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

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 244 182 135
Rank change year-on-year -62 -47 +16
Contract jobs citing Configuration Management 522 446 741
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.07% 1.55% 1.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.26% 1.70% 2.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 275 286 431
10th Percentile £347 £348 £358
25th Percentile £421 £421 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £600 £621 £641
90th Percentile £711 £684 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £520 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +1.46% -6.82% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 15 145
10th Percentile £34.57 £35.00 £38.75
25th Percentile £50.00 £41.25 £41.25
Median hourly rate £59.50 £60.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.83% +20.00% -0.83%
75th Percentile £85.50 £67.50 £60.75
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 41,377 26,173 36,711
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.59% 91.02% 85.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,864 16,755 23,656
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £512 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £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 2,474 1,096 2,500
10th Percentile £14.68 £14.20 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.87 £17.87 £16.00
Median hourly rate £42.30 £27.59 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +53.34% -24.42% +1.04%
75th Percentile £67.65 £57.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.76 £74.38 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £38.00
% change year-on-year +78.93% -33.82% +8.57%

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 29 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 29 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 29 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 -67 459 £506 -3.57% 96
UK excluding London -17 347 £520 +1.46% 87
Work from Home -40 134 £500 -4.76% 30
London -120 123 £500 -9.09% 22
South East -23 88 £423 -15.50% 33
North of England -54 73 £525 +6.60% 12
South West -3 72 £525 -8.70% 20
Midlands -42 48 £525 - 8
West Midlands -36 46 £525 +0.19% 7
East of England -1 45 £350 +75.00% 14
North West -17 44 £588 +22.50% 5
Scotland +2 25 £550 +30.95% 6
Yorkshire -58 21 £482 -3.60% 6
North East -20 8 £413 - 1
Wales - 3 £750 -
East Midlands -34 2 £465 -16.22% 1

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 (3.64%) SAS
2 15 (2.87%) Confluence
3 10 (1.92%) Apache
4 9 (1.72%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (1.15%) OpenStack
5 6 (1.15%) Oracle Workflow
6 5 (0.96%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.96%) CMS
6 5 (0.96%) Mattermost
7 4 (0.77%) JBoss
7 4 (0.77%) 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 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.96%) PTC Creo
4 4 (0.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.19%) CATIA
5 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.19%) Siemens NX
5 1 (0.19%) Weka
Business Applications
1 16 (3.07%) Teamcenter
2 9 (1.72%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.15%) LabWindows
4 5 (0.96%) 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 2 (0.38%) Primavera
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
1 100 (19.16%) Azure
2 88 (16.86%) AWS
3 47 (9.00%) GitHub
3 47 (9.00%) OpenShift
4 29 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
5 26 (4.98%) GitHub Actions
6 23 (4.41%) AWS CloudFormation
7 22 (4.21%) Amazon EKS
8 20 (3.83%) PaaS
9 18 (3.45%) GCP
9 18 (3.45%) Power Platform
10 17 (3.26%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 17 (3.26%) Amazon S3
11 14 (2.68%) Entra ID
12 13 (2.49%) Amazon EC2
12 13 (2.49%) Azure AKS
12 13 (2.49%) Serverless
13 12 (2.30%) Amazon ECS
13 12 (2.30%) Azure Sentinel
14 11 (2.11%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 32 (6.13%) DNS
2 19 (3.64%) Firewall
3 18 (3.45%) VPN
4 16 (3.07%) DHCP
5 10 (1.92%) Network Security
6 9 (1.72%) TCP/IP
6 9 (1.72%) WAN
7 8 (1.53%) VLAN
8 7 (1.34%) LAN
9 6 (1.15%) BGP
9 6 (1.15%) OSPF
9 6 (1.15%) SSL
10 4 (0.77%) 5G
10 4 (0.77%) Cisco IOS
10 4 (0.77%) Internet
10 4 (0.77%) SAN
10 4 (0.77%) VoIP
11 3 (0.57%) 4G
11 3 (0.57%) Cisco Nexus
11 3 (0.57%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (3.45%) Power BI
2 17 (3.26%) Oracle Database
3 15 (2.87%) SAS Enterprise Guide
4 14 (2.68%) SQL Server
5 13 (2.49%) PostgreSQL
6 12 (2.30%) Amazon RDS
7 9 (1.72%) SAS Visual Analytics
8 7 (1.34%) Metadata
8 7 (1.34%) Relational Database
9 6 (1.15%) SAS Data Integration Studio
10 4 (0.77%) Amazon Athena
10 4 (0.77%) InfluxDB
10 4 (0.77%) MongoDB
10 4 (0.77%) 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 (10.92%) GitLab
2 56 (10.73%) Jenkins
3 45 (8.62%) Git
4 34 (6.51%) Rational DOORS
5 27 (5.17%) JIRA
6 10 (1.92%) Sonatype Nexus
7 9 (1.72%) Bitbucket
8 8 (1.53%) Postman
8 8 (1.53%) Rational Rhapsody
9 6 (1.15%) SonarQube
10 5 (0.96%) Selenium
11 4 (0.77%) Artifactory
11 4 (0.77%) JMeter
11 4 (0.77%) LabVIEW
12 3 (0.57%) JUnit
12 3 (0.57%) Maven
12 3 (0.57%) Terragrunt
13 2 (0.38%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 2 (0.38%) Gradle
13 2 (0.38%) NUnit
General
1 123 (23.56%) Social Skills
2 70 (13.41%) Finance
3 53 (10.15%) Aerospace
4 51 (9.77%) Public Sector
5 28 (5.36%) Analytical Skills
5 28 (5.36%) Banking
6 14 (2.68%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (2.30%) Retail
8 10 (1.92%) Military
9 8 (1.53%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (1.53%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (1.15%) Manufacturing
11 4 (0.77%) Investment Banking
11 4 (0.77%) Telecoms
12 3 (0.57%) Aviation
12 3 (0.57%) General Ledger
12 3 (0.57%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.57%) Marketing
13 2 (0.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.38%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 49 (9.39%) DevOps Engineer
2 44 (8.43%) Configuration Manager
3 42 (8.05%) Architect
4 39 (7.47%) Senior
5 30 (5.75%) Lead
6 27 (5.17%) Systems Manager
7 26 (4.98%) Software Engineer
8 24 (4.60%) Product Manager
9 22 (4.21%) Analyst
9 22 (4.21%) Delivery Manager
10 21 (4.02%) Product Delivery Manager
10 21 (4.02%) Systems Delivery Manager
11 20 (3.83%) Site Reliability Engineer
12 18 (3.45%) AWS Engineer
12 18 (3.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 16 (3.07%) Administrator
13 16 (3.07%) AWS DevOps
13 16 (3.07%) AWS DevOps Engineer
13 16 (3.07%) Linux Engineer
13 16 (3.07%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.45%) YAML
2 17 (3.26%) Elastic Stack
3 14 (2.68%) REST
4 9 (1.72%) Kafka
4 9 (1.72%) RESTful
5 8 (1.53%) ARM Templates
6 7 (1.34%) .NET
6 7 (1.34%) JSON
6 7 (1.34%) Node.js
6 7 (1.34%) Oracle Fusion
7 6 (1.15%) Loki
7 6 (1.15%) RabbitMQ
8 5 (0.96%) Middleware
8 5 (0.96%) React
9 4 (0.77%) Azure Blueprints
9 4 (0.77%) GraphQL
9 4 (0.77%) OpenTelemetry
9 4 (0.77%) PySpark
9 4 (0.77%) XML
10 3 (0.57%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 59 (11.30%) CMDB
2 39 (7.47%) Product Ownership
3 32 (6.13%) Cloud Native
4 29 (5.56%) Management Information System
5 24 (4.60%) Data Structures
6 22 (4.21%) Onboarding
7 18 (3.45%) Data Centre
8 11 (2.11%) Legacy Systems
9 10 (1.92%) Distributed Systems
10 9 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
11 8 (1.53%) Public Cloud
12 7 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
12 7 (1.34%) PKI
12 7 (1.34%) Security Posture
12 7 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
13 6 (1.15%) Private Cloud
14 5 (0.96%) Smartphone
15 4 (0.77%) Enterprise Storage
15 4 (0.77%) Linux Command Line
15 4 (0.77%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 126 (24.14%) Linux
2 78 (14.94%) Windows
3 33 (6.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 28 (5.36%) Windows Server
5 19 (3.64%) Ubuntu
6 17 (3.26%) Unix
7 9 (1.72%) Windows 10
8 6 (1.15%) Debian
8 6 (1.15%) Windows Server 2012
9 5 (0.96%) Solaris
10 4 (0.77%) Alpine Linux
10 4 (0.77%) CentOS
10 4 (0.77%) VMS
11 3 (0.57%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.38%) Android
12 2 (0.38%) Rocky
13 1 (0.19%) FreeRTOS
13 1 (0.19%) Kali Linux
13 1 (0.19%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.19%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (28.54%) DevOps
2 147 (28.16%) CI/CD
3 126 (24.14%) Continuous Improvement
4 112 (21.46%) Agile
5 105 (20.11%) Infrastructure as Code
6 85 (16.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 81 (15.52%) ITIL
8 74 (14.18%) Containerisation
9 73 (13.98%) Service Management
10 57 (10.92%) Observability
11 52 (9.96%) Roadmaps
12 51 (9.77%) Software Engineering
13 48 (9.20%) Change Control
13 48 (9.20%) ITSM
13 48 (9.20%) Migration
14 47 (9.00%) Change Management
14 47 (9.00%) Computer Science
14 47 (9.00%) Problem-Solving
15 43 (8.24%) Test Automation
16 41 (7.85%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 120 (22.99%) Python
2 87 (16.67%) Bash
3 55 (10.54%) PowerShell
4 38 (7.28%) SQL
5 22 (4.21%) Java
6 19 (3.64%) Shell Script
7 16 (3.07%) Bicep
8 12 (2.30%) Go
8 12 (2.30%) PL/SQL
9 10 (1.92%) JavaScript
10 7 (1.34%) C
10 7 (1.34%) C#
10 7 (1.34%) C++
10 7 (1.34%) Ruby
10 7 (1.34%) TypeScript
11 6 (1.15%) Perl
12 4 (0.77%) Ada
13 3 (0.57%) SAS Macro
13 3 (0.57%) Scala
13 3 (0.57%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 202 (38.70%) Security Cleared
2 129 (24.71%) SC Cleared
3 62 (11.88%) Degree
4 21 (4.02%) DV Cleared
5 15 (2.87%) Azure Certification
6 13 (2.49%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (2.30%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (2.30%) Cisco Certification
8 10 (1.92%) ITIL Certification
9 9 (1.72%) AWS Certification
10 8 (1.53%) CISSP
10 8 (1.53%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (1.34%) CCNP
11 7 (1.34%) Oracle Certification
11 7 (1.34%) PMI Certification
12 6 (1.15%) PMP
12 6 (1.15%) RHCE
13 5 (0.96%) APMP
13 5 (0.96%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 4 (0.77%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (5.56%) Data Quality
2 20 (3.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (3.83%) QA
3 12 (2.30%) GDPR
3 12 (2.30%) NIST
4 11 (2.11%) SLA
5 5 (0.96%) Accessibility
5 5 (0.96%) Def Stans
5 5 (0.96%) PMO
6 4 (0.77%) COBIT
6 4 (0.77%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.38%) DO-254
7 2 (0.38%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.38%) NIST 800
7 2 (0.38%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.19%) GRC
8 1 (0.19%) NCSC
System Software
1 57 (10.92%) Docker
2 31 (5.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 28 (5.36%) Active Directory
4 14 (2.68%) Virtual Machines
5 13 (2.49%) Hyper-V
6 9 (1.72%) KVM
7 7 (1.34%) NFS
8 5 (0.96%) VMware Workstation
9 4 (0.77%) Postfix
9 4 (0.77%) 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
1 144 (27.59%) Ansible
2 110 (21.07%) Terraform
3 95 (18.20%) Kubernetes
4 50 (9.58%) Grafana
5 47 (9.00%) Prometheus
6 38 (7.28%) Puppet
7 33 (6.32%) Progress Chef
8 9 (1.72%) Packer
9 8 (1.53%) Argo
10 7 (1.34%) NetBackup
10 7 (1.34%) SCCM
11 6 (1.15%) Podman
12 5 (0.96%) HAProxy
12 5 (0.96%) Istio
12 5 (0.96%) Microsoft Intune
13 4 (0.77%) Data Guard
13 4 (0.77%) Docker Swarm
13 4 (0.77%) Oracle RMAN
13 4 (0.77%) SELinux
14 3 (0.57%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 60 (11.49%) Microsoft
2 46 (8.81%) ServiceNow
3 37 (7.09%) Oracle
4 34 (6.51%) VMware
5 32 (6.13%) IBM
6 30 (5.75%) Red Hat
7 22 (4.21%) Splunk
8 14 (2.68%) SAP
9 11 (2.11%) Atlassian
10 10 (1.92%) Cisco
11 9 (1.72%) Siemens
12 7 (1.34%) Commvault
12 7 (1.34%) Dynatrace
12 7 (1.34%) Snow
12 7 (1.34%) Veritas
13 6 (1.15%) Qualys
13 6 (1.15%) Salesforce
14 5 (0.96%) Google
14 5 (0.96%) Remedy
14 5 (0.96%) Tenable