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 5 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 239 176 132
Rank change year-on-year -63 -44 +17
Contract jobs citing Configuration Management 526 450 743
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.07% 1.56% 1.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.26% 1.71% 2.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 274 288 426
10th Percentile £359 £336 £358
25th Percentile £425 £422 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £600 £623 £643
90th Percentile £713 £688 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% +0.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 107 15 146
10th Percentile £34.65 £35.00 £38.75
25th Percentile £50.00 £41.25 £41.39
Median hourly rate £60.00 £60.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year - +20.00% -0.83%
75th Percentile £86.25 £67.50 £62.41
90th Percentile £88.00 - £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £58.25 £60.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -2.92% +20.00% +2.04%

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 41,594 26,332 36,644
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.70% 91.01% 85.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,970 16,762 23,491
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.49% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £614 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,502 1,133 2,525
10th Percentile £14.68 £14.20 £12.75
25th Percentile £20.00 £17.87 £16.00
Median hourly rate £43.96 £27.53 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.68% -24.58% +1.39%
75th Percentile £68.00 £56.25 £60.75
90th Percentile £81.24 £73.75 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.29 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +80.09% -34.02% +8.91%

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 5 June 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 5 June 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 5 June 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 -58 463 £525 - 195
UK excluding London -29 344 £525 +2.44% 157
Work from Home -48 135 £525 - 97
London -109 128 £513 -6.82% 57
South East -38 88 £452 -9.60% 43
South West -2 71 £525 -8.70% 33
North of England -62 69 £525 +6.60% 35
Midlands -31 53 £526 +0.33% 13
West Midlands -27 51 £526 +0.91% 10
East of England -3 43 £450 +125.00% 23
North West -21 43 £588 +22.50% 19
Scotland -4 23 £555 +32.14% 9
Yorkshire -58 18 £496 -0.75% 12
North East -21 8 £413 - 4
Wales - 3 £750 - 1
East Midlands -32 2 £465 -16.22% 3
Northern Ireland - 1 £254 - 5

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 24 (4.56%) SAS
2 15 (2.85%) Confluence
3 14 (2.66%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (1.90%) Apache
5 6 (1.14%) Oracle Workflow
6 5 (0.95%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.95%) CMS
6 5 (0.95%) Mattermost
6 5 (0.95%) OpenStack
7 4 (0.76%) JBoss
7 4 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.57%) Oracle Self-Service HR
8 3 (0.57%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.38%) CloudStack
9 2 (0.38%) nginx
9 2 (0.38%) WebSphere Application Server
10 1 (0.19%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.19%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (1.71%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.95%) PTC Creo
4 4 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.38%) CATIA
6 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.19%) Siemens NX
6 1 (0.19%) Weka
6 1 (0.19%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 16 (3.04%) Teamcenter
2 9 (1.71%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.14%) LabWindows
4 5 (0.95%) Remedy ITSM
5 4 (0.76%) Primavera
6 3 (0.57%) Oracle Assets
6 3 (0.57%) Oracle Cash Management
6 3 (0.57%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.57%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 3 (0.57%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.19%) Cloudability
7 1 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.19%) ProductWriter
Cloud Services
1 106 (20.15%) Azure
2 93 (17.68%) AWS
3 48 (9.13%) GitHub
4 43 (8.17%) OpenShift
5 32 (6.08%) Azure DevOps
6 25 (4.75%) GitHub Actions
7 24 (4.56%) PaaS
8 22 (4.18%) Amazon EKS
9 19 (3.61%) AWS CloudFormation
9 19 (3.61%) GCP
10 18 (3.42%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 18 (3.42%) Power Platform
11 16 (3.04%) Amazon S3
12 14 (2.66%) Entra ID
13 13 (2.47%) Azure AKS
13 13 (2.47%) Serverless
14 12 (2.28%) Amazon EC2
15 11 (2.09%) Amazon ECS
16 10 (1.90%) Azure Sentinel
17 9 (1.71%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 30 (5.70%) DNS
2 16 (3.04%) Firewall
3 15 (2.85%) VPN
4 14 (2.66%) DHCP
5 10 (1.90%) Network Security
6 8 (1.52%) TCP/IP
6 8 (1.52%) VLAN
6 8 (1.52%) WAN
7 7 (1.33%) LAN
8 6 (1.14%) SSL
9 5 (0.95%) BGP
9 5 (0.95%) OSPF
10 4 (0.76%) 5G
10 4 (0.76%) Cisco IOS
10 4 (0.76%) Internet
11 3 (0.57%) 4G
11 3 (0.57%) IPsec
11 3 (0.57%) NAS
11 3 (0.57%) PCoIP
11 3 (0.57%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (4.37%) Oracle Database
2 20 (3.80%) SAS Enterprise Guide
3 18 (3.42%) Power BI
4 14 (2.66%) SAS Visual Analytics
5 11 (2.09%) Amazon RDS
6 9 (1.71%) PostgreSQL
7 8 (1.52%) SQL Server
8 7 (1.33%) Metadata
8 7 (1.33%) Relational Database
9 6 (1.14%) SAS Data Integration Studio
10 4 (0.76%) Amazon Athena
10 4 (0.76%) InfluxDB
10 4 (0.76%) MongoDB
10 4 (0.76%) MySQL
11 3 (0.57%) Base SAS
11 3 (0.57%) Big Data
11 3 (0.57%) Data Mart
11 3 (0.57%) DynamoDB
11 3 (0.57%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.57%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 57 (10.84%) GitLab
2 54 (10.27%) Jenkins
3 44 (8.37%) Git
4 34 (6.46%) Rational DOORS
5 29 (5.51%) JIRA
6 9 (1.71%) Bitbucket
6 9 (1.71%) Sonatype Nexus
7 8 (1.52%) Postman
7 8 (1.52%) Rational Rhapsody
8 6 (1.14%) SonarQube
9 5 (0.95%) Selenium
10 4 (0.76%) Artifactory
10 4 (0.76%) JMeter
10 4 (0.76%) LabVIEW
11 3 (0.57%) JUnit
11 3 (0.57%) Maven
11 3 (0.57%) Terragrunt
12 2 (0.38%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 2 (0.38%) Gradle
12 2 (0.38%) NUnit
General
1 123 (23.38%) Social Skills
2 71 (13.50%) Finance
3 56 (10.65%) Public Sector
4 54 (10.27%) Aerospace
5 28 (5.32%) Analytical Skills
5 28 (5.32%) Banking
6 14 (2.66%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (2.09%) Retail
8 10 (1.90%) Military
9 9 (1.71%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (1.14%) Manufacturing
12 4 (0.76%) Investment Banking
12 4 (0.76%) Telecoms
13 3 (0.57%) Aviation
13 3 (0.57%) General Ledger
13 3 (0.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (0.57%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.57%) Marketing
14 2 (0.38%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 50 (9.51%) DevOps Engineer
2 43 (8.17%) Architect
3 42 (7.98%) Configuration Manager
4 41 (7.79%) Senior
5 30 (5.70%) Lead
6 27 (5.13%) Systems Manager
7 25 (4.75%) Analyst
7 25 (4.75%) Software Engineer
8 24 (4.56%) Delivery Manager
8 24 (4.56%) Product Manager
9 21 (3.99%) Product Delivery Manager
9 21 (3.99%) Systems Delivery Manager
10 20 (3.80%) AWS Engineer
11 18 (3.42%) Release Manager
12 17 (3.23%) Consultant
12 17 (3.23%) Site Reliability Engineer
13 16 (3.04%) AWS DevOps
13 16 (3.04%) AWS DevOps Engineer
13 16 (3.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 16 (3.04%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.42%) YAML
2 14 (2.66%) Elastic Stack
3 12 (2.28%) REST
4 9 (1.71%) RESTful
5 8 (1.52%) ARM Templates
5 8 (1.52%) Kafka
6 7 (1.33%) .NET
6 7 (1.33%) JSON
6 7 (1.33%) Oracle Fusion
7 6 (1.14%) Loki
7 6 (1.14%) Node.js
7 6 (1.14%) RabbitMQ
8 5 (0.95%) Middleware
8 5 (0.95%) React
9 4 (0.76%) Azure Blueprints
9 4 (0.76%) GraphQL
9 4 (0.76%) OpenTelemetry
9 4 (0.76%) PySpark
9 4 (0.76%) XML
10 3 (0.57%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 60 (11.41%) CMDB
2 41 (7.79%) Product Ownership
3 31 (5.89%) Cloud Native
4 29 (5.51%) Management Information System
5 24 (4.56%) Data Structures
6 21 (3.99%) Onboarding
7 18 (3.42%) Data Centre
8 11 (2.09%) Legacy Systems
9 10 (1.90%) Distributed Systems
10 9 (1.71%) Data Protection Act
10 9 (1.71%) Enterprise Software
10 9 (1.71%) Public Cloud
11 7 (1.33%) PKI
11 7 (1.33%) Security Posture
11 7 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (1.14%) Analytical Mindset
13 5 (0.95%) Private Cloud
13 5 (0.95%) Smartphone
14 4 (0.76%) Enterprise Storage
14 4 (0.76%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 122 (23.19%) Linux
2 80 (15.21%) Windows
3 34 (6.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 26 (4.94%) Windows Server
5 18 (3.42%) Ubuntu
6 16 (3.04%) Unix
7 10 (1.90%) Windows 10
8 7 (1.33%) Windows Server 2012
9 6 (1.14%) Solaris
10 5 (0.95%) Debian
11 4 (0.76%) Alpine Linux
11 4 (0.76%) CentOS
12 3 (0.57%) Android
12 3 (0.57%) VMS
12 3 (0.57%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.38%) Mac OS
13 2 (0.38%) Rocky
14 1 (0.19%) FreeRTOS
14 1 (0.19%) Kali Linux
14 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (28.71%) DevOps
2 148 (28.14%) CI/CD
3 125 (23.76%) Continuous Improvement
4 114 (21.67%) Agile
5 104 (19.77%) Infrastructure as Code
6 91 (17.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 80 (15.21%) ITIL
8 76 (14.45%) Service Management
9 70 (13.31%) Containerisation
10 53 (10.08%) Migration
11 52 (9.89%) ITSM
11 52 (9.89%) Observability
11 52 (9.89%) Roadmaps
12 49 (9.32%) Change Control
13 48 (9.13%) Change Management
13 48 (9.13%) Software Engineering
13 48 (9.13%) Validation
14 44 (8.37%) Computer Science
15 43 (8.17%) Test Automation
16 42 (7.98%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 112 (21.29%) Python
2 80 (15.21%) Bash
3 51 (9.70%) PowerShell
4 35 (6.65%) SQL
5 23 (4.37%) Java
6 19 (3.61%) Shell Script
7 16 (3.04%) Bicep
8 12 (2.28%) Go
8 12 (2.28%) PL/SQL
9 9 (1.71%) JavaScript
10 7 (1.33%) C
10 7 (1.33%) C#
10 7 (1.33%) C++
10 7 (1.33%) Ruby
11 6 (1.14%) Perl
11 6 (1.14%) TypeScript
12 4 (0.76%) Ada
13 3 (0.57%) Groovy
13 3 (0.57%) SAS Macro
13 3 (0.57%) Scala
Qualifications
1 208 (39.54%) Security Cleared
2 133 (25.29%) SC Cleared
3 61 (11.60%) Degree
4 22 (4.18%) DV Cleared
5 15 (2.85%) Azure Certification
6 12 (2.28%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (2.28%) Cisco Certification
7 11 (2.09%) AWS Certification
8 10 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (1.90%) ITIL Certification
8 10 (1.90%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (1.52%) CISSP
10 7 (1.33%) Oracle Certification
10 7 (1.33%) PMI Certification
11 6 (1.14%) CCNP
11 6 (1.14%) PMP
11 6 (1.14%) RHCE
12 5 (0.95%) APMP
12 5 (0.95%) CISA
12 5 (0.95%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (5.70%) Data Quality
2 20 (3.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (3.61%) QA
4 12 (2.28%) GDPR
4 12 (2.28%) NIST
5 11 (2.09%) SLA
6 5 (0.95%) Accessibility
6 5 (0.95%) Def Stans
6 5 (0.95%) PMO
7 4 (0.76%) COBIT
7 4 (0.76%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.38%) DO-254
8 2 (0.38%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.38%) NIST 800
8 2 (0.38%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.19%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.19%) NCSC
System Software
1 56 (10.65%) Docker
2 30 (5.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (4.94%) Active Directory
4 14 (2.66%) Virtual Machines
5 11 (2.09%) Hyper-V
6 9 (1.71%) KVM
7 7 (1.33%) NFS
8 5 (0.95%) VMware Workstation
9 4 (0.76%) Postfix
9 4 (0.76%) Varnish
10 3 (0.57%) Ceph
10 3 (0.57%) Firmware
10 3 (0.57%) QEMU
10 3 (0.57%) Sendmail
11 2 (0.38%) Corosync
11 2 (0.38%) Microsoft App-V
11 2 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.19%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 142 (27.00%) Ansible
2 107 (20.34%) Terraform
3 90 (17.11%) Kubernetes
4 47 (8.94%) Grafana
5 45 (8.56%) Prometheus
6 36 (6.84%) Puppet
7 31 (5.89%) Progress Chef
8 10 (1.90%) Packer
9 9 (1.71%) SCCM
10 8 (1.52%) Argo
11 7 (1.33%) Microsoft Intune
11 7 (1.33%) NetBackup
12 6 (1.14%) Podman
13 5 (0.95%) HAProxy
13 5 (0.95%) Istio
14 4 (0.76%) Data Guard
14 4 (0.76%) Docker Swarm
14 4 (0.76%) Oracle RMAN
14 4 (0.76%) SELinux
15 3 (0.57%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 59 (11.22%) Microsoft
2 49 (9.32%) ServiceNow
3 43 (8.17%) Oracle
4 32 (6.08%) IBM
4 32 (6.08%) VMware
5 28 (5.32%) Red Hat
6 20 (3.80%) Splunk
7 14 (2.66%) SAP
8 11 (2.09%) Atlassian
9 9 (1.71%) Cisco
9 9 (1.71%) Siemens
10 7 (1.33%) Commvault
10 7 (1.33%) Dynatrace
10 7 (1.33%) Snow
10 7 (1.33%) Veritas
11 6 (1.14%) Qualys
11 6 (1.14%) Salesforce
12 5 (0.95%) CrowdStrike
12 5 (0.95%) Google
12 5 (0.95%) Remedy