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

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 231 190 134
Rank change year-on-year -41 -56 +13
Contract jobs citing Configuration Management 517 423 736
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.07% 1.45% 1.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.27% 1.60% 2.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 277 277 430
10th Percentile £351 £343 £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 £614 £650
90th Percentile £700 £680 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £506 £513 £545
% change year-on-year -1.22% -5.96% +0.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 14 149
10th Percentile £35.10 £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 40,694 26,498 36,630
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.34% 91.04% 86.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,533 17,004 23,615
10th Percentile £325 £303 £300
25th Percentile £413 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.49% -2.38% -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 2,389 1,106 2,441
10th Percentile £14.82 £14.35 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.91 £18.13 £16.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £28.00 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +51.79% -23.29% +1.39%
75th Percentile £67.50 £59.98 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £38.00
% change year-on-year +78.93% -33.82% +8.57%

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 21 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 21 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 21 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 -48 458 £500 -4.76% 160
UK excluding London -8 347 £506 -1.22% 136
Work from Home -50 138 £500 -4.76% 71
London -101 120 £500 -9.09% 40
South East -19 90 £435 -13.00% 45
North of England -41 74 £548 +11.17% 26
South West -7 69 £488 -15.22% 34
Midlands -39 49 £525 - 11
East of England +3 45 £250 +25.00% 15
North West -21 45 £588 +22.50% 15
West Midlands -33 45 £525 +0.19% 6
Scotland +2 24 £535 +25.88% 7
Yorkshire -48 21 £482 -5.95% 8
North East -16 8 £413 - 3
East Midlands -33 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 91 (17.60%) Azure
2 84 (16.25%) AWS
3 48 (9.28%) OpenShift
4 47 (9.09%) GitHub
5 26 (5.03%) Azure DevOps
6 25 (4.84%) AWS CloudFormation
6 25 (4.84%) GitHub Actions
7 23 (4.45%) Amazon EKS
8 19 (3.68%) PaaS
9 17 (3.29%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 17 (3.29%) Amazon S3
10 15 (2.90%) Amazon EC2
10 15 (2.90%) Azure AKS
10 15 (2.90%) Power Platform
11 13 (2.51%) Amazon ECS
11 13 (2.51%) GCP
12 12 (2.32%) IaaS
13 11 (2.13%) Serverless
14 10 (1.93%) Azure Monitor
15 9 (1.74%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 28 (5.42%) DNS
2 20 (3.87%) Firewall
3 19 (3.68%) VPN
4 14 (2.71%) DHCP
5 11 (2.13%) TCP/IP
6 9 (1.74%) WAN
7 8 (1.55%) Network Security
8 7 (1.35%) VLAN
9 6 (1.16%) LAN
10 5 (0.97%) BGP
10 5 (0.97%) Cisco Nexus
10 5 (0.97%) OSPF
10 5 (0.97%) VoIP
11 4 (0.77%) 5G
11 4 (0.77%) EIGRP
11 4 (0.77%) HTTP
11 4 (0.77%) SSL
11 4 (0.77%) Wi-Fi
12 3 (0.58%) 4G
12 3 (0.58%) PCoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (3.09%) Oracle Database
1 16 (3.09%) SQL Server
2 15 (2.90%) PostgreSQL
2 15 (2.90%) Power BI
2 15 (2.90%) SAS Enterprise Guide
3 14 (2.71%) Amazon RDS
4 9 (1.74%) SAS Visual Analytics
5 6 (1.16%) Metadata
5 6 (1.16%) Relational Database
5 6 (1.16%) SAS Data Integration Studio
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%) InfluxDB
7 3 (0.58%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.58%) Redis
Development Applications
1 58 (11.22%) Jenkins
2 55 (10.64%) GitLab
3 44 (8.51%) Git
4 33 (6.38%) Rational DOORS
5 26 (5.03%) JIRA
6 10 (1.93%) Sonatype Nexus
7 9 (1.74%) Bitbucket
8 8 (1.55%) Postman
9 7 (1.35%) Rational Rhapsody
10 5 (0.97%) Selenium
11 4 (0.77%) JMeter
11 4 (0.77%) SonarQube
12 3 (0.58%) JUnit
12 3 (0.58%) LabVIEW
12 3 (0.58%) Maven
12 3 (0.58%) Terragrunt
13 2 (0.39%) Artifactory
13 2 (0.39%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 2 (0.39%) Gradle
13 2 (0.39%) NUnit
General
1 115 (22.24%) Social Skills
2 70 (13.54%) Finance
3 53 (10.25%) Aerospace
4 52 (10.06%) Public Sector
5 31 (6.00%) Analytical Skills
6 28 (5.42%) Banking
7 13 (2.51%) Documentation Skills
7 13 (2.51%) 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%) Games
13 2 (0.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.39%) Local Government
13 2 (0.39%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 45 (8.70%) Configuration Manager
1 45 (8.70%) DevOps Engineer
2 37 (7.16%) Senior
3 36 (6.96%) Architect
4 27 (5.22%) Systems Manager
5 26 (5.03%) Software Engineer
6 24 (4.64%) Lead
6 24 (4.64%) Product Manager
7 22 (4.26%) Delivery Manager
7 22 (4.26%) Site Reliability Engineer
8 21 (4.06%) Analyst
8 21 (4.06%) Product Delivery Manager
8 21 (4.06%) Systems Delivery Manager
9 19 (3.68%) Change Manager
10 17 (3.29%) Administrator
11 16 (3.09%) AWS Engineer
11 16 (3.09%) Consultant
11 16 (3.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 16 (3.09%) Systems Engineer
12 15 (2.90%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.68%) Elastic Stack
2 17 (3.29%) YAML
3 15 (2.90%) REST
4 10 (1.93%) Kafka
5 9 (1.74%) RESTful
6 8 (1.55%) ARM Templates
6 8 (1.55%) Node.js
7 7 (1.35%) Oracle Fusion
8 6 (1.16%) JSON
8 6 (1.16%) Loki
9 5 (0.97%) Middleware
9 5 (0.97%) RabbitMQ
10 4 (0.77%) .NET
10 4 (0.77%) OpenTelemetry
10 4 (0.77%) PySpark
10 4 (0.77%) React
10 4 (0.77%) XML
11 3 (0.58%) SOAP
11 3 (0.58%) Spring
11 3 (0.58%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 62 (11.99%) CMDB
2 37 (7.16%) Product Ownership
3 27 (5.22%) Cloud Native
4 25 (4.84%) Data Structures
4 25 (4.84%) Management Information System
5 23 (4.45%) Onboarding
6 21 (4.06%) Data Centre
7 12 (2.32%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (1.55%) Data Protection Act
8 8 (1.55%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (1.55%) Public Cloud
9 7 (1.35%) Private Cloud
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%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (0.77%) Linux Command Line
12 4 (0.77%) Operational Technology
12 4 (0.77%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 117 (22.63%) Linux
2 69 (13.35%) Windows
3 26 (5.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 22 (4.26%) Windows Server
5 16 (3.09%) Unix
6 14 (2.71%) 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 3 (0.58%) CentOS
12 2 (0.39%) Android
12 2 (0.39%) Mac OS
12 2 (0.39%) Rocky
12 2 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.19%) FreeRTOS
13 1 (0.19%) Kali Linux
13 1 (0.19%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (27.85%) CI/CD
2 136 (26.31%) DevOps
3 124 (23.98%) Continuous Improvement
4 107 (20.70%) Agile
5 100 (19.34%) Infrastructure as Code
6 86 (16.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 84 (16.25%) ITIL
8 76 (14.70%) Containerisation
9 72 (13.93%) Service Management
10 56 (10.83%) Observability
11 53 (10.25%) Change Management
11 53 (10.25%) Software Engineering
12 52 (10.06%) Problem-Solving
13 50 (9.67%) Change Control
14 47 (9.09%) ITSM
14 47 (9.09%) Migration
15 46 (8.90%) Roadmaps
16 45 (8.70%) Computer Science
17 42 (8.12%) Test Automation
18 41 (7.93%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 113 (21.86%) Python
2 80 (15.47%) Bash
3 51 (9.86%) PowerShell
4 40 (7.74%) SQL
5 19 (3.68%) Java
5 19 (3.68%) Shell Script
6 12 (2.32%) Bicep
6 12 (2.32%) PL/SQL
7 11 (2.13%) Go
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%) Scala
Qualifications
1 200 (38.68%) Security Cleared
2 132 (25.53%) SC Cleared
3 59 (11.41%) Degree
4 20 (3.87%) DV Cleared
5 15 (2.90%) Azure Certification
6 13 (2.51%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (2.13%) Cisco Certification
7 11 (2.13%) ITIL Certification
8 7 (1.35%) Oracle Certification
8 7 (1.35%) PMI Certification
9 6 (1.16%) AWS Certification
9 6 (1.16%) CCNP
9 6 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (1.16%) PMP
9 6 (1.16%) RHCE
10 5 (0.97%) APMP
10 5 (0.97%) CISSP
10 5 (0.97%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 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%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.19%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.19%) GRC
10 1 (0.19%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 58 (11.22%) 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
1 136 (26.31%) Ansible
2 105 (20.31%) Terraform
3 95 (18.38%) Kubernetes
4 51 (9.86%) Grafana
5 47 (9.09%) Prometheus
6 40 (7.74%) Puppet
7 33 (6.38%) 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 55 (10.64%) Microsoft
2 53 (10.25%) ServiceNow
3 36 (6.96%) Oracle
4 32 (6.19%) IBM
4 32 (6.19%) Red Hat
5 29 (5.61%) VMware
6 19 (3.68%) Splunk
7 14 (2.71%) SAP
8 10 (1.93%) Atlassian
8 10 (1.93%) Cisco
8 10 (1.93%) Siemens
9 8 (1.55%) Commvault
10 7 (1.35%) Dynatrace
10 7 (1.35%) Salesforce
10 7 (1.35%) Snow
10 7 (1.35%) Veritas
11 5 (0.97%) Meraki
11 5 (0.97%) Remedy
12 4 (0.77%) PagerDuty
12 4 (0.77%) Palo Alto