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 13 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 215 173 143
Rank change year-on-year -42 -30 -18
Contract jobs citing Configuration Management 532 476 753
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.24% 1.62% 1.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.44% 1.79% 1.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 307 299 467
10th Percentile £363 £350 £359
25th Percentile £425 £420 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £560
Median % change year-on-year - -6.25% +1.82%
75th Percentile £607 £626 £638
90th Percentile £788 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 96 23 132
10th Percentile £25.13 £31.25 £37.50
25th Percentile £50.00 £35.00 £40.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £60.00 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year - +23.15% -0.55%
75th Percentile £87.25 £67.50 £60.75
90th Percentile £88.00 - £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.00 £60.00 £48.72
% change year-on-year - +23.15% +15.07%

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 36,854 26,627 38,581
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.05% 90.37% 86.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,339 16,995 25,088
10th Percentile £313 £306 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £744 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -2.04% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,197 898 2,338
10th Percentile £14.82 £15.48 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.00 £16.06
Median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - -7.14%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.36 £32.50 £31.50
% change year-on-year -15.82% +3.17% -10.00%

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 13 March 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 13 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Configuration Management in the UK

Configuration Management
Top 15 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 13 March 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 -27 490 £525 -2.33% 178
UK excluding London -30 343 £525 +5.00% 142
Work from Home -8 161 £525 +1.20% 98
London -69 151 £530 -7.02% 48
South East -34 90 £500 - 45
North of England -35 79 £525 +10.53% 30
South West -8 57 £475 -17.39% 36
North West -20 50 £588 +23.79% 15
Midlands -46 49 £537 +2.38% 19
East of England -11 47 £463 +10.78% 11
West Midlands -35 45 £537 +6.65% 13
Yorkshire -42 27 £500 +17.65% 9
Scotland -8 21 £400 -12.09% 4
East Midlands -40 4 £410 -26.13% 6
North East -11 3 £500 - 6

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 28 (5.26%) Confluence
2 20 (3.76%) SAS
3 10 (1.88%) OpenStack
4 7 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.94%) SharePoint
6 4 (0.75%) Mattermost
7 3 (0.56%) Apache
7 3 (0.56%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.56%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 3 (0.56%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.38%) CMS
9 1 (0.19%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.19%) CICS
9 1 (0.19%) IIS
9 1 (0.19%) JBoss
9 1 (0.19%) nginx
Applications
1 11 (2.07%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (1.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.94%) PTC Creo
4 3 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.38%) Weka
6 1 (0.19%) CATIA
6 1 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.19%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.19%) Siemens NX
6 1 (0.19%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 14 (2.63%) Teamcenter
2 7 (1.32%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.13%) LabWindows
4 4 (0.75%) Oracle Assets
4 4 (0.75%) Oracle Payables
4 4 (0.75%) Oracle Receivables
4 4 (0.75%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.56%) Oracle Cash Management
5 3 (0.56%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (0.38%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.19%) assyst
7 1 (0.19%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 93 (17.48%) Azure
2 89 (16.73%) AWS
3 48 (9.02%) GitHub
4 43 (8.08%) IaaS
5 40 (7.52%) OpenShift
6 34 (6.39%) Azure DevOps
7 33 (6.20%) Amazon S3
8 32 (6.02%) Amazon EC2
8 32 (6.02%) AWS CloudFormation
9 30 (5.64%) Amazon EKS
10 25 (4.70%) Amazon ECS
11 23 (4.32%) GitHub Actions
12 22 (4.14%) GCP
13 18 (3.38%) Entra ID
14 17 (3.20%) Serverless
15 16 (3.01%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 14 (2.63%) AWS Lambda
16 14 (2.63%) Datadog
16 14 (2.63%) PaaS
17 12 (2.26%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 31 (5.83%) Firewall
2 24 (4.51%) VPN
3 23 (4.32%) DNS
4 16 (3.01%) TCP/IP
5 13 (2.44%) WAN
6 12 (2.26%) DHCP
7 8 (1.50%) LAN
7 8 (1.50%) Network Security
8 7 (1.32%) BGP
9 6 (1.13%) Cisco Nexus
9 6 (1.13%) HTTP
9 6 (1.13%) OSPF
9 6 (1.13%) VoIP
9 6 (1.13%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (0.94%) 5G
10 5 (0.94%) EIGRP
11 4 (0.75%) Internet
11 4 (0.75%) MPLS
11 4 (0.75%) SSH
11 4 (0.75%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (6.20%) Amazon RDS
2 23 (4.32%) SQL Server
3 18 (3.38%) PostgreSQL
4 16 (3.01%) SAS Enterprise Guide
5 13 (2.44%) Relational Database
6 7 (1.32%) MySQL
6 7 (1.32%) Oracle Database
6 7 (1.32%) Power BI
7 6 (1.13%) Redis
8 5 (0.94%) InfluxDB
8 5 (0.94%) Metadata
8 5 (0.94%) MongoDB
9 4 (0.75%) Big Data
9 4 (0.75%) DynamoDB
9 4 (0.75%) Elasticsearch
9 4 (0.75%) NoSQL
9 4 (0.75%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 3 (0.56%) Amazon Aurora
10 3 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (0.56%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 66 (12.41%) Jenkins
2 50 (9.40%) JIRA
3 47 (8.83%) Git
4 41 (7.71%) GitLab
5 25 (4.70%) Rational DOORS
6 13 (2.44%) Bitbucket
7 9 (1.69%) Sonatype Nexus
8 5 (0.94%) Gradle
8 5 (0.94%) Maven
8 5 (0.94%) Postman
8 5 (0.94%) Selenium
9 4 (0.75%) Artifactory
9 4 (0.75%) JMeter
10 3 (0.56%) CircleCI
10 3 (0.56%) Cypress.io
10 3 (0.56%) JUnit
10 3 (0.56%) MSI
10 3 (0.56%) Octopus Deploy
10 3 (0.56%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.56%) webpack
General
1 113 (21.24%) Social Skills
2 65 (12.22%) Analytical Skills
3 64 (12.03%) Finance
4 56 (10.53%) Public Sector
5 55 (10.34%) Aerospace
6 24 (4.51%) Banking
7 13 (2.44%) Retail
8 10 (1.88%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (1.88%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (1.88%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (1.50%) Investment Banking
9 8 (1.50%) Manufacturing
9 8 (1.50%) Military
10 5 (0.94%) Marketing
11 4 (0.75%) Games
11 4 (0.75%) General Ledger
11 4 (0.75%) Law
11 4 (0.75%) Telecoms
12 3 (0.56%) Electronics
12 3 (0.56%) Legal
Job Titles
1 58 (10.90%) Architect
2 41 (7.71%) Analyst
3 38 (7.14%) DevOps Engineer
4 37 (6.95%) Configuration Manager
5 30 (5.64%) Site Reliability Engineer
6 28 (5.26%) Senior
6 28 (5.26%) Site Engineer
7 26 (4.89%) Lead
7 26 (4.89%) Software Engineer
8 24 (4.51%) Product Manager
8 24 (4.51%) Systems Manager
9 22 (4.14%) Delivery Manager
10 21 (3.95%) Product Delivery Manager
10 21 (3.95%) Systems Delivery Manager
11 19 (3.57%) Change Manager
12 17 (3.20%) Consultant
12 17 (3.20%) Developer
12 17 (3.20%) Release Manager
13 15 (2.82%) Automation Engineer
14 13 (2.44%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (9.40%) REST
2 34 (6.39%) JSON
3 17 (3.20%) Elastic Stack
4 11 (2.07%) Kafka
5 9 (1.69%) RESTful
6 8 (1.50%) Middleware
6 8 (1.50%) RabbitMQ
6 8 (1.50%) YAML
7 7 (1.32%) Node.js
7 7 (1.32%) React
7 7 (1.32%) SOAP
8 6 (1.13%) OAuth
9 5 (0.94%) .NET
9 5 (0.94%) ARM Templates
9 5 (0.94%) OAuth2
9 5 (0.94%) OpenID
9 5 (0.94%) OpenTelemetry
9 5 (0.94%) Oracle Fusion
9 5 (0.94%) PySpark
9 5 (0.94%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 67 (12.59%) CMDB
2 38 (7.14%) Product Ownership
3 32 (6.02%) PKI
4 30 (5.64%) Self-Motivation
5 25 (4.70%) Data Structures
6 22 (4.14%) Cloud Native
7 19 (3.57%) Management Information System
7 19 (3.57%) Onboarding
8 15 (2.82%) Data Centre
9 10 (1.88%) Legacy Systems
9 10 (1.88%) Security Posture
10 9 (1.69%) Private Cloud
11 8 (1.50%) Data Protection Act
11 8 (1.50%) Distributed Systems
11 8 (1.50%) Hybrid Cloud
12 6 (1.13%) CAN bus
13 5 (0.94%) Enterprise Software
13 5 (0.94%) Enterprise Storage
13 5 (0.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 5 (0.94%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 108 (20.30%) Linux
2 72 (13.53%) Windows
3 23 (4.32%) Windows Server
4 14 (2.63%) Unix
5 11 (2.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (2.07%) Ubuntu
6 7 (1.32%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.94%) VMS
8 4 (0.75%) CentOS
8 4 (0.75%) Debian
9 3 (0.56%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.38%) Mac OS X
10 2 (0.38%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.19%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.19%) Rocky
11 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.19%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (28.38%) CI/CD
2 145 (27.26%) Agile
3 127 (23.87%) DevOps
4 106 (19.92%) Continuous Improvement
5 94 (17.67%) Infrastructure as Code
6 86 (16.17%) ITIL
7 79 (14.85%) Service Management
8 69 (12.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 66 (12.41%) Containerisation
10 63 (11.84%) Problem-Solving
10 63 (11.84%) Software Engineering
11 55 (10.34%) ITSM
12 50 (9.40%) Change Management
12 50 (9.40%) Observability
13 47 (8.83%) Roadmaps
14 45 (8.46%) Change Control
15 42 (7.89%) Asset Management
16 41 (7.71%) Computer Science
16 41 (7.71%) Migration
17 40 (7.52%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 107 (20.11%) Python
2 86 (16.17%) PowerShell
3 69 (12.97%) Bash
4 54 (10.15%) SQL
5 25 (4.70%) Java
6 17 (3.20%) C#
6 17 (3.20%) Shell Script
7 14 (2.63%) Go
7 14 (2.63%) JavaScript
8 12 (2.26%) C++
9 9 (1.69%) TypeScript
10 8 (1.50%) Bicep
11 7 (1.32%) Embedded C++
11 7 (1.32%) PL/SQL
12 5 (0.94%) Perl
13 3 (0.56%) C
13 3 (0.56%) Ruby
13 3 (0.56%) SystemVerilog
13 3 (0.56%) VB
14 2 (0.38%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 226 (42.48%) Security Cleared
2 153 (28.76%) SC Cleared
3 62 (11.65%) Degree
4 31 (5.83%) DV Cleared
5 15 (2.82%) ITIL Certification
6 14 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (2.26%) Cisco Certification
8 11 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (1.50%) Azure Certification
9 8 (1.50%) PMI Certification
10 7 (1.32%) AWS Certification
10 7 (1.32%) CCNP
10 7 (1.32%) PMP
10 7 (1.32%) RHCE
11 6 (1.13%) CISSP
12 5 (0.94%) APMP
13 4 (0.75%) CCIE
13 4 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
14 3 (0.56%) OCA
14 3 (0.56%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.32%) Data Quality
2 16 (3.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (2.44%) QA
4 11 (2.07%) NIST
5 10 (1.88%) GDPR
6 8 (1.50%) Accessibility
6 8 (1.50%) SLA
7 6 (1.13%) PCI DSS
7 6 (1.13%) PMO
8 5 (0.94%) Def Stans
8 5 (0.94%) NCSC
9 3 (0.56%) COBIT
9 3 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.56%) NIST 800
9 3 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.38%) DO-254
10 2 (0.38%) PSD2
11 1 (0.19%) Government Security Classifications
11 1 (0.19%) GRC
11 1 (0.19%) WCAG
System Software
1 68 (12.78%) Docker
2 35 (6.58%) Active Directory
3 19 (3.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (2.82%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (1.88%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.94%) KVM
7 2 (0.38%) GPFS
7 2 (0.38%) Lustre
7 2 (0.38%) NFS
7 2 (0.38%) QEMU
7 2 (0.38%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 2 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.19%) Ceph
8 1 (0.19%) iptables
8 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.19%) Postfix
8 1 (0.19%) Samba
8 1 (0.19%) Sendmail
8 1 (0.19%) Time Sharing Option
8 1 (0.19%) zsh
Systems Management
1 119 (22.37%) Ansible
2 104 (19.55%) Terraform
3 81 (15.23%) Kubernetes
4 55 (10.34%) Grafana
5 47 (8.83%) Puppet
6 43 (8.08%) Prometheus
7 41 (7.71%) Progress Chef
8 12 (2.26%) NetBackup
8 12 (2.26%) SCCM
9 7 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
10 6 (1.13%) Argo
10 6 (1.13%) Podman
10 6 (1.13%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.56%) Docker Swarm
11 3 (0.56%) FortiGate
11 3 (0.56%) HP ALM
11 3 (0.56%) HP Quality Center
11 3 (0.56%) ITRS Geneos
11 3 (0.56%) Red Hat Satellite
12 2 (0.38%) WSUS
Vendors
1 66 (12.41%) Microsoft
2 59 (11.09%) ServiceNow
3 31 (5.83%) Red Hat
4 27 (5.08%) Oracle
4 27 (5.08%) VMware
5 24 (4.51%) IBM
6 17 (3.20%) Splunk
7 15 (2.82%) Atlassian
7 15 (2.82%) SAP
8 12 (2.26%) Commvault
9 11 (2.07%) PagerDuty
10 9 (1.69%) Cisco
11 8 (1.50%) Siemens
11 8 (1.50%) Veritas
12 6 (1.13%) F5
13 5 (0.94%) Intel
13 5 (0.94%) Meraki
13 5 (0.94%) Palo Alto
14 4 (0.75%) BMC
14 4 (0.75%) CheckPoint