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 19 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 233 188 155
Rank change year-on-year -45 -33 +1
Contract jobs citing Configuration Management 648 495 602
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.18% 1.50% 1.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.40% 1.66% 1.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 377 308 317
10th Percentile £353 £336 £288
25th Percentile £438 £442 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £523 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.48% -0.48% -8.70%
75th Percentile £610 £620 £619
90th Percentile £725 £697 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £523 £515 £500
% change year-on-year +1.46% +3.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 20 75
10th Percentile £25.56 £13.45 £28.51
25th Percentile £41.71 £20.09 -
Median hourly rate £66.50 £44.25 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +50.28% -11.50% -16.67%
75th Percentile £72.54 £63.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £92.00 £65.00 £70.39
UK excluding London median hourly rate £66.50 £44.25 £50.00
% change year-on-year +50.28% -11.50% -16.67%

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 46,340 29,830 33,021
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.48% 90.53% 85.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,136 18,534 20,247
10th Percentile £325 £300 £308
25th Percentile £425 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £730 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,159 1,812 1,459
10th Percentile £13.81 £14.23 £14.96
25th Percentile £17.25 £17.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% -1.91%
75th Percentile £67.50 £44.76 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.00 £22.50 £43.00
% change year-on-year +82.22% -47.67% +1.18%

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 19 September 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 19 September 2026.

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 19 September 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 -24 561 £525 - 712
UK excluding London -46 386 £523 +1.46% 494
London -37 200 £536 -6.74% 285
Work from Home -71 164 £525 +2.44% 266
North of England -47 96 £474 -5.22% 83
South East -40 82 £550 +9.89% 126
South West -14 69 £550 +4.76% 91
Midlands -58 53 £477 -8.00% 45
West Midlands -59 52 £477 -8.00% 27
North West -34 50 £463 -2.63% 44
East of England +3 48 £518 +3.50% 78
Scotland -12 38 £525 +5.00% 51
Yorkshire -45 33 £500 -2.44% 32
North East -38 13 £485 - 8
Wales -4 8 £750 +76.47% 15
East Midlands - 1 £385 - 18
Northern Ireland - 1 £254 - 12

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 16 (2.47%) Confluence
2 15 (2.31%) SAS
3 13 (2.01%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (1.54%) JBoss
5 9 (1.39%) Apache
6 5 (0.77%) CMS
7 4 (0.62%) WebSphere
8 3 (0.46%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.46%) Appian
8 3 (0.46%) nginx
8 3 (0.46%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.31%) CloudStack
9 2 (0.31%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.31%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.31%) WebSphere Application Server
10 1 (0.15%) FactoryTalk
10 1 (0.15%) IIS
10 1 (0.15%) Mattermost
10 1 (0.15%) Skype for Business
10 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 12 (1.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.39%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.93%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.15%) CATIA
6 1 (0.15%) CINEMA 4D
6 1 (0.15%) Houdini
6 1 (0.15%) Mozilla Thunderbird
6 1 (0.15%) NUKE
6 1 (0.15%) Siemens NX
6 1 (0.15%) Weka
6 1 (0.15%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 8 (1.23%) Teamcenter
2 6 (0.93%) Primavera
2 6 (0.93%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.15%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.15%) ENOVIA
4 1 (0.15%) ProductWriter
Cloud Services
1 164 (25.31%) AWS
2 161 (24.85%) Azure
3 72 (11.11%) GitHub
4 69 (10.65%) GCP
5 59 (9.10%) GitHub Actions
6 57 (8.80%) Azure DevOps
7 50 (7.72%) Amazon EKS
8 42 (6.48%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 40 (6.17%) AWS CloudFormation
10 33 (5.09%) OpenShift
11 32 (4.94%) Entra ID
12 26 (4.01%) Azure AKS
13 24 (3.70%) Amazon EC2
14 23 (3.55%) Amazon S3
14 23 (3.55%) Datadog
15 21 (3.24%) Serverless
16 20 (3.09%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 19 (2.93%) AWS Lambda
18 18 (2.78%) Amazon ECS
19 17 (2.62%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 42 (6.48%) DNS
2 33 (5.09%) Network Security
3 32 (4.94%) Firewall
4 21 (3.24%) TCP/IP
5 14 (2.16%) DHCP
5 14 (2.16%) SSL
5 14 (2.16%) VPN
6 11 (1.70%) HTTP
6 11 (1.70%) VLAN
7 10 (1.54%) WAN
8 8 (1.23%) BGP
8 8 (1.23%) Kerberos
9 6 (0.93%) LAN
9 6 (0.93%) SAN
10 5 (0.77%) Cisco IOS
10 5 (0.77%) Internet
10 5 (0.77%) OSPF
10 5 (0.77%) SD-WAN
10 5 (0.77%) VXLAN
10 5 (0.77%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (2.93%) Oracle Database
2 16 (2.47%) Power BI
3 14 (2.16%) Amazon RDS
3 14 (2.16%) PostgreSQL
3 14 (2.16%) SAS Enterprise Guide
4 13 (2.01%) Metadata
4 13 (2.01%) SAS Visual Analytics
5 11 (1.70%) Relational Database
6 9 (1.39%) MySQL
7 7 (1.08%) Big Data
8 6 (0.93%) BigQuery
8 6 (0.93%) Hadoop
8 6 (0.93%) NoSQL
8 6 (0.93%) SQL Server
9 4 (0.62%) DynamoDB
9 4 (0.62%) Redis
9 4 (0.62%) SAS Data Integration Studio
10 3 (0.46%) Amazon Athena
10 3 (0.46%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (0.46%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 79 (12.19%) GitLab
2 76 (11.73%) Jenkins
3 72 (11.11%) Git
4 43 (6.64%) JIRA
5 14 (2.16%) Rational DOORS
6 11 (1.70%) Rational Rhapsody
6 11 (1.70%) SonarQube
7 10 (1.54%) Artifactory
7 10 (1.54%) Sonatype Nexus
8 6 (0.93%) JUnit
8 6 (0.93%) Postman
9 5 (0.77%) Bitbucket
10 4 (0.62%) Visual Studio
11 3 (0.46%) Maven
11 3 (0.46%) Mockito
11 3 (0.46%) Selenium
12 2 (0.31%) LabVIEW
12 2 (0.31%) MSBuild
12 2 (0.31%) NUnit
12 2 (0.31%) Terragrunt
General
1 173 (26.70%) Social Skills
2 109 (16.82%) Finance
3 69 (10.65%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (9.72%) Public Sector
5 31 (4.78%) Aerospace
6 28 (4.32%) Banking
7 22 (3.40%) Manufacturing
8 17 (2.62%) Documentation Skills
9 11 (1.70%) Telecoms
10 9 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (1.39%) Military
11 8 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (0.93%) Automotive
12 6 (0.93%) Aviation
12 6 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (0.77%) Law
13 5 (0.77%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (0.77%) Publishing
13 5 (0.77%) Retail
14 3 (0.46%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 83 (12.81%) DevOps Engineer
2 78 (12.04%) Senior
3 74 (11.42%) Architect
4 41 (6.33%) Lead
5 35 (5.40%) AWS Engineer
5 35 (5.40%) Cloud Engineer
6 34 (5.25%) Linux Engineer
7 30 (4.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 27 (4.17%) Platform Engineer
8 27 (4.17%) Systems Engineer
9 24 (3.70%) Configuration Manager
10 23 (3.55%) Windows Engineer
11 22 (3.40%) Automation Engineer
12 21 (3.24%) AWS DevOps
12 21 (3.24%) AWS DevOps Engineer
12 21 (3.24%) Security Engineer
13 20 (3.09%) Analyst
14 18 (2.78%) Security Architect
15 17 (2.62%) Delivery Manager
15 17 (2.62%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 185 (28.55%) Terraform
2 32 (4.94%) REST
3 26 (4.01%) Kafka
4 19 (2.93%) Middleware
5 18 (2.78%) YAML
6 15 (2.31%) Elastic Stack
7 14 (2.16%) ARM Templates
8 10 (1.54%) .NET
8 10 (1.54%) JSON
8 10 (1.54%) XML
9 9 (1.39%) React
10 8 (1.23%) Azure Blueprints
10 8 (1.23%) Django
10 8 (1.23%) RESTful
10 8 (1.23%) SOAP
11 7 (1.08%) Flask
11 7 (1.08%) Node.js
11 7 (1.08%) OAuth
11 7 (1.08%) Web Services
12 6 (0.93%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 84 (12.96%) CMDB
2 56 (8.64%) Cloud Native
3 40 (6.17%) Security Posture
4 38 (5.86%) Onboarding
5 37 (5.71%) Private Cloud
6 34 (5.25%) Distributed Systems
7 32 (4.94%) Management Information System
8 31 (4.78%) Enterprise Software
9 26 (4.01%) Product Ownership
10 24 (3.70%) Data Centre
11 18 (2.78%) Public Cloud
12 14 (2.16%) Data Protection Act
13 13 (2.01%) Hybrid Cloud
13 13 (2.01%) Virtual Team
14 12 (1.85%) Clustering
14 12 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
15 8 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
15 8 (1.23%) PKI
16 7 (1.08%) Analytical Mindset
17 6 (0.93%) Cloud Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 177 (27.31%) Linux
2 112 (17.28%) Windows
3 67 (10.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 42 (6.48%) Windows Server
5 34 (5.25%) Unix
6 25 (3.86%) Ubuntu
7 12 (1.85%) Windows 10
8 8 (1.23%) Solaris
9 7 (1.08%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (0.77%) Android
10 5 (0.77%) CentOS
11 4 (0.62%) Alpine Linux
11 4 (0.62%) FreeRTOS
11 4 (0.62%) Mac OS
12 3 (0.46%) Debian
12 3 (0.46%) VMS
13 2 (0.31%) AIX
13 2 (0.31%) Apple iOS
13 2 (0.31%) SUSE
13 2 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 238 (36.73%) CI/CD
2 236 (36.42%) Infrastructure as Code
3 233 (35.96%) DevOps
4 154 (23.77%) Continuous Improvement
5 117 (18.06%) Agile
6 116 (17.90%) Containerisation
7 111 (17.13%) ITIL
8 107 (16.51%) Observability
9 103 (15.90%) Platform Engineering
10 100 (15.43%) Change Management
10 100 (15.43%) Stakeholder Management
11 95 (14.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 86 (13.27%) Problem-Solving
13 85 (13.12%) Service Management
14 84 (12.96%) Validation
15 79 (12.19%) Root Cause Analysis
16 76 (11.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 75 (11.57%) Roadmaps
18 70 (10.80%) Test Automation
19 69 (10.65%) Infrastructure Automation
Programming Languages
1 202 (31.17%) Python
2 113 (17.44%) Bash
3 93 (14.35%) PowerShell
4 38 (5.86%) SQL
5 35 (5.40%) Java
6 31 (4.78%) Shell Script
7 24 (3.70%) Perl
8 22 (3.40%) Bicep
9 18 (2.78%) C++
10 16 (2.47%) C
10 16 (2.47%) Go
11 15 (2.31%) JavaScript
12 8 (1.23%) Ada
13 7 (1.08%) PL/SQL
14 6 (0.93%) Ruby
15 5 (0.77%) Groovy
16 4 (0.62%) C#
16 4 (0.62%) Korn
16 4 (0.62%) TypeScript
17 3 (0.46%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 225 (34.72%) Security Cleared
2 157 (24.23%) SC Cleared
3 63 (9.72%) Degree
4 46 (7.10%) DV Cleared
5 32 (4.94%) AWS Certification
6 25 (3.86%) Azure Certification
7 19 (2.93%) CISSP
8 17 (2.62%) BPSS Clearance
9 15 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
10 14 (2.16%) Cisco Certification
11 13 (2.01%) Microsoft Certification
12 10 (1.54%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 8 (1.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 8 (1.23%) CCNA
13 8 (1.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 6 (0.93%) CCNP
14 6 (0.93%) ITIL Certification
15 5 (0.77%) CISM
15 5 (0.77%) GIAC
15 5 (0.77%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (5.25%) SLA
2 31 (4.78%) Data Quality
3 30 (4.63%) QA
4 22 (3.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 19 (2.93%) NIST
6 12 (1.85%) GDPR
7 10 (1.54%) GRC
8 8 (1.23%) PCI DSS
9 6 (0.93%) Accessibility
10 5 (0.77%) NCSC
10 5 (0.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 3 (0.46%) MISRA
12 3 (0.46%) MISRA C
13 2 (0.31%) Disclosure Scotland
13 2 (0.31%) DO-254
13 2 (0.31%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 19770
13 2 (0.31%) PMO
System Software
1 88 (13.58%) Docker
2 57 (8.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 56 (8.64%) Active Directory
4 12 (1.85%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (1.54%) Firmware
6 9 (1.39%) KVM
6 9 (1.39%) VMware ESXi
7 8 (1.23%) Hyper-V
8 6 (0.93%) NFS
9 5 (0.77%) VMware Workstation
10 4 (0.62%) Postfix
10 4 (0.62%) Virtual Desktop
11 3 (0.46%) Varnish
12 2 (0.31%) Apache ZooKeeper
12 2 (0.31%) Ceph
12 2 (0.31%) Corosync
12 2 (0.31%) Microsoft App-V
12 2 (0.31%) Sendmail
12 2 (0.31%) VMware NSX
12 2 (0.31%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 193 (29.78%) Ansible
2 153 (23.61%) Kubernetes
3 58 (8.95%) Grafana
4 54 (8.33%) Puppet
5 52 (8.02%) Prometheus
6 49 (7.56%) Progress Chef
7 18 (2.78%) SCCM
8 15 (2.31%) Packer
9 9 (1.39%) Istio
9 9 (1.39%) Microsoft Intune
9 9 (1.39%) Single Sign-On
10 8 (1.23%) Failover Clustering
11 7 (1.08%) Red Hat Satellite
12 5 (0.77%) Argo
12 5 (0.77%) Salt
13 4 (0.62%) Data Guard
13 4 (0.62%) HAProxy
13 4 (0.62%) Oracle RMAN
13 4 (0.62%) Podman
13 4 (0.62%) systemd
Vendors
1 100 (15.43%) Microsoft
2 82 (12.65%) ServiceNow
3 69 (10.65%) VMware
4 41 (6.33%) Oracle
5 38 (5.86%) Red Hat
6 37 (5.71%) Google
7 33 (5.09%) Splunk
8 23 (3.55%) Cisco
9 21 (3.24%) SaltStack
10 20 (3.09%) IBM
11 18 (2.78%) Snow
12 15 (2.31%) Dynatrace
13 10 (1.54%) Salesforce
14 9 (1.39%) Qualys
15 8 (1.23%) BMC
15 8 (1.23%) F5
15 8 (1.23%) Okta
15 8 (1.23%) Siemens
15 8 (1.23%) Tenable
16 7 (1.08%) SAP