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 20 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 227 190 135
Rank change year-on-year -37 -55 +11
Contract jobs citing Configuration Management 517 428 737
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.07% 1.47% 1.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.27% 1.61% 2.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 277 282 431
10th Percentile £351 £341 £358
25th Percentile £413 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £600 £615 £650
90th Percentile £688 £686 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £520 £540
% change year-on-year -3.85% -3.70% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 103 14 149
10th Percentile £35.20 £34.08 £37.91
25th Percentile £50.00 £42.19 £40.94
Median hourly rate £60.00 £60.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year - +20.00% -0.83%
75th Percentile £85.50 £67.50 £60.75
90th Percentile £88.00 - £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.00 £60.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year - +20.00% +2.05%

All Process & 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 40,582 26,548 36,652
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.29% 91.02% 86.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,477 17,040 23,631
10th Percentile £325 £305 £300
25th Percentile £413 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £514 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.88% -2.10% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +4.21% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,387 1,106 2,443
10th Percentile £14.82 £14.35 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.80 £18.13 £16.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £28.17 £36.05
Median % change year-on-year +50.90% -21.86% +0.13%
75th Percentile £67.50 £60.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £79.70 £75.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +78.93% -32.93% +7.14%

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 20 May 2026.

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 20 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Configuration Management in the UK

Configuration Management
Top 16 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 20 May 2026. 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 -51 458 £500 -4.76% 149
UK excluding London +1 346 £500 -3.85% 125
Work from Home -45 140 £500 -4.76% 60
London -101 121 £500 -9.09% 38
South East -34 86 £410 -18.00% 40
North of England -36 74 £525 +6.60% 22
South West -13 69 £488 -15.22% 32
Midlands -45 51 £525 - 10
West Midlands -26 47 £525 +0.19% 5
East of England -2 46 £250 -7.41% 16
North West -23 46 £588 +21.24% 12
Scotland -5 24 £535 +25.88% 7
Yorkshire -53 20 £472 -10.05% 7
North East -16 8 £413 - 3
East Midlands -35 4 £410 -26.13% 5
Wales - 3 £750 - 1

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 20 (3.87%) SAS
2 15 (2.90%) Confluence
3 9 (1.74%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (1.55%) Apache
5 7 (1.35%) OpenStack
6 6 (1.16%) Oracle Workflow
7 5 (0.97%) CMS
7 5 (0.97%) Mattermost
8 4 (0.77%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.77%) JBoss
8 4 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.58%) Oracle Self-Service HR
9 3 (0.58%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.39%) CloudStack
10 2 (0.39%) nginx
10 2 (0.39%) WebSphere Application Server
11 1 (0.19%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.19%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (1.35%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.97%) PTC Creo
4 1 (0.19%) CATIA
4 1 (0.19%) Siemens NX
4 1 (0.19%) Weka
Business Applications
1 17 (3.29%) Teamcenter
2 9 (1.74%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.16%) LabWindows
4 5 (0.97%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.58%) Oracle Assets
5 3 (0.58%) Oracle Cash Management
5 3 (0.58%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.58%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 3 (0.58%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.19%) Cloudability
6 1 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.19%) ProductWriter
Cloud Services
1 92 (17.79%) Azure
2 85 (16.44%) AWS
3 48 (9.28%) OpenShift
4 45 (8.70%) GitHub
5 26 (5.03%) Azure DevOps
6 25 (4.84%) AWS CloudFormation
7 23 (4.45%) Amazon EKS
7 23 (4.45%) GitHub Actions
8 19 (3.68%) PaaS
9 18 (3.48%) Amazon S3
10 16 (3.09%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 16 (3.09%) Amazon EC2
11 15 (2.90%) Azure AKS
11 15 (2.90%) Power Platform
12 13 (2.51%) Amazon ECS
12 13 (2.51%) GCP
13 12 (2.32%) IaaS
13 12 (2.32%) Serverless
14 10 (1.93%) Azure Monitor
15 9 (1.74%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 28 (5.42%) DNS
2 21 (4.06%) Firewall
3 20 (3.87%) VPN
4 14 (2.71%) DHCP
5 11 (2.13%) TCP/IP
6 10 (1.93%) WAN
7 9 (1.74%) Network Security
8 7 (1.35%) VLAN
9 6 (1.16%) BGP
9 6 (1.16%) Cisco Nexus
9 6 (1.16%) LAN
9 6 (1.16%) OSPF
9 6 (1.16%) VoIP
10 5 (0.97%) EIGRP
10 5 (0.97%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (0.77%) 5G
11 4 (0.77%) HTTP
11 4 (0.77%) SSL
12 3 (0.58%) SAN
12 3 (0.58%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (3.09%) Oracle Database
1 16 (3.09%) SQL Server
2 15 (2.90%) Amazon RDS
2 15 (2.90%) PostgreSQL
2 15 (2.90%) Power BI
2 15 (2.90%) SAS Enterprise Guide
3 9 (1.74%) SAS Visual Analytics
4 7 (1.35%) Relational Database
5 6 (1.16%) SAS Data Integration Studio
6 4 (0.77%) InfluxDB
6 4 (0.77%) Metadata
6 4 (0.77%) MongoDB
6 4 (0.77%) MySQL
7 3 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (0.58%) Base SAS
7 3 (0.58%) Big Data
7 3 (0.58%) Data Mart
7 3 (0.58%) DynamoDB
7 3 (0.58%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.58%) Redis
Development Applications
1 57 (11.03%) Jenkins
2 52 (10.06%) GitLab
3 44 (8.51%) Git
4 33 (6.38%) Rational DOORS
5 26 (5.03%) JIRA
6 9 (1.74%) Bitbucket
7 8 (1.55%) Postman
7 8 (1.55%) Sonatype Nexus
8 7 (1.35%) Rational Rhapsody
9 5 (0.97%) Selenium
10 4 (0.77%) JMeter
11 3 (0.58%) JUnit
11 3 (0.58%) LabVIEW
11 3 (0.58%) Maven
11 3 (0.58%) Terragrunt
12 2 (0.39%) Artifactory
12 2 (0.39%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 2 (0.39%) Gradle
12 2 (0.39%) NUnit
12 2 (0.39%) SonarQube
General
1 115 (22.24%) Social Skills
2 70 (13.54%) Finance
3 53 (10.25%) Aerospace
4 51 (9.86%) Public Sector
5 31 (6.00%) Analytical Skills
6 28 (5.42%) Banking
7 14 (2.71%) Documentation Skills
7 14 (2.71%) Retail
8 9 (1.74%) Military
9 8 (1.55%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (1.55%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (1.16%) Manufacturing
11 4 (0.77%) Investment Banking
12 3 (0.58%) General Ledger
12 3 (0.58%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.58%) Marketing
13 2 (0.39%) Aviation
13 2 (0.39%) Games
13 2 (0.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.39%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 46 (8.90%) Configuration Manager
2 45 (8.70%) DevOps Engineer
3 37 (7.16%) Senior
4 34 (6.58%) Architect
5 27 (5.22%) Systems Manager
6 26 (5.03%) Software Engineer
7 24 (4.64%) Lead
7 24 (4.64%) Product Manager
7 24 (4.64%) Site Reliability Engineer
8 22 (4.26%) Analyst
8 22 (4.26%) Delivery Manager
9 21 (4.06%) Product Delivery Manager
9 21 (4.06%) Systems Delivery Manager
10 19 (3.68%) Change Manager
11 17 (3.29%) Administrator
11 17 (3.29%) Site Engineer
12 16 (3.09%) Consultant
12 16 (3.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 16 (3.09%) Systems Engineer
13 15 (2.90%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (3.29%) Elastic Stack
1 17 (3.29%) YAML
2 15 (2.90%) REST
3 10 (1.93%) Kafka
4 9 (1.74%) RESTful
5 8 (1.55%) ARM Templates
5 8 (1.55%) Node.js
6 7 (1.35%) Oracle Fusion
7 6 (1.16%) JSON
7 6 (1.16%) Loki
7 6 (1.16%) RabbitMQ
8 5 (0.97%) Middleware
9 4 (0.77%) .NET
9 4 (0.77%) OpenTelemetry
9 4 (0.77%) PySpark
9 4 (0.77%) React
9 4 (0.77%) VML
9 4 (0.77%) XML
10 3 (0.58%) SOAP
10 3 (0.58%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 62 (11.99%) CMDB
2 37 (7.16%) Product Ownership
3 26 (5.03%) Cloud Native
4 25 (4.84%) Data Structures
4 25 (4.84%) Management Information System
5 22 (4.26%) Data Centre
6 21 (4.06%) Onboarding
7 12 (2.32%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (1.55%) Data Protection Act
8 8 (1.55%) Public Cloud
9 7 (1.35%) Private Cloud
10 6 (1.16%) Distributed Systems
10 6 (1.16%) PKI
10 6 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (0.97%) Enterprise Storage
11 5 (0.97%) Smartphone
12 4 (0.77%) Linux Command Line
12 4 (0.77%) Operational Technology
12 4 (0.77%) Security Posture
13 3 (0.58%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 119 (23.02%) Linux
2 70 (13.54%) Windows
3 25 (4.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 23 (4.45%) Windows Server
5 16 (3.09%) Unix
6 13 (2.51%) Ubuntu
7 7 (1.35%) Windows 10
8 6 (1.16%) Debian
9 5 (0.97%) VMS
9 5 (0.97%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (0.77%) Solaris
11 2 (0.39%) Android
11 2 (0.39%) CentOS
11 2 (0.39%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.39%) Rocky
11 2 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.19%) FreeRTOS
12 1 (0.19%) Kali Linux
12 1 (0.19%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (27.66%) CI/CD
2 131 (25.34%) DevOps
3 121 (23.40%) Continuous Improvement
4 105 (20.31%) Agile
5 99 (19.15%) Infrastructure as Code
6 84 (16.25%) ITIL
6 84 (16.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 75 (14.51%) Containerisation
8 73 (14.12%) Service Management
9 57 (11.03%) Observability
10 53 (10.25%) Change Management
10 53 (10.25%) Problem-Solving
11 50 (9.67%) Change Control
11 50 (9.67%) Software Engineering
12 47 (9.09%) ITSM
13 46 (8.90%) Migration
14 45 (8.70%) Computer Science
15 42 (8.12%) Roadmaps
16 41 (7.93%) Asset Management
17 40 (7.74%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 114 (22.05%) Python
2 80 (15.47%) Bash
3 52 (10.06%) PowerShell
4 42 (8.12%) SQL
5 21 (4.06%) Shell Script
6 18 (3.48%) Java
7 12 (2.32%) Bicep
7 12 (2.32%) Go
7 12 (2.32%) PL/SQL
8 9 (1.74%) JavaScript
9 8 (1.55%) TypeScript
10 7 (1.35%) C++
10 7 (1.35%) Ruby
11 6 (1.16%) C
11 6 (1.16%) C#
11 6 (1.16%) Perl
12 4 (0.77%) Ada
12 4 (0.77%) Groovy
13 3 (0.58%) SAS Macro
13 3 (0.58%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 200 (38.68%) Security Cleared
2 131 (25.34%) SC Cleared
3 59 (11.41%) Degree
4 22 (4.26%) DV Cleared
5 15 (2.90%) Azure Certification
6 13 (2.51%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (2.32%) Cisco Certification
8 11 (2.13%) ITIL Certification
9 10 (1.93%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (1.35%) CCNP
10 7 (1.35%) Oracle Certification
10 7 (1.35%) PMI Certification
11 6 (1.16%) AWS Certification
11 6 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (1.16%) PMP
11 6 (1.16%) RHCE
12 5 (0.97%) APMP
12 5 (0.97%) CISSP
12 5 (0.97%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 4 (0.77%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (5.42%) Data Quality
2 20 (3.87%) QA
3 18 (3.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (2.13%) GDPR
4 11 (2.13%) SLA
5 9 (1.74%) NIST
6 5 (0.97%) Accessibility
6 5 (0.97%) Def Stans
6 5 (0.97%) PMO
7 4 (0.77%) COBIT
7 4 (0.77%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.39%) DO-254
9 2 (0.39%) NCSC
9 2 (0.39%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.19%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.19%) GRC
10 1 (0.19%) ISO 19650
10 1 (0.19%) WCAG
System Software
1 59 (11.41%) Docker
2 25 (4.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (4.64%) Active Directory
4 13 (2.51%) Virtual Machines
5 12 (2.32%) Hyper-V
6 8 (1.55%) KVM
7 7 (1.35%) NFS
8 4 (0.77%) VMware Workstation
9 3 (0.58%) Ceph
9 3 (0.58%) Postfix
9 3 (0.58%) QEMU
9 3 (0.58%) Sendmail
9 3 (0.58%) Varnish
10 2 (0.39%) Corosync
10 2 (0.39%) Firmware
10 2 (0.39%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.19%) Samba
Systems Management
1 135 (26.11%) Ansible
2 104 (20.12%) Terraform
3 95 (18.38%) Kubernetes
4 51 (9.86%) Grafana
5 47 (9.09%) Prometheus
6 39 (7.54%) Puppet
7 35 (6.77%) Progress Chef
8 12 (2.32%) SCCM
9 9 (1.74%) Packer
10 8 (1.55%) NetBackup
11 7 (1.35%) Argo
12 6 (1.16%) Podman
13 5 (0.97%) Microsoft Intune
14 4 (0.77%) Data Guard
14 4 (0.77%) HAProxy
14 4 (0.77%) Oracle RMAN
14 4 (0.77%) SELinux
15 3 (0.58%) Docker Swarm
15 3 (0.58%) Failover Clustering
15 3 (0.58%) Istio
Vendors
1 56 (10.83%) Microsoft
2 53 (10.25%) ServiceNow
3 36 (6.96%) Oracle
4 32 (6.19%) IBM
5 30 (5.80%) Red Hat
6 29 (5.61%) VMware
7 19 (3.68%) Splunk
8 14 (2.71%) SAP
9 11 (2.13%) Cisco
10 10 (1.93%) Atlassian
10 10 (1.93%) Siemens
11 8 (1.55%) Commvault
12 7 (1.35%) Dynatrace
12 7 (1.35%) Salesforce
12 7 (1.35%) Snow
12 7 (1.35%) Veritas
13 6 (1.16%) Meraki
14 5 (0.97%) F5
14 5 (0.97%) Remedy
15 4 (0.77%) CheckPoint