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

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 240 173 146
Rank change year-on-year -67 -27 +11
Contract jobs citing Configuration Management 563 522 660
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.06% 1.59% 1.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.25% 1.75% 1.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 305 338 359
10th Percentile £358 £313 £300
25th Percentile £428 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £628
90th Percentile £757 £688 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £524 £525
% change year-on-year -4.58% -0.19% -4.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 87 15 117
10th Percentile £27.20 £29.60 £40.00
25th Percentile £50.00 £41.00 £46.24
Median hourly rate £66.50 £52.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.88% +4.00% -0.42%
75th Percentile £88.00 £67.50 £64.25
90th Percentile - - £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £66.50 £52.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +27.88% +4.00% +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 45,167 29,748 33,534
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.91% 90.41% 85.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,886 18,653 21,488
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £420 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,759 1,659 1,873
10th Percentile £14.50 £14.20 £14.00
25th Percentile £19.47 £17.30 £18.14
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -37.90% -4.71%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £68.00 £74.91
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £23.05 £40.94
% change year-on-year +90.72% -43.70% +3.38%

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 5 August 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 5 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Configuration Management in the UK

Configuration Management
Top 17 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 5 August 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 -74 488 £518 -1.43% 339
UK excluding London -63 335 £500 -4.58% 238
London -69 169 £525 -4.55% 125
Work from Home -85 144 £525 +0.77% 150
South East -43 95 £523 +4.50% 61
South West -24 69 £525 -8.70% 64
North of England -64 65 £500 - 51
Midlands -54 50 £482 -7.97% 22
West Midlands -52 49 £488 -6.97% 12
North West -51 37 £496 +2.27% 31
East of England -4 30 £718 +258.75% 20
Scotland -14 27 £550 +8.64% 14
Yorkshire -57 20 £500 - 14
North East -32 8 £413 - 6
Wales -5 7 £750 +76.47% 3
East Midlands -12 1 £385 -30.00% 10
Northern Ireland - 1 £254 - 8

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 18 (3.20%) Confluence
1 18 (3.20%) SAS
2 14 (2.49%) Apache Airflow
3 11 (1.95%) Apache
4 7 (1.24%) JBoss
5 6 (1.07%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.89%) CMS
6 5 (0.89%) Mattermost
6 5 (0.89%) Oracle Workflow
7 3 (0.53%) Appian
7 3 (0.53%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.53%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.36%) CloudStack
8 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.36%) Oracle Self-Service HR
8 2 (0.36%) WebSphere Application Server
9 1 (0.18%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.18%) IIS
9 1 (0.18%) nginx
9 1 (0.18%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 9 (1.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.42%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.89%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.18%) CATIA
5 1 (0.18%) CINEMA 4D
5 1 (0.18%) Houdini
5 1 (0.18%) NUKE
5 1 (0.18%) Weka
5 1 (0.18%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 6 (1.07%) Primavera
1 6 (1.07%) Remedy ITSM
1 6 (1.07%) Teamcenter
2 3 (0.53%) LabWindows
2 3 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.36%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (0.36%) Oracle Cash Management
3 2 (0.36%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.36%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (0.36%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.18%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.18%) ProductWriter
Cloud Services
1 142 (25.22%) Azure
2 131 (23.27%) AWS
3 65 (11.55%) GitHub
4 54 (9.59%) Azure DevOps
5 46 (8.17%) GCP
6 45 (7.99%) GitHub Actions
7 34 (6.04%) Amazon EKS
8 32 (5.68%) OpenShift
9 31 (5.51%) AWS CloudFormation
10 27 (4.80%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 27 (4.80%) Entra ID
11 20 (3.55%) Azure AKS
11 20 (3.55%) PaaS
12 19 (3.37%) Amazon S3
13 17 (3.02%) Datadog
14 16 (2.84%) Amazon EC2
14 16 (2.84%) Power Platform
15 15 (2.66%) Serverless
16 13 (2.31%) AWS Lambda
16 13 (2.31%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 37 (6.57%) DNS
2 22 (3.91%) Firewall
3 19 (3.37%) Network Security
4 17 (3.02%) TCP/IP
5 13 (2.31%) DHCP
5 13 (2.31%) VPN
6 12 (2.13%) SSL
7 9 (1.60%) WAN
8 8 (1.42%) VLAN
9 6 (1.07%) HTTP
9 6 (1.07%) LAN
10 5 (0.89%) 5G
11 4 (0.71%) Cisco IOS
11 4 (0.71%) Internet
11 4 (0.71%) Kerberos
11 4 (0.71%) SD-WAN
11 4 (0.71%) SNMP
12 3 (0.53%) BGP
12 3 (0.53%) OSPF
12 3 (0.53%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (3.73%) Oracle Database
2 16 (2.84%) Power BI
3 14 (2.49%) SAS Enterprise Guide
3 14 (2.49%) SAS Visual Analytics
4 13 (2.31%) PostgreSQL
5 10 (1.78%) Relational Database
6 9 (1.60%) Amazon RDS
6 9 (1.60%) MySQL
7 8 (1.42%) Metadata
8 6 (1.07%) Big Data
8 6 (1.07%) NoSQL
8 6 (1.07%) SAS Data Integration Studio
9 5 (0.89%) Amazon Athena
9 5 (0.89%) SQL Server
10 4 (0.71%) DynamoDB
10 4 (0.71%) Redis
11 3 (0.53%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (0.53%) Apache Cassandra
11 3 (0.53%) Base SAS
11 3 (0.53%) Data Mart
Development Applications
1 69 (12.26%) Jenkins
2 67 (11.90%) Git
3 62 (11.01%) GitLab
4 44 (7.82%) JIRA
5 36 (6.39%) Rational DOORS
6 12 (2.13%) Bitbucket
7 10 (1.78%) Sonatype Nexus
8 8 (1.42%) Rational Rhapsody
9 6 (1.07%) JUnit
9 6 (1.07%) Postman
9 6 (1.07%) SonarQube
10 5 (0.89%) Artifactory
11 4 (0.71%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.53%) Maven
12 3 (0.53%) Mockito
12 3 (0.53%) Selenium
12 3 (0.53%) Terragrunt
13 2 (0.36%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 2 (0.36%) LabVIEW
13 2 (0.36%) MSBuild
General
1 129 (22.91%) Social Skills
2 84 (14.92%) Finance
3 55 (9.77%) Public Sector
4 47 (8.35%) Aerospace
5 45 (7.99%) Analytical Skills
6 26 (4.62%) Banking
7 10 (1.78%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (1.78%) Telecoms
8 9 (1.60%) Military
9 8 (1.42%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (1.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.07%) Retail
11 5 (0.89%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (0.89%) Manufacturing
11 5 (0.89%) Publishing
12 4 (0.71%) Aviation
12 4 (0.71%) Marketing
13 2 (0.36%) General Ledger
13 2 (0.36%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.36%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 71 (12.61%) DevOps Engineer
2 65 (11.55%) Senior
3 46 (8.17%) Architect
4 39 (6.93%) Lead
5 28 (4.97%) Delivery Manager
6 27 (4.80%) Linux Engineer
7 26 (4.62%) AWS Engineer
8 25 (4.44%) Configuration Manager
8 25 (4.44%) Product Manager
8 25 (4.44%) Systems Engineer
8 25 (4.44%) Systems Manager
9 23 (4.09%) Analyst
10 22 (3.91%) Platform Engineer
10 22 (3.91%) Product Delivery Manager
11 21 (3.73%) Software Engineer
11 21 (3.73%) Systems Delivery Manager
12 20 (3.55%) Cloud Engineer
13 19 (3.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 16 (2.84%) AWS DevOps
14 16 (2.84%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (5.51%) REST
2 19 (3.37%) YAML
3 14 (2.49%) ARM Templates
3 14 (2.49%) Elastic Stack
4 13 (2.31%) JSON
4 13 (2.31%) XML
5 11 (1.95%) Kafka
6 9 (1.60%) .NET
6 9 (1.60%) SOAP
7 8 (1.42%) Middleware
7 8 (1.42%) RESTful
7 8 (1.42%) Web Services
8 7 (1.24%) Oracle Fusion
8 7 (1.24%) React
9 6 (1.07%) Azure Blueprints
9 6 (1.07%) Django
9 6 (1.07%) Node.js
10 5 (0.89%) HTML
10 5 (0.89%) OAuth
10 5 (0.89%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 61 (10.83%) CMDB
2 50 (8.88%) Cloud Native
3 36 (6.39%) Product Ownership
4 33 (5.86%) Management Information System
5 26 (4.62%) Onboarding
6 23 (4.09%) Data Structures
7 21 (3.73%) Enterprise Software
8 18 (3.20%) Security Posture
9 15 (2.66%) Public Cloud
10 14 (2.49%) Data Centre
11 12 (2.13%) Distributed Systems
12 11 (1.95%) Hybrid Cloud
13 10 (1.78%) Data Protection Act
13 10 (1.78%) Self-Motivation
14 9 (1.60%) Private Cloud
15 8 (1.42%) Clustering
15 8 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
15 8 (1.42%) PKI
15 8 (1.42%) Virtual Team
16 7 (1.24%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 138 (24.51%) Linux
2 78 (13.85%) Windows
3 54 (9.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 29 (5.15%) Ubuntu
5 28 (4.97%) Windows Server
6 22 (3.91%) Unix
7 11 (1.95%) Windows 10
8 6 (1.07%) Solaris
8 6 (1.07%) Windows Server 2012
9 5 (0.89%) Android
9 5 (0.89%) CentOS
10 4 (0.71%) Alpine Linux
10 4 (0.71%) Mac OS
11 3 (0.53%) Debian
12 2 (0.36%) Apple iOS
12 2 (0.36%) Rocky
12 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.18%) FreeRTOS
13 1 (0.18%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.18%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (34.99%) DevOps
2 179 (31.79%) CI/CD
3 158 (28.06%) Infrastructure as Code
4 143 (25.40%) Agile
5 131 (23.27%) Continuous Improvement
6 94 (16.70%) Containerisation
7 87 (15.45%) ITIL
8 85 (15.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 80 (14.21%) Service Management
10 70 (12.43%) Platform Engineering
11 65 (11.55%) Change Management
11 65 (11.55%) Observability
12 63 (11.19%) ITSM
13 60 (10.66%) Problem-Solving
13 60 (10.66%) Test Automation
14 58 (10.30%) Validation
15 56 (9.95%) Roadmaps
16 54 (9.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 54 (9.59%) Stakeholder Management
17 51 (9.06%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 156 (27.71%) Python
2 93 (16.52%) Bash
3 67 (11.90%) PowerShell
4 33 (5.86%) SQL
5 30 (5.33%) Java
6 19 (3.37%) Bicep
6 19 (3.37%) Shell Script
7 13 (2.31%) JavaScript
8 12 (2.13%) C++
9 11 (1.95%) C
9 11 (1.95%) Perl
10 9 (1.60%) Go
10 9 (1.60%) PL/SQL
11 7 (1.24%) Ruby
12 5 (0.89%) Ada
13 4 (0.71%) C#
14 3 (0.53%) Groovy
14 3 (0.53%) SAS Macro
14 3 (0.53%) Scala
14 3 (0.53%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 204 (36.23%) Security Cleared
2 128 (22.74%) SC Cleared
3 71 (12.61%) Degree
4 24 (4.26%) DV Cleared
5 21 (3.73%) AWS Certification
6 18 (3.20%) Azure Certification
7 14 (2.49%) Cisco Certification
7 14 (2.49%) Computer Science Degree
8 13 (2.31%) BPSS Clearance
9 12 (2.13%) Microsoft Certification
10 11 (1.95%) CISSP
11 10 (1.78%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 7 (1.24%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 7 (1.24%) Oracle Certification
13 6 (1.07%) CCNA
13 6 (1.07%) CCNP
13 6 (1.07%) PMI Certification
14 5 (0.89%) ITIL Certification
14 5 (0.89%) RHCE
14 5 (0.89%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (4.44%) Data Quality
2 24 (4.26%) QA
3 16 (2.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 14 (2.49%) NIST
4 14 (2.49%) SLA
5 10 (1.78%) GDPR
6 9 (1.60%) GRC
7 6 (1.07%) Accessibility
8 4 (0.71%) DO-254
8 4 (0.71%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.71%) PMO
9 3 (0.53%) NCSC
9 3 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.36%) Disclosure Scotland
10 2 (0.36%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.36%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 2 (0.36%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.36%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.18%) Def Stans
System Software
1 76 (13.50%) Docker
2 35 (6.22%) Active Directory
2 35 (6.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (2.49%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (1.60%) Hyper-V
5 8 (1.42%) KVM
6 7 (1.24%) NFS
7 5 (0.89%) Firmware
7 5 (0.89%) VMware Workstation
8 4 (0.71%) Postfix
8 4 (0.71%) Varnish
9 3 (0.53%) Sendmail
10 2 (0.36%) Apache ZooKeeper
10 2 (0.36%) Ceph
10 2 (0.36%) Corosync
10 2 (0.36%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.36%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.18%) Lustre
Systems Management
1 167 (29.66%) Ansible
2 150 (26.64%) Terraform
3 113 (20.07%) Kubernetes
4 52 (9.24%) Puppet
5 51 (9.06%) Grafana
6 44 (7.82%) Prometheus
7 37 (6.57%) Progress Chef
8 14 (2.49%) Packer
9 8 (1.42%) Argo
9 8 (1.42%) Istio
9 8 (1.42%) Microsoft Intune
9 8 (1.42%) SCCM
10 6 (1.07%) NetBackup
11 5 (0.89%) HAProxy
11 5 (0.89%) Single Sign-On
12 4 (0.71%) Data Guard
12 4 (0.71%) Failover Clustering
12 4 (0.71%) Salt
12 4 (0.71%) SELinux
12 4 (0.71%) systemd
Vendors
1 67 (11.90%) Microsoft
2 62 (11.01%) ServiceNow
3 40 (7.10%) Oracle
4 38 (6.75%) VMware
5 36 (6.39%) IBM
6 31 (5.51%) Red Hat
7 25 (4.44%) Splunk
8 18 (3.20%) Google
9 15 (2.66%) Cisco
10 11 (1.95%) Snow
11 10 (1.78%) Dynatrace
11 10 (1.78%) Salesforce
12 9 (1.60%) SaltStack
13 7 (1.24%) Atlassian
13 7 (1.24%) Okta
14 6 (1.07%) Commvault
14 6 (1.07%) Palo Alto
14 6 (1.07%) Qualys
14 6 (1.07%) Remedy
14 6 (1.07%) Veritas