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

6 months to
7 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 220 173 139
Rank change year-on-year -47 -34 -4
Contract jobs citing Configuration Management 532 474 752
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.17% 1.62% 1.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.37% 1.79% 1.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 309 310 448
10th Percentile £348 £345 £362
25th Percentile £425 £423 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £607 £630 £650
90th Percentile £791 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £523 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +4.50% -9.09% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 98 24 150
10th Percentile £38.80 £31.25 £37.87
25th Percentile £50.00 £35.00 £40.94
Median hourly rate £60.00 £52.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +5.00% +2.06%
75th Percentile £86.63 £61.88 £60.75
90th Percentile £88.00 £67.50 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.00 £52.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year +14.29% +5.00% +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 38,955 26,496 37,900
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.44% 90.55% 86.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,674 17,197 24,574
10th Percentile £314 £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 2,314 992 2,359
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.00 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.02 £19.87 £16.00
Median hourly rate £36.00 £31.51 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.25% -4.52% -11.53%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £77.50 £75.48 £70.39
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.87 £30.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +19.55% -7.69% -11.69%

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 7 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 7 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 7 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 -44 488 £525 -0.59% 170
UK excluding London -43 347 £523 +4.50% 144
Work from Home -10 167 £525 - 75
London -85 146 £530 -3.64% 33
South East -38 90 £485 -3.10% 45
North of England -38 82 £525 +10.53% 32
South West -11 60 £500 -14.53% 29
Midlands -46 54 £526 +0.14% 19
West Midlands -31 50 £527 +3.75% 17
North West -17 49 £588 +17.60% 16
East of England -21 43 £450 +32.35% 19
Yorkshire -43 26 £500 +17.65% 7
Scotland -14 22 £460 +1.66% 1
North East -9 7 - - 9
East Midlands -38 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 (5.26%) SAS
2 26 (4.89%) Confluence
3 9 (1.69%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (1.32%) 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 10 (1.88%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.94%) PTC Creo
4 2 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
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%) Weka
5 1 (0.19%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 14 (2.63%) Teamcenter
2 7 (1.32%) 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 (17.86%) Azure
2 94 (17.67%) AWS
3 49 (9.21%) GitHub
4 44 (8.27%) IaaS
4 44 (8.27%) OpenShift
5 34 (6.39%) Azure DevOps
6 33 (6.20%) Amazon S3
6 33 (6.20%) AWS CloudFormation
7 31 (5.83%) Amazon EC2
8 26 (4.89%) GitHub Actions
9 25 (4.70%) Amazon EKS
10 22 (4.14%) Amazon ECS
11 19 (3.57%) PaaS
11 19 (3.57%) Serverless
12 16 (3.01%) GCP
13 15 (2.82%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 15 (2.82%) AWS Lambda
14 14 (2.63%) Azure AKS
15 13 (2.44%) Entra ID
16 11 (2.07%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 27 (5.08%) Firewall
2 23 (4.32%) VPN
3 20 (3.76%) DNS
4 11 (2.07%) TCP/IP
4 11 (2.07%) WAN
5 10 (1.88%) DHCP
5 10 (1.88%) Network Security
6 7 (1.32%) 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%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (6.02%) Amazon RDS
2 23 (4.32%) SAS Enterprise Guide
3 21 (3.95%) SQL Server
4 20 (3.76%) PostgreSQL
5 13 (2.44%) Oracle Database
6 12 (2.26%) 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%) Data Mart
11 3 (0.56%) DynamoDB
11 3 (0.56%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 67 (12.59%) Jenkins
2 49 (9.21%) Git
2 49 (9.21%) GitLab
3 39 (7.33%) JIRA
4 26 (4.89%) Rational DOORS
5 9 (1.69%) Bitbucket
6 8 (1.50%) Postman
7 6 (1.13%) Sonatype Nexus
8 5 (0.94%) Selenium
9 4 (0.75%) JMeter
10 3 (0.56%) JUnit
10 3 (0.56%) MSI
10 3 (0.56%) Octopus Deploy
10 3 (0.56%) Terragrunt
11 2 (0.38%) Artifactory
11 2 (0.38%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 2 (0.38%) git-flow
11 2 (0.38%) Gradle
11 2 (0.38%) LabVIEW
11 2 (0.38%) Maven
General
1 107 (20.11%) Social Skills
2 69 (12.97%) Finance
3 59 (11.09%) Analytical Skills
3 59 (11.09%) Public Sector
4 55 (10.34%) Aerospace
5 23 (4.32%) Banking
6 13 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
6 13 (2.44%) Retail
7 9 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (1.50%) Manufacturing
9 6 (1.13%) Military
10 5 (0.94%) Investment Banking
10 5 (0.94%) Marketing
11 4 (0.75%) Telecoms
12 3 (0.56%) Electronics
12 3 (0.56%) Games
12 3 (0.56%) General Ledger
12 3 (0.56%) Legal
12 3 (0.56%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 59 (11.09%) Architect
2 41 (7.71%) DevOps Engineer
3 38 (7.14%) Configuration Manager
4 36 (6.77%) Senior
5 32 (6.02%) Site Reliability Engineer
6 30 (5.64%) Site Engineer
7 29 (5.45%) Analyst
8 27 (5.08%) Software Engineer
9 26 (4.89%) Systems Manager
10 24 (4.51%) Product Manager
11 23 (4.32%) Lead
12 22 (4.14%) Delivery Manager
13 21 (3.95%) Product Delivery Manager
13 21 (3.95%) Release Manager
13 21 (3.95%) Systems Delivery Manager
14 19 (3.57%) Change Manager
15 17 (3.20%) Administrator
16 15 (2.82%) Consultant
17 13 (2.44%) Platform Engineer
18 12 (2.26%) Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (8.65%) REST
2 31 (5.83%) JSON
3 16 (3.01%) Elastic Stack
4 14 (2.63%) RESTful
4 14 (2.63%) YAML
5 12 (2.26%) Kafka
6 10 (1.88%) ARM Templates
7 9 (1.69%) RabbitMQ
8 7 (1.32%) Middleware
8 7 (1.32%) Node.js
8 7 (1.32%) React
9 6 (1.13%) 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%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 57 (10.71%) CMDB
2 41 (7.71%) Product Ownership
3 34 (6.39%) Self-Motivation
4 31 (5.83%) PKI
5 26 (4.89%) Cloud Native
6 25 (4.70%) Data Structures
7 17 (3.20%) Management Information System
7 17 (3.20%) Onboarding
8 15 (2.82%) Data Centre
9 11 (2.07%) Legacy Systems
10 10 (1.88%) Security Posture
11 8 (1.50%) Data Protection Act
11 8 (1.50%) Distributed Systems
11 8 (1.50%) Hybrid Cloud
12 6 (1.13%) Private Cloud
13 5 (0.94%) Enterprise Software
13 5 (0.94%) Enterprise Storage
13 5 (0.94%) Linux Command Line
13 5 (0.94%) Public Cloud
14 4 (0.75%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 104 (19.55%) Linux
2 63 (11.84%) Windows
3 22 (4.14%) Windows Server
4 13 (2.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (2.07%) 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%) Solaris
9 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.19%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (30.26%) CI/CD
2 146 (27.44%) Agile
3 136 (25.56%) DevOps
4 107 (20.11%) Continuous Improvement
5 102 (19.17%) Infrastructure as Code
6 89 (16.73%) ITIL
7 81 (15.23%) Service Management
8 75 (14.10%) Containerisation
9 73 (13.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 59 (11.09%) Problem-Solving
11 58 (10.90%) Software Engineering
12 54 (10.15%) Change Management
13 53 (9.96%) Observability
14 51 (9.59%) Migration
15 49 (9.21%) ITSM
16 46 (8.65%) Test Automation
17 45 (8.46%) Roadmaps
18 42 (7.89%) Change Control
18 42 (7.89%) Site Reliability Engineering
19 41 (7.71%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 117 (21.99%) Python
2 84 (15.79%) PowerShell
3 72 (13.53%) Bash
4 48 (9.02%) SQL
5 23 (4.32%) Shell Script
6 21 (3.95%) Java
7 14 (2.63%) Go
8 13 (2.44%) Bicep
9 11 (2.07%) C#
10 9 (1.69%) JavaScript
10 9 (1.69%) TypeScript
11 8 (1.50%) PL/SQL
12 6 (1.13%) C++
13 5 (0.94%) Ruby
14 4 (0.75%) C
15 3 (0.56%) Embedded C++
15 3 (0.56%) SAS Macro
15 3 (0.56%) SystemVerilog
16 2 (0.38%) Perl
16 2 (0.38%) VB
Qualifications
1 231 (43.42%) Security Cleared
2 161 (30.26%) SC Cleared
3 57 (10.71%) Degree
4 29 (5.45%) DV Cleared
5 15 (2.82%) ITIL Certification
6 13 (2.44%) Azure Certification
7 12 (2.26%) BPSS Clearance
8 11 (2.07%) Cisco Certification
8 11 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (1.50%) AWS Certification
9 8 (1.50%) PMI Certification
10 7 (1.32%) CCNP
10 7 (1.32%) PMP
11 6 (1.13%) CISSP
11 6 (1.13%) Oracle Certification
12 5 (0.94%) APMP
13 4 (0.75%) CCIE
13 4 (0.75%) ISTQB
13 4 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (0.75%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (5.08%) Data Quality
2 19 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (2.82%) QA
4 11 (2.07%) GDPR
4 11 (2.07%) NIST
5 10 (1.88%) SLA
6 6 (1.13%) PCI DSS
6 6 (1.13%) PMO
7 5 (0.94%) Accessibility
7 5 (0.94%) Def Stans
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%) WCAG
System Software
1 71 (13.35%) Docker
2 29 (5.45%) Active Directory
3 17 (3.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (2.07%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (1.88%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.75%) KVM
7 3 (0.56%) NFS
8 2 (0.38%) Firmware
8 2 (0.38%) Postfix
8 2 (0.38%) QEMU
8 2 (0.38%) Sendmail
8 2 (0.38%) Varnish
8 2 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.19%) Ceph
9 1 (0.19%) GPFS
9 1 (0.19%) iptables
9 1 (0.19%) Lustre
9 1 (0.19%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.19%) Time Sharing Option
9 1 (0.19%) zsh
Systems Management
1 124 (23.31%) Ansible
2 110 (20.68%) Terraform
3 90 (16.92%) Kubernetes
4 59 (11.09%) Grafana
5 45 (8.46%) Prometheus
6 44 (8.27%) Puppet
7 41 (7.71%) Progress Chef
8 11 (2.07%) NetBackup
9 10 (1.88%) SCCM
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 Quality Center
14 2 (0.38%) Red Hat Satellite
14 2 (0.38%) WSUS
Vendors
1 63 (11.84%) Microsoft
2 52 (9.77%) ServiceNow
3 38 (7.14%) Oracle
4 31 (5.83%) Red Hat
5 25 (4.70%) IBM
6 22 (4.14%) VMware
7 16 (3.01%) Splunk
8 13 (2.44%) Atlassian
8 13 (2.44%) SAP
9 11 (2.07%) Commvault
9 11 (2.07%) PagerDuty
10 9 (1.69%) Cisco
11 8 (1.50%) Siemens
11 8 (1.50%) Veritas
12 6 (1.13%) F5
13 5 (0.94%) Databricks
13 5 (0.94%) Intel
13 5 (0.94%) Meraki
13 5 (0.94%) Salesforce
14 4 (0.75%) Remedy