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

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 223 177 134
Rank change year-on-year -46 -43 -2
Contract jobs citing Configuration Management 533 470 755
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.16% 1.61% 1.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.36% 1.77% 1.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 310 306 448
10th Percentile £349 £343 £362
25th Percentile £425 £423 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +0.92%
75th Percentile £610 £636 £650
90th Percentile £789 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 100 21 153
10th Percentile £35.90 £31.25 £37.91
25th Percentile £50.00 £41.25 £40.94
Median hourly rate £60.00 £60.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year - +20.00% +2.06%
75th Percentile £85.88 £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% +19.32%

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 39,074 26,483 37,997
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.36% 90.62% 86.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,751 17,195 24,633
10th Percentile £315 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £744 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £487 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -0.10% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,316 997 2,379
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.00 £12.79
25th Percentile £19.34 £20.00 £16.00
Median hourly rate £36.70 £31.64 £33.07
Median % change year-on-year +15.99% -4.31% -8.15%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.75 £57.91
90th Percentile £77.50 £75.80 £70.41
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.71 £30.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year +22.37% -9.09% -8.08%

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 April 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 April 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 April 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 -44 489 £525 -1.18% 170
UK excluding London -28 349 £525 +5.00% 144
Work from Home -13 168 £525 - 75
London -83 144 £530 -3.64% 33
South East -32 89 £485 -3.10% 45
North of England -39 81 £525 +10.53% 32
South West -10 61 £488 -16.67% 29
Midlands -39 55 £527 +0.29% 19
West Midlands -29 51 £528 +4.09% 17
North West -15 50 £588 +20.62% 16
East of England -15 46 £450 +32.35% 19
Yorkshire -46 24 £496 +16.76% 7
Scotland -8 21 £460 +2.22% 1
North East -10 7 - - 9
East Midlands -39 4 £410 -26.13% 2
Wales - 2 £750 - 2

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 28 (5.25%) SAS
2 24 (4.50%) Confluence
3 9 (1.69%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (1.31%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (1.31%) OpenStack
5 6 (1.13%) Oracle Workflow
6 5 (0.94%) CMS
6 5 (0.94%) SharePoint
7 4 (0.75%) Apache
7 4 (0.75%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.75%) Mattermost
8 3 (0.56%) Oracle Self-Service HR
9 1 (0.19%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.19%) CICS
9 1 (0.19%) IIS
9 1 (0.19%) JBoss
9 1 (0.19%) nginx
Applications
1 11 (2.06%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.94%) PTC Creo
4 1 (0.19%) CATIA
4 1 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.19%) Siemens NX
4 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.19%) Weka
4 1 (0.19%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 15 (2.81%) Teamcenter
2 7 (1.31%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.13%) LabWindows
4 4 (0.75%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.56%) Oracle Assets
5 3 (0.56%) Oracle Cash Management
5 3 (0.56%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.56%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 3 (0.56%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.19%) assyst
6 1 (0.19%) Cloudability
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle General Ledger
Cloud Services
1 95 (17.82%) AWS
1 95 (17.82%) Azure
2 48 (9.01%) GitHub
3 44 (8.26%) IaaS
4 43 (8.07%) OpenShift
5 34 (6.38%) AWS CloudFormation
5 34 (6.38%) Azure DevOps
6 33 (6.19%) Amazon S3
7 31 (5.82%) Amazon EC2
8 27 (5.07%) GitHub Actions
9 26 (4.88%) Amazon EKS
10 22 (4.13%) Amazon ECS
11 20 (3.75%) Serverless
12 19 (3.56%) PaaS
13 15 (2.81%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 15 (2.81%) AWS Lambda
13 15 (2.81%) GCP
14 14 (2.63%) Azure AKS
14 14 (2.63%) Entra ID
15 11 (2.06%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 27 (5.07%) Firewall
2 23 (4.32%) VPN
3 20 (3.75%) DNS
4 11 (2.06%) Network Security
4 11 (2.06%) TCP/IP
4 11 (2.06%) WAN
5 10 (1.88%) DHCP
6 7 (1.31%) BGP
7 6 (1.13%) Cisco Nexus
7 6 (1.13%) LAN
7 6 (1.13%) OSPF
7 6 (1.13%) VoIP
8 5 (0.94%) 5G
8 5 (0.94%) EIGRP
8 5 (0.94%) HTTP
8 5 (0.94%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.75%) MPLS
9 4 (0.75%) SSH
9 4 (0.75%) VLAN
10 3 (0.56%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (6.00%) Amazon RDS
2 23 (4.32%) SAS Enterprise Guide
3 21 (3.94%) SQL Server
4 20 (3.75%) PostgreSQL
5 13 (2.44%) Oracle Database
6 12 (2.25%) Relational Database
7 9 (1.69%) Power BI
7 9 (1.69%) SAS Visual Analytics
8 6 (1.13%) InfluxDB
8 6 (1.13%) Metadata
8 6 (1.13%) SAS Data Integration Studio
9 5 (0.94%) Big Data
9 5 (0.94%) MySQL
9 5 (0.94%) Redis
10 4 (0.75%) MongoDB
10 4 (0.75%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (0.56%) DynamoDB
11 3 (0.56%) Elasticsearch
11 3 (0.56%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 67 (12.57%) Jenkins
2 50 (9.38%) GitLab
3 48 (9.01%) Git
4 36 (6.75%) JIRA
5 26 (4.88%) Rational DOORS
6 9 (1.69%) Bitbucket
7 8 (1.50%) Postman
8 6 (1.13%) Sonatype Nexus
9 5 (0.94%) Selenium
10 4 (0.75%) JMeter
11 3 (0.56%) JUnit
11 3 (0.56%) LabVIEW
11 3 (0.56%) MSI
11 3 (0.56%) Octopus Deploy
11 3 (0.56%) Terragrunt
12 2 (0.38%) Artifactory
12 2 (0.38%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 2 (0.38%) Gradle
12 2 (0.38%) Maven
12 2 (0.38%) SonarQube
General
1 105 (19.70%) Social Skills
2 70 (13.13%) Finance
3 60 (11.26%) Public Sector
4 58 (10.88%) Analytical Skills
5 56 (10.51%) Aerospace
6 23 (4.32%) Banking
7 13 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
7 13 (2.44%) Retail
8 9 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (1.50%) Manufacturing
10 6 (1.13%) Military
11 5 (0.94%) Investment Banking
11 5 (0.94%) Marketing
12 4 (0.75%) Telecoms
13 3 (0.56%) Avionics
13 3 (0.56%) Electronics
13 3 (0.56%) Games
13 3 (0.56%) General Ledger
13 3 (0.56%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 62 (11.63%) Architect
2 41 (7.69%) DevOps Engineer
3 38 (7.13%) Configuration Manager
4 35 (6.57%) Senior
5 32 (6.00%) Site Reliability Engineer
6 30 (5.63%) Site Engineer
7 27 (5.07%) Analyst
7 27 (5.07%) Systems Manager
8 26 (4.88%) Software Engineer
9 24 (4.50%) Product Manager
10 23 (4.32%) Lead
11 22 (4.13%) Delivery Manager
12 21 (3.94%) Product Delivery Manager
12 21 (3.94%) Release Manager
12 21 (3.94%) Systems Delivery Manager
13 19 (3.56%) Change Manager
14 17 (3.19%) Administrator
15 15 (2.81%) Consultant
16 13 (2.44%) Platform Engineer
17 12 (2.25%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (8.63%) REST
2 31 (5.82%) JSON
3 16 (3.00%) Elastic Stack
4 14 (2.63%) RESTful
4 14 (2.63%) YAML
5 12 (2.25%) Kafka
6 10 (1.88%) ARM Templates
7 9 (1.69%) RabbitMQ
8 8 (1.50%) Node.js
8 8 (1.50%) React
9 7 (1.31%) Middleware
9 7 (1.31%) Oracle Fusion
10 5 (0.94%) OAuth
10 5 (0.94%) PySpark
10 5 (0.94%) Spring
10 5 (0.94%) Spring Boot
11 4 (0.75%) Loki
11 4 (0.75%) OAuth2
11 4 (0.75%) OpenID
11 4 (0.75%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 56 (10.51%) CMDB
2 39 (7.32%) Product Ownership
3 34 (6.38%) Self-Motivation
4 31 (5.82%) PKI
5 28 (5.25%) Cloud Native
6 25 (4.69%) Data Structures
7 18 (3.38%) Management Information System
8 17 (3.19%) Onboarding
9 16 (3.00%) Data Centre
10 11 (2.06%) Legacy Systems
11 10 (1.88%) Security Posture
12 8 (1.50%) Distributed Systems
12 8 (1.50%) Hybrid Cloud
13 6 (1.13%) Data Protection Act
13 6 (1.13%) Private Cloud
13 6 (1.13%) Public Cloud
14 5 (0.94%) Enterprise Software
14 5 (0.94%) Enterprise Storage
14 5 (0.94%) Linux Command Line
14 5 (0.94%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 104 (19.51%) Linux
2 63 (11.82%) Windows
3 22 (4.13%) Windows Server
4 14 (2.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (2.06%) Unix
6 10 (1.88%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.94%) Debian
7 5 (0.94%) VMS
7 5 (0.94%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.38%) Android
8 2 (0.38%) CentOS
8 2 (0.38%) Rocky
8 2 (0.38%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.19%) FreeRTOS
9 1 (0.19%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.19%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.19%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.19%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (30.77%) CI/CD
2 146 (27.39%) Agile
3 136 (25.52%) DevOps
4 109 (20.45%) Continuous Improvement
5 103 (19.32%) Infrastructure as Code
6 89 (16.70%) ITIL
7 80 (15.01%) Service Management
8 76 (14.26%) Containerisation
9 75 (14.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 57 (10.69%) Problem-Solving
10 57 (10.69%) Software Engineering
11 56 (10.51%) Observability
12 54 (10.13%) Change Management
13 51 (9.57%) Migration
14 48 (9.01%) ITSM
14 48 (9.01%) Roadmaps
15 46 (8.63%) Test Automation
16 42 (7.88%) Change Control
16 42 (7.88%) Site Reliability Engineering
17 41 (7.69%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 114 (21.39%) Python
2 84 (15.76%) PowerShell
3 70 (13.13%) Bash
4 48 (9.01%) SQL
5 23 (4.32%) Shell Script
6 21 (3.94%) Java
7 13 (2.44%) Bicep
7 13 (2.44%) Go
8 10 (1.88%) C#
8 10 (1.88%) JavaScript
8 10 (1.88%) TypeScript
9 8 (1.50%) PL/SQL
10 5 (0.94%) C++
10 5 (0.94%) Ruby
11 4 (0.75%) C
12 3 (0.56%) SAS Macro
12 3 (0.56%) SystemVerilog
13 2 (0.38%) Embedded C++
13 2 (0.38%) Perl
13 2 (0.38%) VB
Qualifications
1 231 (43.34%) Security Cleared
2 163 (30.58%) SC Cleared
3 56 (10.51%) Degree
4 28 (5.25%) DV Cleared
5 15 (2.81%) ITIL Certification
6 14 (2.63%) Azure Certification
7 12 (2.25%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (2.25%) Cisco Certification
8 11 (2.06%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (1.50%) AWS Certification
9 8 (1.50%) PMI Certification
10 7 (1.31%) CCNP
10 7 (1.31%) CISSP
10 7 (1.31%) PMP
11 6 (1.13%) Oracle Certification
12 5 (0.94%) APMP
13 4 (0.75%) CCIE
13 4 (0.75%) CCSP
13 4 (0.75%) ISTQB
13 4 (0.75%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (4.88%) Data Quality
2 20 (3.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (3.00%) QA
4 12 (2.25%) GDPR
4 12 (2.25%) NIST
5 11 (2.06%) SLA
6 6 (1.13%) PCI DSS
6 6 (1.13%) PMO
7 5 (0.94%) Def Stans
8 4 (0.75%) Accessibility
8 4 (0.75%) COBIT
8 4 (0.75%) NCSC
9 3 (0.56%) NIST 800
9 3 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.38%) DO-254
10 2 (0.38%) PSD2
11 1 (0.19%) Government Security Classifications
11 1 (0.19%) GRC
11 1 (0.19%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 71 (13.32%) Docker
2 29 (5.44%) Active Directory
3 17 (3.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.88%) Hyper-V
4 10 (1.88%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.75%) KVM
6 3 (0.56%) NFS
7 2 (0.38%) Firmware
7 2 (0.38%) Postfix
7 2 (0.38%) QEMU
7 2 (0.38%) Sendmail
7 2 (0.38%) Varnish
7 2 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.19%) Ceph
8 1 (0.19%) Corosync
8 1 (0.19%) GPFS
8 1 (0.19%) iptables
8 1 (0.19%) Lustre
8 1 (0.19%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.19%) zsh
Systems Management
1 122 (22.89%) Ansible
2 112 (21.01%) Terraform
3 90 (16.89%) Kubernetes
4 59 (11.07%) Grafana
5 45 (8.44%) Prometheus
6 42 (7.88%) Puppet
7 41 (7.69%) Progress Chef
8 10 (1.88%) SCCM
9 9 (1.69%) NetBackup
10 8 (1.50%) Argo
11 5 (0.94%) Microsoft Intune
11 5 (0.94%) Single Sign-On
12 4 (0.75%) Docker Swarm
12 4 (0.75%) Podman
13 3 (0.56%) Data Guard
13 3 (0.56%) Istio
13 3 (0.56%) Oracle RMAN
14 2 (0.38%) HP ALM
14 2 (0.38%) HP Quality Center
14 2 (0.38%) WSUS
Vendors
1 65 (12.20%) Microsoft
2 50 (9.38%) ServiceNow
3 39 (7.32%) Oracle
4 30 (5.63%) Red Hat
5 25 (4.69%) IBM
6 22 (4.13%) VMware
7 16 (3.00%) Splunk
8 14 (2.63%) SAP
9 13 (2.44%) Atlassian
10 11 (2.06%) PagerDuty
11 9 (1.69%) Cisco
11 9 (1.69%) Commvault
12 8 (1.50%) Siemens
12 8 (1.50%) Veritas
13 6 (1.13%) F5
14 5 (0.94%) Databricks
14 5 (0.94%) Intel
14 5 (0.94%) Meraki
14 5 (0.94%) Salesforce
15 4 (0.75%) CheckPoint