Release and Configuration Manager Contracts in the UK excluding London

Release and Configuration Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Release and Configuration Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £488, 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 334 393 -
Rank change year-on-year +59 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Release and Configuration Manager 1 4 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.008% 0.019% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.008% 0.021% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £363 -
Median % change year-on-year +34.62% - -
UK median daily rate £488 £363 -
% change year-on-year +34.62% - -

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%

Release and Configuration Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Release and Configuration Manager in the UK excluding London

Release and Configuration Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Release and Configuration Manager in the UK excluding London

Release and Configuration Manager
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 Release and Configuration Manager 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
South East +43 1 £488 +34.62% 2
Release and Configuration Manager
UK

Release and Configuration Manager Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 29 May 2025, Release and Configuration Manager 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 Release and Configuration Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) MSI
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Security Patching
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server

Release and Configuration Manager 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MSI
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Security Patching
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft