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 8 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 244 182 140
Rank change year-on-year -62 -42 +17
Contract jobs citing Configuration Management 549 501 744
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.05% 1.57% 1.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.24% 1.73% 2.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 288 318 419
10th Percentile £340 £313 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £513 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.22% -5.09% -1.82%
75th Percentile £607 £602 £630
90th Percentile £766 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 107 15 143
10th Percentile £32.40 £35.00 £38.75
25th Percentile £50.00 £41.00 £41.10
Median hourly rate £60.00 £52.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% +4.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £88.00 £67.50 £60.75
90th Percentile - - £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £58.25 £52.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +12.02% +4.00% +19.59%

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 44,398 28,953 36,844
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.10% 90.63% 85.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,615 18,257 23,517
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £415 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.28% -3.81% -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £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 2,640 1,439 2,494
10th Percentile £14.80 £14.20 £12.74
25th Percentile £20.00 £17.70 £16.06
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% -6.25%
75th Percentile £68.00 £53.75 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.25 £70.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £44.50 £24.66 £38.12
% change year-on-year +80.45% -35.31% +1.65%

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 8 July 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 8 July 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 8 July 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 -69 477 £500 -4.76% 151
UK excluding London -48 338 £500 - 106
London -96 154 £525 -4.55% 64
Work from Home -65 139 £513 +2.50% 75
South East -46 90 £452 -9.60% 39
South West -9 70 £500 -13.04% 28
North of England -81 63 £493 +3.68% 13
Midlands -47 49 £525 +0.77% 12
West Midlands -41 47 £525 +5.42% 7
East of England -2 40 £710 +255.00% 8
North West -44 37 £492 +3.58% 10
Scotland -14 27 £555 +11.00% 2
Yorkshire -53 19 £500 +5.26% 2
North East -31 7 £413 - 1
Wales - 7 £750 - 2
East Midlands -18 2 £468 -15.00% 5
Northern Ireland - 1 £254 - 3

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 19 (3.46%) SAS
2 17 (3.10%) Confluence
3 14 (2.55%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (1.82%) Apache
5 6 (1.09%) Oracle Workflow
6 5 (0.91%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.91%) Mattermost
7 4 (0.73%) CMS
7 4 (0.73%) JBoss
7 4 (0.73%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.55%) Appian
8 3 (0.55%) Oracle Self-Service HR
8 3 (0.55%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.36%) CloudStack
9 2 (0.36%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.36%) WebSphere Application Server
10 1 (0.18%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.18%) IIS
10 1 (0.18%) nginx
10 1 (0.18%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 10 (1.82%) Microsoft Excel
1 10 (1.82%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (0.91%) PTC Creo
3 2 (0.36%) CATIA
3 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.18%) Siemens NX
4 1 (0.18%) Weka
4 1 (0.18%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 17 (3.10%) Teamcenter
2 9 (1.64%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.09%) Primavera
3 6 (1.09%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.55%) LabWindows
4 3 (0.55%) Oracle Assets
4 3 (0.55%) Oracle Cash Management
4 3 (0.55%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.55%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 3 (0.55%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.18%) Cloudability
5 1 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.18%) ProductWriter
Cloud Services
1 121 (22.04%) Azure
2 108 (19.67%) AWS
3 51 (9.29%) GitHub
4 38 (6.92%) Azure DevOps
5 37 (6.74%) OpenShift
6 29 (5.28%) GCP
7 27 (4.92%) GitHub Actions
8 23 (4.19%) PaaS
9 22 (4.01%) Amazon EKS
9 22 (4.01%) AWS CloudFormation
10 21 (3.83%) Amazon S3
11 19 (3.46%) Amazon EC2
11 19 (3.46%) Entra ID
11 19 (3.46%) Power Platform
12 18 (3.28%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 16 (2.91%) Azure AKS
14 11 (2.00%) Microsoft 365
14 11 (2.00%) Serverless
15 10 (1.82%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 9 (1.64%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 35 (6.38%) DNS
2 16 (2.91%) Firewall
3 14 (2.55%) Network Security
3 14 (2.55%) VPN
4 13 (2.37%) TCP/IP
5 10 (1.82%) DHCP
5 10 (1.82%) SSL
6 9 (1.64%) WAN
7 7 (1.28%) VLAN
8 6 (1.09%) LAN
9 5 (0.91%) 5G
10 4 (0.73%) Internet
11 3 (0.55%) 4G
11 3 (0.55%) BGP
11 3 (0.55%) Cisco IOS
11 3 (0.55%) NAS
11 3 (0.55%) OSPF
11 3 (0.55%) SAN
11 3 (0.55%) SD-WAN
11 3 (0.55%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (4.01%) Oracle Database
2 19 (3.46%) Power BI
3 15 (2.73%) SAS Enterprise Guide
4 14 (2.55%) SAS Visual Analytics
5 12 (2.19%) Amazon RDS
5 12 (2.19%) PostgreSQL
5 12 (2.19%) Relational Database
6 8 (1.46%) Metadata
7 7 (1.28%) MySQL
8 6 (1.09%) SAS Data Integration Studio
8 6 (1.09%) SQL Server
9 5 (0.91%) Amazon Athena
9 5 (0.91%) Redis
10 3 (0.55%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (0.55%) Base SAS
10 3 (0.55%) Big Data
10 3 (0.55%) Data Mart
10 3 (0.55%) InfluxDB
10 3 (0.55%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 2 (0.36%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 59 (10.75%) Jenkins
2 55 (10.02%) GitLab
3 50 (9.11%) Git
4 40 (7.29%) JIRA
5 35 (6.38%) Rational DOORS
6 11 (2.00%) Bitbucket
7 9 (1.64%) Sonatype Nexus
8 8 (1.46%) Rational Rhapsody
9 7 (1.28%) Postman
10 5 (0.91%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.73%) Artifactory
11 4 (0.73%) JMeter
11 4 (0.73%) Selenium
11 4 (0.73%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.55%) Maven
12 3 (0.55%) Terragrunt
13 2 (0.36%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 2 (0.36%) JUnit
13 2 (0.36%) LabVIEW
13 2 (0.36%) MSBuild
General
1 123 (22.40%) Social Skills
2 77 (14.03%) Finance
3 56 (10.20%) Public Sector
4 53 (9.65%) Aerospace
5 36 (6.56%) Analytical Skills
6 29 (5.28%) Banking
7 12 (2.19%) Documentation Skills
8 11 (2.00%) Military
9 10 (1.82%) Retail
10 8 (1.46%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (1.09%) Manufacturing
12 5 (0.91%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (0.91%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (0.91%) Publishing
13 4 (0.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (0.73%) Marketing
13 4 (0.73%) Telecoms
14 3 (0.55%) Aviation
14 3 (0.55%) General Ledger
14 3 (0.55%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 61 (11.11%) DevOps Engineer
2 53 (9.65%) Senior
3 39 (7.10%) Architect
4 38 (6.92%) Configuration Manager
5 33 (6.01%) Lead
6 28 (5.10%) Delivery Manager
7 27 (4.92%) Systems Manager
8 26 (4.74%) Analyst
9 24 (4.37%) AWS Engineer
9 24 (4.37%) Product Manager
10 23 (4.19%) Software Engineer
11 21 (3.83%) Product Delivery Manager
11 21 (3.83%) Systems Delivery Manager
12 19 (3.46%) Consultant
12 19 (3.46%) Linux Engineer
13 18 (3.28%) Systems Engineer
14 16 (2.91%) AWS DevOps
14 16 (2.91%) AWS DevOps Engineer
14 16 (2.91%) Site Reliability Engineer
15 15 (2.73%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (3.83%) REST
2 16 (2.91%) YAML
3 12 (2.19%) JSON
4 11 (2.00%) Elastic Stack
5 10 (1.82%) XML
6 9 (1.64%) ARM Templates
6 9 (1.64%) Kafka
7 8 (1.46%) .NET
7 8 (1.46%) Middleware
7 8 (1.46%) React
7 8 (1.46%) RESTful
8 7 (1.28%) Node.js
8 7 (1.28%) Oracle Fusion
8 7 (1.28%) RabbitMQ
9 6 (1.09%) Django
10 5 (0.91%) AWS CDK
10 5 (0.91%) Loki
10 5 (0.91%) OAuth
10 5 (0.91%) SOAP
10 5 (0.91%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 60 (10.93%) CMDB
2 38 (6.92%) Cloud Native
3 36 (6.56%) Product Ownership
4 33 (6.01%) Management Information System
5 25 (4.55%) Data Structures
6 22 (4.01%) Onboarding
7 18 (3.28%) Enterprise Software
8 16 (2.91%) Data Centre
9 12 (2.19%) Security Posture
10 11 (2.00%) Public Cloud
11 10 (1.82%) Distributed Systems
12 9 (1.64%) Data Protection Act
12 9 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
13 8 (1.46%) Analytical Mindset
13 8 (1.46%) Hybrid Cloud
13 8 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
14 6 (1.09%) PKI
15 5 (0.91%) Operational Technology
15 5 (0.91%) Replication
15 5 (0.91%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 131 (23.86%) Linux
2 85 (15.48%) Windows
3 43 (7.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 26 (4.74%) Ubuntu
5 25 (4.55%) Windows Server
6 16 (2.91%) Unix
7 11 (2.00%) Windows 10
8 7 (1.28%) Windows Server 2012
9 6 (1.09%) Solaris
10 4 (0.73%) Alpine Linux
10 4 (0.73%) Android
10 4 (0.73%) CentOS
11 3 (0.55%) Debian
11 3 (0.55%) Mac OS
11 3 (0.55%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.36%) Apple iOS
12 2 (0.36%) Rocky
13 1 (0.18%) FreeRTOS
13 1 (0.18%) Kali Linux
13 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (31.51%) DevOps
2 157 (28.60%) CI/CD
3 133 (24.23%) Continuous Improvement
4 125 (22.77%) Agile
5 122 (22.22%) Infrastructure as Code
6 91 (16.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 86 (15.66%) Service Management
8 85 (15.48%) ITIL
9 76 (13.84%) Containerisation
10 67 (12.20%) ITSM
11 58 (10.56%) Change Management
12 56 (10.20%) Observability
12 56 (10.20%) Roadmaps
13 54 (9.84%) Problem-Solving
14 53 (9.65%) Validation
15 52 (9.47%) Change Control
16 50 (9.11%) Platform Engineering
17 49 (8.93%) Software Engineering
17 49 (8.93%) Stakeholder Management
17 49 (8.93%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 133 (24.23%) Python
2 81 (14.75%) Bash
3 56 (10.20%) PowerShell
4 34 (6.19%) SQL
5 27 (4.92%) Java
6 22 (4.01%) Shell Script
7 17 (3.10%) Bicep
8 13 (2.37%) JavaScript
9 12 (2.19%) PL/SQL
10 11 (2.00%) Go
11 8 (1.46%) C++
12 7 (1.28%) C
12 7 (1.28%) Ruby
13 6 (1.09%) Perl
14 5 (0.91%) Ada
14 5 (0.91%) C#
14 5 (0.91%) TypeScript
15 3 (0.55%) Groovy
15 3 (0.55%) SAS Macro
15 3 (0.55%) Scala
Qualifications
1 207 (37.70%) Security Cleared
2 129 (23.50%) SC Cleared
3 67 (12.20%) Degree
4 26 (4.74%) DV Cleared
5 14 (2.55%) AWS Certification
5 14 (2.55%) Azure Certification
6 13 (2.37%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (2.19%) Cisco Certification
8 11 (2.00%) BPSS Clearance
8 11 (2.00%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (1.64%) CISSP
10 7 (1.28%) Oracle Certification
11 6 (1.09%) ITIL Certification
11 6 (1.09%) RHCE
12 5 (0.91%) CCNA
12 5 (0.91%) CCNP
12 5 (0.91%) CISA
12 5 (0.91%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 4 (0.73%) ISSAP
13 4 (0.73%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (5.65%) Data Quality
2 19 (3.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (2.73%) QA
4 14 (2.55%) SLA
5 12 (2.19%) NIST
6 11 (2.00%) GDPR
7 5 (0.91%) Def Stans
7 5 (0.91%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.73%) Accessibility
8 4 (0.73%) COBIT
8 4 (0.73%) GRC
8 4 (0.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.55%) PMO
10 2 (0.36%) DO-254
10 2 (0.36%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.36%) NCSC
10 2 (0.36%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.36%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.18%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 64 (11.66%) Docker
2 29 (5.28%) Active Directory
2 29 (5.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (2.55%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (1.46%) Hyper-V
4 8 (1.46%) KVM
5 7 (1.28%) NFS
6 5 (0.91%) Firmware
6 5 (0.91%) VMware Workstation
7 4 (0.73%) Postfix
7 4 (0.73%) Varnish
8 3 (0.55%) Sendmail
9 2 (0.36%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 2 (0.36%) Ceph
9 2 (0.36%) Corosync
9 2 (0.36%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.36%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.18%) iptables
Systems Management
1 159 (28.96%) Ansible
2 124 (22.59%) Terraform
3 100 (18.21%) Kubernetes
4 47 (8.56%) Grafana
5 45 (8.20%) Prometheus
6 39 (7.10%) Puppet
7 30 (5.46%) Progress Chef
8 12 (2.19%) Packer
9 11 (2.00%) SCCM
10 8 (1.46%) Microsoft Intune
11 7 (1.28%) Argo
11 7 (1.28%) NetBackup
12 5 (0.91%) HAProxy
12 5 (0.91%) Istio
12 5 (0.91%) Single Sign-On
13 4 (0.73%) Data Guard
13 4 (0.73%) Oracle RMAN
13 4 (0.73%) SELinux
13 4 (0.73%) systemd
14 3 (0.55%) Salt
Vendors
1 66 (12.02%) Microsoft
2 58 (10.56%) ServiceNow
3 41 (7.47%) Oracle
4 35 (6.38%) IBM
5 32 (5.83%) VMware
6 27 (4.92%) Red Hat
7 20 (3.64%) Splunk
8 14 (2.55%) SAP
9 10 (1.82%) Cisco
9 10 (1.82%) Siemens
10 9 (1.64%) Dynatrace
10 9 (1.64%) Snow
11 8 (1.46%) Atlassian
11 8 (1.46%) Google
12 7 (1.28%) Commvault
12 7 (1.28%) Okta
12 7 (1.28%) Salesforce
12 7 (1.28%) Veritas
13 6 (1.09%) Remedy
13 6 (1.09%) Tenable