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

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 223 183 133
Rank change year-on-year -40 -50 +6
Contract jobs citing Configuration Management 526 442 750
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.11% 1.51% 1.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.31% 1.66% 2.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 291 294 437
10th Percentile £340 £347 £358
25th Percentile £413 £450 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £607 £636 £638
90th Percentile £750 £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 102 15 154
10th Percentile £35.10 £35.10 £37.91
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 40,071 26,623 37,492
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.55% 90.89% 86.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,236 17,168 24,151
10th Percentile £319 £306 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £638
90th Percentile £725 £745 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £481 £500
% change year-on-year +1.40% -3.85% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,397 1,072 2,456
10th Percentile £14.82 £14.67 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.85 £18.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £41.56 £29.00 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year +43.29% -18.31% -1.39%
75th Percentile £66.00 £60.84 £60.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.31 £27.64 £37.18
% change year-on-year +56.68% -25.66% +6.23%

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 3 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 3 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 3 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 -49 471 £525 - 177
UK excluding London -18 347 £500 -2.44% 147
Work from Home -23 154 £506 -3.57% 84
London -93 132 £525 -4.55% 44
South East -32 88 £435 -13.00% 42
North of England -34 78 £536 +8.88% 16
South West -11 63 £450 -21.78% 51
Midlands -47 54 £526 +0.24% 13
North West -17 51 £588 +19.39% 8
West Midlands -30 50 £527 +0.77% 7
East of England -11 46 £350 +29.63% 24
Scotland -7 22 £535 +7.00% 5
Yorkshire -48 19 £482 +1.47% 5
North East -12 8 £413 - 3
East Midlands -39 4 £410 -26.13% 6
Wales - 3 £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 20 (3.80%) SAS
2 16 (3.04%) Confluence
3 9 (1.71%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (1.52%) OpenStack
5 6 (1.14%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (1.14%) Oracle Workflow
6 5 (0.95%) Apache
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 (2.09%) 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 15 (2.85%) Teamcenter
2 7 (1.33%) 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 93 (17.68%) AWS
2 90 (17.11%) Azure
3 49 (9.32%) OpenShift
4 46 (8.75%) GitHub
5 33 (6.27%) AWS CloudFormation
6 30 (5.70%) IaaS
7 29 (5.51%) Amazon EKS
7 29 (5.51%) Amazon S3
8 28 (5.32%) Azure DevOps
9 27 (5.13%) Amazon EC2
10 25 (4.75%) GitHub Actions
11 21 (3.99%) Amazon ECS
12 18 (3.42%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 18 (3.42%) PaaS
13 16 (3.04%) Serverless
14 14 (2.66%) Azure AKS
14 14 (2.66%) GCP
15 12 (2.28%) AWS Lambda
15 12 (2.28%) Power Platform
16 10 (1.90%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 21 (3.99%) DNS
1 21 (3.99%) Firewall
2 20 (3.80%) VPN
3 12 (2.28%) TCP/IP
4 10 (1.90%) Network Security
4 10 (1.90%) WAN
5 9 (1.71%) DHCP
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%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (5.13%) Amazon RDS
2 22 (4.18%) PostgreSQL
2 22 (4.18%) SQL Server
3 15 (2.85%) Oracle Database
3 15 (2.85%) SAS Enterprise Guide
4 12 (2.28%) Power BI
5 10 (1.90%) Relational Database
6 9 (1.71%) SAS Visual Analytics
7 6 (1.14%) InfluxDB
7 6 (1.14%) SAS Data Integration Studio
8 5 (0.95%) Metadata
8 5 (0.95%) MySQL
9 4 (0.76%) MongoDB
9 4 (0.76%) Redis
10 3 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (0.57%) Base SAS
10 3 (0.57%) Big Data
10 3 (0.57%) Data Mart
10 3 (0.57%) DynamoDB
10 3 (0.57%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 62 (11.79%) Jenkins
2 53 (10.08%) GitLab
3 45 (8.56%) Git
4 29 (5.51%) JIRA
5 28 (5.32%) Rational DOORS
6 9 (1.71%) Bitbucket
7 8 (1.52%) Postman
7 8 (1.52%) Sonatype Nexus
8 5 (0.95%) Selenium
9 4 (0.76%) JMeter
10 3 (0.57%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.57%) JUnit
10 3 (0.57%) LabVIEW
10 3 (0.57%) Maven
10 3 (0.57%) Terragrunt
11 2 (0.38%) git-flow
11 2 (0.38%) Gradle
11 2 (0.38%) NUnit
11 2 (0.38%) Octopus Deploy
11 2 (0.38%) SonarQube
General
1 108 (20.53%) Social Skills
2 74 (14.07%) Finance
3 55 (10.46%) Aerospace
4 53 (10.08%) Public Sector
5 43 (8.17%) Analytical Skills
6 21 (3.99%) Banking
7 15 (2.85%) Documentation Skills
8 13 (2.47%) Retail
9 10 (1.90%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (1.33%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (1.14%) Manufacturing
11 6 (1.14%) Military
12 4 (0.76%) Investment Banking
12 4 (0.76%) Law
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
Job Titles
1 48 (9.13%) Architect
1 48 (9.13%) Configuration Manager
2 42 (7.98%) DevOps Engineer
3 37 (7.03%) Senior
4 31 (5.89%) Site Reliability Engineer
5 30 (5.70%) Lead
6 28 (5.32%) Software Engineer
7 27 (5.13%) Site Engineer
7 27 (5.13%) Systems Manager
8 24 (4.56%) Product Manager
9 22 (4.18%) Delivery Manager
10 21 (3.99%) Analyst
10 21 (3.99%) Product Delivery Manager
10 21 (3.99%) Systems Delivery Manager
11 19 (3.61%) Change Manager
12 18 (3.42%) Administrator
13 14 (2.66%) Consultant
14 13 (2.47%) Release Manager
15 12 (2.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 12 (2.28%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (5.51%) REST
2 18 (3.42%) JSON
3 17 (3.23%) Elastic Stack
4 15 (2.85%) YAML
5 13 (2.47%) Kafka
6 9 (1.71%) ARM Templates
6 9 (1.71%) Node.js
6 9 (1.71%) RabbitMQ
6 9 (1.71%) RESTful
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%) OAuth2
10 4 (0.76%) React
10 4 (0.76%) Spring
10 4 (0.76%) Spring Boot
10 4 (0.76%) VML
10 4 (0.76%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 59 (11.22%) CMDB
2 38 (7.22%) Product Ownership
3 28 (5.32%) Cloud Native
4 25 (4.75%) Data Structures
5 24 (4.56%) Management Information System
6 19 (3.61%) Data Centre
6 19 (3.61%) Onboarding
6 19 (3.61%) PKI
6 19 (3.61%) Self-Motivation
7 12 (2.28%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
9 7 (1.33%) Distributed Systems
9 7 (1.33%) Public Cloud
10 6 (1.14%) Private Cloud
11 5 (0.95%) Enterprise Storage
11 5 (0.95%) Hybrid Cloud
12 4 (0.76%) Linux Command Line
12 4 (0.76%) Operational Technology
12 4 (0.76%) Security Posture
12 4 (0.76%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 121 (23.00%) Linux
2 65 (12.36%) Windows
3 23 (4.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 22 (4.18%) Windows Server
5 14 (2.66%) Unix
6 11 (2.09%) Ubuntu
7 7 (1.33%) Windows 10
8 6 (1.14%) Debian
9 4 (0.76%) VMS
9 4 (0.76%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.57%) 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
1 149 (28.33%) CI/CD
2 132 (25.10%) DevOps
3 127 (24.14%) Agile
4 119 (22.62%) Continuous Improvement
5 105 (19.96%) Infrastructure as Code
6 86 (16.35%) ITIL
7 84 (15.97%) Containerisation
8 79 (15.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 75 (14.26%) Service Management
10 60 (11.41%) Observability
11 57 (10.84%) Software Engineering
12 53 (10.08%) Change Management
13 51 (9.70%) Problem-Solving
14 49 (9.32%) Change Control
15 46 (8.75%) Computer Science
16 45 (8.56%) ITSM
17 44 (8.37%) Roadmaps
18 43 (8.17%) Migration
18 43 (8.17%) Site Reliability Engineering
19 40 (7.60%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 119 (22.62%) Python
2 83 (15.78%) Bash
3 63 (11.98%) PowerShell
4 42 (7.98%) SQL
5 23 (4.37%) Shell Script
6 22 (4.18%) Java
7 15 (2.85%) Go
8 11 (2.09%) Bicep
9 9 (1.71%) PL/SQL
9 9 (1.71%) TypeScript
10 8 (1.52%) C++
10 8 (1.52%) JavaScript
11 7 (1.33%) C
12 6 (1.14%) C#
12 6 (1.14%) Ruby
13 5 (0.95%) Perl
14 4 (0.76%) Ada
14 4 (0.76%) Groovy
15 3 (0.57%) SAS Macro
15 3 (0.57%) Scala
Qualifications
1 210 (39.92%) Security Cleared
2 141 (26.81%) SC Cleared
3 60 (11.41%) Degree
4 27 (5.13%) DV Cleared
5 16 (3.04%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (2.47%) Azure Certification
6 13 (2.47%) ITIL Certification
7 12 (2.28%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (2.28%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (1.52%) PMI Certification
9 7 (1.33%) CCNP
9 7 (1.33%) Oracle Certification
9 7 (1.33%) PMP
10 6 (1.14%) AWS Certification
10 6 (1.14%) CISSP
11 5 (0.95%) APMP
11 5 (0.95%) RHCE
12 4 (0.76%) CCIE
12 4 (0.76%) CCSP
12 4 (0.76%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (4.75%) Data Quality
2 19 (3.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (3.61%) QA
3 11 (2.09%) GDPR
3 11 (2.09%) 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 (12.74%) Docker
2 22 (4.18%) Active Directory
3 19 (3.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (2.09%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (1.90%) Hyper-V
6 6 (1.14%) KVM
7 4 (0.76%) NFS
8 3 (0.57%) QEMU
9 2 (0.38%) Corosync
9 2 (0.38%) Firmware
9 2 (0.38%) GPFS
9 2 (0.38%) Lustre
9 2 (0.38%) Postfix
9 2 (0.38%) Sendmail
9 2 (0.38%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 2 (0.38%) Varnish
9 2 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.19%) Samba
10 1 (0.19%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 135 (25.67%) Ansible
2 112 (21.29%) Terraform
3 97 (18.44%) Kubernetes
4 60 (11.41%) Grafana
5 49 (9.32%) Prometheus
6 46 (8.75%) Puppet
7 38 (7.22%) Progress Chef
8 10 (1.90%) SCCM
9 8 (1.52%) Argo
9 8 (1.52%) NetBackup
10 6 (1.14%) Packer
10 6 (1.14%) Podman
11 5 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
12 4 (0.76%) Data Guard
12 4 (0.76%) Docker Swarm
12 4 (0.76%) Oracle RMAN
13 3 (0.57%) Failover Clustering
13 3 (0.57%) HAProxy
13 3 (0.57%) Istio
14 2 (0.38%) ITRS Geneos
Vendors
1 62 (11.79%) Microsoft
2 50 (9.51%) ServiceNow
3 35 (6.65%) Oracle
4 29 (5.51%) Red Hat
5 27 (5.13%) IBM
6 23 (4.37%) VMware
7 18 (3.42%) Splunk
8 13 (2.47%) SAP
9 11 (2.09%) PagerDuty
10 10 (1.90%) Atlassian
10 10 (1.90%) Cisco
11 8 (1.52%) Commvault
11 8 (1.52%) Siemens
12 7 (1.33%) Snow
12 7 (1.33%) Veritas
13 6 (1.14%) Meraki
13 6 (1.14%) Salesforce
14 5 (0.95%) F5
14 5 (0.95%) Intel
14 5 (0.95%) Remedy