Configuration Management Contract Job Trends

Configuration Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Configuration Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 202 169 157
Rank change year-on-year -33 -12 -33
Contract jobs citing Configuration Management 532 542 748
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.46% 1.51% 1.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.64% 1.72% 1.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 349 314 490
10th Percentile £358 £300 £381
25th Percentile £450 £400 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £575
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -11.30% +4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £645
90th Percentile £775 £688 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £480 £575
% change year-on-year +9.38% -16.52% +6.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 29 82
10th Percentile £13.50 £20.46 £22.92
25th Percentile £13.71 £31.25 £37.91
Median hourly rate £46.79 £41.50 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year +12.73% -14.82% +10.45%
75th Percentile £63.75 £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £41.50 £48.72
% change year-on-year +14.46% -14.82% -0.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,432 31,463 40,054
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 88.97% 87.43% 88.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,408 19,089 26,807
10th Percentile £300 £309 £312
25th Percentile £405 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% -3.09%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,095 1,098 1,556
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.24 £14.36
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.20 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.75 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.21% -22.94% +21.43%
75th Percentile £45.46 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.50 £74.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.63 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -30.37% -23.53% +30.77%

Configuration Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Configuration Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Configuration Management job vacancy trend in the UK

Configuration Management
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Configuration Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Configuration Management

Configuration Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Configuration Management over the 6 months to 6 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Configuration Management in the UK

Configuration Management
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Configuration Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Configuration Management

Configuration Management
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Configuration Management over the 6 months to 6 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Configuration Management in the UK

Configuration Management
Top 17 Contract Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 6 December 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
England -16 460 £525 - 346
UK excluding London -29 325 £525 +9.38% 352
Work from Home +11 186 £525 +7.97% 173
London -4 169 £600 +4.35% 36
Midlands -8 79 £537 +19.33% 45
West Midlands +15 77 £537 +19.33% 28
North of England -38 73 £513 -2.38% 64
South East -17 58 £550 +11.39% 88
South West -18 47 £525 -10.64% 67
Yorkshire -32 38 £518 -3.72% 25
Scotland -5 35 £500 +11.11% 24
North West -27 35 £430 -18.10% 36
East of England -11 32 £494 +16.18% 73
East Midlands -30 2 £410 - 15
North East -3 1 £500 -23.08% 3
Wales -9 1 £425 +161.62% 6
Channel Islands - 1 £640 -

Configuration Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 56 (10.53%) Confluence
2 23 (4.32%) SAS
3 13 (2.44%) Apache Airflow
4 11 (2.07%) nginx
5 9 (1.69%) Apache
5 9 (1.69%) OpenStack
5 9 (1.69%) SharePoint
6 6 (1.13%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.94%) Oracle Workflow
8 4 (0.75%) CICS
8 4 (0.75%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.19%) Drupal
9 1 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 11 (2.07%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 10 (1.88%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.94%) Windchill
5 4 (0.75%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.38%) Weka
8 1 (0.19%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.56%) Teamcenter
2 2 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.38%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.19%) assyst
3 1 (0.19%) Cloudability
3 1 (0.19%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.19%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (0.19%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.19%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.19%) Primavera
3 1 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.19%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 148 (27.82%) AWS
2 129 (24.25%) Azure
3 65 (12.22%) Amazon EC2
4 59 (11.09%) Amazon S3
5 52 (9.77%) GitHub
6 44 (8.27%) Amazon EKS
7 42 (7.89%) IaaS
8 40 (7.52%) AWS CloudFormation
9 39 (7.33%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 39 (7.33%) Azure DevOps
10 37 (6.95%) Amazon ECS
10 37 (6.95%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 34 (6.39%) OpenShift
12 31 (5.83%) GitHub Actions
13 28 (5.26%) GCP
13 28 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
14 23 (4.32%) Serverless
15 22 (4.14%) Entra ID
16 21 (3.95%) Amazon ELB
16 21 (3.95%) AWS KMS
Communications & Networking
1 69 (12.97%) Firewall
2 38 (7.14%) DNS
3 33 (6.20%) HTTP
4 30 (5.64%) TCP/IP
5 22 (4.14%) SMTP
5 22 (4.14%) SSH
6 20 (3.76%) FTP
7 19 (3.57%) VPN
8 13 (2.44%) Network Security
8 13 (2.44%) WAN
9 11 (2.07%) IMAP
9 11 (2.07%) OpenLDAP
10 10 (1.88%) BGP
11 9 (1.69%) DHCP
11 9 (1.69%) LAN
12 8 (1.50%) SSL
13 7 (1.32%) Cisco Nexus
13 7 (1.32%) Internet
13 7 (1.32%) MPLS
13 7 (1.32%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (10.71%) Amazon RDS
2 28 (5.26%) PostgreSQL
3 19 (3.57%) SAS Enterprise Guide
4 17 (3.20%) Amazon Aurora
5 16 (3.01%) SQL Server
6 15 (2.82%) Relational Database
7 11 (2.07%) SAS Visual Analytics
8 10 (1.88%) Oracle Database
9 9 (1.69%) MySQL
10 8 (1.50%) Redis
11 7 (1.32%) Elasticsearch
12 6 (1.13%) Azure SQL Database
13 5 (0.94%) Apache Hive
13 5 (0.94%) Big Data
13 5 (0.94%) Data Lake
13 5 (0.94%) Hadoop
13 5 (0.94%) HBase
13 5 (0.94%) Metadata
14 4 (0.75%) MongoDB
14 4 (0.75%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 129 (24.25%) Jenkins
2 93 (17.48%) JIRA
3 76 (14.29%) Git
4 52 (9.77%) GitLab
5 24 (4.51%) Vagrant
6 12 (2.26%) Bitbucket
7 11 (2.07%) Sonatype Nexus
8 10 (1.88%) Artifactory
8 10 (1.88%) Postman
9 7 (1.32%) SonarQube
10 5 (0.94%) Gradle
10 5 (0.94%) Maven
10 5 (0.94%) Selenium
11 4 (0.75%) CircleCI
11 4 (0.75%) Cypress.io
11 4 (0.75%) JUnit
11 4 (0.75%) Robot Framework
11 4 (0.75%) Snyk
11 4 (0.75%) webpack
12 3 (0.56%) Terragrunt
General
1 131 (24.62%) Social Skills
2 85 (15.98%) Public Sector
3 80 (15.04%) Finance
4 78 (14.66%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (3.95%) Banking
6 16 (3.01%) Documentation Skills
7 15 (2.82%) Aerospace
8 14 (2.63%) Manufacturing
8 14 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
9 11 (2.07%) Organisational Skills
10 10 (1.88%) Investment Banking
11 9 (1.69%) Electronics
11 9 (1.69%) Marketing
11 9 (1.69%) Telecoms
12 7 (1.32%) Financial Institution
13 6 (1.13%) Military
14 5 (0.94%) Law
15 4 (0.75%) Games
16 3 (0.56%) Retail
16 3 (0.56%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 64 (12.03%) DevOps Engineer
2 55 (10.34%) Architect
3 44 (8.27%) Platform Engineer
4 43 (8.08%) Analyst
5 39 (7.33%) Developer
6 38 (7.14%) AWS Engineer
7 37 (6.95%) Senior
8 30 (5.64%) AWS DevOps
9 29 (5.45%) Lead
10 27 (5.08%) AWS DevOps Engineer
11 25 (4.70%) Automation Engineer
12 24 (4.51%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 19 (3.57%) Data Engineer
13 19 (3.57%) Site Engineer
13 19 (3.57%) Site Reliability Engineer
14 18 (3.38%) Network Engineer
15 17 (3.20%) Release Manager
16 16 (3.01%) Configuration Manager
16 16 (3.01%) ServiceNow Developer
16 16 (3.01%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (11.47%) REST
2 35 (6.58%) JSON
3 28 (5.26%) Elastic Stack
4 18 (3.38%) LDAP
5 17 (3.20%) SOAP
6 15 (2.82%) Middleware
7 12 (2.26%) Kafka
8 11 (2.07%) React
9 9 (1.69%) OAuth
9 9 (1.69%) RESTful
10 8 (1.50%) OAuth2
11 7 (1.32%) HTML
12 6 (1.13%) AngularJS
12 6 (1.13%) FIX Protocol
12 6 (1.13%) Web Services
13 5 (0.94%) CSS
13 5 (0.94%) Node.js
13 5 (0.94%) OpenID
13 5 (0.94%) RFC 2544
13 5 (0.94%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 75 (14.10%) CMDB
2 35 (6.58%) Self-Motivation
3 34 (6.39%) Cloud Native
4 31 (5.83%) PKI
5 27 (5.08%) Private Cloud
5 27 (5.08%) Replication
6 23 (4.32%) Data Centre
7 18 (3.38%) Onboarding
7 18 (3.38%) Product Ownership
8 17 (3.20%) Hybrid Cloud
9 16 (3.01%) Virtual Team
10 13 (2.44%) Distributed Systems
10 13 (2.44%) Management Information System
11 12 (2.26%) Security Posture
12 8 (1.50%) Public Cloud
13 7 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
14 6 (1.13%) Algorithms
14 6 (1.13%) CAN bus
14 6 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
14 6 (1.13%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 147 (27.63%) Linux
2 88 (16.54%) Windows
3 24 (4.51%) VMS
4 23 (4.32%) Ubuntu
4 23 (4.32%) Unix
5 21 (3.95%) Amazon Linux
5 21 (3.95%) Windows Server
6 19 (3.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 10 (1.88%) CentOS
8 7 (1.32%) Debian
9 5 (0.94%) Mac OS
10 4 (0.75%) Windows 10
10 4 (0.75%) zOS
11 3 (0.56%) Mac OS X
12 2 (0.38%) Oracle Linux
12 2 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.19%) Solaris
13 1 (0.19%) SUSE
13 1 (0.19%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (36.09%) CI/CD
2 190 (35.71%) DevOps
3 136 (25.56%) Agile
4 130 (24.44%) Infrastructure as Code
5 96 (18.05%) Containerisation
6 81 (15.23%) Problem-Solving
7 79 (14.85%) ITIL
8 63 (11.84%) Change Management
9 62 (11.65%) Migration
10 61 (11.47%) Service Management
11 59 (11.09%) Analytics
12 56 (10.53%) Software Engineering
13 55 (10.34%) ITSM
13 55 (10.34%) Scrum
13 55 (10.34%) Test Automation
14 54 (10.15%) Platform Engineering
15 51 (9.59%) Continuous Improvement
16 50 (9.40%) Cloud Security
17 39 (7.33%) Infrastructure Automation
18 38 (7.14%) Deployment Automation
Programming Languages
1 177 (33.27%) Python
2 111 (20.86%) PowerShell
3 76 (14.29%) SQL
4 66 (12.41%) Bash
5 53 (9.96%) Java
6 36 (6.77%) JavaScript
7 24 (4.51%) Perl
8 23 (4.32%) Groovy
8 23 (4.32%) Shell Script
9 19 (3.57%) C#
10 15 (2.82%) C++
11 10 (1.88%) Bicep
11 10 (1.88%) Go
12 8 (1.50%) TypeScript
13 7 (1.32%) Embedded C++
14 4 (0.75%) CLIST
14 4 (0.75%) JCL
14 4 (0.75%) PHP
14 4 (0.75%) PL/SQL
14 4 (0.75%) REXX
Qualifications
1 224 (42.11%) Security Cleared
2 186 (34.96%) SC Cleared
3 49 (9.21%) Degree
4 26 (4.89%) DV Cleared
5 23 (4.32%) AWS Certification
6 21 (3.95%) Azure Certification
7 17 (3.20%) Computer Science Degree
7 17 (3.20%) ITIL Certification
8 16 (3.01%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (1.69%) CCNP
10 8 (1.50%) CISSP
11 7 (1.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 6 (1.13%) RHCE
13 5 (0.94%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 5 (0.94%) CCSP
14 4 (0.75%) CCIE
14 4 (0.75%) Master's Degree
14 4 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
14 4 (0.75%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (3.20%) QA
2 14 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (2.44%) NIST
4 11 (2.07%) SLA
5 9 (1.69%) GDPR
6 8 (1.50%) Data Quality
6 8 (1.50%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.94%) Accessibility
7 5 (0.94%) NCSC
7 5 (0.94%) PSD2
8 4 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 19770
9 3 (0.56%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.56%) PMO
10 2 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.38%) ECSS
10 2 (0.38%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.19%) Def Stans
11 1 (0.19%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.19%) Government Security Classifications
11 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 117 (21.99%) Docker
2 48 (9.02%) Active Directory
3 25 (4.70%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (3.76%) DFS Replication
5 12 (2.26%) Virtual Machines
6 11 (2.07%) Dovecot
6 11 (2.07%) Postfix
6 11 (2.07%) Squid
7 5 (0.94%) HDFS
7 5 (0.94%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.94%) KVM
8 4 (0.75%) Time Sharing Option
9 2 (0.38%) GPFS
9 2 (0.38%) Lustre
9 2 (0.38%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 2 (0.38%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 2 (0.38%) VirtualBox
9 2 (0.38%) VMware Workstation
9 2 (0.38%) vSphere
10 1 (0.19%) RACF
Systems Management
1 156 (29.32%) Ansible
2 154 (28.95%) Terraform
3 105 (19.74%) Kubernetes
4 69 (12.97%) Grafana
5 67 (12.59%) Puppet
6 63 (11.84%) Prometheus
7 47 (8.83%) Progress Chef
8 17 (3.20%) NetBackup
9 14 (2.63%) SCCM
10 12 (2.26%) Nessus
11 11 (2.07%) Proxmox
12 9 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
13 8 (1.50%) Red Hat Satellite
14 7 (1.32%) Argo
14 7 (1.32%) Podman
15 6 (1.13%) ITRS Geneos
15 6 (1.13%) Nagios
16 5 (0.94%) Hadoop YARN
16 5 (0.94%) Salt
17 4 (0.75%) Kibana
Vendors
1 84 (15.79%) ServiceNow
2 76 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 45 (8.46%) Red Hat
4 39 (7.33%) VMware
5 28 (5.26%) Oracle
6 18 (3.38%) Commvault
7 17 (3.20%) Cisco
7 17 (3.20%) Splunk
8 14 (2.63%) F5
8 14 (2.63%) SAP
9 12 (2.26%) Atlassian
10 11 (2.07%) Jaspersoft
11 10 (1.88%) Databricks
11 10 (1.88%) Veritas
12 9 (1.69%) PagerDuty
13 8 (1.50%) Remedy
14 6 (1.13%) IBM
14 6 (1.13%) MuleSoft
14 6 (1.13%) Palo Alto
15 5 (0.94%) Broadcom