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

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 228 184 152
Rank change year-on-year -44 -32 +9
Contract jobs citing Configuration Management 647 488 599
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.19% 1.50% 1.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.41% 1.66% 1.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 376 302 313
10th Percentile £352 £328 £288
25th Percentile £440 £450 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.10% -0.10% -8.30%
75th Percentile £605 £625 £619
90th Percentile £725 £700 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £520 £519 £500
% change year-on-year +0.29% +3.70% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 21 72
10th Percentile £25.84 £12.97 £27.14
25th Percentile £41.11 £14.34 -
Median hourly rate £66.50 £41.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +62.20% -18.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £72.44 £63.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £92.00 £65.00 £70.39
UK excluding London median hourly rate £66.50 £41.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +62.20% -18.00% -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 46,027 29,389 32,594
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.35% 90.49% 85.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,906 18,237 19,938
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 £626 £625 £638
90th Percentile £731 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,152 1,808 1,420
10th Percentile £13.81 £14.24 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.25 £17.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.69
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -41.09% -1.10%
75th Percentile £67.25 £43.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £65.25 £74.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.08 £22.32 £43.00
% change year-on-year +79.61% -48.10% +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 22 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 22 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 22 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 -38 559 £525 - 631
UK excluding London -50 385 £520 +0.29% 496
London -37 200 £534 -7.17% 193
Work from Home -59 163 £525 +2.44% 239
North of England -47 96 £474 -6.39% 86
South East -43 82 £550 +9.89% 142
South West -17 68 £550 +4.76% 87
Midlands -60 52 £477 -8.00% 47
West Midlands -59 51 £477 -8.00% 30
North West -30 50 £463 -2.63% 46
East of England -4 48 £518 +0.98% 67
Scotland -14 39 £525 -4.55% 49
Yorkshire -53 33 £500 -2.44% 30
North East -24 13 £485 -3.00% 10
Wales -2 8 £750 +76.47% 16
East Midlands - 1 £385 - 17
Northern Ireland - 1 £254 - 10

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 18 (2.78%) Confluence
2 15 (2.32%) SAS
3 13 (2.01%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (1.55%) JBoss
5 9 (1.39%) Apache
6 5 (0.77%) CMS
6 5 (0.77%) WebSphere
7 3 (0.46%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.46%) Appian
7 3 (0.46%) nginx
7 3 (0.46%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.31%) CloudStack
8 2 (0.31%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.31%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.31%) WebSphere Application Server
9 1 (0.15%) IIS
9 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.15%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.15%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 12 (1.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.39%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.24%) 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 (1.24%) 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
1 165 (25.50%) AWS
2 157 (24.27%) Azure
3 68 (10.51%) GCP
3 68 (10.51%) GitHub
4 55 (8.50%) GitHub Actions
5 52 (8.04%) Azure DevOps
6 50 (7.73%) Amazon EKS
7 42 (6.49%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 39 (6.03%) AWS CloudFormation
9 33 (5.10%) OpenShift
10 32 (4.95%) Entra ID
11 24 (3.71%) Amazon EC2
12 23 (3.55%) Amazon S3
12 23 (3.55%) Azure AKS
12 23 (3.55%) Datadog
13 20 (3.09%) Serverless
13 20 (3.09%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 19 (2.94%) AWS Lambda
15 18 (2.78%) Amazon ECS
16 17 (2.63%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 42 (6.49%) DNS
2 33 (5.10%) Network Security
3 32 (4.95%) Firewall
4 21 (3.25%) 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 (1.55%) WAN
8 8 (1.24%) BGP
8 8 (1.24%) Kerberos
9 6 (0.93%) Internet
9 6 (0.93%) LAN
9 6 (0.93%) SAN
10 5 (0.77%) Cisco IOS
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 (2.94%) 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 12 (1.85%) 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 Redshift
10 3 (0.46%) Apache Cassandra
10 3 (0.46%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 76 (11.75%) GitLab
2 74 (11.44%) Jenkins
3 72 (11.13%) Git
4 43 (6.65%) JIRA
5 14 (2.16%) Rational DOORS
6 11 (1.70%) Rational Rhapsody
6 11 (1.70%) SonarQube
7 10 (1.55%) Artifactory
7 10 (1.55%) 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%) Ant
12 2 (0.31%) LabVIEW
12 2 (0.31%) MSBuild
12 2 (0.31%) NUnit
General
1 171 (26.43%) Social Skills
2 109 (16.85%) Finance
3 67 (10.36%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (9.74%) Public Sector
5 32 (4.95%) Aerospace
6 28 (4.33%) Banking
7 22 (3.40%) Manufacturing
8 17 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
9 11 (1.70%) Telecoms
10 9 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (1.39%) Military
11 8 (1.24%) 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 4 (0.62%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 80 (12.36%) DevOps Engineer
2 79 (12.21%) Senior
3 74 (11.44%) Architect
4 40 (6.18%) Lead
5 35 (5.41%) AWS Engineer
5 35 (5.41%) Cloud Engineer
6 34 (5.26%) Linux Engineer
7 31 (4.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 27 (4.17%) Systems Engineer
9 26 (4.02%) Platform Engineer
10 24 (3.71%) Configuration Manager
11 23 (3.55%) Windows Engineer
12 22 (3.40%) Automation Engineer
13 21 (3.25%) AWS DevOps
13 21 (3.25%) AWS DevOps Engineer
13 21 (3.25%) Security Engineer
14 20 (3.09%) Analyst
15 18 (2.78%) Security Architect
16 17 (2.63%) Delivery Manager
17 16 (2.47%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 182 (28.13%) Terraform
2 32 (4.95%) REST
3 26 (4.02%) Kafka
4 21 (3.25%) Middleware
5 15 (2.32%) YAML
6 14 (2.16%) Elastic Stack
7 11 (1.70%) ARM Templates
8 10 (1.55%) JSON
8 10 (1.55%) React
8 10 (1.55%) XML
9 9 (1.39%) .NET
9 9 (1.39%) Django
10 8 (1.24%) Azure Blueprints
10 8 (1.24%) Flask
10 8 (1.24%) RESTful
10 8 (1.24%) SOAP
11 7 (1.08%) Node.js
11 7 (1.08%) OAuth
11 7 (1.08%) Web Services
12 6 (0.93%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 86 (13.29%) CMDB
2 56 (8.66%) Cloud Native
3 40 (6.18%) Security Posture
4 39 (6.03%) Onboarding
5 38 (5.87%) Private Cloud
6 34 (5.26%) Distributed Systems
7 32 (4.95%) Enterprise Software
7 32 (4.95%) Management Information System
8 26 (4.02%) Product Ownership
9 24 (3.71%) Data Centre
10 18 (2.78%) Public Cloud
11 14 (2.16%) Data Protection Act
12 13 (2.01%) Hybrid Cloud
12 13 (2.01%) Virtual Team
13 12 (1.85%) Clustering
13 12 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
14 8 (1.24%) PKI
15 7 (1.08%) Analytical Mindset
15 7 (1.08%) Legacy Systems
16 6 (0.93%) Cloud Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 180 (27.82%) Linux
2 114 (17.62%) Windows
3 68 (10.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 43 (6.65%) Windows Server
5 34 (5.26%) Unix
6 25 (3.86%) Ubuntu
7 12 (1.85%) Windows 10
8 8 (1.24%) Solaris
8 8 (1.24%) Windows Server 2012
9 6 (0.93%) CentOS
10 5 (0.77%) Android
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 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 236 (36.48%) CI/CD
2 235 (36.32%) Infrastructure as Code
3 228 (35.24%) DevOps
4 153 (23.65%) Continuous Improvement
5 116 (17.93%) Agile
6 114 (17.62%) Containerisation
7 112 (17.31%) ITIL
8 108 (16.69%) Observability
9 102 (15.77%) Platform Engineering
10 101 (15.61%) Stakeholder Management
11 99 (15.30%) Change Management
12 96 (14.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 85 (13.14%) Validation
14 84 (12.98%) Problem-Solving
14 84 (12.98%) Service Management
15 78 (12.06%) Root Cause Analysis
16 75 (11.59%) Roadmaps
17 74 (11.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 70 (10.82%) Test Automation
19 68 (10.51%) Infrastructure Automation
Programming Languages
1 199 (30.76%) Python
2 109 (16.85%) Bash
3 90 (13.91%) PowerShell
4 39 (6.03%) SQL
5 35 (5.41%) Java
6 32 (4.95%) Shell Script
7 25 (3.86%) Perl
8 19 (2.94%) Bicep
9 18 (2.78%) C++
10 16 (2.47%) C
10 16 (2.47%) Go
11 15 (2.32%) JavaScript
12 8 (1.24%) Ada
13 7 (1.08%) PL/SQL
14 5 (0.77%) Groovy
14 5 (0.77%) Ruby
14 5 (0.77%) TypeScript
15 4 (0.62%) C#
15 4 (0.62%) Korn
16 3 (0.46%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 222 (34.31%) Security Cleared
2 153 (23.65%) SC Cleared
3 63 (9.74%) Degree
4 47 (7.26%) DV Cleared
5 31 (4.79%) AWS Certification
6 21 (3.25%) Azure Certification
7 19 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
7 19 (2.94%) CISSP
8 15 (2.32%) Computer Science Degree
9 14 (2.16%) Cisco Certification
10 13 (2.01%) Microsoft Certification
11 9 (1.39%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 8 (1.24%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 8 (1.24%) CCNA
12 8 (1.24%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 6 (0.93%) CCNP
13 6 (0.93%) ITIL Certification
14 5 (0.77%) CISM
14 5 (0.77%) GIAC
14 5 (0.77%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (5.26%) SLA
2 30 (4.64%) Data Quality
3 29 (4.48%) QA
4 23 (3.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 18 (2.78%) NIST
6 12 (1.85%) GDPR
7 10 (1.55%) GRC
8 8 (1.24%) PCI DSS
9 6 (0.93%) Accessibility
9 6 (0.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 5 (0.77%) NCSC
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%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 19770
13 2 (0.31%) PMO
13 2 (0.31%) SOC 2
System Software
1 85 (13.14%) Docker
2 59 (9.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 57 (8.81%) Active Directory
4 12 (1.85%) Virtual Machines
5 11 (1.70%) Firmware
6 10 (1.55%) VMware ESXi
7 9 (1.39%) Hyper-V
7 9 (1.39%) KVM
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%) Sendmail
12 2 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
12 2 (0.31%) VMware NSX
12 2 (0.31%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 192 (29.68%) Ansible
2 149 (23.03%) Kubernetes
3 55 (8.50%) Grafana
4 50 (7.73%) Prometheus
4 50 (7.73%) Puppet
5 45 (6.96%) Progress Chef
6 19 (2.94%) SCCM
7 15 (2.32%) Packer
8 9 (1.39%) Istio
8 9 (1.39%) Microsoft Intune
8 9 (1.39%) Single Sign-On
9 8 (1.24%) Failover Clustering
9 8 (1.24%) Red Hat Satellite
10 5 (0.77%) Argo
10 5 (0.77%) Salt
10 5 (0.77%) systemd
11 4 (0.62%) Data Guard
11 4 (0.62%) HAProxy
11 4 (0.62%) Oracle RMAN
11 4 (0.62%) Podman
Vendors
1 98 (15.15%) Microsoft
2 83 (12.83%) ServiceNow
3 71 (10.97%) VMware
4 41 (6.34%) Oracle
5 38 (5.87%) Red Hat
6 37 (5.72%) Google
7 32 (4.95%) Splunk
8 23 (3.55%) Cisco
9 21 (3.25%) IBM
9 21 (3.25%) SaltStack
10 18 (2.78%) Snow
11 15 (2.32%) Dynatrace
12 9 (1.39%) Qualys
12 9 (1.39%) Salesforce
13 8 (1.24%) BMC
13 8 (1.24%) F5
13 8 (1.24%) Okta
13 8 (1.24%) Siemens
13 8 (1.24%) Tenable
14 7 (1.08%) SAP