands +13 31 £525 +43.21% 44
North West +2 31 £493 -0.81% 38
Scotland +5 24 £475 -20.83% 28
West Midlands +11 21 £523 +45.54% 30
East of England -29 20 £270 -46.00% 39
Yorkshire +9 18 £475 -14.80% 20
East Midlands +12 10 £555 +0.91% 12
North East -2 1 - - 10
Configuration Management
UK

Configuration Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 13 (5.63%) Confluence
2 5 (2.16%) IIS
Applications
1 12 (5.19%) Windchill
2 9 (3.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.43%) CATIA
5 1 (0.43%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 7 (3.03%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (2.16%) Teamcenter
3 2 (0.87%) LabWindows
4 1 (0.43%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 56 (24.24%) Azure
2 44 (19.05%) AWS
3 14 (6.06%) Azure DevOps
3 14 (6.06%) GitHub
4 12 (5.19%) Power Platform
4 12 (5.19%) PowerApps
5 9 (3.90%) GCP
6 6 (2.60%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (2.60%) Serverless
7 5 (2.16%) OpenShift
7 5 (2.16%) SaaS
8 4 (1.73%) Amazon EKS
8 4 (1.73%) Amazon S3
8 4 (1.73%) AWS CloudFormation
8 4 (1.73%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (1.73%) GitHub Actions
8 4 (1.73%) PaaS
9 3 (1.30%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 3 (1.30%) Amazon EC2
9 3 (1.30%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 17 (7.36%) Firewall
2 12 (5.19%) DNS
3 11 (4.76%) HTTP
4 8 (3.46%) OSPF
5 6 (2.60%) SAN
6 5 (2.16%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 5 (2.16%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 5 (2.16%) HTTPS
6 5 (2.16%) IPsec
6 5 (2.16%) SSL
6 5 (2.16%) TCP/IP
7 4 (1.73%) BGP
7 4 (1.73%) EIGRP
7 4 (1.73%) HSRP
7 4 (1.73%) IPv4
7 4 (1.73%) MPLS
7 4 (1.73%) SD-WAN
7 4 (1.73%) VLAN
7 4 (1.73%) VPN
7 4 (1.73%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.03%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.16%) Big Data
3 4 (1.73%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (1.73%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.87%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.43%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.43%) IDMS
5 1 (0.43%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.43%) MySQL
5 1 (0.43%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 45 (19.48%) Jenkins
2 38 (16.45%) Git
3 31 (13.42%) JIRA
4 26 (11.26%) GitLab
5 20 (8.66%) Bitbucket
6 18 (7.79%) Selenium
7 14 (6.06%) Cucumber
7 14 (6.06%) SonarQube
8 13 (5.63%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.87%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.87%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 2 (0.87%) JMeter
9 2 (0.87%) LabVIEW
9 2 (0.87%) TestNG
10 1 (0.43%) CA Gen
10 1 (0.43%) Chocolatey
10 1 (0.43%) Katalon Studio
10 1 (0.43%) Octopus Deploy
10 1 (0.43%) TeamCity
General
1 87 (37.66%) Social Skills
2 44 (19.05%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (12.55%) Finance
4 20 (8.66%) Public Sector
5 11 (4.76%) Law
6 9 (3.90%) Telecoms
7 7 (3.03%) Police
8 6 (2.60%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (2.16%) Banking
9 5 (2.16%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (1.73%) Aerospace
10 4 (1.73%) Electronics
11 3 (1.30%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.87%) Automotive
12 2 (0.87%) Aviation
12 2 (0.87%) Fire and Rescue
12 2 (0.87%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.87%) Marketing
12 2 (0.87%) Military
12 2 (0.87%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 22 (9.52%) Architect
2 20 (8.66%) DevOps Engineer
3 19 (8.23%) Lead
4 18 (7.79%) Senior
5 16 (6.93%) Developer
6 14 (6.06%) Software Engineer
7 13 (5.63%) Automation Engineer
7 13 (5.63%) Platform Engineer
8 12 (5.19%) Configuration Manager
9 11 (4.76%) Configuration Engineer
10 10 (4.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 9 (3.90%) Analyst
11 9 (3.90%) Consultant
11 9 (3.90%) Java Engineer
11 9 (3.90%) Java Software Engineer
11 9 (3.90%) Technical Leader
12 8 (3.46%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
13 7 (3.03%) Azure Engineer
13 7 (3.03%) ServiceNow Architect
14 6 (2.60%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (13.85%) REST
2 15 (6.49%) SOAP
3 13 (5.63%) Java EE
4 9 (3.90%) ARM Templates
5 5 (2.16%) Web Services
6 4 (1.73%) Ajax
6 4 (1.73%) CSS
6 4 (1.73%) HTML
6 4 (1.73%) XML
7 3 (1.30%) .NET
7 3 (1.30%) Elastic Stack
7 3 (1.30%) LDAP
8 2 (0.87%) JWT
8 2 (0.87%) Loki
8 2 (0.87%) Middleware
8 2 (0.87%) Oracle Fusion
8 2 (0.87%) pytest
8 2 (0.87%) SAML
9 1 (0.43%) .NET Framework
9 1 (0.43%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 42 (18.18%) CMDB
2 11 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (4.33%) Management Information System
4 8 (3.46%) Distributed Systems
5 6 (2.60%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.73%) Cloud Native
6 4 (1.73%) Data Centre
6 4 (1.73%) Replication
7 3 (1.30%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.30%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.87%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.87%) EMC VMAX
8 2 (0.87%) FPGA
8 2 (0.87%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.87%) Private Cloud
8 2 (0.87%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.43%) Legacy Applications
9 1 (0.43%) Reinsurance
9 1 (0.43%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 49 (21.21%) Linux
2 42 (18.18%) Windows
3 23 (9.96%) Windows Server
4 13 (5.63%) Unix
5 11 (4.76%) Ubuntu
6 8 (3.46%) AIX
7 5 (2.16%) CentOS
8 4 (1.73%) HPUX
8 4 (1.73%) Solaris
8 4 (1.73%) Windows 10
8 4 (1.73%) Windows 7
8 4 (1.73%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (1.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (1.30%) VMS
10 2 (0.87%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (33.33%) DevOps
2 69 (29.87%) Agile
3 68 (29.44%) Problem-Solving
4 51 (22.08%) ITIL
5 45 (19.48%) Service Management
6 38 (16.45%) CI/CD
7 35 (15.15%) ITSM
8 34 (14.72%) Infrastructure as Code
9 32 (13.85%) Software Engineering
10 29 (12.55%) Problem Management
10 29 (12.55%) Process Improvement
11 28 (12.12%) Data Modelling
12 25 (10.82%) Change Management
13 24 (10.39%) Continuous Integration
13 24 (10.39%) Test Automation
14 23 (9.96%) Containerisation
14 23 (9.96%) Continuous Improvement
14 23 (9.96%) Infrastructure Automation
15 21 (9.09%) Deployment Automation
16 20 (8.66%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 64 (27.71%) Python
2 54 (23.38%) PowerShell
3 36 (15.58%) Bash
4 26 (11.26%) SQL
5 15 (6.49%) Java
6 5 (2.16%) Bicep
7 4 (1.73%) Shell Script
8 3 (1.30%) Perl
9 2 (0.87%) C
9 2 (0.87%) C#
9 2 (0.87%) Ruby
10 1 (0.43%) COBOL
10 1 (0.43%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.43%) Korn
Qualifications
1 94 (40.69%) Security Cleared
2 81 (35.06%) SC Cleared
3 24 (10.39%) Cisco Certification
4 21 (9.09%) CCNP
5 19 (8.23%) Degree
6 18 (7.79%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 13 (5.63%) DV Cleared
8 11 (4.76%) OCA
8 11 (4.76%) Oracle Certification
9 10 (4.33%) RHCA
9 10 (4.33%) RHCE
10 9 (3.90%) ITIL Certification
11 8 (3.46%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (2.16%) CCNA
13 4 (1.73%) Computer Science Degree
14 2 (0.87%) ISTQB
14 2 (0.87%) Master's Degree
15 1 (0.43%) CEH
15 1 (0.43%) CTC Cleared
15 1 (0.43%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.46%) Def Stans
2 6 (2.60%) Data Quality
3 5 (2.16%) NIST
3 5 (2.16%) QA
4 2 (0.87%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.43%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.43%) GDPR
5 1 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.43%) SLA
System Software
1 25 (10.82%) Docker
2 18 (7.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (3.46%) Active Directory
4 5 (2.16%) Hyper-V
4 5 (2.16%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (0.87%) KVM
5 2 (0.87%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 75 (32.47%) Ansible
2 50 (21.65%) Terraform
3 41 (17.75%) Kubernetes
4 32 (13.85%) Progress Chef
5 31 (13.42%) Puppet
6 15 (6.49%) SCCM
7 11 (4.76%) Grafana
7 11 (4.76%) vCenter Server
8 10 (4.33%) Docker Swarm
9 9 (3.90%) Podman
10 7 (3.03%) Microsoft Intune
10 7 (3.03%) Prometheus
10 7 (3.03%) WSUS
11 3 (1.30%) Istio
11 3 (1.30%) Kustomize
12 2 (0.87%) Oracle ZFS
12 2 (0.87%) PowerCLI
12 2 (0.87%) vRealize
12 2 (0.87%) ZABBIX
13 1 (0.43%) Nagios
Vendors
1 34 (14.72%) VMware
2 29 (12.55%) ServiceNow
3 24 (10.39%) Cisco
4 18 (7.79%) Microsoft
5 17 (7.36%) Oracle
6 12 (5.19%) Atlassian
7 10 (4.33%) BMC
8 9 (3.90%) Red Hat
9 8 (3.46%) Splunk
10 7 (3.03%) Remedy
10 7 (3.03%) SolarWinds
11 6 (2.60%) SAP
12 5 (2.16%) Databricks
12 5 (2.16%) F5
12 5 (2.16%) Fortinet
12 5 (2.16%) Juniper
12 5 (2.16%) PTC
13 4 (1.73%) Huawei
13 4 (1.73%) Infoblox
14 3 (1.30%) Google