Configuration Manager Contracts

Configuration Manager
UK

The median Configuration Manager daily rate in the UK is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 506 483 660
Rank change year-on-year -23 +177 +145
Contract jobs requiring a Configuration Manager 14 99 58
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.048% 0.23% 0.097%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.052% 0.24% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 20 44
10th Percentile £470 £339 £400
25th Percentile £506 £356 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £456 £544
Median % change year-on-year +20.55% -16.13% +11.59%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £605
90th Percentile £675 £575 £676
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £450 £582
% change year-on-year +22.22% -22.72% +20.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 71 6
10th Percentile - £40.00 £50.90
25th Percentile £62.50 £45.00 £60.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £50.00 £61.25
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -18.37% -
75th Percentile £67.50 - £64.69
90th Percentile - - £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £50.00 £63.75
% change year-on-year +30.00% -21.57% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Configuration Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Configuration Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Configuration Manager in the UK

Configuration Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Configuration Manager.

Daily rate trend for Configuration Manager in the UK

Configuration Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Configuration Manager over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Configuration Manager in the UK

Configuration Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Configuration Manager.

Hourly rate trend for Configuration Manager in the UK

Configuration Manager
Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Configuration Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
UK excluding London -5 13 £550 +22.22% 13
England -22 13 £550 +22.22% 18
Work from Home +32 9 £538 -2.27% 13
South West - 9 £550 - 2
South East +45 2 - - 5
London +28 1 £551 +37.20% 6
Midlands +20 1 £550 +51.72% 4
West Midlands +14 1 £550 +51.72% 2
Scotland +12 1 £435 -

Configuration Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Configuration Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Configuration Manager in the job title.

1 12 (85.71%) Configuration Management
2 7 (50.00%) Degree
3 6 (42.86%) ITIL
3 6 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (35.71%) Def Stans
4 5 (35.71%) Process Improvement
4 5 (35.71%) Change Control
4 5 (35.71%) ITIL Certification
4 5 (35.71%) PTC
4 5 (35.71%) Windchill
4 5 (35.71%) Agile
4 5 (35.71%) Security Cleared
5 4 (28.57%) CMDB
5 4 (28.57%) Trend Analysis
5 4 (28.57%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 4 (28.57%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (21.43%) Public Sector
7 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
7 2 (14.29%) Migration
7 2 (14.29%) SC Cleared
7 2 (14.29%) DV Cleared
7 2 (14.29%) ServiceNow
7 2 (14.29%) Computer Science
8 1 (7.14%) QA
8 1 (7.14%) JIRA
8 1 (7.14%) Ergonomics
8 1 (7.14%) Azure
8 1 (7.14%) Confluence

Configuration Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.14%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (35.71%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) Azure
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) GitLab
1 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 6 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (28.57%) Presentation Skills
3 3 (21.43%) Public Sector
4 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
5 1 (7.14%) Finance
5 1 (7.14%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) CMDB
2 1 (7.14%) Mainframe
2 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (85.71%) Configuration Management
2 6 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (42.86%) ITIL
2 6 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (35.71%) Agile
3 5 (35.71%) Change Control
3 5 (35.71%) Process Improvement
4 4 (28.57%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 4 (28.57%) Trend Analysis
5 2 (14.29%) Computer Science
5 2 (14.29%) Migration
6 1 (7.14%) Change Management
6 1 (7.14%) Data Cleansing
6 1 (7.14%) Data Migration
6 1 (7.14%) Document Management
6 1 (7.14%) ITSM
6 1 (7.14%) Performance Testing
6 1 (7.14%) Process Management
6 1 (7.14%) Requirements Management
6 1 (7.14%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 7 (50.00%) Degree
2 5 (35.71%) ITIL Certification
2 5 (35.71%) Security Cleared
3 2 (14.29%) DV Cleared
3 2 (14.29%) SC Cleared
4 1 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (35.71%) Def Stans
2 1 (7.14%) QA
2 1 (7.14%) SLA
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) PTC
2 2 (14.29%) ServiceNow
3 1 (7.14%) Atlassian
3 1 (7.14%) BMC
3 1 (7.14%) BT
3 1 (7.14%) F5
3 1 (7.14%) Remedy