Configuration Management Contract Job Trends in Wales

Configuration Management
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Configuration Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 38 53
Rank change year-on-year -1 +15 -2
Contract jobs citing Configuration Management 1 10 1
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 0.27% 2.30% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 2.94% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 1
10th Percentile - £129 -
25th Percentile £413 £134 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £149 £650
Median % change year-on-year +184.80% -77.04% +8.33%
75th Percentile £438 £162 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £525 £520 £575
% change year-on-year +0.96% -9.57% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £21.59 -
UK median hourly rate £41.00 £50.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year -18.00% +2.04% -2.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wales

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 in Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 318 340 420
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 85.25% 78.34% 86.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 198 182 313
10th Percentile £190 £140 £184
25th Percentile £266 £210 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £396 £419 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.37% -6.94% -10.00%
75th Percentile £488 £538 £575
90th Percentile £658 £636 £649
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 48 24
10th Percentile £13.08 £15.48 £15.49
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.12 £16.99
Median hourly rate £20.50 £25.36 £24.96
Median % change year-on-year -19.16% +1.61% +31.67%
75th Percentile £25.15 £47.81 £39.69
90th Percentile - £52.35 £55.25
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -40.82% - +43.00%

Configuration Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Configuration Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Configuration Management job vacancy trend in Wales

Configuration Management
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Configuration Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Configuration Management

Configuration Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Configuration Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Configuration Management

Configuration Management
Contract Job Locations in Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 1 October 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
South Wales -2 1 £425 +184.80% 6
Configuration Management
UK

Configuration Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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 1 (100.00%) Drupal
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Drupal Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) CSS3
1 1 (100.00%) Drush
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) HTML5
1 1 (100.00%) Twig
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) PHP