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

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 228 167 145
Rank change year-on-year -61 -22 -17
Contract jobs citing Configuration Management 514 481 739
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.17% 1.65% 1.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.36% 1.83% 1.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 296 313 457
10th Percentile £363 £343 £360
25th Percentile £425 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +0.92%
75th Percentile £607 £625 £638
90th Percentile £795 £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 92 24 136
10th Percentile £34.22 £31.25 £37.50
25th Percentile £50.00 £35.00 £40.23
Median hourly rate £60.00 £52.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +5.00% +7.41%
75th Percentile £88.00 £67.50 £60.75
90th Percentile - - £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.00 £52.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year +14.29% +5.00% +19.05%

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 37,704 26,329 38,303
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.90% 90.53% 86.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,901 17,073 24,878
10th Percentile £313 £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 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £482 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -1.13% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,218 942 2,338
10th Percentile £14.94 £15.20 £12.85
25th Percentile £18.50 £20.75 £16.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £32.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.72%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.31 £57.75
90th Percentile £75.12 £77.10 £71.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £31.76 £31.50
% change year-on-year -5.54% +0.83% -12.50%

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 25 March 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 25 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Configuration Management in the UK

Configuration Management
Top 15 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 25 March 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 -56 473 £525 - 174
UK excluding London -49 330 £525 +5.00% 147
Work from Home -6 162 £525 +1.20% 75
London -87 147 £525 -4.55% 36
South East -31 86 £515 +3.00% 48
North of England -42 79 £525 +10.53% 33
South West -4 57 £500 -13.79% 29
North West -23 49 £588 +23.79% 16
Midlands -52 46 £537 +2.29% 18
East of England -22 43 £450 +14.21% 19
West Midlands -30 42 £537 +5.82% 16
Yorkshire -49 26 £500 +17.65% 8
Scotland -13 21 £400 -11.60% 1
North East -8 4 - - 9
East Midlands -39 4 £410 -26.13% 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 (5.45%) Confluence
2 20 (3.89%) SAS
3 9 (1.75%) OpenStack
4 7 (1.36%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.97%) SharePoint
6 4 (0.78%) Mattermost
7 3 (0.58%) Apache
7 3 (0.58%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.58%) CMS
7 3 (0.58%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 3 (0.58%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
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 10 (1.95%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.97%) PTC Creo
4 2 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.39%) 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 14 (2.72%) Teamcenter
2 7 (1.36%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.17%) LabWindows
4 4 (0.78%) Oracle Assets
4 4 (0.78%) Oracle Payables
4 4 (0.78%) Oracle Receivables
4 4 (0.78%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.58%) Oracle Cash Management
5 3 (0.58%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (0.39%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.19%) assyst
7 1 (0.19%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 91 (17.70%) Azure
2 87 (16.93%) AWS
3 53 (10.31%) GitHub
4 43 (8.37%) IaaS
5 41 (7.98%) OpenShift
6 37 (7.20%) Azure DevOps
7 33 (6.42%) Amazon S3
8 32 (6.23%) Amazon EC2
8 32 (6.23%) AWS CloudFormation
9 28 (5.45%) GitHub Actions
10 26 (5.06%) Amazon EKS
11 23 (4.47%) Amazon ECS
12 20 (3.89%) GCP
13 19 (3.70%) Serverless
14 16 (3.11%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 15 (2.92%) AWS Lambda
15 15 (2.92%) Azure AKS
16 14 (2.72%) Entra ID
16 14 (2.72%) PaaS
17 12 (2.33%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 28 (5.45%) Firewall
2 24 (4.67%) VPN
3 20 (3.89%) DNS
4 13 (2.53%) TCP/IP
5 12 (2.33%) WAN
6 10 (1.95%) DHCP
7 9 (1.75%) Network Security
8 7 (1.36%) BGP
8 7 (1.36%) LAN
9 6 (1.17%) Cisco Nexus
9 6 (1.17%) OSPF
9 6 (1.17%) VoIP
9 6 (1.17%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (0.97%) 5G
10 5 (0.97%) EIGRP
10 5 (0.97%) HTTP
11 4 (0.78%) MPLS
11 4 (0.78%) SSH
11 4 (0.78%) VLAN
12 3 (0.58%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (6.42%) Amazon RDS
2 21 (4.09%) SQL Server
3 17 (3.31%) PostgreSQL
4 16 (3.11%) SAS Enterprise Guide
5 13 (2.53%) Relational Database
6 7 (1.36%) Oracle Database
7 6 (1.17%) InfluxDB
7 6 (1.17%) MySQL
7 6 (1.17%) Power BI
7 6 (1.17%) Redis
8 5 (0.97%) Metadata
9 4 (0.78%) Big Data
9 4 (0.78%) MongoDB
9 4 (0.78%) NoSQL
9 4 (0.78%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 3 (0.58%) Amazon Aurora
10 3 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (0.58%) DynamoDB
10 3 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (0.58%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 70 (13.62%) Jenkins
2 46 (8.95%) GitLab
3 45 (8.75%) Git
3 45 (8.75%) JIRA
4 25 (4.86%) Rational DOORS
5 12 (2.33%) Bitbucket
6 8 (1.56%) Sonatype Nexus
7 6 (1.17%) Postman
8 4 (0.78%) Gradle
8 4 (0.78%) JMeter
8 4 (0.78%) Maven
8 4 (0.78%) Selenium
9 3 (0.58%) Artifactory
9 3 (0.58%) MSI
9 3 (0.58%) Octopus Deploy
10 2 (0.39%) CircleCI
10 2 (0.39%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.39%) git-flow
10 2 (0.39%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.39%) webpack
General
1 108 (21.01%) Social Skills
2 63 (12.26%) Analytical Skills
3 62 (12.06%) Finance
4 54 (10.51%) Aerospace
5 53 (10.31%) Public Sector
6 22 (4.28%) Banking
7 13 (2.53%) Retail
8 10 (1.95%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (1.56%) Manufacturing
11 7 (1.36%) Military
12 6 (1.17%) Investment Banking
13 5 (0.97%) Marketing
14 4 (0.78%) General Ledger
14 4 (0.78%) Telecoms
15 3 (0.58%) Electronics
15 3 (0.58%) Games
15 3 (0.58%) Legal
15 3 (0.58%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 58 (11.28%) Architect
2 42 (8.17%) DevOps Engineer
3 36 (7.00%) Configuration Manager
4 33 (6.42%) Senior
5 32 (6.23%) Analyst
6 31 (6.03%) Site Reliability Engineer
7 29 (5.64%) Site Engineer
8 26 (5.06%) Systems Manager
9 25 (4.86%) Software Engineer
10 24 (4.67%) Product Manager
11 22 (4.28%) Delivery Manager
11 22 (4.28%) Lead
12 21 (4.09%) Product Delivery Manager
12 21 (4.09%) Systems Delivery Manager
13 19 (3.70%) Change Manager
14 17 (3.31%) Release Manager
15 16 (3.11%) Consultant
16 15 (2.92%) Administrator
16 15 (2.92%) Automation Engineer
16 15 (2.92%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (9.34%) REST
2 33 (6.42%) JSON
3 17 (3.31%) Elastic Stack
4 12 (2.33%) YAML
5 11 (2.14%) Kafka
5 11 (2.14%) RESTful
6 9 (1.75%) ARM Templates
6 9 (1.75%) RabbitMQ
7 7 (1.36%) Middleware
7 7 (1.36%) Node.js
7 7 (1.36%) Oracle Fusion
7 7 (1.36%) React
8 5 (0.97%) OAuth
8 5 (0.97%) OpenTelemetry
8 5 (0.97%) PySpark
8 5 (0.97%) Spring
8 5 (0.97%) Spring Boot
8 5 (0.97%) XML
9 4 (0.78%) Loki
9 4 (0.78%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 54 (10.51%) CMDB
2 40 (7.78%) Product Ownership
3 32 (6.23%) Self-Motivation
4 31 (6.03%) PKI
5 25 (4.86%) Data Structures
6 22 (4.28%) Cloud Native
7 18 (3.50%) Onboarding
8 17 (3.31%) Management Information System
9 15 (2.92%) Data Centre
10 11 (2.14%) Legacy Systems
11 10 (1.95%) Security Posture
12 9 (1.75%) Distributed Systems
13 8 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
13 8 (1.56%) Hybrid Cloud
13 8 (1.56%) Private Cloud
14 5 (0.97%) Enterprise Software
14 5 (0.97%) Enterprise Storage
14 5 (0.97%) Public Cloud
15 4 (0.78%) CAN bus
15 4 (0.78%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 106 (20.62%) Linux
2 67 (13.04%) Windows
3 22 (4.28%) Windows Server
4 14 (2.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (1.95%) Unix
6 9 (1.75%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.97%) VMS
7 5 (0.97%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.78%) Debian
9 2 (0.39%) CentOS
9 2 (0.39%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.39%) Rocky
9 2 (0.39%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.19%) Android
10 1 (0.19%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.19%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.19%) Solaris
10 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.19%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 157 (30.54%) CI/CD
2 145 (28.21%) Agile
3 130 (25.29%) DevOps
4 104 (20.23%) Continuous Improvement
5 99 (19.26%) Infrastructure as Code
6 84 (16.34%) ITIL
7 78 (15.18%) Service Management
8 70 (13.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 67 (13.04%) Containerisation
10 65 (12.65%) Problem-Solving
11 57 (11.09%) Software Engineering
12 53 (10.31%) Observability
13 49 (9.53%) Change Management
13 49 (9.53%) ITSM
14 43 (8.37%) Change Control
14 43 (8.37%) Roadmaps
15 42 (8.17%) Site Reliability Engineering
16 41 (7.98%) Computer Science
16 41 (7.98%) Migration
16 41 (7.98%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 113 (21.98%) Python
2 87 (16.93%) PowerShell
3 74 (14.40%) Bash
4 50 (9.73%) SQL
5 21 (4.09%) Java
6 19 (3.70%) Shell Script
7 14 (2.72%) Go
8 13 (2.53%) Bicep
8 13 (2.53%) C#
9 11 (2.14%) JavaScript
10 9 (1.75%) TypeScript
11 8 (1.56%) C++
12 6 (1.17%) PL/SQL
13 5 (0.97%) Embedded C++
14 4 (0.78%) Ruby
15 3 (0.58%) C
15 3 (0.58%) Perl
15 3 (0.58%) SystemVerilog
16 2 (0.39%) Groovy
16 2 (0.39%) SAS Macro
Qualifications
1 224 (43.58%) Security Cleared
2 153 (29.77%) SC Cleared
3 59 (11.48%) Degree
4 31 (6.03%) DV Cleared
5 14 (2.72%) ITIL Certification
6 13 (2.53%) Azure Certification
7 12 (2.33%) Cisco Certification
8 11 (2.14%) BPSS Clearance
8 11 (2.14%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (1.56%) AWS Certification
9 8 (1.56%) PMI Certification
10 7 (1.36%) CCNP
10 7 (1.36%) PMP
11 6 (1.17%) CISSP
12 5 (0.97%) APMP
12 5 (0.97%) RHCE
13 4 (0.78%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 4 (0.78%) CCIE
13 4 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
14 3 (0.58%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (4.67%) Data Quality
2 16 (3.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (2.72%) QA
4 11 (2.14%) GDPR
4 11 (2.14%) NIST
5 10 (1.95%) SLA
6 7 (1.36%) Accessibility
7 6 (1.17%) PCI DSS
7 6 (1.17%) PMO
8 5 (0.97%) Def Stans
9 4 (0.78%) COBIT
9 4 (0.78%) NCSC
10 3 (0.58%) NIST 800
10 3 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.39%) DO-254
11 2 (0.39%) PSD2
12 1 (0.19%) Government Security Classifications
12 1 (0.19%) GRC
12 1 (0.19%) WCAG
System Software
1 70 (13.62%) Docker
2 30 (5.84%) Active Directory
3 17 (3.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (2.53%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (1.95%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.58%) KVM
7 2 (0.39%) GPFS
7 2 (0.39%) Lustre
7 2 (0.39%) NFS
7 2 (0.39%) QEMU
7 2 (0.39%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 2 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.19%) Ceph
8 1 (0.19%) iptables
8 1 (0.19%) Postfix
8 1 (0.19%) Sendmail
8 1 (0.19%) Time Sharing Option
8 1 (0.19%) Varnish
8 1 (0.19%) vSphere
8 1 (0.19%) zsh
Systems Management
1 125 (24.32%) Ansible
2 109 (21.21%) Terraform
3 86 (16.73%) Kubernetes
4 59 (11.48%) Grafana
5 48 (9.34%) Puppet
6 46 (8.95%) Prometheus
7 43 (8.37%) Progress Chef
8 13 (2.53%) NetBackup
9 10 (1.95%) SCCM
10 7 (1.36%) Argo
11 6 (1.17%) Microsoft Intune
11 6 (1.17%) Single Sign-On
12 5 (0.97%) Podman
13 4 (0.78%) Docker Swarm
14 3 (0.58%) FortiGate
14 3 (0.58%) ITRS Geneos
14 3 (0.58%) Red Hat Satellite
15 2 (0.39%) HP Quality Center
15 2 (0.39%) Salt
15 2 (0.39%) WSUS
Vendors
1 61 (11.87%) Microsoft
2 51 (9.92%) ServiceNow
3 33 (6.42%) Red Hat
4 29 (5.64%) Oracle
5 24 (4.67%) IBM
6 23 (4.47%) VMware
7 17 (3.31%) Splunk
8 14 (2.72%) Atlassian
9 13 (2.53%) Commvault
9 13 (2.53%) SAP
10 11 (2.14%) PagerDuty
11 9 (1.75%) Cisco
11 9 (1.75%) Veritas
12 8 (1.56%) Siemens
13 6 (1.17%) Databricks
13 6 (1.17%) F5
14 5 (0.97%) Intel
14 5 (0.97%) Meraki
14 5 (0.97%) Palo Alto
15 4 (0.78%) CheckPoint