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 9 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 223 180 132
Rank change year-on-year -43 -48 +13
Contract jobs citing Configuration Management 525 434 738
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.10% 1.49% 1.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.30% 1.64% 1.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 287 289 428
10th Percentile £313 £344 £358
25th Percentile £413 £453 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £600 £625 £650
90th Percentile £720 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £513 £550
% change year-on-year -2.44% -6.82% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 15 148
10th Percentile £35.30 £35.10 £38.50
25th Percentile £50.00 £43.13 £40.94
Median hourly rate £60.00 £60.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year - +20.00% +0.58%
75th Percentile £85.50 £67.50 £60.75
90th Percentile £88.00 - £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.00 £60.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year - +20.00% +2.06%

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 40,321 26,530 37,209
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.49% 90.95% 86.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,358 17,078 23,948
10th Percentile £321 £306 £300
25th Percentile £413 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% -1.00% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £638
90th Percentile £725 £744 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £479 £500
% change year-on-year +2.30% -4.20% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,401 1,077 2,439
10th Percentile £14.96 £14.47 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.85 £18.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £42.00 £28.75 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +46.09% -21.23% +1.39%
75th Percentile £67.25 £61.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £44.00 £27.13 £37.50
% change year-on-year +62.21% -27.67% +7.14%

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 9 May 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 9 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Configuration Management in the UK

Configuration Management
Top 16 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 9 May 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 -41 469 £513 -2.38% 145
UK excluding London -16 349 £500 -2.44% 126
Work from Home -21 152 £500 -4.76% 65
London -105 126 £525 -4.55% 32
South East -36 87 £410 -18.00% 36
North of England -35 77 £525 +2.44% 16
South West -12 68 £450 -21.74% 35
Midlands -37 53 £525 +0.10% 11
North West -18 49 £588 +17.60% 9
West Midlands -28 49 £526 +0.62% 5
East of England -13 46 £350 +29.63% 24
Scotland +3 22 £535 +25.88% 6
Yorkshire -48 20 £472 -10.05% 5
North East -11 8 £413 - 2
East Midlands -38 4 £410 -26.13% 6
Wales - 3 £750 -

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 20 (3.81%) SAS
2 16 (3.05%) Confluence
3 9 (1.71%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (1.52%) OpenStack
5 6 (1.14%) Apache
5 6 (1.14%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (1.14%) Oracle Workflow
6 5 (0.95%) CMS
6 5 (0.95%) Mattermost
6 5 (0.95%) SharePoint
7 4 (0.76%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.76%) JBoss
8 3 (0.57%) Oracle Self-Service HR
8 3 (0.57%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.38%) nginx
9 2 (0.38%) WebSphere Application Server
10 1 (0.19%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.19%) IIS
Applications
1 11 (2.10%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.95%) PTC Creo
4 2 (0.38%) Weka
5 1 (0.19%) CATIA
5 1 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.19%) Siemens NX
5 1 (0.19%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 16 (3.05%) Teamcenter
2 8 (1.52%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.14%) LabWindows
4 5 (0.95%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.57%) Oracle Assets
5 3 (0.57%) Oracle Cash Management
5 3 (0.57%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.57%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 3 (0.57%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.19%) assyst
6 1 (0.19%) Cloudability
6 1 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle General Ledger
Cloud Services
1 94 (17.90%) Azure
2 93 (17.71%) AWS
3 49 (9.33%) OpenShift
4 47 (8.95%) GitHub
5 30 (5.71%) Amazon EKS
5 30 (5.71%) AWS CloudFormation
6 27 (5.14%) Azure DevOps
7 26 (4.95%) Amazon S3
8 25 (4.76%) Amazon EC2
9 24 (4.57%) GitHub Actions
10 21 (4.00%) IaaS
11 20 (3.81%) Amazon ECS
12 19 (3.62%) PaaS
13 18 (3.43%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 16 (3.05%) Serverless
15 15 (2.86%) Azure AKS
16 14 (2.67%) GCP
17 12 (2.29%) AWS Lambda
17 12 (2.29%) Power Platform
18 10 (1.90%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 26 (4.95%) DNS
2 21 (4.00%) Firewall
3 20 (3.81%) VPN
4 12 (2.29%) DHCP
4 12 (2.29%) TCP/IP
5 10 (1.90%) Network Security
5 10 (1.90%) WAN
6 6 (1.14%) BGP
6 6 (1.14%) Cisco Nexus
6 6 (1.14%) LAN
6 6 (1.14%) OSPF
6 6 (1.14%) VoIP
7 5 (0.95%) EIGRP
7 5 (0.95%) VLAN
7 5 (0.95%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (0.76%) 5G
8 4 (0.76%) HTTP
8 4 (0.76%) SSH
8 4 (0.76%) SSL
9 3 (0.57%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (4.57%) Amazon RDS
2 21 (4.00%) PostgreSQL
2 21 (4.00%) SQL Server
3 16 (3.05%) Oracle Database
4 15 (2.86%) SAS Enterprise Guide
5 12 (2.29%) Power BI
6 10 (1.90%) Relational Database
7 9 (1.71%) SAS Visual Analytics
8 6 (1.14%) InfluxDB
8 6 (1.14%) SAS Data Integration Studio
9 5 (0.95%) Metadata
10 4 (0.76%) MongoDB
10 4 (0.76%) MySQL
10 4 (0.76%) Redis
11 3 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (0.57%) Big Data
11 3 (0.57%) Data Mart
11 3 (0.57%) DynamoDB
11 3 (0.57%) Elasticsearch
11 3 (0.57%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 62 (11.81%) Jenkins
2 56 (10.67%) GitLab
3 46 (8.76%) Git
4 32 (6.10%) Rational DOORS
5 26 (4.95%) JIRA
6 9 (1.71%) Bitbucket
7 8 (1.52%) Postman
7 8 (1.52%) Sonatype Nexus
8 6 (1.14%) Rational Rhapsody
9 5 (0.95%) Selenium
10 4 (0.76%) JMeter
11 3 (0.57%) Artifactory
11 3 (0.57%) JUnit
11 3 (0.57%) LabVIEW
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%) Octopus Deploy
12 2 (0.38%) SonarQube
General
1 110 (20.95%) Social Skills
2 73 (13.90%) Finance
3 55 (10.48%) Aerospace
4 51 (9.71%) Public Sector
5 35 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
6 22 (4.19%) Banking
7 15 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
8 13 (2.48%) Retail
9 9 (1.71%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (1.52%) Military
10 8 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (1.14%) Manufacturing
12 4 (0.76%) Investment Banking
13 3 (0.57%) Games
13 3 (0.57%) General Ledger
13 3 (0.57%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.57%) Local Government
13 3 (0.57%) Marketing
14 2 (0.38%) Avionics
14 2 (0.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 48 (9.14%) Configuration Manager
2 43 (8.19%) DevOps Engineer
3 40 (7.62%) Architect
4 39 (7.43%) Senior
5 30 (5.71%) Site Reliability Engineer
6 28 (5.33%) Lead
6 28 (5.33%) Software Engineer
7 27 (5.14%) Systems Manager
8 25 (4.76%) Site Engineer
9 24 (4.57%) Product Manager
10 22 (4.19%) Delivery Manager
11 21 (4.00%) Analyst
11 21 (4.00%) Product Delivery Manager
11 21 (4.00%) Systems Delivery Manager
12 19 (3.62%) Change Manager
13 18 (3.43%) Administrator
14 15 (2.86%) Consultant
14 15 (2.86%) Systems Engineer
15 14 (2.67%) AWS Engineer
15 14 (2.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.81%) REST
2 17 (3.24%) Elastic Stack
3 16 (3.05%) YAML
4 13 (2.48%) Kafka
5 9 (1.71%) JSON
5 9 (1.71%) Node.js
5 9 (1.71%) RabbitMQ
5 9 (1.71%) RESTful
6 8 (1.52%) ARM Templates
7 7 (1.33%) Oracle Fusion
8 6 (1.14%) Loki
9 5 (0.95%) Middleware
9 5 (0.95%) OpenID
10 4 (0.76%) OAuth
10 4 (0.76%) OpenTelemetry
10 4 (0.76%) PySpark
10 4 (0.76%) React
10 4 (0.76%) Spring
10 4 (0.76%) VML
10 4 (0.76%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 59 (11.24%) CMDB
2 38 (7.24%) Product Ownership
3 28 (5.33%) Cloud Native
4 25 (4.76%) Data Structures
5 24 (4.57%) Management Information System
6 20 (3.81%) Data Centre
6 20 (3.81%) Onboarding
7 12 (2.29%) Legacy Systems
8 10 (1.90%) PKI
8 10 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
9 8 (1.52%) Public Cloud
10 7 (1.33%) Distributed Systems
11 6 (1.14%) Private Cloud
12 5 (0.95%) Enterprise Storage
12 5 (0.95%) Hybrid Cloud
13 4 (0.76%) FPGA
13 4 (0.76%) Linux Command Line
13 4 (0.76%) Smartphone
13 4 (0.76%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 126 (24.00%) Linux
2 69 (13.14%) Windows
3 26 (4.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 22 (4.19%) Windows Server
5 15 (2.86%) Unix
6 11 (2.10%) Ubuntu
7 8 (1.52%) Windows 10
8 6 (1.14%) Debian
9 5 (0.95%) VMS
9 5 (0.95%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (0.76%) Solaris
11 2 (0.38%) Android
11 2 (0.38%) CentOS
11 2 (0.38%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.38%) Rocky
11 2 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.19%) FreeRTOS
12 1 (0.19%) Kali Linux
12 1 (0.19%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (28.57%) CI/CD
2 132 (25.14%) DevOps
3 121 (23.05%) Continuous Improvement
4 116 (22.10%) Agile
5 105 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
6 85 (16.19%) Containerisation
6 85 (16.19%) ITIL
7 81 (15.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 75 (14.29%) Service Management
9 61 (11.62%) Observability
10 57 (10.86%) Software Engineering
11 54 (10.29%) Change Management
11 54 (10.29%) Problem-Solving
12 50 (9.52%) Change Control
13 48 (9.14%) Computer Science
14 46 (8.76%) ITSM
15 45 (8.57%) Migration
16 44 (8.38%) Roadmaps
17 42 (8.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
18 40 (7.62%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 121 (23.05%) Python
2 86 (16.38%) Bash
3 55 (10.48%) PowerShell
4 41 (7.81%) SQL
5 23 (4.38%) Java
5 23 (4.38%) Shell Script
6 15 (2.86%) Go
7 12 (2.29%) Bicep
8 9 (1.71%) PL/SQL
8 9 (1.71%) TypeScript
9 8 (1.52%) C++
9 8 (1.52%) JavaScript
10 7 (1.33%) C
10 7 (1.33%) Ruby
11 6 (1.14%) C#
11 6 (1.14%) Perl
12 4 (0.76%) Ada
12 4 (0.76%) Groovy
13 3 (0.57%) SAS Macro
13 3 (0.57%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 204 (38.86%) Security Cleared
2 135 (25.71%) SC Cleared
3 62 (11.81%) Degree
4 25 (4.76%) DV Cleared
5 16 (3.05%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (2.86%) Azure Certification
7 13 (2.48%) ITIL Certification
8 12 (2.29%) BPSS Clearance
8 12 (2.29%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (1.52%) AWS Certification
9 8 (1.52%) PMI Certification
10 7 (1.33%) CCNP
10 7 (1.33%) Oracle Certification
10 7 (1.33%) PMP
11 6 (1.14%) CISSP
11 6 (1.14%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (1.14%) RHCE
12 5 (0.95%) APMP
12 5 (0.95%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 4 (0.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (4.76%) Data Quality
2 19 (3.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (3.62%) QA
3 11 (2.10%) GDPR
3 11 (2.10%) SLA
4 10 (1.90%) NIST
5 6 (1.14%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.14%) PMO
6 5 (0.95%) Def Stans
7 4 (0.76%) COBIT
7 4 (0.76%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.57%) NIST 800
8 3 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.38%) DO-254
9 2 (0.38%) NCSC
10 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.19%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.19%) GRC
10 1 (0.19%) ISO 19650
10 1 (0.19%) WCAG
System Software
1 67 (12.76%) Docker
2 24 (4.57%) Active Directory
3 22 (4.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (2.29%) Virtual Machines
5 11 (2.10%) Hyper-V
6 6 (1.14%) KVM
7 5 (0.95%) NFS
8 3 (0.57%) Postfix
8 3 (0.57%) QEMU
8 3 (0.57%) Sendmail
8 3 (0.57%) Varnish
8 3 (0.57%) VMware Workstation
9 2 (0.38%) Corosync
9 2 (0.38%) Firmware
9 2 (0.38%) GPFS
9 2 (0.38%) Lustre
9 2 (0.38%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (0.38%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 2 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 137 (26.10%) Ansible
2 111 (21.14%) Terraform
3 98 (18.67%) Kubernetes
4 59 (11.24%) Grafana
5 49 (9.33%) Prometheus
6 46 (8.76%) Puppet
7 38 (7.24%) Progress Chef
8 12 (2.29%) SCCM
9 9 (1.71%) Packer
10 8 (1.52%) Argo
10 8 (1.52%) NetBackup
11 6 (1.14%) Podman
12 5 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
13 4 (0.76%) Data Guard
13 4 (0.76%) Docker Swarm
13 4 (0.76%) HAProxy
13 4 (0.76%) Oracle RMAN
14 3 (0.57%) Failover Clustering
14 3 (0.57%) Istio
15 2 (0.38%) Consul
Vendors
1 65 (12.38%) Microsoft
2 50 (9.52%) ServiceNow
3 36 (6.86%) Oracle
4 31 (5.90%) IBM
5 29 (5.52%) Red Hat
6 26 (4.95%) VMware
7 19 (3.62%) Splunk
8 14 (2.67%) SAP
9 11 (2.10%) Cisco
10 10 (1.90%) Atlassian
10 10 (1.90%) PagerDuty
11 9 (1.71%) Siemens
12 8 (1.52%) Commvault
13 7 (1.33%) Dynatrace
13 7 (1.33%) Snow
13 7 (1.33%) Veritas
14 6 (1.14%) Meraki
14 6 (1.14%) Salesforce
15 5 (0.95%) F5
15 5 (0.95%) Intel