Configuration Engineer Contracts

Configuration Engineer
UK

The median Configuration Engineer daily rate in the UK is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 497 563 694
Rank change year-on-year +66 +131 +153
Contract jobs requiring a Configuration Engineer 23 19 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.079% 0.044% 0.040%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.085% 0.047% 0.043%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 3 16
10th Percentile £360 £403 £400
25th Percentile £418 £406 £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -15.00% +42.86%
75th Percentile £463 £531 £547
90th Percentile £504 £588 £603
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £413 £500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -17.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 10 4
10th Percentile - £37.62 -
25th Percentile £41.25 £37.91 £37.50
Median hourly rate £43.75 £40.28 £40.90
Median % change year-on-year +8.63% -1.53% +83.57%
75th Percentile £48.75 £43.47 £42.50
90th Percentile £55.50 £46.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.75 £40.28 £40.90
% change year-on-year +8.63% -1.53% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Configuration Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Configuration Engineer in the UK

Configuration Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Configuration Engineer.

Daily rate trend for Configuration Engineer in the UK

Configuration Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Configuration Engineer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Configuration Engineer in the UK

Configuration Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Configuration Engineer.

Hourly rate trend for Configuration Engineer in the UK

Configuration Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Configuration Engineer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Configuration Engineer in the UK

Configuration Engineer
Top 8 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 1 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
UK excluding London +68 22 £450 +9.09% 17
England +62 21 £450 -10.00% 21
North of England +29 11 £450 +12.50% 5
North West +27 11 £450 +12.50% 2
East of England +30 8 £340 - 3
Work from Home +42 6 £447 -12.78% 14
South West +47 2 £600 - 5
Scotland +12 1 £425 -

Configuration Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 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 featuring Configuration Engineer in the job title.

1 19 (82.61%) PLM
2 16 (69.57%) Teamcenter
3 11 (47.83%) SC Cleared
3 11 (47.83%) Security Cleared
3 11 (47.83%) XML
3 11 (47.83%) Configuration Management
4 10 (43.48%) Data Governance
4 10 (43.48%) Data Quality
4 10 (43.48%) User Experience
4 10 (43.48%) Siemens NX
4 10 (43.48%) CAD
5 8 (34.78%) Social Skills
6 6 (26.09%) Windchill
7 5 (21.74%) Customer Requirements
8 4 (17.39%) Change Control
8 4 (17.39%) Change Management
8 4 (17.39%) Aerospace
9 3 (13.04%) SAP
9 3 (13.04%) Def Stans
10 2 (8.70%) Workload Management
10 2 (8.70%) Process Improvement
10 2 (8.70%) Twitter
10 2 (8.70%) Product Management
10 2 (8.70%) Data Management
10 2 (8.70%) Aviation
11 1 (4.35%) NVIDIA
11 1 (4.35%) Degree
11 1 (4.35%) Programme Management
11 1 (4.35%) PDM
11 1 (4.35%) Dell

Configuration Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 10 (43.48%) Siemens NX
2 6 (26.09%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 16 (69.57%) Teamcenter
General
1 8 (34.78%) Social Skills
2 4 (17.39%) Aerospace
3 2 (8.70%) Aviation
4 1 (4.35%) Automotive
4 1 (4.35%) Finance
4 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (47.83%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (82.61%) PLM
2 11 (47.83%) Configuration Management
3 10 (43.48%) CAD
3 10 (43.48%) Data Governance
3 10 (43.48%) User Experience
4 5 (21.74%) Customer Requirements
5 4 (17.39%) Change Control
5 4 (17.39%) Change Management
6 2 (8.70%) Data Management
6 2 (8.70%) Process Improvement
6 2 (8.70%) Product Management
6 2 (8.70%) Workload Management
7 1 (4.35%) Contract Management
7 1 (4.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 1 (4.35%) PDM
7 1 (4.35%) Programme Management
7 1 (4.35%) Systems Engineering
Qualifications
1 11 (47.83%) SC Cleared
1 11 (47.83%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.35%) Degree
2 1 (4.35%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (43.48%) Data Quality
2 3 (13.04%) Def Stans
Vendors
1 3 (13.04%) SAP
2 2 (8.70%) Twitter
3 1 (4.35%) Dell
3 1 (4.35%) NVIDIA