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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 227 190 156
Rank change year-on-year -37 -34 +5
Contract jobs citing Configuration Management 625 494 602
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.15% 1.50% 1.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.36% 1.66% 1.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 360 309 317
10th Percentile £354 £337 £288
25th Percentile £440 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.70%
75th Percentile £610 £623 £622
90th Percentile £725 £696 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £519 £500
% change year-on-year +1.25% +3.70% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 17 75
10th Percentile £24.99 £13.79 £28.51
25th Percentile £41.41 £22.53 -
Median hourly rate £66.50 £47.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -5.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £72.35 £63.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £92.00 £65.00 £70.39
UK excluding London median hourly rate £66.50 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year +40.00% -5.00% -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 45,839 29,816 32,769
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.46% 90.52% 85.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,855 18,531 20,147
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
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 3,070 1,799 1,460
10th Percentile £13.84 £14.25 £14.84
25th Percentile £17.36 £17.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% +1.18%
75th Percentile £67.50 £44.68 £65.00
90th Percentile £79.00 £67.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.56 £22.63 £43.00
% change year-on-year +83.63% -47.37% +5.81%

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 16 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 16 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 16 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 -47 539 £525 - 886
UK excluding London -46 371 £525 +1.25% 612
London -54 195 £550 -4.35% 358
Work from Home -59 161 £525 +2.44% 373
North of England -54 92 £492 -1.60% 97
South East -49 76 £550 +9.89% 146
South West -24 69 £550 +4.76% 122
Midlands -54 52 £477 -8.00% 56
West Midlands -63 51 £477 -8.00% 33
North West -26 47 £463 -2.63% 53
East of England +3 45 £510 +21.43% 97
Scotland -18 37 £525 +5.00% 68
Yorkshire -53 32 £501 -2.34% 37
North East -27 13 £485 - 10
Wales -4 8 £750 +76.47% 15
East Midlands - 1 £385 - 23
Northern Ireland - 1 £254 - 18

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 17 (2.72%) Confluence
2 14 (2.24%) SAS
3 13 (2.08%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (1.60%) JBoss
5 8 (1.28%) Apache
6 5 (0.80%) CMS
7 3 (0.48%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.48%) Appian
7 3 (0.48%) Oracle Workflow
7 3 (0.48%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.32%) CloudStack
8 2 (0.32%) nginx
8 2 (0.32%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.32%) WebSphere Application Server
9 1 (0.16%) FactoryTalk
9 1 (0.16%) IIS
9 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.16%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.16%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.16%) WebLogic
Applications
1 11 (1.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.44%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.96%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.16%) CATIA
6 1 (0.16%) CINEMA 4D
6 1 (0.16%) Houdini
6 1 (0.16%) Mozilla Thunderbird
6 1 (0.16%) NUKE
6 1 (0.16%) Siemens NX
6 1 (0.16%) Weka
6 1 (0.16%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 8 (1.28%) Teamcenter
2 6 (0.96%) Primavera
3 4 (0.64%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.16%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.16%) ENOVIA
5 1 (0.16%) ProductWriter
Cloud Services
1 157 (25.12%) AWS
2 156 (24.96%) Azure
3 71 (11.36%) GitHub
4 63 (10.08%) GCP
5 57 (9.12%) GitHub Actions
6 56 (8.96%) Azure DevOps
7 48 (7.68%) Amazon EKS
8 41 (6.56%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 36 (5.76%) AWS CloudFormation
10 33 (5.28%) OpenShift
11 31 (4.96%) Entra ID
12 25 (4.00%) Azure AKS
13 24 (3.84%) Amazon EC2
14 22 (3.52%) Amazon S3
14 22 (3.52%) Datadog
15 21 (3.36%) Serverless
16 19 (3.04%) AWS Lambda
16 19 (3.04%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 18 (2.88%) Amazon ECS
18 17 (2.72%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 41 (6.56%) DNS
2 30 (4.80%) Firewall
2 30 (4.80%) Network Security
3 20 (3.20%) TCP/IP
4 14 (2.24%) SSL
5 13 (2.08%) DHCP
5 13 (2.08%) VPN
6 11 (1.76%) HTTP
6 11 (1.76%) VLAN
7 10 (1.60%) WAN
8 8 (1.28%) BGP
8 8 (1.28%) Kerberos
9 6 (0.96%) LAN
9 6 (0.96%) SAN
10 5 (0.80%) Cisco IOS
10 5 (0.80%) Internet
10 5 (0.80%) OSPF
10 5 (0.80%) SD-WAN
10 5 (0.80%) VXLAN
11 4 (0.64%) Ethernet VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (3.04%) Oracle Database
2 14 (2.24%) Amazon RDS
2 14 (2.24%) PostgreSQL
2 14 (2.24%) Power BI
3 13 (2.08%) SAS Enterprise Guide
3 13 (2.08%) SAS Visual Analytics
4 11 (1.76%) Relational Database
5 10 (1.60%) Metadata
6 9 (1.44%) MySQL
7 7 (1.12%) Big Data
8 6 (0.96%) Hadoop
8 6 (0.96%) NoSQL
9 5 (0.80%) SQL Server
10 4 (0.64%) DynamoDB
10 4 (0.64%) Redis
10 4 (0.64%) SAS Data Integration Studio
11 3 (0.48%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (0.48%) Apache Cassandra
11 3 (0.48%) BigQuery
11 3 (0.48%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 79 (12.64%) GitLab
2 76 (12.16%) Jenkins
3 71 (11.36%) Git
4 44 (7.04%) JIRA
5 14 (2.24%) Rational DOORS
6 11 (1.76%) Rational Rhapsody
6 11 (1.76%) SonarQube
7 10 (1.60%) Artifactory
7 10 (1.60%) Sonatype Nexus
8 6 (0.96%) JUnit
8 6 (0.96%) Postman
9 5 (0.80%) Bitbucket
10 4 (0.64%) Visual Studio
11 3 (0.48%) Maven
11 3 (0.48%) Mockito
11 3 (0.48%) Selenium
12 2 (0.32%) LabVIEW
12 2 (0.32%) MSBuild
12 2 (0.32%) NUnit
12 2 (0.32%) Terragrunt
General
1 164 (26.24%) Social Skills
2 108 (17.28%) Finance
3 62 (9.92%) Analytical Skills
3 62 (9.92%) Public Sector
4 27 (4.32%) Banking
5 25 (4.00%) Aerospace
6 17 (2.72%) Documentation Skills
6 17 (2.72%) Manufacturing
7 10 (1.60%) Telecoms
8 9 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (1.28%) Military
10 7 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (0.96%) Aviation
11 6 (0.96%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (0.80%) Automotive
12 5 (0.80%) Publishing
12 5 (0.80%) Retail
13 4 (0.64%) Law
13 4 (0.64%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.32%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 84 (13.44%) DevOps Engineer
2 77 (12.32%) Senior
3 70 (11.20%) Architect
4 40 (6.40%) Lead
5 34 (5.44%) AWS Engineer
6 33 (5.28%) Cloud Engineer
6 33 (5.28%) Linux Engineer
7 28 (4.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 27 (4.32%) Systems Engineer
9 25 (4.00%) Platform Engineer
10 24 (3.84%) Configuration Manager
11 21 (3.36%) Automation Engineer
11 21 (3.36%) AWS DevOps
11 21 (3.36%) AWS DevOps Engineer
12 20 (3.20%) Security Engineer
12 20 (3.20%) Windows Engineer
13 19 (3.04%) Analyst
14 18 (2.88%) Security Architect
15 17 (2.72%) Administrator
15 17 (2.72%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 179 (28.64%) Terraform
2 30 (4.80%) REST
3 25 (4.00%) Kafka
4 18 (2.88%) YAML
5 16 (2.56%) Middleware
6 15 (2.40%) Elastic Stack
7 14 (2.24%) ARM Templates
8 10 (1.60%) .NET
8 10 (1.60%) JSON
8 10 (1.60%) XML
9 9 (1.44%) React
10 8 (1.28%) Azure Blueprints
10 8 (1.28%) Django
10 8 (1.28%) RESTful
10 8 (1.28%) SOAP
11 7 (1.12%) Flask
11 7 (1.12%) OAuth
11 7 (1.12%) Web Services
12 6 (0.96%) HTML
12 6 (0.96%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 80 (12.80%) CMDB
2 54 (8.64%) Cloud Native
3 36 (5.76%) Onboarding
4 35 (5.60%) Private Cloud
4 35 (5.60%) Security Posture
5 33 (5.28%) Distributed Systems
6 30 (4.80%) Management Information System
7 29 (4.64%) Enterprise Software
8 25 (4.00%) Product Ownership
9 23 (3.68%) Data Centre
10 17 (2.72%) Public Cloud
11 15 (2.40%) Data Protection Act
12 13 (2.08%) Hybrid Cloud
12 13 (2.08%) Virtual Team
13 12 (1.92%) Clustering
13 12 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
14 8 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
14 8 (1.28%) PKI
15 6 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
15 6 (0.96%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 173 (27.68%) Linux
2 106 (16.96%) Windows
3 68 (10.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 39 (6.24%) Windows Server
5 33 (5.28%) Unix
6 25 (4.00%) Ubuntu
7 12 (1.92%) Windows 10
8 9 (1.44%) Solaris
9 7 (1.12%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (0.80%) Android
10 5 (0.80%) CentOS
11 4 (0.64%) Alpine Linux
11 4 (0.64%) FreeRTOS
11 4 (0.64%) Mac OS
12 3 (0.48%) Debian
12 3 (0.48%) VMS
13 2 (0.32%) AIX
13 2 (0.32%) Apple iOS
13 2 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
14 1 (0.16%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 232 (37.12%) CI/CD
2 228 (36.48%) DevOps
2 228 (36.48%) Infrastructure as Code
3 143 (22.88%) Continuous Improvement
4 115 (18.40%) Containerisation
5 114 (18.24%) Agile
6 103 (16.48%) ITIL
6 103 (16.48%) Observability
7 101 (16.16%) Platform Engineering
8 95 (15.20%) Change Management
9 92 (14.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 85 (13.60%) Stakeholder Management
11 80 (12.80%) Problem-Solving
12 78 (12.48%) Service Management
12 78 (12.48%) Validation
13 75 (12.00%) Root Cause Analysis
14 73 (11.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 70 (11.20%) Test Automation
16 68 (10.88%) Roadmaps
17 66 (10.56%) Infrastructure Automation
Programming Languages
1 198 (31.68%) Python
2 110 (17.60%) Bash
3 90 (14.40%) PowerShell
4 35 (5.60%) Java
4 35 (5.60%) SQL
5 31 (4.96%) Shell Script
6 24 (3.84%) Perl
7 22 (3.52%) Bicep
8 18 (2.88%) C++
9 14 (2.24%) C
9 14 (2.24%) Go
10 13 (2.08%) JavaScript
11 8 (1.28%) Ada
12 7 (1.12%) PL/SQL
13 6 (0.96%) Ruby
14 5 (0.80%) Groovy
15 4 (0.64%) C#
15 4 (0.64%) Korn
15 4 (0.64%) TypeScript
16 3 (0.48%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 212 (33.92%) Security Cleared
2 146 (23.36%) SC Cleared
3 59 (9.44%) Degree
4 44 (7.04%) DV Cleared
5 31 (4.96%) AWS Certification
6 25 (4.00%) Azure Certification
7 16 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
7 16 (2.56%) CISSP
8 15 (2.40%) Computer Science Degree
9 14 (2.24%) Cisco Certification
10 13 (2.08%) Microsoft Certification
11 10 (1.60%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 8 (1.28%) CCNA
12 8 (1.28%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 7 (1.12%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 6 (0.96%) CCNP
14 6 (0.96%) ITIL Certification
15 5 (0.80%) GCIH
15 5 (0.80%) PMI Certification
16 4 (0.64%) ISSAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (4.80%) QA
1 30 (4.80%) SLA
2 27 (4.32%) Data Quality
3 19 (3.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 16 (2.56%) NIST
5 12 (1.92%) GDPR
6 10 (1.60%) GRC
7 7 (1.12%) PCI DSS
8 6 (0.96%) Accessibility
9 5 (0.80%) NCSC
10 4 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 3 (0.48%) MISRA
11 3 (0.48%) MISRA C
12 2 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.32%) DO-254
12 2 (0.32%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.32%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 19770
12 2 (0.32%) PMO
System Software
1 88 (14.08%) Docker
2 56 (8.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 54 (8.64%) Active Directory
4 12 (1.92%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (1.44%) KVM
5 9 (1.44%) VMware ESXi
6 8 (1.28%) Firmware
6 8 (1.28%) Hyper-V
7 6 (0.96%) NFS
8 5 (0.80%) VMware Workstation
9 4 (0.64%) Postfix
9 4 (0.64%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (0.48%) Varnish
11 2 (0.32%) Apache ZooKeeper
11 2 (0.32%) Ceph
11 2 (0.32%) Corosync
11 2 (0.32%) Microsoft App-V
11 2 (0.32%) Sendmail
11 2 (0.32%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.32%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 192 (30.72%) Ansible
2 147 (23.52%) Kubernetes
3 58 (9.28%) Grafana
4 54 (8.64%) Puppet
5 52 (8.32%) Prometheus
6 48 (7.68%) Progress Chef
7 18 (2.88%) SCCM
8 15 (2.40%) Packer
9 9 (1.44%) Istio
9 9 (1.44%) Microsoft Intune
9 9 (1.44%) Single Sign-On
10 8 (1.28%) Failover Clustering
11 7 (1.12%) Red Hat Satellite
12 6 (0.96%) Argo
13 5 (0.80%) Salt
14 4 (0.64%) Data Guard
14 4 (0.64%) HAProxy
14 4 (0.64%) Oracle RMAN
14 4 (0.64%) Podman
14 4 (0.64%) systemd
Vendors
1 96 (15.36%) Microsoft
2 78 (12.48%) ServiceNow
3 67 (10.72%) VMware
4 41 (6.56%) Oracle
5 40 (6.40%) Red Hat
6 33 (5.28%) Google
6 33 (5.28%) Splunk
7 23 (3.68%) Cisco
8 20 (3.20%) SaltStack
9 19 (3.04%) IBM
10 18 (2.88%) Snow
11 14 (2.24%) Dynatrace
12 10 (1.60%) Salesforce
13 8 (1.28%) BMC
13 8 (1.28%) F5
13 8 (1.28%) Okta
13 8 (1.28%) Siemens
14 7 (1.12%) Qualys
14 7 (1.12%) SAP
15 6 (0.96%) Databricks